TY - JOUR T1 - Vimentin Regulates Invasiveness and Is a Poor Prognostic Marker in Non-small Cell Lung Cancer JF - Anticancer Research JO - Anticancer Res SP - 1545 LP - 1551 VL - 36 IS - 4 AU - AKIRA TADOKORO AU - NOBUHIRO KANAJI AU - DAGE LIU AU - HIROYASU YOKOMISE AU - REIJI HABA AU - TOMOYA ISHII AU - TAKEHIRO TAKAGI AU - NAOKI WATANABE AU - NOBUYUKI KITA AU - NORIMITSU KADOWAKI AU - SHUJI BANDOH Y1 - 2016/04/01 UR - http://ar.iiarjournals.org/content/36/4/1545.abstract N2 - Background: Lung cancer cells often express vimentin. However, the function of vimentin in lung cancer cells has not been fully evaluated. Materials and Methods: We evaluated the association between vimentin expression in resected non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) specimens and prognosis. Short-interfering RNA targeting vimentin and establishment of an invasive cell line by repeated selection of invasive cells using a Matrigel membrane invasion chamber system (MICS) were performed. MICS was used to reveal the relationship between invasiveness and vimentin. Results: Vimentin positivity was significantly associated with a poor prognosis and was significantly lower in squamous cell carcinoma than in adenocarcinoma. In in vitro experiments, silencing of vimentin reduced invasiveness. Highly invasive cell lines exhibited higher expression of vimentin than did parental cells, and invasive ability was reduced by knockdown of vimentin. Conclusion: Vimentin expression is associated with prognosis via alteration of the invasive ability of NSCLC cells. ER -