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ENC1 Facilitates Colorectal Carcinoma Tumorigenesis and Metastasis via JAK2/STAT5/AKT Axis-Mediated Epithelial Mesenchymal Transition and Stemness
Ectodermal neural cortex 1 (ENC1) is an actin-binding protein and has been known to be upregulated in several cancers, but the molecular mechanisms through which it contributes to the pathology of CRC have largely been elusive. We utilized data mining and validated the aberrant expression of ENC1, f...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8010667/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33816464 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fcell.2021.616887 |
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author | Cui, Ying Yang, Jiani Bai, Yibing Li, QingWei Yao, Yuanfei Liu, Chao Wu, Feng Zhang, Jingchun Zhang, Yanqiao |
author_facet | Cui, Ying Yang, Jiani Bai, Yibing Li, QingWei Yao, Yuanfei Liu, Chao Wu, Feng Zhang, Jingchun Zhang, Yanqiao |
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description | Ectodermal neural cortex 1 (ENC1) is an actin-binding protein and has been known to be upregulated in several cancers, but the molecular mechanisms through which it contributes to the pathology of CRC have largely been elusive. We utilized data mining and validated the aberrant expression of ENC1, following which phenotypic traits of malignancy were assessed in vitro. Ruxolitinib was used as a surrogate to compare the effects of ENC1 expression and silencing on the JAK-STAT-AKT pathway. In vivo models were employed to confirm the in vitro observations. Computation analysis, strengthened by in situ and in vitro data, confirmed the overexpression of ENC1 in CRC and predicted a poor prognosis, while enhanced cell proliferation, invasion, migration, EMT, and stemness were associated with ENC1 overexpression. Silencing of ENC1 downregulated the phenotypes. Additionally, silencing of ENC1 significantly reduced the activation of JAK2 and consequent activation of STAT5 and AKT comparable to ruxolitinib inhibition of JAK2. Silencing of ENC1 resulted in lesser tumor volumes and fewer numbers of tumors, in vivo. These data suggest that ENC1 induces CRC through the JAK2-STAT5-AKT axis. ENC1 is a suitable diagnostic marker for CRC detection, and ENC1 targeting therapies may suppress CRC progression. |
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spelling | pubmed-80106672021-04-01 ENC1 Facilitates Colorectal Carcinoma Tumorigenesis and Metastasis via JAK2/STAT5/AKT Axis-Mediated Epithelial Mesenchymal Transition and Stemness Cui, Ying Yang, Jiani Bai, Yibing Li, QingWei Yao, Yuanfei Liu, Chao Wu, Feng Zhang, Jingchun Zhang, Yanqiao Front Cell Dev Biol Cell and Developmental Biology Ectodermal neural cortex 1 (ENC1) is an actin-binding protein and has been known to be upregulated in several cancers, but the molecular mechanisms through which it contributes to the pathology of CRC have largely been elusive. We utilized data mining and validated the aberrant expression of ENC1, following which phenotypic traits of malignancy were assessed in vitro. Ruxolitinib was used as a surrogate to compare the effects of ENC1 expression and silencing on the JAK-STAT-AKT pathway. In vivo models were employed to confirm the in vitro observations. Computation analysis, strengthened by in situ and in vitro data, confirmed the overexpression of ENC1 in CRC and predicted a poor prognosis, while enhanced cell proliferation, invasion, migration, EMT, and stemness were associated with ENC1 overexpression. Silencing of ENC1 downregulated the phenotypes. Additionally, silencing of ENC1 significantly reduced the activation of JAK2 and consequent activation of STAT5 and AKT comparable to ruxolitinib inhibition of JAK2. Silencing of ENC1 resulted in lesser tumor volumes and fewer numbers of tumors, in vivo. These data suggest that ENC1 induces CRC through the JAK2-STAT5-AKT axis. ENC1 is a suitable diagnostic marker for CRC detection, and ENC1 targeting therapies may suppress CRC progression. Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-03-16 /pmc/articles/PMC8010667/ /pubmed/33816464 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fcell.2021.616887 Text en Copyright © 2021 Cui, Yang, Bai, Li, Yao, Liu, Wu, Zhang and Zhang. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Cell and Developmental Biology Cui, Ying Yang, Jiani Bai, Yibing Li, QingWei Yao, Yuanfei Liu, Chao Wu, Feng Zhang, Jingchun Zhang, Yanqiao ENC1 Facilitates Colorectal Carcinoma Tumorigenesis and Metastasis via JAK2/STAT5/AKT Axis-Mediated Epithelial Mesenchymal Transition and Stemness |
title | ENC1 Facilitates Colorectal Carcinoma Tumorigenesis and Metastasis via JAK2/STAT5/AKT Axis-Mediated Epithelial Mesenchymal Transition and Stemness |
title_full | ENC1 Facilitates Colorectal Carcinoma Tumorigenesis and Metastasis via JAK2/STAT5/AKT Axis-Mediated Epithelial Mesenchymal Transition and Stemness |
title_fullStr | ENC1 Facilitates Colorectal Carcinoma Tumorigenesis and Metastasis via JAK2/STAT5/AKT Axis-Mediated Epithelial Mesenchymal Transition and Stemness |
title_full_unstemmed | ENC1 Facilitates Colorectal Carcinoma Tumorigenesis and Metastasis via JAK2/STAT5/AKT Axis-Mediated Epithelial Mesenchymal Transition and Stemness |
title_short | ENC1 Facilitates Colorectal Carcinoma Tumorigenesis and Metastasis via JAK2/STAT5/AKT Axis-Mediated Epithelial Mesenchymal Transition and Stemness |
title_sort | enc1 facilitates colorectal carcinoma tumorigenesis and metastasis via jak2/stat5/akt axis-mediated epithelial mesenchymal transition and stemness |
topic | Cell and Developmental Biology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8010667/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33816464 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fcell.2021.616887 |
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