Abstract:
:Leucine zipper-EF-hand containing transmembrane protein 1 (LETM1) is closely linked to the occurrence and development of many malignant tumors. Many studies have reported that enhanced expression of LETM1 in several types of human cancers was associated with poor clinical outcomes; however, its clinical significance in gastric adenocarcinoma (GA) has not been elucidated. In this study, we assessed the expression of LETM1 along with the genes related to cancer stemness, cell cycle, and PI3K/Akt signaling in 189 paraffin-embedded GA tissue samples and GA-derived cell lines using immunohistochemistry (IHC), western blotting, and immunofluorescence. Our results showed that the expression of LETM1 was strongly correlated with the tumor grade, primary tumor (pT) stage, lymph node metastasis, clinical stage, and tumor gross type of GA. The Kaplan-Meier survival analysis revealed that patients with GA with high expression of LETM1 exhibit a shorter overall survival (OS) rate. Univariate and multivariate Cox regression analysis indicated that LETM1 is an independent poor prognostic factor of GA. Significantly, LETM1 expression was positively correlated with the expression of cancer stemness-related genes such as CD44 and LGR5 and expression of cell-cycle related gene, cyclin D1. Further, the expression of proteins involved in PI3K/Akt signaling pathway, such as pPI3K-p85 and pAkt-Thr308, was also increased. Additionally, small interfering RNA (esiRNA)-mediated silencing of LETM1 expression in GA-derived cell lines MKN28 and MKN74 strongly inhibited the expression of stemness and cell cycle-related proteins, suppressed cancer cell spheroid formation, migration and invasion ability, and affected cell cycle distribution. Furthermore, the GA-derived cell line AGS exhibited enhanced expression of LETM1, CD44, LGR5, and HIF1-α under hypoxic conditions. Lastly, we blocked PI3K expression using an inhibitor LY294002, which downregulated the expression of LETM1, pPI3K-p85, and pAkt-Thr308. Taken together, our results demonstrate that LETM1 regulates cell proliferation and promotes tumorigenicity of GA, and its overexpression is associated with the poor progression of GA. Therefore, LETM1 could serve as a potential prognostic biomarker and a therapeutic target for the better clinical management of GA.
journal_name
Exp Mol Patholjournal_title
Experimental and molecular pathologyauthors
Li H,Piao L,Xu D,Xuan Ydoi
10.1016/j.yexmp.2019.104333subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2020-02-01 00:00:00pages
104333eissn
0014-4800issn
1096-0945pii
S0014-4800(19)30780-4journal_volume
112pub_type
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