Research Paper Volume 11, Issue 24 pp 11905—11921
KIF20A promotes cellular malignant behavior and enhances resistance to chemotherapy in colorectal cancer through regulation of the JAK/STAT3 signaling pathway
- 1 Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Gastroenterology, Department of Gastroenterology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
- 2 Department of Gastroenterololgy, Guangdong Second Provincial General Hospital, Guangzhou 510317, China
Received: June 11, 2019 Accepted: November 18, 2019 Published: December 16, 2019
https://doi.org/10.18632/aging.102505How to Cite
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Abstract
Background/Aims: Kinesin family member 20A (KIF20A) is upregulated in multiple cancers and plays important roles in promoting malignant behavior, whereas its exact role in CRC remains unknown.
Results: Both genomic and protein expression levels showed that KIF20A was upregulated in CRC. Further functional analyses revealed that KIF20A had a crucial role in improving cell proliferation and resistance to chemotherapy in CRC. Finally, we provided distinct mechanistic evidence that KIF20A achieved all of its pathological functions in CRC by activating the JAK/STAT3 pathway.
Conclusion: Our results suggested that KIF20A regulated a set of malignant characteristics in CRC by activating the JAK/STAT3 pathway. Our findings indicate a new direction for the development of more effective therapeutic treatments for CRC.
Methods: Three Gene Expression Omnibus datasets and The Cancer Genome Atlas datasets were used to investigate the expression level of KIF20A in CRC. Further experiments included immunohistochemical staining, western blot analysis, qRT-PCR, gene silencing, and a cell-injected xenograft mouse model to investigate the interaction between KIF20A and the JAK/STAT3 signaling pathway in both patient-derived specimens and CRC cell lines.