Journal
MOLECULES
Volume 26, Issue 9, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/molecules26092587
Keywords
APEX1; CCA; signaling pathway; mass spectrometry; bioinformatics
Funding
- Program Management Unit [B05F630053]
- Khon Kaen University, Thailand [PD2563-06]
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APEX1 is involved in DNA damage repair and is associated with metastasis in several human cancers. Our study suggests that in cholangiocarcinoma, APEX1 may mediate metastasis through CDC42 and SOS1, and high expression levels of APEX1 and its related proteins are correlated with shorter survival times.
Apurinic/apyrimidinic endodeoxyribonuclease 1 (APEX1) is involved in the DNA damage repair pathways and associates with the metastasis of several human cancers. However, the signaling pathway of APEX1 in cholangiocarcinoma (CCA) has never been reported. In this study, to predict the signaling pathways of APEX1 and related proteins and their functions, the effects of APEX1 gene silencing on APEX1 and related protein expression in CCA cell lines were investigated using mass spectrometry and bioinformatics tools. Bioinformatic analyses predicted that APEX1 might interact with cell division cycle 42 (CDC42) and son of sevenless homolog 1 (SOS1), which are involved in tumor metastasis. RNA and protein expression levels of APEX1 and its related proteins, retrieved from the Gene Expression Profiling Interactive Analysis (GEPIA) and the Human Protein Atlas databases, revealed that their expressions were higher in CCA than in the normal group. Moreover, higher levels of APEX1 expression and its related proteins were correlated with shorter survival time. In conclusion, the signaling pathway of APEX1 in metastasis might be mediated via CDC42 and SOS1. Furthermore, expression of APEX1 and related proteins is able to predict poor survival of CCA patients.
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