Maolin Tang, Shisheng Zhao, Ling Ren, Qianqian Li, Li Li, Chaoli Wang, Chunmei Meng, Yuling Chen, Weimin Hu
{"title":"Tumor Cell-Derived Complement Component C1r Acts as a Prognostic Biomarker and Promotes Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma Progression","authors":"Maolin Tang, Shisheng Zhao, Ling Ren, Qianqian Li, Li Li, Chaoli Wang, Chunmei Meng, Yuling Chen, Weimin Hu","doi":"10.31083/j.fbl2904138","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31083/j.fbl2904138","url":null,"abstract":"Background : Mounting evidence indicates that complement components play a crucial role in cancer progression. Recent findings indicate that certain complement components display a significant rise in expression within esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC). However, the specific tumorigenic functions of these components remain unclear. This study focuses on investigating the expression pattern of C1r, elucidating a role for C1r in ESCC, as well as exploring underlying mechanisms controlled by C1r. Methods : The expression of C1r in ESCC tissues, malignant epithelial cells, and its relationship with survival were analyzed using the Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) database and tissue microarrays. Single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) was used to study the expression of C1r in malignant epithelial cells. C1r knockdown or C1r overexpression in cultured ESCC cells were used to assess the effects of C1r on proliferation, migration, invasion, cell-matrix adhesion, apoptosis, and growth of xenografted tumors in immunocompromised (nude) mice. Western blotting was used to detect the expression of MMP-1 and MMP-10 in C1r knockdown or C1r overexpressing ESCC cells. Results : C1r was highly expressed in ESCC tissues, malignant epithelial cells, and cultured ESCC cell lines. High C1r expression indicated a poor prognosis. Knockdown of C1r significantly suppressed the proliferation, migration, invasion, cell-matrix adhesion, and promoted apoptosis in cultured ESCC cells. Additionally, knockdown of C1r markedly inhibited tumor growth in nude mice. Overexpression of C1r had the opposite effects. C1r induced the expression of MMP-1 and MMP-10. Conclusions : C1r is highly expressed in ESCC and promotes the progression of this tumor type. Our findings suggest that C1r may serve as a novel prognostic biomarker and therapeutic target in ESCC.","PeriodicalId":50430,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Bioscience-Landmark","volume":"16 12","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2024-04-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140753852","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Interactions between Beta-Amyloid and Pericytes in Alzheimer’s Disease","authors":"You-Yue Li, Dan-Dan Guo, Ruo-Nan Duan, Yi Li","doi":"10.31083/j.fbl2904136","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31083/j.fbl2904136","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":50430,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Bioscience-Landmark","volume":"252 23","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2024-04-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140751501","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Funan Chen, Jun Ma, Shuqiao Hu, Canxing Wu, Shanshan Chen, Jiehuan Lin
{"title":"Prognostic Cell Death Index for Lung Adenocarcinoma: A Comprehensive Transcriptome-Based Analysis of Twelve Programmed Cell Death Pattern Genes","authors":"Funan Chen, Jun Ma, Shuqiao Hu, Canxing Wu, Shanshan Chen, Jiehuan Lin","doi":"10.31083/j.fbl2904135","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31083/j.fbl2904135","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":50430,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Bioscience-Landmark","volume":"1217 12","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2024-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140774492","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Autophagy, Ferroptosis, Apoptosis and Pyroptosis in Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease","authors":"Shuangshuang Zhao, Yan Guo, Xunzhe Yin","doi":"10.31083/j.fbl2901030","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31083/j.fbl2901030","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":50430,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Bioscience-Landmark","volume":"8 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2024-01-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139524960","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Centrosomes of Haploid and Diploid Cells Have an Equal Number of Centrioles in the Parasitoid Wasp Anisopteromalus Calandrae","authors":"Rustem Uzbekov, San-Whouly Mauricette Ouali N'goran, Anastasiia Garanina, Massimo Pancione, Stanislav Yu. Chaika, Christophe Bressac","doi":"10.31083/j.fbl2901028","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31083/j.fbl2901028","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":50430,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Bioscience-Landmark","volume":"6 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2024-01-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139525352","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kristína Kianičková, Z. Pakanová, Filip Květoň, Alena Holazová, Paras H. Kundalia, Peter Barath, G. Miljuš, O. Nedić, Jaroslav Katrlík
{"title":"O-glycoprofiling of Serum Apolipoprotein C-III in Colorectal Cancer","authors":"Kristína Kianičková, Z. Pakanová, Filip Květoň, Alena Holazová, Paras H. Kundalia, Peter Barath, G. Miljuš, O. Nedić, Jaroslav Katrlík","doi":"10.31083/j.fbl2901032","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31083/j.fbl2901032","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":50430,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Bioscience-Landmark","volume":"8 11","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2024-01-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139525442","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}