AKT activation participates in Fascin-1-induced EMT in hepatoma cells.

IF 2 4区生物学 Q3 BIOTECHNOLOGY & APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY

Cytotechnology Pub Date : 2025-04-01 Epub Date: 2025-01-25 DOI:10.1007/s10616-025-00707-9

Pengju Zhao, Kewei Ai, Yi Li, Wei Cheng, Jiwu Yang

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Abstract

High expression of Fascin-1 involves high metastasis, high recurrence, and poor prognosis of cancers. However, the related regulatory mechanism in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) remains elusive. In this study, Fascin-1 was highly expressed in HCC tissues and cell lines. Fastin-1 protein levels and p-Akt1/Akt1 rate were increased by Akt activator SC79 and were decreased by Akt inhibitor LY294002. Silenced Fascin-1 suppressed cell proliferation, promoted cell apoptosis, suppressed cell invasion and epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) in HCC cell lines. Also, silenced Fascin-1 induced cell cycle arrest in the G1 phase. Moreover, silenced Fascin-1 repressed invasion of HCC cells by inhibiting EMT. Besides, interference with Fascin-1 inhibited HCC cell growth, reduced Vimentin expressions and p-Akt1/Akt1 rate in vivo, while these impacts were abolished after injection of SC79. In conclusion, silencing Fascin-1 reduced the malignant growth of HCC, and this process was closely related to AKT inactivation.

Supplementary information: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s10616-025-00707-9.

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Cytotechnology 生物-生物工程与应用微生物

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4.10

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6-12 weeks

期刊介绍： The scope of the Journal includes: 1. The derivation, genetic modification and characterization of cell lines, genetic and phenotypic regulation, control of cellular metabolism, cell physiology and biochemistry related to cell function, performance and expression of cell products. 2. Cell culture techniques, substrates, environmental requirements and optimization, cloning, hybridization and molecular biology, including genomic and proteomic tools. 3. Cell culture systems, processes, reactors, scale-up, and industrial production. Descriptions of the design or construction of equipment, media or quality control procedures, that are ancillary to cellular research. 4. The application of animal/human cells in research in the field of stem cell research including maintenance of stemness, differentiation, genetics, and senescence, cancer research, research in immunology, as well as applications in tissue engineering and gene therapy. 5. The use of cell cultures as a substrate for bioassays, biomedical applications and in particular as a replacement for animal models.