ArticleCancers2025
Mortalin Represents a Promising Therapeutic Target for Oral Cancers: Clinical Relevance and Experimental Evidence for the Activation of Akt/mTOR Signaling.
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backgroundOral cancer remains a significant global health concern due to its high incidence and mortality, as highlighted by GLOBOCAN 2022, and is characterized by poor survival rates despite available therapies. Therefore, there is an imperative need for developing novel therapeutic targets for this disease.
methodsThis study investigates the oncogenic role of mortalin in oral cancer. We have used The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) dataset, samples from North Eastern Region of India and tissue microarray to examine the expression of this gene/protein in patient samples. siRNA related knock down studies were carried out to determine the role of mortalin on oral cancer cell proliferation, survival, metastases, EMT, autophagy etc. Results: Analysis of TCGA dataset revealed increased mortalin expression in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC), which correlated with tumor grade and stage, and was associated with diminished overall survival. These findings were validated in oral cancer patient tissue samples obtained from the North East Region of India and oral cancer cell lines. Functional assays showed that mortalin knockdown via siRNA reduced cancer cell proliferation, migration, invasion, and angiogenesis while inducing apoptosis, disrupting mitochondrial membrane potential, and modulating autophagy. These effects were linked to altered expression of regulatory molecules, including p53, p21WAF1, cyclins, caspases, MMPs, Survivin, and components of the Akt/mTOR pathway, thereby alleviating key hallmarks of oral cancer.
conclusionCollectively, these data support mortalin as a potential therapeutic target for oral cancer and warrant further studies for the development of mortalin-targeting drugs in both laboratory and clinical settings.
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