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Nie D, Ma P, Chen Y, Zhao H, Liu L, Xin D, Cao W, Wang F, Meng X, Liu L, Xie M, Sun L. MiR-204 suppresses the progression of acute myeloid leukemia through HGF/c-Met pathway. Hematology 2021; 26:931-939. [PMID: 34789086 DOI: 10.1080/16078454.2021.1981533] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022] Open
Abstract
Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) was confirmed to be associated with hematopoietic insufficiency, as well as abnormal proliferation, differentiation or survival of myeloid progenitors. Multiple studies reported that microRNA-204 (miR-204) and Hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) played important roles in types of cancers. However, the potential molecular regulatory mechanism between miR-204 and HGF in AML remains to be further defined. Real-time PCR (RT-PCR) was adopted to detect the expression of miR-204 and HG. Relative protein levels were detected by western blot assay. The viability, cell cycle, apoptosis, migration, and invasion were analyzed by MTT, flow cytometry, and transwell assays. Moreover, the target relationship between miR-204 and HGF was predicted by MiRcode website and confirmed by luciferase reporter, RNA pull-down, and western blot assays. Our data suggested that miR-204 was downregulated in AML serum samples and cells. MiR-204 overexpression repressed cell proliferation, migration, invasion, and induced cell apoptosis in AML cells. HGF was upregulated in AML samples and cells, and HGF knockdown inhibited the malignancy of AML cells. In addition, HGF was directly targeted by miR-204. HGF overexpression reversed the effects of miR-204 mimic on AML cell proliferation, apoptosis, migration, and invasion. Besides, miR-204 regulated the c-Met signaling by targeting HGF, thereby regulating the downstream protein levels related to cell proliferation, apoptosis, migration, and invasion in AML cells. In conclusion, miR-204 could regulate AML progression through regulating the HGF/c-Met pathway.
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- Dingrui Nie
- Department of Hematology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Hematology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Hematology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Hematology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Hematology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Hematology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Hematology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Hematology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Hematology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Hematology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Hematology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, People's Republic of China
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Ray S, Saha D, Alam N, Mitra Mustafi S, Mandal S, Sarkar A, Majumder B, Murmu N. Exposure to chewing tobacco promotes primary oral squamous cell carcinoma and regional lymph node metastasis by alterations of SDF1α/CXCR4 axis. Int J Exp Pathol 2021; 102:80-92. [PMID: 33655604 DOI: 10.1111/iep.12386] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2020] [Revised: 12/01/2020] [Accepted: 12/07/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
Abstract
A high incidence of oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) is observed in South-East Asian countries due to addictions such as chewing tobacco. Local invasion and distant metastases are primary causes of poor prognosis in OSCC. This study aimed to understand the alterations in metastasis biomarkers, such as stromal cell-derived factor-1α (SDF-1 or SDF1α) and its receptor C-X-C chemokine receptor type 4 (CXCR4), in OSCC patient samples that were stratified based on the history of addiction to chewing tobacco. Targeted immunohistochemical staining and Western blotting were performed on primary tumour and metastatic lymph node (LN) tissues in parallel. Overexpression of hepatocyte growth factor (HGF), activated form of its cognate receptor tyrosine kinase, c-Met (p-Met), GRB2-associated-binding protein 1 (Gab1), phospho-protein kinase B (pAkt), nuclear factor kappa B (NF-κB) and cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) were observed in primary tumour and metastatic lymph nodes in both chewer and non-chewer cohorts. Variance analysis showed significant positive correlation between them (P < .0001) indicating upregulation of these biomarkers upon ligand-induced activation of c-Met in both tobacco chewers and non-chewers. Significantly higher expressions of SDF1α and CXCR4 were observed in both primary tumours and metastatic lymph nodes of tobacco chewers (P < .0001) and coincided with overexpressed HGF. In contrast, no significant correlation was observed between expression of HGF and that of SDF1α and CXCR4 in non-chewers. Together, our findings provide important insights into the association of HGF/c-Met and the SDF1α/CXCR4 axis in lymph node metastasis and to an aetiological link with the habit of chewing tobacco.
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- Sudipta Ray
- Department of Signal Transduction and Biogenic Amines, Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute, Kolkata, India
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- Department of Signal Transduction and Biogenic Amines, Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute, Kolkata, India
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- Department of Surgical Oncology, Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute, Kolkata, India
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute, Kolkata, India
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- Department of Head and Neck Oncology, Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute, Kolkata, India
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- Departments of Cancer Biology, Molecular Pathology and Molecular Profiling, Mitra Biotech, Electronic City, Bengaluru, India
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- Department of Signal Transduction and Biogenic Amines, Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute, Kolkata, India
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Yuan S, Gong Y, Chen R, Du J, Zhang H, Chen T. Chinese herbal formula QHF inhibits hepatocellular carcinoma metastasis via HGF/c-Met signaling pathway. Biomed Pharmacother 2020; 132:110867. [PMID: 33075668 DOI: 10.1016/j.biopha.2020.110867] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2020] [Revised: 10/06/2020] [Accepted: 10/07/2020] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC) is one of the most common malignant tumors, and high recurrence and metastasis are the major obstacles to successful treatment of HCC. Traditional Chinese medicine has little known and unique advantages in the treatment of HCC. Previous studies have confirmed that Chinese herbal formula Qingrejiedu (clears away heat and toxins), Huoxuehuayu (promotes blood flow to remove stasis) and Fuzhengguben (strengthens healthy qi and root) (QHF) has a significant effect on patients with advanced HCC, improves the quality of life and prolongs the survival time of patients significantly. In this study, we investigated the effect of QHF on proliferation, migration and invasion of human high metastatic hepatocellular carcinoma cell line HCCLM3 and its underlying mechanism. The results from our in vitro experiments showed that QHF has the ability to inhibit the proliferation by inducing G2/M phase cell cycle arrest and induce apoptosis. Moreover, QHF can also inhibit migration and invasion of HCCLM3 cells and the expression of the p-c-Met protein in HCCLM3 cells was down-regulated. c-Met is closely related to the metastasis of HCC, then we constructed a stable transfected cell line HepG2-met with high expression of c-Met by transfection. Further study in vivo revealed that c-Met gene will promote the growth of tumors and lung metastases in nude mice, and QHF intervention can reduce tumor lung metastases by inhibiting the HGF/c-Met signaling pathway. In conclusion, our study reveals that QHF can inhibit the proliferation, migration and invasion of HCCLM3, and this effect may be related to inhibiting HGF/c-Met signaling pathway.
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- Shenjun Yuan
- College of Medical Science, China Three Gorges University, Yichang, 443002, China; Department of Pathology, The Central Hospital of Wuhan, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430014, China
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- College of Medical Science, China Three Gorges University, Yichang, 443002, China; Third-Grade Pharmacological Laboratory on Chinese Medicine Approved by State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine, China Three Gorges University, Yichang, 443002, China
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- College of Medical Science, China Three Gorges University, Yichang, 443002, China; Third-Grade Pharmacological Laboratory on Chinese Medicine Approved by State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine, China Three Gorges University, Yichang, 443002, China
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- College of Medical Science, China Three Gorges University, Yichang, 443002, China; Third-Grade Pharmacological Laboratory on Chinese Medicine Approved by State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine, China Three Gorges University, Yichang, 443002, China
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- Department of Pathology, The Central Hospital of Wuhan, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430014, China
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- College of Medical Science, China Three Gorges University, Yichang, 443002, China; Third-Grade Pharmacological Laboratory on Chinese Medicine Approved by State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine, China Three Gorges University, Yichang, 443002, China.
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Zhao L, Dai C, Gong Q. Changes of Endocan and its effect on hepatic stem cells during the rapid proliferation process of residual liver after ALPPS procedure. Cell Biochem Funct 2020; 38:817-825. [PMID: 32515027 DOI: 10.1002/cbf.3553] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2020] [Revised: 04/24/2020] [Accepted: 05/03/2020] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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To establish a stable animal model of associating liver partition and portal vein ligation for staged hepatectomy (ALPPS), as well as to explore whether Endocan and HGF/c-Met signalling pathway participate in the regeneration of residual liver through hepatic stem cells after ALPPS procedure. C57BL/6J male mice weighing 18-22 g were used in this study. The liver regeneration index was expressed as the ratio of Future Liver Remnant (FLR)/Body weight (BW) × 100%. Expression of hepatic stem cell marker CK19 was assessed by immunohistochemical method. Serum levels of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and Endocan were detected by ELISA. VEGF, Endocan and c-Met contents in residual liver were observed by Western blot analysis. The expression levels of Endocan and HGF/c-Met pathway-related genes were evaluated by qRT-PCR. Compared with the portal vein ligation (PVL) group and sham group, the ALPPS group had more CK19 positive cells and a higher liver regeneration index (P < .05). The serum levels of VEGF in the ALPPS group were increased significantly (P < .05) from the first day and decreased from the second day after surgery, and maintained consistently higher than that of the sham group (P < .05). Western blot showed that the expressions of VEGF and Endocan in ALPPS group were significantly higher than those in both sham and PVL groups at different time points. The Endocan plays a role in the rapid regeneration of residual liver after ALPPS, likely through the interaction with the HGF/c-Met pathway to affect the hepatic stem cell population. SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY: Our animal study provides valuable insights on the effect of Endocan in the process of rapid regeneration of residual liver after ALPPS, which would lead to the possible expansion of clinical research on ALPPS surgery and further studies on its molecular underpinning during liver regeneration.
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- Liang Zhao
- Department of General Surgery, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China
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- Department of General Surgery, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China
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- Department of General Surgery, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China
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Qiao Z, Zhang Y, Ge M, Liu S, Jiang X, Shang Z, Liu H, Cao C, Xiao H. Cancer Cell Derived Small Extracellular Vesicles Contribute to Recipient Cell Metastasis Through Promoting HGF/c-Met Pathway. Mol Cell Proteomics 2019; 18:1619-1629. [PMID: 31196968 PMCID: PMC6683008 DOI: 10.1074/mcp.ra119.001502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2019] [Revised: 06/11/2019] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
Abstract
Cancer progression is frequently caused by metastasis and leads to significantly increased mortality. Cell derived extracellular vesicles, including exosomes, in the microenvironment play key roles in cellular signal transduction, whereas their biological function in cancer metastasis and progression needs in-depth investigation. Here, we initially demonstrate that the small extracellular vesicles (sEVs) derived from highly metastatic lung cancer cells exhibited great capacity to promote the progression of recipient cells. Quantitative proteomics was employed to comprehensively decipher the proteome of cell derived sEVs and more than 1400 sEVs proteins were identified. Comparison analysis indicates that sEVs-HGF is a potential metastasis related protein and our verification data from clinical lung cancer plasma samples and in vivo experiments further confirmed the association. We found that sEVs-HGF could induce epithelial-mesenchymal transition and the coordination between HGF and c-Met was confirmed through corresponding target knockdown and kinase inhibition. Our data collectively demonstrate that cancer cell derived sEVs contribute to recipient cell metastasis through promoting HGF/c-Met pathway, which are potential targets for the prevention and treatment of cancer metastasis.
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- Zhi Qiao
- ‡State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China
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- §School of Pharmacy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China
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- ¶State Key Laboratory of Medical Genomics, Shanghai Institute of Hematology, Rui Jin Hospital, School of Medicine and School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200025, China
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- ‡State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China
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- ‡State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China
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- ‡State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China
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- ¶State Key Laboratory of Medical Genomics, Shanghai Institute of Hematology, Rui Jin Hospital, School of Medicine and School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200025, China
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- ‖Department of Instrument Science and Engineering, School of Electronic Information and Electrical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- ‡State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China.
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Nan L, Qin T, Xiao Y, Qian W, Li J, Wang Z, Ma J, Ma Q, Wu Z. Pancreatic Stellate Cells Facilitate Perineural Invasion of Pancreatic Cancer via HGF/c-Met Pathway. Cell Transplant 2019; 28:1289-1298. [PMID: 31161784 PMCID: PMC6767883 DOI: 10.1177/0963689719851772] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
Abstract
Pancreatic cancer (PC) is a highly lethal cancer that has a strong ability for invasion
and metastasis, poor prognosis, and a stubbornly high death rate due to late diagnosis and
early metastasis. Therefore, a better understanding of the mechanisms of metastasis should
provide novel opportunities for therapeutic purposes. As a route of metastasis in PC,
perineural invasion (PNI) occurs frequently; however, the molecular mechanism of PNI is
still poorly understood. In this study, we show that the hepatocyte growth factor
(HGF)/c-Met pathway plays a vital role in the PNI of PC. We found that HGF promotes PC
cell migration and invasion by activating the HGF/c-Met pathway, and enhances the
expression of nerve growth factor (NGF) and matrix metalloproteinase-9 (MMP9) in vitro.
Furthermore, HGF significantly increased PC cell invasion of the dorsal root ganglia (DRG)
and promoted the outgrowth of DRG in cocultured models of PC cells and DRG. In contrast,
the capacity for invasion and the phenomenon of PNI in PC cells were reduced when the
HGF/c-Met pathway was blocked by siRNA. In conclusion, PSCs facilitate PC cell PNI via the
HGF/c-Met pathway. Targeting the HGF/c-Met signaling pathway could be a promising
therapeutic strategy for PC.
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- Ligang Nan
- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital, Xi'an Jiaotong University, China.,Emergency Department, People's Hospital of Shaanxi Province, Xi'an, China.,Both the authors are co-first authors and contributed equally in this article
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- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital, Xi'an Jiaotong University, China.,Both the authors are co-first authors and contributed equally in this article
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- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital, Xi'an Jiaotong University, China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital, Xi'an Jiaotong University, China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital, Xi'an Jiaotong University, China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital, Xi'an Jiaotong University, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, First Affiliated Hospital, Xi'an Jiaotong University, China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital, Xi'an Jiaotong University, China.,Both the authors are co-senior authors in this article
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- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital, Xi'an Jiaotong University, China.,Both the authors are co-senior authors in this article
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