PMID- 31643092 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20210308 LR - 20210308 IS - 1097-4652 (Electronic) IS - 0021-9541 (Linking) VI - 235 IP - 5 DP - 2020 May TI - BZW2 promotes the malignant progression of colorectal cancer via activating the ERK/MAPK pathway. PG - 4834-4842 LID - 10.1002/jcp.29361 [doi] AB - Colorectal cancer (CRC) is one of the most prevalent malignant solid cancers worldwide involving the dysregulation of multiple signaling molecules. However, the role and corresponding mechanism of basic leucine zipper and W2 domains 2 (BZW2) in CRC development, to our knowledge, has not been reported. We found BZW2 was overexpressed in human CRC tissues compared with that in paired adjacent colorectal samples. BZW2 overexpression was closely associated with tumor T stage (p = .030), metastatic lymph nodes (p = .037), TNM stage (p = .018) and the worse prognosis of CRC patients (p = .009). Moreover, BZW2 was an independent disadvantage prognostic factor (p = .031). BZW2 also showed an increased expression in different invasive CRC cell lines. Its silencing and overexpression diminished and increased cell proliferation, invasion, and migration in Colo205 and HCT116 cells via specifically activating of extracellular-signal-regulated kinase (ERK)/mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) signaling. Moreover, ERK/MAPK inhibitor PD98059 reverse the enhancement of cell proliferation, invasion, and migration in BZW2 overexpressing HCT116 cells. BZW2 silencing also inhibited subcutaneous tumors growth and p-ERK expression in vivo. BZW2 promotes the malignant progression of CRC via activating ERK/MAPK signaling, which provided a promising gene target therapy for CRC. CI - (c) 2019 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. FAU - Huang, Longping AU - Huang L AD - Department of General and Hepatobiliary Surgery, The Fourth People's Hospital of Shenyang city, Shenyang, China. FAU - Chen, Si AU - Chen S AD - Department of Anesthesiology, The Fourth People's Hospital of Shenyang city, Shenyang, China. FAU - Fan, Haijun AU - Fan H AD - Department of General and Hepatobiliary Surgery, The Fourth People's Hospital of Shenyang city, Shenyang, China. FAU - Ai, Fan AU - Ai F AD - Department of General and Hepatobiliary Surgery, The Fourth People's Hospital of Shenyang city, Shenyang, China. FAU - Sheng, Weiwei AU - Sheng W AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-2311-7140 AD - Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, The First Hospital, China Medical University, Shenyang, China. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20191023 PL - United States TA - J Cell Physiol JT - Journal of cellular physiology JID - 0050222 RN - 0 (Antineoplastic Agents) RN - 0 (BZW2 protein, human) RN - 0 (DNA-Binding Proteins) RN - 0 (Protein Kinase Inhibitors) RN - EC 2.7.11.24 (Extracellular Signal-Regulated MAP Kinases) SB - IM MH - Aged MH - Animals MH - Antineoplastic Agents/pharmacology MH - Cell Movement MH - Cell Proliferation MH - Colorectal Neoplasms/*enzymology/genetics/pathology/therapy MH - DNA-Binding Proteins/genetics/*metabolism MH - Extracellular Signal-Regulated MAP Kinases/antagonists & inhibitors/*metabolism MH - Female MH - Gene Silencing MH - HCT116 Cells MH - Humans MH - Male MH - Mice, Nude MH - Middle Aged MH - Neoplasm Invasiveness MH - Protein Kinase Inhibitors/pharmacology MH - Signal Transduction MH - Xenograft Model Antitumor Assays OTO - NOTNLM OT - ERK OT - basic leucine zipper and W2 domains 2 OT - colorectal cancer EDAT- 2019/10/24 06:00 MHDA- 2021/03/09 06:00 CRDT- 2019/10/24 06:00 PHST- 2019/06/17 00:00 [received] PHST- 2019/10/07 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2019/10/24 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/03/09 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2019/10/24 06:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1002/jcp.29361 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Cell Physiol. 2020 May;235(5):4834-4842. doi: 10.1002/jcp.29361. Epub 2019 Oct 23.