FAM83A is amplified and promotes tumorigenicity in non-small cell lung cancer via ERK and PI3K/Akt/mTOR pathways

Hu, Haiyang; Wang, Fajiu; Wang, Muyun; Liu, Yuanyuan; Wu, Han; Chen, Xi; Lin, Qiang

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FAM83A is amplified and promotes tumorigenicity in non-small cell lung cancer via ERK and PI3K/Akt/mTOR pathways

Haiyang Hu^1#, Fajiu Wang^2#, Muyun Wang^3#, Yuanyuan Liu⁴, Han Wu⁵, Xi Chen^1✉, Qiang Lin^1✉

1. Department of Thoracic Surgery, Shanghai General Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, No. 100 Haining Road, Hongkou District, Shanghai 200080, China.
2. Department of Thoracic Surgery, Hwa Mei Hospital, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 41 Xibei Road, Ningbo 315010, China.
3. Department of Geriatric Respiratory and Critical Care, the First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, No. 218 Jixi Road, Hefei 230022, China.
4. Department of Otorhinolaryngology Surgery, Shanghai General Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, No. 100 Haining Road, Hongkou District, Shanghai 200080, China.
5. Department of General Surgery, Shanghai General Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, No. 100 Haining Road, Hongkou District, Shanghai 200080, China.
#These authors contributed equally to this work

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Hu H, Wang F, Wang M, Liu Y, Wu H, Chen X, Lin Q. FAM83A is amplified and promotes tumorigenicity in non-small cell lung cancer via ERK and PI3K/Akt/mTOR pathways. Int J Med Sci 2020; 17(6):807-814. doi:10.7150/ijms.33992. https://www.medsci.org/v17p0807.htm

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Family with sequence similarity 83A (FAM83A) is a newly-found over-expressed oncogene in several types of cancers and associates with poor prognosis. However, the role that FAM83A may play in the carcinogenesis of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) still needs to be defined. The present study aimed to investigate the function of FAM83A in NSCLC progression and to investigate the possible mechanism. Analysis of Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) database and rt-PCR showed up-regulated expression of FAM83A in NSCLC. GEO and the Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) data analysis revealed that high expression level of FAM83A in NSCLC was associated with poor prognosis. In vitro experiments showed that depleting FAM83A by siRNA/shRNA significantly inhibited cell proliferation and induced cell apoptosis. Cell motility was also retarded after silencing FAM83A, as demonstrated by Transwell assay. FAM83A depletion in A549 cells also inhibited subcutaneous tumor growth and lung metastasis in vivo. Western blotting showed that silencing FAM83A decreased the phosphorylation of ERK and PI3K/Akt/mTOR. On the other hand, overexpressing FAM83A in vitro enhanced cell proliferation and invasiveness, which was repressed by PI3K inhibitor and ERK inhibitor separately. Taken together, our study suggests that FAM83A promotes tumorigenesis of NSCLC at least partly via ERK and PI3K/Akt/mTOR pathways, making it a promising therapeutic target.

Keywords: FAM83A, non-small cell lung cancer, tumorigenesis, metastasis

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Hu, H., Wang, F., Wang, M., Liu, Y., Wu, H., Chen, X., Lin, Q. (2020). FAM83A is amplified and promotes tumorigenicity in non-small cell lung cancer via ERK and PI3K/Akt/mTOR pathways. International Journal of Medical Sciences, 17(6), 807-814. https://doi.org/10.7150/ijms.33992.

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Hu, H.; Wang, F.; Wang, M.; Liu, Y.; Wu, H.; Chen, X.; Lin, Q. FAM83A is amplified and promotes tumorigenicity in non-small cell lung cancer via ERK and PI3K/Akt/mTOR pathways. Int. J. Med. Sci. 2020, 17 (6), 807-814. DOI: 10.7150/ijms.33992.

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Hu H, Wang F, Wang M, Liu Y, Wu H, Chen X, Lin Q. 2020. FAM83A is amplified and promotes tumorigenicity in non-small cell lung cancer via ERK and PI3K/Akt/mTOR pathways. Int J Med Sci. 17(6):807-814.

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