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ArticleBioengineered2021

α-Actinin1 promotes tumorigenesis and epithelial-mesenchymal transition of gastric cancer via the AKT/GSK3β/β-Catenin pathway.

Siwen Zhang, Junfu Wang, Ting Chen, Jiancheng Wang, Ye Wang, Zhu Yu, Kun Zhao, Kaitian Zheng, Yeyang Chen, Zhen Wang and 5 more

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15 authors.

Siwen ZhangDepartment of Gastrointestinal Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, China.
Junfu WangDepartment of Gastrointestinal Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, China.
Ting ChenGraduate College, The Guangxi Medical University, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Nanning, People's Republic of China.
Jiancheng WangDepartment of Gastrointestinal Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, China.
Ye WangDepartment of Gastrointestinal Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, China.
Zhu YuDepartment of Gastrointestinal Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, China.
Kun ZhaoDepartment of Gastrointestinal Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, China.
Kaitian ZhengDepartment of Gastrointestinal Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, China.
Yeyang ChenDepartment of Gastrointestinal Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, China.
Zhen WangDepartment of Gastrointestinal Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, China.
Bopei LiDepartment of Gastrointestinal Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, China.
Congjun WangDepartment of Gastrointestinal Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, China.
Weijia HuangDepartment of Gastrointestinal Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, China.
Zhao FuDepartment of Gastrointestinal Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, China.
Junqiang ChenDepartment of Gastrointestinal Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, China.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

α-Actinin1 (ACTN1), an actin cross-linking protein, is implicated in cytokinesis, cell adhesion, and cell migration. In addition, it is involved in the tumorigenesis and development of certain cancers, such as breast cancer. We explored the function of ACTN1 in gastric cancer (GC), which has largely remained unclear. High-throughput sequencing and public microarray datasets from the Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) and The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) revealed the upregulation of ACTN1 in gastric cancer with a poor prognosis. These results were further verified by western blotting (WB), Real-Time Quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR), and immunohistochemistry. We constructed loss and gain of function gastric cancer cells, which revealed the effect of ACTN1 over-expression on promoting GC cell proliferation, invasion, migration, and inhibited apoptosis. Mechanistic studies revealed that ACTN1 regulates the epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) and tumorigenesis of gastric cancer via the AKT/GSK3β/β-catenin pathway, confirmed by the inhibitor of AKT MK2206. Altogether, these results demonstrated that ACTN1 could be a promising candidate for gastric cancer treatment.

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ActininStomach NeoplasmsAgedApoptosisbeta CateninCarcinogenesisCell Line, TumorEpithelial-Mesenchymal TransitionFemaleGlycogen Synthase Kinase 3 betaHumansMaleMiddle AgedProto-Oncogene Proteins c-aktSignal TransductionActininACTN1 protein, humanbeta CateninCTNNB1 protein, humanGlycogen Synthase Kinase 3 betaGSK3B protein, humanProto-Oncogene Proteins c-aktAKT/GSK3Β/β-cateninapoptosisepithelial-to-mesenchymal transitionGastric cancerα-Actinin1

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PMCPMC8806412

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