Silencing LMNB1 Contributes to the Suppression of Lung Adenocarcinoma Development

Dan Tang; Haihai Luo; An Xie; Zhichun He; Bin Zou; Fei Xu; Wei Zhang; Xinping Xu

doi:10.2147/CMAR.S275874

Silencing LMNB1 Contributes to the Suppression of Lung Adenocarcinoma Development

Cancer Manag Res. 2021 Mar 18:13:2633-2642. doi: 10.2147/CMAR.S275874. eCollection 2021.

Authors

Dan Tang^#^{1

2}, Haihai Luo^#¹, An Xie³, Zhichun He¹, Bin Zou⁴, Fei Xu¹, Wei Zhang¹, Xinping Xu¹

Affiliations

¹ Jiangxi Institute of Respiratory Disease, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi, People's Republic of China.
² Department of General Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi, People's Republic of China.
³ Jiangxi Institute of Urology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi, People's Republic of China.
⁴ Department of Thoracic Surgery, Jiangxi Cancer Hospital, Nanchang, Jiangxi, People's Republic of China.

^# Contributed equally.

Abstract

Purpose: Lung cancer has been recognized as the most fatal malignant tumor with the highest morbidity and mortality in recent years.

Materials and methods: In this study, we found that LMNB1, which is an important component protein of the nuclear skeleton, was significantly upregulated in lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD) and correlated with the pathological stage as well as lymphatic metastasis.

Results: In vitro loss-of-function study utilizing LMNB1 knockdown LUAD cell lines demonstrated that depletion of LMNB1 inhibited development of LUAD through regulating cell proliferation, cell apoptosis, cell cycle and cell motility. Decreased tumorigenesis of LMNB1 knockdown LUAD cells was proved in mice xenograft models. Moreover, the mechanism by which LMNB1 promotes LUAD was explored through the expression evaluation of apoptosis-related proteins and cancer-related signaling pathways.

Conclusion: In conclusion, our study identified LMNB1 as a tumor promotor and a potential therapeutic target in LUAD.

Keywords: LMNB1; cell apoptosis; cell proliferation; lung adenocarcinoma; lung cancer.

Grants and funding

This work was financially supported by TFAHNCU Outstanding youth Training Project, National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 81772164, No. 31760038), and Jiangxi Long-Term Project of Innovative Young Talents.