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ArticleCancer medicine2021

SphK1-driven autophagy potentiates focal adhesion paxillin-mediated metastasis in colorectal cancer.

Jiang-Ni Wu, Lan Lin, Shi-Bo Luo, Xin-Ze Qiu, Li-Ye Zhu, Da Chen, Er-Dan Wei, Zhen-Hua Fu, Meng-Bin Qin, Zhi-Hai Liang and 2 more

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Article in Cancer medicine, 2021. 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, 30 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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12 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Jiang-Ni WuDepartment of Gastroenterology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi, P.R. China.ORCID 0000-0001-6514-226X
Lan LinDepartment of Gastroenterology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi, P.R. China.
Shi-Bo LuoDepartment of Gastroenterology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi, P.R. China.
Xin-Ze QiuDepartment of Gastroenterology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi, P.R. China.
Li-Ye ZhuDepartment of Gastroenterology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi, P.R. China.
Da ChenDepartment of Gastroenterology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi, P.R. China.
Er-Dan WeiDepartment of Gastroenterology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi, P.R. China.
Zhen-Hua FuDepartment of Gastroenterology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi, P.R. China.
Meng-Bin QinDepartment of Gastroenterology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi, P.R. China.
Zhi-Hai LiangDepartment of Gastroenterology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi, P.R. China.
Jie-An HuangDepartment of Gastroenterology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi, P.R. China.
Shi-Quan LiuDepartment of Gastroenterology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi, P.R. China.ORCID 0000-0002-3552-8732
Guangxi Medical University · CN

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China 81460380Natural Science Foundation Fostering Science Foundation of the Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University GJPY2018010Natural Science Foundation of Guangxi Province 2017GXNSFAA198019Natural Science Foundation of Guangxi Province 2020GXNSFAA159056
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Invasion and metastasis are the main causes of colorectal cancer (CRC)-related death. Accumulating evidence suggested that sphingosine kinase 1 (SphK1) promoted the metastasis of CRC and autophagy played an important role in SphK1 promoting the metastasis of malignancy. However, the mechanism by which SphK1-driven autophagy promotes invasion and metastasis in CRC remains to be clarified. In the present study, immunohistochemical detection showed the expression of SphK1 and paxillin was higher in human CRC tissues than those of normal colorectal mucosal tissues, they were both associated with TNM staging, lymphatic, and distance metastasis. In addition, study of in situ tumor transplantation model in nude mice showed that the suppression of SphK1 inhibited the growth of colonic orthotopic implantation tumors and the expression of paxillin, p-paxillin, LC3 in the tumor. So, SphK1 may promote CRC metastasis via inducing the expression of paxillin expression and its phosphorylation, in vivo. Furthermore, results of CCK8 assay, transwell and wound healing assays showed that SphK1 promoted the viability, invasion, and metastasis of CRC cells. Transmission electron microscopy detection showed that SphK1 is the key factor in autophagy induction in CRC cells. Moreover, western blot examination indicated that the expression of LC3Ⅱ/Ⅰ, paxillin, p-paxillin, MMP-2, and vimentin was enhanced in SphK1-overexpressed CRC cells and suppressed in SphK1 knockdown CRC cells, meanwhile, the expression of E-cadherin was suppressed in SphK1-overexpressed CRC cells and enhanced in SphK1 knockdown CRC cells. Suppression of autophagy by 3MA reversed the expression of paxillin and its phosphorylation in SphK1-overexpressed CRC cells, indicated that SphK1-driven autophagy induced the expression of paxillin and its phosphorylation in CRC cells. Together, these findings reveal that SphK1-driven autophagy may promote the invasion and metastasis of CRC via promoting the expression of focal adhesion paxillin and its phosphorylation.

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AdultAgedAged, 80 and overAnimalsAutophagyColorectal NeoplasmsFemaleFocal AdhesionsHumansMaleMiceMice, NudeMiddle AgedNeoplasm MetastasisPhosphotransferases (Alcohol Group Acceptor)Sphingosine KinasePhosphotransferases (Alcohol Group Acceptor)Sphingosine KinaseSphk1 protein, mouseautophagycolorectal cancermetastasespaxillinsphingosine kinase 1

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PMCPMC8419751
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