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ArticleBioengineered2022

MACC1 regulates the AKT/STAT3 signaling pathway to induce migration, invasion, cancer stemness, and suppress apoptosis in cervical cancer cells.

Jie Mei, ChengYa Zhu, LiuLiu Pan, Mian Li

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4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Jie MeiDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The Second Affiliated Hospital and Yuying Children's Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China.
ChengYa ZhuDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The Second Affiliated Hospital and Yuying Children's Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China.
LiuLiu PanDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The Second Affiliated Hospital and Yuying Children's Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China.
Mian LiDepartment of gynecology, Wenzhou Women and Children Health Guidance Center, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China.
Wenzhou Medical University · CNChild Guidance Center · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cervical cancer (CC) ranks as the second most frequent tumor in women, and CC stem cells have been vital in the tumorigenesis of CC. Recently, the metastasis- associated in colon cancer 1 (MACC1) gene was proven to be a promising biomarker of CC. However, the role and mechanism of MACC1 in CC remain undetermined. Expressions of MACC1 were estimated by qRT-PCR, immunohistochemistry, and Western blot assays in cervical cancer tissues and cells. Three siRNAs were generated to knockdown expressions of MACC1 in CC cells. After knockdown of MACC1 or/and Colivelin treatment, cell migration, invasion, apoptosis, and stemness were evaluated through a series of functional experiments including Transwell, flow cytometry, Hoechst staining, and sphere-formation assays. MACC1 was found to express more highly in CC tissues in comparison with corresponding non-tumor tissues at both mRNA and protein levels. Functionally, the knocking- down of MACC1 significantly repressed migration and invasion, and induced apoptosis of CC cells. Also, knockdown of MACC1 was discovered to suppress sphere-formation of CC cells and downregulate OCT4 and Nanog. It was proved that knockdown of MACC1 had a significant blocking effect on the AKT/STAT3 pathway. In addition, we verified that treatment with the STAT3 activator (Colivelin) had significant reversal effects on the malignant behaviors of CC cells and CC stemness. Our study concluded that MACC1 might be a novel regulator of CC by regulating the AKT/STAT3 pathway to change the migration, invasion, apoptosis, and cancer stemness of CC cells.

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Signal TransductionApoptosisCell Line, TumorCell MovementCell ProliferationFemaleGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticGene Knockdown TechniquesHeLa CellsHumansIntracellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsNeoplasm InvasivenessNeoplastic Stem CellsProto-Oncogene Proteins c-aktSTAT3 Transcription FactorTrans-ActivatorsColivelinIntracellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsMACC1 protein, humanProto-Oncogene Proteins c-aktSTAT3 protein, humanSTAT3 Transcription FactorTrans-ActivatorsAKT/STAT3 pathwayCervical cancermetastasis- associated in colon cancer 1stemness

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PMID34939526
PMCPMC8805864
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