PMID- 28521610 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20180329 LR - 20181202 IS - 1554-8635 (Electronic) IS - 1554-8627 (Print) IS - 1554-8627 (Linking) VI - 13 IP - 5 DP - 2017 May 4 TI - SPHK1 (sphingosine kinase 1) induces epithelial-mesenchymal transition by promoting the autophagy-linked lysosomal degradation of CDH1/E-cadherin in hepatoma cells. PG - 900-913 LID - 10.1080/15548627.2017.1291479 [doi] AB - SPHK1 (sphingosine kinase 1), a regulator of sphingolipid metabolites, plays a causal role in the development of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) through augmenting HCC invasion and metastasis. However, the mechanism by which SPHK1 signaling promotes invasion and metastasis in HCC remains to be clarified. Here, we reported that SPHK1 induced the epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) by accelerating CDH1/E-cadherin lysosomal degradation and facilitating the invasion and metastasis of HepG2 cells. Initially, we found that SPHK1 promoted cell migration and invasion and induced the EMT process through decreasing the expression of CDH1, which is an epithelial marker. Furthermore, SPHK1 accelerated the lysosomal degradation of CDH1 to induce EMT, which depended on TRAF2 (TNF receptor associated factor 2)-mediated macroautophagy/autophagy activation. In addition, the inhibition of autophagy recovered CDH1 expression and reduced cell migration and invasion through delaying the degradation of CDH1 in SPHK1-overexpressing cells. Moreover, the overexpression of SPHK1 produced intracellular sphingosine-1-phosphate (S1P). In response to S1P stimulation, TRAF2 bound to BECN1/Beclin 1 and catalyzed the lysine 63-linked ubiquitination of BECN1 for triggering autophagy. The deletion of the RING domain of TRAF2 inhibited autophagy and the interaction of BECN1 and TRAF2. Our findings define a novel mechanism responsible for the regulation of the EMT via SPHK1-TRAF2-BECN1-CDH1 signal cascades in HCC cells. Our work indicates that the blockage of SPHK1 activity to attenuate autophagy may be a promising strategy for the prevention and treatment of HCC. FAU - Liu, Hong AU - Liu H AD - a Key Laboratory of Biotechnology of Antibiotics of National Health and Family Planning Commission (NHFPC) , Department of Oncology , Institute of Medicinal Biotechnology, Peking Union Medical College, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences , Beijing , China. FAU - Ma, Yan AU - Ma Y AD - a Key Laboratory of Biotechnology of Antibiotics of National Health and Family Planning Commission (NHFPC) , Department of Oncology , Institute of Medicinal Biotechnology, Peking Union Medical College, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences , Beijing , China. FAU - He, Hong-Wei AU - He HW AD - a Key Laboratory of Biotechnology of Antibiotics of National Health and Family Planning Commission (NHFPC) , Department of Oncology , Institute of Medicinal Biotechnology, Peking Union Medical College, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences , Beijing , China. FAU - Zhao, Wu-Li AU - Zhao WL AD - a Key Laboratory of Biotechnology of Antibiotics of National Health and Family Planning Commission (NHFPC) , Department of Oncology , Institute of Medicinal Biotechnology, Peking Union Medical College, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences , Beijing , China. FAU - Shao, Rong-Guang AU - Shao RG AD - a Key Laboratory of Biotechnology of Antibiotics of National Health and Family Planning Commission (NHFPC) , Department of Oncology , Institute of Medicinal Biotechnology, Peking Union Medical College, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences , Beijing , China. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PL - United States TA - Autophagy JT - Autophagy JID - 101265188 RN - 0 (Antigens, CD) RN - 0 (CDH1 protein, human) RN - 0 (Cadherins) RN - EC 2.7.1.- (Phosphotransferases (Alcohol Group Acceptor)) RN - EC 2.7.1.- (sphingosine kinase) SB - IM MH - Antigens, CD MH - Autophagy/*physiology MH - Cadherins/*metabolism MH - Carcinoma, Hepatocellular/*metabolism/pathology MH - Cell Line, Tumor MH - Cell Movement/physiology MH - *Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition/physiology MH - Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic/physiology MH - Humans MH - Liver Neoplasms/metabolism MH - Phosphotransferases (Alcohol Group Acceptor)/*metabolism PMC - PMC5446059 OTO - NOTNLM OT - BECN1/Beclin 1 OT - HepG2 cells OT - TRAF2 OT - autophagy OT - invasion and metastasis EDAT- 2017/05/20 06:00 MHDA- 2018/03/30 06:00 PMCR- 2017/02/28 CRDT- 2017/05/20 06:00 PHST- 2017/05/20 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2017/05/20 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2018/03/30 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2017/02/28 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 1291479 [pii] AID - 10.1080/15548627.2017.1291479 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Autophagy. 2017 May 4;13(5):900-913. doi: 10.1080/15548627.2017.1291479.