ESCCAL-1 promotes cell-cycle progression by interacting with and stabilizing galectin-1 in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma

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Long non-coding RNAs (LncRNAs) play important roles in the development of human esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC). Our previous studies have shown that knockdown of LncRNA ESCCAL-1 expression inhibits the growth of ESCC cells, but the mechanisms remain largely unknown. In this study, we show that over-expression of ESCCAL-1 promotes ESCC cell proliferation and cell-cycle progression by blocking ubiquitin-mediated degradation of an oncoprotein galectin-1 (Gal-1). Multiple LncRNA expression datasets as well as our own data together reveal that ESCCAL-1 is evidently up-regulated in ESCC tissues and exhibits promising diagnostic value. Over-expression of ESCCAL-1 augmented ESCC cell proliferation and cell-cycle progression, whereas down-regulation of ESCCAL-1 resulted in the opposite effects. Mechanistically, LncRNA ESCCAL-1 directly binds to Gal-1 and positively regulates its protein level without affecting its mRNA level. Up-regulation of Gal-1 facilitated ESCC cell proliferation and cell-cycle progress. Knockdown of Gal-1 mitigated the effects of ESCCAL-1-mediated high cellular proliferation, NF-κB signaling activation and tumorigenicity of ESCC cells. Thus, our findings provide novel insight into the mechanism by which ESCCAL-1 facilitates ESCC tumorigenesis and cell-cycle progression by interacting with and stabilizing Gal-1 protein, suggesting a potential therapeutic target for ESCC.

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E-Artikel

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2022

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2022

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:6

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NPJ precision oncology - 6(2022), 1 vom: 01. März, Seite 12

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Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Cui, Yuanbo [VerfasserIn]
Yan, Ming [VerfasserIn]
Wu, Wei [VerfasserIn]
Lv, Pengju [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Jinwu [VerfasserIn]
Huo, Yanping [VerfasserIn]
Lou, Yanan [VerfasserIn]
Ma, Xiwen [VerfasserIn]
Chang, Jing [VerfasserIn]
Guan, Fangxia [VerfasserIn]
Cao, Wei [VerfasserIn]

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Date Revised 10.11.2022

published: Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

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10.1038/s41698-022-00255-x

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NLM33764344X