期刊
ONCOLOGY REPORTS
卷 36, 期 5, 页码 2999-3004出版社
SPANDIDOS PUBL LTD
DOI: 10.3892/or.2016.5130
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FRAT1; hypoxia; epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition; Wnt/beta-catenin signaling
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Hypoxia-induced epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT) in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) was investigated. Frequently rearranged, in advanced T-cell lymphomas-1 (FRAT1) is a positive regulator of the Wnt/beta-catenin signaling pathway and is overexpressed in many human tumors. However, the expression and role of FRAT1 in HCC has not been elucidated. In this study, we investigated the effect of FRAT1 on EMT process in HCC cells induced by hypoxia. Our results showed that FRAT1 is highly expressed in HCC tissues and cell lines. Hypoxia significantly induced FRAT1 expression in HCC cells. FRAT1 knockdown inhibited hypoxia-induced cell migration/invasion, downregulation of epithelial markers and upregulation of mesenchymal markers. Moreover, FRAT1 knockdown suppressed the expression levels of beta-catenin, cyclin D1 and c-myc in HCC cells under the same hypoxic condition. Our results revealed that FRAT1 is a hypoxia factor that is critical for the induction of EMT in HCC cells. These data suggest a potential role for targeting FRAT1 in the prevention of hypoxia-induced HCC cancer progression and metastasis mediated by EMT.
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