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Focal Adhesion Kinase (FAK) Over-Expression and Prognostic Implication in Pediatric Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Focal adhesion kinase (FAK) is over-expressed and is correlated with aggressiveness in adult hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Inhibition of FAK decreases HCC invasiveness by down-regulating Enhancer of Zeste homolog 2 (EZH2), an epigenetic controller, that acts in transcriptional repression of a larg...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7460809/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32806748 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms21165795 |
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author | Francalanci, Paola Giovannoni, Isabella De Stefanis, Cristiano Romito, Ilaria Grimaldi, Chiara Castellano, Aurora D’Oria, Valentina Alaggio, Rita Alisi, Anna |
author_facet | Francalanci, Paola Giovannoni, Isabella De Stefanis, Cristiano Romito, Ilaria Grimaldi, Chiara Castellano, Aurora D’Oria, Valentina Alaggio, Rita Alisi, Anna |
author_sort | Francalanci, Paola |
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description | Focal adhesion kinase (FAK) is over-expressed and is correlated with aggressiveness in adult hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Inhibition of FAK decreases HCC invasiveness by down-regulating Enhancer of Zeste homolog 2 (EZH2), an epigenetic controller, that acts in transcriptional repression of a large number of genes via histone 3 methylation of lysine 27 (H3K27me3). Here, we investigated the hepatic expression of total FAK, EZH2, H3K27me3, and proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) in 17 pediatric HCCs and 8 healthy livers (CTRL). Quantitative imaging analysis showed that FAK gene/protein expression is up-regulated in HCCs compared to CTRL and, among tumor samples the levels of this gene/protein are significantly higher in cirrhotic HCCs than in a healthy milieu. Accordingly, the protein levels of EZH2 were also significantly increased in HCCs from a cirrhotic background. Intriguingly, the protein expression of FAK, EZH2, and PCNA significantly inversely correlated with tumor size. Finally, in HCC samples, mainly in cirrhotic background, the up-regulation of FAK gene positively correlated with that observed in β-Catenin gene. Conclusion: FAK gene/protein is over-expressed in pediatric HCCs concomitantly to EZH2 protein and β-Catenin gene, with a more significant up-regulation in a cirrhotic background. This triad of interactors deserves further investigations for translational application. |
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spelling | pubmed-74608092020-09-03 Focal Adhesion Kinase (FAK) Over-Expression and Prognostic Implication in Pediatric Hepatocellular Carcinoma Francalanci, Paola Giovannoni, Isabella De Stefanis, Cristiano Romito, Ilaria Grimaldi, Chiara Castellano, Aurora D’Oria, Valentina Alaggio, Rita Alisi, Anna Int J Mol Sci Article Focal adhesion kinase (FAK) is over-expressed and is correlated with aggressiveness in adult hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Inhibition of FAK decreases HCC invasiveness by down-regulating Enhancer of Zeste homolog 2 (EZH2), an epigenetic controller, that acts in transcriptional repression of a large number of genes via histone 3 methylation of lysine 27 (H3K27me3). Here, we investigated the hepatic expression of total FAK, EZH2, H3K27me3, and proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) in 17 pediatric HCCs and 8 healthy livers (CTRL). Quantitative imaging analysis showed that FAK gene/protein expression is up-regulated in HCCs compared to CTRL and, among tumor samples the levels of this gene/protein are significantly higher in cirrhotic HCCs than in a healthy milieu. Accordingly, the protein levels of EZH2 were also significantly increased in HCCs from a cirrhotic background. Intriguingly, the protein expression of FAK, EZH2, and PCNA significantly inversely correlated with tumor size. Finally, in HCC samples, mainly in cirrhotic background, the up-regulation of FAK gene positively correlated with that observed in β-Catenin gene. Conclusion: FAK gene/protein is over-expressed in pediatric HCCs concomitantly to EZH2 protein and β-Catenin gene, with a more significant up-regulation in a cirrhotic background. This triad of interactors deserves further investigations for translational application. MDPI 2020-08-12 /pmc/articles/PMC7460809/ /pubmed/32806748 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms21165795 Text en © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Francalanci, Paola Giovannoni, Isabella De Stefanis, Cristiano Romito, Ilaria Grimaldi, Chiara Castellano, Aurora D’Oria, Valentina Alaggio, Rita Alisi, Anna Focal Adhesion Kinase (FAK) Over-Expression and Prognostic Implication in Pediatric Hepatocellular Carcinoma |
title | Focal Adhesion Kinase (FAK) Over-Expression and Prognostic Implication in Pediatric Hepatocellular Carcinoma |
title_full | Focal Adhesion Kinase (FAK) Over-Expression and Prognostic Implication in Pediatric Hepatocellular Carcinoma |
title_fullStr | Focal Adhesion Kinase (FAK) Over-Expression and Prognostic Implication in Pediatric Hepatocellular Carcinoma |
title_full_unstemmed | Focal Adhesion Kinase (FAK) Over-Expression and Prognostic Implication in Pediatric Hepatocellular Carcinoma |
title_short | Focal Adhesion Kinase (FAK) Over-Expression and Prognostic Implication in Pediatric Hepatocellular Carcinoma |
title_sort | focal adhesion kinase (fak) over-expression and prognostic implication in pediatric hepatocellular carcinoma |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7460809/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32806748 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms21165795 |
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