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Maroulakou IG, Oemler W, Naber SP, Klebba I, Kuperwasser C, Tsichlis PN. Distinct roles of the three Akt isoforms in lactogenic differentiation and involution. J Cell Physiol 2008; 217:468-77. [PMID: 18561256 DOI: 10.1002/jcp.21518] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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The three Akt isoforms differ in their ability to transduce oncogenic signals initiated by the Neu and PyMT oncogenes in mammary epithelia. As a result, ablation of Akt1 inhibits and ablation of Akt2 accelerates mammary tumor development by both oncogenes, while ablation of Akt3 is phenotypically almost neutral. Since the risk of breast cancer development in humans correlates with multiple late pregnancies, we embarked on a study to determine whether individual Akt isoforms also differ in their ability to transduce hormonal and growth factor signals during pregnancy, lactation and post-lactation involution. The results showed that the ablation of Akt1 delays the differentiation of the mammary epithelia during pregnancy and lactation, and that the ablation of Akt2 has the opposite effect. Finally, ablation of Akt3 results in minor defects, but its phenotype is closer to that of the wild type mice. Whereas the phenotype of the Akt1 ablation is cell autonomous, that of Akt2 is not. The ablation of Akt1 promotes apoptosis and accelerates involution, whereas the ablation of Akt2 inhibits apoptosis and delays involution. Mammary gland differentiation during pregnancy depends on the phosphorylation of Stat5a, which is induced by prolactin, a hormone that generates signals transduced via Akt. Here we show that the ablation of Akt1, but not the ablation of Akt2 or Akt3 interferes with the phosphorylation of Stat5a during late pregnancy and lactation. We conclude that the three Akt isoforms have different roles in mammary gland differentiation during pregnancy and this may reflect differences in hormonal signaling.
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- Ioanna G Maroulakou
- Molecular Oncology Research Institute, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
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Kondo I, Iida S, Takagi Y, Sugihara K. MDM2 mRNA expression in the p53 pathway may predict the potential of invasion and liver metastasis in colorectal cancer. Dis Colon Rectum 2008; 51:1395-402. [PMID: 18607552 DOI: 10.1007/s10350-008-9382-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2007] [Revised: 12/23/2007] [Accepted: 01/05/2008] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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PURPOSE The p53/MDM2/p14ARF pathway is one of the major signaling cascades involved in the regulation of apoptosis. Although many tumors have been reported to show disruption of the p53/MDM2/p14ARF pathway, few studies have examined p53, MDM2, and p14ARF simultaneously in colorectal carcinoma. The present study was undertaken to clarify whether correlations exist among MDM2, p53, and p14ARF in colorectal cancer. METHODS We determined the presence of mutations in the p53 gene, MDM2 expression, and methylation status of the p14ARF in 97 primary colorectal carcinoma specimens. Associations with survival and clinicopathologic factors were investigated. RESULTS At least one abnormality of these three molecules was found in 82 (84 percent) tumors. We observed a significant inverse association between MDM2 expression and tumor invasion (P = 0.01). Furthermore, the presence of liver metastasis was also significantly associated with low MDM2 expression (P = 0.02). CONCLUSIONS The results suggest that disruption of the p53/MDM2/p14ARF pathway may frequently participate in colonic carcinogenesis and that MDM2 expression status may be a factor in the prediction of potential invasion and liver metastasis of colorectal carcinomas.
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- Ito Kondo
- Department of Surgical Oncology, Graduate School of Medicine and Dentistry, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan.
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Flockhart RJ, Diffey BL, Farr PM, Lloyd J, Reynolds NJ. NFAT regulates induction of COX-2 and apoptosis of keratinocytes in response to ultraviolet radiation exposure. FASEB J 2008; 22:4218-27. [PMID: 18708588 PMCID: PMC2671982 DOI: 10.1096/fj.08-113076] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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The nuclear factor of activated T cells (NFAT) transcription factors are regulated by calcium/calcineurin signals and play important roles in T cells, muscle, bone, and neural tissue. NFAT is expressed in the epidermis, and although recent data suggest that NFAT is involved in the skin’s responses to ultraviolet radiation (UVR), the wavelengths of radiation that activate NFAT and the biological function of UV-activated NFAT remain undefined. We demonstrate that NFAT transcriptional activity is preferentially induced by UVB wavelengths in keratinocytes. The derived action spectrum for NFAT activation indicates that NFAT transcriptional activity is inversely associated with wavelength. UVR also evoked NFAT2 nuclear translocation in a parallel wavelength-dependent fashion and both transcriptional activation and nuclear translocation were inhibited by the calcineurin inhibitor cyclosporin A. UVR also evoked NFAT2 nuclear translocation in three-dimensional skin equivalents. Evidence suggests that COX-2 contributes to UV-induced carcinogenesis. Inhibiting UV-induced NFAT activation in keratinocytes, reduced COX-2 protein induction, and increased UV-induced apoptosis. COX-2 luciferase reporters lacking functional NFAT binding sites were less responsive to UVR, highlighting that NFAT is required for UV-induced COX-2 induction. Taken together, these data suggest that the proinflammatory, antiapoptotic, and procarcinogenic functions of UV-activated COX-2 may be mediated, in part, by upstream NFAT signaling. Flockhart, R. J., Diffey, B. L., Farr, P. M., Lloyd, J., Reynolds, N. J. NFAT regulates induction of COX-2 and apoptosis of keratinocytes in response to ultraviolet radiation exposure.
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- R J Flockhart
- Institute of Cellular Medicine, Newcastle University, Framlington Pl., Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 4HH, UK
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Brognard J, Newton AC. PHLiPPing the switch on Akt and protein kinase C signaling. Trends Endocrinol Metab 2008; 19:223-30. [PMID: 18511290 PMCID: PMC2963565 DOI: 10.1016/j.tem.2008.04.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 142] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2007] [Revised: 03/26/2008] [Accepted: 04/03/2008] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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The Ser/Thr-specific phosphatase PHLPP [pleckstrin homology (PH) domain leucine-rich repeat protein phosphatase] provides 'the brakes' for Akt and protein kinase C (PKC) signaling. The two isoforms of this recently discovered family, PHLPP1 and PHLPP2, control the amplitude and duration of signaling of Akt and PKC by catalyzing the dephosphorylation of the hydrophobic phosphorylation motif, a C-terminal phosphorylation switch that controls these kinases. Aberrant regulation of either kinase accompanies many diseases, notably diabetes and cancer. By specifically dephosphorylating the hydrophobic motif, PHLPP controls the degree of agonist-evoked signaling by Akt and the cellular levels of PKC. This review focuses on the function of PHLPP1 and PHLPP2 in modulating signaling by Akt and PKC.
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- To whom correspondence should be addressed: (858) 534-4527, FAX: (858) 822-5888,
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Karpurapu M, Wang D, Singh NK, Li Q, Rao GN. NFATc1 targets cyclin A in the regulation of vascular smooth muscle cell multiplication during restenosis. J Biol Chem 2008; 283:26577-90. [PMID: 18667424 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m800423200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Platelet-derived growth factor BB (PDGF-BB) induced cyclin A expression and CDK2 activity in vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMC). Inhibition of nuclear factors of activated T cell (NFAT) activation by cyclosporin A (CsA) and VIVIT suppressed PDGF-BB-induced cyclin A expression and CDK2 activity, resulting in blockade of VSMC in the G(1) phase. In addition, CsA- and VIVIT-mediated inhibition of NFATs and small interfering RNA-targeted down-regulation of cyclin A levels suppressed PDGF-BB-induced VSMC DNA synthesis. PDGF-BB also induced cyclin A mRNA levels in VSMC in an NFAT-dependent manner. Cloning and bioinformatic analysis of rat cyclin A promoter revealed the presence of NFAT-binding elements, and PDGF-BB induced the binding of NFATs to these regulatory sequences in a CsA- and VIVIT-sensitive manner. Chromatin immunoprecipitation analysis showed that NFATc1 binds to the cyclin A promoter in response to PDGF-BB in a VIVIT-sensitive manner. Furthermore, PDGF-BB induced cyclin A promoter-luciferase reporter gene activity in VSMC, and it was inhibited by both CsA and VIVIT. Balloon injury induced cyclin A expression and CDK2 activity in rat carotid arteries, and these responses were also blocked by VIVIT. In addition, VIVIT attenuated balloon injury-induced SMC proliferation, resulting in reduced restenosis. Down-regulation of NFATc1 by its small interfering RNA inhibited PDGF-BB-induced cyclin A expression and DNA synthesis both in rat and human VSMC. Together, these findings demonstrate that the cyclin A-CDK2 complex may be a potential effector of NFATs, specifically NFATc1, in mediating SMC multiplication leading to neointima formation. Therefore, NFATs may be used as target molecules for the development of therapeutic agents against vascular diseases such as restenosis.
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- Manjula Karpurapu
- Department of Physiology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee 38163, USA
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A precisely regulated gene expression cassette potently modulates metastasis and survival in multiple solid cancers. PLoS Genet 2008; 4:e1000129. [PMID: 18636107 PMCID: PMC2444049 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1000129] [Citation(s) in RCA: 111] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2008] [Accepted: 06/17/2008] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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Successful tumor development and progression involves the complex interplay of both pro- and anti-oncogenic signaling pathways. Genetic components balancing these opposing activities are likely to require tight regulation, because even subtle alterations in their expression may disrupt this balance with major consequences for various cancer-associated phenotypes. Here, we describe a cassette of cancer-specific genes exhibiting precise transcriptional control in solid tumors. Mining a database of tumor gene expression profiles from six different tissues, we identified 48 genes exhibiting highly restricted levels of gene expression variation in tumors (n = 270) compared to nonmalignant tissues (n = 71). Comprising genes linked to multiple cancer-related pathways, the restricted expression of this "Poised Gene Cassette" (PGC) was robustly validated across 11 independent cohorts of approximately 1,300 samples from multiple cancer types. In three separate experimental models, subtle alterations in PGC expression were consistently associated with significant differences in metastatic and invasive potential. We functionally confirmed this association in siRNA knockdown experiments of five PGC genes (p53CSV, MAP3K11, MTCH2, CPSF6, and SKIP), which either directly enhanced the invasive capacities or inhibited the proliferation of AGS cancer cells. In primary tumors, similar subtle alterations in PGC expression were also repeatedly associated with clinical outcome in multiple cohorts. Taken collectively, these findings support the existence of a common set of precisely controlled genes in solid tumors. Since inducing small activity changes in these genes may prove sufficient to potently influence various tumor phenotypes such as metastasis, targeting such precisely regulated genes may represent a promising avenue for novel anti-cancer therapies.
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Koletsa T, Kostopoulos I, Charalambous E, Christoforidou B, Nenopoulou E, Kotoula V. A splice variant of HER2 corresponding to Herstatin is expressed in the noncancerous breast and in breast carcinomas. Neoplasia 2008; 10:687-96. [PMID: 18592003 PMCID: PMC2434206 DOI: 10.1593/neo.08314] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2008] [Revised: 04/26/2008] [Accepted: 04/28/2008] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Herstatin (HST) is an alternatively spliced HER2 product with growth-inhibitory properties in experimental cancer systems. The role of HST in adult human tissues and disease remains unexplored. Here, we investigated HST expression at the mRNA and protein (immunohistochemistry [IHC]) level in parallel with parameters reflecting HER activation in 187 breast carcinomas and matched noncancerous breast tissues (NCBT). Noncancerous breast tissues demonstrated the highest HST/HER2 transcript ratios corresponding to a few positive epithelial and stromal cells by IHC. Although HST/HER2 transcript ratios in tumors were inversely associated with HER2 IHC grading (P = .0048 for HER2 IHC-1+ and P = .0006 for HER2 IHC-2+ vs HER2-negative tumors), relative HST expression within the same tumor/NCBT system remained constant. HST/HER2 ratios did not predict the presence of HST protein, which was found in 46 (25%) of 187 tumors. A subgroup of HER2 IHC-3+ tumors exhibited high HST/HER2 transcript ratios, strong HST protein positivity, and cytoplasmic phospho-Akt/PKB and p21(CIP1/WAF1) localization. In conclusion, HST may act as a paracrine factor in the adult breast. Because HST is described as an endogenous pan-HER inhibitor, the presence of this protein in breast carcinomas may portent the inefficiency of exogenous efforts to block HER2 dimerization, whereas its absence may justify such interventions.
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- Department of Pathology, Aristotle University Medical School, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Department of Pathology, Aristotle University Medical School, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Department of Pathology, Aristotle University Medical School, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Department of Pathology, Aristotle University Medical School, Thessaloniki, Greece
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Kwon MS, Lee SD, Kim JA, Colla E, Choi YJ, Suh PG, Kwon HM. Novel nuclear localization signal regulated by ambient tonicity in vertebrates. J Biol Chem 2008; 283:22400-9. [PMID: 18579527 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m710550200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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TonEBP is a Rel domain-containing transcription factor implicated in adaptive immunity, viral replication, and cancer. In the mammalian kidney, TonEBP is a central regulator of water homeostasis. Animals deficient in TonEBP suffer from life-threatening dehydration due to renal water loss. Ambient tonicity (effective osmolality) is the prominent signal for TonEBP in a bidirectional manner; TonEBP activity decreases in hypotonicity, whereas it increases in hypertonicity. Here we found that TonEBP displayed nuclear export in response to hypotonicity and nuclear import in response to hypertonicity. The nuclear export of TonEBP was not mediated by the nuclear export receptor CRM1 or discrete nuclear export signal. In contrast, a dominant nuclear localization signal (NLS) was found in a small region of 16 amino acid residues. When short peptides containing the NLS were fused to constitutively cytoplasmic proteins, the fusion proteins displayed tonicity-dependent nucleocytoplasmic trafficking like TonEBP. Thus, tonicity-dependent activation of the NLS is crucial in the nucleocytoplasmic trafficking of TonEBP. The novel NLS is present only in the vertebrates, indicating that it developed late in evolution.
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- Min Seong Kwon
- Department of Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland 21201, USA
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Le Guilloux J, Carpentier AF. [New therapeutic approaches in glioblastomas]. Rev Neurol (Paris) 2008; 164:554-9. [PMID: 18565354 DOI: 10.1016/j.neurol.2008.03.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2008] [Accepted: 03/25/2008] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Current treatment of glioblastomas relies on surgical resection, radiotherapy and chemotherapy. However, the efficacy of these therapeutics is still limited and new therapeutic approaches based on the understanding of brain tumor biology are emerging. High expression of the EGF receptor by tumor cells, activation of the PI3K/Akt and the Ras/Raf pathways represent interesting targets for new selective drugs under development. The most promising drugs are currently antiangiogenic agents. This article reviews these emerging therapies currently under clinical trials in glioblastomas.
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- J Le Guilloux
- Service de neurologie de l'hôpital Avicenne, Assistance publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, 125, route de Stalingrad, 75013 Bobigny, France
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Ravid D, Chuderland D, Landsman L, Lavie Y, Reich R, Liscovitch M. Filamin A is a novel caveolin-1-dependent target in IGF-I-stimulated cancer cell migration. Exp Cell Res 2008; 314:2762-73. [PMID: 18598695 DOI: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2008.06.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2008] [Revised: 06/04/2008] [Accepted: 06/04/2008] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Caveolin-1 is an essential structural constituent of caveolae which is involved in regulation of mitogenic signaling and oncogenesis. Caveolin-1 has been implicated in cell migration but its exact role and mechanism of action in this process remained obscure. We have previously reported that expression of caveolin-1 in stably transfected MCF-7 human breast cancer (MCF-7/Cav1) cells up-regulates phosphorylation of a putative Akt substrate protein, designated pp340 [D. Ravid, S. Maor, H. Werner, M. Liscovitch, Caveolin-1 inhibits cell detachment-induced p53 activation and anoikis by upregulation of insulin-like growth factor-I receptors and signaling, Oncogene 24 (2005) 1338-1347.]. We now show, using differential detergent extraction, SDS-PAGE and mass spectrometry, that the major protein in the pp340 band is the actin filament cross-linking protein filamin A. The identity of pp340 as filamin A was confirmed by immunoprecipitation of pp340 with specific filamin A antibodies. RT-PCR, flow cytometry and Western blot analyses show that filamin A mRNA and protein levels are respectively 3.5- and 2.5-fold higher in MCF-7/Cav1 cells than in MCF-7 cells. Basal filamin A phosphorylation on Ser-2152, normalized to total filamin A levels, is 7.8-fold higher in MCF-7/Cav1 than in MCF-7 cells. Insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) stimulates phosphorylation of filamin A on Ser-2152 in MCF-7 cells and further enhances Ser-2152 phosphorylation over its already high basal level in MCF-7/Cav1 cells. The effect of IGF-I is inhibited by the PI3K inhibitor wortmannin, indicating that IGF-I-stimulated phosphorylation of filamin A occurs via the PI3K/Akt pathway. Co-immunoprecipitation experiments have confirmed a previous report showing that filamin A and caveolin-1 co-exist in a complex and have revealed the presence of active phospho-Akt in this complex. Ser-2152 phosphorylation of filamin A has been implicated in cancer cell migration. Accordingly, caveolin-1 expression dramatically enhances IGF-I-dependent MCF-7 cell migration. These data indicate that caveolin-1 specifies filamin A as a novel target for Akt-mediated filamin A Ser-2152 phosphorylation thus mediating the effects of caveolin-1 on IGF-I-induced cancer cell migration.
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- Dana Ravid
- Department of Biological Regulation, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel
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Reduction of Akt2 expression inhibits chemotaxis signal transduction in human breast cancer cells. Cell Signal 2008; 20:1025-34. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cellsig.2007.12.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2007] [Revised: 12/09/2007] [Accepted: 12/10/2007] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Ryeom S, Baek KH, Rioth MJ, Lynch RC, Zaslavsky A, Birsner A, Yoon SS, McKeon F. Targeted deletion of the calcineurin inhibitor DSCR1 suppresses tumor growth. Cancer Cell 2008; 13:420-31. [PMID: 18455125 DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2008.02.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 107] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2007] [Revised: 12/31/2007] [Accepted: 02/26/2008] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The NF-AT transcription factors regulated by the phosphatase calcineurin play a role in breast cancer metastasis-promoting tumor cell invasion. Metastasis is a multistep process requiring angiogenesis and endothelial activation. NF-AT is also expressed in endothelial cells, and calcineurin-NF-AT signaling is an important downstream effector of the proangiogenic cytokine VEGF. One isoform of the endogenous calcineurin regulator, Down syndrome candidate region-1 (DSCR1.Ex4), suppresses calcineurin-NFAT signaling blocking endothelial proliferation. However, overexpression of the other DSCR1 isoform (DSCR1.Ex1) may promote angiogenesis. We report that targeted deletion of both isoforms leads to hyperactivated calcineurin and precocious endothelial apoptosis, inhibiting formation of an effective tumor vasculature and suppressing tumorigenesis. Treatment with the specific pharmacological calcineurin inhibitor cyclosporin A rescues this endothelial defect in DSCR1(-/-) mice, restoring tumor growth.
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- Sandra Ryeom
- Vascular Biology Program, Department of Surgery, Children's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
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Pew T, Zou M, Brickley DR, Conzen SD. Glucocorticoid (GC)-mediated down-regulation of urokinase plasminogen activator expression via the serum and GC regulated kinase-1/forkhead box O3a pathway. Endocrinology 2008; 149:2637-45. [PMID: 18239069 PMCID: PMC2329267 DOI: 10.1210/en.2007-1096] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The glucocorticoid receptor (GR) and its ligand, cortisol, play a central role in human physiology. The exact mechanisms by which GR activation regulates these processes are the subject of intensive investigation. We and others have shown that GR activation can indirectly down-regulate specific genes via serum and glucocorticoid (GC) regulated kinase-1-mediated inhibition of forkhead box O3a (FOXO3a) transcriptional activity. We previously used gene expression microarrays, together with bioinformatic analyses, to identify putative FOXO3a target genes in breast epithelial cells. In this paper we refine our analysis through the use of FOXO3a chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP) microarrays. ChIP microarray results reveal urokinase plasminogen activator (uPA) as a putative novel target of FOXO3a in breast epithelial and breast cancer cell lines. We further show that uPA down-regulation after GC treatment requires serum and GC regulated kinase-1-mediated inactivation of FOXO3a activity. ChIP and luciferase assays confirm that FOXO3a can both occupy and transactivate the uPA promoter. Our data suggest that inactivation of FOXO3a after GR activation is an important mechanism contributing to GC-mediated repression of uPA gene expression in breast epithelial and cancer cells.
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- Travis Pew
- Department of Medicine and Committee on Cancer Biology, University of Chicago, 5841 South Maryland Avenue, MC 2115, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
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Xu S, Wong CCL, Tong EHY, Chung SSM, Yates JR, Yin Y, Ko BCB. Phosphorylation by casein kinase 1 regulates tonicity-induced osmotic response element-binding protein/tonicity enhancer-binding protein nucleocytoplasmic trafficking. J Biol Chem 2008; 283:17624-34. [PMID: 18411282 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m800281200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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The osmotic response element-binding protein (OREBP), also known as tonicity enhancer-binding protein (TonEBP) or NFAT5, is the only known osmo-sensitive transcription factor that mediates cellular adaptations to extracellular hypertonic stress. Although it is well documented that the subcellular localization and transactivation activity of OREBP/TonEBP are tightly regulated by extracellular tonicity, the molecular mechanisms involved remain elusive. Here we show that nucleocytoplasmic trafficking of OREBP/TonEBP is regulated by the dual phosphorylation of Ser-155 and Ser-158. Alanine scanning mutagenesis revealed that Ser-155 is an essential residue that regulates OREBP/TonEBP nucleocytoplasmic trafficking. Tandem mass spectrometry revealed that Ser-155 and Ser-158 of OREBP/TonEBP are both phosphorylated in living cells under hypotonic conditions. In vitro phosphorylation assays further suggest that phosphorylation of the two serine residues proceeds in a hierarchical manner with phosphorylation of Ser-155 priming the phosphorylation of Ser-158 and that these phosphorylations are essential for nucleocytoplasmic trafficking of the transcription factor. Finally, we have shown that the pharmacological inhibition of casein kinase 1 (CK1) abolishes the phosphorylation of Ser-158 and impedes OREBP/TonEBP nuclear export and that recombinant CK1 phosphorylates Ser-158. Knockdown of CK1alpha1L, a novel isoform of CK1, inhibits hypotonicity-induced OREBP/TonEBP nuclear export. Together these data highlight the importance of Ser-155 and Ser-158 in the nucleocytoplasmic trafficking of OREBP/TonEBP and indicate that CK1 plays a major role in regulating this process.
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- SongXiao Xu
- The State Key Laboratory in Oncology in South China, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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Tan KD, Zhu Y, Tan HK, Rajasegaran V, Aggarwal A, Wu J, Wu HY, Hwang J, Lim DTH, Soo KC, Tan P. Amplification and overexpression of PPFIA1, a putative 11q13 invasion suppressor gene, in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. Genes Chromosomes Cancer 2008; 47:353-62. [PMID: 18196592 DOI: 10.1002/gcc.20539] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Chromosomal amplifications of the 11q13 genomic region are frequent in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC). To identify novel 11q13 amplification targets, we integrated high-resolution array-based comparative genomic hybridization and Affymetrix gene-expression profiling of eight HNSCC cell lines. We found that PPFIA1 was the highest upregulated gene in the 11q13 amplicon of HNSCC cell lines when compared with HNSCC lines without 11q13 amplification and confirmed the upregulation of PPFIA1 in primary HNSCCs by real-time PCR. Using siRNA knockdown, we investigated PPFIA1 function in three HNSCC lines using both in vitro invasion assays and wound-healing assays. Surprisingly, we found that cancer cells become more invasive when the PPFIA1 protein levels were reduced, suggesting that PPFIA1 may act as an invasion inhibitor in HNSCC. This unexpected result suggests that the 11q13 amplicon may comprise both positive and negative regulators involved in HNSCC. Our study is the first to evaluate the role of PPFIA1 in head and neck carcinogenesis and suggests a potential link between PPFIA1 activity and cell-extracellular matrix interactions. This article contains supplementary material available via the Internet at http://www.interscience.wiley.com/jpages/1045-2257/suppmat.
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- Kaia Davis Tan
- Cellular and Molecular Research, National Cancer Centre of Singapore, Singapore
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Kumar N, Afeyan R, Kim HD, Lauffenburger DA. Multipathway model enables prediction of kinase inhibitor cross-talk effects on migration of Her2-overexpressing mammary epithelial cells. Mol Pharmacol 2008; 73:1668-78. [PMID: 18349105 DOI: 10.1124/mol.107.043794] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Small-molecule kinase inhibitors often modulate signaling pathways other than the one targeted, whether by direct "off-target" effects or by indirect "pathway cross-talk" effects. The presence of either or both of these classes of complicating factors impedes the predictive understanding of kinase inhibitor consequences for cell phenotypic behaviors involved in drug efficacy responses. To address this problem, we offer an avenue toward comprehending how kinase inhibitor modulations of cell signaling networks lead to altered cell phenotypic responses by applying a quantitative, multipathway computational modeling approach. We show that integrating measurements of signals across three key kinase pathways involved in regulating migration of human mammary epithelial cells, downstream of ErbB system receptor activation by epidermal growth factor (EGF) or heregulin (HRG), significantly improves prediction of cell migration changes resulting from treatment with the small-molecule inhibitors 2-(4-morpholinyl)-8-phenyl-4H-1-benzopyran-4-one (LY294002) and 2'-amino-3'-methoxyflavone (PD98059) for both normal and HER2-overexpressing cells. These inhibitors are primarily directed toward inhibition of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K) and mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase (MEK) but are known to exhibit off-target effects; moreover, complex cross-talk interactions between the PI3K/Akt and MEK/extracellular signal-regulated kinase (Erk) pathways are also appreciated. We observe here that treatment with LY294002 reduces migration of HRG-stimulated cells but not EGF-stimulated cells, despite comparable levels of reduction of Akt phosphorylation under both conditions, demonstrating that the target inhibition effect is not unilaterally predictive of efficacy against cell phenotypic response. Consequent measurement of levels of Erk and p38 phosphorylation, along with those for EGF receptor phosphorylation, after LY294002 treatment revealed unintended modulation of these nontargeted pathways. However, when these measurements were incorporated into a partial least-squares regression model, the cell migration responses to treatment were successfully predicted. Similar success was found for the same multipathway model in analogously predicting PD98059 treatment effects on cell migration. We conclude that a quantitative, multipathway modeling approach can provide a significant advance toward comprehending kinase inhibitor efficacy in the face of off-target and pathway cross-talk effects.
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- Neil Kumar
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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Hollier BG, Kricker JA, Van Lonkhuyzen DR, Leavesley DI, Upton Z. Substrate-bound insulin-like growth factor (IGF)-I-IGF binding protein-vitronectin-stimulated breast cell migration is enhanced by coactivation of the phosphatidylinositide 3-Kinase/AKT pathway by alphav-integrins and the IGF-I receptor. Endocrinology 2008; 149:1075-90. [PMID: 18079201 DOI: 10.1210/en.2007-0740] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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IGF-I can bind to the extracellular matrix protein vitronectin (VN) through the involvement of IGF-binding proteins-2, -3, -4, and -5. Because IGF-I and VN have established roles in tumor cell dissemination, we were keen to investigate the functional consequences of the interaction of IGF-I, IGF binding proteins (IGFBPs), and VN in tumor cell biology. Hence, functional responses of MCF-7 breast carcinoma cells and normal nontumorgenic MCF-10A mammary epithelial cells were investigated to allow side-by-side comparisons of these complexes in both cancerous and normal breast cells. We demonstrate that substrate-bound IGF-I-IGFBP-VN complexes stimulate synergistic increases in cellular migration in both cell types. Studies using IGF-I analogs determined this stimulation to be dependent on both heterotrimeric IGF-I-IGFBP-VN complex formation and the involvement of the IGF-I receptor (IGF-IR). Furthermore, the enhanced cellular migration was abolished on incubation of MCF-7 and MCF-10A cells with function blocking antibodies directed at VN-binding integrins and the IGF-IR. Analysis of the signal transduction pathways underlying the enhanced cell migration revealed that the complexes stimulate a transient activation of the ERK/MAPK signaling pathway while simultaneously producing a sustained activation of the phosphatidylinositide 3-kinase/AKT pathway. Experiments using pharmacological inhibitors of these pathways determined a requirement for phosphatidylinositide 3-kinase/AKT activation in the observed response. Overexpression of wild type and activated AKT further increases substrate-bound IGF-I-IGFBP-VN-stimulated migration. This study provides the first mechanistic insights into the action of IGF-I-IGFBP-VN complexes and adds further evidence to support the involvement of VN-binding integrins and their cooperativity with the IGF-IR in the promotion of tumor cell migration.
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- Brett G Hollier
- Tissue Repair and Regeneration ProgramInstitute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, 60 Musk Avenue, Kelvin Grove, Queensland 4059, Australia.
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Lu S, Simin K, Khan A, Mercurio AM. Analysis of Integrin β4 Expression in Human Breast Cancer: Association with Basal-like Tumors and Prognostic Significance. Clin Cancer Res 2008; 14:1050-8. [DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-07-4116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Cheng GZ, Zhang W, Wang LH. Regulation of Cancer Cell Survival, Migration, and Invasion by Twist: AKT2 Comes to Interplay. Cancer Res 2008; 68:957-60. [PMID: 18281467 DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-07-5067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 99] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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- George Z Cheng
- Department of Microbiology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York 10029-6574, USA
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Wang B, Yang Y, Friedman PA. Na/H exchange regulatory factor 1, a novel AKT-associating protein, regulates extracellular signal-regulated kinase signaling through a B-Raf-mediated pathway. Mol Biol Cell 2008; 19:1637-45. [PMID: 18272783 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e07-11-1114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Na/H exchange regulatory factor 1 (NHERF1) is a scaffolding protein that regulates signaling and trafficking of several G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs), including the parathyroid hormone receptor (PTH1R). GPCRs activate extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK)1/2 through different mechanisms. Here, we characterized NHERF1 regulation of PTH1R-stimulated ERK1/2. Parathyroid hormone (PTH) stimulated ERK1/2 phosphorylation by a protein kinase A (PKA)-dependent, but protein kinase C-, cyclic adenosine 5'-monophosphate-, and Rap1-independent pathway in Chinese hamster ovary cells stably transfected with the PTH1R and engineered to express NHERF1 under the control of tetracycline. NHERF1 blocked PTH-induced ERK1/2 phosphorylation downstream of PKA. This suggested that NHERF1 inhibitory effects on ERK1/2 occur at a postreceptor locus. Forskolin activated ERK1/2, and this effect was blocked by NHERF1. NHERF1 interacted with AKT and inhibited ERK1/2 activation by decreasing the stimulatory effect of 14-3-3 binding to B-Raf, while increasing the inhibitory influence of AKT negative regulation on ERK1/2 activation. This novel regulatory mechanism provides a new model by which cytoplasmic adapter proteins modulate ERK1/2 activation through a receptor-independent mechanism involving B-Raf.
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- Bin Wang
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA
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Role of sarco/endoplasmic reticulum calcium content and calcium ATPase activity in the control of cell growth and proliferation. Pflugers Arch 2008; 457:673-85. [PMID: 18188588 DOI: 10.1007/s00424-007-0428-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2007] [Accepted: 12/11/2007] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Ca(2+), the main second messenger, is central to the regulation of cellular growth. There is increasing evidence that cellular growth and proliferation are supported by a continuous store-operated Ca(2+) influx. By controlling store refilling, the sarco/endoplasmic reticulum Ca(2+) ATPase (SERCA) also controls store-operated calcium entry and, thus, cell growth. In this review, we discuss data showing the involvement of SERCA in the regulation of proliferation and hypertrophy. First, we describe the Ca(2+)-related signaling pathways involved in cell growth. Then, we present evidence that SERCA controls proliferation of differentiated cells and hypertrophic growth of cardiomyocytes, and discuss the role of SERCA isoforms. Last, we consider the potential therapeutic applications of increasing SERCA activity for the treatment of cardiovascular diseases and of modulating SERCA and SR content for the treatment of cancer.
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Primary Immunodeficiencies. PEDIATRIC ALLERGY, ASTHMA AND IMMUNOLOGY 2008. [PMCID: PMC7121684 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-33395-1_22] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Primary immunodeficiencies (PIDs), once considered to be very rare, are now increasingly recognized because of growing knowledge in the immunological field and the availability of more sophisticated diagnostic techniques and therapeutic modalities [161]. However in a database of >120,000 inpatients of a general hospital for conditions suggestive of ID 59 patients were tested, and an undiagnosed PID was found in 17 (29%) of the subjects tested [107]. The publication of the first case of agammaglobulinemia by Bruton in 1952 [60] demonstrated that the PID diagnosis is first done in the laboratory. However, PIDs require specialized immunological centers for diagnosis and management [33]. A large body of epidemiological evidence supports the hypothesis of the existence of a close etiopathogenetic relation between PID and atopy [73]. In particular, an elevated frequency of asthma, food allergy (FA), atopic dermatitis and enteric pathologies can be found in various PIDs. In addition we will discuss another subject that is certainly of interest: the pseudo-immunodepressed child with recurrent respiratory infections (RRIs), an event that often requires medical intervention and that very often leads to the suspicion that it involves antibody deficiencies [149].
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Akimzhanov A, Krenacs L, Schlegel T, Klein-Hessling S, Bagdi E, Stelkovics E, Kondo E, Chuvpilo S, Wilke P, Avots A, Gattenlöhner S, Müller-Hermelink HK, Palmetshofer A, Serfling E. Epigenetic changes and suppression of the nuclear factor of activated T cell 1 (NFATC1) promoter in human lymphomas with defects in immunoreceptor signaling. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY 2007; 172:215-24. [PMID: 18156209 DOI: 10.2353/ajpath.2008.070294] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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The nuclear factor of activated T cell 1 (Nfatc1) locus is a common insertion site for murine tumorigenic retroviruses, suggesting a role of transcription factor NFATc1 in lymphomagenesis. Although NFATc1 is expressed in most human primary lymphocytes and mature human T- and B-cell neoplasms, we show by histochemical stainings that NFATc1 expression is suppressed in anaplastic large cell lymphomas and classical Hodgkin's lymphomas (HLs). In HL cell lines, NFATc1 silencing correlated with a decrease in histone H3 acetylation, H3-K4 trimethylation, and Sp1 factor binding but with an increase in HP1 binding to the NFATC1 P1 promoter. Together with DNA hypermethylation of the NFATC1 P1 promoter, which we detected in all anaplastic large cell lymphoma and many HL lines, these observations reflect typical signs of transcriptional silencing. In several lymphoma lines, methylation of NFATC1 promoter DNA resulted in a "window of hypomethylation," which is flanked by Sp1-binding sites. Together with the under-representation of Sp1 at the NFATC1 P1 promoter in HL cells, this suggests that Sp1 factors can protect P1 DNA methylation in a directional manner. Blocking immunoreceptor signaling led to NFATC1 P1 promoter silencing and to a decrease in H3 acetylation and H3-K4 methylation but not DNA methylation. This shows that histone modifications precede the DNA methylation in NFATC1 promoter silencing.
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- Askar Akimzhanov
- Institute of Pathology, University of Wuerzburg, Josef-Schneider-Strasse 2, D-97080 Wuerzburg, Germany
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Ciencewicki J, Gowdy K, Krantz QT, Linak WP, Brighton L, Gilmour MI, Jaspers I. Diesel exhaust enhanced susceptibility to influenza infection is associated with decreased surfactant protein expression. Inhal Toxicol 2007; 19:1121-33. [PMID: 17987464 DOI: 10.1080/08958370701665426] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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We have previously shown that exposure of respiratory epithelial cells to diesel exhaust (DE) enhances susceptibility to influenza infection and increases the production of interleukin (IL)-6 and interferon (IFN)-beta. The purpose of this study was to confirm and expand upon these in vitro results by assessing the effects of DE exposure on the progression of influenza infection and on development of associated pulmonary immune and inflammatory responses in vivo. BALB/c mice were exposed to air or to DE containing particulate matter at concentrations of 0.5 or 2 mg/m(3) for 4 h/day for 5 days and subsequently instilled with influenza A/Bangkok/1/79 virus. Exposure to 0.5 mg/m(3) (but not the higher 2-mg/m(3) dose) of DE increased susceptibility to influenza infection as demonstrated by a significant increase in hemagglutinin (HA) mRNA levels, a marker of influenza copies, and greater immunohistochemical staining for influenza virus protein in the lung. The enhanced susceptibility to infection observed in mice exposed to 0.5 mg/m(3) of DE was associated with a significant increase in the expression of IL-6, while antiviral lung IFN levels were unaffected. Analysis of the expression and production of surfactant proteins A and D, which are components of the interferon-independent antiviral defenses, showed that these factors were decreased following exposure to 0.5 mg/m(3) of DE but not to the higher 2-mg/m(3) concentration. Taken together, the results demonstrate that exposure to DE enhances the susceptibility to respiratory viral infections by reducing the expression and production of antimicrobial surfactant proteins.
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- Jonathan Ciencewicki
- Curriculum of Toxicology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
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Wang C, Navab R, Iakovlev V, Leng Y, Zhang J, Tsao MS, Siminovitch K, McCready DR, Done SJ. Abelson interactor protein-1 positively regulates breast cancer cell proliferation, migration, and invasion. Mol Cancer Res 2007; 5:1031-9. [PMID: 17951403 DOI: 10.1158/1541-7786.mcr-06-0391] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Abelson interactor protein-1 (ABI-1) is an adaptor protein involved in actin reorganization and lamellipodia formation. It forms a macromolecular complex containing Hspc300/WASP family verprolin-homologous proteins 2/ABI-1/nucleosome assembly protein 1/PIR121 or Abl/ABI-1/WASP family verprolin-homologous proteins 2 in response to Rho family-dependent stimuli. Due to its role in cell mobility, we hypothesized that ABI-1 has a role in invasion and metastasis. In the present study, we found that weakly invasive breast cancer cell lines (MCF-7, T47D, MDA-MB-468, SKBR3, and CAMA1) express lower levels of ABI-1 compared with highly invasive breast cancer cell lines (MDA-MB-231, MDA-MB-157, BT549, and Hs578T), which exhibit high ABI-1 levels. Using RNA interference, ABI-1 was stably down-regulated in MDA-MB-231, which resulted in decreased cell proliferation and anchorage-dependent colony formation and abrogation of lamellipodia formation on fibronectin. Down-regulation of ABI-1 decreased invasiveness and migration ability and decreased adhesion on collagen IV and actin polymerization in MDA-MB-231 cells. Additionally, compared with control parental cells, ABI-1 small interfering RNA-transfected cells showed decreased levels of phospho-PDK1, phospho-Raf, phospho-AKT, total AKT, and AKT1. These data suggest that ABI-1 plays an important role in the spread of breast cancer and that this role may be mediated via the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase pathway.
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- Chunjie Wang
- Division of Applied Molecular Oncology, Ontario Cancer Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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In an effort to improve therapeutic options in cancer, many investigational drugs are being developed to inhibit signaling pathways that promote the survival of cancer cells. The prototypic pathway that promotes cellular survival is the phosphoinositide 3'-kinase/Akt/mammalian target of rapamycin pathway, which is constitutively activated in many types of cancers. Mechanisms for activation of the serine/threonine kinase, Akt, include loss of tumor suppressor PTEN (phosphatase and tensin homolog deleted on chromosome 10) function, amplification or mutation of phosphoinositide 3'-kinase, amplification of Akt, activation of growth factor receptors and exposure to carcinogens. Activation of Akt promotes cellular survival as well as resistance to treatment with chemotherapy and/or radiation therapy. Immunohistochemical analyses have shown that Akt is activated in many types of cancers and preneoplastic lesions, and Akt activation is a poor prognostic factor in various cancers. Taken together, these data demonstrate that Akt is a valid target for inhibition. This review will focus on published data using different approaches to inhibit Akt. We will also consider how the complex regulation of the phosphoinositide 3'-kinase/Akt/mammalian target of rapamycin pathway poses practical issues concerning the design of clinical trials, potential toxicities and the likelihood of finding a therapeutic index when targeting such a critical cellular pathway.
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- Jaclyn LoPiccolo
- Medical Oncology Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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Guan Z, Wang XR, Zhu XF, Huang XF, Xu J, Wang LH, Wan XB, Long ZJ, Liu JN, Feng GK, Huang W, Zeng YX, Chen FJ, Liu Q. Aurora-A, a negative prognostic marker, increases migration and decreases radiosensitivity in cancer cells. Cancer Res 2007; 67:10436-44. [PMID: 17974987 DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-07-1379] [Citation(s) in RCA: 99] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Centrosomal Aurora-A (Aur-A) kinase ensures proper spindle assembly and accurate chromosome segregation in mitosis. Overexpression of Aur-A leads to centrosome amplification, aberrant spindle, and consequent genetic instability. In the present study, Aur-A was found to be overexpressed in laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma (LSCC). Moreover, Aur-A expression was adversely correlated with median survival, and further identified as a potential independent factor for disease prognosis. Suppression of Aurora kinase activity chemically or genetically led to LSCC Hep2 cell cycle arrest and apoptotic cell death. Importantly, we found that Aur-A increases cell migration and this novel function was correlated with Akt1 activation. The enhanced cell migration induced by Aur-A overexpression could be abrogated by either small-molecule Akt1 inhibitor or short interfering RNA. VX-680, a selective Aurora kinase inhibitor, decreased Akt1 phosphorylation at Ser(473) and inhibited cell migration, but failed to do so in constitutive active Akt1 (myr-Akt1)-overexpressed cells. Moreover, our data suggested that overexpression of Aur-A kinase might also contribute to radioresistance of LSCC. Inhibiting Aur-A by VX-680 induced expression of p53 and potently sensitized cells to radiotherapy, leading to significant cell death. Ectopic overexpression of Aur-A, however, reduced p53 level and rendered cells more resistant to irradiation. Taken together, we showed that Aur-A kinase, a negative prognostic marker, promotes migration and reduces radiosensitivity in laryngeal cancer cells.
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- Zhong Guan
- State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Cancer Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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Schunke D, Span P, Ronneburg H, Dittmer A, Vetter M, Holzhausen HJ, Kantelhardt E, Krenkel S, Müller V, Sweep FC, Thomssen C, Dittmer J. Cyclooxygenase-2Is a Target Gene of Rho GDP Dissociation Inhibitor β in Breast Cancer Cells. Cancer Res 2007; 67:10694-702. [DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-07-1621] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Rosell R, Skrzypski M, Jassem E, Taron M, Bartolucci R, Sanchez JJ, Mendez P, Chaib I, Perez-Roca L, Szymanowska A, Rzyman W, Puma F, Kobierska-Gulida G, Farabi R, Jassem J. BRCA1: a novel prognostic factor in resected non-small-cell lung cancer. PLoS One 2007; 2:e1129. [PMID: 17987116 PMCID: PMC2042516 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001129] [Citation(s) in RCA: 165] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2007] [Accepted: 08/01/2007] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Although early-stage non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is considered a potentially curable disease following complete resection, patients have a wide spectrum of survival according to stage (IB, II, IIIA). Within each stage, gene expression profiles can identify patients with a higher risk of recurrence. We hypothesized that altered mRNA expression in nine genes could help to predict disease outcome: excision repair cross-complementing 1 (ERCC1), myeloid zinc finger 1 (MZF1) and Twist1 (which regulate N-cadherin expression), ribonucleotide reductase subunit M1 (RRM1), thioredoxin-1 (TRX1), tyrosyl-DNA phosphodiesterase (Tdp1), nuclear factor of activated T cells (NFAT), BRCA1, and the human homolog of yeast budding uninhibited by benzimidazole (BubR1). METHODOLOGY AND PRINCIPAL FINDINGS We performed real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RT-QPCR) in frozen lung cancer tissue specimens from 126 chemonaive NSCLC patients who had undergone surgical resection and evaluated the association between gene expression levels and survival. For validation, we used paraffin-embedded specimens from 58 other NSCLC patients. A strong inter-gene correlation was observed between expression levels of all genes except NFAT. A Cox proportional hazards model indicated that along with disease stage, BRCA1 mRNA expression significantly correlated with overall survival (hazard ratio [HR], 1.98 [95% confidence interval (CI), 1.11-6]; P = 0.02). In the independent cohort of 58 patients, BRCA1 mRNA expression also significantly correlated with survival (HR, 2.4 [95%CI, 1.01-5.92]; P = 0.04). CONCLUSIONS Overexpression of BRCA1 mRNA was strongly associated with poor survival in NSCLC patients, and the validation of this finding in an independent data set further strengthened this association. Since BRCA1 mRNA expression has previously been linked to differential sensitivity to cisplatin and antimicrotubule drugs, BRCA1 mRNA expression may provide additional information for customizing adjuvant antimicrotubule-based chemotherapy, especially in stage IB, where the role of adjuvant chemotherapy has not been clearly demonstrated.
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- Rafael Rosell
- Catalan Institute of Oncology, Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain.
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O'Shaughnessy RF, Akgũl B, Storey A, Pfister H, Harwood CA, Byrne C. Cutaneous human papillomaviruses down-regulate AKT1, whereas AKT2 up-regulation and activation associates with tumors. Cancer Res 2007; 67:8207-15. [PMID: 17804734 PMCID: PMC2426757 DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-07-0755] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Epithelial tumorigenesis has been linked to AKT up-regulation. Human papillomaviruses (HPV) cause anogenital cancers and anogenital HPV infection up-regulates AKT activity. Mounting evidence points to a role for cutaneous HPVs as etiologic factors in skin tumorigenesis. High-risk cutaneous beta HPVs have been linked to carcinogenesis in immunosuppressed patients, and high-risk cutaneous HPV8 genes enhance tumorigenesis in transgenic mice. We find that, in contrast to anogenital HPVs, cutaneous HPV8 early genes down-regulate epidermal AKT activity by down-regulating AKT1 isoform levels. This down-regulation occurs before papilloma formation or tumorigenesis and leads to cutaneous differentiation changes that may weaken the epidermal squame for viral release. We find that, in viral warts (papillomas) and HPV gene-induced epidermal tumors, AKT activity can be activated focally by up-regulation and phosphorylation of the AKT2 isoform. In squamous cell carcinomas (SCC), AKT1 down-regulation is also common, consistent with a viral influence, whereas AKT2 up-regulation is widespread. Activation of up-regulated AKT2 by serine phosphorylation associates with high-grade tumors. Our data suggest that AKT2 up-regulation is characteristic of SCC and that coincident AKT2 activation through serine phosphorylation correlates with malignancy. These findings highlight differences between the effects of anogenital and cutaneous HPV on epithelial AKT activity and furthermore show that AKT isoforms can behave differently during epidermal tumorigenesis. These findings also suggest AKT2 as a possible therapeutic tumor target in SCC.
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- Ryan F.L. O'Shaughnessy
- Institute of Cell and Molecular Science, Centre for Cutaneous Research, Barts and The London, Queen Mary School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of London, London, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Cell and Molecular Science, Centre for Cutaneous Research, Barts and The London, Queen Mary School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of London, London, United Kingdom
- Institute of Virology, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Institute of Cell and Molecular Science, Centre for Cutaneous Research, Barts and The London, Queen Mary School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of London, London, United Kingdom
- Cancer Research UK Skin Tumour Laboratory, Barts and The London, Queen Mary School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of London, London, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Virology, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Institute of Cell and Molecular Science, Centre for Cutaneous Research, Barts and The London, Queen Mary School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of London, London, United Kingdom
- Cancer Research UK Skin Tumour Laboratory, Barts and The London, Queen Mary School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of London, London, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Cell and Molecular Science, Centre for Cutaneous Research, Barts and The London, Queen Mary School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of London, London, United Kingdom
- Cancer Research UK Skin Tumour Laboratory, Barts and The London, Queen Mary School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of London, London, United Kingdom
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Arderiu G, Cuevas I, Chen A, Carrio M, East L, Boudreau NJ. HoxA5 stabilizes adherens junctions via increased Akt1. Cell Adh Migr 2007; 1:185-95. [PMID: 19262140 DOI: 10.4161/cam.1.4.5448] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Normal vascular development and angiogenesis is regulated by coordinated changes in cell-cell and cell-extracellular matrix (ECM) interactions. The Homeobox (Hox) family of transcription factors coordinately regulate expression of matrix degrading proteinases, integrins and ECM components and profoundly impact vascular remodeling. Whereas HoxA5 is down regulated in active angiogenic endothelial cells (EC), sustained expression of HoxA5 induces TSP-2 and blocks angiogenesis. Since HoxA5 is also lacking in EC in proliferating hemangiomas, we investigated whether restoring expression of HoxA5 could normalize hemangioma cell morphology and/or behavior. Sustained expression of HoxA5 in the murine hemangioma cell line (EOMA) reduced their growth in vivo and promoted branching morphogenesis in 3D BM cultures. Moreover, restoring HoxA5 expression increased the retention of beta-catenin in adherens junctions and reduced permeability. In addition we also show that the HoxA5 mediated increase in stability of adherens junctions requires Akt1 activity and introduction of constitutively active myr-Akt in EOMA cells also increased retention of beta-catenin in adherens junctions. Finally we show that HoxA5 increases Akt1 mRNA, protein expression and further enhances Akt activity via a coordinate down regulation of PTEN. Together these results demonstrate a central role for HoxA5 in coordinating a stable vascular phenotype.
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- Gemma Arderiu
- Department of Surgery, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94143, USA
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The AKT protein kinase transduces signals from growth factors and oncogenes to downstream targets that control crucial elements in tumor development. The AKT pathway is one of the most frequently hyperactivated signaling pathways in human cancers. Available data are reviewed herein to support targeting the AKT kinase for cancer prevention. This review will present data to show that AKT is up-regulated in preneoplastic lesions across a broad range of target tissues, briefly describe drug development efforts in this area, and present evidence that down-regulation of AKT signaling may be a viable strategy to prevent cancer.
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- James A Crowell
- Division of Cancer Prevention, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Executive Plaza North, Room 2117, 900 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
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Cinar B, Fang PK, Lutchman M, Di Vizio D, Adam RM, Pavlova N, Rubin MA, Yelick PC, Freeman MR. The pro-apoptotic kinase Mst1 and its caspase cleavage products are direct inhibitors of Akt1. EMBO J 2007; 26:4523-34. [PMID: 17932490 DOI: 10.1038/sj.emboj.7601872] [Citation(s) in RCA: 110] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2006] [Accepted: 09/10/2007] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Akt kinases mediate cell growth and survival. Here, we report that a pro-apoptotic kinase, Mst1/STK4, is a physiological Akt1 interaction partner. Mst1 was identified as a component of an Akt1 multiprotein complex isolated from lipid raft-enriched fractions of LNCaP human prostate cancer cells. Endogenous Mst1, along with its paralog, Mst2, acted as inhibitors of endogenous Akt1. Surprisingly, mature Mst1 as well as both of its caspase cleavage products, which localize to distinct subcellular compartments and are not structurally homologous, complexed with and inhibited Akt1. cRNAs encoding full-length Mst1, and N- and C-terminal caspase Mst1 cleavage products, reverted an early lethal phenotype in zebrafish development induced by expression of membrane-targeted Akt1. Mst1 and Akt1 localized to identical subcellular sites in human prostate tumors. Mst1 levels declined with progression from clinically localized to hormone refractory disease, coinciding with an increase in Akt activation with transition from hormone naïve to hormone-resistant metastases. These results position Mst1/2 within a novel branch of the phosphoinositide 3-kinase/Akt pathway and suggest an important role in cancer progression.
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- Bekir Cinar
- Urological Diseases Research Center, Department of Urology, Children's Hospital Boston, Boston, MA, USA
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Merdek KD, Yang X, Taglienti CA, Shaw LM, Mercurio AM. Intrinsic Signaling Functions of the β4 Integrin Intracellular Domain. J Biol Chem 2007; 282:30322-30. [PMID: 17711859 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m703156200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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A key issue regarding the role of alpha6beta4 in cancer biology is the mechanism by which this integrin exerts its profound effects on intracellular signaling, including growth factor-mediated signaling. One approach is to evaluate the intrinsic signaling capacity of the unique beta4 intracellular domain in the absence of contributions from the alpha6 subunit and tetraspanins and to assess the ability of growth factor receptor signaling to cooperate with this domain. Here, we generated a chimeric receptor composed of the TrkB extracellular domain and the beta4 transmembrane and intracellular domains. Expression of this chimeric receptor in beta4-null cancer cells enabled us to assess the signaling potential of the beta4 intracellular domain alone or in response to dimerization using brain-derived neurotrophic factor, the ligand for TrkB. Dimerization of the beta4 intracellular domain results in the binding and activation of the tyrosine phosphatase SHP-2 and the activation of Src, events that also occur upon ligation of intact alpha6beta4. In contrast to alpha6beta4 signaling, however, dimerization of the chimeric receptor does not activate either Akt or Erk1/2. Growth factor stimulation induces tyrosine phosphorylation of the chimeric receptor but does not enhance its binding to SHP-2. The chimeric receptor is unable to amplify growth factor-mediated activation of Akt and Erk1/2, and growth factor-stimulated migration. Collectively, these data indicate that the beta4 intracellular domain has some intrinsic signaling potential, but it cannot mimic the full signaling capacity of alpha6beta4. These data also question the putative role of the beta4 intracellular domain as an "adaptor" for growth factor receptor signaling.
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- Keith D Merdek
- Department of Cancer Biology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts 01605, USA
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Dummler B, Hemmings BA. Physiological roles of PKB/Akt isoforms in development and disease. Biochem Soc Trans 2007; 35:231-5. [PMID: 17371246 DOI: 10.1042/bst0350231] [Citation(s) in RCA: 241] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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PKB (protein kinase B, also known as Akt) is a serine/threonine protein kinase that is important in various signalling cascades and acts as a major signal transducer downstream of activated phosphoinositide 3-kinase. There are three closely related isoforms of PKB in mammalian cells, PKBalpha (Akt1), PKBbeta (Akt2) and PKBgamma (Akt3), and this review discusses recent advances in our understanding of the functions of these isoforms in the regulation of adipocyte differentiation, glucose homoeostasis and tumour development.
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- B Dummler
- Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research, Maulbeerstrasse 66, CH-4058 Basel, Switzerland
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Mandl A, Sarkes D, Carricaburu V, Jung V, Rameh L. Serum withdrawal-induced accumulation of phosphoinositide 3-kinase lipids in differentiating 3T3-L6 myoblasts: distinct roles for Ship2 and PTEN. Mol Cell Biol 2007; 27:8098-112. [PMID: 17893321 PMCID: PMC2169165 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.00756-07] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K) activation and synthesis of phosphatidylinositol-3,4-bisphosphate (PI-3,4-P2) and phosphatidylinositol-3,4,5-trisphosphate (PI-3,4,5-P3) lipids mediate growth factor signaling that leads to cell proliferation, migration, and survival. PI3K-dependent activation of Akt is critical for myoblast differentiation induced by serum withdrawal, suggesting that in these cells PI3K signaling is activated in an unconventional manner. Here we investigate the mechanisms by which PI3K signaling and Akt are regulated during myogenesis. We report that PI-3,4-P2 and PI-3,4,5-P3 accumulated in the plasma membranes of serum-starved 3T3-L6 myoblasts due to de novo synthesis and increased lipid stability. Surprisingly, only newly synthesized lipids were capable of activating Akt. Knockdown of the lipid phosphatase PTEN moderately increased PI3K lipids but significantly increased Akt phosphorylation and promoted myoblast differentiation. Knockdown of the lipid phosphatase Ship2, on the other hand, dramatically increased the steady-state levels of PI-3,4,5-P3 but did not affect Akt phosphorylation and increased apoptotic cell death. Together, these results reveal the existence of two distinct pools of PI3K lipids in differentiating 3T3-L6 myoblasts: a pool of nascent lipids that is mainly dephosphorylated by PTEN and is capable of activating Akt and promoting myoblast differentiation and a stable pool that is dephosphorylated by Ship2 and is unable to activate Akt.
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- Adel Mandl
- Boston Biomedical Research Institute, 64 Grove Street, Watertown, MA 02472, USA
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Bush CR, Havens JM, Necela BM, Su W, Chen L, Yanagisawa M, Anastasiadis PZ, Guerra R, Luxon BA, Thompson EA. Functional genomic analysis reveals cross-talk between peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma and calcium signaling in human colorectal cancer cells. J Biol Chem 2007; 282:23387-401. [PMID: 17565986 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m702708200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Activation of PPARgamma in MOSER cells inhibits anchorage-dependent and anchorage-independent growth and invasion through Matrigel-coated transwell membranes. We carried out a longitudinal two-class microarray analysis in which mRNA abundance was measured as a function of time in cells treated with a thiazolidinedione PPARgamma agonist or vehicle. A statistical machine learning algorithm that employs an empirical Bayesian implementation of the multivariate HotellingT2 score was used to identify differentially regulated genes. HotellingT2 scores, MB statistics, and maximum median differences were used as figures of merit to interrogate genomic ontology of these targets. Three major cohorts of genes were regulated: those involved in metabolism, DNA replication, and migration/motility, reflecting the cellular phenotype that attends activation of PPARgamma. The bioinformatic analysis also inferred that PPARgamma regulates calcium signaling. This response was unanticipated, because calcium signaling has not previously been associated with PPARgamma activation. Ingenuity pathway analysis inferred that the nodal point in this cross-talk was Down syndrome critical region 1 (DSCR1). DSCR1 is an endogenous calcineurin inhibitor that blocks dephosphorylation and activation of members of the cytoplasmic component of nuclear factor of activated T cells transcription factors. Lentiviral short hairpin RNA-mediated knockdown of DSCR1 blocks PPARgamma inhibition of proliferation and invasion, indicating that DSCR1 is required for suppression of transformed properties of early stage colorectal cancer cells by PPARgamma. These data reveal a novel, heretofore unappreciated link between PPARgamma and calcium signaling and indicate that DSCR1, which has previously been thought to function by suppression of the angiogenic response in endothelial cells, may also play a direct role in transformation of epithelial cells.
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- Craig R Bush
- Cancer Genomics Center, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
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The serine/threonine kinase Akt, also known as protein kinase B (PKB), is a central node in cell signaling downstream of growth factors, cytokines, and other cellular stimuli. Aberrant loss or gain of Akt activation underlies the pathophysiological properties of a variety of complex diseases, including type-2 diabetes and cancer. Here, we review the molecular properties of Akt and the approaches used to characterize its true cellular targets. In addition, we discuss those Akt substrates that are most likely to contribute to the diverse cellular roles of Akt, which include cell survival, growth, proliferation, angiogenesis, metabolism, and migration.
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- Brendan D Manning
- Department of Genetics and Complex Diseases, Harvard School of Public Health, SPH2-117, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
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Chentouf M, Ghannam S, Bès C, Troadec S, Cérutti M, Chardès T. Recombinant anti-CD4 antibody 13B8.2 blocks membrane-proximal events by excluding the Zap70 molecule and downstream targets SLP-76, PLC gamma 1, and Vav-1 from the CD4-segregated Brij 98 detergent-resistant raft domains. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2007; 179:409-20. [PMID: 17579062 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.179.1.409] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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The biological effects of rIgG(1) 13B8.2, directed against the CDR3-like loop on the D1 domain of CD4, are partly due to signals that prevent NF-kappaB nuclear translocation, but the precise mechanisms of action, particularly at the level of membrane proximal signaling, remain obscure. We support the hypothesis that rIgG(1) 13B8.2 acts by interfering with the spatiotemporal distribution of signaling or receptor molecules inside membrane rafts. Upon cross-linking of Jurkat T lymphocytes, rIgG(1) 13B8.2 was found to induce an accumulation/retention of the CD4 molecule inside polyoxyethylene-20 ether Brij 98 detergent-resistant membranes at 37 degrees C, together with recruitment of TCR, CD3zeta, p56 Lck, Lyn, and Syk p70 kinases, linker for activation of T cells, and Csk-binding protein/phosphoprotein associated with glycosphingolipid adaptor proteins, and protein kinase Ctheta, but excluded Zap70 and its downstream targets Src homology 2-domain-containing leukocyte protein of 76 kDa, phospholipase Cgamma1, and p95(vav). Analysis of key upstream events such as Zap70 phosphorylation showed that modulation of Tyr(292) and Tyr(319) phosphorylation occurred concomitantly with 13B8.2-induced Zap70 exclusion from the membrane rafts. 13B8.2-induced differential raft partitioning was epitope, cholesterol, and actin dependent but did not require Ab hyper-cross-linking. Fluorescence confocal imaging confirmed the spatiotemporal segregation of the CD4 complex inside rafts and concomitant Zap70 exclusion, which occurred within 10-30 s following rIgG(1) 13B8.2 ligation, reached a plateau at 1 min, and persisted until the end of the 1-h experiment. The differential spatiotemporal partitioning between the CD4 receptor and the Zap70-signaling kinase inside membrane rafts interrupts the proximal signal cross-talk leading to subsequent NF-kappaB nuclear translocation and explains how baculovirus-expressed CD4-CDR3-like-specific rIgG(1) 13B8.2 acts to induce its biological effects.
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- Myriam Chentouf
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Unité Mixte de Recherche 5236, Centre d'études d'agents Pathogènes et Biotechnologies pour la Santé, Faculté de Pharmacie, 15 Avenue Charles Flahault, 34093 Montpellier, France
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Tan NS, Icre G, Montagner A, Bordier-ten-Heggeler B, Wahli W, Michalik L. The nuclear hormone receptor peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor beta/delta potentiates cell chemotactism, polarization, and migration. Mol Cell Biol 2007; 27:7161-75. [PMID: 17682064 PMCID: PMC2168901 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.00436-07] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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After an injury, keratinocytes acquire the plasticity necessary for the reepithelialization of the wound. Here, we identify a novel pathway by which a nuclear hormone receptor, until now better known for its metabolic functions, potentiates cell migration. We show that peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor beta/delta (PPARbeta/delta) enhances two phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase-dependent pathways, namely, the Akt and the Rho-GTPase pathways. This PPARbeta/delta activity amplifies the response of keratinocytes to a chemotactic signal, promotes integrin recycling and remodeling of the actin cytoskeleton, and thereby favors cell migration. Using three-dimensional wound reconstructions, we demonstrate that these defects have a strong impact on in vivo skin healing, since PPARbeta/delta-/- mice show an unexpected and rare epithelialization phenotype. Our findings demonstrate that nuclear hormone receptors not only regulate intercellular communication at the organism level but also participate in cell responses to a chemotactic signal. The implications of our findings may be far-reaching, considering that the mechanisms described here are important in many physiological and pathological situations.
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- Nguan Soon Tan
- Center for Integrative Genomics, National Research Center Frontiers in Genetics, University of Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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Grossoni VC, Falbo KB, Mauro LV, Krasnapolski MA, Kazanietz MG, Bal De Kier Joffé ED, Urtreger AJ. Protein kinase C delta inhibits the production of proteolytic enzymes in murine mammary cells. Clin Exp Metastasis 2007; 24:513-20. [PMID: 17653823 DOI: 10.1007/s10585-007-9088-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2007] [Accepted: 06/29/2007] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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In previous studies we have determined that protein kinase C (PKC) delta, a widely expressed member of the novel PKC serine-threonine kinases, induces in vitro changes associated with the acquisition of a malignant phenotype in NMuMG murine mammary cells. In this study we show that PKCdelta overexpression significantly decreases urokinase-type plasminogen activator (uPA) and matrix metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9) production, two proteases associated with migratory and invasive capacities. This effect is markedly enhanced by treatment with phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA). On the other hand, depletion of PKCdelta using RNAi led to a marked increase in both uPA and MMP-9 secretion, suggesting a physiological role for PKCdelta in controlling protease secretion. The MEK-1 inhibitor PD98059 reverted the characteristic pattern of proteases secretion and phospho-ERK1/2 up-regulation observed in PKCdelta overexpressors, suggesting that the PKCdelta effect is mediated by the MEK/ERK pathway. Our results suggest a dual role for PKCdelta in murine mammary cell cancer progression. While this kinase clearly promotes mitogenesis and favors malignant transformation, it also down-modulates the secretion of proteases probably limiting metastatic dissemination.
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- Valeria C Grossoni
- Research Area, Institute of Oncology Angel H. Roffo, University of Buenos Aires, Av. San Martín 5481, Buenos Aires C1417DTB, Argentina
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Jeon US, Han KH, Park SH, Lee SD, Sheen MR, Jung JY, Kim WY, Sands JM, Kim J, Kwon HM. Downregulation of renal TonEBP in hypokalemic rats. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 2007; 293:F408-15. [PMID: 17409277 DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.00502.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Hypokalemia causes a significant decrease in the tonicity of the renal medullary interstitium in association with reduced expression of sodium transporters in the distal tubule. We asked whether hypokalemia caused downregulation of the tonicity-responsive enhancer binding protein (TonEBP) transcriptional activator in the renal medulla due to the reduced tonicity. We found that the abundance of TonEBP decreased significantly in the outer and inner medullas of hypokalemic rats. Underlying mechanisms appeared different in the two regions because the abundance of TonEBP mRNA was lower in the outer medulla but unchanged in the inner medulla. Immunohistochemical examination of TonEBP revealed cell type-specific differences. TonEBP expression decreased dramatically in the outer and inner medullary collecting ducts, thick ascending limbs, and interstitial cells. In the descending and ascending thin limbs, TonEBP abundance decreased modestly. In the outer medulla, TonEBP shifted to the cytoplasm in the descending thin limbs. As expected, transcription of aldose reductase, a target of TonEBP, was decreased since the abundance of mRNA and protein was reduced. Downregulation of TonEBP appeared to have also contributed to reduced expression of aquaporin-2 and UT-A urea transporters in the renal medulla. In cultured cells, expression and activity of TonEBP were not affected by reduced potassium concentrations in the medium. These data support the view that medullary tonicity regulates expression and nuclear distribution of TonEBP in the renal medulla in cell type-specific manners.
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- Un Sil Jeon
- Dept. of Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
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Teschendorff AE, Journée M, Absil PA, Sepulchre R, Caldas C. Elucidating the altered transcriptional programs in breast cancer using independent component analysis. PLoS Comput Biol 2007; 3:e161. [PMID: 17708679 PMCID: PMC1950343 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.0030161] [Citation(s) in RCA: 104] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2007] [Accepted: 06/28/2007] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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The quantity of mRNA transcripts in a cell is determined by a complex interplay of cooperative and counteracting biological processes. Independent Component Analysis (ICA) is one of a few number of unsupervised algorithms that have been applied to microarray gene expression data in an attempt to understand phenotype differences in terms of changes in the activation/inhibition patterns of biological pathways. While the ICA model has been shown to outperform other linear representations of the data such as Principal Components Analysis (PCA), a validation using explicit pathway and regulatory element information has not yet been performed. We apply a range of popular ICA algorithms to six of the largest microarray cancer datasets and use pathway-knowledge and regulatory-element databases for validation. We show that ICA outperforms PCA and clustering-based methods in that ICA components map closer to known cancer-related pathways, regulatory modules, and cancer phenotypes. Furthermore, we identify cancer signalling and oncogenic pathways and regulatory modules that play a prominent role in breast cancer and relate the differential activation patterns of these to breast cancer phenotypes. Importantly, we find novel associations linking immune response and epithelial–mesenchymal transition pathways with estrogen receptor status and histological grade, respectively. In addition, we find associations linking the activity levels of biological pathways and transcription factors (NF1 and NFAT) with clinical outcome in breast cancer. ICA provides a framework for a more biologically relevant interpretation of genomewide transcriptomic data. Adopting ICA as the analysis tool of choice will help understand the phenotype–pathway relationship and thus help elucidate the molecular taxonomy of heterogeneous cancers and of other complex genetic diseases. The amount of a given transcript or protein in a cell is determined by a balance of expression and repression in a complex network of biological processes. This delicate balance is compromised in complex genetic diseases such as cancer by alterations in the activation patterns of functionally important biological processes known as pathways. Over the last years, a large number of microarray experiments profiling the expression levels of more than 20,000 human genes in hundreds of tumor samples have shown that most cancer types are heterogeneous diseases, each characterized by many different expression subtypes. The biological and clinical goal is to explain the observed tumor and clinical heterogeneity in terms of specific patterns of altered pathways. The bioinformatic challenge is therefore to devise mathematical tools that explicitly attempt to infer these altered pathways. To this end, we applied a signal processing tool in a meta-analysis of breast cancer, encompassing more than 800 tumor specimens derived from four different patient cohorts, and showed that this algorithm significantly outperforms popular standard bioinformatics tools in identifying altered pathways underlying breast cancer. These results show that the same tool could be applied to other complex human genetic diseases to better elucidate the underlying altered pathways.
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- Andrew E Teschendorff
- Breast Cancer Functional Genomics Laboratory, Cancer Research UK Cambridge Research Institute, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
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Cruz-Monserrate Z, Qiu S, Evers BM, O'Connor KL. Upregulation and redistribution of integrin alpha6beta4 expression occurs at an early stage in pancreatic adenocarcinoma progression. Mod Pathol 2007; 20:656-67. [PMID: 17415382 PMCID: PMC4697742 DOI: 10.1038/modpathol.3800782] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Pancreatic adenocarcinomas are highly invasive cancers for reasons that are currently unclear. Here we sought to determine if the proinvasive integrin alpha6beta4 may be related to pancreatic adenocarcinoma tumor progression. Expression of integrin alpha6beta4 was analyzed via immunohistochemistry for the beta4 subunit in normal pancreas, pancreatic intraepithelial neoplasia (PanIN) lesions, pancreatic adenocarcinomas and chronic pancreatitis. In normal pancreatic ducts, integrin alpha6beta4 was noted only at the cell's basal interface with the basement membrane. In pancreatic adenocarcinomas, 92% (104/113) demonstrated overexpression of integrin alpha6beta4 and altered localization to the cytoplasm and membranous regions. This pattern of expression was observed in all PanIN lesions as early as PanIN-1A, and was evident in lesions that were juxtapositioned to normal epithelium. In contrast, 93% (13/14) of chronic pancreatitis samples resembled the staining pattern of normal pancreas. When cancer was present in areas of chronic pancreatitis, this altered expression of alpha6beta4 integrin identified the cancer. We conclude that integrin alpha6beta4 is expressed only on the basal surface of ductal cells in normal pancreas and chronic pancreatitis. During pancreatic adenocarcinoma progression, the alpha6beta4 integrin is dramatically overexpressed and displays altered localization at the earliest stages of PanIN, thus representing an early event in pancreatic adenocarcinoma progression.
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- Zobeida Cruz-Monserrate
- Sealy Center for Cancer Cell Biology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555-0525, USA
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Medyouf H, Alcalde H, Berthier C, Guillemin MC, dos Santos NR, Janin A, Decaudin D, de Thé H, Ghysdael J. Targeting calcineurin activation as a therapeutic strategy for T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Nat Med 2007; 13:736-41. [PMID: 17515895 DOI: 10.1038/nm1588] [Citation(s) in RCA: 115] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2007] [Accepted: 04/19/2007] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Calcineurin is a calcium-activated serine/threonine phosphatase critical to a number of developmental processes in the cardiovascular, nervous and immune systems. In the T-cell lineage, calcineurin activation is important for pre-T-cell receptor (TCR) signaling, TCR-mediated positive selection of thymocytes into mature T cells, and many aspects of the immune response. The critical role of calcineurin in the immune response is underscored by the fact that calcineurin inhibitors, such as cyclosporin A (CsA) and FK506, are powerful immunosuppressants in wide clinical use. We observed sustained calcineurin activation in human B- and T-cell lymphomas and in all mouse models of lymphoid malignancies analyzed. In intracellular NOTCH1 (ICN1)- and TEL-JAK2-induced T-cell lymphoblastic leukemia, two mouse models relevant to human malignancies, in vivo inhibition of calcineurin activity by CsA or FK506 induced apoptosis of leukemic cells and rapid tumor clearance, and substantially prolonged mouse survival. In contrast, ectopic expression of a constitutively activated mutant of calcineurin favored leukemia progression. Moreover, CsA treatment induced apoptosis in human lymphoma and leukemia cell lines. Thus, calcineurin activation is critical for the maintenance of the leukemic phenotype in vivo, identifying this pathway as a relevant therapeutic target in lymphoid malignancies.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Antineoplastic Agents/pharmacology
- Calcineurin/metabolism
- Calcineurin Inhibitors
- Cell Line, Tumor
- Cyclosporine/pharmacology
- Disease Models, Animal
- Enzyme Activation/drug effects
- Humans
- Leukemia-Lymphoma, Adult T-Cell/drug therapy
- Leukemia-Lymphoma, Adult T-Cell/enzymology
- Leukemia-Lymphoma, Adult T-Cell/pathology
- Lymphoma, B-Cell/drug therapy
- Lymphoma, B-Cell/enzymology
- Lymphoma, B-Cell/pathology
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Mice, Knockout
- Mice, Transgenic
- Oncogene Proteins, Fusion/deficiency
- Oncogene Proteins, Fusion/genetics
- Receptor, Notch1/physiology
- Tacrolimus/pharmacology
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- Hind Medyouf
- Institut Curie, Batiment 110, Centre Universitaire, 91405 Orsay, France
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Chuang YY, Valster A, Coniglio SJ, Backer JM, Symons M. The atypical Rho family GTPase Wrch-1 regulates focal adhesion formation and cell migration. J Cell Sci 2007; 120:1927-34. [PMID: 17504809 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.03456] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Wrch-1 (Wnt-regulated Cdc42 homolog) is a new member of the Rho family that was identified as a gene transcriptionally upregulated by Wnt-1. Wrch-1 has no detectable GTPase activity and displays very high intrinsic guanine nucleotide exchange, implying that it is constitutively GTP-bound. The biological functions of Wrch-1 largely remain to be characterized. Here, we report that Wrch-1 prominently localizes to focal adhesions. Depletion of Wrch-1 by small interfering RNA increases focal adhesion formation, whereas Wrch-1 overexpression disassembles focal adhesions. Wrch-1 depletion inhibits myosin-light-chain phosphorylation, which in turn leads to an increase in the number of focal adhesions and inhibits cell migration in response to wound healing. Depletion of Wrch-1 also inhibits Akt and JNK activation. Although pharmacological inhibitors of Akt and JNK inhibit cell migration, they do not affect focal adhesions. Thus, our data suggest that Wrch-1 regulates cell migration by multiple mechanisms: on the one hand Wrch-1 controls focal adhesions by regulating myosin light chain and on the other hand Wrch-1 stimulates the activation of Akt and JNK.
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- Ya-yu Chuang
- Center for Oncology and Cell Biology, The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research at North Shore-LIJ, North Shore University Hospital, Manhasset, NY 11030, USA
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Prueitt RL, Boersma BJ, Howe TM, Goodman JE, Thomas DD, Ying L, Pfiester CM, Yfantis HG, Cottrell JR, Lee DH, Remaley AT, Hofseth LJ, Wink DA, Ambs S. Inflammation and IGF-I activate the Akt pathway in breast cancer. Int J Cancer 2007; 120:796-805. [PMID: 17096325 DOI: 10.1002/ijc.22336] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Akt signaling may promote breast cancer progression and poor disease outcome. We hypothesized that serum insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I) and a proinflammatory tumor environment induce phosphorylation of Akt and downstream targets of Akt in breast cancer. We studied the relationship between Akt pathway activation, IGF-I and markers of inflammation, e.g., nitric oxide synthase-2 (NOS2), cyclooxygenase-2 (COX2) and tumor phagocyte density, in 248 breast tumors. We also examined the association of Akt phosphorylation with breast cancer survival. We observed that phosphorylation of Akt, BAD and caspase-9 correlated strongly with the expression of the 2 proinflammatory enzymes, NOS2 and COX2, in breast tumors (p < 0.001; Spearman rank correlation). Both NOS2 and COX2 expression were independently associated with Akt phosphorylation in the multivariate analysis. Serum IGF-I concentrations and the IGF-I/IGFBP3 ratio correlated with Akt phosphorylation at Thr308 and Ser473 in breast tumors (p <or= 0.05; Spearman rank correlation). The association with Akt phosphorylation at Thr308 remained statistically significant in the multivariate analysis. Akt pathway activation was not associated with overall survival in the unstratified analysis, but we observed a statistical interaction between Akt phosphorylation and tumor phagocyte density on breast cancer survival (p(interaction) < 0.05). We further corroborated our findings in cell culture models by demonstrating that ANA-1 macrophages, nitric oxide and prostaglandin E(2) induce Akt phosphorylation in human breast cancer cells. In summary, a proinflammatory environment was found to activate the Akt pathway in breast cancer, and may modify the association between the Akt phosphorylation status and breast cancer survival.
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- Robyn L Prueitt
- Laboratory of Human Carcinogenesis, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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Subramaniam V, Vincent IR, Gardner H, Chan E, Dhamko H, Jothy S. CD44 regulates cell migration in human colon cancer cells via Lyn kinase and AKT phosphorylation. Exp Mol Pathol 2007; 83:207-15. [PMID: 17599831 DOI: 10.1016/j.yexmp.2007.04.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2007] [Accepted: 04/25/2007] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Colon cancer is among the leading causes of cancer death in North America. CD44, an adhesion and antiapoptotic molecule is overexpressed in colon cancer. Cofilin is involved in the directional motility of cells. In the present study, we looked at how CD44 might modulate cell migration in human colon cancer via cofilin. We used a human colon cancer cell line, HT29, which expresses CD44, HT29 where CD44 expression was knocked down by siRNA, SW620, a human colon cancer cell line which does not express CD44, stably transfected exons of CD44 in SW620 cells and the colon from CD44 knockout and wild-type mouse. Western blot analysis of siRNA CD44 lysates showed increased level of AKT phosphorylation and decreased level of cofilin expression. Similar results were also observed with SW620 cells and CD44 knockout mouse colon lysates. Experiments using the AKT phosphorylation inhibitor LY294002 indicate that AKT phosphorylation downregulates cofilin. Immunoprecipitation studies showed CD44 complex formation with Lyn, providing an essential link between CD44 and AKT phosphorylation. LY294002 also stabilized Lyn from phosphorylated AKT, suggesting an interaction between Lyn and AKT phosphorylation. Immunocytochemistry showed that cofilin and Lyn expression were downregulated in siRNA CD44 cells and CD44 knockout mouse colon. siRNA CD44 cells had significantly less migration compared to HT29 vector. Given the well-defined roles of CD44, phosphorylated AKT in apoptosis and cancer, these results indicate that CD44-induced cell migration is dependent on its complex formation with Lyn and its consequent regulation of AKT phosphorylation and cofilin expression.
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