SULF2 promotes tumorigenesis and inhibits apoptosis of cervical cancer cells through the ERK/AKT signaling pathway
Autor: | Tao Jiang, Zhao-Hui Chen, Zhe Chen, Dan Tan |
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Jazyk: | angličtina |
Rok vydání: | 2020 |
Předmět: |
0301 basic medicine
MAPK/ERK pathway Medicine (General) Physiology Proliferation Uterine Cervical Neoplasms Apoptosis SULF2 medicine.disease_cause Biochemistry HeLa Mice 0302 clinical medicine Biology (General) General Pharmacology Toxicology and Pharmaceutics biology Chemistry General Neuroscience General Medicine Middle Aged Immunohistochemistry Gene Expression Regulation Neoplastic ERK/AKT 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis Female Sulfatases Signal transduction Signal Transduction Research Article Adult MAP Kinase Signaling System QH301-705.5 Immunology Biophysics Mice Nude Ocean Engineering Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction 03 medical and health sciences R5-920 Downregulation and upregulation Cell Line Tumor medicine Animals Humans Protein kinase B Aged Neoplasm Staging Akt/PKB signaling pathway Cell Biology biology.organism_classification 030104 developmental biology Case-Control Studies Cancer research Cervical cancer Carcinogenesis Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt HeLa Cells |
Zdroj: | Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research, Volume: 53, Issue: 2, Article number: e8901, Published: 07 FEB 2020 Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research v.53 n.2 2020 Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica (ABDC) instacron:ABDC Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research, Vol 53, Iss 2 (2020) |
Popis: | The objective of this study was to explore the role of the SULF2-mediated ERK/AKT signaling pathway in cervical cancer. SULF2 expression was detected in tumor tissues and tumor-adjacent normal tissues from cervical cancer patients. HeLa cells were divided into six groups: control group, NC group, SULF2 siRNA group, SULF2 group, SULF2 + LY294002 group, and SULF2 + U0125 group. In each group, HeLa cells received the corresponding treatment, followed by measurement of the cellular biological characteristics and expression of the ERK/AKT signaling pathway. We also confirmed the effect of SULF2 in vivo using a xenograft model in nude mice. SULF2 was upregulated in cervical cancer tissues, which was specifically associated with the clinical stage, histological differentiation, and lymphatic metastasis. Compared to the control group, the SULF2 siRNA group displayed decreased expression of SULF2, concomitant with reduced proliferation, migration, and invasion, but there was an increase in the apoptosis rate of HeLa cells, as well as downregulation of the p-Akt/Akt, p-ERK/ERK, and Bax/Bcl-2 ratios and cyclin D1. Additionally, tumor growth was significantly inhibited in the xenograft model of nude mice. The results in the SULF2 group were quite the opposite in which SULF2 facilitated the growth of cervical cancer cells, which was reversed by LY294002 or U0126. SULF2 is highly expressed in cervical cancer, and thus, downregulation of SULF2 can inhibit the ERK1/2 and AKT signaling pathways to suppress the proliferation, invasion, and migration of cervical cancer cells while facilitating apoptosis. |
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