Gli1 promotes epithelial-mesenchymal transition and metastasis of non-small cell lung carcinoma by regulating snail transcriptional activity and stability.
10.1016/j.apsb.2022.05.024
- Author:
Xueping LEI
1
;
Zhan LI
1
;
Yihang ZHONG
1
;
Songpei LI
1
;
Jiacong CHEN
1
;
Yuanyu KE
1
;
Sha LV
1
;
Lijuan HUANG
1
;
Qianrong PAN
1
;
Lixin ZHAO
1
;
Xiangyu YANG
1
;
Zisheng CHEN
2
;
Qiudi DENG
3
;
Xiyong YU
1
Author Information
1. Guangzhou Municipal and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Molecular Target & Clinical Pharmacology, the NMPA and State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences and the Fifth Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 511436, China.
2. Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, the Sixth Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Qingyuan People's Hospital, Qingyuan 511518, China.
3. GMU-GIBH Joint School of Life Sciences, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 511436, China.
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Epithelial–mesenchymal transition;
GANT-61;
Glioma-associated oncogene 1;
Metastasis;
Non-small cell lung carcinoma;
Promote;
Protein stability;
Snail
- From:
Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B
2022;12(10):3877-3890
- CountryChina
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Metastasis is crucial for the mortality of non-small cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC) patients. The epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) plays a critical role in regulating tumor metastasis. Glioma-associated oncogene 1 (Gli1) is aberrantly active in a series of tumor tissues. However, the molecular regulatory relationships between Gli1 and NSCLC metastasis have not yet been identified. Herein, we reported Gli1 promoted NSCLC metastasis. High Gli1 expression was associated with poor survival of NSCLC patients. Ectopic expression of Gli1 in low metastatic A549 and NCI-H460 cells enhanced their migration, invasion abilities and facilitated EMT process, whereas knock-down of Gli1 in high metastatic NCI-H1299 and NCI-H1703 cells showed an opposite effect. Notably, Gli1 overexpression accelerated the lung and liver metastasis of NSCLC in the intravenously injected metastasis model. Further research showed that Gli1 positively regulated Snail expression by binding to its promoter and enhancing its protein stability, thereby facilitating the migration, invasion and EMT of NSCLC. In addition, administration of GANT-61, a Gli1 inhibitor, obviously suppressed the metastasis of NSCLC. Collectively, our study reveals that Gli1 is a critical regulator for NSCLC metastasis and suggests that targeting Gli1 is a prospective therapy strategy for metastatic NSCLC.
