ArticleJournal of translational medicine2022
MICAL1 facilitates pancreatic cancer proliferation, migration, and invasion by activating WNT/β-catenin pathway.
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- Proteomics in pancreatic cancer.Biomarker research · 2025Review
- Prognostic Value of TBC1D1 and Its Relationship With the Tumor Microenvironment in Pancreatic Cancer: A Study Based on Single-Cell Sequencing.FASEB bioAdvances · 2025Article
- MICAL1 Mediates TGF-β1-Induced Epithelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition and Metastasis of Hepatocellular Carcinoma by Activating Smad2/3.Cell biochemistry and biophysics · 2025Article
- A novel peptide RR-171 derived from human umbilical cord serum induces apoptosis and pyroptosis in pancreatic cancer cells.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Immune-related gene SOX10 affects ferroptosis in pancreatic cancer and facilitates tumor progression by targeting CMTM7-mediated Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway.European journal of medical research · 2025Article
- Elucidating the role of MICAL1 in pan-cancer using integrated bioinformatics and experimental approaches.Cell adhesion & migration · 2024Article
- DNA Methylation Panels for the Differentiation of Lung and Gastric Adenocarcinomas from Other Common Primary Adenocarcinomas.Cancers · 2024Article
- MICAL1 promotes the proliferation in acute myeloid leukemia and is associated with clinical prognosis and immune infiltration.Discover oncology · 2024Article
- Novel prognostic biomarker TBC1D1 is associated with immunotherapy resistance in gliomas.Frontiers in immunology · 2024Article
- Brusatol enhances MEF2A expression to inhibit RCC progression through the Wnt signalling pathway in renal cell carcinoma.Journal of cellular and molecular medicine · 2023Article
- Histone Modifications Represent a Key Epigenetic Feature of Epithelial-to-Mesenchyme Transition in Pancreatic Cancer.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Review
- MICAL-mediated oxidation of actin and its effects on cytoskeletal and cellular dynamics.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2023Review
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Abstract
backgroundMICAL1 is involved in the malignant processes of several types of cancer; however, the role of MICAL1 in pancreatic cancer (PC) has not been well-characterized. This study aimed to investigate the expression and function of MICAL1 in PC.
methodsRT-qPCR and immunohistochemistry were used to detect MICAL1 expression in PC and adjacent nontumor tissues. Cell Counting Kit-8, EdU, clone formation, wound healing, and Transwell assays as well as animal models were used to investigate the effects of overexpression or inhibition of MICAL1 expression on the proliferation, invasion, and metastasis of PC cells. RNA-seq was used to explore the main pathway underlying the functions of MICAL1. Proteomics, mass spectrometry, and co-immunoprecipitation assays were used to investigate the interaction of proteins with MICAL1. Rescue experiments were conducted to validate these findings.
resultsBoth MICAL1 mRNA and protein levels were upregulated in PC tissues compared with matched adjacent nontumor tissues. The expression level of MICAL1 was associated with the proliferative and metastatic status of PC. Repression of MICAL1 significantly inhibited PC cell growth, migration, and invasion in vitro and in vivo. RNA sequencing analysis indicated that MICAL1 was closely correlated with the WNT pathway. Overexpression of MICAL1 (1) promoted the phosphorylation of TBC1D1 at the Ser660 site, (2) facilitated the distribution of FZD7 on the cytomembrane, (3) inhibited the degradation of FZD7 in the lysosome, and (4) activated the WNT pathway.
conclusionsMICAL1 was upregulated in PC and involved in stimulating the progression of PC cells by activating the WNT/β-catenin signaling pathway. Therefore, MICAL1 is a potential therapeutic target for PC.
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