PMID- 27356739 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20180313 LR - 20191210 IS - 1949-2553 (Electronic) IS - 1949-2553 (Linking) VI - 7 IP - 30 DP - 2016 Jul 26 TI - Aurora kinase A revives dormant laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma cells via FAK/PI3K/Akt pathway activation. PG - 48346-48359 LID - 10.18632/oncotarget.10233 [doi] AB - Revival of dormant tumor cells may be an important tumor metastasis mechanism. We hypothesized that aurora kinase A (AURKA), a cell cycle control kinase, promotes the transition of laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma (LSCC) cells from G0 phase to active division. We therefore investigated whether AURKA could revive dormant tumor cells to promote metastasis. Western blotting revealed that AURKA expression was persistently low in dormant laryngeal cancer Hep2 (D-Hep2) cells and high in non-dormant (T-Hep2) cells. Decreasing AURKA expression in T-Hep2 cells induced dormancy and reduced FAK/PI3K/Akt pathway activity. Increasing AURKA expression in D-Hep2 cells increased FAK/PI3K/Akt pathway activity and enhanced cellular proliferation, migration, invasion and metastasis. In addition, FAK/PI3K/Akt pathway inhibition caused dormancy-like behavior and reduced cellular mobility, migration and invasion. We conclude that AURKA may revive dormant tumor cells via FAK/PI3K/Akt pathway activation, thereby promoting migration and invasion in laryngeal cancer. AURKA/FAK/PI3K/Akt inhibitors may thus represent potential targets for clinical LSCC treatment. FAU - Yang, Li-Yun AU - Yang LY AD - Department of Otolaryngology, Ruijin Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, China. FAU - He, Chang-Yu AU - He CY AD - Shanghai Key Laboratory of Gastric Neoplasms, Shanghai Institute of Digestive Surgery, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, China. FAU - Chen, Xue-Hua AU - Chen XH AD - Shanghai Key Laboratory of Gastric Neoplasms, Shanghai Institute of Digestive Surgery, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, China. FAU - Su, Li-Ping AU - Su LP AD - Shanghai Key Laboratory of Gastric Neoplasms, Shanghai Institute of Digestive Surgery, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, China. FAU - Liu, Bing-Ya AU - Liu BY AD - Shanghai Key Laboratory of Gastric Neoplasms, Shanghai Institute of Digestive Surgery, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, China. FAU - Zhang, Hao AU - Zhang H AD - Department of Otolaryngology, Ruijin Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, China. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PL - United States TA - Oncotarget JT - Oncotarget JID - 101532965 RN - 0 (Phosphoinositide-3 Kinase Inhibitors) RN - 0 (Protein Kinase Inhibitors) RN - EC 2.7.10.2 (Focal Adhesion Kinase 1) RN - EC 2.7.10.2 (PTK2 protein, human) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (AURKA protein, human) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (Aurora Kinase A) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Aurora Kinase A/*metabolism MH - Carcinoma, Squamous Cell/*enzymology/genetics/pathology MH - Cell Proliferation/physiology MH - Down-Regulation MH - Focal Adhesion Kinase 1/antagonists & inhibitors/*metabolism MH - Head and Neck Neoplasms/*enzymology/genetics/pathology MH - Heterografts MH - Humans MH - Laryngeal Neoplasms/*enzymology/genetics/pathology MH - Male MH - Mice MH - Mice, Nude MH - Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases/*metabolism MH - Phosphoinositide-3 Kinase Inhibitors MH - Protein Kinase Inhibitors/pharmacology MH - Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt/antagonists & inhibitors/*metabolism MH - Signal Transduction/drug effects MH - Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Head and Neck MH - Transfection PMC - PMC5217022 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Akt OT - FAK OT - PI3K OT - aurora kinase A OT - laryngeal cancer COIS- All authors declare no conflicts interest. EDAT- 2016/07/01 06:00 MHDA- 2018/03/14 06:00 PMCR- 2016/07/26 CRDT- 2016/07/01 06:00 PHST- 2015/12/29 00:00 [received] PHST- 2016/06/09 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2016/07/01 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2018/03/14 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2016/07/01 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2016/07/26 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10233 [pii] AID - 10.18632/oncotarget.10233 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Oncotarget. 2016 Jul 26;7(30):48346-48359. doi: 10.18632/oncotarget.10233.