Snail and SIP1 increase cancer invasion by upregulating MMP family in hepatocellular carcinoma cells

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Abstract

Loss of E-cadherin (E-cad) triggers invasion, metastasis, and dedifferentiation in various epithelial carcinomas. Recently, it has been reported that two transcription factors, Snail and SIP1 (Smad interacting protein 1), directly repress transcription of the E-cad gene by binding E-box on E-cad promoter. Our aim is to solve the molecular mechanism of Snail and SIP1 in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). We first showed an inverse correlation between E-cad and Snail/SIP 1 expression among five HCC lines with different phenotypes. The result indicated that undifferentiated, but not differentiated type expressed Snail/SIP1. Then, we established transfectants stably expressing Snail and SIP1 in two differentiated cells with E-cad expression. Suppressed expression of E-cad, morphologic change into fibroblastoid feature, and remarkable acceleration of invasion activity were observed in the transfectants. In reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction series of genes relating to motility and invasion, we demonstrated striking evidence that matrix metalloproteinase (MMP-1), MMP-2, MMP-7, and MTI-MMP expressions were strongly upregulated by Snail. On the other hand, MMP-1, MMP-2, and MTI-MMP expressions were enhanced by SIP1 transfection, however, the intensity was weaker than that in Snail transfection. In conclusion, Snail or SIP 1 expression may be induced during HCC progression, where Snail/SIP 1 directly represses E-cad gene transcription and activates cancer invasion via the upregulation of the MMP gene family. © 2004 Cancer Research UK.

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Miyoshi, A., Kitajima, Y., Sumi, K., Sato, K., Hagiwara, A., Koga, Y., & Miyazaki, K. (2004). Snail and SIP1 increase cancer invasion by upregulating MMP family in hepatocellular carcinoma cells. British Journal of Cancer, 90(6), 1265–1273. https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.bjc.6601685

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