Downregulation of RASAL2 promotes the proliferation, epithelial-mesenchymal transition and metastasis of colorectal cancer cells
Downregulation of RASAL2 promotes the proliferation, epithelial-mesenchymal transition and metastasis of colorectal cancer cells
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DOI:
10.3892/ol.2017.5581
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发表时间:
2017-03-01
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2.9
通讯作者:
Xiao, Zhongfu
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作者:
Jia, Zeming;Liu, Weidong;Xiao, Zhongfu
RAS protein activator like 2 (RASAL2) is a RAS-GTPase-activating protein and has recently been identified to be a tumor suppressor in various types of human cancer; however, the function of RASAL2 in colorectal carcinoma (CRC) remains unclear. In the present study, the function of RASAL2 in CRC cells was investigated using a RASAL2 loss-of-function cell model. RASAL2 short hairpin RNA was transfected into the human CRC cell lines LoVo, SW620 and HCT116, and the wild-type colon cell line NCM460. The subsequent downregulation of RASAL2 was evaluated using western blot and reverse transcription-quantitative polymerase chain reaction analyses. It was observed that RASAL2 expression was significantly decreased in human CRC tissues and cell lines (P