ArticleCell death & disease2018
Endoplasmic reticulum resident oxidase ERO1-Lalpha promotes hepatocellular carcinoma metastasis and angiogenesis through the S1PR1/STAT3/VEGF-A pathway.
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- ERO1α as a Potential Drug Target for Breast Cancer: A Systematic Review of Current Evidence.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Pooled it
- Remodelling the tumour microenvironment and beyond: ERO1A as a multifaceted regulator and emerging therapeutic target in cancer.Clinical and translational medicine · 2026Review
- Targeting the Endoplasmic Reticulum Oxidoreductin-1 Alpha-Protein Disulfide Isomerase Redox Interface as a Therapeutic Strategy in Cancer.Biomedicines · 2026Review
- CEBPD-mediated SGPP2 upregulation via PERK/ER stress in endothelial cells disrupts S1P homeostasis and impairs angiogenesis in chronic endometritis.Journal of translational medicine · 2025Article
- Machine learning integration of bulk and single-cell RNA-seq data reveals glycolytic heterogeneity in colorectal cancer.Medical oncology (Northwood, London, England) · 2025Article
- Role of S1PR1 in VEGF-exosomes mediated resistance of hepatocellular carcinoma to anti-angiogenesis therapy.Cancer cell international · 2025Article
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- Endoplasmic reticulum oxidoreductin 1α as a potential therapeutic target in diseases: from oxidative protein folding to pathophysiological mechanisms.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2025Review
- ERO1A levels are a prognostic indicator in EGFR mutated non small cell lung cancer.NPJ precision oncology · 2024Article
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- TMEM9 promotes lung adenocarcinoma progression via activating the MEK/ERK/STAT3 pathway to induce VEGF expression.Cell death & disease · 2024Article
- Augmented ERO1α upon mTORC1 activation induces ferroptosis resistance and tumor progression via upregulation of SLC7A11.Journal of experimental & clinical cancer research : CR · 2024Article
- Biological mechanisms and clinical significance of endoplasmic reticulum oxidoreductase 1 alpha (ERO1α) in human cancer.Journal of experimental & clinical cancer research : CR · 2024Review
- Fingerprint of the oxido-reductase ERO1: A protein disulfide bond producer and supporter of cancer.Biochimica et biophysica acta. Reviews on cancer · 2024Review
- ERO1α promotes the proliferation and inhibits apoptosis of colorectal cancer cells by regulating the PI3K/AKT pathway.Journal of molecular histology · 2023Article
- Deciphering STAT3 signaling potential in hepatocellular carcinoma: tumorigenesis, treatment resistance, and pharmacological significance.Cellular & molecular biology letters · 2023Review
- Pathogenesis and Current Treatment Strategies of Hepatocellular Carcinoma.Biomedicines · 2022Review
- Endoplasmic reticulum oxidoreductin 1-alpha deficiency and activation of protein translation synergistically impair breast tumour resilience.British journal of pharmacology · 2022Article
- Activation of DDX58/RIG‑I suppresses the growth of tumor cells by inhibiting STAT3/CSE signaling in colon cancer.International journal of oncology · 2022Article
- S1PR1 induces metabolic reprogramming of ceramide in vascular endothelial cells, affecting hepatocellular carcinoma angiogenesis and progression.Cell death & disease · 2022Article
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Abstract
Mounting evidence demonstrates that expression of ERO1α, an endoplasmic reticulum (ER)-resident oxidase, is a poor prognosis factor in a variety of human cancers. However, the clinical relevance of ERO1α and its molecular mechanisms underlying tumor progression have not been determined for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). ERO1α expression levels in HCC tissues and cells were detected by quantitative real-time PCR and western blotting. ERO1α shRNAs and overexpression vector were transfected into HCC cells to downregulate or upregulate ERO1α expression. In vitro and in vivo assays were performed to investigate the function of ERO1α in invasion, metastasis, and angiogenesis of HCC. We found high ERO1α expression in HCC tissues and cells that was significantly associated with metastasis and poor clinicopathologic features of vascular invasion, advanced Edmondson Grade, and TNM stage. Loss-of-function and gain-of-function studies showed that ERO1α prompted migration, invasion, epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT), and angiogenesis of HCC cells both in vitro and in vivo. Further studies verified a positive correlation between ERO1α and S1PR1, upregulated in metastatic HCC tissues compared with HCC tissues without metastasis. S1PR1 knockdown markedly diminished the effects of ERO1α on HCC cell migration, invasion and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) expression. Most importantly, ERO1α knockdown significantly repressed the death of HCC xenograft mouse models by reducing tumor distant metastasis, and host angiogenesis by suppressing the expression of S1PR1, p-STAT3, and VEGF-A in HCC cells. Our findings suggest that ERO1α is significantly correlated with reduced survival and poor prognosis, and promotes HCC metastasis and angiogenesis by triggering the S1PR1/STAT3/VEGF-A signaling pathway. ERO1α might be a novel candidate in HCC prognosis and therapy.
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