BACKGROUND Growth arrest-specific gene 2(GAS2)plays a role in modulating in reversible growth arrest cell cycle,apoptosis,and cell ***2 protein is universally expressed in most normal tissues,particularly in the liver...
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BACKGROUND Growth arrest-specific gene 2(GAS2)plays a role in modulating in reversible growth arrest cell cycle,apoptosis,and cell ***2 protein is universally expressed in most normal tissues,particularly in the liver,but is depleted in some tumor ***,the functional mechanisms of GAS2 in hepatocellular carcinoma(HCC)are not fully *** To investigate the function and mechanism of GAS2 in *** GAS2 expression in clinic liver and HCC specimens was analyzed by real-time PCR and western *** proliferation was analyzed by counting,MTS,and colony formation *** cycle analysis was performed by flow *** apoptosis was investigated by Annexin V apoptosis assay and western *** GAS2 protein expression was lower in HCC than in normal *** of GAS2 inhibited the proliferation of HCC cells with wide-type p53,while knockdown of GAS2 promoted the proliferation of hepatocytes(P<0.05).Furthermore,GAS2 overexpression impeded the G1-to-S cell cycle transition and arrested more G1 cells,particularly the elevation of sub G1(P<0.01).Apoptosis induced by GAS2 was dependent on p53,which was increased by etoposide *** expression of p53 and apoptosis markers was further enhanced when GAS2 was upregulated,but became diminished upon downregulation of *** the clinic specimen,GAS2 was downregulated in more than 60%of *** average fold changes of GAS2 expression in tumor tissues were significantly lower than those in paired non-tumor tissues(P<0.05).CONCLUSION GAS2 plays a vital role in HCC cell proliferation and apoptosis,possibly by regulating the cell cycle and p53-dependent apoptosis pathway.
The liver is an immunologically tolerant organ and a common metastatic site of multiple cancer *** a role for cancer cell invasion programs has been well characterized,whether and how liver-intrinsic factors drive met...
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The liver is an immunologically tolerant organ and a common metastatic site of multiple cancer *** a role for cancer cell invasion programs has been well characterized,whether and how liver-intrinsic factors drive metastatic spread is incompletely ***,we show that aberrantly activated hepatocyte-intrinsic cell cycle-related kinase(CCRK)signaling in chronic liver diseases is critical for cancer metastasis by reprogramming an immunosuppressive *** an inducible liverspecific transgenic model,we found that CCRK overexpression dramatically increased both B16F10 melanoma and MC38 colorectal cancer(CRC)metastasis to the liver,which was highly infiltrated by polymorphonuclear-myeloid-derived suppressor cells(PMNMDSCs)and lacking natural killer T(NKT)*** of PMN-MDSCs in CCRK transgenic mice restored NKT cell levels and their interferon gamma production and reduced liver metastasis to 2.7% and 0.7%(metastatic tumor weights)in the melanoma and CRC models,***,CCRK activated nuclear factor-kappa B(NF-κB)signaling to increase the PMN-MDSC trafficking chemokine C-X-C motif ligand 1(CXCL1),which was positively correlated with liver-infiltrating PMN-MDSC levels in CCRK transgenic ***,CRC liver metastasis patients exhibited hyperaaivation of hepatic CCRK/NF-κB/CXCL1 signaling,which was associated with accumulation of PMN-MDSCs and paucity of NKT cells compared to healthy liver transplantation *** summary,this study demonstrates that immunosuppressive reprogramming by hepatic CCRK signaling undermines antimetastatic *** findings offer new mechanistic insights and therapeutic targets for liver metastasis intervention.
Colorectal cancer(CRC)is one of the most prevalent cancers in developed *** the other hand,CRC is also one of the most curable cancers if it is detected in early stages through regular colonoscopy or *** CRC develops ...
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Colorectal cancer(CRC)is one of the most prevalent cancers in developed *** the other hand,CRC is also one of the most curable cancers if it is detected in early stages through regular colonoscopy or *** CRC develops slowly from precancerous lesions,early detection can reduce both the incidence and mortality of the *** occult blood test is a widely used non-invasive screening tool for *** fecal occult blood test is simple and cost-effective in screening CRC,there is room for improvement in terms of the accuracy of the *** dysregulations have been found to play an important role in CRC *** better understanding of the molecular basis of CRC,there is a growing expectation on the development of diagnostic tests based on more sensitive and specific molecular markers and those tests may provide a breakthrough to the limitations of current screening tests for *** this review,the molecular basis of CRC development,the characteristics and applications of different non-invasive molecular biomarkers,as well as the technologies available for the detection were *** review intended to provide a summary on the current and future molecular diagnostics in CRC and its pre-malignant state,colorectal adenoma.
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