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SEC61G regulates breast cancer cell proliferation and metastasis by affecting the Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition

Lingli Jin1#, Danxiang Chen1#, Suzita Hirachan3#, Adheesh Bhandari1,2✉, Qidi Huang1✉

1. Department of Breast Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, PR China, 325000.
2. Department of Surgery, Breast and Thyroid Unit, Primera Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal.
3. Department of Surgery, Breast Unit, Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal.
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Jin L, Chen D, Hirachan S, Bhandari A, Huang Q. SEC61G regulates breast cancer cell proliferation and metastasis by affecting the Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition. J Cancer 2022; 13(3):831-846. doi:10.7150/jca.65879. https://www.jcancer.org/v13p0831.htm
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Breast cancer is a common malignant tumor for women and its incidence has increased constantly in recent decades. The underlying molecular means of breast tumorigenesis endure uncertain. With the sequencing expertise, we found that the SEC61G gene is overexpressed in tumor tissues. However, the biological function of SEC61G in breast malignancy has yet to be determined.

We investigated the SEC61G expression level, genetic alteration, IHC, immune infiltration, diagnostic value, survival analysis, and functional enrichment analysis by bioinformatics analysis. Then, vitro experiments were done. We investigated that SEC61G was greater in breast cancer tissues related to adjacent non-tumor tissues through qRT-PCR. We performed proliferation, colony formation, migration, invasion assays, and EMT-related phenotype to determine the specific biological functions of SEC61G in breast cancer cell lines (MDA-MB-231, BT-549) transfected with small interfering RNA.

SEC61G expression and exon expression were higher in the tumor while the level of SEC61G methylation was higher in normal tissues. The expression level of SEC61G was connected with immune infiltration and survival and was an effective diagnostic and prognostic indicator. The functional enrichment analysis of SEC61G prompted that SEC61G might play a tumor-promoting role via the EMT pathway. In vitro experiments indicated that knocking down SEC61G considerably impaired the colony formation, cck-8, migration, and invasion, and induced apoptosis of the breast cancer cell lines. The vitro experiments also indicated that ectopic expression of SEC61G could influence EMT.

This study revealed that SEC61G plays vital tumorigenic functions and acts as a novel oncogene in breast cancer.

Keywords: breast cancer, SEC61G, proliferation, metastasis, EMT, nomogram, immune infiltration


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Jin, L., Chen, D., Hirachan, S., Bhandari, A., Huang, Q. (2022). SEC61G regulates breast cancer cell proliferation and metastasis by affecting the Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition. Journal of Cancer, 13(3), 831-846. https://doi.org/10.7150/jca.65879.

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Jin, L.; Chen, D.; Hirachan, S.; Bhandari, A.; Huang, Q. SEC61G regulates breast cancer cell proliferation and metastasis by affecting the Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition. J. Cancer 2022, 13 (3), 831-846. DOI: 10.7150/jca.65879.

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Jin L, Chen D, Hirachan S, Bhandari A, Huang Q. SEC61G regulates breast cancer cell proliferation and metastasis by affecting the Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition. J Cancer 2022; 13(3):831-846. doi:10.7150/jca.65879. https://www.jcancer.org/v13p0831.htm

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Jin L, Chen D, Hirachan S, Bhandari A, Huang Q. 2022. SEC61G regulates breast cancer cell proliferation and metastasis by affecting the Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition. J Cancer. 13(3):831-846.

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