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- Title
Fibroblast Activation Protein (FAP) Overexpression Induces Epithelial–Mesenchymal Transition (EMT) in Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma by Down-Regulating Dipeptidyl Peptidase 9 (DPP9).
- Authors
Wu, Qing-qing; Zhao, Meng; Huang, Guang-zhao; Zheng, Ze-nan; Chen, Yuechuan; Zeng, Wei-sen; Lv, Xiao-zhi
- Abstract
Purpose: Fibroblast activation protein (FAP) acts as a tumor promoter via epithelial–mesenchymal transition (EMT) in human oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC). The present study was designed to investigate the FAP targeting proteins and explore the precise mechanism by which FAP promotes EMT in OSCC. Patients and Methods: Proteins interacting with FAP were found and filtered by immunoprecipitation-mass spectrometry (IP-MS). Both DPP9 protein and mRNA were examined in 90 paired OSCC samples and matched normal tissue. DPP9 knockdown was conducted to determine its function in OSCC in vitro and in vivo. Results: Dipeptidyl peptidase 9 (DPP9) was identified as interacting with FAP intracellularly by IP-MS. The levels of both DPP9 protein and mRNA were down-regulated in OSCC tissue. Lower DPP9 expression was correlated with unfavorable survival rates of OSCC patients. DPP9 knockdown accelerates the proliferation of OSCC cells in vitro and in vivo. Overexpression of FAP leads to a reduction in DPP9 expression. Likewise, DPP9 overexpression reverses the proliferation, migration, invasion and EMT induced by FAP during OSCC. Conclusion: Our study finds that FAP promotes EMT of OSCC by down-regulating DPP9 in a non-enzymatic manner. FAP-DPP9 pathway could be a potential therapeutic target of OSCC.
- Subjects
SQUAMOUS cell carcinoma; PEPTIDASE; COCARCINOGENS; PROTEINS; CELL proliferation; EPITHELIAL-mesenchymal transition; ORAL cancer
- Publication
OncoTargets & Therapy, 2020, Vol 13, p2599
- ISSN
1178-6930
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2147/OTT.S243417