Turkish Journal of Biology
DOI
10.3906/biy-1801-17
Abstract
Chordoma is a slowly growing and invasive bone tumor with a tendency to metastasize locally in advanced stages. It is essential to discover new therapeutics that target genes involved in the metastasis of chordoma. Epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) might robustly influence the metastasis of a tumor bulk. To our knowledge, this is the first time to show that EMT might have a role in chordoma metastasis. In this study, we aim to investigate the possible role of Twist, a key player transcription factor of EMT, in chordoma metastasis. The TWIST gene was silenced by short hairpins in chordoma cell line MUG-Chor1 and effects on metastasis were investigated by wound healing/gap closure and invasion assays. Twist-silenced MUG-Chor1 cells were found to be less migratory and less invasive when compared to the negative control. This study indicates that Twist might have a role in metastatic chordoma cells.
Keywords
Cancer, epithelial-mesenchymal transition, chordoma, twist
First Page
279
Last Page
285
Recommended Citation
AYDEMİR, ESRA; KAŞIKCI, EZGİ; COŞKUNÇELEBİ, BURCU; BAYRAK, ÖMER FARUK; and ŞAHİN, FİKRETTİN
(2018)
"The effect of TWIST silencing in metastatic chordoma cells,"
Turkish Journal of Biology: Vol. 42:
No.
4, Article 3.
https://doi.org/10.3906/biy-1801-17
Available at:
https://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/biology/vol42/iss4/3
