PMID- 28498460 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20180301 LR - 20220318 IS - 1791-2431 (Electronic) IS - 1021-335X (Linking) VI - 37 IP - 6 DP - 2017 Jun TI - MCM7 amplification and overexpression promote cell proliferation, colony formation and migration in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma by activating the AKT1/mTOR signaling pathway. PG - 3590-3596 LID - 10.3892/or.2017.5614 [doi] AB - The roles and mechanisms of mini-chromosome maintenance complex component 7 (MCM7) amplification and overexpression in esophageal carcinogenesis were investigated. By analyzing the TCGA datasets, we found that MCM7 was amplified in approximately 12% of esophageal squamous cell carcinomas (ESCCs), and in more than 4% of head and neck squamous cell carcinomas and stomach carcinomas. Overexpression of MCM7 was further verified in three independent GEO datasets of esophageal cancer. Knockdown of MCM7 using two siRNAs significantly inhibited cell proliferation, colony formation and migration of KYSE510 and EC9706 cells in vitro. Noteworthy, we further found that silencing of MCM7 suppressed the phosphorylation of AKT1 and mTOR both in KYSE510 and EC9706 cells, and reduced the cell cycle regulatory proteins cyclin D1, cyclin E2 and CDK2. Taken together, our findings suggested that MCM7 promoted tumor cell proliferation, colony formation and migration of ESCC cells via activating AKT1/mTOR signaling pathway. FAU - Qiu, Yun-Tan AU - Qiu YT AD - Faculty of Medicine, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, Yunnan 650500, P.R. China. FAU - Wang, Wen-Jun AU - Wang WJ AD - Faculty of Medicine, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, Yunnan 650500, P.R. China. FAU - Zhang, Bing AU - Zhang B AD - Faculty of Medicine, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, Yunnan 650500, P.R. China. FAU - Mei, Li-Li AU - Mei LL AD - Faculty of Medicine, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, Yunnan 650500, P.R. China. FAU - Shi, Zhi-Zhou AU - Shi ZZ AD - Faculty of Medicine, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, Yunnan 650500, P.R. China. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20170502 PL - Greece TA - Oncol Rep JT - Oncology reports JID - 9422756 RN - 0 (CCND1 protein, human) RN - 0 (RNA, Small Interfering) RN - 136601-57-5 (Cyclin D1) RN - EC 2.7.1.1 (MTOR protein, human) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (AKT1 protein, human) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases) RN - EC 2.7.11.22 (CDK2 protein, human) RN - EC 2.7.11.22 (Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 2) RN - EC 3.6.4.12 (MCM7 protein, human) RN - EC 3.6.4.12 (Minichromosome Maintenance Complex Component 7) SB - IM MH - Carcinoma, Squamous Cell/*genetics MH - Cell Line, Tumor MH - Cell Movement/genetics MH - Cell Proliferation/genetics MH - Cyclin D1/genetics MH - Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 2/genetics MH - Esophageal Neoplasms/*genetics MH - Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma MH - Gene Amplification/genetics MH - Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic MH - Gene Knockdown Techniques MH - Humans MH - Minichromosome Maintenance Complex Component 7/*genetics MH - Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt/*genetics MH - RNA, Small Interfering/genetics MH - Stem Cells/metabolism MH - TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases/*genetics EDAT- 2017/05/13 06:00 MHDA- 2018/03/02 06:00 CRDT- 2017/05/13 06:00 PHST- 2016/10/28 00:00 [received] PHST- 2017/04/24 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2017/05/13 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2018/03/02 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2017/05/13 06:00 [entrez] AID - 10.3892/or.2017.5614 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Oncol Rep. 2017 Jun;37(6):3590-3596. doi: 10.3892/or.2017.5614. Epub 2017 May 2.