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Fascin induces melanoma tumorigenesis and stemness through regulating the Hippo pathway.


ABSTRACT:

Background

Fascin is a F-actin bundling protein and its overexpression is correlated with poor prognosis and increases metastatic potential in a number of cancers. But underlying function and mechanism of fascin on tumorigenesis in melanoma remain elusive.

Methods

The melanoma cell lines WM793 and WM39 were employed for the soft agar and sphere formation assay. Quantitative RT-PCR and Western blot were performed for identifying the gene expression at mRNA and protein levels, respectively. Co-IP and in vitro GST pulldown experiments were used to test the interaction between fascin and MST2.

Results

Fascin regulates tumorigenesis and cancer cell stemness in melanoma through inhibition of the Hippo pathway kinase MST2 and the activation of transcription factor TAZ. Our data showed that fascin interacts with the kinase domain of MST2 to inhibit its homodimer formation and kinase activity. Depletion of fascin led to increase of p-LATS level and decrease of TAZ, but not YAP. We also demonstrated that fascin regulates melanoma tumorigenesis independent of its actin-bundling activity.

Conclusions

Fascin is a new regulator of the MST2-LATS-TAZ pathway and plays a critical role in melanoma tumorigenesis. Inhibition of fascin reduces melanoma tumorigenesis and stemness, and thus fascin could be a potential therapeutic target for this malignancy.

SUBMITTER: Kang J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6029074 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Fascin induces melanoma tumorigenesis and stemness through regulating the Hippo pathway.

Kang Jiaxin J   Wang Jian J   Yao Zhuang Z   Hu Yuanzhao Y   Ma Shijie S   Fan Qin Q   Gao Feng F   Sun Yan Y   Sun Jianwei J  

Cell communication and signaling : CCS 20180703 1


<h4>Background</h4>Fascin is a F-actin bundling protein and its overexpression is correlated with poor prognosis and increases metastatic potential in a number of cancers. But underlying function and mechanism of fascin on tumorigenesis in melanoma remain elusive.<h4>Methods</h4>The melanoma cell lines WM793 and WM39 were employed for the soft agar and sphere formation assay. Quantitative RT-PCR and Western blot were performed for identifying the gene expression at mRNA and protein levels, respe  ...[more]

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