Svenja Schneegans, Jana Löptien, Angelika Mojzisch, Desirée Loreth, Oliver Kretz, Christoph Raschdorf, Annkathrin Hanssen, Antonia Gocke, Bente Siebels, Karthikeyan Gunasekaran, Yi Ding, Leticia Oliveira-Ferrer, Laura Brylka, Thorsten Schinke, Hartmut Schlüter, Ilkka Paatero, Hannah Voß, Stefan Werner, Klaus Pantel, Harriet Wikman
BACKGROUND: Metastasis is the leading cause of cancer-related death in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients. We previously showed that low HERC5 expression predicts early tumor dissemination and a dismal prognosis in NSCLC patients. Here, we performed functional studies to unravel the mechanism underlying the "metastasis-suppressor" effect of HERC5, with a focus on mitochondrial metabolism pathways. METHODS: We assessed cell proliferation, colony formation potential, anchorage-independent growth, migration, and wound healing in NSCLC cell line models with HERC5 overexpression (OE) or knockout (KO)...
April 11, 2024: Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research: CR