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Targeting cadherin-17 inactivates Wnt signaling and inhibits tumor growth in liver carcinoma.

ABSTRACT: Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a lethal malignancy for which there are no effective therapies. To develop rational therapeutic approaches for treating this disease, we are performing proof-of-principle studies targeting molecules crucial for the development of HCC. Here, we show that cadherin-17 (CDH17) adhesion molecule is up-regulated in human liver cancers and can transform premalignant liver progenitor cells to produce liver carcinomas in mice. RNA interference-mediated knockdown of CDH17 inhibited proliferation of both primary and highly metastatic HCC cell lines in vitro and in vivo. The antitumor mechanisms underlying CDH17 inhibition involve inactivation of Wnt signaling, because growth inhibition and cell death were accompanied by relocalization of beta-catenin to the cytoplasm and a concomitant reduction in cyclin D1 and an increase in retinoblastoma.Our results identify CDH17 as a novel oncogene in HCC and suggest that CDH17 is a biomarker and attractive therapeutic target for this aggressive malignancy.

SUBMITTER: Liu LX

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3328302 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Targeting cadherin-17 inactivates Wnt signaling and inhibits tumor growth in liver carcinoma.

Liu Ling Xiao LX Lee Nikki P NP Chan Vivian W VW Xue Wen W Zender Lars L Zhang Chunsheng C Mao Mao M Dai Hongyue H Wang Xiao Lin XL Xu Michelle Z MZ Lee Terence K TK Ng Irene O IO Chen Yangchao Y Kung Hsiang-fu HF Lowe Scott W SW Poon Ronnie T P RT Wang Jian Hua JH Luk John M JM

Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) 20091101 5

<h4>Unlabelled</h4>Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a lethal malignancy for which there are no effective therapies. To develop rational therapeutic approaches for treating this disease, we are performing proof-of-principle studies targeting molecules crucial for the development of HCC. Here, we show that cadherin-17 (CDH17) adhesion molecule is up-regulated in human liver cancers and can transform premalignant liver progenitor cells to produce liver carcinomas in mice. RNA interference-mediated ...[more]

PMID: 19676131

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Targeting cadherin-17 inactivates Wnt signaling and inhibits tumor growth in liver carcinoma.

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Targeting cadherin-17 inactivates Wnt signaling and inhibits tumor growth in liver carcinoma.

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