MYBL2 is a potential prognostic marker that promotes cell proliferation in gallbladder cancer

Hai Bin Liang, Yang Cao, Qiang Ma, Yi Jun Shu, Zheng Wang, Fei Zhang, Yuan Yuan Ye, Huai Feng Li, Shan Shan Xiang, Xiao Ling Song, Yi Xu, Yi Chi Zhang, Run Fa Bao, Rui Yan Yuan, Yi Jian Zhang, Yun Ping Hu, Lin Jiang, Mao Lan Li, Xu An Wang, Xiang Song WuWen Guang Wu, Shuai Zhao, Yong Fand, Xiao Peng Cui, Yun Shu Lu, Jian Zhou, Lei Zheng, Wei Gong, Ying Bin Liu

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Abstract

Background: Gallbladder cancer (GBC) is an aggressive and highly lethal biliary tract malignancy, with extremely poor prognosis. In the present study, we analyzed the potential involvement of MYBL2, a member of the Myb transcription factor family, in the carcinogenesis of human GBC. Methods: MYBL2 expression levels were measured in GBC and cholecystitis tissue specimens using quantitative real-time PCR (qRT-PCR) and immunohistochemical (IHC) assays. The effects of MYBL2 on cell proliferation and DNA synthesis were evaluated using Cell Counting Kit-8 assay (CCK-8), colony formation, and 5-ethynyl-2'-deoxyuridine (EdU) retention assay, flow cytometry analysis, western blot, and a xenograft model of GBC cells in nude mice. Results: MYBL2 expression was increased in GBC tissues and associated with histological differentiation, tumour invasion, clinical stage and unfavourable overall survival in GBC patients. The downregulation of MYBL2 expression resulted in the inhibition of GBC cell proliferation, and DNA replication in vitro, and the growth of xenografted tumours in nude mice. Conversely, MYBL2 overexpression resulted in the opposite effects. Conclusions: MYBL2 overexpression promotes GBC cell proliferation through the regulation of the cell cycle at the S and G2/M phase transitions. Thus, MYBL2 could serve as a potential prognostic and therapeutic biomarker in GBC patients.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)2117-2131
Number of pages15
JournalCellular Physiology and Biochemistry
Volume41
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 1 2017

Keywords

  • Cell cycle
  • Cell proliferation
  • G2/M phase
  • Gallbladder cancer
  • MYBL2
  • S phase

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Medicine

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