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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-1-24
pubmed:abstractText
Lewis Y (LeY) antigen is highly expressed in a variety of human carcinomas of epithelial cell origin. Recent studies suggest functional blockade of LeY may provide a novel therapeutic approach for the treatment of cancers. However, suppressing LeY expression by genetic manipulation and its impact on neoplastic cell proliferation has not been investigated. We report here that different fucosyltransferases (FUTs) were expressed with the greatest expression of fucosyltransferase I or IV (FUT1/4), the two key enzymes for the synthesis of LeY in human epidermoid carcinoma A431 cells. Knocking down FUT1/4 expression by short interfering RNA technique dramatically reduced the expression of FUT1/4 and LeY and inhibited cell proliferation through decreasing epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) signaling pathway. Treatment of A431 cells that were inoculated into the nude mice with FUT1 siRNA or FUT4 siRNA greatly impeded tumor growth. Suppressing FUT1/4 expression also blocked EGF-induced tyrosine phosphorylation of EGFR and mitogen-activated protein kinases. In conclusion, suppressing the expression of FUT1/4 by RNAi technology reduces the synthesis of LeY and inhibits cancer growth. It may serve as a potential methodology for the treatment of cancers that express LeY glycoconjugates.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Antigens, CD15, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Epidermal Growth Factor, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/FUT4 protein, human, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Fucosyltransferases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Lewis Blood-Group System, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Lewis Y antigen, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Phosphotyrosine, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/RNA, Small Interfering, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Receptor, Epidermal Growth Factor, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/galactoside...
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0006-3002
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
1783
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
287-96
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:18023290-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:18023290-Antigens, CD15, pubmed-meshheading:18023290-Cell Line, Tumor, pubmed-meshheading:18023290-Cell Proliferation, pubmed-meshheading:18023290-Epidermal Growth Factor, pubmed-meshheading:18023290-Fucosyltransferases, pubmed-meshheading:18023290-Gene Expression Profiling, pubmed-meshheading:18023290-Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic, pubmed-meshheading:18023290-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:18023290-Lewis Blood-Group System, pubmed-meshheading:18023290-MAP Kinase Signaling System, pubmed-meshheading:18023290-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:18023290-Mice, Nude, pubmed-meshheading:18023290-Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases, pubmed-meshheading:18023290-Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:18023290-Phosphotyrosine, pubmed-meshheading:18023290-RNA, Small Interfering, pubmed-meshheading:18023290-Receptor, Epidermal Growth Factor, pubmed-meshheading:18023290-Transfection, pubmed-meshheading:18023290-Xenograft Model Antitumor Assays
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
Suppression of FUT1/FUT4 expression by siRNA inhibits tumor growth.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Dalian Medical University, Liaoning Provincial Core Lab of Glycobiology and Glycoengineering, Dalian 116027, People's Republic of China.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't