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CANCER LETTERS
卷 411, 期 -, 页码 150-161出版社
ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.canlet.2017.09.047
关键词
Hepatocellulat carcinoma; Metastasis; Nuclear factor kappa B; Nuclear Met; Transforming growth factor beta-activated kinase 1
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- Hong Kong Research Grants Council [HKU783613M]
- University of Hong Kong Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research [20111115902, 201011159041]
Presence of Met receptor tyrosine kinase in the nucleus of cells has been reported. However, the functions of Met which expresses in the nucleus (nMet) remain elusive. In this study, we found that nMet was increased in 89% of HCC tumorous tissues when compared with the corresponding non-tumorous liver tissues. nMet expression increased progressively along HCC development and significantly correlated with cirrhosis, poorer cellular differentiation, venous invasion, late stage HCC and poorer overall survival. Western blot analysis revealed that nMet is a 48-kDa protein comprising the carboxyl terminal of Met receptor. Induced expression of nMet promoted HCC cell growth, migration and invasiveness in vitro and tumorigenesis and pulmonary metastasis in vivo. Luciferase assay showed that nMet activated NF-kappa B pathway. Indeed, p-IKK alpha/beta and nuclear p-p65 were higher in nMet stable cells than in the control cells. Perturbation of TAK1/NF-kappa B axis abrogated the aggressiveness of HCC cells, both in vitro and in vivo. In conclusion, nMet was overexpressed and as a potential prognostic biomarker of HCC. Functionally, nMet accelerated HCC tumorigenesis and metastasis via the activation of TAK1/NF-kappa B pathway. (c) 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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