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- Title
Targeted Knockdown of IQGAP1 Inhibits the Progression of Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma <i>In Vitro</i> and <i>In Vivo</i>.
- Authors
Wang, Xiao-Xia; Wang, Kang; Li, Xiao-Zhong; Zhai, Li-Qin; Qu, Chong-Xiao; Zhao, Yan; Liu, Zhi-Rong; Wang, Hui-Zhen; An, Qi-Jun; Jing, Li-Wei; Wang, Xu-Hong
- Abstract
IQGAP1 is a scaffolding protein that can regulate several distinct signaling pathways. The accumulating evidence has demonstrated that IQGAP1 plays an important role in tumorigenesis and tumor progression. However, the function of IQGAP1 in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) has not been thoroughly investigated. In the present study, we showed that IQGAP1 was overexpressed in ESCC tumor tissues, and its overexpression was correlated with the invasion depth of ESCC. Importantly, by using RNA interference (RNAi) technology we successfully silenced IQGAP1 gene in two ESCC cell lines, EC9706 and KYSE150, and for the first time found that suppressing IQGAP1 expression not only obviously reduced the tumor cell growth, migration and invasion in vitro but also markedly inhibited the tumor growth, invasion, lymph node and lung metastasis in xenograft mice. Furthermore, Knockdown of IQGAP1 expression in ESCC cell lines led to a reversion of epithelial to mesenchymal transition (EMT) progress. These results suggest that IQGAP1 plays crucial roles in regulating ESCC occurrence and progression. IQGAP1 silencing may therefore develop into a promising novel anticancer therapy.
- Subjects
DISEASE progression; IN vitro studies; XENOGRAFTS; LABORATORY mice; CYTOLOGY; CELLULAR signal transduction
- Publication
PLoS ONE, 2014, Vol 9, Issue 5, p1
- ISSN
1932-6203
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0096501