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ArticleHuman cell2022

Lipocalin-2 inhibits pancreatic cancer stemness via the AKT/c-Jun pathway.

Peipei Hao, Jiamin Zhang, Shu Fang, Miaomiao Jia, Xian Xian, Sinan Yan, Yunpeng Wang, Qian Ren, Fengming Yue, Huixian Cui

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Peipei Hao *Department of Human Anatomy, Hebei Medical University, 361 East Zhongshan Road, Shijiazhuang, 050017, Hebei, China.
Jiamin Zhang *Department of Human Anatomy, Hebei Medical University, 361 East Zhongshan Road, Shijiazhuang, 050017, Hebei, China.
Shu FangDepartment of Human Anatomy, Hebei Medical University, 361 East Zhongshan Road, Shijiazhuang, 050017, Hebei, China.
Miaomiao JiaDepartment of Human Anatomy, Hebei Medical University, 361 East Zhongshan Road, Shijiazhuang, 050017, Hebei, China.
Xian XianInternational Cooperation Laboratory of Stem Cell Research, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China.
Sinan YanDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, The Third Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China.
Yunpeng WangDepartment of General Medicine, The Third Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China.
Qian RenDepartment of Human Anatomy, Hebei Medical University, 361 East Zhongshan Road, Shijiazhuang, 050017, Hebei, China.
Fengming YueInternational Cooperation Laboratory of Stem Cell Research, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China. yueratjp@shinshu-u.ac.jp.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7941-0675
Huixian CuiDepartment of Human Anatomy, Hebei Medical University, 361 East Zhongshan Road, Shijiazhuang, 050017, Hebei, China. hbmucuihx@163.com.
Hebei Medical University · CNShinshu University · JP

Funding

"Chun yu" Fund of Hebei Medical University CYYQ201901Hebei Medical University, Natural Science Foundation of Hebei Province H2020206524National Natural Science Foundation of China 81602579Overseas Researcher Program in Hebei Provincial Department of Human Resources and Social Security C20190352
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Abstract

Cancer stem cells (CSCs) are involved in cancer recurrence and metastasis owing to their self-renewal properties and drug-resistance capacity. Lipocalin-2 (Lcn2) of the lipocalin superfamily is highly expressed in pancreatic cancer. Nevertheless, reports on the involvement of Lcn2 in the regulation of pancreatic CSC properties are scant. This study is purposed to investigate whether Lcn2 plays a crucial role in CSC renewal and stemness maintenance in pancreatic carcinoma. Immunohistochemistry results of tumor tissue chips together with Gene Expression Omnibus sequencing files confirmed that Lcn2 is highly expressed in pancreatic carcinoma compared with that in normal tissues. The exogenous expression of Lcn2 attenuated CSC-associated SOX2, CD44, and EpCAM expression and suppressed sarcosphere formation and tumorigenesis in the pancreatic carcinoma cell line PANC-1, which showed low expression of Lcn2. However, Lcn2 knockout in BxPC-3 cell line, which presented high Lcn2 expression, promoted CSC stemness, further enhancing sarcosphere formation and tumorigenesis. Moreover, Lcn2 was found to regulate stemness in pancreatic cancer depending on the activation of AKT and c-Jun. Lcn2 suppresses stemness properties in pancreatic carcinoma by activating the AKT-c-Jun pathway, and thus, it may be a novel candidate to suppress the stemness of pancreatic cancer. This study provides a new insight into disease progression.

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Pancreatic NeoplasmsProto-Oncogene Proteins c-aktCarcinogenesisCell Line, TumorGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticHumansLipocalin-2Neoplastic Stem CellsProto-Oncogene Proteins c-junLipocalin-2Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-aktProto-Oncogene Proteins c-junAKT-c-Jun pathwayCancer biologyCancer stem cellsLipocalin-2Pancreatic cancer

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