PMID- 33067739 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20210823 LR - 20211204 IS - 1573-6881 (Electronic) IS - 0145-479X (Linking) VI - 52 IP - 6 DP - 2020 Dec TI - Actin-like 6A enhances the proliferative and invasive capacities of laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma by potentiating the activation of YAP signaling. PG - 453-463 LID - 10.1007/s10863-020-09855-3 [doi] AB - Overexpression of Actin-like 6A (ACTL6A) has been observed in a wide spectrum of tumors and exerts an outstanding oncogenic function throughout cancer progression. However, the detailed relevance of ACTL6A for laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma (LSCC) is not fully understood. In this work, we aimed to elucidate the precise role of ACTL6A in LSCC. Here, we show that ACTL6A expression was significantly upregulated in LSCC versus normal tissues. In vitro functional assays demonstrated that silencing of ACTL6A significantly diminished the capacity of LSCC cells to proliferate and invade, whilst up-regulation of ACTL6A drove proliferation and invasion in LSCC cells. Further investigation revealed that knockdown of ACTL6A repressed the activation of Yes-associated protein (YAP)-mediated signaling in LSCC cells, while reactivation of YAP markedly reversed ACTL6A-silencing-mediated inhibition of proliferation and invasion in LSCC cells. Moreover, suppression of YAP markedly diminished ACTL6A-overexpression-induced promotion of tumor formation in LSCC. In addition, ACTL6A silencing diminished the tumorigenicity of LSCC cells in vivo. To summarize, our work indicates that ACTL6A may enhance LSCC progression via potentiating the activation of YAP signaling. Thus, ACTL6A may be an attractive anticancer target for the treatment of LSCC. FAU - Dang, Yabin AU - Dang Y AD - Department of Otolaryngology, Xianyang Hospital of Yan'an University, Xianyang City, 712000, Shaanxi Province, China. FAU - Zhang, Ligang AU - Zhang L AD - Department of Otolaryngology, Xianyang Hospital of Yan'an University, Xianyang City, 712000, Shaanxi Province, China. FAU - Wang, Xiaoyan AU - Wang X AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-3359-1209 AD - Department of Otolaryngology, Xianyang Central Hospital, 78 Renmin East Road, Xianyang City, 712000, Shaanxi Province, China. wxy2390158@163.com. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20201016 PL - United States TA - J Bioenerg Biomembr JT - Journal of bioenergetics and biomembranes JID - 7701859 RN - 0 (ACTL6A protein, human) RN - 0 (Actins) RN - 0 (Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing) RN - 0 (Chromosomal Proteins, Non-Histone) RN - 0 (DNA-Binding Proteins) RN - 0 (Transcription Factors) RN - 0 (YAP-Signaling Proteins) RN - 0 (YAP1 protein, human) SB - IM MH - Actins/*metabolism MH - Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing/*metabolism MH - Animals MH - Cell Line, Tumor MH - Cell Proliferation/physiology MH - Chromosomal Proteins, Non-Histone/*metabolism MH - DNA-Binding Proteins/*metabolism MH - Heterografts MH - Humans MH - Laryngeal Neoplasms/*metabolism/pathology MH - Mice, Inbred BALB C MH - Mice, Nude MH - Neoplasm Invasiveness MH - Signal Transduction MH - Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Head and Neck/*metabolism/pathology MH - Transcription Factors/*metabolism MH - YAP-Signaling Proteins OTO - NOTNLM OT - Actin-like 6A OT - Laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma OT - YAP EDAT- 2020/10/18 06:00 MHDA- 2021/08/24 06:00 CRDT- 2020/10/17 05:30 PHST- 2020/09/04 00:00 [received] PHST- 2020/10/11 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2020/10/18 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/08/24 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2020/10/17 05:30 [entrez] AID - 10.1007/s10863-020-09855-3 [pii] AID - 10.1007/s10863-020-09855-3 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Bioenerg Biomembr. 2020 Dec;52(6):453-463. doi: 10.1007/s10863-020-09855-3. Epub 2020 Oct 16.