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ArticleCell death & disease2018

G3BP1 promotes tumor progression and metastasis through IL-6/G3BP1/STAT3 signaling axis in renal cell carcinomas.

Yong Wang, Donghe Fu, Yajing Chen, Jing Su, Yiting Wang, Xin Li, Wei Zhai, Yuanjie Niu, Dan Yue, Hua Geng

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Article in Cell death & disease, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 61 papers.

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10 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Yong WangDepartment of Urology, The Second Hospital of Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin Institute of Urology, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, 300211, China.
Donghe FuDepartment of Microbiology, School of Medical Laboratory, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, 300203, China.
Yajing ChenResearch Center of Molecular Biology, Inner Mongolia Medical University, Hohhot, 010059, China.
Jing SuDepartment of Microbiology, School of Medical Laboratory, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, 300203, China.
Yiting WangDepartment of Microbiology, School of Medical Laboratory, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, 300203, China.
Xin LiDepartment of Pharmacology, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, 300070, China.
Wei ZhaiDepartment of Urology, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine in Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200127, China.
Yuanjie NiuDepartment of Urology, The Second Hospital of Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin Institute of Urology, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, 300211, China.
Dan YueDepartment of Microbiology, School of Medical Laboratory, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, 300203, China. danyue0705@sina.cn.
Hua GengResearch Center of Basic Medical Sciences, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, 300070, China. huahuageng@gmail.com.
Tianjin Medical University · CNSecond Hospital of Tianjin Medical University · CNInner Mongolia Medical University · CNShanghai Jiao Tong University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The chronic inflammatory microenvironment within or surrounding the primary renal cell carcinoma (RCC) site promotes oncogenic transformation as well as contributes to the development of metastasis. G3BP stress granule assembly factor 1 (G3BP1) was found to be involved in the regulation of multiple cellular functions. However, its functions in RCC have not been previously explored. Here, we first showed that the expression of G3BP1 is elevated in human RCC and correlates with RCC progression. In cultured RCC cells, knockdown of G3BP1 results in inhibition of tumor cell proliferation, migration, and invasion, consistently with the alteration of epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) and cell proliferative markers, including Cadherins, Vimentin, Snail, Slug, c-Myc, and cyclin D1. Remarkably, knockdown of G3BP1 dramatically impaired the signaling connection of pro-inflammatory cytokine IL-6 stimulation and downstream STAT3 activation in RCC, thus eventually contributing to the disruption of IL-6-elicited RCC migration and metastasis. In addition, in vivo orthotopic tumor xenografts results confirmed that knockdown of G3BP1 suppressed RCC tumor growth and metastasis in mice. Collectively, our findings support the notion that G3BP1 promotes tumor progression and metastasis through IL-6/G3BP1/STAT3 signaling axis in RCC.

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Gene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticAgedAnimalsCadherinsCarcinoma, Renal CellCell Line, TumorCell MovementCell ProliferationCyclin D1DNA HelicasesFemaleHumansInterleukin-6Kidney NeoplasmsLiver NeoplasmsLung NeoplasmsCadherinsCCND1 protein, humanCyclin D1DNA HelicasesG3BP1 protein, humanIL6 protein, humanInterleukin-6Poly-ADP-Ribose Binding ProteinsRNA HelicasesRNA Recognition Motif ProteinsRNA, Small InterferingSNAI1 protein, humanSnail Family Transcription FactorsSTAT3 protein, humanSTAT3 Transcription FactorVimentinVIM protein, human

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