PMID- 26175937 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE DCOM- 20150715 LR - 20200930 IS - 2156-6976 (Print) IS - 2156-6976 (Electronic) IS - 2156-6976 (Linking) VI - 5 IP - 5 DP - 2015 TI - Snail interacts with Id2 in the regulation of TNF-alpha-induced cancer cell invasion and migration in OSCC. PG - 1680-91 AB - The inflammatory tumor microenvironment has been identified to play a pivotal role in tumor development and metastasis. Tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) is one of the key cytokines that regulate the inflammatory processes in tumor promotion. In the current study, we treated three oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) cell lines with TNF-alpha to study its role in inflammation-induced tumor progression. Here we show that TNF-alpha induces stabilization of the transcriptional repressor Snail and activates NF-kappaB pathway in the three OSCC cell lines. These activities resulted in the increased motility and invasiveness of three OSCC cell lines. In addition, upon dealing with TNF-alpha for the indicated time, three OSCC cell lines underwent epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT), in which they presented a fibroblast-like phenotype and had a decreased expression of epithelial marker (E-cadherin) and an increased expression of mesenchymal marker (vimentin). We further demonstrated that TNF-alpha can up-regulate the expression of Id2 while inducing an EMT in oral cancer cells. Finally, we showed that Id2 interacted with Snail which may constrain Snail-dependent suppression of E-cadherin. In conclusion, our study indicates that TNF-alpha induces Snail stabilization is dependent on the activation of NF-kappaB pathway and results in increasing cell invasion and migration in OSCC cells. Id2 may contribute to regulate the function of Snail during TNF-alpha-mediated EMT in OSCC. These findings have significant implications for inflammation-induced tumor promotion in OSCC. FAU - Zhou, Jing-Ping AU - Zhou JP AD - Department of Oral Medicine, School of Stomatology, Wannan Medical College Wuhu, People's Republic of China. FAU - Gao, Zhen-Lin AU - Gao ZL AD - Department of Oncology IV, First Hospital of Shijiazhuang Shijiazhuang, People's Republic of China. FAU - Zhou, Mei-Ling AU - Zhou ML AD - Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, Nanjing Medical University Nanjing, People's Republic of China ; Department of Basic Science of Stomatology, Affiliated Hospital of Stomatology, Nanjing Medical University Nanjing, People's Republic of China. FAU - He, Meng-Ying AU - He MY AD - Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, Nanjing Medical University Nanjing, People's Republic of China ; Department of Basic Science of Stomatology, Affiliated Hospital of Stomatology, Nanjing Medical University Nanjing, People's Republic of China. FAU - Xu, Xiao-Hui AU - Xu XH AD - Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, Nanjing Medical University Nanjing, People's Republic of China ; Department of The First Outpatient, Affiliated Hospital of Stomatology, Nanjing Medical University Nanjing, People's Republic of China. FAU - Tao, De-Tao AU - Tao DT AD - Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wannan Medical College Wuhu, People's Republic of China. FAU - Yang, Cong-Chong AU - Yang CC AD - Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, Nanjing Medical University Nanjing, People's Republic of China ; Department of Basic Science of Stomatology, Affiliated Hospital of Stomatology, Nanjing Medical University Nanjing, People's Republic of China. FAU - Liu, Lai-Kui AU - Liu LK AD - Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, Nanjing Medical University Nanjing, People's Republic of China ; Department of Basic Science of Stomatology, Affiliated Hospital of Stomatology, Nanjing Medical University Nanjing, People's Republic of China. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20150415 PL - United States TA - Am J Cancer Res JT - American journal of cancer research JID - 101549944 PMC - PMC4497435 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition OT - Id2 OT - Snail OT - oral squamous cell carcinoma OT - tumor necrosis factor-alpha EDAT- 2015/07/16 06:00 MHDA- 2015/07/16 06:01 PMCR- 2015/04/15 CRDT- 2015/07/16 06:00 PHST- 2015/02/04 00:00 [received] PHST- 2015/04/10 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2015/07/16 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2015/07/16 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2015/07/16 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2015/04/15 00:00 [pmc-release] PST - epublish SO - Am J Cancer Res. 2015 Apr 15;5(5):1680-91. eCollection 2015.