Tumor-Suppressor Gene Transmembrane Protein 98 Promotes Proliferation and Inhibits Apoptosis in Ovarian Cancer

Background: Ovarian cancer (OC) is the most deadly tumor in gynecology and there is no effective biomarker for diagnosis and treatment. The role of Transmembrane Protein 98 (TMEM98) in ovarian cancer is still unclear. Methods: The expression and prognostic effect of TMEM98 in OC were analyzed using...

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Main Authors: San-Gang Wu, Jing-Ying Xu, Jian Lei, Min Hu, Juan Zhou
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Language:English
Published: IMR Press 2022-06-01
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Online Access:https://www.imrpress.com/journal/FBL/27/7/10.31083/j.fbl2707210
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author San-Gang Wu
Jing-Ying Xu
Jian Lei
Min Hu
Juan Zhou
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Jing-Ying Xu
Jian Lei
Min Hu
Juan Zhou
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description Background: Ovarian cancer (OC) is the most deadly tumor in gynecology and there is no effective biomarker for diagnosis and treatment. The role of Transmembrane Protein 98 (TMEM98) in ovarian cancer is still unclear. Methods: The expression and prognostic effect of TMEM98 in OC were analyzed using the public database. Cell Counting Kit-8 proliferation experiment, scratch experiment, Transwell invasion experiment, flow cytometry, TUNEL staining, and in vivo and vitro experiment were used. Results: TMEM98 was significantly downregulated in OC tissues and cell lines compared to the normal ovarian tissue and cells lines. In addition, patients with lower TMEM98 levels exhibited inferior survival. Low expression of the TMEM98 promoted proliferation, migration, invasion, vasculogenic mimicry, and inhibited apoptosis in OC cells. The expression of Caspase-3 was significantly downregulated and the expression of Bcl-2 was significantly increased in the silencing-TMEM98 group. Moreover, low expression of TMEM98 promotes OC development in vivo. Bioinformatics analysis showed that TMEM98 expression was negatively correlated with poly ADP-ribose polymerase expression. Conclusions: This study demonstrates that TMEM98 is low expressed in OC and impacts the prognosis of OC patients. TMEM98 inhibits proliferation and promotes apoptosis and finally exerts a certain tumor-suppressor effect on OC.
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spelling doaj.art-a51ac2068955479195c12767aee7b4952022-12-22T03:04:19ZengIMR PressFrontiers in Bioscience-Landmark2768-67012022-06-0127721010.31083/j.fbl2707210S2768-6701(22)00564-0Tumor-Suppressor Gene Transmembrane Protein 98 Promotes Proliferation and Inhibits Apoptosis in Ovarian CancerSan-Gang Wu0Jing-Ying Xu1Jian Lei2Min Hu3Juan Zhou4Department of Radiation Oncology, Xiamen Cancer Center, Xiamen Key Laboratory of Radiation Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen University, School of Medicine, Xiamen University, 361003 Xiamen, Fujian, ChinaDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen University, School of Medicine, Xiamen University, 361003 Xiamen, Fujian, ChinaDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen University, School of Medicine, Xiamen University, 361003 Xiamen, Fujian, ChinaDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen University, School of Medicine, Xiamen University, 361003 Xiamen, Fujian, ChinaDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen University, School of Medicine, Xiamen University, 361003 Xiamen, Fujian, ChinaBackground: Ovarian cancer (OC) is the most deadly tumor in gynecology and there is no effective biomarker for diagnosis and treatment. The role of Transmembrane Protein 98 (TMEM98) in ovarian cancer is still unclear. Methods: The expression and prognostic effect of TMEM98 in OC were analyzed using the public database. Cell Counting Kit-8 proliferation experiment, scratch experiment, Transwell invasion experiment, flow cytometry, TUNEL staining, and in vivo and vitro experiment were used. Results: TMEM98 was significantly downregulated in OC tissues and cell lines compared to the normal ovarian tissue and cells lines. In addition, patients with lower TMEM98 levels exhibited inferior survival. Low expression of the TMEM98 promoted proliferation, migration, invasion, vasculogenic mimicry, and inhibited apoptosis in OC cells. The expression of Caspase-3 was significantly downregulated and the expression of Bcl-2 was significantly increased in the silencing-TMEM98 group. Moreover, low expression of TMEM98 promotes OC development in vivo. Bioinformatics analysis showed that TMEM98 expression was negatively correlated with poly ADP-ribose polymerase expression. Conclusions: This study demonstrates that TMEM98 is low expressed in OC and impacts the prognosis of OC patients. TMEM98 inhibits proliferation and promotes apoptosis and finally exerts a certain tumor-suppressor effect on OC.https://www.imrpress.com/journal/FBL/27/7/10.31083/j.fbl2707210tmem98ovarian cancertumor suppressorprognosis
spellingShingle San-Gang Wu
Jing-Ying Xu
Jian Lei
Min Hu
Juan Zhou
Tumor-Suppressor Gene Transmembrane Protein 98 Promotes Proliferation and Inhibits Apoptosis in Ovarian Cancer
Frontiers in Bioscience-Landmark
tmem98
ovarian cancer
tumor suppressor
prognosis
title Tumor-Suppressor Gene Transmembrane Protein 98 Promotes Proliferation and Inhibits Apoptosis in Ovarian Cancer
title_full Tumor-Suppressor Gene Transmembrane Protein 98 Promotes Proliferation and Inhibits Apoptosis in Ovarian Cancer
title_fullStr Tumor-Suppressor Gene Transmembrane Protein 98 Promotes Proliferation and Inhibits Apoptosis in Ovarian Cancer
title_full_unstemmed Tumor-Suppressor Gene Transmembrane Protein 98 Promotes Proliferation and Inhibits Apoptosis in Ovarian Cancer
title_short Tumor-Suppressor Gene Transmembrane Protein 98 Promotes Proliferation and Inhibits Apoptosis in Ovarian Cancer
title_sort tumor suppressor gene transmembrane protein 98 promotes proliferation and inhibits apoptosis in ovarian cancer
topic tmem98
ovarian cancer
tumor suppressor
prognosis
url https://www.imrpress.com/journal/FBL/27/7/10.31083/j.fbl2707210
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