Restenosis of Aorto-renal Venous Grafts: Report of Two Patients Treated by Endovascular Stenting

The TGF-β signaling pathway is involved in numerous cellular processes, and its deregulation may result in cancer development. One of the key processes in tumor progression and metastasis is epithelial to mesenchymal transition (EMT), in which TGF-β signaling plays important roles. Recently, AGR2 was identified as a crucial component of the cellular machinery responsible for maintaining the epithelial phenotype, thereby interfering with the induction of mesenchymal phenotype cells by TGF-β effects in cancer. Here, we performed transcriptomic profiling of A549 lung cancer cells with CRISPR-Cas9 mediated AGR2 knockout with and without TGF-β treatment. We identified significant changes in transcripts associated with focal adhesion and eicosanoid production, in particular arachidonic acid metabolism. Changes in transcripts associated with the focal adhesion pathway were validated by RT-qPCR of COL4A1, COL4A2, FLNA, VAV3, VEGFA, and VINC mRNAs. In addition, immunofluorescence showed the formation of stress fibers and vinculin foci in cells without AGR2 and in response to TGF-β treatment, with synergistic effects observed. These findings imply that both AGR2 downregulation and TGF-β have a role in focal adhesion formation and cancer cell migration and invasion. Transcripts associated with arachidonic acid metabolism were downregulated after both AGR2 knockout and TGF-β treatment and were validated by RT-qPCR of GPX2, PTGS2, and PLA2G4A. Since PGE2 is a product of arachidonic acid metabolism, its lowered concentration in media from AGR2-knockout cells was confirmed by ELISA. Together, our results demonstrate that AGR2 downregulation and TGF-β have an essential role in focal adhesion formation; moreover, we have identified AGR2 as an important component of the arachidonic acid metabolic pathway.

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“…One of the key FA proteins contributing to migration, invasion, adhesion, and proliferation [44,45]. Induced in A549 by TGF-β through Smad3 [46].…”

Section: Upmentioning

confidence: 99%

Identification of AGR2 Gene-Specific Expression Patterns Associated with Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition

Martisova

Sommerová

Krejčí

et al. 2022

IJMS

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Restenosis of Aorto-renal Venous Grafts: Report of Two Patients Treated by Endovascular Stenting

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Identification of AGR2 Gene-Specific Expression Patterns Associated with Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition

Identification of AGR2 Gene-Specific Expression Patterns Associated with Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition

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