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Overexpression of degenerative spermatocyte homolog 1 up‐regulates the expression of cyclin D1 and enhances metastatic efficiency in esophageal carcinoma Eca109 cells
Author(s) -
Zhou Wu,
Ye XiaoLei,
Sun ZhiJian,
Ji XiaoDan,
Chen HaiXiang,
Xie Dong
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
molecular carcinogenesis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.254
H-Index - 97
eISSN - 1098-2744
pISSN - 0899-1987
DOI - 10.1002/mc.20533
Subject(s) - cyclin d1 , biology , gene knockdown , cancer research , cyclin b , cyclin a , cyclin d , cell cycle , cyclin b1 , cyclin e , cyclin a2 , cell culture , microbiology and biotechnology , cell , cyclin dependent kinase 1 , genetics
Cyclin D1 plays a pivotal role in cell‐cycle transition through G1 phase. In this article, we found that Degenerative Spermatocyte Homolog 1 (DEGS1) up‐regulated the expression of cyclin D1 and the activation of transcription factor NF‐κB was essential for DEGS1‐induced cyclin D1 production. Forced expression of DEGS1 in Esophageal carcinoma cell line Eca109 cells increased their ability of cell migration and significantly induced tumor metastasis in nude mice, whereas RNA interference‐mediated knockdown of DEGS1 cells significantly inhibited cell migration in vitro, as well as tumor metastasis in vivo. Our results demonstrated that expression of DEGS1 up‐regulated the expression of cyclin D1 and enhanced the efficiency of tumor metastasis. © 2009 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.