Activation of Wnt Pathway Suppresses Growth of MUG-Chor1 Chordoma Cell Line.
Cell Biochem Biophys
; 81(4): 823-837, 2023 Dec.
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Chordoma as a malignant bone tumor, occurs along the axial skeleton and does not have an effective therapy. Brachyury, which is a crucial player for the formation of early embryonic notochord, is abundantly found in both sporadic and familial chordoma. During embryonic development, Brachyury expression was reported to be regulated by the Wnt pathway. The objective of the study is to investigate the role of Wnt signaling in a human chordoma cell line in terms of proliferation, survival, and invasiveness. We tried to elucidate the signaling events that regulate Chordoma cancer. In this regard, Wnt pathway was activated or inhibited using various strategies including small molecules, siRNA-based knockdown and overexpression applications. The results indicated the negative regulatory effect of Wnt signaling activity on proliferation and migration capacity of the chordoma cells. It was revealed that when GSK3ß was inhibited, the Wnt pathway was activated and negatively regulated T/Bra expression. Activity of the Wnt pathway caused cell cycle arrest, reduced migration potential of the cells, and led to cell death. Therefore, the present study suggests that the Wnt pathway plays a key role in suppressing the proliferation and invasive characteristics of human chordoma cells and has a great potential as a therapeutic target in further clinical studies.
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Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Cordoma
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Vía de Señalización Wnt
Límite:
Humans
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En
Revista:
Cell Biochem Biophys
Asunto de la revista:
BIOFISICA
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BIOQUIMICA
Año:
2023
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Article
País de afiliación:
Turquía
Pais de publicación:
Estados Unidos