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Induction and Analysis of Epithelial to Mesenchymal Transition
Published on: August 27, 2013
p38 MAPK mediates epithelial-mesenchymal transition by regulating p38IP and Snail in head and neck squamous cell
Yuan Lin1, Jon Mallen-St Clair2, Guanyu Wang1
1Lung Cancer Research Program of the Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, United States; Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, United States.
Background:
In the present study, we investigated the role of p38-p38IP signaling in the inflammation-induced promotion of epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT) in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma (HNSCC).
Methods:
Quantitative RT-PCR, western blot analysis, spheroid modeling and immunohistochemical staining of human HNSCC tissue sections were used.
Results:
p38 inhibitor treated and p38 shRNA HNSCC cell lines demonstrate a significant upregulation in E-cadherin mRNA and a decrease in the mRNA expression of Snail. p38 binds to and stabilizes p38IP, a subunit of histone SPT3-TAF9-GCN5 acetyltransferase (STAGA), resulting in enhanced transcription of Snail. p38 shRNA HNSCC cell lines show a less invasive phenotype in a spheroid model. In clinical HNSCC samples, p38 interacting protein (p38IP) is significantly increased compared to adjacent normal tissue. An inverse relationship between p38, p38IP and E-cadherin is demonstrated.
Conclusions:
Herein we provide the first report that p38-p38IP is required for the Snail-induced E-cadherin down-regulation and cell invasion in HNSCC.
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