期刊
ONCOTARGET
卷 7, 期 13, 页码 16529-16541出版社
IMPACT JOURNALS LLC
DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.7664
关键词
gastric cancer; aquaporin 3; cancer stem cells (CSCs); CD44
资金
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [81272711]
- Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions (PAPD) [JX10231801]
- 7th Six Talent-Person-Peak Program of Jiangsu Province, China
Cancer stem cells (CSCs) are believed to contribute to the tumor growth in gastric carcinoma (GC), a common lethal malignancy. This study investigated the effect of aquaporin 3 (AQP3) on stem-like properties of human GC cells. Elevated AQP3 expression was associated with CD44 expression in human GC specimens. Expression of AQP3 and that of CD44 positively correlated with Lauren classification, lymph node metastasis, and lymphovascular invasion. Altering the AQP3 expression had pronounced effects on the tumorigenic potential and self-renewal capacity of the gastric cancer cell lines SGC7901, MGC803, and AGS, both in vitro and in vivo. Overexpression of AQP3 induced CD44 expression and activation of the beta-catenin signaling pathway, whereas silencing AQP3 expression using short hairpin RNA had the opposite effect. Furthermore, pharmacological inhibition of GSK-3 beta using LiCl impaired the effect of AQP3 knockdown in CSCs, whereas the inhibition of the Wnt/beta-catenin pathway by XAV939 blocked the effect of AQP3 overexpression. These results demonstrate that AQP3 promotes stem-like properties of human GC cells by activating the Wnt/GSK-3 beta/beta-catenin signaling pathway.
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