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- Title
Annexin A7 suppresses lymph node metastasis of hepatocarcinoma cells in a mouse model.
- Authors
Yanling Jin; Shaoqing Wang; Wenjing Chen; Jun Zhang; Bo Wang; Hongwei Guan; Jianwu Tang; Jin, Yanling; Wang, Shaoqing; Chen, Wenjing; Zhang, Jun; Wang, Bo; Guan, Hongwei; Tang, Jianwu
- Abstract
<bold>Background: </bold>Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the leading causes of cancer death in China. This study investigated the effects of Annexin A7 (ANXA7) on the inhibition of HCC lymph node metastasis in a mouse model.<bold>Methods: </bold>The stable knockup and knockdown of Annexin A7-expressing HCC cells using Annexin A7 cDNA and shRNA vectors, respectively, were injected into a mouse footpad to establish primary and metastatic tumors in mice. On the 14th, 21st, and 28th days after HCC cells inoculation, the mice were sacrificed for inspection of primary and secondary tumors and immunohistochemistry of Annexin A7 expression.<bold>Results: </bold>The lymph node metastasis rate of the FANXA7-control group was 77%, and the lymph node metastasis rate of the FANXA7-down group was 100% (p<0.05). In contrast, the lymph node metastasis rate of the PANXA7-up group was 0% and that of the PANXA7-control group was 36% (p<0.05). Furthermore, immunohistochemistry experiments revealed that the subcellular localization of Annexin A7 protein in both primary and lymph node-metastasized tumors was mainly in the cytosol. In addition, the expression of the 47 kDa and 51 kDa isoforms of Annexin A7 protein changed during tumor progression.<bold>Conclusion: </bold>This study indicated that Annexin A7 expression was able to inhibit HCC lymph node metastasis, whereas knockdown of Annexin A7 expression significantly induced HCC metastasis to local lymph nodes.
- Subjects
ANNEXINS; LIVER cancer; LYMPHATIC metastasis; LABORATORY mice; ANTISENSE DNA; RNA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; CANCER invasiveness; BIOLOGICAL models; RESEARCH; LIVER tumors; ANIMAL experimentation; BIOLOGICAL transport; RESEARCH methodology; LYMPH nodes; METASTASIS; MEDICAL cooperation; EVALUATION research; GENE expression; COMPARATIVE studies; CALCIUM-binding proteins; GENETIC techniques; CELL lines; HEPATOCELLULAR carcinoma; MICE
- Publication
BMC Cancer, 2013, Vol 13, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
1471-2407
- Publication type
Academic Journal
- DOI
10.1186/1471-2407-13-522