SPLUNC1 Regulates Cell Progression and Apoptosis through the miR-141-PTEN/p27 Pathway, but Is Hindered by LMP1

Pan Chen, Xiaofang Guo, Houde Zhou, Wenling Zhang, Zhaoyang Zeng, Qianjin Liao, Xiayu Li, Bo Xiang, Jianbo Yang, Jian Ma, Ming Zhou, Shuping Peng, Juanjuan Xiang, Xiaoling Li, Colvin Wanshura Le, Wei Xiong, James B. McCarthy, Guiyuan Li

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Abstract

Little is known about the role of the host defensive protein short palate, lung and nasal epithelium clone 1 (SPLUNC1) in the carcinogenesis of nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC). Here we report that SPLUNC1 plays a role at a very early stage of NPC carcinogenesis. SPLUNC1 regulates NPC cell proliferation, differentiation and apoptosis through miR-141, which in turn regulates PTEN and p27 expression. This signaling axis is negatively regulated by the EBV-coded gene LMP1. Therefore we propose that SPLUNC1 suppresses NPC tumor formation and its inhibition by LMP1 provides a route for NPC tumorigenesis.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article numbere56929
JournalPloS one
Volume8
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 5 2013

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