scholarly journals Predicting 3D Structure, Cross Talks, and Prognostic Significance of KLF9 in Cervical Cancer

2022 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sadia Safi ◽  
Yasmin Badshah ◽  
Maria Shabbir ◽  
Kainat Zahra ◽  
Khushbukhat Khan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cervical Cancer ◽  
Cancer Patients ◽  
Signaling Pathway ◽  
Prognostic Significance ◽  
3D Structure ◽  
Similarity Index ◽  
Fold Increase ◽  
Disease Diagnosis ◽  
Genetic Pathway ◽  
Diagnosis And Prognosis

Our study aimed to identify the new blood-based biomarkers for the diagnosis and prognosis of cervical cancer. Moreover, the three-dimensional (3D) structure of Kruppel-like factor 9 (KLF9) was also determined in order to better understand its function, and a signaling pathway was constructed to identity its upstream and downstream targets. In the current study, the co-expressions of tumor protein D52 (TPD52), KLF9, microRNA 223 (miR-223), and protein kinase C epsilon (PKCϵ) were evaluated in cervical cancer patients and a possible relation with disease outcome was revealed. The expressions of TPD52, KLF9, miR-223, and PKCϵ were studied in the blood of 100 cervical cancer patients and 100 healthy controls using real-time PCR. The 3D structure of KLF9 was determined through homology modeling via the SWISS-MODEL and assessed using the Ramachandran plot. The predicted 3D structure of KLF9 had a similarity index of 62% with its template (KLF4) with no bad bonds in it. In order to construct a genetic pathway, depicting the crosstalk between understudied genes, STRING analysis, Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG), and DAVID software were used. The constructed genetic pathway showed that all the understudied genes are linked to each other and involved in the PI3K/Akt signaling pathway. There was a 23-fold increase in TPD52 expression, a 2-fold increase in miR-223 expression, a 0.14-fold decrease in KLF9 expression, and a 0.05-fold decrease of PKCϵ expression in cervical cancer. In the present study, we observed an association of the expressions of TPD52, KLF9, miR-223, and PKCϵ with tumor stage, metastasis, and treatment status of cervical cancer patients. Elevated expressions of TPD52 and miR-223 and reduced expressions of KLF9 and PKCϵ in peripheral blood of cervical cancer patients may serve as predictors of disease diagnosis and prognosis. Nevertheless, further in vitro and tissue-level studies are required to strengthen their role as potential diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers.

scholarly journals SPAG5 upregulation predicts poor prognosis in cervical cancer patients and alters sensitivity to taxol treatment via the mTOR signaling pathway

2014 ◽  
Vol 5 (5) ◽  
pp. e1247-e1247 ◽  
Author(s):  
L-J Yuan ◽  
J-D Li ◽  
L Zhang ◽  
J-H Wang ◽  
T Wan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cervical Cancer ◽  
Cancer Patients ◽  
Signaling Pathway ◽  
Poor Prognosis ◽  
Cell Function ◽  
Disease Free Survival ◽  
Mtor Signaling ◽  
Migration And Invasion ◽  
Mtor Signaling Pathway

Abstract Previously, we found that sperm-associated antigen 5 (SPAG5) was upregulated in pelvic lymph node metastasis–positive cervical cancer. The aim of this study is to examine the role of SPAG5 in the proliferation and tumorigenicity of cervical cancer and its clinical significance in tumor progression. In our study, SPAG5 expression in cervical cancer patients was detected using quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction, western blotting, and immunohistochemistry; cervical cancer cell function with downregulated SPAG5 in vitro was explored using tetrazolium assay, flow cytometry, and colony formation and Transwell assays. SPAG5 was upregulated in tumor tissue compared with paired adjacent noncancerous tissues; SPAG5 upregulation in tumor tissues indicated poor disease-free survival, which was also an independent prognostic indicator for cervical cancer patients. In vitro study demonstrated that SPAG5 downregulation inhibited cell proliferation and growth significantly by G2/M arrest and induction of apoptosis, and hindered cell migration and invasion. Under SPAG5 downregulation, the sensitivity of cervical cancer cells differed according to taxol dose, which correlated with mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) signaling pathway activity. In general, SPAG5 upregulation relates to poor prognosis in cervical cancer patients, and SPAG5 is a regulator of mTOR activity during taxol treatment in cervical cancer.

The Prognostic Significance of Multiple Pelvic Node Metastases in Cervical Cancer Patients Treated With Radical Hysterectomy Plus Adjuvant Chemoradiotherapy

2012 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 490-497 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mika Okazawa ◽  
Seiji Mabuchi ◽  
Fumiaki Isohashi ◽  
Osamu Suzuki ◽  
Yukinobu Ohta ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cervical Cancer ◽  
Multivariate Analysis ◽  
Cancer Patients ◽  
Radical Hysterectomy ◽  
Prognostic Significance ◽  
Adjuvant Chemoradiotherapy ◽  
Treatment Groups ◽  
Pelvic Node ◽  
Gynecology And Obstetrics ◽  
Node Metastases

ObjectiveWe investigated the prognostic significance of multiple pelvic node metastases in cervical cancer patients who were treated with radical hysterectomy plus adjuvant chemoradiotherapy.MethodsWe retrospectively reviewed the medical records of 311 patients with International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics stage IB1-IIB cervical cancer who had been treated with radical hysterectomy plus adjuvant radiotherapy (RT) between January 1998 and December 2008. Of these, 119 received adjuvant RT and 192 received adjuvant concurrent chemoradiotherapy (CCRT) postoperatively. Multivariate analysis for progression-free survival (PFS) was performed using the Cox proportional hazards regression model to investigate the prognostic significance of pelvic node metastases in the 2 treatment groups. Survival was calculated using the Kaplan-Meier method and compared using the log-rank test.ResultsMultivariate analysis demonstrated pelvic node metastasis to be an independent prognostic factor for shorter PFS in both treatment groups. When the node-positive patients were analyzed according to the number of positive pelvic nodes, we found that the patients with multiple pelvic node metastases (≥3) displayed significantly shorter PFS than those with 1 or 2 pelvic node metastases in the RT group. In contrast, in the CCRT group, the PFS of the patients with multiple pelvic node metastases (≥3) was similar to that observed of the patients with 1 or 2 pelvic node metastases.ConclusionsThe presence of multiple pelvic node metastases was not an independent predictor of shorter PFS in the CCRT group.

scholarly journals FOXF2 inhibits proliferation, migration, and invasion of Hela cells by regulating Wnt signaling pathway

2018 ◽  
Vol 38 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jun Zhang ◽  
Chunxia Zhang ◽  
Lin Sang ◽  
Ling Huang ◽  
Juan Du ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cervical Cancer ◽  
Wnt Signaling ◽  
Cancer Patients ◽  
Signaling Pathway ◽  
Hela Cells ◽  
Wnt Signaling Pathway ◽  
Migration And Invasion ◽  
Vector Group ◽  
Blank Group ◽  
Tumor Tissues

This article was aimed to study the FOXF2 effects on cervical cancer. Tumor tissues and adjacent tissues of 41 cervical cancer patients were collected. Human endometrial epithelial cells (hEEC) and Hela cells were cultured. FOXF2 expression vector and its empty vector were transfected into Hela cells, and named as pcDNA 3.1-FOXF2 group and Vector group, respectively. Hela cells without any treatment were set as Blank group. qRT-PCR was used to detect mRNA expression. Nude mouse xenograft assay was performed to test Hela cells proliferation ability in vivo. FOXF2 and β-catenin positive cell numbers were detected by immunohistochemistry. Protein expression was analyzed by Western blot. Cells migration and invasion were conducted by Transwell. Tumor tissues and Hela cells FOXF2 expression were lower than that in adjacent tissues and hEEC (P<0.01). Low FOXF2 expression predicted poor outcomes of cervical cancer patients. Compared with Blank group and Vector group, Hela cells of pcDNA 3.1-FOXF2 group were with higher FOXF2 expression, lower OD495 value, migrated and invaded cells, higher E-cadherin expression, lower Vimentin and Snail expression, smaller tumor volume in nude mice, lower c-Myc, CyclinDl, MMP9, Lgr5, and nuclear β-catenin expression (all P<0.01). FOXF2 inhibits Hela cells proliferation, migration, and invasion through regulating Wnt signaling pathway.

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