HOXB8 Promotes Tumor Metastasis and the Epithelial-mesenchymal Transition Via ZEB2 Targets in Gastric Cancer

Overview

Journal J Cancer Res Clin Oncol

Specialty Oncology

Date 2016 Oct 21

PMID 27761656

Citations 23

Authors

Wen-Jin Ding

Min Zhou

Mei-Mei Chen

Chun-Ying Qu

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Abstract

Purpose: The homeobox B8 (HOXB8) functions as a sequence-specific transcription factor that is involved in development. Increased expression of this gene is associated with a wide variety of tumor; however, its function in gastric cancer has not been clarified. In the present study, the expression of HOXB8 in gastric cancer tissues and influence of HOXB8 on gastric cancer cellular were evaluated.

Methods: The expression levels of HOXB8 mRNA in human gastric cancer tissues were analyzed through quantitative RT-PCR. To test the role of HOXB8 in gastric cancer metastasis, the cell transwell assay was performed. Microarray, ChIP-qPCR, and Western blot were used to explore the possible mechanism that HOXB8 promotes gastric cancer cells metastasis.

Results: In this study, we found that HOXB8 showed higher expression in metastatic tissues than no-metastatic tissues. Overexpression of HOXB8 can promote gastric cancer cells migration and invasion, while silencing HOXB8 leads to the opposite results. Overexpression of HOXB8 also increases the rate of metastasis in NCI-N87 mice, while silencing HOXB8 has the opposite results. Furthermore, HOXB8 promotes epithelial-mesenchymal transformation of AGS cells. We also found that ZEB2 can interact with HOXB8 and may be a downstream factor of HOXB8 by using microarray. Knockdown of ZEB2 can inhibit HOXB8-induced migration and invasion capacity, as well as the epithelial-mesenchymal transformation in gastric cancer cells.

Conclusions: The results showed that HOXB8 plays an important role in the development and metastasis of gastric carcinoma.

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