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ArticleClinical & experimental metastasis2017

Bif-1 promotes tumor cell migration and metastasis via Cdc42 expression and activity.

Cunzhen Zhang, Fenghua Liu, Haiyang Chen, Nan Li, Zaili Luo, Weixing Guo, Dandan Huang, Shanhua Tang, Honggang Wang, Shuqun Cheng and 2 more

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Article in Clinical & experimental metastasis, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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12 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Cunzhen ZhangDepartment of Surgery, Eastern Hepatobiliary Surgery Institute/Hospital, The Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China.
Fenghua LiuDepartment of Gastroenterology, Central Laboratory, The 10th People's Hospital, Tongji University, Shanghai, China.
Haiyang ChenInternational Cooperation Laboratory on Signal Transduction, Eastern Hepatobiliary Surgery Institute/Hospital, The Second Military Medical University, 225 Changhai Road, Shanghai, China.
Nan LiDepartment of Surgery, Eastern Hepatobiliary Surgery Institute/Hospital, The Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China.
Zaili LuoInternational Cooperation Laboratory on Signal Transduction, Eastern Hepatobiliary Surgery Institute/Hospital, The Second Military Medical University, 225 Changhai Road, Shanghai, China.
Weixing GuoDepartment of Surgery, Eastern Hepatobiliary Surgery Institute/Hospital, The Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China.
Dandan HuangInternational Cooperation Laboratory on Signal Transduction, Eastern Hepatobiliary Surgery Institute/Hospital, The Second Military Medical University, 225 Changhai Road, Shanghai, China.
Shanhua TangInternational Cooperation Laboratory on Signal Transduction, Eastern Hepatobiliary Surgery Institute/Hospital, The Second Military Medical University, 225 Changhai Road, Shanghai, China.
Honggang WangDepartment of Pharmacology, Penn State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, USA.
Shuqun ChengDepartment of Surgery, Eastern Hepatobiliary Surgery Institute/Hospital, The Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China. chengshuqun@aliyun.com.
Zhong LiDepartment of Gastroenterology, Central Laboratory, The 10th People's Hospital, Tongji University, Shanghai, China. lizhongsh@yahoo.com.
Hongyang WangInternational Cooperation Laboratory on Signal Transduction, Eastern Hepatobiliary Surgery Institute/Hospital, The Second Military Medical University, 225 Changhai Road, Shanghai, China. hywangk@vip.sina.com.
Eastern Hepatobiliary Surgery Hospital · CNSecond Military Medical University · CNPennsylvania State University · USTongji University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Tumor metastasis is the process by which tumor cells disseminate from tumors and enter nearby and distant microenvironments for new colonization. Bif-1 (BAX-interacting factor 1), which has a BAR domain and an SH3 domain, has been reported to be involved in cell growth, apoptosis and autophagy. However, the influence of Bif-1 on metastasis has been less studied. To understand the role of Bif-1 in metastasis, we studied the expression levels of Bif-1 in human HCC specimens using immunohistochemistry, a tissue microarray and quantitative PCR. The function of Bif-1 was assessed in migration and translocation assays and the pulmonary metastatic animal model. The relationship between Bif-1 and the Rho family was determined using immunoblot analyses and chromatin immunoprecipitation. The results showed that the expression of Bif-1 was higher in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) than matched adjacent non-tumor liver tissues. Increased Bif-1 expression was associated with tumor size and the intercellular spread and metastasis of HCC. Analysis of the relationship between Bif-1 expression and patients' clinical characteristics revealed that patients with higher levels of Bif-1 had shorter disease-free and overall survival rates. Knockdown of Bif-1 with RNAi suppressed the migration of HCC cells and pulmonary metastasis and decreased the expression of Cdc42, a member of the Rho family. Bif-1 localized to the cytosol and nucleus and interacted with the promoter transcription region of Cdc42, which may regulate Cdc42 expression. Our results demonstrate a novel role of Bif-1 in HCC, in which Bif-1 promotes cell metastasis by regulating Cdc42 expression and activity.

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Adaptor Proteins, Signal TransducingAdultAgedAnimalsCarcinoma, Hepatocellularcdc42 GTP-Binding ProteinCell Line, TumorCell MovementCell ProliferationDisease-Free SurvivalFemaleGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticHumansLiver NeoplasmsLung NeoplasmsMaleAdaptor Proteins, Signal Transducingcdc42 GTP-Binding ProteinSH3GLB1 protein, humanBif-1Cdc42HCCMetastasis

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