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Article: CLDN3 inhibits cancer aggressiveness via Wnt-EMT signaling and is a potential prognostic biomarker for hepatocellular carcinoma

TitleCLDN3 inhibits cancer aggressiveness via Wnt-EMT signaling and is a potential prognostic biomarker for hepatocellular carcinoma
Authors
KeywordsCLDN3
Hepatocellular carcinoma
Metastasis
Survival
Issue Date2014
PublisherImpact Journals LLC. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.impactjournals.com/oncotarget/index.html
Citation
Oncotarget, 2014, v. 5 n. 17, p. 7663-7676 How to Cite?
AbstractHepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the most common fatal malignancies but the molecular genetic basis of this disease remains unclear. By using genome-wide methylation profiling analysis, we identified CLDN3 as an epigenetically regulated gene in cancer. Here, we investigated its function and clinical relevance in human HCC. CLDN3 downregulation occurred in 87/114 (76.3%) of primary HCCs, where it was correlated significantly with shorter survival of HCC patients (P=0.021). Moreover, multivariate cyclooxygenase regression analysis showed that CLDN3 was an independent prognostic factor for overall survival (P=0.014). Absent expression of CLDN3 was also detected in 67% of HCC cell lines, which was significantly associated with its promoter hypermethylation. Ectopic expression of CLDN3 in HCC cells could inhibit cell motility, cell invasiveness, and tumor formation in nude mice. Mechanistic investigations suggested through downregulation of GSK3B, CTNNB1, SNAI2, and CDH2, CLDN3 could significantly suppress metastasis by inactivating the Wnt/β-catenin-epithelial mesenchymal transition (EMT) axis in HCC cells. Collectively, our findings demonstrated that CLDN3 is an epigenetically silenced metastasis suppressor gene in HCC. A better understanding of the molecular mechanism of CLDN3 in inhibiting liver cancer cell metastasis may lead to a more effective management of HCC patients with the inactivation of CLDN3.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/210713
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2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.789
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dc.contributor.authorJiang, L-
dc.contributor.authorYang, YD-
dc.contributor.authorFu, L-
dc.contributor.authorXu, W-
dc.contributor.authorLiu, D-
dc.contributor.authorLiang, Q-
dc.contributor.authorZhang, X-
dc.contributor.authorXu, L-
dc.contributor.authorGuan, X-
dc.contributor.authorWu, B-
dc.contributor.authorSung, JJ-
dc.contributor.authorYu, J-
dc.date.accessioned2015-06-23T05:48:08Z-
dc.date.available2015-06-23T05:48:08Z-
dc.date.issued2014-
dc.identifier.citationOncotarget, 2014, v. 5 n. 17, p. 7663-7676-
dc.identifier.issn1949-2553-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/210713-
dc.description.abstractHepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the most common fatal malignancies but the molecular genetic basis of this disease remains unclear. By using genome-wide methylation profiling analysis, we identified CLDN3 as an epigenetically regulated gene in cancer. Here, we investigated its function and clinical relevance in human HCC. CLDN3 downregulation occurred in 87/114 (76.3%) of primary HCCs, where it was correlated significantly with shorter survival of HCC patients (P=0.021). Moreover, multivariate cyclooxygenase regression analysis showed that CLDN3 was an independent prognostic factor for overall survival (P=0.014). Absent expression of CLDN3 was also detected in 67% of HCC cell lines, which was significantly associated with its promoter hypermethylation. Ectopic expression of CLDN3 in HCC cells could inhibit cell motility, cell invasiveness, and tumor formation in nude mice. Mechanistic investigations suggested through downregulation of GSK3B, CTNNB1, SNAI2, and CDH2, CLDN3 could significantly suppress metastasis by inactivating the Wnt/β-catenin-epithelial mesenchymal transition (EMT) axis in HCC cells. Collectively, our findings demonstrated that CLDN3 is an epigenetically silenced metastasis suppressor gene in HCC. A better understanding of the molecular mechanism of CLDN3 in inhibiting liver cancer cell metastasis may lead to a more effective management of HCC patients with the inactivation of CLDN3.-
dc.languageeng-
dc.publisherImpact Journals LLC. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.impactjournals.com/oncotarget/index.html-
dc.relation.ispartofOncotarget-
dc.rightsThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.-
dc.subjectCLDN3-
dc.subjectHepatocellular carcinoma-
dc.subjectMetastasis-
dc.subjectSurvival-
dc.titleCLDN3 inhibits cancer aggressiveness via Wnt-EMT signaling and is a potential prognostic biomarker for hepatocellular carcinoma-
dc.typeArticle-
dc.identifier.emailGuan, X: xyguan@hkucc.hku.hk-
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dc.identifier.authorityGuan, X=rp00454-
dc.description.naturepublished_or_final_version-
dc.identifier.doi10.18632/oncotarget.2288-
dc.identifier.pmid25277196-
dc.identifier.pmcidPMC4202152-
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dc.identifier.hkuros243537-
dc.identifier.volume5-
dc.identifier.issue17-
dc.identifier.spage7663-
dc.identifier.epage7676-
dc.identifier.isiWOS:000348029800036-
dc.publisher.placeUnited States-
dc.identifier.issnl1949-2553-

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