RRC ID 62755
著者 Zhang Y, Tao X, Jin G, Jin H, Wang N, Hu F, Luo Q, Shu H, Zhao F, Yao M, Fang J, Cong W, Qin W, Wang C.
タイトル A Targetable Molecular Chaperone Hsp27 Confers Aggressiveness in Hepatocellular Carcinoma.
ジャーナル Theranostics
Abstract Heat shock protein 27 (Hsp27) is an ATP-independent molecular chaperone and confers survival advantages and resistance to cancer cells under stress conditions. The effects and molecular mechanisms of Hsp27 in HCC invasion and metastasis are still unclear. In this study, hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) tissue array (n = 167) was used to investigate the expression and prognostic relevance of Hsp27 in HCC patients. HCC patients with high expression of Hsp27 exhibited poor prognosis. Overexpression of Hsp27 led to the forced invasion of HCC cells, whereas silencing Hsp27 attenuated invasion and metastasis of HCC cells in vitro and in vivo. We revealed that Hsp27 activated Akt signaling, which in turn promoted MMP2 and ITGA7 expression and HCC metastasis. We further observed that targeting Hsp27 using OGX-427 obviously suppressed HCC metastasis in two metastatic models. These findings indicate that Hsp27 is a useful predictive factor for prognosis of HCC and it facilitates HCC metastasis through Akt signaling. Targeting Hsp27 with OGX-427 may represent an attractive therapeutic option for suppressing HCC metastasis.
巻・号 6(4)
ページ 558-70
公開日 2016-1-1
DOI 10.7150/thno.14693
PII thnov06p0558
PMID 26941848
PMC PMC4775865
MeSH Animals Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / pathology* Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / secondary Cell Line, Tumor Disease Models, Animal HSP27 Heat-Shock Proteins / analysis* Heat-Shock Proteins Humans Integrins / metabolism Liver Neoplasms / pathology* Liver Neoplasms / secondary Matrix Metalloproteinase 2 / metabolism Mice, Nude Molecular Chaperones / analysis* Neoplasm Invasiveness* Oncogene Protein v-akt / metabolism Prognosis Signal Transduction
IF 8.579
リソース情報
ヒト・動物細胞 HuH-7(RCB1366)