Hedrich, V and Breitenecker, K and Ortmayr, G and Pupp, F and Huber, H and Chen, D and Sahoo, S and Jolly, MK and Mikulits, W (2023) PRAME Is a Novel Target of Tumor-Intrinsic Gas6/Axl Activation and Promotes Cancer Cell Invasion in Hepatocellular Carcinoma. In: Cancers, 15 (9).
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Abstract
(1) Background: Activation of the receptor tyrosine kinase Axl by Gas6 fosters oncogenic effects in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), associating with increased mortality of patients. The impact of Gas6/Axl signaling on the induction of individual target genes in HCC and its consequences is an open issue. (2) Methods: RNA-seq analysis of Gas6-stimulated Axl-proficient or Axl-deficient HCC cells was used to identify Gas6/Axl targets. Gain- and loss-of-function studies as well as proteomics were employed to characterize the role of PRAME (preferentially expressed antigen in melanoma). Expression of Axl/PRAME was assessed in publicly available HCC patient datasets and in 133 HCC cases. (3) Results: Exploitation of well-characterized HCC models expressing Axl or devoid of Axl allowed the identification of target genes including PRAME. Intervention with Axl signaling or MAPK/ERK1/2 resulted in reduced PRAME expression. PRAME levels were associated with a mesenchymal-like phenotype augmenting 2D cell migration and 3D cell invasion. Interactions with pro-oncogenic proteins such as CCAR1 suggested further tumor-promoting functions of PRAME in HCC. Moreover, PRAME showed elevated expression in Axl-stratified HCC patients, which correlates with vascular invasion and lowered patient survival. (4) Conclusions: PRAME is a bona fide target of Gas6/Axl/ERK signaling linked to EMT and cancer cell invasion in HCC.
| Item Type: | Journal Article |
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| Publication: | Cancers |
| Publisher: | MDPI |
| Additional Information: | The copyright for this article belongs to the Authors. |
| Keywords: | Axl; dedifferentiation; EMT; Gas6; HCC; immunotherapy; invasion; PRAME |
| Department/Centre: | Division of Interdisciplinary Sciences > Centre for Biosystems Science and Engineering |
| Date Deposited: | 15 Jun 2023 07:46 |
| Last Modified: | 15 Jun 2023 07:46 |
| URI: | https://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/81946 |
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