Epithelial-mesenchymal transition induced by SARS-CoV-2 required transcriptional upregulation of Snail

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The engagement of human angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (hACE2) and SARS-CoV-2 spike protein facilitate virus spread. Thus far, ACE2 and TMPRSS2 expression is correlated with the epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) gene signature in lung cancer. However, the mechanism for SARS-CoV-2-induced EMT has not been thoroughly explored. Here, we showed that SARS-CoV-2 induces EMT phenotypic change and stemness in breast cancer cell model and subsequently identified Snail as a modulator for this regulation. The in-depth analysis identifies the spike protein (S), but not envelope (E), nucleocapsid (N), or membrane protein (M), of SARS-CoV-2 induces EMT marker changes. Suppression of Snail expression in these cells abrogates S protein-induced invasion, migration, stemness, and lung metastasis, suggesting that Snail is required for SARS-CoV-2-mediated aggressive phenotype in cancer. This study reveals an important oncogenic role of SARS-CoV-2 in triggering breast cancer metastasis through Snail upregulation.

Medienart:

Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:11

Enthalten in:

American journal of cancer research - 11(2021), 5 vom: 04., Seite 2278-2290

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Lai, Yun-Ju [VerfasserIn]
Chao, Chi-Hong [VerfasserIn]
Liao, Chun-Che [VerfasserIn]
Lee, Te-An [VerfasserIn]
Hsu, Jung-Mao [VerfasserIn]
Chou, Wen-Cheng [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Jyun [VerfasserIn]
Huang, Hsiang-Chi [VerfasserIn]
Chang, Shing-Jyh [VerfasserIn]
Lin, Yi-Ling [VerfasserIn]
Li, Chia-Wei [VerfasserIn]

Themen:

ACE2
EMT
Epithelial-mesenchymal transition
Journal Article
SARS-CoV-2
Snail
Spike
TMPRSS2

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Date Revised 08.06.2021

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM326429085