Inhibiting cell migration and cell invasion by silencing the transcription factor ETS-1 in human bladder cancer

As one of the members of the ETS gene family, the transcription factor v-ets avian erythroblastosis virus E26 oncogene homolog 1 (ETS-1) plays key role in the regulation of physiological processes in normal cells and tumors.

In this study, we aimed to investigate the relationship between the transcription factor ETS-1 and malignant phenotypes of bladder cancer. We demonstrated that ETS-1 was up-regulated in human bladder cancer tissue compared to paired normal bladder tissue. In order to evaluate the functional role of ETS-1 in human bladder cancer, vectors expressing ETS-1 shRNA and ETS-1 protein were constructed in vitro and transfected into the human bladder cancer T24 and 5637 cells. Our results showed that the transcription factor ETS-1 could promote cell migration and cell invasion in human bladder cancer, without affecting cell proliferation and apoptosis. In conclusion, ETS-1 plays oncogenic roles through inducing cell migration and invasion in human bladder cancer, and it can be used as a therapeutic target for treating human bladder cancer.

Oncotarget. 2016 Feb 04 [Epub ahead of print]

Li Liu, Yuchen Liu, Xintao Zhang, Mingwei Chen, Hanwei Wu, Muqi Lin, Yonghao Zhan, Chengle Zhuang, Junhao Lin, Jianfa Li, Wen Xu, Xing Fu, Qiaoxia Zhang, Xiaojuan Sun, Guoping Zhao, Weiren Huang

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