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Journal Article
AFP promotes HCC progression by suppressing the HuR-mediated Fas/FADD apoptotic pathway
2020
Overview
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a major leading cause of cancer-related death worldwide. Alpha fetoprotein (AFP) is reactivated in a majority of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and associated with poor patient outcomes. Although increasing evidence has shown that AFP can regulate HCC cell growth, the precise functions of AFP in hepatocarcinogenesis and the associated underlying mechanism remain incompletely understood. In this study, we demostrated that depleting AFP significantly suppressed diethylnitrosamine (DEN)-induced liver tumor progression in an AFP gene-deficient mouse model. Similarly, knocking down AFP expression inhibited human HCC cell proliferation and tumor growth by inducing apoptosis. AFP expression level was inversely associated with the apoptotic rate in mouse and human HCC specimens. Investigation of potential cross-talk between AFP and apoptotic signaling revealed that AFP exerted its growth-promoting effect by suppressing the Fas/FADD-mediated extrinsic apoptotic pathway. Mechanistically, AFP bound to the RNA-binding protein HuR, increasing the accumulation of HuR in the cytoplasm and subsequent inhibition of Fas mRNA translation. In addition, we found that inhibiting AFP enhanced the cytotoxicity of therapeutics to AFP-positive HCC cells by activating HuR-mediated Fas/FADD apoptotic signaling. Conclusion: Our study defined the pro-oncogenic role of AFP in HCC progression and uncovered a novel antiapoptotic mechanism connecting AFP to HuR-mediated Fas translation. Our findings suggest that AFP is involved in the pathogenesis and chemosensitivity of HCC and that blockade of AFP may be a promising strategy to treat advanced HCC.
Publisher
Nature Publishing Group UK,Springer Nature B.V
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/ AFP gene
/ alpha-Fetoproteins - genetics
/ alpha-Fetoproteins - metabolism
/ Animals
/ Biomedical and Life Sciences
/ Carcinoma, Hepatocellular - metabolism
/ Carcinoma, Hepatocellular - pathology
/ Fas-Associated Death Domain Protein - genetics
/ Fas-Associated Death Domain Protein - metabolism
/ Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic - genetics
/ Humans
/ Liver Neoplasms - metabolism
/ Mice
/ mRNA
