PMID- 34094670 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20210608 IS - 2156-6976 (Print) IS - 2156-6976 (Electronic) IS - 2156-6976 (Linking) VI - 11 IP - 5 DP - 2021 TI - Laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma cell lines show high tolerance for siRNA-mediated CDK1 knockdown. PG - 2081-2094 AB - Alterations of the cell cycle checkpoints lead to uncontrolled cell growth and result in tumorigenesis. One of the genes essential for cell proliferation and cell cycle regulation is CDK1. This makes it a potential target in cancer therapy. In our previous study we have shown upregulation of this gene in laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma (LSCC). Here we analyze the impact of siRNA-mediated CDK1 knockdown on cell proliferation and viability, measured with cell growth monitoring and colorimetric test (CCK8 assay), respectively. We proved that a reduction of CDK1 expression by more than 50% has no effect on these cellular processes in LSCC cell lines (n=2). Moreover, using microarrays, we analyzed global gene expression deregulation in these cell lines after CDK1 knockdown. We searched for enriched ontologies in the group of identified 137 differentially expressed genes (>2-fold change). Within this group we found 3 enriched pathways: protein binding (GO:0005515), mitotic nuclear division (GO:0007067) and transmembrane receptor protein tyrosine kinase signaling pathway (GO:0007169) and a group of 11 genes encoding proteins for which interaction with CDK1 was indicated with the use of bioinformatic tools. Among these genes we propose three: CDK6, CALD1 and FYN as potentially dependent on CDK1. CI - AJCR Copyright (c) 2021. FAU - Bednarek, Kinga AU - Bednarek K AD - Institute of Human Genetics, Polish Academy of Sciences Poznan, Poland. FAU - Kostrzewska-Poczekaj, Magdalena AU - Kostrzewska-Poczekaj M AD - Institute of Human Genetics, Polish Academy of Sciences Poznan, Poland. FAU - Ustaszewski, Adam AU - Ustaszewski A AD - Institute of Human Genetics, Polish Academy of Sciences Poznan, Poland. FAU - Janiszewska, Joanna AU - Janiszewska J AD - Institute of Human Genetics, Polish Academy of Sciences Poznan, Poland. FAU - Kiwerska, Katarzyna AU - Kiwerska K AD - Institute of Human Genetics, Polish Academy of Sciences Poznan, Poland. AD - Department of Tumor Pathology, Greater Poland Cancer Centre Poznan, Poland. FAU - Paczkowska, Julia AU - Paczkowska J AD - Institute of Human Genetics, Polish Academy of Sciences Poznan, Poland. FAU - Grenman, Reidar AU - Grenman R AD - Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Turku University Central Hospital and Turku University Turku, Finland. FAU - Giefing, Maciej AU - Giefing M AD - Institute of Human Genetics, Polish Academy of Sciences Poznan, Poland. FAU - Jarmuz-Szymczak, Malgorzata AU - Jarmuz-Szymczak M AD - Institute of Human Genetics, Polish Academy of Sciences Poznan, Poland. AD - Department of Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, Poznan University of Medical Sciences Poznan, Poland. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20210515 PL - United States TA - Am J Cancer Res JT - American journal of cancer research JID - 101549944 PMC - PMC8167681 OTO - NOTNLM OT - CDK1 OT - cell cycle checkpoint OT - gene silencing OT - laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma (LSCC) COIS- None. EDAT- 2021/06/08 06:00 MHDA- 2021/06/08 06:01 PMCR- 2021/05/15 CRDT- 2021/06/07 06:00 PHST- 2021/01/12 00:00 [received] PHST- 2021/03/24 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2021/06/07 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2021/06/08 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/06/08 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2021/05/15 00:00 [pmc-release] PST - epublish SO - Am J Cancer Res. 2021 May 15;11(5):2081-2094. eCollection 2021.