Taken together, our data suggest that TRIM16 and TDP43 are both good prognosis indicators; also we showed that TRIM16 inhibits cancer cell viability by a novel mechanism involving interaction and stabilisation of TDP43 with consequent effects on E2F1 and pRb proteins.
However, little is known about its role on cancer cells, here we report a 35kD fragment of TDP-43 also plays a key role in apoptosis of breast cancer cells, and may be served as a potential therapeutic target to cure cancer.
Knockdown of TDP43 inhibits tumor progression, including proliferation and metastasis, and overexpression of TDP43 promotes proliferation and malignancy of mammary epithelial cells.