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. 2022 Apr 28;39(5):68.
doi: 10.1007/s12032-021-01619-2.

KRT15 promotes colorectal cancer cell migration and invasion through β-catenin/MMP-7 signaling pathway

Weida Chen  1 , Chengli Miao  2
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KRT15 promotes colorectal cancer cell migration and invasion through β-catenin/MMP-7 signaling pathway

Weida Chen et al. Med Oncol. .

Abstract

KRT15 has been reported to act as an oncogene in colorectal cancer. However, whether KRT15 promotes colorectal cancer migration and invasion remain unclear. In this study, western blot and qRT-PCR assay were used to determine the expression of KRT15 in colorectal cancer cells. Wound-healing and transwell migration assay were performed to assess the migration of colorectal cancer cells. Matrigel transwell invasion assay was employed to examine the invasion of colorectal cancer cells. We found that KRT15 was highly expressed in colorectal cancer cells. Ectopic expression of KRT15 dramatically promoted colorectal cancer cell migration and invasion. Conversely, silencing KRT15 remarkably suppressed the migration and invasion of colorectal cancer cells. Importantly, we found that MMP-7 was crucial for KRT15-induced migration and invasion of colorectal cancer cells. Knockdown of MMP-7 significantly diminished the migration and invasion induced by KRT15; overexpression of MMP-7 almost completely rescued the inhibitory effects of KRT15 shRNAs on colorectal cancer cell migration and invasion. In addition, by gain- and loss-of function, we confirmed that β-catenin was responsible for the increased expression of MMP-7 induced by KRT15 colorectal cancer cell lines. In conclusion, KRT15 promotes migration and invasion of colorectal cancer cell at least partly through β-catenin/MMP7 signaling pathway, suggesting KRT15 is a potential therapeutic target for patients with metastatic colorectal cancer.

Keywords: Colorectal cancer; Invasion; KRT15; MMP-7; Migration; β-Catenin.

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