GRP75-mediated upregulation of HMGA1 stimulates stage I lung adenocarcinoma progression by activating JNK/c-JUN signaling

© 2021 The Authors. Thoracic Cancer published by China Lung Oncology Group and John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd..

BACKGROUND: Recurrence is a major challenge in early-stage lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD) treatment. Here, we investigated the role and mechanism of high-mobility group AT-hook 1 (HMGA1) and glucose-regulated protein 75-kDa (GRP75) in stage I LUAD and evaluated their potential as biomarkers for predicting the recurrence and prognosis of stage I LUAD.

METHODS: The TCGA dataset was used to investigate the clinical significance of HMGA1 and GRP75 in early-stage LUAD. The biological functions of HMGA1 and GRP75 in LUAD were investigated both in vitro and in vivo through overexpression and knockdown experiments. The interaction and regulation between HMGA1 and GRP75 were evaluated with coimmunoprecipitation and ubiquitination assays. The downstream signaling pathway of the GRP75/HMGA1 axis was investigated by mRNA-sequencing analysis.

RESULTS: Both HMGA1 expression levels and GRP75 expression levels were associated with recurrence in stage I LUAD patients. In particular, HMGA1 had potential as an independent prognostic factor in stage I LUAD patients. Overexpression of GRP75 or HMGA1 significantly stimulated LUAD cell growth and metastasis, while silencing GRP75 or HMGA1 inhibited LUAD cell growth and metastasis in vitro and in vivo. Importantly, GRP75 inhibited ubiquitination-mediated HMGA1 degradation by directly binding to HMGA1, thereby causes HMGA1 upregulation in LUAD. In addition, the GRP75/HMGA1 axis played its role by activating JNK/c-JUN signaling in LUAD.

CONCLUSIONS: The activation of GRP75/HMGA1/JNK/c-JUN signaling is an important mechanism that promotes the progression of stage I LUAD, and a high level of HMGA1 is a novel biomarker for predicting recurrence and a poor prognosis in stage I LUAD patients.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:12

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Thoracic cancer - 12(2021), 10 vom: 16. Mai, Seite 1558-1569

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Qiao, Guo-Bing [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Ren-Tao [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Shu-Nan [VerfasserIn]
Tao, Shao-Lin [VerfasserIn]
Tan, Qun-You [VerfasserIn]
Jin, Hua [VerfasserIn]

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124544-67-8
EC 2.7.11.24
GRP75
HMGA1
HMGA1 protein, human
HMGA1a Protein
HSP70 Heat-Shock Proteins
HSPA9 protein, human
Journal Article
Mitochondrial Proteins
Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 8
Recurrence
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Stage I LUAD

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Date Completed 21.12.2021

Date Revised 21.12.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1111/1759-7714.13944

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM323116078