Abstract

Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSC) is the most common malignant tumor of head and neck. Due to the insidious nature of HNSC and the lack of effective early diagnostic indicators, the development of novel biomarkers to improve patient prognosis is particularly urgent. In this study, we explored and validated the correlation between cytochrome P450 family 4 subfamily F member 12 (CYP4F12) expression levels and HNSC progression using data from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA), Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) datasets and collected patient samples. We analyzed the association of CYP4F12 expression with clinicopathological features, immune correlation and prognosis. Finally, we analyzed the correlation between CYP4F12 and pathways, and verified by experiments. The results showed that CYP4F12 was low expressed in tumor tissues, participated in a variety of phenotypic changes of HNSC and affected immune cell infiltration. Pathway analysis indicated that CYP4F12 may play a key role in tumor cell migration and apoptosis. Experimental results showed that over-expression of CYP4F12 inhibited cell migration and enhanced the adhesion between cells and matrix by inhibiting epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) pathway in HNSC cells. In conclusion, our study provided insights into the role of CYP4F12 in HNSC and revealed that CYP4F12 may be a potential therapeutic target for HNSC.

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Title
CYP4F12 is a potential biomarker and inhibits cell migration of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma via EMT pathway
Author
Jia, Wenming 1 ; Chen, Shuai 1 ; Wei, Ran 1 ; Yang, Xiaoqi 1 ; Zhang, Minfa 2 ; Qian, Ye 1 ; Liu, Heng 1 ; Lei, Dapeng 1 

 Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, National Health Commission (NHC) Key Laboratory of Otorhinolaryngology (Shandong University), Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Jinan, China (GRID:grid.452402.5) (ISNI:0000 0004 1808 3430) 
 Affiliated Hospital of Binzhou Medical University, Department of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery, Institute of Otolaryngology, Binzhou, China (GRID:grid.452240.5) (ISNI:0000 0004 8342 6962) 
Pages
10956
Publication year
2023
Publication date
2023
Publisher
Nature Publishing Group
e-ISSN
20452322
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2833810487
Copyright
© The Author(s) 2023. This work is published under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.