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High expression of GPR116 indicates poor survival outcome and promotes tumor progression in colorectal carcinoma

Li Yang, Xiao-Lu Lin, Wei Liang, Seng-Wang Fu, Wen-Feng Lin, Xiao-Qing Tian, Yun-Jie Gao, Hao-Yan Chen, Jun Dai and Zhi-Zheng Ge _

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Oncotarget. 2017; 8:47943-47956. https://doi.org/10.18632/oncotarget.18203

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Abstract

Li Yang1,*, Xiao-Lu Lin1,*, Wei Liang3,*, Seng-Wang Fu4,*, Wen-Feng Lin1,*, Xiao-Qing Tian1, Yun-Jie Gao1, Hao-Yan Chen2, Jun Dai1 and Zhi-Zheng Ge1

1Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Key Laboratory of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Ministry of Health, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai Institute of Digestive Disease, Shanghai 200001, China

2Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Key Laboratory of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Ministry of Health, State Key Laboratory for Oncogenes and Related Genes, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai Institute of Digestive Disease, Shanghai 200001, China

3Department of Digestive Endoscopy, Provincial Clinic Medical College, Fujian Medical University, Fujian Provincial Hospital, Fuzhou 350001, China

4Department of Gastroenterology, Shanghai General Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200080, China

*These authors have contributed equally to this work

Correspondence to:

Zhi-Zheng Ge, email: [email protected]

Jun Dai, email: [email protected]

Keywords: GPR116, prognosis, metastasis, colorectal carcinoma

Received: March 22, 2017     Accepted: May 01, 2017     Published: May 25, 2017

ABSTRACT

Previous studies have found that G-protein-coupled receptor 116 (GPR116) is a regulator of breast cancer metastasis. However, the role of GPR116 in colorectal carcinoma (CRC) carcinogenesis and progression is unknown. In this study, We found GPR116 expression was significantly up-regulated in CRC specimens compared with corresponding non-cancerous tissues. Increased GPR116 expression in CRC was correlated with histological differentiation and distant metastasis. In addition, high expression of GPR116 was significantly associated with poor overall survival of CRC patients, which was also confirmed by GSE14333, GSE17536 and GSE33113 datasets from the Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO). Furthermore, we demonstrated that the ability of proliferation and invasion of CRC cell lines HCT116 and LOVO was markedly reduced after transfected with siRNA-GPR116. Meanwhile, GPR116 may drive EMT in CRC cells through AKT/EKR signaling pathway, resulting in metastasis. Thus, GPR116 may be a novel reliable prognostic indicator and a risk factor in CRC progression.


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