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Liu R, Wang H, Ding J. Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition of Cancer Cells on Micropillar Arrays. ACS APPLIED BIO MATERIALS 2024; 7:3997-4006. [PMID: 38815185 DOI: 10.1021/acsabm.4c00343] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2024]
Abstract
Epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) is critical for tumor invasion and many other cell-relevant processes. While much progress has been made about EMT, no report concerns the EMT of cells on topological biomaterial interfaces with significant nuclear deformation. Herein, we prepared a poly(lactide-co-glycolide) micropillar array with an appropriate dimension to enable significant deformation of cell nuclei and examined EMT of a human lung cancer epithelial cell (A549). We show that A549 cells undergo serious nuclear deformation on the micropillar array. The cells express more E-cadherin and less vimentin on the micropillar array than on the smooth surface. After transforming growth factor-β1 (TGF-β1) treatment, the expression of E-cadherin as an indicator of the epithelial phenotype is decreased and the expression of vimentin as an indicator of the mesenchymal phenotype is increased for the cells both on smooth surfaces and on micropillar arrays, indicating that EMT occurs even when the cell nuclei are deformed and the culture on the micropillar array more enhances the expression of vimentin. Expression of myosin phosphatase targeting subunit 1 is reduced in the cells on the micropillar array, possibly affecting the turnover of myosin light chain phosphorylation and actin assembly; this makes cells on the micropillar array prefer the epithelial-like phenotype and more sensitive to TGF-β1. Overall, the micropillar array exhibits a promoting effect on the EMT.
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- Ruili Liu
- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers, Department of Macromolecular Science, Fudan University, Shanghai 200438, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers, Department of Macromolecular Science, Fudan University, Shanghai 200438, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers, Department of Macromolecular Science, Fudan University, Shanghai 200438, China
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Brock K, Alpha KM, Brennan G, De Jong EP, Luke E, Turner CE. A comparative analysis of paxillin and Hic-5 proximity interactomes. Cytoskeleton (Hoboken) 2024. [PMID: 38801098 DOI: 10.1002/cm.21878] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2024] [Revised: 04/18/2024] [Accepted: 05/06/2024] [Indexed: 05/29/2024]
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Focal adhesions serve as structural and signaling hubs, facilitating bidirectional communication at the cell-extracellular matrix interface. Paxillin and the related Hic-5 (TGFβ1i1) are adaptor/scaffold proteins that recruit numerous structural and regulatory proteins to focal adhesions, where they perform both overlapping and discrete functions. In this study, paxillin and Hic-5 were expressed in U2OS osteosarcoma cells as biotin ligase (BioID2) fusion proteins and used as bait proteins for proximity-dependent biotinylation in order to directly compare their respective interactomes. The fusion proteins localized to both focal adhesions and the centrosome, resulting in biotinylation of components of each of these structures. Biotinylated proteins were purified and analyzed by mass spectrometry. The list of proximity interactors for paxillin and Hic-5 comprised numerous shared core focal adhesion proteins that likely contribute to their similar functions in cell adhesion and migration, as well as proteins unique to paxillin and Hic-5 that have been previously localized to focal adhesions, the centrosome, or the nucleus. Western blotting confirmed biotinylation and enrichment of FAK and vinculin, known interactors of Hic-5 and paxillin, as well as several potentially unique proximity interactors of Hic-5 and paxillin, including septin 7 and ponsin, respectively. Further investigation into the functional relationship between the unique interactors and Hic-5 or paxillin may yield novel insights into their distinct roles in cell migration.
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- Katia Brock
- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, State University of New York Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York, USA
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, State University of New York Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York, USA
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, State University of New York Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York, USA
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- Proteomics Core Facility, State University of New York Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York, USA
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, State University of New York Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York, USA
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, State University of New York Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York, USA
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Liang PI, Wei YC, Chen HD, Ma YC, Ke HL, Chien CC, Chuang HW. TGFB1I1 promotes cell proliferation and migration in urothelial carcinoma. Kaohsiung J Med Sci 2024; 40:269-279. [PMID: 38180299 DOI: 10.1002/kjm2.12798] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2023] [Revised: 11/24/2023] [Accepted: 11/26/2023] [Indexed: 01/06/2024] Open
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Urothelial carcinoma (UC) is common cancer worldwide with a high prevalence in Taiwan, especially in the upper urinary tract, including the renal pelvis and ureter, also classifying as upper urinary tract urothelial carcinoma. Here, we aim to find a representative prognostic marker that strongly correlates to this type of carcinoma. Transforming growth factor beta-1-induced transcript 1 (TGFB1I1) is a cofactor of cellular TGF-β1 and interacts with various nuclear receptors. The previous study showed that TGFB1I1 promotes focal adhesion formation, contributing to the epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) with actin cytoskeleton and vimentin through TGFB1I1 regulation. We aim to reveal the role of TGFB1I1 in the tumorigenesis of UC. In silico and clinicopathological data of upper urinary tract urothelial carcinoma (UTUC) and urinary bladder urothelial carcinoma (UBUC) were accessed and analyzed for IHC staining regarding tumor characteristics, including survival outcome. Finally, an in vitro study was performed to demonstrate the biological changes of UC cells. In UTUC, overexpression of TGFB1I1 was significantly correlated with advanced tumor stage, papillary configuration, and frequent mitosis. Meanwhile, overexpression of TGFB1I1 was significantly correlated with advanced tumor stage and histological grade in UBUC. Moreover, the in vitro study shows that TGFB1I1 affects cell proliferation, viability, migration and wound healing. The EMT markers also decreased upon TGFB1I1 knockdown. In this study, we identified that TGFB1I1 regulates UC cell proliferation and viability and induces the EMT to facilitate cell migration in vitro, leading to its essential role in promoting tumor aggressiveness in both UTUC and UBUC.
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- Peir-In Liang
- Department of Pathology, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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- Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
- Department of Pathology, Kaohsiung Municipal Ta-Tung Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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- Department of Pathology, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
- Center for Cancer Research, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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- Department of Pathology, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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- Department of Urology, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
- Department of Urology, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
- Graduate Institute of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
- Department of Urology, Kaohsiung Municipal Ta-Tung Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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- Department of Pathology, Kaohsiung Municipal Ta-Tung Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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Wu JC, Wang XJ, Zhu JH, Huang XY, Liu M, Qiao Z, Zhang Y, Sun Y, Wang ZY, Zhan P, Zhang T, Hu HL, Liu H, Tang W, Yi F. GPR97 deficiency ameliorates renal interstitial fibrosis in mouse hypertensive nephropathy. Acta Pharmacol Sin 2023; 44:1206-1216. [PMID: 36635422 PMCID: PMC10203364 DOI: 10.1038/s41401-022-01041-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2022] [Accepted: 12/12/2022] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Hypertensive nephropathy (HTN) ranks as the second-leading cause of end-stage renal disease (ESRD). Accumulating evidence suggests that persistent hypertension injures tubular cells, leading to tubulointerstitial fibrosis (TIF), which is involved in the pathogenesis of HTN. G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) are implicated in many important pathological and physiological processes and act as important drug targets. In this study, we explored the intrarenal mechanisms underlying hypertension-associated TIF, and particularly, the potential role of GPR97, a member of the adhesion GPCR subfamily, in TIF. A deoxycorticosterone acetate (DOCA)/salt-induced hypertensive mouse model was used. We revealed a significantly upregulated expression of GPR97 in the kidneys, especially in renal tubules, of the hypertensive mice and 10 patients with biopsy-proven hypertensive kidney injury. GPR97-/- mice showed markedly elevated blood pressure, which was comparable to that of wild-type mice following DOCA/salt treatment, but dramatically ameliorated renal injury and TIF. In NRK-52E cells, we demonstrated that knockdown of GPR97 suppressed the activation of TGF-β signaling by disturbing small GTPase RhoA-mediated cytoskeletal reorganization, thus inhibiting clathrin-mediated endocytosis of TGF-β receptors and subsequent Smad activation. Collectively, this study demonstrates that GPR97 contributes to hypertension-associated TIF at least in part by facilitating TGF-β signaling, suggesting that GPR97 is a pivotal intrarenal factor for TIF progression under hypertensive conditions, and therapeutic strategies targeting GPR97 may improve the outcomes of patients with HTN.
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- Ji-Chao Wu
- The Key Laboratory of Infection and Immunity of Shandong Province, Department of Pharmacology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Shandong University, Jinan, 250012, China
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- The Key Laboratory of Infection and Immunity of Shandong Province, Department of Pharmacology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Shandong University, Jinan, 250012, China
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- The Key Laboratory of Infection and Immunity of Shandong Province, Department of Pharmacology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Shandong University, Jinan, 250012, China
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- The Key Laboratory of Infection and Immunity of Shandong Province, Department of Pharmacology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Shandong University, Jinan, 250012, China
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- The Key Laboratory of Infection and Immunity of Shandong Province, Department of Pharmacology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Shandong University, Jinan, 250012, China
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- The Key Laboratory of Infection and Immunity of Shandong Province, Department of Pharmacology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Shandong University, Jinan, 250012, China
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- The Key Laboratory of Infection and Immunity of Shandong Province, Department of Pharmacology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Shandong University, Jinan, 250012, China
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- The Key Laboratory of Infection and Immunity of Shandong Province, Department of Pharmacology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Shandong University, Jinan, 250012, China
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- The Key Laboratory of Infection and Immunity of Shandong Province, Department of Pharmacology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Shandong University, Jinan, 250012, China
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology, Ministry of Education, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Shandong University, Jinan, 250012, China
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- Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Shandong University, Jinan, 250012, China
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- Department of Systems Biomedicine and Research Center of Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Shandong University, Jinan, 250012, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crystal Materials, Shandong University, Jinan, 250012, China
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- Department of Pathogenic Biology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Shandong University, Jinan, 250012, China.
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- The Key Laboratory of Infection and Immunity of Shandong Province, Department of Pharmacology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Shandong University, Jinan, 250012, China.
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Ravi S, Chokkakula LPP, Giri PS, Korra G, Dey SR, Rath SN. 3D Bioprintable Hypoxia-Mimicking PEG-Based Nano Bioink for Cartilage Tissue Engineering. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2023; 15:19921-19936. [PMID: 37058130 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.3c00389] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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As hypoxia plays a significant role in the formation and maintenance of cartilage tissue, aiming to develop native hypoxia-mimicking tissue engineering scaffolds is an efficient method to treat articular cartilage (AC) defects. Cobalt (Co) is documented for its hypoxic-inducing effects in vitro by stabilizing the hypoxia-inducible factor-1α (HIF-1α), a chief regulator of stem cell fate. Considering this, we developed a novel three-dimensional (3D) bioprintable hypoxia-mimicking nano bioink wherein cobalt nanowires (Co NWs) were incorporated into the poly(ethylene glycol) diacrylate (PEGDA) hydrogel system as a hypoxia-inducing agent and encapsulated with umbilical cord-derived mesenchymal stem cells (UMSCs). In the current study, we investigated the impact of Co NWs on the chondrogenic differentiation of UMSCs in the PEGDA hydrogel system. Herein, the hypoxia-mimicking nano bioink (PEGDA+Co NW) was rheologically optimized to bioprint geometrically stable cartilaginous constructs. The bioprinted 3D constructs were evaluated for their physicochemical characterization, swelling-degradation behavior, mechanical properties, cell proliferation, and the expression of chondrogenic markers by histological, immunofluorescence, and reverse transcription-quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR) methods. The results disclosed that, compared to the control (PEGDA) group, the hypoxia-mimicking nano bioink (PEGDA+Co NW) group outperformed in print fidelity and mechanical properties. Furthermore, live/dead staining, double-stranded DNA (dsDNA) content, and glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) content demonstrated that adding low amounts of Co NWs (<20 ppm) into PEGDA hydrogel system supported UMSC adhesion, proliferation, and differentiation. Histological and immunofluorescence staining of the PEGDA+Co NW bioprinted structures revealed the production of type 2 collagen (COL2) and sulfated GAGs, rendering it a feasible option for cartilage repair. It was further corroborated by a significant upregulation of the hypoxia-mediated chondrogenic and downregulation of the hypertrophic/osteogenic marker expression. In conclusion, the hypoxia-mimicking hydrogel system, including PEGDA and Co2+ ions, synergistically directs the UMSCs toward the chondrocyte lineage without using expensive growth factors and provides an alternative strategy for translational applications in the cartilage tissue engineering field.
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- Subhashini Ravi
- Regenerative Medicine and Stem cell Laboratory (RMS), Department of Biomedical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad, Kandi 502284, Telangana, India
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- Department of Materials Science and Metallurgical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad, Kandi 502284, Telangana, India
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- Regenerative Medicine and Stem cell Laboratory (RMS), Department of Biomedical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad, Kandi 502284, Telangana, India
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Sri Manjeera Super Specialty Hospital, Sangareddy 502001, Medak, Telangana, India
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- Department of Materials Science and Metallurgical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad, Kandi 502284, Telangana, India
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- Regenerative Medicine and Stem cell Laboratory (RMS), Department of Biomedical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad, Kandi 502284, Telangana, India
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Kapoor M, Chinnathambi S. TGF-β1 signalling in Alzheimer's pathology and cytoskeletal reorganization: a specialized Tau perspective. J Neuroinflammation 2023; 20:72. [PMID: 36915196 PMCID: PMC10012507 DOI: 10.1186/s12974-023-02751-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2022] [Accepted: 02/23/2023] [Indexed: 03/16/2023] Open
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Microtubule-associated protein, Tau has been implicated in Alzheimer's disease for its detachment from microtubules and formation of insoluble intracellular aggregates within the neurons. Recent findings have suggested the expulsion of Tau seeds in the extracellular domain and their prion-like propagation between neurons. Transforming Growth Factor-β1 (TGF-β1) is a ubiquitously occurring cytokine reported to carry out immunomodulation and neuroprotection in the brain. TGF-β-mediated regulation occurs at the level of neuronal survival and differentiation, glial activation (astrocyte and microglia), amyloid production-distribution-clearance and neurofibrillary tangle formation, all of which contributes to Alzheimer's pathophysiology. Its role in the reorganization of cytoskeletal architecture and remodelling of extracellular matrix to facilitate cellular migration has been well-documented. Microglia are the resident immune sentinels of the brain responsible for surveying the local microenvironment, migrating towards the beacon of pertinent damage and phagocytosing the cellular debris or patho-protein deposits at the site of insult. Channelizing microglia to target extracellular Tau could be a good strategy to combat the prion-like transmission and seeding problem in Alzheimer's disease. The current review focuses on reaffirming the role of TGF-β1 signalling in Alzheimer's pathology and cytoskeletal reorganization and considers utilizing the approach of TGF-β-triggered microglia-mediated targeting of extracellular patho-protein, Tau, as a possible potential strategy to combat Alzheimer's disease.
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- Mahima Kapoor
- Neurobiology Group, Division of Biochemical Sciences, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory (CSIR-NCL), Dr. Homi Bhabha Road, 411008, Pune, India.,Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad, 201002, India
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- Neurobiology Group, Division of Biochemical Sciences, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory (CSIR-NCL), Dr. Homi Bhabha Road, 411008, Pune, India. .,Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad, 201002, India. .,Department of Neurochemistry, National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS), Institute of National Importance, Hosur Road, Bangalore, 560029, Karnataka, India.
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Danielpour D, Corum S, Leahy P, Bangalore A. Jagged-1 is induced by mTOR inhibitors in renal cancer cells through an Akt/ALK5/Smad4-dependent mechanism. CURRENT RESEARCH IN PHARMACOLOGY AND DRUG DISCOVERY 2022; 3:100117. [PMID: 35992379 PMCID: PMC9389240 DOI: 10.1016/j.crphar.2022.100117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2022] [Revised: 06/20/2022] [Accepted: 06/30/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
Abstract
The mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) plays an important role in the aggressiveness and therapeutic resistance of many cancers. Targeting mTOR continues to be under clinical investigation for cancer therapy. Despite the notable clinical success of mTOR inhibitors in extending the overall survival of patients with certain malignancies including metastatic renal cell carcinomas (RCCs), the overall impact of mTOR inhibitors on cancers has been generally disappointing and attributed to various compensatory responses. Here we provide the first report that expression of the Notch ligand Jagged-1 (JAG1), which is associated with aggressiveness of RCCs, is induced by several inhibitors of mTOR (rapamycin (Rap), BEZ235, KU-0063794) in human clear cell RCC (ccRCC) cells. Using both molecular and chemical inhibitors of PI3K, Akt, and TGF-β signaling, we provide evidence that the induction of JAG1 expression by mTOR inhibitors in ccRCC cells depends on the activation of Akt and occurs through an ALK5 kinase/Smad4-dependent mechanism. Furthermore, we show that mTOR inhibitors activate Notch1 and induce the expression of drivers of epithelial-mesenchymal transition, notably Hic-5 and Slug. Silencing JAG1 with selective shRNAs blocked the ability of KU-0063794 and Rap to induce Hic-5 in ccRCC cells. Moreover, Rap enhanced TGF-β-induced expression of Hic-5 and Slug, both of which were repressed in JAG1-silenced ccRCC cells. Silencing JAG1 selectively decreased the motility of ccRCC cells treated with Rap or TGF-β1. Moreover, inhibition of Notch signaling with γ-secretase inhibitors enhanced or permitted mTOR inhibitors to suppress the motility of ccRCC cells. We suggest targeting JAG1 may enhance therapeutic responses to mTOR inhibitors in ccRCCs.
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Key Words
- ALK5, Activin-like kinase 5 (TGF-β type I receptor)
- ANOVA, Analysis of variance
- Akt
- BEZ235
- BSA, Bovine serum albumin
- EDTA, Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid
- EMT
- FBS, Fetal bovine serum
- Hic-5
- Hic-5, Hydrogen peroxide-inducible clone 5, also known as transforming growth factor beta induced transcript
- IRS-1, Insulin receptor substrate-1
- JAG1, Jagged-1
- KU-0063794
- MAML-1, Mastermind-like protein-1
- Myr, Myristoylated
- PI3K
- PI3K, Phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase
- RCC, RCC
- Rap, Rapamycin
- Rapamycin
- Renal cancer
- Rheb, Ras homologue enriched in brain
- SE, Standard error
- Slug
- Slug, Snail family of transcription factors encoded by the SNAI2 gene
- Smad, Mothers against decapentaplegic homolog
- Smad4
- TGF-beta
- TGF-β, Transforming growth factor-beta
- TSC, Tuberous Sclerosis Complex
- TβRI, Transforming growth factor β receptor type 1
- TβRII, Transforming growth factor β receptor type 2
- ccRCC, Clear cell renal cell carcinoma
- mRCC, Metastatic renal cell carcinoma
- mTOR
- mTORC1, Mammalian target of rapamycin complex 1
- mTORC2, Mammalian target of rapamycin complex 2
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- David Danielpour
- Case Comprehensive Cancer Center Research Laboratories, The Division of General Medical Sciences-Oncology Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, 44106, USA
- Department of Pharmacology Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, 44106, USA
- Department of Urology University Hospitals of Cleveland, Cleveland, OH, 44106, USA
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- Case Comprehensive Cancer Center Research Laboratories, The Division of General Medical Sciences-Oncology Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, 44106, USA
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- Case Comprehensive Cancer Center Research Laboratories, The Division of General Medical Sciences-Oncology Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, 44106, USA
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- Case Comprehensive Cancer Center Research Laboratories, The Division of General Medical Sciences-Oncology Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, 44106, USA
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Kawaharada M, Yamazaki M, Maruyama S, AbÉ T, Chan NN, Kitano T, Kobayashi T, Maeda T, Tanuma JI. Novel cytological model for the identification of early oral cancer diagnostic markers: The carcinoma sequence model. Oncol Lett 2022; 23:76. [PMID: 35111245 PMCID: PMC8771650 DOI: 10.3892/ol.2022.13196] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2021] [Accepted: 12/29/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Most oral squamous cell carcinomas (OSCCs) arise from a premalignant lesion, oral epithelial dysplasia; however, useful markers for the early detection of OSCC are lacking. The present study aimed to establish a novel experimental model to observe changes in the sequential expression patterns of mRNAs and proteins in a rat model of tongue cancer using liquid-based cytology techniques. Cytology specimens were collected at 2, 5, 8, 11, 14, 17 and 21 weeks from rats treated with 4-nitroquinoline 1-oxide to induce tongue cancer. The expression of candidate biomarkers was examined by performing immunocytochemistry and reverse transcription-quantitative PCR. The percentage of positively stained nuclei was calculated as the labeling index (LI). All rats developed OSCC of the tongue at 21 weeks. The mRNA expression levels of bromodomain protein 4 (Brd4), c-Myc and Tp53 were upregulated during the progression from negative for intraepithelial lesion or malignancy to squamous cell carcinoma (SCC). Brd4- and c-Myc-LI increased in low-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion, high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion and SCC specimens. p53-LI was significantly increased in SCC specimens. This novel experimental model allowed the observation of sequential morphological changes and the expression patterns of mRNAs and proteins during carcinogenesis. Combining immunocytochemistry with cytology-based diagnoses may potentially improve the diagnostic accuracy of OSCC.
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- Masami Kawaharada
- Division of Reconstructive Surgery for Oral and Maxillofacial Region, Faculty of Dentistry and Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata University, Chuo-ku, Niigata 951-8514, Japan.,Division of Oral Pathology, Faculty of Dentistry and Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata University, Chuo-ku, Niigata 951-8514, Japan
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- Division of Oral Pathology, Faculty of Dentistry and Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata University, Chuo-ku, Niigata 951-8514, Japan
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- Oral Pathology Section, Department of Surgical Pathology, Niigata University Hospital, Chuo-ku, Niigata 951-8520, Japan
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- Division of Oral Pathology, Faculty of Dentistry and Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata University, Chuo-ku, Niigata 951-8514, Japan
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- Division of Reconstructive Surgery for Oral and Maxillofacial Region, Faculty of Dentistry and Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata University, Chuo-ku, Niigata 951-8514, Japan.,Division of Oral Pathology, Faculty of Dentistry and Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata University, Chuo-ku, Niigata 951-8514, Japan
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- Oral Pathology Section, Department of Surgical Pathology, Niigata University Hospital, Chuo-ku, Niigata 951-8520, Japan
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- Division of Reconstructive Surgery for Oral and Maxillofacial Region, Faculty of Dentistry and Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata University, Chuo-ku, Niigata 951-8514, Japan
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- Research Center for Advanced Oral Science, Faculty of Dentistry and Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata University, Chuo-ku, Niigata 951-8514, Japan
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- Division of Oral Pathology, Faculty of Dentistry and Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata University, Chuo-ku, Niigata 951-8514, Japan
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Ebola Virus GP Activates Endothelial Cells via Host Cytoskeletal Signaling Factors. Viruses 2022; 14:v14010142. [PMID: 35062347 PMCID: PMC8781776 DOI: 10.3390/v14010142] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2021] [Accepted: 01/10/2022] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Ebola virus disease (EVD) is a lethal disease caused by the highly pathogenic Ebola virus (EBOV), and its major symptoms in severe cases include vascular leakage and hemorrhage. These symptoms are caused by abnormal activation and disruption of endothelial cells (ECs) whose mediators include EBOV glycoprotein (GP) without the need for viral replication. However, the detailed molecular mechanisms underlying virus-host interactions remain largely unknown. Here, we show that EBOV-like particles (VLPs) formed by GP, VP40, and NP activate ECs in a GP-dependent manner, as demonstrated by the upregulation of intercellular adhesion molecules-1 (ICAM-1) expression. VLPs-mediated ECs activation showed a different kinetic pattern from that of TNF-α-mediated activation and was associated with apoptotic ECs disruption. In contrast to TNF-α, VLPs induced ICAM-1 overexpression at late time points. Furthermore, screening of host cytoskeletal signaling inhibitors revealed that focal adhesion kinase inhibitors were found to be potent inhibitors of ICAM-1 expression mediated by both TNF-α and VLPs. Our results suggest that EBOV GP stimulates ECs to induce endothelial activation and dysfunction with the involvement of host cytoskeletal signaling factors, which represent potential therapeutic targets for EVD.
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De Marzio M, Kılıç A, Maiorino E, Mitchel JA, Mwase C, O'Sullivan MJ, McGill M, Chase R, Fredberg JJ, Park JA, Glass K, Weiss ST. Genomic signatures of the unjamming transition in compressed human bronchial epithelial cells. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2021; 7:7/30/eabf1088. [PMID: 34301595 PMCID: PMC8302128 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abf1088] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2020] [Accepted: 06/07/2021] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Epithelial tissue can transition from a jammed, solid-like, quiescent phase to an unjammed, fluid-like, migratory phase, but the underlying molecular events of the unjamming transition (UJT) remain largely unexplored. Using primary human bronchial epithelial cells (HBECs) and one well-defined trigger of the UJT, compression mimicking the mechanical effects of bronchoconstriction, here, we combine RNA sequencing data with protein-protein interaction networks to provide the first genome-wide analysis of the UJT. Our results show that compression induces an early transcriptional activation of the membrane and actomyosin network and a delayed activation of the extracellular matrix (ECM) and cell-matrix networks. This response is associated with a signaling cascade that promotes actin polymerization and cellular motility through the coordinated interplay of downstream pathways including ERK, JNK, integrin signaling, and energy metabolism. Moreover, in nonasthmatic versus asthmatic HBECs, common genomic patterns associated with ECM remodeling suggest a molecular connection between airway remodeling, bronchoconstriction, and the UJT.
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- Margherita De Marzio
- Channing Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
- Department of Environmental Health, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
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- Channing Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Channing Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Environmental Health, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Environmental Health, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Environmental Health, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Environmental Health, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
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- Channing Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Environmental Health, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Environmental Health, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
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- Channing Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Biostatistics, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
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- Channing Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
- Department of Environmental Health, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
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Wu X, Verschut V, Woest ME, Ng-Blichfeldt JP, Matias A, Villetti G, Accetta A, Facchinetti F, Gosens R, Kistemaker LEM. Rho-Kinase 1/2 Inhibition Prevents Transforming Growth Factor-β-Induced Effects on Pulmonary Remodeling and Repair. Front Pharmacol 2021; 11:609509. [PMID: 33551810 PMCID: PMC7855981 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2020.609509] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2020] [Accepted: 12/15/2020] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Transforming growth factor (TGF)-β-induced myofibroblast transformation and alterations in mesenchymal-epithelial interactions contribute to chronic lung diseases such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), asthma and pulmonary fibrosis. Rho-associated coiled-coil-forming protein kinase (ROCK) consists as two isoforms, ROCK1 and ROCK2, and both are playing critical roles in many cellular responses to injury. In this study, we aimed to elucidate the differential role of ROCK isoforms on TGF-β signaling in lung fibrosis and repair. For this purpose, we tested the effect of a non-selective ROCK 1 and 2 inhibitor (compound 31) and a selective ROCK2 inhibitor (compound A11) in inhibiting TGF-β-induced remodeling in lung fibroblasts and slices; and dysfunctional epithelial-progenitor interactions in lung organoids. Here, we demonstrated that the inhibition of ROCK1/2 with compound 31 represses TGF-β-driven actin remodeling as well as extracellular matrix deposition in lung fibroblasts and PCLS, whereas selective ROCK2 inhibition with compound A11 did not. Furthermore, the TGF-β induced inhibition of organoid formation was functionally restored in a concentration-dependent manner by both dual ROCK 1 and 2 inhibition and selective ROCK2 inhibition. We conclude that dual pharmacological inhibition of ROCK 1 and 2 counteracts TGF-β induced effects on remodeling and alveolar epithelial progenitor function, suggesting this to be a promising therapeutic approach for respiratory diseases associated with fibrosis and defective lung repair.
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- Xinhui Wu
- Department of Molecular Pharmacology, Faculty of Science and Engineering, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
- Groningen Research Institute for Asthma and COPD, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
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- Department of Molecular Pharmacology, Faculty of Science and Engineering, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
- Groningen Research Institute for Asthma and COPD, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
- AQUILO BV, Groningen, Netherlands
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- Department of Molecular Pharmacology, Faculty of Science and Engineering, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
- Groningen Research Institute for Asthma and COPD, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
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- Department of Molecular Pharmacology, Faculty of Science and Engineering, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
- Groningen Research Institute for Asthma and COPD, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
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- Corporate Pre-Clinical R and D, Chiesi Farmaceutici S.p.A., Parma, Italy
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- Corporate Pre-Clinical R and D, Chiesi Farmaceutici S.p.A., Parma, Italy
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- Department of Molecular Pharmacology, Faculty of Science and Engineering, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
- Groningen Research Institute for Asthma and COPD, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
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- Department of Molecular Pharmacology, Faculty of Science and Engineering, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
- Groningen Research Institute for Asthma and COPD, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
- AQUILO BV, Groningen, Netherlands
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Weill Y, Zimran A, Zadok D, Wasser LM, Revel-Vilk S, Hanhart J, Dinur T, Arkadir D, Becker-Cohen M. Macular Ganglion Cell Complex and Peripapillary Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer Thinning in Patients with Type-1 Gaucher Disease. Int J Mol Sci 2020; 21:ijms21197027. [PMID: 32987733 PMCID: PMC7582605 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21197027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2020] [Revised: 09/17/2020] [Accepted: 09/21/2020] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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Type-1 Gaucher disease (GD1) is considered to be non- neuronopathic however recent evidence of neurological involvement continues to accumulate. There is limited evidence of retinal abnormalities in GD1. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the retinal findings of patients with GD1. Thirty GD1 individuals and 30 healthy volunteers between the ages 40–75 years were prospectively enrolled. Macular and optic nerve optical coherence tomography (OCT) scans of both eyes of each patient were performed and thickness maps were compared between groups. Patients with a known neurodegenerative disease, glaucoma, high myopia and previous intraocular surgeries were excluded. It was shown that patients with GD1 presented with higher incidence of abnormal pRNFL OCT scan and showed significantly thinner areas of pRNFL and macular ganglion cell complex (GCC) when compared to a healthy control population. Changes in retinal thickness were not associated with GD1 genotype, treatment status, disease monitoring biomarker (lyso-Gb1) and severity score index (Zimran SSI). Further investigations are needed to determine whether these findings possess functional visual implications and if retinal thinning may serve as biomarker for the development of future neurodegenerative disease in this population.
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- Yishay Weill
- Department of Ophthalmology, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem 9103102, Israel; (D.Z.); (L.M.W.); (J.H.)
- Faculty of Medicine, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem 9112001, Israel; (A.Z.); (S.R.-V.); (T.D.); (D.A.); (M.B.-C.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +972-2-6555246
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- Faculty of Medicine, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem 9112001, Israel; (A.Z.); (S.R.-V.); (T.D.); (D.A.); (M.B.-C.)
- Gaucher Unit, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem 9103102, Israel
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem 9103102, Israel; (D.Z.); (L.M.W.); (J.H.)
- Faculty of Medicine, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem 9112001, Israel; (A.Z.); (S.R.-V.); (T.D.); (D.A.); (M.B.-C.)
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem 9103102, Israel; (D.Z.); (L.M.W.); (J.H.)
- Faculty of Medicine, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem 9112001, Israel; (A.Z.); (S.R.-V.); (T.D.); (D.A.); (M.B.-C.)
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- Faculty of Medicine, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem 9112001, Israel; (A.Z.); (S.R.-V.); (T.D.); (D.A.); (M.B.-C.)
- Gaucher Unit, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem 9103102, Israel
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem 9103102, Israel; (D.Z.); (L.M.W.); (J.H.)
- Faculty of Medicine, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem 9112001, Israel; (A.Z.); (S.R.-V.); (T.D.); (D.A.); (M.B.-C.)
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- Faculty of Medicine, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem 9112001, Israel; (A.Z.); (S.R.-V.); (T.D.); (D.A.); (M.B.-C.)
- Gaucher Unit, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem 9103102, Israel
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- Faculty of Medicine, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem 9112001, Israel; (A.Z.); (S.R.-V.); (T.D.); (D.A.); (M.B.-C.)
- Department of Neurology, Hadassah Medical Center, Jerusalem 9112001, Israel
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- Faculty of Medicine, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem 9112001, Israel; (A.Z.); (S.R.-V.); (T.D.); (D.A.); (M.B.-C.)
- Gaucher Unit, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem 9103102, Israel
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Alpha KM, Xu W, Turner CE. Paxillin family of focal adhesion adaptor proteins and regulation of cancer cell invasion. INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2020; 355:1-52. [PMID: 32859368 PMCID: PMC7737098 DOI: 10.1016/bs.ircmb.2020.05.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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The paxillin family of proteins, including paxillin, Hic-5, and leupaxin, are focal adhesion adaptor/scaffolding proteins which localize to cell-matrix adhesions and are important in cell adhesion and migration of both normal and cancer cells. Historically, the role of these proteins in regulating the actin cytoskeleton through focal adhesion-mediated signaling has been well documented. However, studies in recent years have revealed additional functions in modulating the microtubule and intermediate filament cytoskeletons to affect diverse processes including cell polarization, vesicle trafficking and mechanosignaling. Expression of paxillin family proteins in stromal cells is also important in regulating tumor cell migration and invasion through non-cell autonomous effects on the extracellular matrix. Both paxillin and Hic-5 can also influence gene expression through a variety of mechanisms, while their own expression is frequently dysregulated in various cancers. Accordingly, these proteins may serve as valuable targets for novel diagnostic and treatment approaches in cancer.
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- Kyle M Alpha
- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, United States
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, United States
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, United States.
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Wu WS. The role of hydrogen peroxide-inducible clone-5 in tumor progression. Tzu Chi Med J 2020; 32:1-4. [PMID: 32110512 PMCID: PMC7015009 DOI: 10.4103/tcmj.tcmj_120_19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2019] [Revised: 06/04/2019] [Accepted: 06/19/2019] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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The poor prognosis of cancers such as hepatocellular carcinoma is due to high recurrence rate mainly caused by metastasis. Target therapy aiming at critical signal molecules within these pathways is one of the promising strategies for the prevention of metastasis. Hydrogen peroxide-inducible clone-5 (Hic-5), which belongs to the paxillin superfamily, is emerging as a potential target along the metastatic signaling pathway. Hic-5 and paxillin share similar structural features; however, there are a lot of different biochemical properties between them, including tissue-specific distribution, regulation of gene expression, critical signal cascade, and the impacts on cellular phenotypes. This review focus on the recent studies of Hic-5 related to its impacts on signal transduction and transcription responsible for tumor progression. Hic-5 may regulate mitogen-activated protein kinase cascade for cell migration and invasion in various systems. Hic-5 can mediate transforming growth factor-β1-induced epithelial–mesenchymal transition (EMT) via RhoA- and Src-dependent signaling. Moreover, Hic-5 plays a central role in a positive feedback Hic-5-NADPH oxidase-ROS-JNK signal cascade. This sustained signaling is required for regulating EMT-related genes including E-cadherin, Snail, MMP9, and Zeb-1. In addition, Hic-5 can be a transcription coregulatory factor for a lot of nuclear receptors. Owing to the critical role of Hic-5 in signal transduction and transcription responsible for tumor progression, it can be a potential therapeutic target for the prevention of tumor metastasis.
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- Wen-Sheng Wu
- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Biotechnology, College of Medicine, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan
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Qian B, Wei L, Yang Z, He Q, Chen H, Wang A, Yang D, Li Q, Li J, Zheng S, Fu W. Hic-5 in pancreatic stellate cells affects proliferation, apoptosis, migration, invasion of pancreatic cancer cells and postoperative survival time of pancreatic cancer. Biomed Pharmacother 2019; 121:109355. [PMID: 31683179 DOI: 10.1016/j.biopha.2019.109355] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2019] [Revised: 08/07/2019] [Accepted: 08/14/2019] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Pancreatic cancer is one of the most severe types of tumors, with a 5-year survival rate of less than 7%. The prognosis and treatment of pancreatic cancer are largely limited by the extent of tumor invasion and the presence of lymph node and distant metastases. Therefore, exploring the biological behavior of pancreatic cancer cells (PCCs) is extremely important for the understanding, diagnosis, and treatment of pancreatic cancer. Current studies have shown that pancreatic stellate cells (PSCs) regulate the biological behavior of PCCs, such as their proliferation, apoptosis, invasion, and migration, by remodeling the extracellular matrix. Though Hic-5 is an important gene in PSCs, no study has investigated the regulation of PCCs by Hic-5. Here, we demonstrate that Hic-5 expression is upregulated in pancreatic cancer and that siRNA transfection can effectively inhibit Hic-5 expression. Compared to the control group, Hic-5 inhibition significantly reduced proliferation, increased apoptosis, and reduced invasion and migration of PCCs. Moreover, the inhibition of Hic-5 expression simultaneously reduced matrix metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9) expression. Statistical analysis revealed that Hic-5 expression was higher among the pancreatic cancer group than among the normal group and was negatively correlated with postoperative survival time among patients with pancreatic cancer. These results have important clinical significance for further exploring the molecular mechanism involved in Hic-5-mediated invasion and metastasis of pancreatic cancer and ameliorating the prognosis of patients with pancreatic cancer.
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- Baolin Qian
- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, The Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, Sichuan, China.
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- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, The Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, Sichuan, China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, The Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, Sichuan, China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, The Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, Sichuan, China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, The Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, Sichuan, China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, The Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, Sichuan, China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, The Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, Sichuan, China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, The Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, Sichuan, China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, The Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, Sichuan, China
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- Department of Nursing, The Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University, Sichuan, China.
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- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, The Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, Sichuan, China; Academician (Expert) Workstation of Sichuan Province, The Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, Sichuan, China.
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Vohnoutka RB, Gulvady AC, Goreczny G, Alpha K, Handelman SK, Sexton JZ, Turner CE. The focal adhesion scaffold protein Hic-5 regulates vimentin organization in fibroblasts. Mol Biol Cell 2019; 30:3037-3056. [PMID: 31644368 PMCID: PMC6880880 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e19-08-0442] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Focal adhesion (FA)-stimulated reorganization of the F-actin cytoskeleton regulates cellular size, shape, and mechanical properties. However, FA cross-talk with the intermediate filament cytoskeleton is poorly understood. Genetic ablation of the FA-associated scaffold protein Hic-5 in mouse cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) promoted a dramatic collapse of the vimentin network, which was rescued following EGFP-Hic-5 expression. Vimentin collapse correlated with a loss of detergent-soluble vimentin filament precursors and decreased vimentin S72/S82 phosphorylation. Additionally, fluorescence recovery after photobleaching analysis indicated impaired vimentin dynamics. Microtubule (MT)-associated EB1 tracking and Western blotting of MT posttranslational modifications indicated no change in MT dynamics that could explain the vimentin collapse. However, pharmacological inhibition of the RhoGTPase Cdc42 in Hic-5 knockout CAFs rescued the vimentin collapse, while pan-formin inhibition with SMIFH2 promoted vimentin collapse in Hic-5 heterozygous CAFs. Our results reveal novel regulation of vimentin organization/dynamics by the FA scaffold protein Hic-5 via modulation of RhoGTPases and downstream formin activity.
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- Rishel B Vohnoutka
- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, State University of New York Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY 13210
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, State University of New York Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY 13210
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, State University of New York Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY 13210
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, State University of New York Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY 13210
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Michigan Medicine at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, State University of New York Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY 13210
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Gulvady AC, Forsythe IJ, Turner CE. Hic-5 regulates Src-induced invadopodia rosette formation and organization. Mol Biol Cell 2019; 30:1298-1313. [PMID: 30893012 PMCID: PMC6724605 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e18-10-0629] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Fibroblasts transformed by the proto-oncogene Src form individual invadopodia that can spontaneously self-organize into large matrix-degrading superstructures called rosettes. However, the mechanisms by which the invadopodia can spatiotemporally reorganize their architecture is not well understood. Here, we show that Hic-5, a close relative of the scaffold protein paxillin, is essential for the formation and organization of rosettes in active Src-transfected NIH3T3 fibroblasts and cancer-associated fibroblasts. Live cell imaging, combined with domain-mapping analysis of Hic-5, identified critical motifs as well as phosphorylation sites that are required for the formation and dynamics of rosettes. Using pharmacological inhibition and mutant expression, we show that FAK kinase activity, along with its proximity to and potential interaction with the LD2,3 motifs of Hic-5, is necessary for rosette formation. Invadopodia dynamics and their coalescence into rosettes were also dependent on Rac1, formin, and myosin II activity. Superresolution microscopy revealed the presence of formin FHOD1 and INF2-mediated unbranched radial F-actin fibers emanating from invadopodia and rosettes, which may facilitate rosette formation. Collectively, our data highlight a novel role for Hic-5 in orchestrating the organization of invadopodia into higher-order rosettes, which may promote the localized matrix degradation necessary for tumor cell invasion.
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- Anushree C Gulvady
- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, State University of New York Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY 13210
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, State University of New York Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY 13210
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, State University of New York Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY 13210
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Zhao Y, Huang W, Kim TM, Jung Y, Menon LG, Xing H, Li H, Carroll RS, Park PJ, Yang HW, Johnson MD. MicroRNA-29a activates a multi-component growth and invasion program in glioblastoma. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL & CLINICAL CANCER RESEARCH : CR 2019; 38:36. [PMID: 30683134 PMCID: PMC6347789 DOI: 10.1186/s13046-019-1026-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2018] [Accepted: 01/06/2019] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
Abstract
Background Glioblastoma is a malignant brain tumor characterized by rapid growth, diffuse invasion and therapeutic resistance. We recently used microRNA expression profiles to subclassify glioblastoma into five genetically and clinically distinct subclasses, and showed that microRNAs both define and contribute to the phenotypes of these subclasses. Here we show that miR-29a activates a multi-faceted growth and invasion program that promotes glioblastoma aggressiveness. Methods microRNA expression profiles from 197 glioblastomas were analyzed to identify the candidate miRNAs that are correlated to glioblastoma aggressiveness. The candidate miRNA, miR-29a, was further studied in vitro and in vivo. Results Members of the miR-29 subfamily display increased expression in the two glioblastoma subclasses with the worst prognoses (astrocytic and neural). We observed that miR-29a is among the microRNAs that are most positively-correlated with PTEN copy number in glioblastoma, and that miR-29a promotes glioblastoma growth and invasion in part by targeting PTEN. In PTEN-deficient glioblastoma cells, however, miR-29a nevertheless activates AKT by downregulating the metastasis suppressor, EphB3. In addition, miR-29a robustly promotes invasion in PTEN-deficient glioblastoma cells by repressing translation of the Sox4 transcription factor, and this upregulates the invasion-promoting protein, HIC5. Indeed, we identified Sox4 as the most anti-correlated predicted target of miR-29a in glioblastoma. Importantly, inhibition of endogenous miR-29a decreases glioblastoma growth and invasion in vitro and in vivo, and increased miR-29a expression in glioblastoma specimens correlates with decreased patient survival. Conclusions Taken together, these data identify miR-29a as a master regulator of glioblastoma growth and invasion. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1186/s13046-019-1026-1) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Yun Zhao
- Department of Neurosurgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.,Department of Chemotherapy, Tumor Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, No.2, Nanning, Guangxi, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Informatics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Albert Sherman Center AS6-1001, 368 Plantation Street, Worcester, MA, 01605, USA.,Department of Neurosurgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Informatics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Albert Sherman Center AS6-1001, 368 Plantation Street, Worcester, MA, 01605, USA. .,Department of Neurosurgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Albert Sherman Center AS6-1001, 368 Plantation Street, Worcester, MA, 01605, USA. .,Department of Neurosurgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. .,Program in Neuro-Oncology, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA. .,Department of Neurological Surgery, UMass Memorial Healthcare, University of Massachusetts Medical School, 55 Lake Avenue North, S2-855, Worcester, MA, 01655, USA.
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Gulvady AC, Dubois F, Deakin NO, Goreczny GJ, Turner CE. Hic-5 expression is a major indicator of cancer cell morphology, migration, and plasticity in three-dimensional matrices. Mol Biol Cell 2018; 29:1704-1717. [PMID: 29771639 PMCID: PMC6080706 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e18-02-0092] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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The focal adhesion proteins Hic-5 and paxillin have been previously identified as key regulators of MDA-MB-231 breast cancer cell migration and morphologic mesenchymal-amoeboid plasticity in three-dimensional (3D) extracellular matrices (ECMs). However, their respective roles in other cancer cell types have not been evaluated. Herein, utilizing 3D cell-derived matrices and fibronectin-coated one-dimensional substrates, we show that across a variety of cancer cell lines, the level of Hic-5 expression serves as the major indicator of the cells primary morphology, plasticity, and in vitro invasiveness. Domain mapping studies reveal sites critical to the functions of both Hic-5 and paxillin in regulating phenotype, while ectopic expression of Hic-5 in cell lines with low endogenous levels of the protein is sufficient to induce a Rac1-dependent mesenchymal phenotype and, in turn, increase amoeboid-mesenchymal plasticity and invasion. We show that the activity of vinculin, when coupled to the expression of Hic-5 is required for the mesenchymal morphology in the 3D ECM. Taken together, our results identify Hic-5 as a critical modulator of tumor cell phenotype that could be utilized in predicting tumor cell migratory and invasive behavior in vivo.
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- Anushree C Gulvady
- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, State University of New York Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY 13210
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, State University of New York Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY 13210
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, State University of New York Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY 13210
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, State University of New York Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY 13210
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, State University of New York Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY 13210
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Nalluri SM, O'Connor JW, Virgi GA, Stewart SE, Ye D, Gomez EW. TGFβ1-induced expression of caldesmon mediates epithelial-mesenchymal transition. Cytoskeleton (Hoboken) 2018; 75:201-212. [PMID: 29466836 DOI: 10.1002/cm.21437] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2017] [Revised: 02/13/2018] [Accepted: 02/19/2018] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) is an important process that mediates organ development and wound healing, and in pathological contexts, it can contribute to the progression of fibrosis and cancer. During EMT, cells exhibit marked changes in cytoskeletal organization and increased expression of a variety of actin associated proteins. Here, we sought to determine the role of caldesmon in mediating EMT in response to transforming growth factor (TGF)-β1. We find that the expression level and phosphorylation state of caldesmon increase as a function of time following induction of EMT by TGFβ1 and these changes in caldesmon correlate with increased focal adhesion number and size and increased cell contractility. Knockdown and forced expression of caldesmon in epithelial cells reveals that caldesmon expression plays an important role in regulating the expression of the myofibroblast marker alpha smooth muscle actin. Results from these studies provide insight into the role of cytoskeletal associated proteins in the regulation of EMT and may suggest ways to target the cell cytoskeleton for regulating EMT processes.
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- Sandeep M Nalluri
- Department of Chemical Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802.,Department of Biomedical Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802
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Paul J, Singh AK, Kathania M, Elviche TL, Zeng M, Basrur V, Theiss AL, Venuprasad K. IL-17-driven intestinal fibrosis is inhibited by Itch-mediated ubiquitination of HIC-5. Mucosal Immunol 2018; 11:427-436. [PMID: 28612841 DOI: 10.1038/mi.2017.53] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2017] [Accepted: 05/14/2017] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Intestinal fibrosis is a major complication in inflammatory bowel diseases, but the regulatory mechanism that inhibits fibrosis remains unclear. Here we demonstrate that Itch-/-myofibroblasts express increased amounts of profibrotic collagen type I and α-SMA in response to IL-17. Mechanistically, we demonstrate that Itch directly binds to HIC-5 and targets it for K63-linked ubiquitination to inhibit IL-17-driven intestinal fibrosis. Reconstitution of Itch-/- myofibroblasts with wild-type Itch but not the Itch-C830A mutant normalized the expression of profibrotic genes. Similarly, shRNA-mediated inhibition of HIC-5 normalized the expression of profibrotic gene expression. Thus, we have uncovered a novel mechanism by which Itch negatively regulates intestinal fibrosis.
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- J Paul
- Baylor Institute for Immunology Research, Baylor Research Institute, Dallas, Texas, USA
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- Baylor Institute for Immunology Research, Baylor Research Institute, Dallas, Texas, USA
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- Baylor Institute for Immunology Research, Baylor Research Institute, Dallas, Texas, USA
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- Baylor Institute for Immunology Research, Baylor Research Institute, Dallas, Texas, USA
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- Baylor Institute for Immunology Research, Baylor Research Institute, Dallas, Texas, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Baylor Research Institute, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA
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- Baylor Institute for Immunology Research, Baylor Research Institute, Dallas, Texas, USA
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Goreczny GJ, Forsythe IJ, Turner CE. Hic-5 regulates fibrillar adhesion formation to control tumor extracellular matrix remodeling through interaction with tensin1. Oncogene 2018; 37:1699-1713. [PMID: 29348458 PMCID: PMC5876083 DOI: 10.1038/s41388-017-0074-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2017] [Revised: 11/02/2017] [Accepted: 11/19/2017] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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The linearization of the stromal extracellular matrix (ECM) by cancer associated fibroblasts (CAFs) facilitates tumor cell growth and metastasis. However, the mechanism by which the ECM is remodeled is not fully understood. Hic-5 (TGFβ1i1), a focal adhesion scaffold protein, has previously been reported to be crucial for stromal ECM deposition and remodeling in vivo. Herein we show that CAFs lacking Hic-5 exhibit a significant reduction in the ability to form fibrillar adhesions, a specialized form of focal adhesion that promote fibronectin fibrillogenesis. Hic-5 was found to promote fibrillar adhesion formation through a newly characterized interaction with tensin1. Furthermore, Src dependent phosphorylation of Hic-5 facilitated the interaction with tensin1 to prevent β1 integrin internalization and trafficking to the lysosome. The interaction between Hic-5 and tensin1 was mechanosensitive, promoting fibrillar adhesion formation and fibronectin fibrillogenesis in a rigidity dependent fashion. Importantly, this Src dependent mechanism was conserved in three-dimensional (3D) ECM environments. Immunohistochemistry of tensin1 showed enrichment in CAFs in vivo, which was abrogated upon deletion of Hic-5. Interestingly, elevated Hic-5 expression correlates with reduced distant metastasis free survival in patients with basal-like, HER2+ and grade 3 tumors. Thus, we have identified Hic-5 as a crucial regulator of ECM remodeling in CAFs by promoting fibrillar adhesion formation through a novel interaction with tensin1.
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- Gregory J Goreczny
- Department of Cell & Developmental Biology, State University of New York Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, USA
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- Department of Cell & Developmental Biology, State University of New York Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, USA
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- Department of Cell & Developmental Biology, State University of New York Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, USA.
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FAK and paxillin, two potential targets in pancreatic cancer. Oncotarget 2017; 7:31586-601. [PMID: 26980710 PMCID: PMC5058780 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.8040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2015] [Accepted: 02/11/2016] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is a devastating cancer in large part due to late diagnosis and a lack of effective screening tests. In spite of recent progress in imaging, surgery and new therapeutic options for pancreatic cancer, the overall five-year survival still remains unacceptably low. Numerous studies have shown that focal adhesion kinase (FAK) is activated in many cancers including PDAC and promotes cancer progression and metastasis. Paxillin, an intracellular adaptor protein that plays a key role in cytoskeletal organization, connects integrins to FAK and plays a key role in assembly and disassembly of focal adhesions. Here, we have reviewed evidence in support of FAK as a potential therapeutic target and summarized related combinatorial therapies.
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Duran CL, Howell DW, Dave JM, Smith RL, Torrie ME, Essner JJ, Bayless KJ. Molecular Regulation of Sprouting Angiogenesis. Compr Physiol 2017; 8:153-235. [PMID: 29357127 DOI: 10.1002/cphy.c160048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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The term angiogenesis arose in the 18th century. Several studies over the next 100 years laid the groundwork for initial studies performed by the Folkman laboratory, which were at first met with some opposition. Once overcome, the angiogenesis field has flourished due to studies on tumor angiogenesis and various developmental models that can be genetically manipulated, including mice and zebrafish. In addition, new discoveries have been aided by the ability to isolate primary endothelial cells, which has allowed dissection of various steps within angiogenesis. This review will summarize the molecular events that control angiogenesis downstream of biochemical factors such as growth factors, cytokines, chemokines, hypoxia-inducible factors (HIFs), and lipids. These and other stimuli have been linked to regulation of junctional molecules and cell surface receptors. In addition, the contribution of cytoskeletal elements and regulatory proteins has revealed an intricate role for mobilization of actin, microtubules, and intermediate filaments in response to cues that activate the endothelium. Activating stimuli also affect various focal adhesion proteins, scaffold proteins, intracellular kinases, and second messengers. Finally, metalloproteinases, which facilitate matrix degradation and the formation of new blood vessels, are discussed, along with our knowledge of crosstalk between the various subclasses of these molecules throughout the text. Compr Physiol 8:153-235, 2018.
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- Camille L Duran
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Medicine, Texas A&M Health Science Center, College Station, Texas, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Medicine, Texas A&M Health Science Center, College Station, Texas, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Medicine, Texas A&M Health Science Center, College Station, Texas, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Medicine, Texas A&M Health Science Center, College Station, Texas, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Development and Cell Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Development and Cell Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Medicine, Texas A&M Health Science Center, College Station, Texas, USA
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Rashid M, Belmont J, Carpenter D, Turner CE, Olson EC. Neural-specific deletion of the focal adhesion adaptor protein paxillin slows migration speed and delays cortical layer formation. Development 2017; 144:4002-4014. [PMID: 28935710 DOI: 10.1242/dev.147934] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2016] [Accepted: 09/11/2017] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Paxillin and Hic-5 are homologous focal adhesion adaptor proteins that coordinate cytoskeletal rearrangements in response to integrin signaling, but their role(s) in cortical development are unknown. Here, we find that Hic-5-deficient mice are postnatal viable with normal cortical layering. Mice with a neural-specific deletion of paxillin are also postnatal viable, but show evidence of a cortical neuron migration delay that is evident pre- and perinatally, but is not detected at postnatal day 35 (P35). This phenotype is not modified by Hic-5 deficiency (double knockout). Specific deletion of paxillin in postmitotic neurons using Nex-Cre-mediated recombination as well as in utero electroporation of a Cre-expression construct identified a cell-autonomous requirement for paxillin in migrating neurons. Paxillin-deficient neurons have shorter leading processes that exhibited multiple swellings in comparison with control. Multiphoton imaging revealed that paxillin-deficient neurons migrate ∼30% slower than control neurons. This phenotype is similar to that produced by deletion of focal adhesion kinase (FAK), a signaling partner of paxillin, and suggests that paxillin and FAK function cell-autonomously to control migrating neuron morphology and speed during cortical development.
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- Mamunur Rashid
- Department of Neuroscience and Physiology, SUNY Upstate Medical University, 505 Irving Avenue, Syracuse, NY 13210, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience and Physiology, SUNY Upstate Medical University, 505 Irving Avenue, Syracuse, NY 13210, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience and Physiology, SUNY Upstate Medical University, 505 Irving Avenue, Syracuse, NY 13210, USA
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, SUNY Upstate Medical University, 750 E Adams Street, Syracuse, NY 13210, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience and Physiology, SUNY Upstate Medical University, 505 Irving Avenue, Syracuse, NY 13210, USA
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Sheta R, Wang ZQ, Bachvarova M, Plante M, Gregoire J, Renaud MC, Sebastianelli A, Gobeil S, Morin C, Macdonald E, Vanderhyden B, Bachvarov D. Hic-5 regulates epithelial to mesenchymal transition in ovarian cancer cells in a TGFβ1-independent manner. Oncotarget 2017; 8:82506-82530. [PMID: 29137281 PMCID: PMC5669907 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.19714] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2017] [Accepted: 06/17/2017] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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The molecular basis of epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) dissemination is still poorly understood. We have previously identified the hydrogen peroxide-inducible clone-5 (Hic-5) gene as hypomethylated in high-grade (HG) serous EOC tumors, compared to normal ovarian tissues. Hic-5 is a focal adhesion scaffold protein and has been primarily studied for its role as a key mediator of TGF-β–induced epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT) in epithelial cells of both normal and malignant origin; however, its role in EOC has been never investigated. Here we demonstrate that Hic-5 is overexpressed in advanced EOC, and that Hic-5 is upregulated upon TGFβ1 treatment in the EOC cell line with epithelial morphology (A2780s), associated with EMT induction. However, ectopic expression of Hic-5 in A2780s cells induces EMT independently of TGFβ1, accompanied with enhancement of cellular proliferation rate and migratory/invasive capacity and increased resistance to chemotherapeutic drugs. Moreover, Hic-5 knockdown in the EOC cells with mesenchymal morphology (SKOV3) was accompanied by induction of mesenchymal-to-epithelial transition (MET), followed by a reduction of their proliferative, migratory/invasive capacity, and increased drugs sensitivity in vitro, as well as enhanced tumor cell colonization and metastatic growth in vivo. The modulation of Hic-5 expression in EOC cells resulted in altered regulation of numerous EMT-related canonical pathways and was indicative for a possible role of Hic-5 in controlling EMT through a RhoA/ROCK mediated mechanism. To our knowledge, this is the first report examining the role of Hic-5 in EOC, and its role in maintaining the mesenchymal phenotype of EOC cells independently of exogenous TGFβ1 treatment.
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- Razan Sheta
- Department of Molecular Medicine, Université Laval, Québec, Québec, Canada.,Centre de recherche du CHU de Québec, L'Hôtel-Dieu de Québec, Québec, Québec, Canada
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, Université Laval, Québec, Québec, Canada.,Centre de recherche du CHU de Québec, L'Hôtel-Dieu de Québec, Québec, Québec, Canada
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- Centre de recherche du CHU de Québec, L'Hôtel-Dieu de Québec, Québec, Québec, Canada
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- Centre de recherche du CHU de Québec, L'Hôtel-Dieu de Québec, Québec, Québec, Canada.,Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Université Laval, Québec, Québec, Canada
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- Centre de recherche du CHU de Québec, L'Hôtel-Dieu de Québec, Québec, Québec, Canada.,Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Université Laval, Québec, Québec, Canada
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- Centre de recherche du CHU de Québec, L'Hôtel-Dieu de Québec, Québec, Québec, Canada.,Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Université Laval, Québec, Québec, Canada
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- Centre de recherche du CHU de Québec, L'Hôtel-Dieu de Québec, Québec, Québec, Canada.,Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Université Laval, Québec, Québec, Canada
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, Université Laval, Québec, Québec, Canada.,Centre de recherche du CHU de Québec, CHUL, Québec, Québec, Canada
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- Centre de recherche du CHU de Québec, L'Hôtel-Dieu de Québec, Québec, Québec, Canada
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, Université Laval, Québec, Québec, Canada.,Centre de recherche du CHU de Québec, L'Hôtel-Dieu de Québec, Québec, Québec, Canada
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Hic-5 remodeling of the stromal matrix promotes breast tumor progression. Oncogene 2016; 36:2693-2703. [PMID: 27893716 PMCID: PMC5541773 DOI: 10.1038/onc.2016.422] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2016] [Revised: 10/03/2016] [Accepted: 10/03/2016] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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The remodeling of the stromal extracellular matrix (ECM) plays a crucial, but incompletely understood role during tumor progression and metastasis. Hic-5, a focal adhesion scaffold protein, has previously been implicated in tumor cell invasion, proliferation and metastasis. To investigate the role of Hic-5 in breast tumor progression in vivo, Hic-5−/− mice were generated and crossed with the Mouse Mammary Tumor Virus-Polyoma Middle T Antigen (MMTV-PyMT) mouse. Tumors from the Hic-5−/−;PyMT mice exhibited increased latency and reduced growth, with fewer lung metastases, as compared to Hic-5+/−;PyMT mice. Immunohistochemical analysis showed that Hic-5 is primarily expressed in the cancer associated fibroblasts (CAFs). Further analysis revealed that the Hic-5−/−;PyMT tumor stroma contains fewer CAFs and exhibits reduced ECM deposition. The remodeling of the stromal matrix by CAFs has been shown to increase tumor rigidity to indirectly regulate FAK Y397 phosphorylation in tumor cells to promote their growth and invasion. Accordingly, the Hic-5−/−;PyMT tumor cells exhibited a reduction in FAK Y397 phosphorylation. Isolated Hic-5−/−;PyMT CAFs were defective in stress fiber organization and exhibited reduced contractility. These cells also failed to efficiently deposit and organize the ECM in two and three dimensions. This, in turn, impacted three dimensional MDA-MB-231 tumor cell migration behavior. Thus, using a new knockout mouse model, we have identified Hic-5 expression in CAFs as a key requirement for deposition and remodeling of the stromal ECM to promote non-cell autonomous breast tumor progression.
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Deng H, Xu H, Zhang X, Sun Y, Wang R, Brann D, Yang F. Protective effect of Ac-SDKP on alveolar epithelial cells through inhibition of EMT via TGF-β1/ROCK1 pathway in silicosis in rat. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 2016; 294:1-10. [PMID: 26785300 DOI: 10.1016/j.taap.2016.01.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2015] [Revised: 01/12/2016] [Accepted: 01/14/2016] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) is a critical stage during the development of silicosis fibrosis. In the current study, we hypothesized that the anti-fibrotic tetrapeptide, N-acetyl-seryl-aspartyl-lysyl-proline (Ac-SDKP) may exert its anti-fibrotic effects via activation of the TGF-β1/ROCK1 pathway, leading to inhibition of EMT. To address this hypothesis, we first examined the effect of Ac-SDKP upon EMT using an in vivo rat silicosis model, as well as in an in vitro model of TGF-β1-induced EMT. Confocal laser scanning microscopy was used to examine colocalization of surfactant protein A (SP-A), fibroblast specific protein-1 (FSP-1) and α-smooth muscle actin (α-SMA) in vivo. Western blot analysis was used to examine for changes in the protein levels of E-cadherin (E-cad) and SP-A (epithelial cell markers), vimentin (mesenchymal cell marker), α-SMA (active myofibroblast marker), and collagen I and III in both in vivo and in vitro experiments. Secondly, we utilized Western blot analysis and confocal laser scanning microscopy to examine the protein expression of TGF-β1 and ROCK1 in in vivo and in vitro studies. The results revealed that Ac-SDKP treatment prevented increases in the expression of mesenchymal markers as well as TGF-β1, ROCK1, collagen I and III. Furthermore, Ac-SDKP treatment prevented decreases in the expression of epithelial cell markers in both in vivo and in vitro experiments. Based on the results, we conclude that Ac-SDKP inhibits the transition of epithelial cell-myofibroblast in silicosis via activation of the TGF-β1/ROCK1 signaling pathway, which may serve as a novel mechanism by which it exerts its anti-fibrosis properties.
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- Haijing Deng
- School of Basic Medical Sciences, North China University of Science and Technology, Tangshan, China
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- Medical Research Center, International Science and Technology Cooperation Base of Geriatric Medicine, North China University of Science and Technology, Tangshan, China
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- Pathology Department, Hebei Medical University, Shi Jiazhuang, China
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- Medical Research Center, International Science and Technology Cooperation Base of Geriatric Medicine, North China University of Science and Technology, Tangshan, China
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- Medical Research Center, International Science and Technology Cooperation Base of Geriatric Medicine, North China University of Science and Technology, Tangshan, China
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- Department of Neuroscience and Regenerative Medicine, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, Augusta, GA 30912, USA
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- Medical Research Center, International Science and Technology Cooperation Base of Geriatric Medicine, North China University of Science and Technology, Tangshan, China.
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Dave JM, Abbey CA, Duran CL, Seo H, Johnson GA, Bayless KJ. Hic-5 mediates the initiation of endothelial sprouting by regulating a key surface metalloproteinase. J Cell Sci 2016; 129:743-56. [PMID: 26769900 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.170571] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2015] [Accepted: 01/05/2016] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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During angiogenesis, endothelial cells must coordinate matrix proteolysis with migration. Here, we tested whether the focal adhesion scaffold protein Hic-5 (also known as TGFB1I1) regulated endothelial sprouting in three dimensions. Hic-5 silencing reduced endothelial sprouting and lumen formation, and sprouting defects were rescued by the return of Hic-5 expression. Pro-angiogenic factors enhanced colocalization and complex formation between membrane type-1 matrix metalloproteinase (MT1-MMP, also known as MMP14) and Hic-5, but not between paxillin and MT1-MMP. The LIM2 and LIM3 domains of Hic-5 were necessary and sufficient for Hic-5 to form a complex with MT1-MMP. The degree of interaction between MT1-MMP and Hic-5 and the localization of the complex within detergent-resistant membrane fractions were enhanced during endothelial sprouting, and Hic-5 depletion lowered the surface levels of MT1-MMP. In addition, we observed that loss of Hic-5 partially reduced complex formation between MT1-MMP and focal adhesion kinase (FAK, also known as PTK2), suggesting that Hic-5 bridges MT1-MMP and FAK. Finally, Hic-5 LIM2-LIM3 deletion mutants reduced sprout initiation. Hic-5, MT1-MMP and FAK colocalized in angiogenic vessels during porcine pregnancy, supporting that this complex assembles during angiogenesis in vivo. Collectively, Hic-5 appears to enhance complex formation between MT1-MMP and FAK in activated endothelial cells, which likely coordinates matrix proteolysis and cell motility.
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- Jui M Dave
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Medicine, Texas A&M Health Science Center, College Station, TX 77843, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Medicine, Texas A&M Health Science Center, College Station, TX 77843, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Medicine, Texas A&M Health Science Center, College Station, TX 77843, USA
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- Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA
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- Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Medicine, Texas A&M Health Science Center, College Station, TX 77843, USA
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Nalluri SM, O'Connor JW, Gomez EW. Cytoskeletal signaling in TGFβ-induced epithelial-mesenchymal transition. Cytoskeleton (Hoboken) 2015; 72:557-69. [PMID: 26543012 DOI: 10.1002/cm.21263] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2015] [Revised: 11/04/2015] [Accepted: 11/04/2015] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
Abstract
Epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) is a physiological process that plays an important role in embryonic development and wound healing and is appropriated during pathological conditions including fibrosis and cancer metastasis. EMT can be initiated by a variety of factors, including transforming growth factor (TGF)-β, and is characterized by loss of epithelial features including cell-cell contacts and apicobasal polarity and acquisition of a motile, mesenchymal phenotype. A key feature of EMT is reorganization of the cytoskeleton and recent studies have elucidated regulation mechanisms governing this process. This review describes changes in gene expression patterns of cytoskeletal associated proteins during TGFβ-induced EMT. It further reports TGFβ-induced intracellular signaling cascades that regulate cytoskeletal reorganization during EMT. Finally, it highlights how changes in cytoskeletal architecture during EMT can regulate gene expression, thus further promoting EMT progression.
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- Sandeep M Nalluri
- Department of Chemical Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, 16802
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, 16802
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, 16802.,Department of Biomedical Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, 16802
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Liu Y, Hu H, Wang K, Zhang C, Wang Y, Yao K, Yang P, Han L, Kang C, Zhang W, Jiang T. Multidimensional analysis of gene expression reveals TGFB1I1-induced EMT contributes to malignant progression of astrocytomas. Oncotarget 2015; 5:12593-606. [PMID: 25333259 PMCID: PMC4350345 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.2518] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2014] [Accepted: 09/24/2014] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Malignant progression of astrocytoma is a multistep process with the integration of genetic abnormalities including grade progression and subtypes transition. Established biomarkers of astrocytomas, like IDH1 and TP53 mutation, were not associated with malignant progression. To identify new biomarker(s) contributing to malignant progression, we collected 252 samples with whole genome mRNA expression profile [34 normal brain tissue (NBT), 136 grade II astrocytoma (AII) and 82 grade III astrocytoma (AIII)]. Bioinformatics analysis revealed that EMT-associated pathways were most significantly altered along with tumor grades progress with up-regulation of 17 genes. Up-regulation of these genes was further confirmed by RNA-sequencing in 128 samples. Survival analysis revealed that high expression of these genes indicates a poor survival outcome. We focused on TGFB1I1 (TGF-β1 induced transcript 1) whose expression correlation with WHO grades was further validated by qPCR in 6 cell lines of different grades and 49 independent samples (36 AIIs and 13 AIIIs). High expression of TGFB1I1 was found associated with subtype transition and EMT pathways activation. The conclusion was confirmed using immunohistochemistry in tissue microarrays. Studies in vitro and in vivo using TGF-β1 and TGFB1I1 shRNA demonstrated that TGFB1I1 is required for TGF-β stimulated EMT that contributes to malignant progression of astrocytomas.
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- Yanwei Liu
- Department of Molecular Neuropathology, Beijing Neurosurgical Institute, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China. Chinese Glioma Cooperative Group (CGCG), China
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- Department of Molecular Neuropathology, Beijing Neurosurgical Institute, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China. Chinese Glioma Cooperative Group (CGCG), China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China. Chinese Glioma Cooperative Group (CGCG), China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China. Chinese Glioma Cooperative Group (CGCG), China
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- Department of Molecular Neuropathology, Beijing Sanbo Brain Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China. Chinese Glioma Cooperative Group (CGCG), China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China. Chinese Glioma Cooperative Group (CGCG), China
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- Laboratory of Neuro-Oncology, Tianjin Neurological Institute, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China. Chinese Glioma Cooperative Group (CGCG), China
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- Laboratory of Neuro-Oncology, Tianjin Neurological Institute, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China. Chinese Glioma Cooperative Group (CGCG), China
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- Department of Molecular Neuropathology, Beijing Neurosurgical Institute, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China. Department of Neurosurgery, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China. Chinese Glioma Cooperative Group (CGCG), China
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- Department of Molecular Neuropathology, Beijing Neurosurgical Institute, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China. Department of Neurosurgery, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China. Chinese Glioma Cooperative Group (CGCG), China. China National Clinical Research Center for Neurological Diseases, China. Center of Brain Tumor, Beijing Institute for Brain Disorders, Beijing, China
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Pattabiraman PP, Rao PV. Hic-5 Regulates Actin Cytoskeletal Reorganization and Expression of Fibrogenic Markers and Myocilin in Trabecular Meshwork Cells. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2015; 56:5656-69. [PMID: 26313302 DOI: 10.1167/iovs.15-17204] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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PURPOSE To explore the role of inducible focal adhesion (FA) protein Hic-5 in actin cytoskeletal reorganization, FA formation, fibrogenic activity, and expression of myocilin in trabecular meshwork (TM) cells. METHODS Using primary cultures of human TM (HTM) cells, the effects of various external factors on Hic-5 protein levels, as well as the effects of recombinant Hic-5 and Hic-5 small interfering RNA (siRNA) on actin cytoskeleton, FAs, myocilin, α-smooth muscle actin (αSMA), and collagen-1 were determined by immunofluorescence and immunoblot analyses. RESULTS Hic-5 distributes discretely to the FAs in HTM cells and throughout the TM and Schlemm's canal of the human aqueous humor (AH) outflow pathway. Transforming growth factor-β2 (TGF-β2), endothelin-1, lysophosphatidic acid, hydrogen peroxide, and RhoA significantly increased Hic-5 protein levels in HTM cells in association with reorganization of actin cytoskeleton and FAs. While recombinant Hic-5 induced actin stress fibers, FAs, αv integrin redistribution to the FAs, increased levels of αSMA, collagen-1, and myocilin, Hic-5 siRNA suppressed most of these responses in HTM cells. Hic-5 siRNA also suppressed TGF-β2-induced fibrogenic activity and dexamethasone-induced myocilin expression in HTM cells. CONCLUSIONS Taken together, these results reveal that Hic-5, whose levels were increased by various external factors implicated in elevated intraocular pressure, induces actin cytoskeletal reorganization, FAs, expression of fibrogenic markers, and myocilin in HTM cells. These characteristics of Hic-5 in TM cells indicate its importance in regulation of AH outflow through the TM in both normal and glaucomatous eyes.
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, United States 2Department of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, United States
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Popp M, Thielmann I, Nieswandt B, Stegner D. Normal Platelet Integrin Function in Mice Lacking Hydrogen Peroxide-Induced Clone-5 (Hic-5). PLoS One 2015; 10:e0133429. [PMID: 26172113 PMCID: PMC4501753 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0133429] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2015] [Accepted: 06/26/2015] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Integrin αIIbβ3 plays a central role in the adhesion and aggregation of platelets and thus is essential for hemostasis and thrombosis. Integrin activation requires the transmission of a signal from the small cytoplasmic tails of the α or β subunit to the large extracellular domains resulting in conformational changes of the extracellular domains to enable ligand binding. Hydrogen peroxide-inducible clone-5 (Hic-5), a member of the paxillin family, serves as a focal adhesion adaptor protein associated with αIIbβ3 at its cytoplasmic tails. Previous studies suggested Hic-5 as a novel regulator of integrin αIIbβ3 activation and platelet aggregation in mice. To assess this in more detail, we generated Hic-5-null mice and analyzed activation and aggregation of their platelets in vitro and in vivo. Surprisingly, lack of Hic-5 had no detectable effect on platelet integrin activation and function in vitro and in vivo under all tested conditions. These results indicate that Hic-5 is dispensable for integrin αIIbβ3 activation and consequently for arterial thrombosis and hemostasis in mice.
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- Michael Popp
- Department of Experimental Biomedicine-Vascular Medicine, University Hospital and Rudolf Virchow Center, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Department of Experimental Biomedicine-Vascular Medicine, University Hospital and Rudolf Virchow Center, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Department of Experimental Biomedicine-Vascular Medicine, University Hospital and Rudolf Virchow Center, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Department of Experimental Biomedicine-Vascular Medicine, University Hospital and Rudolf Virchow Center, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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Fernandez I, Martin-Garrido A, Zhou DW, Clempus RE, Seidel-Rogol B, Valdivia A, Lassègue B, García AJ, Griendling KK, San Martin A. Hic-5 Mediates TGFβ-Induced Adhesion in Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells by a Nox4-Dependent Mechanism. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 2015; 35:1198-206. [PMID: 25814672 DOI: 10.1161/atvbaha.114.305185] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2014] [Accepted: 03/16/2015] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Focal adhesions (FAs) link the cytoskeleton to the extracellular matrix and as such play important roles in growth, migration, and contractile properties of vascular smooth muscle cells. Recently, it has been shown that downregulation of Nox4, a transforming growth factor (TGF) β-inducible, hydrogen peroxide (H2O2)-producing enzyme, affects the number of FAs. However, the effectors downstream of Nox4 that mediate FA regulation are unknown. The FA resident protein H2O2-inducible clone (Hic)-5 is H2O2 and TGFβ inducible, and a binding partner of the heat shock protein (Hsp) 27. The objective of this study was to elucidate the mechanism, by which Hic-5 and Hsp27 participate in TGFβ-induced, Nox4-mediated vascular smooth muscle cell adhesion and migration. APPROACH AND RESULTS Through a combination of molecular biology and biochemistry techniques, we found that TGFβ, by a Nox4-dependent mechanism, induces the expression and interaction of Hic-5 and Hsp27, which is essential for Hic-5 localization to FAs. Importantly, we found that Hic-5 expression is required for the TGFβ-mediated increase in FA number, adhesive forces and migration. Mechanistically, Nox4 downregulation impedes Smad (small body size and mothers against decapentaplegic) signaling by TGFβ, and Hsp27 and Hic-5 upregulation by TGFβ is blocked in small body size and mothers against decapentaplegic 4-deficient cells. CONCLUSIONS Hic-5 and Hsp27 are effectors of Nox4 required for TGFβ-stimulated FA formation, adhesion strength and migration in vascular smooth muscle cell.
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- Isabel Fernandez
- From the Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA (I.F., A.M.-G., R.E.C., B.S.-R., A.V., B.L., K.K.G., A.S.M.); and Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering and Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta (D.W.Z., A.J.G.)
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- From the Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA (I.F., A.M.-G., R.E.C., B.S.-R., A.V., B.L., K.K.G., A.S.M.); and Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering and Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta (D.W.Z., A.J.G.)
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- From the Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA (I.F., A.M.-G., R.E.C., B.S.-R., A.V., B.L., K.K.G., A.S.M.); and Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering and Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta (D.W.Z., A.J.G.)
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- From the Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA (I.F., A.M.-G., R.E.C., B.S.-R., A.V., B.L., K.K.G., A.S.M.); and Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering and Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta (D.W.Z., A.J.G.)
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- From the Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA (I.F., A.M.-G., R.E.C., B.S.-R., A.V., B.L., K.K.G., A.S.M.); and Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering and Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta (D.W.Z., A.J.G.)
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- From the Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA (I.F., A.M.-G., R.E.C., B.S.-R., A.V., B.L., K.K.G., A.S.M.); and Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering and Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta (D.W.Z., A.J.G.)
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- From the Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA (I.F., A.M.-G., R.E.C., B.S.-R., A.V., B.L., K.K.G., A.S.M.); and Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering and Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta (D.W.Z., A.J.G.)
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- From the Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA (I.F., A.M.-G., R.E.C., B.S.-R., A.V., B.L., K.K.G., A.S.M.); and Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering and Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta (D.W.Z., A.J.G.)
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- From the Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA (I.F., A.M.-G., R.E.C., B.S.-R., A.V., B.L., K.K.G., A.S.M.); and Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering and Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta (D.W.Z., A.J.G.).
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- From the Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA (I.F., A.M.-G., R.E.C., B.S.-R., A.V., B.L., K.K.G., A.S.M.); and Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering and Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta (D.W.Z., A.J.G.)
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Arita-Okubo S, Kim-Kaneyama JR, Lei XF, Fu WG, Ohnishi K, Takeya M, Miyauchi A, Honda H, Itabe H, Miyazaki T, Miyazaki A. Role of Hic-5 in the formation of microvilli-like structures and the monocyte-endothelial interaction that accelerates atherosclerosis. Cardiovasc Res 2015; 105:361-71. [PMID: 25587044 DOI: 10.1093/cvr/cvv003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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AIMS The adhesion of circulating monocytes to endothelial cells (ECs) is an early and critical event in the formation of atherosclerotic plaques. Hydrogen peroxide-inducible clone 5 (Hic-5) serves as an adaptor molecule in cell adhesion complexes. However, the role of endothelial Hic-5 in monocyte-EC interaction and atherogenesis remains unclear. We examined the roles of endothelial Hic-5 in monocyte-EC interaction and atherogenesis using mouse models of atherosclerosis and cultured human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs). METHODS AND RESULTS Hic-5 was expressed in ECs, but not in monocytes/macrophages. An ex vivo monocyte adhesion assay revealed that adhesion of THP-1 monocytes to aortas isolated from Apoe(-/-) and LDLR(-/-) mice stimulated by TNF-α or oxidized LDL was suppressed by Hic-5 deficiency. Scanning electron microscopic observations of aortas harvested from Apoe(-/-) mice revealed that TNF-α- or oxidized LDL-induced microvilli-like structures were markedly suppressed by Hic-5 deficiency. Relative Hic-5 deficiency suppressed 60% of the atherosclerotic lesions in aortas from Apoe(-/-) and LDLR(-/-) mice. In contrast, overexpression of Hic-5 in HUVECs promoted induction of microvilli-like structures and adherence of THP-1 cells in an adhesion receptor such as intercellular adhesion molecule-1- and vascular cell adhesion molecule-1-dependent manner. CONCLUSION Hic-5 in ECs plays an important role in the formation of microvilli-like structures and in the interaction between ECs and monocytes, leading to monocyte recruitment and subsequent development of atherosclerosis.
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- Shigeko Arita-Okubo
- Department of Biochemistry, Showa University School of Medicine, 1-5-8 Hatanodai, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 142-8555, Japan
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- Department of Biochemistry, Showa University School of Medicine, 1-5-8 Hatanodai, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 142-8555, Japan
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- Department of Biochemistry, Showa University School of Medicine, 1-5-8 Hatanodai, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 142-8555, Japan
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- Department of Biochemistry, Showa University School of Medicine, 1-5-8 Hatanodai, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 142-8555, Japan
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- Department of Cell Pathology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Cell Pathology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Biochemistry, Showa University School of Medicine, 1-5-8 Hatanodai, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 142-8555, Japan
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Showa University Koto Toyosu Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Biological Chemistry, Department of Molecular Biology, Showa University School of Pharmacy, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Biochemistry, Showa University School of Medicine, 1-5-8 Hatanodai, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 142-8555, Japan
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- Department of Biochemistry, Showa University School of Medicine, 1-5-8 Hatanodai, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 142-8555, Japan
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RhoA GTPase-induced ocular hypertension in a rodent model is associated with increased fibrogenic activity in the trabecular meshwork. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY 2014; 185:496-512. [PMID: 25499974 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajpath.2014.10.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2014] [Revised: 09/03/2014] [Accepted: 10/07/2014] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Ocular hypertension arising from increased resistance to aqueous humor (AH) outflow through the trabecular meshwork is a primary risk factor for open-angle glaucoma, a leading cause of blindness. Ongoing efforts have found little about the molecular and cellular bases of increased resistance to AH outflow through the trabecular meshwork in ocular hypertension patients. To test the hypothesis that dysregulated Rho GTPase signaling and a resulting fibrotic activity within the trabecular meshwork may result in ocular hypertension, we investigated the effects of expressing a constitutively active RhoA GTPase (RhoAV14) in the AH outflow pathway in Sprague-Dawley rats by using lentiviral vector-based gene delivery. Rats expressing RhoAV14 in the iridocorneal angle exhibited a significantly elevated intraocular pressure. Elevated intraocular pressure in the RhoAV14-expressing rats was associated with fibrotic trabecular meshwork and increased levels of F-actin, phosphorylated myosin light chain, α-smooth muscle actin, collagen-1A, and total collagen in the trabecular AH outflow pathway. Most of these changes were ameliorated by topical application of Rho kinase inhibitor. Human autopsy eyes from patients with glaucoma exhibited significant increases in levels of collagen-1A and total collagen in the trabecular AH outflow pathway. Collectively, these observations indicate that increased fibrogenic activity because of dysregulated RhoA GTPase activity in the trabecular AH outflow pathway increases intraocular pressure in a Rho kinase-dependent manner.
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Keinan O, Kedan A, Gavert N, Selitrennik M, Kim S, Karn T, Becker S, Lev S. The lipid-transfer protein Nir2 enhances epithelial-mesenchymal transition and facilitates breast cancer metastasis. J Cell Sci 2014; 127:4740-9. [PMID: 25179602 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.155721] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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The involvement of epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) in breast cancer metastasis has been demonstrated in many studies. However, the intracellular proteins and signaling pathways that regulate EMT have not been fully identified. Here, we show that the lipid-transfer protein Nir2 (also known as PITPNM1) enhances EMT in mammary epithelial and breast cancer cells. Nir2 overexpression decreases the expression of epithelial markers and concomitantly increases the expression of mesenchymal markers, whereas silencing of Nir2 expression by small hairpin RNA (shRNA) has opposite effects. Additionally, Nir2 expression is increased during EMT and affects cell morphology, whereas Nir2 depletion attenuates growth factor-induced cell migration. These effects of Nir2 on EMT-associated processes are mainly mediated through the PI3K/AKT and the ERK1/2 pathways. Nir2 depletion also inhibits cell invasion in vitro and lung metastasis in animal models. Immunohistochemical analysis of breast cancer tissue samples reveals a correlation between high Nir2 expression and tumor grade, and Kaplan-Meier survival curves correlate Nir2 expression with poor disease outcome. These results suggest that Nir2 not only enhances EMT in vitro and breast cancer metastasis in animal models, but also contributes to breast cancer progression in human patients.
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- Omer Keinan
- Molecular Cell Biology Department, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel
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- Molecular Cell Biology Department, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel
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- Molecular Cell Biology Department, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel
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- Molecular Cell Biology Department, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel
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- Molecular Cell Biology Department, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Goethe University Frankfurt, Theodor-Stern Kai 7, 60590 Frankfurt, Germany
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Goethe University Frankfurt, Theodor-Stern Kai 7, 60590 Frankfurt, Germany
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- Molecular Cell Biology Department, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel
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Leach DA, Need EF, Trotta AP, Grubisha MJ, DeFranco DB, Buchanan G. Hic-5 influences genomic and non-genomic actions of the androgen receptor in prostate myofibroblasts. Mol Cell Endocrinol 2014; 384:185-99. [PMID: 24440747 DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2014.01.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2013] [Revised: 12/27/2013] [Accepted: 01/03/2014] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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There is extensive knowledge of androgen receptor (AR) signaling in cancer cells, but less regarding androgen action in stromal cells of the tumor microenvironment. We report here the genome-wide effects of a stromal cell specific molecular adapter and AR coregulator, hydrogen peroxide-inducible gene 5 (Hic-5/TGFB1I1), on AR function in prostate myofibroblasts. Following androgen stimulation, Hic-5 rapidly translocates to the nucleus, coincident with increased phosphorylation of focal adhesion kinase. As a coregulator, Hic-5 acted to amplify or inhibit regulation of approximately 50% of AR target genes, affected androgen regulation of growth, cell adhesion, motility and invasion. These data suggest Hic-5 as a transferable adaptor between focal adhesions and the nucleus of prostate myofibroblasts, where it acts a key mediator of the specificity and sensitivity of AR signaling. We propose a model in which Hic-5 coordinates AR signaling with adhesion and extracellular matrix contacts to regulate cell behavior in the tumor microenvironment.
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- Damien A Leach
- Cancer Biology Group, The Basil Hetzel Institute for Translational Health Research, School of Medicine, University of Adelaide, SA, Australia
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- Cancer Biology Group, The Basil Hetzel Institute for Translational Health Research, School of Medicine, University of Adelaide, SA, Australia
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- Cancer Biology Group, The Basil Hetzel Institute for Translational Health Research, School of Medicine, University of Adelaide, SA, Australia
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- School of Medicine, Department of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology, University of Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- School of Medicine, Department of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology, University of Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Cancer Biology Group, The Basil Hetzel Institute for Translational Health Research, School of Medicine, University of Adelaide, SA, Australia.
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Sphingosine-1-phosphate induces differentiation of cultured renal tubular epithelial cells under Rho kinase activation via the S1P2 receptor. Clin Exp Nephrol 2014; 18:844-52. [PMID: 24463961 DOI: 10.1007/s10157-014-0933-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2013] [Accepted: 01/06/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND Sphingosine-1-phosphate (S1P) is reportedly involved in the pathogenesis of kidney disease; however, the precise role played by S1P in renal disorders still remains controversial. Rho kinase plays an important role in the development of diabetic nephropathy by inducing glomerular and tubulointerstitial fibrosis. Rho kinase is known to be stimulated by S1P through its specific receptor, S1P2 receptor (S1P2). Hence, we investigated whether S1P-S1P2 signaling plays a role in the epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) through Rho kinase activation in renal tubules. METHOD To characterize the distribution of the S1P2, an immunohistochemical examination of the receptor was performed in the kidney of the non-diabetic and diabetic mice. Next, we examined Rho kinase activity as well as E-cadherin and alpha-smooth muscle actin (α-SMA) expression by real-time RT-PCR and western blotting in cultured rat tubular epithelial cells under S1P stimulation with and without a Rho kinase inhibitor and an S1P2 blocker. In addition, the distribution of E-cadherin and α-SMA was examined by immunocytochemistry. RESULT S1P2 was expressed mainly in the renal tubules; expression was intense in collecting ducts and distal tubules compared to other segments. S1P induced activation of Rho kinase through the S1P2, which changed the distribution of E-cadherin and increased the expression of α-SMA. CONCLUSION Rho kinase activation by S1P via S1P2 initiated EMT changes in cultured renal tubular cells. Our results suggest that excessive stimulation of S1P might facilitate renal fibrosis via activation of Rho kinase through S1P2.
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Lehman HL, Dashner EJ, Lucey M, Vermeulen P, Dirix L, Van Laere S, van Golen KL. Modeling and characterization of inflammatory breast cancer emboli grown in vitro. Int J Cancer 2012; 132:2283-94. [PMID: 23129218 DOI: 10.1002/ijc.27928] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2012] [Accepted: 10/10/2012] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Inflammatory breast cancer (IBC) is the deadliest form of breast cancer, presenting as intralymphatic emboli. Emboli within the dermal lymphatic vessels are thought to contribute to rapid metastasis. The lack of appropriate in vitro models has made it difficult to accurately study how IBC emboli metastasize. To date, attempts at creating IBC tumor emboli in vitro have used 3D culture on a solid layer of Matrigel(TM) , which does not resemble the physical properties of the lymphatic system. Dermal lymphatic fluid produces oscillatory fluid shear forces and is 1.5-1.7-fold more viscous than water with a pH range of 7.5-7.7. We have established a method for forming tumor emboli by culturing the IBC cell lines in suspension with either polyethylene glycol- or hyaluronic acid-containing medium and oscillatory fluid shear forces. Non-IBC cells do not form emboli under identical conditions. In vitro IBC emboli were analyzed for expression of markers associated with patient emboli and their ability to undergo invasion. In a direct comparison, the in vitro IBC emboli closely resemble IBC patient emboli with respect to size, composition and E-cadherin expression. Further, cells from the emboli are able to invade in clusters via RhoC GTPase-dependent amoeboid movement. Invasion by clusters of IBC cells is disrupted by exposure to TGFβ. This study provides a biologically relevant in vitro model to accurately grow and study inflammatory breast cancer biology and metastasis.
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- Heather L Lehman
- Laboratory for Cytoskeletal Physiology, Department of Biological Sciences, The University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716, USA
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Deakin NO, Pignatelli J, Turner CE. Diverse roles for the paxillin family of proteins in cancer. Genes Cancer 2012; 3:362-70. [PMID: 23226574 DOI: 10.1177/1947601912458582] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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The paxillin family of intracellular scaffold proteins includes paxillin, Hic-5, and leupaxin, and all have been identified as key regulators of the cellular migration machinery in both 2- and 3-dimensional microenvironments. Herein, we provide insight into the roles of these proteins during tumorigenesis and metastasis, highlighting their functions in cancer initiation as well as tumor cell dissemination and survival. Furthermore, we speculate on the potential of paxillin family proteins as both future prognostic and therapeutic targets.
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- Nicholas O Deakin
- State University of New York Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, USA
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Cbl-c ubiquitin ligase activity is increased via the interaction of its RING finger domain with a LIM domain of the paxillin homolog, Hic 5. PLoS One 2012; 7:e49428. [PMID: 23145173 PMCID: PMC3492284 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0049428] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2012] [Accepted: 10/08/2012] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Cbl proteins (Cbl, Cbl-b and Cbl-c) are ubiquitin ligases that are critical regulators of tyrosine kinase signaling. In this study we identify a new Cbl-c interacting protein, Hydrogen peroxide Induced Construct 5 (Hic-5). The two proteins interact through a novel interaction mediated by the RING finger of Cbl-c and the LIM2 domain of Hic-5. Further, this interaction is mediated and dependent on specific zinc coordinating complexes within the RING finger and LIM domain. Binding of Hic-5 to Cbl-c leads to an increase in the ubiquitin ligase activity of Cbl-c once Cbl-c has been activated by Src phosphorylation or through an activating phosphomimetic mutation. In addition, co-transfection of Hic-5 with Cbl-c leads to an increase in Cbl-c mediated ubiquitination of the EGFR. These data suggest that Hic-5 enhances Cbl-c ubiquitin ligase activity once Cbl-c has been phosphorylated and activated. Interactions between heterologous RING fingers have been shown to activate E3s. This is the first demonstration of enhancement of ubiquitin ligase activity of a RING finger ubiquitin ligase by the direct interaction of a LIM zinc coordinating domain.
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Cheng IKC, Tsang BCK, Lai KP, Ching AKK, Chan AWH, To KF, Lai PBS, Wong N. GEF-H1 over-expression in hepatocellular carcinoma promotes cell motility via activation of RhoA signalling. J Pathol 2012; 228:575-85. [PMID: 22847784 DOI: 10.1002/path.4084] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2012] [Revised: 07/23/2012] [Accepted: 07/25/2012] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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The interstitial chromosome (chr.) 1q21-q22 region is frequently amplified in human cancers, where it has been reported to carry prognostic significance for patients. We attempted to delineate chr. 1q21-q22 for affected gene(s) in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) by array-CGH and detected copy number gains of ρ-guanine nucleotide exchange factor-H1 (GEF-H1) as most significant event. Gene expression evaluation in the HCC cohort indicated common up-regulations of GEF-H1 in 64% tumours compared to adjacent non-tumoural liver (64/100; paired t-test p < 0.0001). Moreover, GEF-H1 over-expressions correlated with microvascular invasion and advanced-stage tumours (p < 0.05). High GEF-H1 levels also predict shorter disease-free and overall survival of HCC patients (p < 0.03). Functional knock-down of GEF-H1 by RNAi indicated marked reduction in cell invasion through matrigel and an inhibition of cell migration (p < 0.035), but an effect on cell viability was not apparent. More interestingly, a mesenchymal-epithelial transition (MET) was readily observed in GEF-H1 knock-down cells, where a concomitant re-expression of epithelial markers (E-cadherin and cytokeratin 18) and cell adhesion proteins (α-catenin and γ-catenin) was found but down-regulation of mesenchymal features (N-cadherin, vimentin and fibronectin). This phenotype was accompanied by reduced filamentous actin polymerizations and diminution of the stress fibre formation. In addition, reduced active form of GTP-RhoA, together with its downstream effectors, including cleaved ROCK1 and phosphorylated MLC2, were also detected in GEF-H1-depleted cells. Taken together, our findings underscore a potent oncogenic role for GEF-H1 in promoting the metastatic potentials of HCC, possibly through activation of RhoA signalling and the EMT phenomenon.
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- Ibis K C Cheng
- Department of Anatomical and Cellular Pathology, Li Ka-Shing Institute of Health Sciences, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China; Department of Nutrition and Food Management, HKU SPACE Po Leung Kuk Community College, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China
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Noguchi F, Inui S, Nakajima T, Itami S. Hic-5 affects proliferation, migration and invasion of B16 murine melanoma cells. Pigment Cell Melanoma Res 2012; 25:773-82. [PMID: 22883018 DOI: 10.1111/pcmr.12005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Hic-5 is a shuttling protein between the cell membrane and the nucleus which functions as a focal adhesion adaptor protein and a nuclear receptor coactivator. Although several studies have shown its involvement in other types of cancer, the role of Hic-5 in melanoma is unknown. Herein, we show for the first time that Hic-5 is expressed in B16-F1 murine melanoma cells. To determine its function in melanoma cells, we used shRNA-mediated RNA interference and established stable clones with down-regulated Hic-5 expression. These clones had impaired growth and metastatic potential compared with controls in vivo, which correlated with decreased proliferation, migration and invasion in vitro. Moreover, silencing of Hic-5 expression in B16-F1 activated RhoA with an amoeboid phenotypic change, indicating that Hic-5 is a key regulator of B16-F1 metastasis in the context of Rho-dependent motility. These results provide new evidence that Hic-5 is a possible molecular target for treatment of melanoma.
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- Fumihito Noguchi
- Department of Regenerative Dermatology, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
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Pignatelli J, LaLonde SE, LaLonde DP, Clarke D, Turner CE. Actopaxin (α-parvin) phosphorylation is required for matrix degradation and cancer cell invasion. J Biol Chem 2012; 287:37309-20. [PMID: 22955285 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m112.385229] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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Dysregulation of cell adhesion and motility is known to be an important factor in the development of tumor malignancy. Actopaxin (α-parvin) is a paxillin, integrin-linked kinase, and F-actin binding focal adhesion protein with several serine phosphorylation sites in the amino terminus that contribute to the regulation of cell spreading and migration. Here, phosphorylation of actopaxin is shown to contribute to the regulation of matrix degradation and cell invasion. Osteosarcoma cells stably expressing wild type (WT), nonphosphorylatable (Quint), and phosphomimetic (S4D/S8D) actopaxin demonstrate that actopaxin phosphorylation is necessary for efficient Src and matrix metalloproteinase-driven degradation of extracellular matrix. Rac1 was found to be required for actopaxin-induced matrix degradation whereas inhibition of myosin contractility promoted degradation in the phosphomutant-expressing Quint cells, indicating that a balance of Rho GTPase signaling and regulation of cellular tension are important for the process. Furthermore, actopaxin forms a complex with the Rac1/Cdc42 GEF β-PIX and Rac1/Cdc42 effector PAK1, to regulate actopaxin-dependent matrix degradation. Actopaxin phosphorylation is elevated in the invasive breast cancer cell line MDA-MB-231 compared with normal breast epithelial MCF10A cells. Expression of the nonphosphorylatable Quint actopaxin in MDA-MB-231 cells inhibits cell invasion whereas overexpression of WT actopaxin promotes invasion in MCF10A cells. Taken together, this study demonstrates a new role for actopaxin phosphorylation in matrix degradation and cell invasion via regulation of Rho GTPase signaling.
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- Jeanine Pignatelli
- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, State University of New York, Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York 13210, USA
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Kim-Kaneyama JR, Miyauchi A, Lei XF, Arita S, Mino T, Takeda N, Kou K, Eto K, Yoshida T, Miyazaki T, Shioda S, Miyazaki A. Identification of Hic-5 as a novel regulatory factor for integrin αIIbβ3 activation and platelet aggregation in mice. J Thromb Haemost 2012; 10:1867-74. [PMID: 22812543 DOI: 10.1111/j.1538-7836.2012.04856.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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BACKGROUND Integrin αIIbβ3 plays key roles in platelet aggregation and subsequent thrombus formation. Hydrogen peroxide-inducible clone-5 (Hic-5), a member of the paxillin family, serves as a focal adhesion adaptor protein associated with αIIbβ3 at its cytoplasmic strand. OBJECTIVES Hic-5 function in αIIbβ3 activation and subsequent platelet aggregation remains unknown. To address this question, platelets from Hic-5(-/-) mice were analyzed. METHODS AND RESULTS Hic-5(-/-) mice displayed a significant hemostatic defect and resistance to thromboembolism, which were explained in part by weaker thrombin-induced aggregation in Hic-5(-/-) platelets. Mechanistically, Hic-5(-/-) platelets showed limited activation of αIIbβ3 upon thrombin treatment. Morphological alteration in Hic-5(-/-) platelets after thrombin stimulation on fibrinogen plates was also limited. As a direct consequence, the quantity of actin co-immunoprecipitating with the activated αIIbβ3 was smaller in Hic-5(-/-) platelets than in wild-type platelets. CONCLUSION We identified Hic-5 as a novel and specific regulatory factor for thrombin-induced αIIbβ3 activation and subsequent platelet aggregation in mice.
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- J R Kim-Kaneyama
- Department of Biochemistry, Showa University School of Medicine, Tokyo Department of Clinical Toxicology, Showa University School of Pharmacy, Tokyo, Japan.
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Involvement of the intrarenal renin-angiotensin system in experimental models of glomerulonephritis. J Biomed Biotechnol 2012; 2012:601786. [PMID: 22811597 PMCID: PMC3395438 DOI: 10.1155/2012/601786] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2012] [Accepted: 06/09/2012] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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The intrarenal renin-angiotensin system (RAS) has several pathophysiologic functions not only in blood pressure regulation but also in the development of glomerulonephritis (GN). Angiotensin II (Ang II) is the biologically active product of the RAS. Locally produced Ang II induces inflammation, renal cell growth, mitogenesis, apoptosis, migration, and differentiation, regulates the gene expression of bioactive substances, and activates multiple intracellular signaling pathways, leading to tissue damage. Activation of the Ang II type 1 (AT1) receptor pathway results in the production of proinflammatory mediators, cell proliferation, and extracellular matrix synthesis, which facilitates glomerular injury. Previous studies have shown that angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors and/or AT1 receptor blockers have beneficial effects in experimental GN models and humans with various types of GN, and that these effects are more significant than their suppressive effects on blood pressure. In this paper, we focus on intrarenal RAS activation in the pathophysiology of experimental models of GN.
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Deakin NO, Ballestrem C, Turner CE. Paxillin and Hic-5 interaction with vinculin is differentially regulated by Rac1 and RhoA. PLoS One 2012; 7:e37990. [PMID: 22629471 PMCID: PMC3358283 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0037990] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2012] [Accepted: 05/01/2012] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Cell migration is of paramount importance to organism development and maintenance as well as multiple pathological processes, including cancer metastasis. The RhoGTPases Rac1 and RhoA are indispensable for cell migration as they regulate cell protrusion, cell-extracellular matrix (ECM) interactions and force transduction. However, the consequences of their activity at a molecular level within the cell remain undetermined. Using a combination of FRET, FRAP and biochemical analyses we show that the interactions between the focal adhesion proteins vinculin and paxillin, as well as the closely related family member Hic-5 are spatially and reciprocally regulated by the activity of Rac1 and RhoA. Vinculin in its active conformation interacts with either paxillin or Hic-5 in adhesions in response to Rac1 and RhoA activation respectively, while inactive vinculin interacts with paxillin in the membrane following Rac1 inhibition. Additionally, Rac1 specifically regulates the dynamics of paxillin as well as its binding partner and F-actin interacting protein actopaxin (α-parvin) in adhesions. Furthermore, FRET analysis of protein:protein interactions within cell adhesions formed in 3D matrices revealed that, in contrast to 2D systems vinculin interacts preferentially with Hic-5. This study provides new insight into the complexity of cell-ECM adhesions in both 2D and 3D matrices by providing the first description of RhoGTPase-coordinated protein:protein interactions in a cellular microenvironment. These data identify discrete roles for paxillin and Hic-5 in Rac1 and RhoA-dependent cell adhesion formation and maturation; processes essential for productive cell migration.
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- Nicholas O. Deakin
- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, State University of New York Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York, United States of America
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- Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell-Matrix Research, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, State University of New York Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York, United States of America
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Kim-Kaneyama JR, Lei XF, Arita S, Miyauchi A, Miyazaki T, Miyazaki A. Hydrogen peroxide-inducible clone 5 (Hic-5) as a potential therapeutic target for vascular and other disorders. J Atheroscler Thromb 2012; 19:601-7. [PMID: 22472216 DOI: 10.5551/jat.10736] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Hydrogen peroxide-inducible clone-5 (Hic-5) is a focal adhesion scaffold protein primarily expressed in vascular and visceral smooth muscle cells. We recently generated mice lacking Hic-5, which grew with no apparent abnormality (Kim-Kaneyama J, et al. J Mol Cell Cardiol. 2011;50(1):77-86). However, we discovered that recovery of arterial media following vascular injury is delayed significantly in Hic-5 knockout mice consequent to enhanced apoptosis of cultured vascular smooth muscle cells after mechanical stress; thus, Hic-5 is regarded as a novel factor in vascular remodeling. The Hic-5 gene is also induced by transforming growth factor-β, a well-known accelerator in fibrosis. Hic-5 involvement in various fibrotic disorders, e.g., scar formation, keloid formation and glomerulosclerosis, has been proposed. siRNA silencing of Hic-5 in a breast cancer cell line reduces its invasiveness; moreover, Hic-5 serves as a steroid hormone co-activator and likely participates in endometriosis and prostate cancer. Thus, functional characterization of Hic-5 in various pathophysiological conditions may afford novel mechanistic insights into a wide variety of diseases.
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- Joo-ri Kim-Kaneyama
- Department of Biochemistry, Showa University School of Medicine, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
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Pignatelli J, Tumbarello DA, Schmidt RP, Turner CE. Hic-5 promotes invadopodia formation and invasion during TGF-β-induced epithelial-mesenchymal transition. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2012; 197:421-37. [PMID: 22529104 PMCID: PMC3341156 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.201108143] [Citation(s) in RCA: 123] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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The focal adhesion protein Hic-5 acts through RhoC to promote TGF-β–stimulated invadopodia formation, cell migration, and invasion. Transforming growth factor β (TGF-β)–stimulated epithelial–mesenchymal transition (EMT) is an important developmental process that has also been implicated in increased cell invasion and metastatic potential of cancer cells. Expression of the focal adhesion protein Hic-5 has been shown to be up-regulated in epithelial cells in response to TGF-β. Herein, we demonstrate that TGF-β–induced Hic-5 up-regulation or ectopic expression of Hic-5 in normal MCF10A cells promoted increased extracellular matrix degradation and invasion through the formation of invadopodia. Hic-5 was tyrosine phosphorylated in an Src-dependent manner after TGF-β stimulation, and inhibition of Src activity or overexpression of a Y38/60F nonphosphorylatable mutant of Hic-5 inhibited matrix degradation and invasion. RhoC, but not RhoA, was also required for TGF-β– and Hic-5–induced matrix degradation. Hic-5 also induced matrix degradation, cell migration, and invasion in the absence of TGF-β via Rac1 regulation of p38 MAPK. These data identify Hic-5 as a critical mediator of TGF-β–stimulated invadopodia formation, cell migration, and invasion.
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- Jeanine Pignatelli
- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, State University of New York Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY 13210, USA
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