Abstract
Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) is a unique head and neck cancer with highly aggressive and metastatic potential in which distant metastasis is the main reason for treatment failure. Till present, the underlying molecular mechanisms of NPC metastasis remains poorly understood. Here, we identified S100 calcium-binding protein A14 (S100A14) as a functional regulator suppressing NPC metastasis by inhibiting the NF-kB signaling pathway and reversing the epithelial–mesenchymal transition (EMT). S100A14 was found to be downregulated in highly metastatic NPC cells and tissues. Immunohistochemical staining of 202 NPC samples revealed that lower S100A14 expression was significantly correlated with shorter patient overall survival (OS) and distant metastasis-free survival (DMFS). S100A14 was also found as an independent prognostic factor for favorable survival. Gain- and loss-of-function studies confirmed that S100A14 suppressed the in vitro and in vivo motility of NPC cells. Mechanistically, S100A14 promoted the ubiquitin-proteasome-mediated degradation of interleukin-1 receptor-associated kinase 1 (IRAK1) to suppress NPC cellular migration. Moreover, S100A14 and IRAK1 established a feedback loop that could be disrupted by the IRAK1 inhibitor T2457. Overall, our findings showed that the S100A14-IRAK1 feedback loop could be a promising therapeutic target for NPC metastasis.
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This work was supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 81872384, 81672872, and 81472386 to C.Q., Nos. 81972785, 81773162, and 81572901 to B.H., No. 81902974 to P.X.), the Science and Technology Planning Project of Guangdong Province, China (No. 2013B021800065 to R.S.), the Provincial Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong, China (No. 2016A030311011 to C.Q., No. 2017A030313866 to B.H.), the Provincial Natural Science Foundation of Fujian, China (No. 2019J05008 to P.X.), and a research program from Sun Yat-sen University (No. 84000-18843409 to C.Q.).
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Meng, DF., Sun, R., Liu, GY. et al. S100A14 suppresses metastasis of nasopharyngeal carcinoma by inhibition of NF-kB signaling through degradation of IRAK1. Oncogene 39, 5307–5322 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41388-020-1363-8
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