Qingguo Li1,2, Yaqi Li1,2, Junyan Xu2,3, Sheng Wang1,2, Ye Xu1,2, Xinxiang Li1,2, Sanjun Cai1,2. 1. Department of Colorectal Surgery, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai, China. 2. Department of Oncology, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, China. 3. Department of Nuclear Medicine, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai, China.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Glycolysis is considered to be the root of cancer development and progression, which involved a multi-step enzymatic reaction. Our study aimed at figuring out which glycolysis enzyme participates in the development of colorectal cancer and its possible mechanisms. METHODS: We firstly screened out Aldolase B (ALDOB) by performing qRT-PCR arrays of glycolysis-related genes in five paired liver metastasis and primary colorectal tissues, and further detected ALDOB protein with immunohistochemistry in tissue microarray (TMA) consisting of 229 samples from stage I-III colorectal cancer patients. CRISPR-Cas9 method was adopted to create knock out colon cancer cell lines (LoVo and SW480) of ALDOB. The effect of ALDOB on cell proliferation and metastasis was examined in vitro using colony formation assay as well as transwell migration and invasion assay, respectively. RESULTS: In TMA, there was 64.6% of samples demonstrated strong intensity of ALDOB. High ALDOB expression were associated with poor overall survival and disease-free survival in both univariate and multivariate regression analyses (P<0.05). In vitro functional studies of CCK-8 demonstrated that silencing ALDOB expression significantly (P<0.05) inhibited proliferation, migration and invasion of colon cancer cells. Mechanically, silencing ALDOB activated epithelial markers and repressed mesenchymal markers, indicating inactivation of ALDOB may lead to inhibition of epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT). CONCLUSION: Upregulation of ALDOB promotes colorectal cancer metastasis by facilitating EMT and acts as a potential prognostic factor and therapeutic target in colorectal cancer.
BACKGROUND: Glycolysis is considered to be the root of cancer development and progression, which involved a multi-step enzymatic reaction. Our study aimed at figuring out which glycolysis enzyme participates in the development of colorectal cancer and its possible mechanisms. METHODS: We firstly screened out Aldolase B (ALDOB) by performing qRT-PCR arrays of glycolysis-related genes in five paired liver metastasis and primary colorectal tissues, and further detected ALDOB protein with immunohistochemistry in tissue microarray (TMA) consisting of 229 samples from stage I-III colorectal cancerpatients. CRISPR-Cas9 method was adopted to create knock out colon cancer cell lines (LoVo and SW480) of ALDOB. The effect of ALDOB on cell proliferation and metastasis was examined in vitro using colony formation assay as well as transwell migration and invasion assay, respectively. RESULTS: In TMA, there was 64.6% of samples demonstrated strong intensity of ALDOB. High ALDOB expression were associated with poor overall survival and disease-free survival in both univariate and multivariate regression analyses (P<0.05). In vitro functional studies of CCK-8 demonstrated that silencing ALDOB expression significantly (P<0.05) inhibited proliferation, migration and invasion of colon cancer cells. Mechanically, silencing ALDOB activated epithelial markers and repressed mesenchymal markers, indicating inactivation of ALDOB may lead to inhibition of epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT). CONCLUSION: Upregulation of ALDOB promotes colorectal cancer metastasis by facilitating EMT and acts as a potential prognostic factor and therapeutic target in colorectal cancer.
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