PMID- 34831219 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20211223 LR - 20211223 IS - 2073-4409 (Electronic) IS - 2073-4409 (Linking) VI - 10 IP - 11 DP - 2021 Nov 3 TI - Death-Associated Protein Kinase 1 Inhibits Progression of Thyroid Cancer by Regulating Stem Cell Markers. LID - 10.3390/cells10112994 [doi] LID - 2994 AB - The activation of metastatic reprogramming is vital for cancer metastasis, but little is known about its mechanism. This study investigated the potential role of death-associated protein kinase 1 (DAPK1) in thyroid cancer progression. We generated knockdown (KD) DAPK1 using siRNA or shRNA in 8505C and KTC-1 cell lines, which we transiently or stably overexpressed in MDA-T32 and BCPAP cell lines. DAPK1 KD in 8505C and KTC-1 cells significantly increased cell proliferation and colony formation compared with controls. We observed significant inhibition of cancer cell invasion in cells overexpressing DAPK1, but the opposite effect in KD cells. Tumorsphere formation significantly increased after inhibition of DAPK1 expression in 8505C cells and was significantly suppressed in DAPK1-overexpressing MDA-T32 and BCPAP cells. DAPK1 overexpression inhibited mRNA and protein levels of stem markers (OCT4, Sox2, KLF4, and Nanog). Furthermore, the expression of these markers increased after KD of DAPK1 in 8505C cells. Mechanistic studies suggest that DAPK1 may modulate the expression of stem cell markers through the inhibition of beta-catenin pathways. These findings were consistent with the public data and our thyroid tissue analysis, which showed higher DAPK1 expression was associated with advanced-stage papillary thyroid cancer with a higher stemness index and lower disease-free survival. FAU - You, Mi-Hyeon AU - You MH AD - Department of Internal Medicine, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul 05505, Korea. FAU - Lee, Woo Kyung AU - Lee WK AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-6737-3173 AD - Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA. FAU - Jin, Meihua AU - Jin M AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-0196-631X AD - Department of Internal Medicine, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul 05505, Korea. FAU - Song, Dong Eun AU - Song DE AD - Department of Pathology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul 05505, Korea. FAU - Cheng, Sheue-Yann AU - Cheng SY AD - Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA. FAU - Kim, Tae Yong AU - Kim TY AD - Department of Internal Medicine, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul 05505, Korea. FAU - Kim, Won Bae AU - Kim WB AD - Department of Internal Medicine, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul 05505, Korea. FAU - Jeon, Min Ji AU - Jeon MJ AD - Department of Internal Medicine, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul 05505, Korea. FAU - Kim, Won Gu AU - Kim WG AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-8404-7759 AD - Department of Internal Medicine, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul 05505, Korea. LA - eng GR - 2020R1F1A1049312 and 2020R1I1A1A01063399/the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Education/ PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20211103 PL - Switzerland TA - Cells JT - Cells JID - 101600052 RN - 0 (Biomarkers, Tumor) RN - 0 (RNA, Messenger) RN - 0 (beta Catenin) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (Death-Associated Protein Kinases) SB - IM MH - Biomarkers, Tumor/*metabolism MH - Cell Line, Tumor MH - Cell Movement MH - Death-Associated Protein Kinases/genetics/*metabolism MH - *Disease Progression MH - Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic MH - Humans MH - Neoplasm Invasiveness MH - Neoplastic Stem Cells/*pathology MH - RNA, Messenger/genetics/metabolism MH - Thyroid Cancer, Papillary/enzymology/genetics/pathology MH - Thyroid Neoplasms/*enzymology/genetics/*pathology MH - Treatment Outcome MH - beta Catenin/metabolism PMC - PMC8616132 OTO - NOTNLM OT - DAPK1 OT - neoplastic stem cells OT - thyroid cancer OT - tumor suppressor COIS- The authors declare no conflict of interest. EDAT- 2021/11/28 06:00 MHDA- 2021/12/24 06:00 PMCR- 2021/11/03 CRDT- 2021/11/27 01:14 PHST- 2021/10/13 00:00 [received] PHST- 2021/10/28 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2021/11/02 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2021/11/27 01:14 [entrez] PHST- 2021/11/28 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/12/24 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2021/11/03 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - cells10112994 [pii] AID - cells-10-02994 [pii] AID - 10.3390/cells10112994 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Cells. 2021 Nov 3;10(11):2994. doi: 10.3390/cells10112994.