Fanconi Anemia Complementary Group A (FANCA) Facilitates the Occurrence and Progression of Liver Hepatocellular Carcinoma

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BACKGROUND: Liver hepatocellular carcinoma (LIHC) is a serious liver disease worldwide, and its pathogenesis is complicated.

AIMS: This study investigated the potential role of FANCA in the advancement and prognosis of LIHC.

METHODS: Public databases, quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR), western blot (WB) and immunohistochemistry (IHC) were employed to measure FANCA expression between tumor and normal samples. The relationship between FANCA expression and prognosis of LIHC patients were examined. Functional enrichment of FANCA-related genes was performed. Furthermore, univariate and multivariate analyses were conducted to determine the independent prognosis value of FANCA in LIHC. Finally, influence of FANCA knockout on the proliferation, migration, and invasion of HepG2 cell was validated with cloning formation, CCK8, and Transwell assays.

RESULTS: Expression analysis presented that FANCA had high expression level in LIHC tissues and cells. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis showed that FANCA was of great diagnosis value in LIHC. Clinicopathological analysis revealed that FANCA was significantly greater expressed in the advanced stage than in the early stage of LIHC. Univariate, multivariate, and Kaplan-Meier survival analysis confirmed that high expression of FANCA was strongly associated with poor survival of LIHC patients. In addition, high level of FANCA in LIHC showed a negative association with immunoinfiltrated B cells, T cells, and stromal scores. Moreover, Knockout of FANCA significantly inhibited HepG2 cell proliferative activity, migration, and invasion ability.

CONCLUSIONS: Our data revealed that high level of FANCA was closely associated with LIHC malignant progression, suggesting its potential utility as a diagnostic, predictive indicator, and therapeutic target.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:69

Enthalten in:

Digestive diseases and sciences - 69(2024), 3 vom: 31. März, Seite 1035-1054

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Huang, Feng-Die [VerfasserIn]
Zhong, Yan-Ping [VerfasserIn]
Sun, Guang-Yu [VerfasserIn]
Xu, Qi-Jiang [VerfasserIn]
Xing, Zhi-Yong [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Ke-Heng [VerfasserIn]
Liao, Lu-Sheng [VerfasserIn]
Dong, Ming-You [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Biomarker
FANCA
FANCA protein, human
Fanconi Anemia Complementation Group A Protein
Immunity
Journal Article
LIHC
Prognosis

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Date Completed 25.03.2024

Date Revised 25.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/s10620-024-08282-3

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NLM367725967