HMGB1
转移
癌症研究
生物
TLR4型
肿瘤进展
炎症
癌症
细胞生物学
信号转导
免疫学
遗传学
作者
Weibo Feng,Jie Chen,Wenjie Huang,Guodong Wang,Xilang Chen,Lili Duan,Yue Yin,Xiaoping Chen,Bixiang Zhang,Mengyu Sun,Xiangyuan Luo,Yongzhan Nie,Daiming Fan,Kaichun Wu,Limin Xia
出处
期刊:Theranostics
[Ivyspring International Publisher]
日期:2023-01-01
卷期号:13 (12): 4042-4058
被引量:6
摘要
Background: Metastasis is a major cause of HCC-related deaths with no effective pharmacotherapies.Chronic inflammation promotes HCC dissemination, however, its underlying mechanisms are not fully understood.Here, we investigated the role of Krüppel-like factor 7 (KLF7) in inflammation-provoked HCC metastasis and proposed therapeutic strategies for KLF7-positive patients.Methods: The expression of KLF7 in human HCC specimens were examined by immunohistochemistry and quantitative real-time PCR.The luciferase reporter assays and chromatin immunoprecipitation assays were conducted to explore the transcriptional regulation related to KLF7.Orthotopic xenograft models and DEN/CCl4-induced HCC models were established to evaluate HCC progression and metastasis.Results: KLF7 overexpression promotes HCC metastasis through transactivating toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) and protein tyrosine kinase 2 (PTK2) expression.High mobility group box 1 (HMGB1) upregulates KLF7 expression through the TLR4/advanced glycosylation end-product specific receptor (RAGE)-PI3K-AKT-NF-κB pathway, forming an HMGB1-KLF7-TLR4 positive feedback loop.The HMGB1-KLF7-TLR4/PTK2 axis is gradually activated during the progression of inflammation-HCC transition.Genetic depletion of KLF7 impedes HMGB1-mediated HCC progression and metastasis.The combined application of TLR4 inhibitor TAK-242 and PTK2 inhibitor defactinib alleviates HCC progression and metastasis induced by the HMGB1-KLF7 axis.In human HCCs, KLF7 expression is positively correlated with cytoplasmic HMGB1, p-p65, TLR4, and PTK2 levels, and patients positively co-expressing HMGB1/KLF7, p-p65/KLF7, KLF7/TLR4 or KLF7/PTK2 exhibit the worst prognosis.Conclusions: HMGB1-induced KLF7 overexpression facilitates HCC progression and metastasis by upregulating TLR4 and PTK2.Genetic ablation of KLF7 via AAV gene therapy and combined blockade of TLR4 and PTK2 represents promising therapy strategies for KLF7-positive HCC patients.
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