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KIF15 contributes to cell proliferation and migration in breast cancer

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A number of kinesin proteins (KIFs) have been implicated in the development of multiple cancers. However, little is known about the expression and function of KIF15 in human breast cancer. Herein, we detected KIF15 expression in breast cancer tissues and paired adjacent normal tissues using immunohistochemistry and quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction analysis, and the correlation of KIF15 expression with clinicopathological parameters was evaluated statistically. The role of KIF15 in cell proliferation, migration, tumor growth and metastasis of breast cancer cells was investigated in vitro and in vivo, and we explored potential molecular mechanisms underlying the effects of KIF15 in breast cancer through western blot analysis. The results revealed that increased KIF15 expression in breast cancer tissues were positively related with tumor size, lymph node metastasis and TNM stage, and higher KIF15 expression predicts a worse prognosis of patients with breast cancer. Furthermore, KIF15 knockdown markedly attenuated breast cancer cell proliferation, migration, tumor growth and metastasis in vitro and in vivo, and silenced KIF15 expression significantly inhibited the expression of phosphorylated AKT, phosphorylated JNK, and cyclin D1, while both p53 and p21 protein expressions were strongly enhanced. These results suggest that KIF15 is a potential oncogene in human breast cancer.

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This work was supported by grants from the Suzhou Health Planning Commission’s Key Clinical Diagnosis and Treatment Program (LCZX201606), National Natural Science Foundation of China (81873730) and the Jiangsu Women and Children Health Key Discipline Program (FXK201758).

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This work was supported by grants from the Suzhou Health Planning Commission’s Key Clinical Diagnosis and Treatment Program (LCZX201606), National Natural Science Foundation of China (81873730) and the Jiangsu Women and Children Health Key Discipline Program (FXK201758).

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    Xiaokang Gao & Guoqin Jiang

  2. Department of General Surgery, The Affiliated Hospital of Yangzhou University, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, 225001, China

    Xiaokang Gao

  3. Department of Thyroid and Breast Surgery, The Affiliated Hospital of Yangzhou University, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, 225001, China

    Linhai Zhu, Xuan Lu, Ying Wang & Ruiqing Li

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JG: project supervision, revision, and approval; GX and ZL: data collection, management and analysis; LX and WY: data analysis and critical revision; LR: statistical analysis; GX and JG: paper writing and editing.

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This study was approved by the Human Research Ethics Committees at the Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, China. The approval number is JD-LK-2018-009-02. All the participants signed written informed consent forms. All animal experiments were performed according to the protocols approved by the Medical Experimental Animal Care Commission of Soochow University.

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Gao, X., Zhu, L., Lu, X. et al. KIF15 contributes to cell proliferation and migration in breast cancer. Human Cell 33, 1218–1228 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13577-020-00392-0

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