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ArticleEndocrine2024

Loss of STARD13 contributes to aggressive phenotype transformation and poor prognosis in papillary thyroid carcinoma.

Chuimian Zeng, Hai Li, Weiwei Liang, Junxin Chen, Yilin Zhang, Hanrong Zhang, Haipeng Xiao, Yanbing Li, Hongyu Guan

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Article in Endocrine, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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Chuimian ZengDepartment of Endocrinology and Diabetes Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.
Hai LiDepartment of Endocrinology and Diabetes Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.
Weiwei LiangDepartment of Endocrinology and Diabetes Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.
Junxin ChenDepartment of Endocrinology and Diabetes Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.
Yilin ZhangDepartment of Endocrinology and Diabetes Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.
Hanrong ZhangDepartment of Endocrinology and Diabetes Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.
Haipeng XiaoDepartment of Endocrinology and Diabetes Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.
Yanbing LiDepartment of Endocrinology and Diabetes Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China. liyb@mail.sysu.edu.cn.
Hongyu GuanDepartment of Endocrinology and Diabetes Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China. ghongy@mail.sysu.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0002-1818-5467
Sun Yat-sen University · CN

Funding

Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation 2019A1515012046National Natural Science Foundation of China 82073050
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeStAR Related Lipid Transfer Domain Containing 13 (STARD13) serves as a tumor suppressor and has been characterized in several types of malignancies. However, the role and the molecular mechanism of STARD13 in regulating the progression of papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) remain underexplored.

methodsThe gene expression and clinical information of thyroid cancer were downloaded using "TCGAbiolinks" R package. Quantitative PCR and immunohistochemical staining were conducted to detect the expression of STARD13 in clinical tumor and adjacent non-tumor samples. Wound-healing assay, Transwell assay and 3D spheroid invasion assay were performed to evaluate the migratory and invasive capacities of PTC cells. Cell proliferation ability was determined by CCK-8 assay, colony formation assay and 5-ethynyl-2'-deoxyuridine (EdU) incorporation assay. The alterations of indicated proteins were detected by Western blotting.

resultsIn the present study, we found that STARD13 was significantly underexpressed in PTC, which was correlated with poor prognosis. Downregulation of STARD13 might be due to methylation of promoter region. Loss-and gain-of-function experiments demonstrated that STARD13 impeded migratory and invasive capacities of PTC cells in vitro and in vivo. In addition, we found that STARD13 regulated the morphology of PTC cells and inhibited epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT).

conclusionOur results suggest that STARD13 acts as a metastasis suppressor and might be a potential therapeutic target in PTC.

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MicroRNAsThyroid NeoplasmsCell Line, TumorCell MovementCell ProliferationGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticGTPase-Activating ProteinsHumansPrognosisThyroid Cancer, PapillaryTumor Suppressor ProteinsGTPase-Activating ProteinsMicroRNAsSTARD13 protein, humanTumor Suppressor ProteinsEpithelial-mesenchymal transitionInvasionMigrationPapillary thyroid carcinomaSTARD13

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