Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/1843/61670
Type: Artigo de Periódico
Title: Leptin acts on neoplastic behavior and expression levels of genes related to hypoxia, angiogenesis, and invasiveness in oral squamous cell carcinoma
Authors: Eliane Macedo Sobrinho Santos
Talita Antunes Guimarães
Hércules Otacílio Santos
Lilian Mendes Borborema Cangussu
Sabrina Ferreira de Jesus
Carlos Alberto de Carvalho Fraga
Cláudio Marcelo Cardoso
Sérgio Henrique Sousa Santos
Alfredo Maurício Batista de Paula
Ricardo Santiago Gomez
André Luiz Sena Guimarães
Lucyana Conceição Farias
Abstract: Leptin, one of the main hormones controlling energy homeostasis, has been associated with different cancer types. In oral cancer, its effect is not well understood. We investigated, through in vitro and in vivo assays, whether leptin can affect the neoplastic behavior of oral squamous cell carcinoma. Expression of genes possibly linked to the leptin pathway was assessed in leptin-treated oral squamous cell carcinoma cells and also in tissue samples of oral squamous cell carcinoma and oral mucosa, including leptin, leptin receptor, hypoxia-inducible factor 1-alpha, E-cadherin, matrix metalloproteinase-2, matrix metalloproteinase-9, Col1A1, Ki67, and mir-210. Leptin treatment favored higher rates of cell proliferation and migration, and reduced apoptosis. Accordingly, leptin-treated oral squamous cell carcinoma cells show decreased messenger RNA caspase-3 expression, and increased levels of E-cadherin, Col1A1, matrix metalloproteinase-2, matrix metalloproteinase-9, and mir-210. In tissue samples, hypoxia-inducible factor 1-alpha messenger RNA and protein expression of leptin and leptin receptor were high in oral squamous cell carcinoma cases. Serum leptin levels were increased in first clinical stages of the disease. In animal model, oral squamous cell carcinoma–induced mice show higher leptin receptor expression, and serum leptin level was increased in dysplasia group. Our findings suggest that leptin seems to exert an effect on oral squamous cell carcinoma cells behavior and also on molecular markers related to cell proliferation, migration, and tumor angiogenesis.
Subject: Carcinoma de células escamosas
Apoptose
Cabeça - Câncer
Pescoço - Câncer
Boca - Câncer
Neovascularização
language: eng
metadata.dc.publisher.country: Brasil
Publisher: Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Publisher Initials: UFMG
metadata.dc.publisher.department: FAO - DEPARTAMENTO DE CLÍNICA
ICA - INSTITUTO DE CIÊNCIAS AGRÁRIAS
Rights: Acesso Aberto
metadata.dc.identifier.doi: https://doi.org/10.1177/101042831769913
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1843/61670
Issue Date: 1-May-2017
metadata.dc.url.externa: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1010428317699130
metadata.dc.relation.ispartof: Tumor Biology
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