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  2. DRAM1 plays a tumor suppressor role in clear cell renal cell carcinoma through modulating Akt signaling

DRAM1 plays a tumor suppressor role in clear cell renal cell carcinoma through modulating Akt signaling

  • Acta Histochem. 2022 Apr;124(3):151874. doi: 10.1016/j.acthis.2022.151874.
Qingyan Feng 1 Meijuan Cheng 1 Jingjing Jin 1 Shenglei Zhang 1 Yaling Bai 1 Jinsheng Xu 2
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Affiliations

  • 1 Hebei Clinical Research Center for Chronic Kidney Disease, Hebei Key Laboratory of Vascular Calcification in Kidney Disease, Department of Nephrology, The Fourth Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei 050011, PR China.
  • 2 Hebei Clinical Research Center for Chronic Kidney Disease, Hebei Key Laboratory of Vascular Calcification in Kidney Disease, Department of Nephrology, The Fourth Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei 050011, PR China. Electronic address: [email protected].
Abstract

Background: Clear cell renal carcinoma (ccRCC) is one of the most common malignant tumors worldwide. DNA damage-regulated Autophagy modulator1 (DRAM1) plays an important roles in Apoptosis and tumor progression. However, the role of DRAM1 in ccRCC is still unknown. In our study, we aimed to investigate the effect of DRAM1 in the progression of ccRCC.

Methods: The expression and prognostic information of DRAM1 in ccRCC were obtained by immunohistochemistry staining and bioinformatics database. Cell proliferation, migration, invasion were detected by CCK-8 assay, wound-healing and transwell assays, and the cell Apoptosis was examined by tunel assay and flow cytometry analysis. Western blot was used to detect the expression of DRAM1, Bax, Bcl2, Akt, p53,E-cadherin, N-Cadherin of ccRCC cells.

Results: Decreased expression of DRAM1 was found in ccRCC tissues, which predicted a shorter survival rate in ccRCC patient. We confirmed that DRAM1 inhibited the proliferation, migration, invasion and epithelial mesenchymal transformation (EMT), while enhanced the Apoptosis of ccRCC cells. In addition, the results of inhibition of Akt signaling were consistent with the above. We further proved that DRAM1 over-expression decreased the phosphorylation of Akt signaling, and overexpression of DRAM1 could reverse oncogenic function induced by the over-activating of Akt in ccRCC cells.

Conclusion: overexpression of DRAM1 plays a tumor suppressive role in ccRCC through inactivation of Akt and highlights the potential role of DRAM1 as a prognostic biomarker in ccRCC.

Keywords

Akt signaling pathway; Apoptosis; Clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC); DNA-damage regulated autophagy modulator 1 (DRAM1); Prognosis.

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