Article ; Online: Role of Stromal Fibroblast-Induced WNT7A Associated with Cancer Cell Migration Through the AKT/CLDN1 Signaling Axis in Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma.
Laboratory investigation; a journal of technical methods and pathology
2023 Volume 103, Issue 10, Page(s) 100228
Abstract: Wnt signaling plays a crucial role in the progression of various cancers, including oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC). However, the tumor microenvironment (TME) regulating Wnt signaling has not yet been fully elucidated. In this study, we investigated ... ...
Abstract | Wnt signaling plays a crucial role in the progression of various cancers, including oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC). However, the tumor microenvironment (TME) regulating Wnt signaling has not yet been fully elucidated. In this study, we investigated whether cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs), the primary components of the TME, activate Wnt signaling and promote tumor progression in OSCC. We conducted a Transwell coculture assay using human OSCC cell lines and normal human dermal fibroblasts (NHDFs). NHDFs stimulated WNT7A expression in several OSCC cell lines, especially HO-1-N-1 and HSC-5. An immunohistochemical study using 122 human OSCC samples indicated that high WNT7A expression in tumor cells was significantly associated with invasion depth and poor prognosis. Moreover, WNT7A expression in OSCC cells was positively correlated with α-smooth muscle actin expression in CAFs. WNT7A knockdown in OSCC cells demonstrated that OSCC cells cocultured with NHDFs significantly promoted tumor cell migration and invasion, which was dependent on WNT7A expression in OSCC cells. We also isolated HSC-5 cells from the coculture and conducted microarray analysis to investigate the factors that promote tumor progression induced by WNT7A. Among the various differentially expressed genes, we identified a downregulated gene encoding CLDN1 and confirmed that WNT7A negatively regulated CLDN1 expression in OSCC cells and CLDN1 knockdown in OSCC cells promoted their migration. Phosphokinase array analysis showed that WNT7A activates protein kinase B (AKT) phosphorylation. Activating AKT signaling using the SC79 agonist induced CLDN1 downregulation in OSCC cells. In the coculture assay, the AKT inhibitor MK2206 significantly recovered CLDN1 expression downregulated by WNT7A, resulting in OSCC cell migration suppression. These results suggest that CAFs stimulate OSCC cells to produce WNT7A, following CLDN1 expression downregulation by activating AKT signaling, promoting cancer cell migration. These findings highlight the importance of molecular therapies targeting the TME in OSCC. |
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MeSH term(s) | Humans ; Carcinoma, Squamous Cell/metabolism ; Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Head and Neck/metabolism ; Mouth Neoplasms/metabolism ; Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt/metabolism ; Fibroblasts/metabolism ; Cell Movement/physiology ; Wnt Signaling Pathway ; Cell Line, Tumor ; Head and Neck Neoplasms/genetics ; Cell Proliferation ; Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic ; Tumor Microenvironment ; Wnt Proteins/genetics ; Wnt Proteins/metabolism |
Chemical Substances | Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt (EC 2.7.11.1) ; WNT7A protein, human ; Wnt Proteins ; CLDN1 protein, human |
Language | English |
Publishing date | 2023-08-02 |
Publishing country | United States |
Document type | Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't |
ZDB-ID | 80178-1 |
ISSN | 1530-0307 ; 0023-6837 |
ISSN (online) | 1530-0307 |
ISSN | 0023-6837 |
DOI | 10.1016/j.labinv.2023.100228 |
Database | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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