PMID- 32711591 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20210603 LR - 20220531 IS - 1533-4899 (Electronic) IS - 1533-4880 (Linking) VI - 20 IP - 12 DP - 2020 Dec 1 TI - Mind Bomb 1 Promotes Pancreatic Cancer Proliferation by Activating beta-Catenin Signaling. PG - 7276-7282 LID - 10.1166/jnn.2020.18755 [doi] AB - Mind bomb 1 (MIB1), an E3 ligase, plays a vital role in chemo-resistance and cancer metastasis. According to The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA), MIB1 gene is preferentially amplified in pancreatic cancer. Copy number alterations in MIB1 gene are associated with worse survival. Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) also showed that pancreatic cancer with high mRNA level of MIB1 tend to be more resistant to gemcitabine and higher mRNA levels of MIB1 are found in pancreatic tumors compared with adjacent normal tissues. MIB1 knockdown (KD) in Panc-1 and HPAF2 cell lines significantly inhibit proliferation and colony formation of pancreatic cancer. The gene set enrichment analysis (GSEA) has also showed that beta-catenin is the downstream of MIB1. Western blot analysis showed that total and active beta-catenin levels are decreased in MIB1 KD cells. beta-catenin inhibitor also inhibits proliferation of Panc-1 and HPAF2 cells. We in this study implanted HPAF2 scramble and MIB1 KD cells orthotopically in athymic nude mice. Gemcitabine was used to treat the mice. Results revealed that after MIB1 KD HPAF2 cells were more sensitive to gemcitabine. In conclusion, we demonstrated that MIB1 promotes pancreatic cancer proliferation through activating beta-catenin signaling. MIB1 may thus be a therapeutic target in pancreatic cancer therapy. FAU - Fu, Xiao AU - Fu X AD - Department of General Surgery, The Affiliated Drum Tower Hospital of Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing, 210008, China. FAU - Tang, Neng AU - Tang N AD - Department of General Surgery, The Affiliated Drum Tower Hospital of Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing, 210008, China. FAU - Xie, Weiqi AU - Xie W AD - Department of General Surgery, The Affiliated Drum Tower Hospital of Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing, 210008, China. FAU - Mao, Liang AU - Mao L AD - Department of General Surgery, The Affiliated Drum Tower Hospital of Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing, 210008, China. FAU - Qiu, Yudong AU - Qiu Y AD - Department of General Surgery, The Affiliated Drum Tower Hospital of Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing, 210008, China. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - United States TA - J Nanosci Nanotechnol JT - Journal of nanoscience and nanotechnology JID - 101088195 RN - 0 (beta Catenin) RN - EC 2.3.2.27 (MIB1 ligase, human) RN - EC 2.3.2.27 (Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Cell Line, Tumor MH - Cell Proliferation MH - Mice MH - Mice, Nude MH - *Pancreatic Neoplasms/drug therapy/genetics MH - *Signal Transduction MH - *Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases MH - *beta Catenin/genetics/metabolism EDAT- 2020/07/28 06:00 MHDA- 2021/06/04 06:00 CRDT- 2020/07/27 06:00 PHST- 2020/07/27 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2020/07/28 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/06/04 06:00 [medline] AID - 10.1166/jnn.2020.18755 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Nanosci Nanotechnol. 2020 Dec 1;20(12):7276-7282. doi: 10.1166/jnn.2020.18755.