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Zhang N, Chen X. PAIP1 is a novel oncogene in human hepatocellular carcinoma. Discov Oncol 2022; 13:132. [PMID: 36436074 PMCID: PMC9702235 DOI: 10.1007/s12672-022-00530-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2022] [Accepted: 04/12/2022] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Poly(A)-binding protein interacting protein 1 (PAIP1) is a translational initiation regulatory factor that has been reported as oncogene in multiple malignant diseases. However, its role in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and the potential mechanisms have not been explored. METHODS PAIP1 expression level in HCC cell lines were detected by real-time quantitative PCR and western blotting. The proliferation and colony formation of HCC cell lines were detected by MTT and colony formation assay. The apoptosis and cell cycle were detected by flow cytometry. The volume and growth rate of the xenograft tumors were observed. The potential mechanism of PAIP1 was analyzed by miRNA Microarray Analysis and TargetScan analysis. RESULTS PAIP1 is significantly upregulated in HCC cell lines. PAIP1 knockdown dramatically inhibits cell proliferation and colony formation, induces apoptosis and alters the cell cycle distribution by increasing the G2/M cell percentage. Moreover, PAIP1 knockdown significantly reduces tumorigenesis in a murine transplantation model. Bioinformatics and immunoblotting analysis reveal that PAIP1 knockdown dysregulates cyclin D pathway-related proteins. CONCLUSION PAIP1 plays an oncogenic role in hepatocellular carcinoma.
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- Nuobei Zhang
- Department of Gastroenterology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, No. 1 Minde Road, Nanchang, 330006, China
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China.
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Feng L, Wang Y, Wang X, An S, Aizimuaji Z, Tao C, Zhang K, Cheng S, Wu J, Xiao T, Rong W. Integrated analysis of the rhesus monkey liver transcriptome during development and human primary HCC AFP-related gene expression. MOLECULAR THERAPY. NUCLEIC ACIDS 2021; 25:406-415. [PMID: 34484865 PMCID: PMC8403716 DOI: 10.1016/j.omtn.2021.06.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2021] [Accepted: 06/16/2021] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Embryonic development and tumorigenesis have a certain degree of similarity. Alpha-fetoprotein (AFP), a protein related to embryonic development, is a well-known biomarker for the diagnosis and prognosis of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). In this study, we analyzed the differences in gene expression profiles and molecular mechanisms in human HCC tissues from patients in AFPhigh (serum AFP level ≥ 25 ng/mL) and AFPlow (serum AFP level < 25 ng/mL) groups. The results indicated that AFPhigh HCC has more malignant biological characteristics. Single-sample gene set enrichment analysis (ssGSEA) showed significantly higher levels of genes expressed in dendritic cells, neutrophils, and natural killer cells in the AFPlow group than in the AFPhigh group. Then, we defined a rhesus monkey fetal liver developmental landscape and compared it to the HCC gene expression profile. The gene signatures of AFPhigh HCC tissues were similar to those of early embryonic liver tissues. In this study, we comprehensively analyzed the rhesus monkey liver transcriptome during development and human primary HCC AFP-related gene expression profiles and clarified the function of AFP in the occurrence and development of HCC from the perspective of developmental biology, which might provide a new perspective on the pathogenesis of HCC.
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- Lin Feng
- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Oncology, Department of Etiology and Carcinogenesis, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100021, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Oncology, Department of Etiology and Carcinogenesis, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100021, China
- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100021, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Oncology, Department of Etiology and Carcinogenesis, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100021, China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100021, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Oncology, Department of Etiology and Carcinogenesis, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100021, China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100021, China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100021, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Oncology, Department of Etiology and Carcinogenesis, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100021, China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100021, China
- Corresponding author: Dr. Jianxiong Wu, Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100021, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Oncology, Department of Etiology and Carcinogenesis, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100021, China
- Corresponding author: Dr. Ting Xiao, State Key Laboratory of Molecular Oncology, Department of Etiology and Carcinogenesis, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100021, China.
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- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100021, China
- Corresponding author: Dr. Weiqi Rong, Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100021, China.
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Liver Transcriptome Changes of Hyla Rabbit in Response to Chronic Heat Stress. Animals (Basel) 2019; 9:ani9121141. [PMID: 31847222 PMCID: PMC6940982 DOI: 10.3390/ani9121141] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2019] [Accepted: 12/11/2019] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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Simple Summary It has been widely acknowledged in farm animals that environmental heat stress would have comprehensive influences on many kinds of physiological aspects, including the metabolic characteristics, production performances, welfare concerns, etc. The rabbit is a small herbivore and needs to regulate the body temperature in a fine mechanism. Little is known, however, about the genes and pathways that are involved in the regulatory responses under chronic heat stress conditions. In the present study, we investigated the liver transcriptome changes in response to chronic heat stress for Hyla rabbit, that is a commercial meat breed recently introduced into China. We successfully revealed the differentially expressed genes that were significantly enriched in heat stress related biological processes. The results would help us for better understanding the molecular mechanisms underlying physiological responses against heat stress in rabbits. Abstract Rabbit is an economically important farm animal in China and also is a widely used animal model in biological researches. Rabbits are very sensitive to the environmental conditions, therefore we investigated the liver transcriptome changes in response to chronic heat stress in the present study. Six Hyla rabbits were randomly divided into two groups: chronic heat stress (HS) and controls without heat stress (CN). Six RNA-Seq libraries totally yielded 380 million clean reads after the quality filtering. Approximately 85.07% of reads were mapped to the reference genome. After assembling transcripts and quantifying gene expression levels, we detected 51 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) between HS and CN groups with thresholds of the adjusted p-value < 0.05 and |log2(FoldChange)| > 1. Among them, 33 and 18 genes were upregulated and downregulated, respectively. Gene ontology analyses further revealed that these DEGs were mainly associated with metabolism of lipids, thyroid hormone metabolic process, and cellular modified amino acid catabolic process. The upregulated ACACB, ACLY, LSS, and CYP7A1 genes were found to be inter-related through biological processes of thioester biosynthetic process, acyl-CoA biosynthetic process, acetyl-CoA metabolic process, and others. Six DEGs were further validated by quantitative real-time PCR analysis. The results revealed the candidate genes and biological processes that will potentially be considered as important regulatory factors involved in the heat stress response in rabbits.
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Ponziani FR, Nicoletti A, Gasbarrini A, Pompili M. Diagnostic and therapeutic potential of the gut microbiota in patients with early hepatocellular carcinoma. Ther Adv Med Oncol 2019; 11:1758835919848184. [PMID: 31205505 PMCID: PMC6535703 DOI: 10.1177/1758835919848184] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2019] [Accepted: 04/12/2019] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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The gut microbiota is involved in the maintenance of the homeostasis of the human body and its alterations are associated with the development of different pathological conditions. The liver is the organ most exposed to the influence of the gut microbiota, and recently important connections between the intestinal flora and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) have been described. In fact, HCC is commonly associated with liver cirrhosis and develops in a microenvironment where inflammation, immunological alterations, and cellular aberrations are dramatically evident. Prevention and diagnosis in the earliest stages are still the most effective weapons in fighting this tumor. Animal models show that the gut microbiota can be involved in the promotion and progression of HCC directly or through different pathogenic mechanisms. Recent data in humans have confirmed these preclinical findings, shedding new light on HCC pathogenesis. Limitations due to the different experimental design, the ethnic and hepatological setting make it difficult to compare the results and draw definitive conclusions, but these studies lay the foundations for a pathogenetic redefinition of HCC. Therefore, it is evident that the characterization of the gut microbiota and its modulation can have an enormous diagnostic, preventive, and therapeutic potential, especially in patients with early stage HCC.
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- Francesca Romana Ponziani
- Division of Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Fondazione Policlinico Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, Largo Agostino Gemelli 8, Rome, 00168, Italy
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- Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Fondazione Policlinico Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Fondazione Policlinico Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Fondazione Policlinico Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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Ai X, Xiang L, Huang Z, Zhou S, Zhang S, Zhang T, Jiang T. Overexpression of PIK3R1 promotes hepatocellular carcinoma progression. Biol Res 2018; 51:52. [PMID: 30497511 PMCID: PMC6264640 DOI: 10.1186/s40659-018-0202-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2018] [Accepted: 11/20/2018] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Background Phosphoinositide-3-kinase, regulatory subunit 1 (PIK3R1) could regulate cancer cell proliferation important for cancer cell proliferation; however, its role in Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) remains largely unknown. Here, we investigated the role of PIK3R1 in HCC and examined the underlying molecular mechanisms. Methods The expression of PIK3R1 was evaluated by immunohistochemistry and qRT-PCR in a series of HCC tissues. The mRNA and protein expression of PIK3R1 was used by qRT-PCR and western blot assays in a series of human HCC cell lines, and then we choose MHCC97H and HCCLM3 cells as a model to investigate the effect of PIK3R1 on HCC progression. The effects of PIK3R1 knowdown on cell proliferation, migration, apoptosis of HCC were assessed by the MTT assay, clonogenic assays, wound healing assay and flow cytometry in vitro. Western blot assay was performed to assess the expression changes of PI3K/AKT/mTOR signaling pathway. Results Our results found that PIK3R1 was highly expressed in HCC tissues compared with adjacent normal tissues. Knockdown of PIK3R1 inhibited the proliferation, migration and promoted apoptosis of HCC cell lines. In addition, we proved that knockdown of PIK3R1 downregulated p-PI3K, p-AKT, and p-mTOR expressions in MHCC97H and HCCLM3 cells. Conclusions In conclusion, PIK3R1 providing potential novel targets for the treatment of HCC.
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- Xuejun Ai
- The Key Laboratory of Medical Molecular Biology, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, 550002, China.,Department of Digestive, Guiyang First People's Hospital, Guiyang, 550001, China
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- Department of Interventional Radiology, Affiliated Hospital of Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, 550002, China
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- The Key Laboratory of Medical Molecular Biology, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, 550002, China.,Department of Interventional Radiology, Affiliated Hospital of Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, 550002, China
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- Department of Interventional Radiology, Affiliated Hospital of Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, 550002, China
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- Department of Interventional Radiology, Affiliated Hospital of Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, 550002, China
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- The Key Laboratory of Medical Molecular Biology, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, 550002, China. .,Department of Digestive, Guiyang First People's Hospital, Guiyang, 550001, China.
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- The Key Laboratory of Medical Molecular Biology, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, 550002, China. .,Department of Interventional Radiology, Affiliated Hospital of Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, 550002, China.
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Wu S, Liu Y, Guo W, Cheng X, Ren X, Chen S, Li X, Duan Y, Sun Q, Yang X. Identification and characterization of long noncoding RNAs and mRNAs expression profiles related to postnatal liver maturation of breeder roosters using Ribo-zero RNA sequencing. BMC Genomics 2018; 19:498. [PMID: 29945552 PMCID: PMC6020324 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-018-4891-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2017] [Accepted: 06/19/2018] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The liver is mainly hematopoietic in the embryo, and converts into a major metabolic organ in the adult. Therefore, it is intensively remodeled after birth to adapt and perform adult functions. Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) are involved in organ development and cell differentiation, likely they have potential roles in regulating postnatal liver development. Herein, in order to understand the roles of lncRNAs in postnatal liver maturation, we analyzed the lncRNAs and mRNAs expression profiles in immature and mature livers from one-day-old and adult (40 weeks of age) breeder roosters by Ribo-Zero RNA-Sequencing. RESULTS Around 21,939 protein-coding genes and 2220 predicted lncRNAs were expressed in livers of breeder roosters. Compared to protein-coding genes, the identified chicken lncRNAs shared fewer exons, shorter transcript length, and significantly lower expression levels. Notably, in comparison between the livers of newborn and adult breeder roosters, a total of 1570 mRNAs and 214 lncRNAs were differentially expressed with the criteria of log2fold change > 1 or < - 1 and P values < 0.05, which were validated by qPCR using randomly selected five mRNAs and five lncRNAs. Further GO and KEGG analyses have revealed that the differentially expressed mRNAs were involved in the hepatic metabolic and immune functional changes, as well as some biological processes and pathways including cell proliferation, apoptotic and cell cycle that are implicated in the development of liver. We also investigated the cis- and trans- regulatory effects of differentially expressed lncRNAs on its target genes. GO and KEGG analyses indicated that these lncRNAs had their neighbor protein coding genes and trans-regulated genes associated with adapting of adult hepatic functions, as well as some pathways involved in liver development, such as cell cycle pathway, Notch signaling pathway, Hedgehog signaling pathway, and Wnt signaling pathway. CONCLUSIONS This study provides a catalog of mRNAs and lncRNAs related to postnatal liver maturation of chicken, and will contribute to a fuller understanding of biological processes or signaling pathways involved in significant functional transition during postnatal liver development that differentially expressed genes and lncRNAs could take part in.
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- Shengru Wu
- College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, 712100 China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, 712100 China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, 712100 China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, 712100 China
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- Dazhou Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Dazhou, 635000 Sichuan China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, 712100 China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, 712100 China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, 712100 China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, 712100 China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, 712100 China
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Cai Z, Qian ZY, Jiang H, Ma N, Li Z, Liu LY, Ren XX, Shang YR, Wang JJ, Li JJ, Liu DP, Zhang XP, Feng D, Ni QZ, Feng YY, Li N, Zhou XY, Wang X, Bao Y, Zhang XL, Deng YZ, Xie D. hPCL3s Promotes Hepatocellular Carcinoma Metastasis by Activating β-Catenin Signaling. Cancer Res 2018; 78:2536-2549. [PMID: 29483096 DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-17-0028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2017] [Revised: 08/17/2017] [Accepted: 02/20/2018] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Two isoforms of human Polycomb-like protein 3 (hPCL3) have been reported as components of the nuclear Polycomb repressive complex 2 (PRC2), with the short isoform (hPCL3s) showing a dominant cytoplasmic localization. The function of cytoplasmic hPCL3s has, however, not been addressed. In this study, we report that hPCL3s is upregulated in clinical hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) samples and its expression correlated with HCC clinical features. hPCL3s positively regulated the migration, invasion, and metastasis of HCC cells. hPCL3s interacted with components of the cytoplasmic β-catenin destruction complex, inhibited β-catenin degradation, and activated β-catenin/T-cell factor signaling. Downstream of the β-catenin cascade, IL6 mediated the motility-promoting functions of hPCL3s. Forced expression of hPCL3s in the liver of a HCC mouse model promoted tumorigenesis and metastasis. Taken together, these data show that hPCL3s promotes the metastasis of HCC by activating the β-catenin/IL6 pathway.Significance: hPCL3s has an oncogenic role in hepatocellular carcinoma by activating the β-catenin/IL6 signaling axis to promote metastasis. Cancer Res; 78(10); 2536-49. ©2018 AACR.
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- Zhen Cai
- Key Laboratory of Nutrition and Metabolism, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
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- Key Laboratory of Nutrition and Metabolism, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
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- Key Laboratory of Nutrition and Metabolism, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
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- Key Laboratory of Nutrition and Metabolism, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
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- Center for Molecular Medicine, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Center for Molecular Medicine, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Center for Molecular Medicine, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Key Laboratory of Nutrition and Metabolism, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China.,School of Life Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai, China
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- Key Laboratory of Nutrition and Metabolism, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
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- Key Laboratory of Nutrition and Metabolism, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
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- Key Laboratory of Nutrition and Metabolism, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Hepatic Surgery VI, Eastern Hepatobiliary Surgery Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China
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- Key Laboratory of Nutrition and Metabolism, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
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- Key Laboratory of Nutrition and Metabolism, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
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- Key Laboratory of Nutrition and Metabolism, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Hepatic Surgery VI, Eastern Hepatobiliary Surgery Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Pathology, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai, China.,Department of Oncology, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Key Laboratory for Translational Medicine, First Affiliated Hospital, Huzhou University, Huzhou, China
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- Department of Surgery, First People's Hospital Affiliated, Huzhou University, Huzhou, China
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- Department of General Surgery, Fengxian Hospital Affiliated to Southern Medical University, Shanghai, China
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- Center for Molecular Medicine, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Nutrition and Metabolism, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China. .,School of Life Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai, China
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He B, He Y, Shi W, Gong S, Chen X, Xiao J, Gu J, Ding W, Wang Y. Bioinformatics analysis of gene expression alterations in microRNA‑122 knockout mice with hepatocellular carcinoma. Mol Med Rep 2017; 15:3681-3689. [PMID: 28393247 PMCID: PMC5436154 DOI: 10.3892/mmr.2017.6445] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2015] [Accepted: 02/06/2017] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Reduced microRNA (miR)‑122 expression levels are frequently observed in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). The present study was conducted to investigate potential targets of miR‑122 and determine the underlying regulatory mechanisms of miR‑122 in HCC development. The public dataset GSE31731 was utilized, consisting of 8 miR‑122 knockout (KO) mice (miR‑122 KO) and 8 age‑matched wild‑type mice (WT group). Following data preprocessing, the differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were selected, followed by enrichment analysis. A protein‑protein interaction (PPI) network was established, and a module network was further extracted. Combining the DEGs with microRNA targeting databases permitted the screening of the overlapping targets of miR‑122. Furthermore, previously reported genes were screened out by literature mining. Transcription factors (TFs) of the targets were subsequently investigated. DEGs between miR‑122 KO and WT groups were selected, including 713 upregulated and 395 downregulated genes. Of these, upregulated genes were enriched in cell cycle‑associated processes [including nucleolar and spindle associated protein 1 (NUSAP1)], the cytokine‑cytokine receptor interaction pathway [including C‑X‑C motif chemokine receptor 4 (CXCR4) and C‑C motif chemokine receptor 2 (CCR2)], and the extracellular matrix‑receptor interaction pathway [including integrin subunit alpha V (ITGAV)]. In addition, multiple overlapping targets were highlighted in the PPI network, including NUSAP1, CXCR4, CCR2 and ITGAV. Notably, CXCR4 and CCR2 were linked in module C, enriched in the cytokine‑cytokine receptor interaction pathway. Furthermore, upregulated sex determining region Y‑box 4 (SOX4) was identified as a TF. The results of the present study may provide a theoretical basis for further studies on the mechanisms of miR‑122 in the development of HCC.
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- Bosheng He
- Department of Radiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, Nantong, Jiangsu 226001, P.R. China
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- Department of Ultrasound, The Tumor Hospital of Nantong University, Nantong, Jiangsu 226361, P.R. China
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- Department of Radiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, Nantong, Jiangsu 226001, P.R. China
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- Department of Radiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, Nantong, Jiangsu 226001, P.R. China
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- Department of Ultrasound, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, Nantong, Jiangsu 226001, P.R. China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, School of Public Health, Nantong University, Nantong, Jiangsu 226019, P.R. China
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- Department of Pathophysiology, Nantong University Medical School, Nantong, Jiangsu 226001, P.R. China
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- Department of Radiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, Nantong, Jiangsu 226001, P.R. China
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- Department of Oncology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, Nantong, Jiangsu 226001, P.R. China
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Farooq M, Wadaan MAM. Epigenetic targets in hepatocellular carcinoma cells: identification of chaperone protein complexes with histone deacetylases. Epigenomics 2016; 5:501-12. [PMID: 24059797 DOI: 10.2217/epi.13.45] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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AIMS The study was designed to find out the protein complex(s) associated with HDAC3 in liver cancer using a modified form of affinity purification coupled with a mass spectrometry technique in HepG2 cells. The organ-specific requirement for HDAC1 and HDAC3 during liver formation in zebrafish and their altered expression in liver cancer tissues indicates they are indispensible for hepato-organogenesis and hepatocarcinogenesis. However, how they exert their function is unknown. MATERIAL & METHODS HepG2 cells were transfected with either mock or construct-containing HDAC3 using a C-terminal strepIII-HA tag as bait. The bait proteins were purified by double affinity columns and were analyzed on a Thermo LTQ Orbitrap™ (Thermo Scientific, MA, USA) chromatography system. RESULTS Affinity purification coupled with mass spectrometry resulted in the identification of 24 putative binders of HDAC3 in HepG2 cells. The majority (83%) of these are novel interactions are reported for the first time in this study. CONCLUSION This is the first study reporting the affinity purification and identification of protein complexes with two closely related proteins in one cell line. The novel HDAC1 and HDAC3 complexes identified in HepG2 cells could serve as a platform for the design of future therapeutic medicine for the treatment of liver cancer.
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- Muhammad Farooq
- Bioproducts Research Chair, College of Science, Department of Zoology, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Ferrer-Vicens I, Riffo‐Campos ÁL, Zaragozá R, García C, López-Rodas G, Viña JR, Torres L, García-Trevijano ER. In vivo genome-wide binding of Id2 to E2F4 target genes as part of a reversible program in mice liver. Cell Mol Life Sci 2014; 71:3583-97. [PMID: 24573694 PMCID: PMC11113549 DOI: 10.1007/s00018-014-1588-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2013] [Revised: 01/30/2014] [Accepted: 02/12/2014] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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The inhibitor of differentiation Id2, a protein lacking the basic DNA-binding domain, is involved in the modulation of a number of biological processes. The molecular mechanisms explaining Id2 pleiotropic functions are poorly understood. Id2 and E2F4 are known to bind simultaneously to c-myc promoter. To study whether Id2 plays a global role on transcriptional regulation, we performed in vivo genome-wide ChIP/chip experiments for Id2 and E2F4 in adult mouse liver. An Id2-containing complex was bound to a common sequence downstream from the TSS on a subset of 442 E2F4 target genes mainly related to cell development and chromatin structure. We found a positive correlation between Id2 protein levels and the expression of E2F4/Id2 targets in fetal and adult liver. Id2 protein stability increased in fetal liver by interaction with USP1 de-ubiquitinating enzyme, which was induced during development. In adult liver, USP1 and Id2 levels dramatically decreased. In differentiated liver tissue, when Id2 concentration was low, E2F4/Id2 was bound to the same region as paused Pol II and target genes remained transcriptionally inactive. Conversely, in fetal liver when Id2 levels were increased, Id2 and Pol II were released from gene promoters and target genes up-regulated. During liver regeneration after partial hepatectomy, we obtained the same results as in fetal liver. Our results suggest that Id2 might be part of a reversible development-related program involved in the paused-ON/OFF state of Pol II on selected genes that would remain responsive to specific stimuli.
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- Ivan Ferrer-Vicens
- Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular. Facultad de Medicina. Fundación Investigación Hospital Clínico-INCLIVA, Universidad de Valencia, Avda. Blasco Ibañez, 17, 46010 Valencia, Spain
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- Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas. Fundación Investigación Hospital Clínico-INCLIVA, Universidad de Valencia, Avda. Blasco Ibañez, 17, 46010 Valencia, Spain
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- Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular. Facultad de Medicina. Fundación Investigación Hospital Clínico-INCLIVA, Universidad de Valencia, Avda. Blasco Ibañez, 17, 46010 Valencia, Spain
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- Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular. Facultad de Medicina. Fundación Investigación Hospital Clínico-INCLIVA, Universidad de Valencia, Avda. Blasco Ibañez, 17, 46010 Valencia, Spain
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- Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas. Fundación Investigación Hospital Clínico-INCLIVA, Universidad de Valencia, Avda. Blasco Ibañez, 17, 46010 Valencia, Spain
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- Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular. Facultad de Medicina. Fundación Investigación Hospital Clínico-INCLIVA, Universidad de Valencia, Avda. Blasco Ibañez, 17, 46010 Valencia, Spain
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- Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular. Facultad de Medicina. Fundación Investigación Hospital Clínico-INCLIVA, Universidad de Valencia, Avda. Blasco Ibañez, 17, 46010 Valencia, Spain
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- Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular. Facultad de Medicina. Fundación Investigación Hospital Clínico-INCLIVA, Universidad de Valencia, Avda. Blasco Ibañez, 17, 46010 Valencia, Spain
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Staib F, Krupp M, Maass T, Itzel T, Weinmann A, Lee JS, Schmidt B, Müller M, Thorgeirsson SS, Galle PR, Teufel A. CellMinerHCC: a microarray-based expression database for hepatocellular carcinoma cell lines. Liver Int 2014; 34:621-31. [PMID: 24016071 PMCID: PMC6993137 DOI: 10.1111/liv.12292] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2012] [Accepted: 07/24/2013] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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BACKGROUND & AIMS Therapeutic options for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) still remain limited. Development of gene targeted therapies is a promising option. A better understanding of the underlying molecular biology is gained in in vitro experiments. However, even with targeted manipulation of gene expression varying treatment responses were observed in diverse HCC cell lines. Therefore, information on gene expression profiles of various HCC cell lines may be crucial to experimental designs. To generate a publicly available database containing microarray expression profiles of diverse HCC cell lines. METHODS Microarray data were analyzed using an individually scripted R program package. Data were stored in a PostgreSQL database with a PHP written web interface. Evaluation and comparison of individual cell line expression profiles are supported via public web interface. RESULTS This database allows evaluation of gene expression profiles of 18 HCC cell lines and comparison of differential gene expression between multiple cell lines. Analysis of commonly regulated genes for signaling pathway enrichment and interactions demonstrates a liver tumor phenotype with enrichment of major cancer related KEGG signatures like 'cancer' and 'inflammatory response'. Further molecular associations of strong scientific interest, e.g. 'lipid metabolism', were also identified. CONCLUSIONS We have generated CellMinerHCC (http://www.medicalgenomics.org/cellminerhcc), a publicly available database containing gene expression data of 18 HCC cell lines. This database will aid in the design of in vitro experiments in HCC research, because the genetic specificities of various HCC cell lines will be considered.
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- Frank Staib
- Department of Medicine I, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany
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- Institute of Computer Science, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Medicine I, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- Department of Medicine I, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- Department of Medicine I, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany
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- Kleberg Center for Molecular Markers, Department of Systems Biology, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Institute of Computer Science, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Medicine I, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- Laboratory of Experimental Carcinogenesis, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Medicine I, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Medicine I, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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The expression of embryonic liver development genes in hepatitis C induced cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. Cancers (Basel) 2013; 4:945-68. [PMID: 23667740 PMCID: PMC3650861 DOI: 10.3390/cancers4030945] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) remains a difficult disease to study even after a decade of genomic analysis. Patient and disease heterogeneity, differences in statistical methods and multiple testing issues have resulted in a fragmented understanding of the molecular basis of tumor biology. Some researchers have suggested that HCC appears to share pathways with embryonic development. Therefore we generated targeted hypotheses regarding changes in developmental genes specific to the liver in HCV-cirrhosis and HCV-HCC. We obtained microarray studies from 30 patients with HCV-cirrhosis and 49 patients with HCV-HCC and compared to 12 normal livers. Genes specific to non-liver development have known associations with other cancer types but none were expressed in either adult liver or tumor tissue, while 98 of 179 (55%) genes specific to liver development had differential expression between normal and cirrhotic or HCC samples. We found genes from each developmental stage dysregulated in tumors compared to normal and cirrhotic samples. Although there was no single tumor marker, we identified a set of genes (Bone Morphogenetic Protein inhibitors GPC3, GREM1, FSTL3, and FST) in which at least one gene was over-expressed in 100% of the tumor samples. Only five genes were differentially expressed exclusively in late-stage tumors, indicating that while developmental genes appear to play a profound role in cirrhosis and malignant transformation, they play a limited role in late-stage HCC.
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Xu C, Zhao W, Hao Y, Chang C, Fan J. Comparative analysis of gene expression profiles of acute hepatic failure and that of liver regeneration in rat. Gene 2013; 528:59-66. [DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2013.07.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2013] [Revised: 06/28/2013] [Accepted: 07/02/2013] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Sun L, Yang H, Chen M, Ma D, Lin C. RNA-Seq reveals dynamic changes of gene expression in key stages of intestine regeneration in the sea cucumber Apostichopus japonicus. [corrected]. PLoS One 2013; 8:e69441. [PMID: 23936330 PMCID: PMC3735544 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0069441] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2012] [Accepted: 06/14/2013] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Sea cucumbers (Holothuroidea; Echinodermata) have the capacity to regenerate lost tissues and organs. Although the histological and cytological aspects of intestine regeneration have been extensively studied, little is known of the genetic mechanisms involved. There has, however, been a renewed effort to develop a database of Expressed Sequence Tags (ESTs) in Apostichopus japonicus, an economically-important species that occurs in China. This is important for studies on genetic breeding, molecular markers and special physiological phenomena. We have also constructed a library of ESTs obtained from the regenerative body wall and intestine of A. japonicus. The database has increased to ~30000 ESTs. RESULTS We used RNA-Seq to determine gene expression profiles associated with intestinal regeneration in A. japonicus at 3, 7, 14 and 21 days post evisceration (dpe). This was compared to profiles obtained from a normally-functioning intestine. Approximately 5 million (M) reads were sequenced in every library. Over 2400 up-regulated genes (>10%) and over 1000 down-regulated genes (~5%) were observed at 3 and 7dpe (log2Ratio ≥ 1, FDR ≤ 0.001). Specific "Go terms" revealed that the DEGs (Differentially Expressed Genes) performed an important function at every regeneration stage. Besides some expected pathways (for example, Ribosome and Spliceosome pathway term), the "Notch signaling pathway," the "ECM-receptor interaction" and the "Cytokine-cytokine receptor interaction" were significantly enriched. We also investigated the expression profiles of developmental genes, ECM-associated genes and Cytoskeletal genes. Twenty of the most important differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were verified by Real-time PCR, which resulted in a trend concordance of almost 100% between the two techniques. CONCLUSION Our studies demonstrated dynamic changes in global gene expression during intestine regeneration and presented a series of candidate genes and enriched pathways that contribute to intestine regeneration in sea cucumbers. This provides a foundation for future studies on the genetics/molecular mechanisms associated with intestine regeneration.
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- Lina Sun
- Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, PR China
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- Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, PR China
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- Ocean University of China, Qingdao, PR China
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- Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, PR China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, PR China
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- Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, PR China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, PR China
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Berger E, Vega N, Vidal H, Geloën A. Gene network analysis leads to functional validation of pathways linked to cancer cell growth and survival. Biotechnol J 2012; 7:1395-404. [DOI: 10.1002/biot.201200188] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2012] [Revised: 07/18/2012] [Accepted: 08/23/2012] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Becker D, Sfakianakis I, Krupp M, Staib F, Gerhold-Ay A, Victor A, Binder H, Blettner M, Maass T, Thorgeirsson S, Galle PR, Teufel A. Genetic signatures shared in embryonic liver development and liver cancer define prognostically relevant subgroups in HCC. Mol Cancer 2012; 11:55. [PMID: 22891627 PMCID: PMC3583209 DOI: 10.1186/1476-4598-11-55] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2012] [Accepted: 07/12/2012] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Multiple activations of individual genes during embryonic liver and HCC development have repeatedly prompted speculations about conserved embryonic signatures driving cancer development. Recently, the emerging discussion on cancer stem cells and the appreciation that generally tumors may develop from progenitor cells of diverse stages of cellular differentiation has shed increasing light on the overlapping genetic signatures between embryonic liver development and HCC. However there is still a lack of systematic studies investigating this area. We therefore performed a comprehensive analysis of differentially regulated genetic signaling pathways in embryonic and liver cancer development and investigated their biological relevance. Genetic signaling pathways were investigated on several publically available genome wide microarray experiments on liver development and HCC. Differentially expressed genes were investigated for pathway enrichment or underrepresentation compared to KEGG annotated pathways by Fisher exact evaluation. The comparative analysis of enrichment and under representation of differentially regulated genes in liver development and HCC demonstrated a significant overlap between multiple pathways. Most strikingly we demonstrated a significant overlap not only in pathways expected to be relevant to both conditions such as cell cycle or apoptosis but also metabolic pathways associated with carbohydrate and lipid metabolism. Furthermore, we demonstrated the clinical significance of these findings as unsupervised clustering of HCC patients on the basis of these metabolic pathways displayed significant differences in survival. These results indicate that liver development and liver cancer share similar alterations in multiple genetic signaling pathways. Several pathways with markedly similar patterns of enrichment or underrepresentation of various regulated genes between liver development and HCC are of prognostic relevance in HCC. In particular, the metabolic pathways were identified as novel prognostically relevant players in HCC development.
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- Diana Becker
- Department of Medicine I, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany
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Wang G, Xu C, Zhi J, Hao Y, Zhang L, Chang C. Gene expression profiles reveal significant differences between rat liver cancer and liver regeneration. Gene 2012; 504:41-52. [DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2012.04.086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2011] [Revised: 04/02/2012] [Accepted: 04/27/2012] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Pan C, Chen H, Wang L, Yang S, Fu H, Zheng Y, Miao M, Jiao B. Down-regulation of MiR-127 facilitates hepatocyte proliferation during rat liver regeneration. PLoS One 2012; 7:e39151. [PMID: 22720056 PMCID: PMC3376093 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0039151] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2012] [Accepted: 05/16/2012] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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Liver regeneration (LR) after partial hepatectomy (PH) involves the proliferation and apoptosis of hepatocytes, and microRNAs have been shown to post-transcriptionally regulate genes involved in the regulation of these processes. To explore the role of miR-127 during LR, the expression patterns of miR-127 and its related proteins were investigated. MiR-127 was introduced into a rat liver cell line to examine its effects on the potential target genes Bcl6 and Setd8, and functional studies were undertaken. We discovered that miR-127 was down-regulated and inversely correlated with the expression of Bcl6 and Setd8 at 24 hours after PH, a time at which hypermethylation of the promoter region of the miR-127 gene was detected. Furthermore, in BRL-3A rat liver cells, we observed that overexpression of miR-127 significantly suppressed cell growth and directly inhibited the expression of Bcl6 and Setd8. The results suggest that down-regulation of miR-127 may be due to the rapid methylation of its promoter during the first 24 h after PH, and this event facilitates hepatocyte proliferation by releasing Bcl6 and Setd8. These findings support a miRNA-mediated negative regulation pattern in LR and implicate an anti-proliferative role for miR-127 in liver cells.
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- Chuanyong Pan
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China
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Zheng Y, Yin L, Chen H, Yang S, Pan C, Lu S, Miao M, Jiao B. miR-376a suppresses proliferation and induces apoptosis in hepatocellular carcinoma. FEBS Lett 2012; 586:2396-403. [PMID: 22684007 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2012.05.054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2012] [Revised: 05/26/2012] [Accepted: 05/29/2012] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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MicroRNAs are known to be involved in the pathogenesis of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). This study aims to explore the potential biological function of miR-376a, which was found to be inhibited after partial hepatectomy, in HCC. We discovered that miR-376a was frequently down-regulated in HCC cell lines and HCC tissues, while higher relative level of miR-376a was significantly associated with high serum AFP level. Over-expression of miR-376a not only inhibited proliferation but induced apoptosis in Huh7 cells. Additionally, p85α (PIK3R1) was identified as a direct and functional target of miR-376a in Huh7 cells. Moreover, we confirmed that p85α and miR-376a were inversely correlated in HCC. These findings suggest that down-regulation of miR-376a may contribute to the development of HCC by targeting p85α.
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- Yongxia Zheng
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China
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Nakamura Y, Mizuguchi T, Kawamoto M, Meguro M, Harada K, Ota S, Hirata K. Cluster analysis of indicators of liver functional and preoperative low branched-chain amino acid tyrosine ration indicate a high risk of early recurrence in analysis of 165 hepatocellular carcinoma patients after initial hepatectomy. Surgery 2011; 150:250-62. [PMID: 21801962 DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2011.06.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2010] [Accepted: 06/13/2011] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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BACKGROUND Cluster analysis is used for dividing many prognostic indicators, including liver function, tumor progression, and operative variables, into specific clusters. The albumin (ALB), hepatocyte growth factor (HGF), and branched chain amino-acid to tyrosine ratio (BTR) may represent the severity of liver disease and function of the hepatic reserve. We developed the ALB-BTR and HGF-BTR classifications depending on each level to find specific unique subgroups. Our aim was to identify specific subgroups destined for favorable and poor prognoses after initial hepatectomy. METHODS Between 2002 and 2008, 165 patients were analyzed retrospectively. Liver function indicators, including BTR, tumor-related factors, and operative variables, were evaluated by cluster analysis with Ward's criterion. The ALB-BTR classification was divided into 4 groups depending on ALB (cutoff value, 4.0 g/dL) and BTR (cutoff value, 6.0). The HGF-BTR classification was also divided into 4 groups depending on HGF (cutoff value, 0.35 ng/mL) and BTR (cutoff value, 6.0). The prognoses of the subgroups were compared by the log-rank test. RESULTS Cluster analysis divided multiple indicators into 5 different clusters. In each cluster, we further analyzed subgroups using the ALB-BTR and HGF-BTR classification. Mean recurrence-free survival times in ALB-GI (19.1 ± 2.4 months) and HGF-GIII (29.4 ± 3.8 months) were less than their mean overall survival times. CONCLUSION Cluster analysis is useful to find similar and different indicators. Even though liver function was well preserved, low BTR could identify early recurrence in hepatocellular carcinoma patients after resection.
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- Yukio Nakamura
- Department of Surgery I, Sapporo Medical University Hospital, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
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You N, Liu W, Zhong X, Ji R, Zhang M, You H, Dou K, Tao K. Tg737 inhibition results in malignant transformation in fetal liver stem/progenitor cells by promoting cell-cycle progression and differentiation arrest. Mol Carcinog 2011; 51:659-73. [PMID: 21837759 DOI: 10.1002/mc.20839] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2011] [Revised: 07/07/2011] [Accepted: 07/11/2011] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Cancer stem/progenitor cells (CSPCs) may originate from the malignant transformation of normal stem cells. However, the mechanism by which normal stem cells undergo such transformation is not understood. Our previous studies provided evidence that Tg737 may play an important role in carcinogenesis of liver stem cells. In this study, we investigated the role of Tg737 in the malignant transformation of fetal liver stem/progenitor cells (FLSPCs). We inhibited Tg737 in FLSPCs using short hairpin RNA (shRNA). The microscopic observations of freshly purified Tg737 normal FLSPCs (nFLSPCs) and Tg737-silent FLSPCs (sFLSPCs), which showed high expression levels of stem cell markers, revealed no significant morphological changes in sFLSPCs. Following RNAi of Tg737, the mRNA and protein levels of sFLSPCs decreased by 81.81% and 80.10% as shown by PCR, Western blot and immunocytochemistry analyses. Excluding apoptosis-related effects, we found that silencing of Tg737 resulted in enhanced cell proliferation through promoting cell-cycle progression via upregulation of cyclin D1 and cyclin B expression (P < 0.05). Silencing of Tg737 also resulted in significant arrest of cell differentiation (P < 0.05), stable expression of both albumin (ALB) and alpha fetoprotein (AFP) (P > 0.05) and quiescent ultrastructure. Assessment of cell malignant traits by transwell migration assays and by growth of xenograft tumors in athymic mice showed that reduced expression of Tg737 greatly promoted cell invasion and hepatocarcinogenesis of FLSPCs (P < 0.05). This work shows that inactivation of Tg737 may play an important role in malignant transformation of FLSPCs.
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- Nan You
- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, P. R. China
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Xu C, Chen X, Chang C, Wang G, Wang W, Zhang L, Zhu Q, Wang L, Zhang F. Genome-wide expression profiling of hepatic oval cells after partial hepatectomy in rats. Tissue Cell 2011; 43:291-303. [PMID: 21764095 DOI: 10.1016/j.tice.2011.06.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2011] [Revised: 06/03/2011] [Accepted: 06/06/2011] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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To examine the changes of biological activities in hepatic oval cells (HOCs) elicited by 70% partial hepatectomy (PH) and understand the relationship between this cell and liver regeneration (LR), this study isolated and obtained the high purity HOCs (≥ 95%) from rat regenerating livers, and then monitored gene expression profiling of rat hepatic oval cells following surgical operation. Results showed that there were LR-related 1059 genes. These genes were grossly classified into three groups using a fold change cut-off threshold of three-fold: up-regulation, down-regulation and up/down regulation. Analyses of gene expression patterns combined with gene functional categorization suggested that genes in the categories "nucleic acid metabolism" and "cell cycle" were dominated by up-regulated expression. Genes in the functional groups "cell metabolism" and "oxidation reduction" were significantly enriched in expression pattern characterized by down-regulation. According to above mentioned results, the synchronized induction of DNA replication and cell proliferation-involved genes suggested that the peak of oval cell proliferation might occur between 30 and 36 h post-PH. The amino acid transformation-involved genes were down-regulated at the early phase of LR, which perhaps trigger the storage of those amino acids essential for protein synthesis. Reduced oxidative-reduction activity at early phase might be related to negative influence of surgical operation on its detoxification capacity. Conclusively, the genome-wide transcriptional analysis of oval cells would contribute to our understanding of the nature of LR at cell level.
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- Cunshuan Xu
- College of Life Science, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang 453007, China.
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Recent studies have begun to provide insight into a long-standing mystery in biology-why body growth in animals is rapid in early life but then progressively slows, thus imposing a limit on adult body size. This growth deceleration in mammals is caused by potent suppression of cell proliferation in multiple tissues and is driven primarily by local, rather than systemic, mechanisms. Recent evidence suggests that this progressive decline in proliferation results from a genetic program that occurs in multiple organs and involves the down-regulation of a large set of growth-promoting genes. This program does not appear to be driven simply by time, but rather depends on growth itself, suggesting that the limit on adult body size is imposed by a negative feedback loop. Different organs appear to use different types of information to precisely target their adult size. For example, skeletal and cardiac muscle growth are negatively regulated by myostatin, the concentration of which depends on muscle mass itself. Liver growth appears to be modulated by bile acid flux, a parameter that reflects organ function. In pancreas, organ size appears to be limited by the initial number of progenitor cells, suggesting a mechanism based on cell-cycle counting. Further elucidation of the fundamental mechanisms suppressing juvenile growth is likely to yield important insights into the pathophysiology of childhood growth disorders and of the unrestrained growth of cancer. In addition, improved understanding of these growth-suppressing mechanisms may someday allow their therapeutic suspension in adult tissues to facilitate tissue regeneration.
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- Julian C Lui
- Program in Developmental Endocrinology and Genetics, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
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