Upregulated PFTK1 promotes tumor cell proliferation, migration, and invasion in breast cancer

Med Oncol. 2015 Jul;32(7):195. doi: 10.1007/s12032-015-0641-8. Epub 2015 Jun 2.

Abstract

PFTK1 was a cell division cycle 2-related serine/threonine protein kinase, which was up-regulated in breast cancer tissues and breast cancer lines. And up-regulated PFTK1 was highly associated with grade, axillary lymph node status, and Ki-67. Moreover, Kaplan-Meier curve showed that up-regulated PFTK1 was related to the poor breast carcinoma patients' overall survival. Here, we first discovered and confirmed that cyclin B was a new interacting protein of PFTK1, and the complex might increase the amount of DVL2, which triggers Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway. Furthermore, knockdown of PFTK1 attenuated cell proliferation, anchorage-independent cell growth, and cell migration and invasion by inhibiting the transcriptional activation of β-catenin for cyclin D1, MMP9, and HEF1, whereas exogenous expression of PFTK1 might promote MDA-MB-231 cells proliferation, migration, and invasion via promoting PFTK1-DVL2-β-catenin axis. Our findings supported the notion that up-regulated PFTK1 might promote breast cancer progression and metastasis by activating Wnt signaling pathway through the PFTK1-DVL2-β-catenin axis.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing / genetics
  • Breast Neoplasms / genetics*
  • Breast Neoplasms / pathology
  • Cell Line, Tumor
  • Cell Movement / genetics*
  • Cell Proliferation / genetics*
  • Cyclin D1 / genetics
  • Cyclin-Dependent Kinases / genetics*
  • Dishevelled Proteins
  • Female
  • Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic / genetics
  • Humans
  • MCF-7 Cells
  • Matrix Metalloproteinase 9 / genetics
  • Middle Aged
  • Neoplasm Invasiveness / genetics*
  • Neoplasm Invasiveness / pathology
  • Phosphoproteins / genetics
  • Up-Regulation / genetics*
  • Wnt Signaling Pathway / genetics
  • beta Catenin / genetics

Substances

  • Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing
  • DVL2 protein, human
  • Dishevelled Proteins
  • NEDD9 protein, human
  • Phosphoproteins
  • beta Catenin
  • Cyclin D1
  • CDK14 protein, human
  • Cyclin-Dependent Kinases
  • MMP9 protein, human
  • Matrix Metalloproteinase 9