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ArticleMolecular medicine reports2018

Knockdown of BRCC3 exerts an anti‑tumor effect on cervical cancer in vitro.

Feifang Zhang, Qun Zhou

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Article in Molecular medicine reports, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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15 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Feifang Zhang *Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Jinhua Municipal Central Hospital, Jinhua Hospital of Zhejiang University, Jinhua, Zhejiang 321000, P.R. China.
Qun Zhou *Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Zhejiang Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310018, P.R. China.
Jinhua Central Hospital · CNZhejiang Chinese Medical University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cervical cancer is a serious malignancy that affects the health of females. In the present study, the association between breast cancer type 1 susceptibility protein/breast cancer type 2 susceptibility protein‑containing complex subunit 3 (BRCC3) and cervical cancer was investigated. Reverse transcription‑quantitative polymerase chain reaction and western blotting were performed to determine BRCC3 mRNA and protein expression levels in cervical cancer tissues and cells, in addition to the expression levels of proteins associated with the epithelial‑mesenchymal transition (EMT) process in HeLa and SiHa cells. Cell Counting Kit‑8, Transwell and wound healing assays were performed to determine the cell viability, invasion and migration abilities of cervical cancer cells, respectively. The results of the present study revealed that BRCC3 expression was significantly increased in cervical cancer tissues, which was also revealed to be associated with the clinical stages and pathological grades of cervical cancer exhibited by patients, in addition to the survival time. Furthermore, BRCC3 expression levels were enhanced in HeLa, SiHa and C‑33A cervical cancer cells. BRCC3 interference in HeLa and SiHa cells was revealed to suppress cell viability, invasion and migration abilities via upregulation of E‑cadherin expression levels and downregulation of Vimentin, matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)‑2, MMP‑9, snail family transcriptional repressor (Snai)1 and Snai2 expression levels. In conclusion, the expression levels of BRCC3 were revealed to be increased in cervical cancer tissues, which were positively associated with clinical features of cervical cancer. Furthermore, BRCC3 interference inhibited the cell viability, invasion and migration abilities of HeLa and SiHa cells via regulation of EMT progression and expression levels of Snai family members. In addition, the results of the present study suggested that BRCC3 represents an oncogene associated with cervical cancer, and may also represent a novel therapeutic biomarker for the diagnosis, treatment and prognosis of patients with cervical cancer.

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AdultAgedCell Line, TumorCell MovementCell SurvivalDeubiquitinating EnzymesEpithelial-Mesenchymal TransitionFemaleGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticGene Knockdown TechniquesHumansMembrane ProteinsMiddle AgedNeoplasm GradingNeoplasm StagingRNA, MessengerBRCC3 protein, humanDeubiquitinating EnzymesMembrane ProteinsRNA, MessengerRNA, Small InterferingSnail Family Transcription Factorsbreast cancer type 1 susceptibility protein/breastcancer type 2 susceptibility protein -containing complex subunit 3cell invasioncervical cancerepithelial-mesenchymal transitionmigrationsnail family transcriptional repressor

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