ING5 inhibits lung cancer invasion and epithelial-mesenchymal transition by inhibiting the WNT/β-catenin pathway

Thoracic Cancer
Xinli LiuTao Zhang

Abstract

ING5 is the last member of the Inhibitor of Growth (ING) candidate tumor suppressor family that has been implicated in multiple cellular functions, including cell cycle regulation, apoptosis, and chromatin remodeling. Our previous study showed that ING5 overexpression inhibits lung cancer aggressiveness and epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT), with unknown mechanisms. Western blotting was used to detect total and phosphorylated levels of β-catenin and EMT-related proteins. Immunofluorescent staining was used to observe E-cadherin expression. Proliferation and colony formation, wound healing, and Transwell migration and invasion assays were performed to study the proliferative and invasive abilities of cancer cells. ING5 overexpression promotes phosphorylation of β-catenin at Ser33/37, leading to a decreased β-catenin protein level. Small hairpin RNA-mediated ING5 knockdown significantly increased the β-catenin level and inhibited phosphorylation of β-catenin S33/37. Treatment with the WNT/β-catenin inhibitor XAV939 inhibited ING5-knockdown promoted proliferation, colony formation, migration, and invasion of lung cancer A549 cells, with increased phosphorylation of β-catenin S33/37 and a decreased β-catenin level. XAV939 als...Continue Reading

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protein array
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protein assay
electrophoresis

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