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Yang Q, Lv S, Zhu H, Zhang L, Li H, Song S. A Potential Research Target for Scleral Remodeling: Effect of MiR-29a on Scleral Fibroblasts. Ophthalmic Res 2022; 65:566-574. [PMID: 35605595 DOI: 10.1159/000525189] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2021] [Accepted: 05/06/2022] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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INTRODUCTION The purpose of this study was to determine whether miR-29a regulates cell survival and apoptosis and the expression of phosphatase and tensin homolog deleted on chromosome 10 (PTEN), MMP-2, and collagen I in scleral fibroblasts. METHODS We transfected scleral fibroblasts with the miR-29a mimic and inhibitor. The effects of miR-29a on cell proliferation and apoptosis were determined using the CCK-8 assay and flow cytometry, respectively. Quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) was used to determine whether miR-29a regulates the mRNA levels of PTEN, MMP-2, and collagen I. The protein expression of PTEN, MMP-2, and collagen I was also assessed by western blot analysis. RESULTS The results of CCK-8 showed that, at 0, 24, 48, and 72 h after transfection, the relative optical density values in the mimic group were 0.233 ± 0.005, 0.380 ± 0.008, 0.650 ± 0.040, and 0.906 ± 0.032, and in the inhibitor group were 0.272 ± 0.011, 0.393 ± 0.029, 0.597 ± 0.059, and 0.950 ± 0.101, respectively. The flow cytometry results showed that the apoptosis rates of each group were as follows: the mimic group (0.043 ± 0.007), the NC group (0.040 ± 0.006), the inhibitor group (0.032 ± 0.003), the inhibitor NC group (0.027 ± 0.010), the lipofectamine group (0.027 ± 0.005), and the blank group (0.031 ± 0.009). The qPCR results indicated that in the mimic group, PTEN (0.795 ± 0.182, p = 0.2783), MMP-2 (0.621 ± 0.105, p = 0.0033), and COL1A1 (0.271 ± 0.100, p = 0.0002) expression decreased, whereas in the inhibitor group, PTEN (1.211 ± 0.100, p = 0.2614), MMP-2 (1.161 ± 0.053, p = 0.1190), and COL1A1 (1.7040 ± 0.093, p = 0.0003) increased. Western blot analysis showed that in the mimic group, the expression of PTEN (0.392 ± 0.039, p < 0.0001), MMP-2 (0.577 ± 0.017, p < 0.0001), and COL1A1 (0.072 ± 0.006, p < 0.0001) protein decreased, whereas in the inhibitor group, PTEN (1.043 ± 0.042, p = 0.9413), MMP-2 (1.397 ± 0.075, p = 0.0002), and COL1A1 (1.935 ± 0.081, p < 0.0001) expression increased. CONCLUSION MiR-29a inhibits the expression of PTEN, MMP-2, and collagen I on scleral fibroblasts, which may provide a basis studies in sclera.
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- Qianying Yang
- Department of Ophthalmology, Yongchuan Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China,
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Yongchuan Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Yongchuan Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Yongchuan Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Yongchuan Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Yongchuan Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China
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Tu T, Chen J, Chen L, Stiles BL. Dual-Specific Protein and Lipid Phosphatase PTEN and Its Biological Functions. Cold Spring Harb Perspect Med 2020; 10:cshperspect.a036301. [PMID: 31548229 DOI: 10.1101/cshperspect.a036301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Phosphatase and tensin homolog deleted on chromosome 10 (PTEN) encodes a 403-amino acid protein with an amino-terminal domain that shares sequence homology with the actin-binding protein tensin and the putative tyrosine-protein phosphatase auxilin. Crystal structure analysis of PTEN has revealed a C2 domain that binds to phospholipids in membranes and a phosphatase domain that displays dual-specific activity toward both tyrosine (Y), serine (S)/threonine (T), as well as lipid substrates in vitro. Characterized primarily as a lipid phosphatase, PTEN plays important roles in multiple cellular processes including cell growth/survival as well as metabolism.
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- Taojian Tu
- Department of Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90033, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90033, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90033, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90033, USA.,Department of Pathology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90033, USA
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Phosphoinositides are the phosphorylated derivatives of phosphatidylinositol, and play a very significant role in a diverse range of signaling processes in eukaryotic cells. A number of phosphoinositide-metabolizing enzymes, including phosphoinositide-kinases and phosphatases are involved in the synthesis and degradation of these phospholipids. Recently, the function of various phosphatases in the phosphatidylinositol signaling pathway has been of great interest. In the present review we summarize the structural insights and biochemistry of various phosphatases in regulating phosphoinositide metabolism.
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- Young Jun Kim
- Department of Biotechnology, Konkuk University, Chungju, Korea
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Garnier D, Jabado N, Rak J. Extracellular vesicles as prospective carriers of oncogenic protein signatures in adult and paediatric brain tumours. Proteomics 2013; 13:1595-607. [PMID: 23505048 DOI: 10.1002/pmic.201200360] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2012] [Revised: 10/06/2012] [Accepted: 10/24/2012] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Extracellular vesicles (EVs), including exosomes, act as biological effectors and as carriers of oncogenic signatures in human cancer. The molecular composition and accessibility of EVs in biofluids open unprecedented diagnostic opportunities in malignancies where tumour tissue is difficult to sample, especially in primary and metastatic brain tumours. The ongoing genetic discovery of driver mutations defines the ever increasing numbers of distinct molecular subtypes of brain tumours (orphan diseases), a complexity that may soon be translated into alterations in functional proteins and their oncogenic networks. This may likely be extended to real time changes engendered by the disease progression, tumour heterogeneity, inter-individual variations and therapeutic responses. Meeting these challenges through EV analysis is dependent on technological progress in such areas as generation of mutation- and phospho-specific antibodies, antibody array platforms, nanotechnology, microfluidics, NMR spectroscopy, MS and MRM approaches of quantitative proteomics, which should not be underestimated. Still, vesiculation emerges as a unique process that could be harnessed for the benefit of more individualised patient care.
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- Delphine Garnier
- Montreal Children's Hospital, RI MUHC, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Kalinina J, Peng J, Ritchie JC, Van Meir EG. Proteomics of gliomas: initial biomarker discovery and evolution of technology. Neuro Oncol 2011; 13:926-42. [PMID: 21852429 DOI: 10.1093/neuonc/nor078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Gliomas are a group of aggressive brain tumors that diffusely infiltrate adjacent brain tissues, rendering them largely incurable, even with multiple treatment modalities and agents. Mostly asymptomatic at early stages, they present in several subtypes with astrocytic or oligodendrocytic features and invariably progress to malignant forms. Gliomas are difficult to classify precisely because of interobserver variability during histopathologic grading. Identifying biological signatures of each glioma subtype through protein biomarker profiling of tumor or tumor-proximal fluids is therefore of high priority. Such profiling not only may provide clues regarding tumor classification but may identify clinical biomarkers and pathologic targets for the development of personalized treatments. In the past decade, differential proteomic profiling techniques have utilized tumor, cerebrospinal fluid, and plasma from glioma patients to identify the first candidate diagnostic, prognostic, predictive, and therapeutic response markers, highlighting the potential for glioma biomarker discovery. The number of markers identified, however, has been limited, their reproducibility between studies is unclear, and none have been validated for clinical use. Recent technological advancements in methodologies for high-throughput profiling, which provide easy access, rapid screening, low sample consumption, and accurate protein identification, are anticipated to accelerate brain tumor biomarker discovery. Reliable tools for biomarker verification forecast translation of the biomarkers into clinical diagnostics in the foreseeable future. Herein we update the reader on the recent trends and directions in glioma proteomics, including key findings and established and emerging technologies for analysis, together with challenges we are still facing in identifying and verifying potential glioma biomarkers.
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- Juliya Kalinina
- Laboratory of Molecular Neuro-Oncology, Departments of Neurosurgery, Hematology and Medical Oncology, School of Medicine, and Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
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Niclou SP, Fack F, Rajcevic U. Glioma proteomics: status and perspectives. J Proteomics 2010; 73:1823-38. [PMID: 20332038 DOI: 10.1016/j.jprot.2010.03.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2010] [Revised: 03/11/2010] [Accepted: 03/17/2010] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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High grade gliomas are the most common brain tumors in adults and their malignant nature makes them the fourth biggest cause of cancer death. Major efforts in neuro-oncology research are needed to reach similar progress in treatment efficacy as that achieved for other cancers in recent years. In addition to the urgent need to identify novel effective drug targets against malignant gliomas, the search for glioma biomarkers and grade specific protein signatures will provide a much needed contribution to diagnosis, prognosis, treatment decision and assessment of treatment response. Over the past years glioma proteomics has been attempted at different levels, including proteome analysis of patient biopsies and bodily fluids, of glioma cell lines and animal models. Here we provide an extensive review of the outcome of these studies in terms of protein identifications (protein numbers and regulated proteins), with an emphasis on the methods used and the limitations of the studies with regard to biomarker discovery. This is followed by a perspective on novel technologies and on the potential future contribution of proteomics in a broad sense to understanding glioma biology.
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- Simone P Niclou
- Norlux Neuro-Oncology Laboratory, Department of Oncology, Centre de Recherche Public de la Santé (CRP-Santé), Luxembourg, Luxembourg.
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Pak JH, Moon JH, Hwang SJ, Cho SH, Seo SB, Kim TS. Proteomic analysis of differentially expressed proteins in human cholangiocarcinoma cells treated withClonorchis sinensisexcretoryâsecretory products. J Cell Biochem 2009; 108:1376-88. [DOI: 10.1002/jcb.22368] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Youm YH, Kim S, Bahk YY, Yoo TK. Proteomic analysis of androgen-independent growth in low and high passage human LNCaP prostatic adenocarcinoma cells. BMB Rep 2009; 41:722-7. [PMID: 18959819 DOI: 10.5483/bmbrep.2008.41.10.722] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The present study compared the proteomic characteristics of a low passage number (L-33) and high passage number (H-81) LNCaP cell clone. Marked differences in protein expression were noted in the response of L-33 and H-81 cells to androgens. To investigate if regulation of these proteins was androgen-dependent, expression of the androgen receptor was silenced via small interfering RNA. Consistent with the proteomic data, abrogation of androgen receptor production in H-81 cells resulted in the reversed expression level into L-33 cells compared with non-treated H-81 LNCaP cells. The results clarify the progression into an androgen-independent phenotype.
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- Yun Hee Youm
- Department of Urology, Eulji Medical Center, Eulji University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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Bahk YY, Cho IH, Kim TS. A Cross-talk between oncogenic Ras and tumor suppressor PTEN through FAK Tyr861 phosphorylation in NIH/3T3 mouse embryonic fibroblasts. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2008; 377:1199-204. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2008.10.157] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2008] [Accepted: 10/25/2008] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Kim S, Lee YZ, Kim YS, Bahk YY. A Proteomic approach for protein-profiling the oncogenic ras induced transformation (H-, K-, and N-Ras) in NIH/3T3 mouse embryonic fibroblasts. Proteomics 2008; 8:3082-93. [DOI: 10.1002/pmic.200800106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Khwaja FW. Prognostic markers of astrocytoma: how to predict the unpredictable? ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2007; 1:463-79. [PMID: 23496354 DOI: 10.1517/17530059.1.4.463] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Astrocytomas are the most frequent tumors originating in the human nervous system. They carry a dismal prognosis as high-grade astroctyoma patients (World Health Organization [WHO] grade III and IV) rarely live beyond 5 years. At present, these tumors are mainly diagnosed through the difficult task of histologic examination of tissue obtained through stereotactic biopsy or tumor resection. In addition to determining the malignancy grade through histologic studies, the only other prognostic factors used in clinical setting are patient age and performance status. To overcome current limitations, research is underway to develop molecular approaches for glioma classification. These include identification, characterization and expansion of clinical (patient characteristics and imaging variables), histologic (WHO classification criteria) and molecular (genetic and proteomic) factors with prognostic potential. In this review the established classification characteristics, along with recent advances that may lead to the addition of new parameters and thus improve patient management and survival, are discussed.
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- Fatima W Khwaja
- Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Center, Basic Science Lab, Abdul Hafeez Research Wing, 77A, Block R/8, Lahore, 54000, Pakistan +92 042 5180727 ext. 2523 ; +92 042 5945207 ;
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Lee JM, Kim S, Lee JY, Yoo EY, Cho MC, Cho MR, Kim BD, Bahk YY. A differentially expressed proteomic analysis in placental tissues in relation to pungency during the pepper fruit development. Proteomics 2006; 6:5248-59. [PMID: 16947123 DOI: 10.1002/pmic.200600326] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Using proteomic analysis including 2-DE, image analysis, and protein identification with LC-MS/MS, an investigation aimed at a better understanding of the differentially expressed proteins and/or gene products was carried out with total cell extracts from placental tissues in nonpungent (Capsicum annuum cv. Saeng-Ryeog #213) and pungent peppers (C. annuum cv. Saeng-Ryeog #211). Mobilization of the most abundant proteins, which were on the gels of pH ranges of 4-7, 4.5-5.5, 5.5-6.7, and 6-9, and showed very similar profiles in the two tissues, revealing approximately 2600 protein spots consisting of 1200 on pH 4-7, 600 on 4.5-5.5, 550 on 5.5-6.7, 250 on 6-9. Of these, 37 protein spots, which appeared in only pungent tissues but not in nonpungent tissues or markedly increased in their staining intensities on the gels from pungent tissue, were selected, excised, in-gel trypsin digested, and analyzed by LC-ESI-MS/MS. Peptide MS/MS data were searched against publicly available protein and EST databases, and 22 proteins were identified. Based on this result, we tested and compared the differential expression during fruit development on the 2-DE gels with total cell extracts from placental tissues of pungent and nonpungent peppers at an interval of 10 days from 10 to 40 days after flowering. In addition, this differential protein expression was further confirmed for some subsets of candidates by Northern-blot analysis with RNA samples from placental tissues harvested from each pepper fruit at the same sampling intervals. In this study, the physiological implications, revealed from the experimental data in the levels of proteome and transcripts, are discussed in the context of a complex biosynthesis network of capsaicinoids in pepper cells responsive to pungency.
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- Je Min Lee
- Department of Plant Science, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
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Park JW, Kim S, Bahk YY. A proteomic approach for dissecting H-Ras signaling networks in NIH/3T3 mouse embryonic fibroblast cells. Proteomics 2006; 6:2433-43. [PMID: 16612794 DOI: 10.1002/pmic.200500688] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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To elucidate an understanding into H-Ras protein network, we have established various oncogene H-Ras-expressing NIH/3T3 mouse embryonic fibroblast cell clones, which are expressing G12V H-Ras, G12R H-Ras, and G12V/T35S H-Ras proteins under the tight control of expression by an antibiotic doxycycline. Here we provide a catalog of proteome profiles in total cell lysate derived from the oncogenic and partial loss of function H-Ras-expressing NIH/3T3 cells. In this biological context, we compared total proteome changes by the combined methods of 2-DE, quantitative image analysis and MALDI-TOF-MS analysis both commonly in oncogenic and partial loss of function H-Ras expression system. Thus, we tried to dissect H-Ras signaling pathway, especially a downstream effector molecule, Raf in NIH/3T3 cells using proteomics tools. In this study, we centralized upon the proteome profile changes as common targets for oncogenic H-Ras and a partial loss of function H-Ras in the H-Ras-expressing cells. Thirteen protein spots were selected as what the staining intensities on the gels for 2-DE images from both kinds of cells were consistently changed in their protein expression level. Differentially regulated expression was further confirmed for some subsets of candidates by semiquantitative RT-PCR and Western blot analysis using specific antibodies. Taken together, our results obtained and present here show that the comparative analysis of proteome from oncogenic and partial loss of function H-Ras-expressing cells has yielded interpretable data to elucidate the protein network directly and/or indirectly.
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- Jung Wook Park
- Department of Biochemistry, College of Science, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea
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