Targeting the KRT16-vimentin axis for metastasis in lung cancer.

Pharmacol Res

Department of Oncology, The fifth Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Zhuhai 519000, China; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Biomedical Imaging and Guangdong Provincial Engineering Research Center of Molecular Imaging, The Fifth Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, 519000 Zhuhai, China. Electronic address:

Published: July 2023

Lung cancer is the most diagnosed malignant cancer and the leading cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide, with advanced stage and metastasis being a major issue. The mechanism leading to metastasis is not yet understood. Here, we found that KRT16 is upregulated in metastatic lung cancer tissues and correlated with poor overall survival. Knockdown of KRT16 inhibits metastasis of lung cancer both in vitro and in vivo. Mechanistically, KRT16 interacts with vimentin, and depletion of KRT16 leads to downregulation of vimentin. KRT16 acquired its oncogenic ability by stabilizing vimentin, and vimentin is required for KRT16-driven metastasis. FBXO21 mediates the polyubiquitination and degradation of KRT16, and vimentin inhibits KRT16 ubiquitination and degradation by impairing its interaction with FBXO21. Significantly, IL-15 inhibits metastasis of lung cancer in a mouse model through upregulation of FBXO21, and the level of IL-15 in circulating serum was significantly higher in nonmetastatic lung cancer patients than in metastatic patients. Our findings indicate that targeting the FBXO21/KRT16/vimentin axis may benefit lung cancer patients with metastasis.

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