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ArticleCellular & molecular biology letters2021

LAGE3 promoted cell proliferation, migration, and invasion and inhibited cell apoptosis of hepatocellular carcinoma by facilitating the JNK and ERK signaling pathway.

Ying Xing, Yang Liu, Zhong Qi, Zhengrong Liu, Xin Wang, Hongyi Zhang

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Article in Cellular & molecular biology letters, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

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19 citing papers in PubMed, 34 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Ying XingDepartment of General Surgery, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, No. 119, South 4th Ring West Road, Fengtai District, Beijing, 100070, China.
Yang LiuDepartment of General Surgery, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, No. 119, South 4th Ring West Road, Fengtai District, Beijing, 100070, China.
Zhong QiDepartment of General Surgery, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, No. 119, South 4th Ring West Road, Fengtai District, Beijing, 100070, China.
Zhengrong LiuDepartment of General Surgery, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, No. 119, South 4th Ring West Road, Fengtai District, Beijing, 100070, China.
Xin WangDepartment of General Surgery, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, No. 119, South 4th Ring West Road, Fengtai District, Beijing, 100070, China.
Hongyi ZhangDepartment of General Surgery, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, No. 119, South 4th Ring West Road, Fengtai District, Beijing, 100070, China. zhhycsy@163.com.
Beijing Tian Tan Hospital · CNCapital Medical University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundHepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is now the second leading cause of cancer death worldwide and lacks effectual therapy due to its high rate of tumor recurrence and metastasis. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of L antigen family member 3 (LAGE3, a member of the LAGE gene family involved in positive transcription) on the progression of HCC.

methodsThe expression of LAGE3 was detected by quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction. 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide, colony formation assay, EdU, and cell cycle analysis assay were employed to evaluate the proliferation of HCC cells. Annexin V-FITC/PI and TUNEL assay were used to assess the apoptosis rate of HCC cells. Wound healing and transwell assay were used to investigate the migration and invasion of HCC cells. A xenograft model of HCC was established with 2 × 10

resultsWe found that LAGE3 was upregulated in HCC tissues compared to adjacent tissues, and its high expression was correlated with poor overall survival by bioinformatics analysis. Next, we manually regulated the expression of LAGE3 in HCC cells. The knockdown of LAGE3 inhibited the proliferation of HCC cells by arresting the cell cycle in G1 phase. Also the downregulation of LAGE3 inhibited cell migration and invasion and induced apoptosis of HCC cells, while overexpression of LAGE3 promoted the malignant phenotypes of HCC. These results were further confirmed by the in vivo growth of HCC xenografts and the inhibition of apoptosis of HCC tumor cells. Furthermore, we found that LAGE3 exerted cancer-promoting effects by potentiating the JNK and ERK signaling pathway. An ERK inhibitor (10 μM SCH772984) or JNK inhibitor (25 μM SP600125) repressed the upregulated LAGE3-induced proliferation, migration, and invasion of HCC cells.

conclusionsLAGE3 enhanced the malignant phenotypes of HCC by promoting the JNK and ERK signaling pathway.

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AnimalsApoptosisCarcinoma, HepatocellularCarrier ProteinsCell Line, TumorCell MovementCell ProliferationExtracellular Signal-Regulated MAP KinasesFemaleGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticHumansJNK Mitogen-Activated Protein KinasesLiver NeoplasmsMAP Kinase Signaling SystemMiceMice, Inbred BALB CCarrier ProteinsExtracellular Signal-Regulated MAP KinasesJNK Mitogen-Activated Protein KinasesLAGE3 protein, humanHepatocellular carcinomaJNK and ERK signaling pathwayL antigen family member 3Malignant phenotypes

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