Hepatocyte nuclear factor 1 alpha influences pancreatic cancer growth and metastasis

Scientific Reports
Ramadevi SubramaniRajkumar Lakshmanaswamy

Abstract

Hepatocyte nuclear factor 1 homeobox alpha (HNF1α) is a transcription factor involved in endodermal organogenesis and pancreatic precursor cell differentiation and development. Earlier studies have reported a role for HNF1α in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) but it is controversial. The mechanism by which it impacts PDAC is yet to be explored in depth. In this study, using the online databases we observed that HNF1α is upregulated in PDAC, which was also confirmed by our immunohistochemical analysis of PDAC tissue microarray. Silencing HNF1α reduced the proliferative, migratory, invasive and colony forming capabilities of pancreatic cancer cells. Key markers involved in these processes (pPI3K, pAKT, pERK, Bcl2, Zeb, Snail, Slug) were significantly changed in response to alterations in HNF1α expression. On the other hand, overexpression of HNF1α did not induce any significant change in the aggressiveness of pancreatic cancer cells. Our results demonstrate that reduced expression of HNF1α leads to inhibition of pancreatic cancer growth and progression, which indicates that it could be a potential oncogene and target for PDAC.

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