PMID- 31062413 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20200918 LR - 20200918 IS - 1097-4644 (Electronic) IS - 0730-2312 (Linking) VI - 120 IP - 9 DP - 2019 Sep TI - Knockdown of FOXJ1 inhibits the proliferation, migration, invasion, and glycolysis in laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma cells. PG - 15874-15882 LID - 10.1002/jcb.28858 [doi] AB - Forkhead box (FOX) proteins are a large family of transcription factors that are involved in multiple biological processes. FOXJ1, a member of the FOX family, has been found to participate in tumorigenesis. However, the role of FOXJ1 in laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma (LSCC) is still unclear. The aim of the present study was to explore the potential roles of FOXJ1 in LSCC. Our results showed that FOXJ1 was overexpressed in LSCC tissues and cell lines. Then the small interfering RNA targeting FOXJ1 (FOXJ1-siRNA) or control siRNA was transfected into TU-177 and AMC-HN-8 cells to knockdown FOXJ1. Cell Counting Kit-8 assay showed that knockdown of FOXJ1 inhibited the proliferation of LSCC cells. Transwell assay revealed that FOXJ1-siRNA-transfected cells showed significant reduction in cell migration and invasion compared to the cells transfected with control siRNA. FOXJ1 knockdown suppressed glycolysis in LSCC cells, which was illustrated by the reduced glucose consumption and lactate production. In addition, FOXJ1 knockdown inhibited the activation of the Wnt/beta-catenin pathway, and the LiCl treatment mitigated the inhibitory effects of FOXJ1-siRNA on cell proliferation, migration, invasion, and glycolysis. These findings indicated that FOXJ1-siRNA executed its functions via suppressing the activation of the Wnt/beta-catenin pathway. CI - (c) 2019 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. FAU - Liu, Lifeng AU - Liu L AD - Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China. FAU - Zhang, Pengfei AU - Zhang P AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-0084-425X AD - Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China. FAU - Shao, Yuan AU - Shao Y AD - Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China. FAU - Quan, Fang AU - Quan F AD - Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China. FAU - Li, Huajing AU - Li H AD - Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20190506 PL - United States TA - J Cell Biochem JT - Journal of cellular biochemistry JID - 8205768 RN - 0 (FOXJ1 protein, human) RN - 0 (Forkhead Transcription Factors) RN - G4962QA067 (Lithium Chloride) SB - IM MH - Carcinoma, Squamous Cell/*genetics MH - Cell Line, Tumor MH - Cell Movement/drug effects MH - Cell Survival/drug effects MH - Female MH - Forkhead Transcription Factors/*genetics MH - Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic MH - Gene Knockdown Techniques MH - Glycolysis/drug effects MH - Humans MH - Laryngeal Neoplasms/*genetics MH - Lithium Chloride/*adverse effects MH - Male MH - Middle Aged MH - Neoplasm Invasiveness MH - Up-Regulation MH - Wnt Signaling Pathway OTO - NOTNLM OT - FOXJ1 OT - Wnt/beta-catenin pathway OT - forkhead box proteins OT - glycolysis OT - laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma EDAT- 2019/05/08 06:00 MHDA- 2020/09/20 06:00 CRDT- 2019/05/08 06:00 PHST- 2018/12/05 00:00 [received] PHST- 2019/02/11 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2019/02/14 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2019/05/08 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2020/09/20 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2019/05/08 06:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1002/jcb.28858 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Cell Biochem. 2019 Sep;120(9):15874-15882. doi: 10.1002/jcb.28858. Epub 2019 May 6.