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ArticleJournal of cellular and molecular medicine2022

siRNA-induced CD44 knockdown suppresses the proliferation and invasion of colorectal cancer stem cells through inhibiting epithelial-mesenchymal transition.

Weiyan Zou, Yi Zhang, Guangfu Bai, Jialu Zhuang, Lin Wei, Zishu Wang, Meiqun Sun, Junbin Wang

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Article in Journal of cellular and molecular medicine, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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16 citing papers in PubMed, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

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8 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Weiyan ZouDepartment of Histology and Embryology, Bengbu Medical College, Bengbu City, China.
Yi ZhangThe Second Department of Surgery, Xiamen Hospital Affiliated to Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Xiamen City, China.
Guangfu BaiDepartment of Emergency, Wuxi Huishan District People's Hospital, Wuxi City, China.
Jialu ZhuangThe Second School of Clinical Medicine, Bengbu Medical College, Bengbu City, China.
Lin WeiThe Second School of Clinical Medicine, Bengbu Medical College, Bengbu City, China.
Zishu WangDepartment of Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Bengbu Medical College, Bengbu City, China.
Meiqun SunDepartment of Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Bengbu Medical College, Bengbu City, China.
Junbin WangDepartment of Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Bengbu Medical College, Bengbu City, China.ORCID 0000-0001-8877-0509
Bengbu Medical College · CNFirst Affiliated Hospital of Bengbu Medical College · CNBeijing University of Chinese Medicine · CNSoochow University · CN

Funding

Natural Science Research Project of Anhui Educational Committee KJ2019A0295Natural Science Research Project of Anhui Educational Committee KJ2021A0792Research and Innovation Team of Bengbu Medical College BYKC201908
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

CD44 has shown prognostic values and promising therapeutic potential in multiple human cancers; however, the effects of CD44 silencing on biological behaviors of cancer stem cells (CSCs) have not been fully understood in colorectal cancer. To examine the contribution of siRNA-induced knockdown of CD44 to the biological features of colorectal CSCs, colorectal CSCs HCT116-CSCs were generated, and CD44 was knocked down in HCT116-CSCs using siRNA. The proliferation, migration and invasion of HCT116-CSCs were measured, and apoptosis and cell-cycle analyses were performed. The sensitivity of HCT116-CSCs to oxaliplatin was tested, and xenograft tumor growth assay was performed to examine the role of CD44 in HCT116-CSCs tumorigenesis in vivo. In addition, the expression of epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) markers E-cadherin, N-cadherin and vimentin was quantified. siRNA-induced knockdown of CD44 was found to inhibit the proliferation, migration and invasion, induce apoptosis, promote cell-cycle arrest at the G1/G0 phase and increase the sensitivity of HCT116-CSCs to oxaliplatin in HCT116-CSCs, and knockdown of CD44 suppressed in vivo tumorigenesis and intrapulmonary metastasis of HCT116-CSCs. Moreover, silencing CD44 resulted in EMT inhibition. Our findings demonstrate that siRNA-induced CD44 knockdown suppresses the proliferation, invasion and in vivo tumorigenesis and metastasis of colorectal CSCs by inhibiting EMT.

Indexed as

Colorectal NeoplasmsEpithelial-Mesenchymal TransitionHyaluronan ReceptorsAnimalsCell Line, TumorCell MovementCell ProliferationGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticHumansNeoplastic Stem CellsRNA, Small InterferingCD44 protein, humanHyaluronan ReceptorsRNA, Small Interferingcancer stem cellCD44colorectal cancerepithelial-mesenchymal transitioninvasionmigrationproliferation

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PMID35229451
PMCPMC8980945
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