SRRM1 promotes the proliferation, migration, and invasion of hepatocellular carcinoma cells by regulating the JAK/STAT signaling pathway

Abstract

BackgroundTo explore the regulatory effect of serine/arginine repetitive matrix 1 (SRRM1) on hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and its potential pathway. MethodsSRRM1 level in the tissue was tested by western blot and immunohistochemistry. Cells proliferation, apoptosis, migration, and invasion were tested by EdU, flow cytometry, wound healing assay, and Transwell, respectively. The potential mechanism of SRRM1 was explored through GSEA enrichment analysis and GeneMANIA protein–protein interaction (PPI) network. Co-immunoprecipitation assay was used to detect PPI. Levels of Bcl-2, Bax, Cleaved caspase 3, E-cadherin, N-cadherin, Vimentin, p-JAK2, JAK2, p-STAT3, and STAT3 were tested by Western blot. SRRM1 was highly expressed in HCC tissues, and was related to the survival and prognosis of patients. ResultsSRRM1 is significantly upregulated in HCC tumour tissues and correlated with progression of HCC. Overexpression of SRRM1 accelerated the proliferation, migration and invasion of HCC cells, and inhibited cell apoptosis, but low expression of SRRM1 had the opposite effect. SRRM1 positively correlated with the expression of IL6ST (GP130) and activated the JAK/STAT signaling pathways. SRRM1 affected the level of key molecules p-JAK2, JAK2, p-STAT3, and STAT3 in the JAK/STAT pathway. ConclusionSRRM1 played a significant role in the proliferation, migration, invasion and apoptosis of HCC, and promoted cancer by regulating the JAK/STAT signaling pathway.