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Research Paper|Volume 13, Issue 17|pp 21142—21154

Serglycin promotes proliferation, migration, and invasion via the JAK/STAT signaling pathway in osteosarcoma

Bin Lv1,2,3,4, Guangyu Gao5, Yuhong Guo1,2,3,4, Zhiping Zhang1,2,3, Renfeng Liu1,2,3,4, Zhengzai Dai1,2,3,4, Cheng Ju6, Yiping Liang1, Xiaofeng Tang1, Min Tang7, Xiao-Bin Lv1
  • 1Jiangxi Key Laboratory of Cancer Metastasis and Precision Treatment, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China
  • 2Department of Orthopedics, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi 330008, China
  • 3Nanchang Key Laboratory of Orthopaedics, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China
  • 4Medical Department of Graduate School, Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi 330006, China
  • 5Department of Oncology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou 215004, Jiangsu, China
  • 6Beijing Orthopaedics Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, Shanxi, China
  • 7Department of Radiotherapy and Oncology, Kunshan First People's Hospital Affiliated to Jiangsu University, Kunshan, Jiangsu Province, China
* Equal contribution
Received: February 2, 2021Accepted: July 21, 2021Published: September 7, 2021

Copyright: © 2021 Lv et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 3.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

Abstract

Background: Osteosarcoma (OS) is a common disease in the world, and its pathogenesis is still unclear. This study aims to identify the key genes that promote the proliferation, invasion, and metastasis of osteosarcoma cells.

Method: GSE124768 and GSE126209 were downloaded from the Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) database. The gene ontology and enrichment pathway were analyzed by FunRich software. qPCR and Western blot were used to detect the gene expression. After gene knockdown, Transwell and wound healing assays were conducted on osteosarcoma cells to detect whether the genes were defined before enhancing the invasion of osteosarcoma.

Results: Totally, 341 mRNAs were found to be regulated differentially in osteosarcoma cells compared to osteoblasts. In addition, the expression level of Serglycin (SRGN) in osteosarcoma cells was higher than that in human osteoblasts. The invasion and proliferation ability of osteosarcoma cells with upregulated Serglycin was significantly increased, and on the contrary, decreased after Serglycin knockdown. Moreover, we preliminarily found that Serglycin may associate with the JAK/STAT signaling pathway.

Conclusions: By using microarray and bioinformatics analyses, differently expressed mRNAs were identified and a complete gene network was constructed. To our knowledge, we describe for the first time Serglycin as a potential biomarker.