miR-101-3p-mediated role of PDZK1 in hepatocellular carcinoma progression and the underlying PI3K/Akt signaling mechanism

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BACKGROUND: The molecular targets and associated mechanisms of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) have been widely studied, but the roles of PDZK1 in HCC are unclear. Therefore, the aim of this study is to explore the role and associated mechanisms of PDZK1 in HCC.

RESULTS: It was found that the expression of PDZK1 in HCC tissues was higher than that in paired paracancerous tissues. High expression of PDZK1 was associated with lymph node metastasis, degree of differentiation, and clinical stage. Upregulation of PDZK1 in HCC cells affected their proliferation, migration, invasion, apoptosis, and cell cycle, and also induced PI3K/AKT activation. PDZK1 is a downstream target gene of miR-101-3p. Accordingly, increase in the expression of miR-101-3p reversed the promotive effect of PDZK1 in HCC. Moreover, PDZK1 was found to accelerate cell proliferation and promote the malignant progression of HCC via the PI3K/AKT pathway.

CONCLUSION: Our study indicated that the miR-101-3p/PDZK1 axis plays a role in HCC progression and could be beneficial as a novel biomarker and new therapeutic target for HCC treatment.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:19

Enthalten in:

Cell division - 19(2024), 1 vom: 26. März, Seite 9

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Gao, Huihui [VerfasserIn]
Gao, Zhaofeng [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Xiaobei [VerfasserIn]
Sun, Xu [VerfasserIn]
Hu, Zhonghui [VerfasserIn]
Song, Zhengwei [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Cheng [VerfasserIn]
Fei, Jianguo [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Xiaoguang [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Cell proliferation
Hepatocellular carcinoma
Journal Article
MiR-101-3p
PDZK1
PI3K/AKT

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Date Revised 29.03.2024

published: Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1186/s13008-023-00106-6

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM370219740