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CLINICAL CANCER RESEARCH
卷 24, 期 10, 页码 2440-2451出版社
AMER ASSOC CANCER RESEARCH
DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-17-3346
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- National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health [R01CA172233, R01CA195651, R01CA198090]
- NSFC from the National Natural Science Foundation of China [81772640]
Background: Cancers with aberrant expression of Serine/threonine kinase 33 (STK33) has been reported to be particularly . aggressive. However, its expression, clinical significance, and biological functions in gastric cancer remain largely unknown. In the present study, we determined the expression and function of STK33 in gastric cancer and delineated the clinical significance of the Kruppel-like factor 4 (KLF4)/STK33 signaling pathway. Methods: STK33 expression and its association with multiple clinicopathologic characteristics were analyzed immunohisto-chemically in human gastric cancer specimens. STK33 knockdown and overexpression were used to dissect the underlying mechanism of its functions in gastric cancer cells. Regulation and underlying mechanisms of STK33 expression by KLF4 in gastric cancer cells were studied using cell and molecular biological methods. Results: Drastically higher expression of STK33 was observed in gastric cancer and gastric intraepithelial neoplasia tissues compared with adjacent normal gastric tissues. Increased STK33 expression correlated directly with tumor size, lymph node, and distant metastasis; and patients with low STK33 expression gastric cancer were predicted to have a favorable prognosis. Enforced expression of STK33 promoted gastric cancer cell proliferation, migration, and invasion in vitro and in vim, whereas reduced STK33 did the opposite. Moreover, STK33 promoted epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) in Hiro. Mechanistically, KLF4 transcriptionally inhibited STK33 expression in gastric cancer cells. KLF4-mediated inhibition of gastric cancer cell invasion was reversed by upregulation of SKT33 expression. Conclusions: STK33 has pro-tumor function and is a critical downstream mediator of KLF4 in gastric cancer. STK33 may serve as a potential prognostic marker and therapeutic target for gastric cancer. (C) 2018 AACR.
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