Cited by 114Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology ResearchWnt/β-catenin signaling in development and cancerCancer Cells and Metastasis

NMIIA promotes tumor growth and metastasis by activating the Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway and EMT in pancreatic cancer

Zhou, Pingting, Li, Yanyan, Li, Bo, Zhang, Meichao, Liu, Yuanhua, Yao, Yuan, Li, Dong·2019·Oncogene

Abstract

Non-muscle myosin IIA (NMIIA) protein plays an important role in cell cytokinesis and cell migration. The role and underlying regulatory mechanisms of NMIIA in pancreatic cancer (PC) remain elusive. We found that NMIIA is highly expressed in PC tissues and contributes to PC poor progression by using open microarray datasets from the Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO), The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA), and PC tissue arrays. NMIIA regulates β-catenin mediated EMT to promote the proliferation, migration, invasion, and sphere formation of PC cells in vitro and in vivo. NMIIA controls the β-catenin transcriptional activity by interacting with β-catenin. Moreover, MEK/ERK signaling is critical in MLC2 (Ser19) phosphorylation, which can mediate NMIIA activity and regulate Wnt/β-catenin signaling. These findings highlight the significance of NMIIA in tumor regression and implicate NMIIA as a promising candidate for PC treatment.

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Authors
Zhou, P., Li, Y., Li, B., Zhang, M., Liu, Y., Yao, Y., & Li, D.
Affiliations
  • Shanghai Jiao Tong University (CN)
  • Second Military Medical University (CN)
  • Nanjing Medical University (CN)
Corresponding author
  • Liu, Yuanhua
  • Li, Dong
Venue
Oncogene
Published
2019-04-09
Volume
38
Issue
27
Pages
5500-5515
ISSN
  • 0950-9232 (ISSN-L)
  • 1476-5594
OpenAlex
W2939437655
Cited by
108
References
63
Citations by year
2026: 5 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 13 · 2023: 14 · 2022: 34 · 2021: 19 · 2020: 16 · 2019: 4
FWCI
8.32
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Oncogene (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • National Natural Science Foundation of China
  • Innovation Program for Ph.D. students in Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Wnt/β-catenin signaling in development and cancer
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Cancer Cells and Metastasis
Keywords
non-muscle myosin IIA, pancreatic cancer, Wnt/β-catenin signaling, epithelial-mesenchymal transition, tumor growth, metastasis, MEK/ERK signaling, myosin light chain 2 phosphorylation, cell proliferation, cell migration and invasion, tumor sphere formation
MeSH terms
Humans, Neoplasm Invasiveness, Neoplasm Metastasis, Pancreatic Neoplasms, Myosin Heavy Chains, Cell Proliferation, beta Catenin, Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition, Wnt Signaling Pathway

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