title: Dickkopf-1 is oncogenic and involved in invasive growth in non small cell lung cancer.
abstract: Dickkopf-1 (DKK1) is an inhibitor of the Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway. However, the role of DKK1 in the progression of non small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is not fully understood. In this study, RT-PCR and Western blot were used to examine the expression of DKK1 in a panel of ten human NSCLC cell lines and NSCLC tissues. DKK1 expression was highly transactivated in the great majority of these cancer lines. The expression of DKK1 was upregulated on both mRNA and protein levels in NSCLC tissues compared with the adjacent normal lung tissues. Immunohistochemistry and immunofluoresence revealed that DKK1 was mainly distributed in the cytoplasm in both carcinoma tissues and cell lines. DKK1 protein expression was also evaluated in paraffin sections from 102 patients with NSCLC by immunohistochemistry, and 65(63.73%)tumors were DKK1 positive. Relative analysis showed a significant relationship between DKK1 positive expression and lymph node metastasis(P<0.05). Patients with DKK1-positive tumors had poorer DFS than those with negative ESCC (5-year DFS; 15.4% versus 27%, P = 0.007). To further explore the biological effects of DKK1 in NSCLC cells, we over-expressed DKK1 in NSCLC 95C cell using eukaryotic expression vector pCMV-Tab-2b and performed a knockdown of DKK1 in LTEP-a-2 cell using a short hairpin RNA expression vector pSilencer 5.1. DKK1 did not have any effect on proliferation, but seemed to play a role in migration and invasion capability. Overexpression of DKK1 promotes migratory and invasive activity of 95C, while DKK1 knockdown resulted in the suppression of migration and invasion potentials of LTEP-a-2 cell. Taken together, these results indicate that DKK1 may be a crucial regulator in the progression of NSCLC. DKK1 might be a potential therapeutic target in NSCLC.
authors.affiliation: The Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, China.
authors.forename: Shujun
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Hebei Chest Hospital, Shijiazhuang, China.
authors.forename: Xuebo
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Qin
authors.affiliation: The Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, China.
authors.forename: Xin
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.affiliation: The Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, China.
authors.forename: Airong
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cui
authors.affiliation: The Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, China.
authors.forename: Yuzheng
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: He
authors.affiliation: Tianjin Lung Cancer Institute, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, China.
authors.forename: Sen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wei
authors.affiliation: The Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, China.
authors.forename: Xiaolu
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: The Fourth Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, China.
authors.forename: Baoen
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Shan
mesh_terms: D015153:Blotting, Western; D002289:Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / Q000235:genetics*; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D017931:DNA Primers / Q000235:genetics; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D015972:Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D005822:Genetic Vectors; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D036341:Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D053208:Kaplan-Meier Estimate; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis / Q000235:genetics*; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness / Q000235:genetics*; D060888:Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
chemical_list: C501126:DKK1 protein, human; D017931:DNA Primers; D036341:Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins