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ArticleBMC cancer2021

Expression and functional characterization of INPP4B in gallbladder cancer patients and gallbladder cancer cells.

Youliang Wu, Delong Meng, Xin Xu, Junjun Bao, Yexiang You, Yanjun Sun, Yongxiang Li, Dengqun Sun

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Youliang WuDepartment of General Surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, 230022, People's Republic of China.
Delong MengDepartment of Molecular Biology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 6000 Harry Hines Blvd, Dallas, TX, 75390, USA.
Xin XuDepartment of General Surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, 230022, People's Republic of China.
Junjun BaoDepartment of Gastroenterology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, 230022, People's Republic of China.
Yexiang YouDepartment of General Surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, 230022, People's Republic of China.
Yanjun SunDepartment of General Surgery, the Armed Police Corps Hospital of Anhui, Hefei, 230041, People's Republic of China.
Yongxiang LiDepartment of General Surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, 230022, People's Republic of China. liyongxiang@ahmu.edu.cn.
Dengqun SunDepartment of General Surgery, the Armed Police Corps Hospital of Anhui, Hefei, 230041, People's Republic of China. sundengqunsyl@126.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2891-722X
Anhui Medical University · CNJiangSu Armed Police General Hospital · CNThe University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center · US

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National Natural Science Foundation of China 81874063Provincial Natural Science Foundation of Anhui 1808085MH238Provincial Natural Science Foundation of Anhui 1908085MH261
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundInositol polyphosphate 4-phosphatase type II (INPP4B) is a negative regulator of the PI3K-Akt signalling pathway and plays a contradictory role in different types of cancers. However, the its biological role played by INPP4B in human gallbladder cancer (GBC) has not been elucidated. In this study, we investigated the expression, clinical significance and biological function of INPP4B in GBC patients and cell lines.

methodsThe INPP4B protein expression levels in gallbladder cancer tissues and normal gallbladder tissues were detected by immunohistochemistry, and the clinical significance of INPP4B was analysed. Knockdown and overexpression of INPP4B in GBC-SD and SGC-996 cells followed by cell proliferation, clonogenic, apoptosis detection, scratch wound-healing and transwell assays were used to identify INPP4B function in vitro.

resultsINPP4B was up-regulated in human GBC tissues compared with normal gallbladder tissues and was related to histopathological differentiation (p = 0.026). Here, we observed that INPP4B was highly expressed in high-moderately differentiated tumours compared with low-undifferentiated tumours (p = 0.022). Additionally, we found that INPP4B expression was not associated with overall survival of GBC patients (p = 0.071) and was not an independent prognostic factor. Furthermore, when we stratified the relationship between INPP4B expression and the prognosis of GBC based on histopathological differentiation, we found that INPP4B played a contradictory role in GBC progression depending on the degree of differentiation. In addition, INPP4B knockdown inhibited the proliferation, colony formation, migration and invasion in GBC cells, while INPP4B overexpression had the opposite effects in vitro, which indicates its role as an oncoprotein.

conclusionsThese findings suggested that INPP4B may play a dual role in the prognosis of GBC depending on the degree of differentiation and that INPP4B might act as an oncogene in gallbladder cancer cells.

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Gene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticAgedAged, 80 and overApoptosisBiomarkersCell Line, TumorCell ProliferationFemaleGallbladder NeoplasmsHumansImmunohistochemistryMaleMiddle AgedNeoplasm GradingNeoplasm MetastasisNeoplasm StagingBiomarkersphosphatidylinositol-3,4-bisphosphate 4-phosphatasePhosphoric Monoester HydrolasesGallbladder cancerINPP4BOncogenePrognostic biomarkerTumour suppressor gene

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