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SREBP-1 Has a Prognostic Role and Contributes to Invasion and Metastasis in Human Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710061, China
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Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2014, 15(5), 7124-7138; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms15057124
Received: 22 February 2014 / Revised: 16 March 2014 / Accepted: 10 April 2014 / Published: 25 April 2014
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Molecular Oncology 2014)
Sterol regulatory element-binding protein 1 (SREBP-1) is a well-known nuclear transcription factor involved in lipid synthesis. Recent studies have focused on its functions in tumor cell proliferation and apoptosis, but its role in cell migration and invasion, especially in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), is still unclear. In this study, we found that the expression of SREBP-1 in HCC tissues was significantly higher than those in matched tumor-adjacent tissues (p < 0.05). SREBP-1 was expressed at significantly higher levels in patients with large tumor size, high histological grade and advanced tumor-node-metastasis (TNM) stage (p < 0.05). The positive expression of SREBP-1 correlated with a worse 3-year overall and disease-free survival of HCC patients (p < 0.05). Additionally, SREBP-1 was an independent factor for predicting both 3-year overall and disease-free survival of HCC patients (p < 0.05). In vitro studies revealed that downregulation of SREBP-1 inhibited cell proliferation and induced apoptosis in both HepG2 and MHCC97L cells (p < 0.05). Furthermore, wound healing and transwell assays showed that SREBP-1 knockdown prominently inhibited cell migration and invasion in both HepG2 and MHCC97L cells (p < 0.05). These results suggest that SREBP-1 may serve as a prognostic marker in HCC and may promote tumor progression by promoting cell growth and metastasis. View Full-Text
Keywords: SREBP-1; hepatocellular carcinoma; biomarker; prognosis; invasion; metastasis SREBP-1; hepatocellular carcinoma; biomarker; prognosis; invasion; metastasis
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Li, C.; Yang, W.; Zhang, J.; Zheng, X.; Yao, Y.; Tu, K.; Liu, Q. SREBP-1 Has a Prognostic Role and Contributes to Invasion and Metastasis in Human Hepatocellular Carcinoma. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2014, 15, 7124-7138. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms15057124

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Li C, Yang W, Zhang J, Zheng X, Yao Y, Tu K, Liu Q. SREBP-1 Has a Prognostic Role and Contributes to Invasion and Metastasis in Human Hepatocellular Carcinoma. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 2014; 15(5):7124-7138. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms15057124

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Li, Chao, Wei Yang, Junli Zhang, Xin Zheng, Yingmin Yao, Kangsheng Tu, and Qingguang Liu. 2014. "SREBP-1 Has a Prognostic Role and Contributes to Invasion and Metastasis in Human Hepatocellular Carcinoma" International Journal of Molecular Sciences 15, no. 5: 7124-7138. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms15057124

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