GSE196138
FAT atypical cadherin 1 upregulates in oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) and promotes cell proliferation via cell cycle and DNA repair
Previous studies have revealed FAT atypical cadherin 1 (FAT1) played a tumor suppressive or oncogenic role in a context-dependent manner in various cancers. However, the functions of FAT1 are ambiguous in tumorigenesis owing to inconsistent research in oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC). The present study aimed to gain an insight into the role of FAT1 in the tumor genesis and development by comprehensive bioinformatics, in vitro experiments and analysis of RNA-seq after FAT1 silencing. The expression and survival data analysis were done using data from the Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA), the Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) and the Clinical Proteomic Tumor Analysis Consortium (CPTAC) database, verified with clinical samples via real-time polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR), Western blot (WB) and immunohistochemical (IHC). Overall, FAT1 significantly raised in OSCC with a poor prognosis outcome. Some work on FAT1 mutant implied that 404, 614, 1662 and 3554 may be four SNP loci. The in vitro experiment showed the promoting effect of FAT1 in the proliferation and migration of OSCC cells. FAT1 can also inhibit both the early and late apoptosis of OSCC cells. Bioinformatics analysis of FAT1 silencing revealed that the cell cycle, DNA replication, and some core genes (MCM2, MCM5, CCNE1 SPC24, MYBL2, KIF2C) may be the potential mechanism in OSCC. Taken together, these findings demonstrated that FAT1 may act as oncogenesis in OSCC with potential mechanism influencing the cell cycle and DNA repair. Overall design: Examination of 2 FAT1 knockdown and corresponding negative control cells in HN6 and HN30. Repeated at another separate time.