Journal
JOURNAL OF CANCER
Volume 12, Issue 1, Pages 89-98Publisher
IVYSPRING INT PUBL
DOI: 10.7150/jca.47526
Keywords
SPATS2; TRIM44; STAT3; Hepatocellular carcinoma
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [81861168038]
- Shanghai Engineering Technology Research Center of Intelligent Cancer Medicine of China [19DZ2250400]
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This study elucidated the significant mechanism of SPATS2-TRIM44-p-STAT3 in HCC and provided a new theoretical basis for targeted therapy, showing that high SPATS2 protein level is indicative of an unfavorable clinicopathological feature and poor prognosis in 112 HCC patients.
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a major global health burden and its treatment options are limited. Spermatogenesis associated serine rich 2(SPATS2), a recent defined oncogene, was found to be a prognostic biomarker in HCC. However, the explicit mechanism underlying SPATS2 was urged to be elucidated. In vitro, knockdown of SPATS2 hampered the proliferation, invasion and migration of HCC cells. Moreover, phosphorylation of signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3) and its downstream oncogenes were dramatically suppressed by SPATS2 knockdown. In addition, tripartite motif containing 44 (TRIM44) was found to be positively associated with SPATS2 in TCGA and declined after SPATS2 knockdown in HCC cells. Overexpression of TRIM44 rescued the effect of SPATS2 silencing on p-STAT3 and its downstream oncogenes. In vivo, SPATS2 silencing was confirmed to impede HCC tumor development in nude mice. In our own cohort containing 112 HCC patients, high SPATS2 protein level is indicative of an unfavorable clinicopathological feature and poor prognosis and could serve as an independent risk factor. Collectively, the present study is the first to propose the mechanism of significance of SPATS2-TRIM44-p-STAT3 in HCC and provide a new theoretical basis for targeted therapy.
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