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ONCOTARGETS AND THERAPY
Volume 14, Issue -, Pages 239-251Publisher
DOVE MEDICAL PRESS LTD
DOI: 10.2147/OTT.S284182
Keywords
peroxiredoxin1; oral leukoplakia; oral squamous cell carcinoma; cell senescence; mitophagy
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- Beijing Natural Science Foundation of China [7192075]
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The study demonstrates that Prx1 silencing inhibits oral carcinogenesis by inducing cell senescence dependent on mitophagy during the process of oral cancer development.
Purpose: Cellular senescence is a physiological phenomenon by which cells irreversibly lose their proliferative potential. It is not clear whether senescent cells are related to malignant transformation in oral precancerous lesions. The role of peroxiredoxin1 (Prx1)induced cell senescence in OLK malignant transformation has not been reported. The aim of this study is to investigate the role and mechanism of cell senescence in oral carcinogenesis. Methods: In this study, 4-nitro-quinoline-1-oxide (4NQO) induced tongue carcinogenesis model in Prx1(+/+) and Prx1(+/-) mice and dysplastic oral keratinocyte (DOK) were used. Prx1 knockdown DOK cells were harvested with shRNA injection, and cell senescence was detected via the senescence-associated beta-galactosidase (SA beta-gal) assay. The senescence and mitophagy-related proteins were observed by immunohistochemistry (IHC), Western blot and qRT-PCR. The binding of Prx1 with prohibitin 2 (PHB2) and light chain 3 (LC3) was predicted via ZDOCK and measured in mice by Duolink analysis. Results: Histologically, 4NQO treatment induced epithelial hyperplasia, dysplasia (mild, moderate and severe), carcinomas in situ and oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) in mouse tongue mucosa. The malignant transformation rate in Prx1(+/-) mice (37.5%) was significantly lower compared with Prx1(+/+) mice (57.1%). In Prx1(+/+) mice, a higher number of senescent cells and greater expression of p53 and p21 were observed in hyperplastic and dysplastic tongue tissues when compared with those in OSCC tissues. Prx1 knockdown induced a greater number of senescent cells in hyperplastic tissues, and DOK cells accompanied cell cycle arrest at the G1 phase and PHB2/LC3II downregulation. Prx1 was predicted to dock with PHB2 and LC3 via ZDOCK, and the interactions were confirmed by in situ Duolink analysis. Conclusion: Prx1 silencing inhibits the oral carcinogenesis by inducing cell senescence dependent on mitophagy.
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