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Huang MB, Brena D, Wu JY, Roth WW, Owusu S, Bond VC. Novel secretion modification region (SMR) peptide exhibits anti-metastatic properties in human breast cancer cells. Sci Rep 2022; 12:13204. [PMID: 35915218 PMCID: PMC9343421 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-17534-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2022] [Accepted: 07/27/2022] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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Breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer-related mortality in women worldwide, with nearly 90% attributed to metastatic progression. Exosomes containing epithelial–mesenchymal transition (EMT) ‘programs’ transmit pro-metastatic phenotypes. Our group discovered and developed a novel anti-cancer SMR peptide that antagonizes breast cancer cell exosome release resulting in cell cycle arrest and tumor growth suppression. This study aims to evaluate the anti-metastatic capabilities of the SMR peptide, focusing on exosomes and EMT. Breast cancer cell lines MDA-MB-231 and MCF-7 were treated with the SMRwt peptide, and the following assays were performed: cell wound-healing, migration, invasion. The SMRwt peptide consists of the following amino acid sequence VGFPVAAVGFPVDYKDDDDK and contains the SMR domain (66VGFPV70) of the HIV-1 Nef protein. Western blot analysis detected epithelial and mesenchymal markers to evaluate EMT progression. Extracellular vesicle type and quantity were assessed through NanoSight analysis. Mortalin and Vimentin knockdown was achieved through antibody targeting and miRNAs. Data gathered demonstrated that the SMR peptide interacts with Mortalin and Vimentin to inhibit pro-EMT exosome release and induce EMT tumor suppressor protein expression. Specifically, SMRwt treatment reduced mesenchymal markers Mortalin and Vimentin expression, while the epithelial marker E-cadherin expression was increased in breast cancer cells and breast cancer-derived exosomes. The SMR peptide specificity was identified as no effect was observed for MCF-10A exosome release or function. Direct Mortalin knockdown paralleled the results of SMR peptide treatment with an effective blockade of breast cancer cell migration. Conversely, the invasion assay differed between breast cancer cell lines with invasion blocked for in MCF-7 but not in MDA-MB-231. These results reinforce the therapeutic value of targeting breast cancer exosome release and reinforce Mortalin and Vimentin as critical regulators and therapeutic targets in breast cancer cell progression, EMT, and metastatic potential. A greater understanding of the SMR peptide mechanism of action will benefit the therapeutic design of anti-metastatic agents.
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- Ming-Bo Huang
- Department of Microbiology, Biochemistry, and Immunology, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, 30310, USA.
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- Department of Microbiology, Biochemistry, and Immunology, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, 30310, USA
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- Columbia College, Columbia University, New York, NY, 10027, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, Biochemistry, and Immunology, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, 30310, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, Biochemistry, and Immunology, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, 30310, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, Biochemistry, and Immunology, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, 30310, USA
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Meng Z, Zhang R, Wu X, Zhang M, Zhang S, Jin T. Prognostic value of Mortalin correlates with roles in epithelial-mesenchymal transition and angiogenesis in lung adenocarcinoma. Carcinogenesis 2021; 43:40-51. [PMID: 34490878 DOI: 10.1093/carcin/bgab081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2021] [Revised: 08/24/2021] [Accepted: 09/06/2021] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Mortalin is involved in the malignant phenotype of many cancers. However, the specific molecular mechanisms involving Mortalin in lung adenocarcinoma remain unclear. In this study, we showed that both Mortalin mRNA and protein are overexpressed in lung adenocarcinoma. In addition, Mortalin overexpression was positively-correlated with poor overall survival. In vitro experiments showed that Mortalin silencing inhibited the proliferation, colony formation, and migration abilities of A549 and H1299 cells. Mortalin promotes EMT progression, angiogenesis, and tumor progression by activating the Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway In vivo experiments further confirmed that Mortalin promoted malignant progression of lung adenocarcinoma. Taken together, our data suggest that Mortalin represents an attractive prognostic marker and therapeutic target in lung adenocarcinoma patients.
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- Ziqi Meng
- Department of Pathology and Cancer Research Center, Yanbian University Medical College, Yanji, 133002, China.,Key Laboratory of the Science and Technology Department of Jilin Province, Yanji, China
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- Department of Pathology and Cancer Research Center, Yanbian University Medical College, Yanji, 133002, China.,Key Laboratory of the Science and Technology Department of Jilin Province, Yanji, China
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- Department of Pathology and Cancer Research Center, Yanbian University Medical College, Yanji, 133002, China.,Key Laboratory of the Science and Technology Department of Jilin Province, Yanji, China
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- Department of Health Examination Centre, Yanbian University Hospital, Yanji, 133002, China
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- Department of Oncology, Yanbian University Hospital, Yanji, 133002, China
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- Department of Pathology and Cancer Research Center, Yanbian University Medical College, Yanji, 133002, China.,Key Laboratory of the Science and Technology Department of Jilin Province, Yanji, China
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Mitochondrial HSP70 Chaperone System-The Influence of Post-Translational Modifications and Involvement in Human Diseases. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:ijms22158077. [PMID: 34360841 PMCID: PMC8347752 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22158077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2021] [Revised: 07/23/2021] [Accepted: 07/26/2021] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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Since their discovery, heat shock proteins (HSPs) have been identified in all domains of life, which demonstrates their importance and conserved functional role in maintaining protein homeostasis. Mitochondria possess several members of the major HSP sub-families that perform essential tasks for keeping the organelle in a fully functional and healthy state. In humans, the mitochondrial HSP70 chaperone system comprises a central molecular chaperone, mtHSP70 or mortalin (HSPA9), which is actively involved in stabilizing and importing nuclear gene products and in refolding mitochondrial precursor proteins, and three co-chaperones (HSP70-escort protein 1-HEP1, tumorous imaginal disc protein 1-TID-1, and Gro-P like protein E-GRPE), which regulate and accelerate its protein folding functions. In this review, we summarize the roles of mitochondrial molecular chaperones with particular focus on the human mtHsp70 and its co-chaperones, whose deregulated expression, mutations, and post-translational modifications are often considered to be the main cause of neurological disorders, genetic diseases, and malignant growth.
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Sluzalska KD, Slawski J, Sochacka M, Lampart A, Otlewski J, Zakrzewska M. Intracellular partners of fibroblast growth factors 1 and 2 - implications for functions. Cytokine Growth Factor Rev 2020; 57:93-111. [PMID: 32475760 DOI: 10.1016/j.cytogfr.2020.05.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2020] [Revised: 05/04/2020] [Accepted: 05/07/2020] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Fibroblast growth factors 1 and 2 (FGF1 and FGF2) are mainly considered as ligands of surface receptors through which they regulate a broad spectrum of biological processes. They are secreted in non-canonical way and, unlike other growth factors, they are able to translocate from the endosome to the cell interior. These unique features, as well as the role of the intracellular pool of FGF1 and FGF2, are far from being fully understood. An increasing number of reports address this problem, focusing on the intracellular interactions of FGF1 and 2. Here, we summarize the current state of knowledge of the FGF1 and FGF2 binding partners inside the cell and the possible role of these interactions. The partner proteins are grouped according to their function, including proteins involved in secretion, cell signaling, nucleocytoplasmic transport, binding and processing of nucleic acids, ATP binding, and cytoskeleton assembly. An in-depth analysis of the network of these binding partners could indicate novel, non-classical functions of FGF1 and FGF2 and uncover an additional level of a fine control of the well-known FGF-regulated cellular processes.
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- Katarzyna Dominika Sluzalska
- Department of Protein Engineering, Faculty of Biotechnology, University of Wroclaw, ul. F. Joliot-Curie 14a, 50-383 Wroclaw, Poland
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- Department of Biophysics, Faculty of Biotechnology, University of Wroclaw, ul. F. Joliot-Curie 14a, 50-383 Wroclaw, Poland
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- Department of Protein Engineering, Faculty of Biotechnology, University of Wroclaw, ul. F. Joliot-Curie 14a, 50-383 Wroclaw, Poland
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- Department of Protein Engineering, Faculty of Biotechnology, University of Wroclaw, ul. F. Joliot-Curie 14a, 50-383 Wroclaw, Poland
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- Department of Protein Engineering, Faculty of Biotechnology, University of Wroclaw, ul. F. Joliot-Curie 14a, 50-383 Wroclaw, Poland
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- Department of Protein Engineering, Faculty of Biotechnology, University of Wroclaw, ul. F. Joliot-Curie 14a, 50-383 Wroclaw, Poland.
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Dhamad AE, Greene E, Sales M, Nguyen P, Beer L, Liyanage R, Dridi S. 75-kDa glucose-regulated protein (GRP75) is a novel molecular signature for heat stress response in avian species. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 2020; 318:C289-C303. [DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00334.2019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Glucose-regulated protein 75 (GRP75) was first characterized in mammals as a heat shock protein-70 (HSP70) family stress chaperone based on its sequence homology. Extensive studies in mammals showed that GRP75 is induced by various stressors such as glucose deprivation, oxidative stress, and hypoxia, although it remained unresponsive to the heat shock. Such investigations are scarce in avian (nonmammalian) species. We here identified chicken GRP75 by using immunoprecipitation assay integrated with LC-MS/MS, and found that its amino acid sequence is conserved with high homology (52.5%) to the HSP70 family. Bioinformatics and 3D-structure prediction indicate that, like most HSPs, chicken GRP75 has two principal domains (the NH2-terminal ATPase and COOH-terminal region). Immunofluorescence staining shows that GRP75 is localized predominantly in the avian myoblast and hepatocyte mitochondria. Heat stress exposure upregulates GRP75 expression in a species-, genotype-, and tissue-specific manner. Overexpression of GRP75 reduces avian cell viability, and blockade of GRP75 by its small molecular inhibitor MKT-077 rescues avian cell viability during heat stress. Taken together, this is the first evidence showing that chicken GRP75, unlike its mammalian ortholog, is responsive to heat shock and plays a key role in cell survival/death pathways. Since modern avian species have high metabolic rates and are sensitive to high environmental temperature, GRP75 could open new vistas in mechanistic understanding of heat stress responses and thermotolerance in avian species.
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- Ahmed Edan Dhamad
- Center of Excellence for Poultry Science, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas
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- Center of Excellence for Poultry Science, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas
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- Center of Excellence for Poultry Science, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas
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- Center of Excellence for Poultry Science, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas
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- Center of Excellence for Poultry Science, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas
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- Center of Excellence for Poultry Science, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas
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- Center of Excellence for Poultry Science, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas
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Huang MB, Xia M, Gao Z, Zhou H, Liu M, Huang S, Zhen R, Wu JY, Roth WW, Bond VC, Xiao J, Leng J. Characterization of Exosomes in Plasma of Patients with Breast, Ovarian, Prostate, Hepatic, Gastric, Colon, and Pancreatic Cancers. JOURNAL OF CANCER THERAPY 2019; 10:382-399. [PMID: 33833900 PMCID: PMC8025783 DOI: 10.4236/jct.2019.105032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Detection of circulating tumor-specific DNA, RNA or proteins can be difficult due to relative scarcity. Exosomes are extracellular vesicles, 30 - 150 nm in diameter derived from fusion of multivesicular bodies with the plasma membrane. They are composed of a lipid bilayer membrane and contain proteins, mRNA and miRNA. Exosomes are secreted by multiple cell types, including cancer cells. However, there is a relative lack of information concerning the contents of exosomes secreted by various tumor cell types. To examine exosomes in cancer, we collected blood plasma samples from patients with breast, ovarian, prostate, hepatic, gastric, colon, and pancreatic cancers. Exosomes were isolated from plasma and confirmed by AchE assay, transmission electron microscopy and expression of the CD63 exosomal marker. Expression of AFP, CA724, CA153, CEA, CA125, CA199 and PSA antigens were determined using an automated electro-chemiluminescence assay. Expression of the tumor-related chaperone protein, mortalin, was determined by Western blot analysis. Levels of exosome secretion were variable among the different tumor types. Both exosome levels and mortalin expression within tumor cell exosomes were higher than in healthy donors, except in pancreatic carcinoma, where exosomes were elevated but mortalin expression was not significantly different from healthy donors. Exosomes provide unique opportunities for the enrichment of tumor-specific materials and may be useful as biomarkers and possibly as tools of cancer therapies. Mortalin, which has been linked to cell proliferation and induction of epithelial-mesenchymal transition of cancer cells, may be useful as a prognostic bio-marker and as a possible therapeutic target.
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- Ming-Bo Huang
- Department of Microbiology, Biochemistry and Immunology, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Translational Medicine for Treating High-Incidence Infectious Diseases with Integrative Medicine, Guangxi University of Chinese Medicine, Nanning, Guangxi, China
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Translational Medicine for Treating High-Incidence Infectious Diseases with Integrative Medicine, Guangxi University of Chinese Medicine, Nanning, Guangxi, China
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Translational Medicine for Treating High-Incidence Infectious Diseases with Integrative Medicine, Guangxi University of Chinese Medicine, Nanning, Guangxi, China
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- Ruikang Hospital Affiliated to Guangxi University of Chinese Medicine, Nanning, Guangxi, China
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- Tumor hospital Affiliated to Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi, China
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- The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi University of Chinese Medicine, Nanning, Guangxi, China
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- Columbia College, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, Biochemistry and Immunology, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, Biochemistry and Immunology, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Translational Medicine for Treating High-Incidence Infectious Diseases with Integrative Medicine, Guangxi University of Chinese Medicine, Nanning, Guangxi, China
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Translational Medicine for Treating High-Incidence Infectious Diseases with Integrative Medicine, Guangxi University of Chinese Medicine, Nanning, Guangxi, China
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Mortalin expression in pancreatic cancer and its clinical and prognostic significance. Hum Pathol 2017; 64:171-178. [PMID: 28412209 DOI: 10.1016/j.humpath.2017.03.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2016] [Revised: 03/06/2017] [Accepted: 03/23/2017] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Mortalin, an essential mitochondrial chaperone protein, is involved in the tumorigenesis of a number of malignancies. This study aimed to investigate the expression of Mortalin in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) cells and to determine its clinicopathological and prognostic significance. The localization of Mortalin protein was detected in BXPC-3 PDAC cells using immunofluorescence. Immunohistochemistry was also used to detect Mortalin expression in well-defined tissues obtained from 106 PDAC patients and 46 corresponding nontumor pancreatic tissues. Clinicopathological parameters and overall survival data were collected and compared between different Mortalin statuses. The results of immunohistochemistry and immunofluorescence showed that Mortalin was primarily present in the cytoplasm of PDAC cells. The ratio of strong positive staining for Mortalin was higher in PDAC tissues (55.66%; 59/106) than in normal adjacent tissues (23.91%; 11/46). Positive relationships between Mortalin expression and clinical stage, perineural invasion, lymph node metastasis, and lower overall survival were observed. Multivariate Cox regression analysis identified Mortalin as a significant independent prognostic factor, in addition to location, clinical stage, and perineural invasion, for survival of PDAC patients. Therefore, we present strong evidence that Mortalin may function as a practical marker to predict prognosis and as a potential therapeutic target in PDAC treatment.
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Nagpal N, Goyal S, Dhanjal JK, Ye L, Kaul SC, Wadhwa R, Chaturvedi R, Grover A. Molecular dynamics-based identification of novel natural mortalin-p53 abrogators as anticancer agents. J Recept Signal Transduct Res 2016; 37:8-16. [PMID: 27380217 DOI: 10.3109/10799893.2016.1141952] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Cancer is one of the leading causes of mortality worldwide that requires attention in terms of extensive study and research. Eradication of mortalin-p53 interaction that leads to the inhibition of transcriptional activation or blocking of p53 from functioning as a suppressor and induction of nuclear translocation of p53 can prove to be one of the useful approaches for cancer management. RESULTS In this study, we used structure-based approach to target the p53-binding domain of mortalin in order to prevent mortalin-p53 complex formation. We screened compounds from ZINC database against the modeled mortalin protein using Glide virtual screening. The top two compounds, DTOM (ZINC 28639308) and TTOM (ZINC 38143676) with Glide score of -12.27 and -12.16, respectively, were identified with the potential to abrogate mortalin-p53 interaction. Finally, molecular dynamics simulations were used to analyze the dynamic stability of the ligand-bound complex and it was observed that residues Tyr196, Asn198, Val264 and Thr267 were involved in intermolecular interactions in both the simulated ligand-bound complexes, and thus, these residues may have a paramount role in stabilizing the binding of the ligands with the protein. CONCLUSION These detailed insights can further facilitate the development of potent inhibitors against mortalin-p53 complex.
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- Neha Nagpal
- a School of Biotechnology, Jawaharlal Nehru University , New Delhi , India and
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- a School of Biotechnology, Jawaharlal Nehru University , New Delhi , India and
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- b Cell Proliferation Research Group and DBT-AIST International Laboratory for Advanced Biomedicine, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science & Technology (AIST) , Tsukuba , Ibaraki , Japan
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- b Cell Proliferation Research Group and DBT-AIST International Laboratory for Advanced Biomedicine, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science & Technology (AIST) , Tsukuba , Ibaraki , Japan
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- b Cell Proliferation Research Group and DBT-AIST International Laboratory for Advanced Biomedicine, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science & Technology (AIST) , Tsukuba , Ibaraki , Japan
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- a School of Biotechnology, Jawaharlal Nehru University , New Delhi , India and
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- a School of Biotechnology, Jawaharlal Nehru University , New Delhi , India and
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Na Y, Kaul SC, Ryu J, Lee JS, Ahn HM, Kaul Z, Kalra RS, Li L, Widodo N, Yun CO, Wadhwa R. Stress Chaperone Mortalin Contributes to Epithelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition and Cancer Metastasis. Cancer Res 2016; 76:2754-2765. [DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-15-2704] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Jin H, Ji M, Chen L, Liu Q, Che S, Xu M, Lin Z. The clinicopathological significance of Mortalin overexpression in invasive ductal carcinoma of breast. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL & CLINICAL CANCER RESEARCH : CR 2016; 35:42. [PMID: 26955804 PMCID: PMC4784366 DOI: 10.1186/s13046-016-0316-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2015] [Accepted: 02/29/2016] [Indexed: 12/03/2022]
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Background Mortalin/GRP75 is a ubiquitous mitochondrial chaperone which related to the cytosolic heat shock protein 70 (HSP70), and plays a role in carcinogenesis. This study aims to investigate the Mortalin expression in breast cancer and its correlation with the outcome of the patients with breast cancer. Methods A total of 155 invasive ductal carcinoma of breast patients with strict follow-up, 52 ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) and 45 adjacent non-tumor breast tissues were selected for immunohistochemical (IHC) staining of Mortalin protein. The localization of Mortalin protein was detected in MDA-MB231 breast cancer cells using immunofluorescence (IF) staining. The correlations between overexpression of Mortalin and the clinical features of patients with breast cancer were evaluated using chi-square test and Fisher’s exact tests. The survival rates were calculated by the Kaplan-Meier method, and the relationship between prognostic factors and patient survival was also analyzed by the Cox proportional hazard models. Results Mortalin protein showed a mainly cytoplasmic staining pattern in breast cancers by using IHC staining in paraffin embedded breast cancer tissues and IF staining in MDA-MB231 breast cancer cells. The strongly positive rate of Mortalin protein was 63.9 % (99/155) in invasive ductal carcinoma of breast and was significantly higher than in DCIS 34.6 % (18/52) and adjacent non-tumor tissues 15.6 % (7/45). Overexpression of Mortalin was closely correlated with histological grade, clinical stage, lymph node metastasis, lower disease free survival (DFS) and overall survival (OS) rates of patients with breast cancer. Moreover, multivariate analysis suggested that Mortalin emerged as a significant independent prognostic factor along with clinical stage and Her2 expression status in patients with breast cancer. Conclusions Mortalin is upregulated in breast cancer, and may be a useful poor prognostic biomarker as well as a potential therapeutic target for patients with breast cancer.
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- Haidan Jin
- Department of Pathology & Cancer Research Center, Yanbian University Medical College, Yanji, 133002, China.
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- Department of Pathology & Cancer Research Center, Yanbian University Medical College, Yanji, 133002, China.
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- Department of Pathology & Cancer Research Center, Yanbian University Medical College, Yanji, 133002, China. .,Department of Biochemistry, Yanbian University Medical College, Yanji, 133002, China.
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- Department of Breast Surgery, The Second Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, 130041, China.
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- Department of Pathology & Cancer Research Center, Yanbian University Medical College, Yanji, 133002, China.
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- Department of Pathology & Cancer Research Center, Yanbian University Medical College, Yanji, 133002, China.
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- Department of Pathology & Cancer Research Center, Yanbian University Medical College, Yanji, 133002, China.
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Cook TJ, Hoekstra JG, Eaton DL, Zhang J. Mortalin is Expressed by Astrocytes and Decreased in the Midbrain of Parkinson's Disease Patients. Brain Pathol 2015; 26:75-81. [PMID: 26095919 DOI: 10.1111/bpa.12274] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2015] [Accepted: 06/05/2015] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Mortalin, an essential mitochondrial chaperone protein, has previously been implicated in the pathogenesis of a wide array of diseases, including neurodegenerative conditions such as Parkinson's disease (PD) and Alzheimer's disease. Previous reports have consistently described mortalin protein levels to be lower in the brain tissue of patients with neurodegenerative disease, with expression demonstrated to be lower in neurons of post-mortem PD brain specimens. However, to date, mortalin expression has not yet been evaluated in astrocytes of post-mortem brain tissue from either normal or PD subjects. Mortalin expression was demonstrated in mouse primary astrocyte cultures by Western blot and quantitative polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Furthermore, confocal microscopy studies in human post-mortem tissue indicated co-localization of mortalin within astrocytes. Utilizing a quantitative immunofluorescence staining approach, the protein was found to be moderately reduced (∼35%) in this cell type in the substantia nigra pars compacta, but not structures of the corpus striatum, in PD subjects as compared to age-/gender-matched controls. These findings highlight the potential contribution of disrupted astroglial function in the pathogenesis of PD.
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- Travis J Cook
- Department of Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences, University of Washington School of Public Health, Seattle, WA
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- Department of Pathology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA
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- Department of Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences, University of Washington School of Public Health, Seattle, WA
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- Department of Pathology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA
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Ryu J, Kaul Z, Yoon AR, Liu Y, Yaguchi T, Na Y, Ahn HM, Gao R, Choi IK, Yun CO, Kaul SC, Wadhwa R. Identification and functional characterization of nuclear mortalin in human carcinogenesis. J Biol Chem 2014; 289:24832-44. [PMID: 25012652 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m114.565929] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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The Hsp70 family protein mortalin is an essential chaperone that is frequently enriched in cancer cells and exists in various subcellular sites, including the mitochondrion, plasma membrane, endoplasmic reticulum, and cytosol. Although the molecular mechanisms underlying its multiple subcellular localizations are not yet clear, their functional significance has been revealed by several studies. In this study, we examined the nuclear fractions of human cells and found that the malignantly transformed cells have more mortalin than the normal cells. We then generated a mortalin mutant that lacked a mitochondrial targeting signal peptide. It was largely localized in the nucleus, and, hence, is called nuclear mortalin (mot-N). Functional characterization of mot-N revealed that it efficiently protects cancer cells against endogenous and exogenous oxidative stress. Furthermore, compared with the full-length mortalin overexpressing cancer cells, mot-N derivatives showed increased malignant properties, including higher proliferation rate, colony forming efficacy, motility, and tumor forming capacity both in in vitro and in vivo assays. We demonstrate that mot-N promotes carcinogenesis and cancer cell metastasis by inactivation of tumor suppressor protein p53 functions and by interaction and functional activation of telomerase and heterogeneous ribonucleoprotein K (hnRNP-K) proteins.
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- Jihoon Ryu
- From the Cell Proliferation Research Group and Department of Biotechnology (DBT, India)-National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST, Japan) International Laboratory for Advanced Biomedicine, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8562, Japan, the Department of Bioengineering, College of Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul 133-791, Korea, and
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- From the Cell Proliferation Research Group and Department of Biotechnology (DBT, India)-National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST, Japan) International Laboratory for Advanced Biomedicine, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8562, Japan, the Department of Molecular Virology, Immunology, and Medical Genetics, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210
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- the Department of Bioengineering, College of Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul 133-791, Korea, and
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- From the Cell Proliferation Research Group and Department of Biotechnology (DBT, India)-National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST, Japan) International Laboratory for Advanced Biomedicine, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8562, Japan
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- From the Cell Proliferation Research Group and Department of Biotechnology (DBT, India)-National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST, Japan) International Laboratory for Advanced Biomedicine, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8562, Japan
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- the Department of Bioengineering, College of Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul 133-791, Korea, and
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- From the Cell Proliferation Research Group and Department of Biotechnology (DBT, India)-National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST, Japan) International Laboratory for Advanced Biomedicine, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8562, Japan, the Department of Bioengineering, College of Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul 133-791, Korea, and
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- From the Cell Proliferation Research Group and Department of Biotechnology (DBT, India)-National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST, Japan) International Laboratory for Advanced Biomedicine, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8562, Japan
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- the Department of Bioengineering, College of Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul 133-791, Korea, and
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- the Department of Bioengineering, College of Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul 133-791, Korea, and
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- From the Cell Proliferation Research Group and Department of Biotechnology (DBT, India)-National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST, Japan) International Laboratory for Advanced Biomedicine, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8562, Japan,
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- From the Cell Proliferation Research Group and Department of Biotechnology (DBT, India)-National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST, Japan) International Laboratory for Advanced Biomedicine, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8562, Japan,
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Díaz de la Guardia R, Catalina P, Panero J, Elosua C, Pulgarin A, López MB, Ayllón V, Ligero G, Slavutsky I, Leone PE. Expression profile of telomere-associated genes in multiple myeloma. J Cell Mol Med 2014; 16:3009-21. [PMID: 22947336 PMCID: PMC4393729 DOI: 10.1111/j.1582-4934.2012.01628.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2012] [Accepted: 08/14/2012] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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To further contribute to the understanding of multiple myeloma, we have focused our research interests on the mechanisms by which tumour plasma cells have a higher survival rate than normal plasma cells. In this article, we study the expression profile of genes involved in the regulation and protection of telomere length, telomerase activity and apoptosis in samples from patients with monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance, smouldering multiple myeloma, multiple myeloma (MM) and plasma cell leukaemia (PCL), as well as several human myeloma cell lines (HMCLs). Using conventional cytogenetic and fluorescence in situ hybridization studies, we identified a high number of telomeric associations (TAs). Moreover, telomere length measurements by terminal restriction fragment (TRF) assay showed a shorter mean TRF peak value, with a consistent correlation with the number of TAs. Using gene expression arrays and quantitative PCR we identified the hTERT gene together with 16 other genes directly involved in telomere length maintenance: HSPA9, KRAS, RB1, members of the Small nucleolar ribonucleoproteins family, A/B subfamily of ubiquitously expressed heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoproteins, and 14-3-3 family. The expression levels of these genes were even higher than those in human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) and induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs), which have unlimited proliferation capacity. In conclusion, the gene signature suggests that MM tumour cells are able to maintain stable short telomere lengths without exceeding the short critical length, allowing cell divisions to continue. We propose that this could be a mechanism contributing to MM tumour cells expansion in the bone marrow (BM).
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- Rafael Díaz de la Guardia
- Andalusian Public Health System Biobank, Centro de Investigación Biomédica, Consejería de Salud-Universidad de Granada, Granada, Spain.
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CHEN JING, LIU WENBIN, JIA WEIDONG, XU GELIANG, MA JINLIANG, HUANG MEI, DENG YANRU, LI JIANSHENG. Overexpression of Mortalin in hepatocellular carcinoma and its relationship with angiogenesis and epithelial to mesenchymal transition. Int J Oncol 2013; 44:247-55. [DOI: 10.3892/ijo.2013.2161] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2013] [Accepted: 10/10/2013] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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Upregulation of phosphorylated HSP27, PRDX2, GRP75, GRP78 and GRP94 in acquired middle ear cholesteatoma growth. Int J Mol Sci 2013; 14:14439-59. [PMID: 23852020 PMCID: PMC3742253 DOI: 10.3390/ijms140714439] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2013] [Revised: 06/26/2013] [Accepted: 07/01/2013] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Cholesteatoma is a destructive and expanding growth of keratinizing squamous epithelium in the middle ear or petrous apex. The molecular and cellular processes of the pathogenesis of acquired middle ear cholesteatoma have not been fully understood. In this study, comparative proteomic analysis was conducted to investigate the roles of specific proteins in the pathways regarding keratinocyte proliferation in cholesteatoma. The differential proteins were detected by comparing the two-dimension electrophoresis (2-DE) maps of the epithelial tissues of 12 attic cholesteatomas with those of retroauricular skins. There were 14 upregulated proteins in the epithelial tissues of cholesteatoma in comparison with retroauricular skin. The modulation of five crucial proteins, HSP27, PRDX2, GRP75, GRP78 and GRP94, was further determined by RT-PCR, Western blot and immunohistochemistry. Phosphorylation of HSP27 at Ser-82 was identified by mass spectroscopy. The results of this study suggested that phosphorylated HSP27 is the end expression of two potential signal-transduction pathways, and together with PRDX2, they are very likely involved in the proliferation of keratinocytes in cholesteatoma. Upregulations of GRP75, GRP78 and GRP94 in keratinocytes may be able to counter endoplasmic reticulum stress, to inhibit cell apoptosis, to prevent protein unfolding and to promote cholesteatoma growth.
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Vaishnavi K, Saxena N, Shah N, Singh R, Manjunath K, Uthayakumar M, Kanaujia SP, Kaul SC, Sekar K, Wadhwa R. Differential activities of the two closely related withanolides, Withaferin A and Withanone: bioinformatics and experimental evidences. PLoS One 2012; 7:e44419. [PMID: 22973447 PMCID: PMC3433425 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0044419] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2012] [Accepted: 08/07/2012] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Background and Purpose Withanolides are naturally occurring chemical compounds. They are secondary metabolites produced via oxidation of steroids and structurally consist of a steroid-backbone bound to a lactone or its derivatives. They are known to protect plants against herbivores and have medicinal value including anti-inflammation, anti-cancer, adaptogenic and anti-oxidant effects. Withaferin A (Wi-A) and Withanone (Wi-N) are two structurally similar withanolides isolated from Withania somnifera, also known as Ashwagandha in Indian Ayurvedic medicine. Ashwagandha alcoholic leaf extract (i-Extract), rich in Wi-N, was shown to kill cancer cells selectively. Furthermore, the two closely related purified phytochemicals, Wi-A and Wi-N, showed differential activity in normal and cancer human cells in vitro and in vivo. We had earlier identified several genes involved in cytotoxicity of i-Extract in human cancer cells by loss-of-function assays using either siRNA or randomized ribozyme library. Methodology/Principal Findings In the present study, we have employed bioinformatics tools on four genes, i.e., mortalin, p53, p21 and Nrf2, identified by loss-of-function screenings. We examined the docking efficacy of Wi-N and Wi-A to each of the four targets and found that the two closely related phytochemicals have differential binding properties to the selected cellular targets that can potentially instigate differential molecular effects. We validated these findings by undertaking parallel experiments on specific gene responses to either Wi-N or Wi-A in human normal and cancer cells. We demonstrate that Wi-A that binds strongly to the selected targets acts as a strong cytotoxic agent both for normal and cancer cells. Wi-N, on the other hand, has a weak binding to the targets; it showed milder cytotoxicity towards cancer cells and was safe for normal cells. The present molecular docking analyses and experimental evidence revealed important insights to the use of Wi-A and Wi-N for cancer treatment and development of new anti-cancer phytochemical cocktails.
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- Kirti Vaishnavi
- Supercomputer Education and Research Centre, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
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- National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Central 4, Tsukuba, Japan
- Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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- National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Central 4, Tsukuba, Japan
- Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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- National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Central 4, Tsukuba, Japan
- Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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- Supercomputer Education and Research Centre, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
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- Supercomputer Education and Research Centre, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
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- Supercomputer Education and Research Centre, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
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- National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Central 4, Tsukuba, Japan
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- Supercomputer Education and Research Centre, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
- * E-mail: (KS); (RW)
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- National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Central 4, Tsukuba, Japan
- * E-mail: (KS); (RW)
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Londono C, Osorio C, Gama V, Alzate O. Mortalin, apoptosis, and neurodegeneration. Biomolecules 2012; 2:143-64. [PMID: 24970131 PMCID: PMC4030873 DOI: 10.3390/biom2010143] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2012] [Revised: 02/22/2012] [Accepted: 02/23/2012] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Mortalin is a highly conserved heat-shock chaperone usually found in multiple subcellular locations. It has several binding partners and has been implicated in various functions ranging from stress response, control of cell proliferation, and inhibition/prevention of apoptosis. The activity of this protein involves different structural and functional mechanisms, and minor alterations in its expression level may lead to serious biological consequences, including neurodegeneration. In this article we review the most current data associated with mortalin's binding partners and how these protein-protein interactions may be implicated in apoptosis and neurodegeneration. A complete understanding of the molecular pathways in which mortalin is involved is important for the development of therapeutic strategies for cancer and neurodegenerative diseases.
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- Carolina Londono
- Systems Proteomics Center Laboratory, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, Escuela de Medicina, Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana, Medellín, Colombia.
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- Systems Proteomics Center Laboratory and Program in Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA.
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- Neuroscience Center, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA.
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- Systems Proteomics Center Laboratory, Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Program in Molecular Biology and Biotechnology and Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, Escuela de Medicina, Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana, Medellin, Colombia.
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Chen X, Xu B, Li H, Yang L, Zuo J, Liu W, Liu C. Expression of mortalin detected in human liver cancer by tissue microarrays. Anat Rec (Hoboken) 2011; 294:1344-51. [PMID: 21714113 DOI: 10.1002/ar.21433] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2010] [Accepted: 05/03/2011] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Mortalin is a highly conserved molecular chaperone in the heat shock protein (HSP) 70 family, which plays a role in carcinogenesis. The relationship between tumors and the expression of mortalin is not fully elucidated. In this study, human tumor specimens from various organs of liver cancer at different stages and cultured liver cancer cells were used to study the expression pattern of mortalin. Through immunohistochemistry we showed that mortalin was significantly higher in tumors than in adjacent benign tissues. Using liver tissue microarrays tested on hepatocellular carcinomas, mortalin expression was consecutively higher with advanced tumor stages. Mortalin expression on the cultured liver cancer cells were characterized with immunocytochemistry, Real-time PCR, and western blot. The results showed that the expression level is markedly higher in the SMMC 7721 (a liver-derived tumor cell line) than in the HL 7702 (a normal liver cell line) in the protein level only. Understanding the role of mortalin in tumors may lead to development of a new therapeutic target in cancer treatment.
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- Xi Chen
- Department of Cellular and Genetic Medicine, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, China
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Vomaske J, Varnum S, Melnychuk R, Smith P, Pasa-Tolic L, Shutthanandan JI, Streblow DN. HCMV pUS28 initiates pro-migratory signaling via activation of Pyk2 kinase. HERPESVIRIDAE 2010; 1:2. [PMID: 21429240 PMCID: PMC3050435 DOI: 10.1186/2042-4280-1-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2010] [Accepted: 12/07/2010] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Background Human Cytomegalovirus (HCMV) has been implicated in the acceleration of vascular disease and chronic allograft rejection. Recently, the virus has been associated with glioblastoma and other tumors. We have previously shown that the HCMV-encoded chemokine receptor pUS28 mediates smooth muscle cell (SMC) and macrophage motility and this activity has been implicated in the acceleration of vascular disease. pUS28 induced SMC migration involves the activation of the protein tyrosine kinases (PTKs) Src and Focal adhesion kinase as well as the small GTPase RhoA. The PTK Pyk2 has been shown to play a role in cellular migration and formation of cancer, especially glioblastoma. The role of Pyk2 in pUS28 signaling and migration are unknown. Methods In the current study, we examined the involvement of the PTK Pyk2 in pUS28-induced cellular motility. We utilized in vitro migration of SMC to determine the requirements for Pyk2 in pUS28 pro-migratory signaling. We performed biochemical analysis of Pyk2 signaling in response to pUS28 activation to determine the mechanisms involved in pUS28 migration. We performed mass spectrometric analysis of Pyk2 complexes to identify novel Pyk2 binding partners. Results Expression of a mutant form of Pyk2 lacking the autophosphorylation site (Tyr-402) blocks pUS28-mediated SMC migration in response to CCL5, while the kinase-inactive Pyk2 mutant failed to elicit the same negative effect on migration. pUS28 stimulation with CCL5 results in ligand-dependent and calcium-dependent phosphorylation of Pyk2 Tyr-402 and induced the formation of an active Pyk2 kinase complex containing several novel Pyk2 binding proteins. Expression of the autophosphorylation null mutant Pyk2 F402Y did not abrogate the formation of an active Pyk2 kinase complex, but instead prevented pUS28-mediated activation of RhoA. Additionally, pUS28 activated RhoA via Pyk2 in the U373 glioblastoma cells. Interestingly, the Pyk2 kinase complex in U373 contained several proteins known to participate in glioma tumorigenesis. Conclusions These findings represent the first demonstration that pUS28 signals through Pyk2 and that this PTK participates in pUS28-mediated cellular motility via activation of RhoA. Furthermore, these results provide a potential mechanistic link between HCMV-pUS28 and glioblastoma cell activation.
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- Jennifer Vomaske
- The Vaccine & Gene Therapy Institute, Oregon Health & Science University, Beaverton OR 97006 USA.
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Deocaris CC, Kaul SC, Wadhwa R. From proliferative to neurological role of an hsp70 stress chaperone, mortalin. Biogerontology 2008; 9:391-403. [PMID: 18770009 DOI: 10.1007/s10522-008-9174-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2008] [Accepted: 08/18/2008] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Although the brain makes up approximately 2% of a person's body weight, it consumes more than 15% of total cardiac output and has a per capita caloric requirement of 10 times more than the rest of the body. Such continuous metabolic demand that supports the generation of action potentials in neuronal cells relies on the mitochondria, the main organelle for power generation. The phenomenon of mitochondrial biogenesis, although has long been a neglected theme in neurobiology, can be regarded as critical to brain physiology. The present review emphasizes the role of a key molecular player of mitochondrial biogenesis, the mortalin/mthsp70. Brain mortalin is discussed in relation to its aptitude to impact on mitochondrial function and homeostasis, to its interfacing energy metabolic functions with synaptic plasticity, and to its modulation of brain aging via the cellular senescence pathways. Recently, this chaperone has been implicated in Alzheimer's (AD) and Parkinson's (PD) diseases, with proteomic studies consistently identifying oxidatively-damaged mortalin as potential biomarker. Hence, it is possible that mitochondrial dysfunction coincides with the collapse in the mitochondrial chaperone network that aim not only to import, sort and maintain integrity of protein components within the mitochondria, but also to act as buffer to the molecular heterogeneity of damaged and aging mitochondrial proteins within a ROS-rich microenvironment. Inversely, it may also seem that vulnerability to mitochondrial dysfunction could be precipitated by malevolent (anti-chaperone) gain-of-function of a 'sick mortalin'.
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- Custer C Deocaris
- Institute of Health and Sports Science, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8574, Japan
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Heat shock proteins (HSPs) are a defined set of chaperones for maintaining proper functions of proteins. The HSP70 family, one of the most inducible families in response to stress, protects cells from stress-induced cell death. It has been documented that HSP70s are highly expressed in various types of cancer cells and make the cells resistant to adverse microenvironments, such as hypoxia and glucose starvation, which are common features in malignant progression. Over-expression of HSP70s is thus associated with tumor transformation and eventually results in a decrease of chemotherapy efficacy. Notably, the distribution of HSP70s is deregulated in cancer cells. It has been reported that HSP70s localize distinct organelles or are exported to humoral circulation during cancer development. Either surface or exported HSP70s play danger signals and trigger immune response to destroy the tumor cells. In this review, we lay out recent advances in the HSP70s-mediated cancer diagnosis and therapy. This review would be enlightening for clinical cancer medicine.
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- Chih-Wen Shu
- Institute of Biotechnology and Department of Life Science, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan
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Kaul Z, Yaguchi T, Harada JI, Ikeda Y, Hirano T, Chiura HX, Kaul SC, Wadhwa R. An antibody-conjugated internalizing quantum dot suitable for long-term live imaging of cells. Biochem Cell Biol 2007; 85:133-40. [PMID: 17464353 DOI: 10.1139/o06-205] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Quantum dots (QD) are fluorescent semiconductor nanocrystals that are emerging as superior alternatives to the conventional organic dyes used in biological applications. Although QDs offer several advantages over conventional fluorescent dyes, including greater photostability and a wider range of excitation and (or) emission wavelengths, their toxicity has been an issue in its wider use as an analytic, diagnostic and therapeutic tool. We prepared a conjugate QD with an internalizing antibody and demonstrated that the QD-antibody conjugate is efficiently internalized into cells and is visible even after multiple divisions. We demonstrate that the internalized QD is nontoxic to cells and provides a sensitive tool for long-term molecular imaging.
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- Zeenia Kaul
- International Christian University, Division of Natural Sciences, 3-10-2 Osawa, Mitaka, Tokyo 181-8585, Japan
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Zvereff V, Wang JC, Shun K, Lacoste J, Chevrette M. Colocalisation of CD9 and mortalin in CD9-induced mitotic catastrophe in human prostate cancer cells. Br J Cancer 2007; 97:941-8. [PMID: 17848953 PMCID: PMC2360413 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6603964] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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CD9, a member of the tetraspanin family of proteins, is involved in a variety of cellular interactions with many other proteins and molecules. Although CD9 has been implicated in cell fusion, migration and cancer progression, the detailed function of this protein is not completely understood and likely depends on interactions with different protein partners, which are not yet all known. Using co-immunoprecipitation and mass-spectrometric protein sequencing, we have identified in prostate cancer cells, a novel CD9 partner, the 75-kDa protein HSPA9B, also known as mortalin. We further show that introduction and overexpression of wild-type CD9 into human PC-3 prostate cancer cells induces mitotic catastrophe. We also demonstrate, by immunocolocalisation studies, the interaction of CD9 and mortalin in PC-3 cells undergoing mitotic catastrophe. Our results not only identified mortalin as a new CD9 partner, but also clarify the mechanisms by which CD9 may control prostate cancer progression.
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- Division of Experimental Medicine, Department of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Division of Experimental Medicine, Department of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Division of Experimental Medicine, Department of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Lady Davis Institute, Jewish General Hospital, McGill University, Montréal Quebec, Canada
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- Division of Experimental Medicine, Department of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, McGill University and the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- The Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, 1650 Cedar Ave, Room R4-113, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3G 1A4. E-mail:
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Ohtsuka R, Abe Y, Fujii T, Yamamoto M, Nishimura J, Takayanagi R, Muta K. Mortalin is a novel mediator of erythropoietin signaling. Eur J Haematol 2007; 79:114-25. [PMID: 17635236 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0609.2007.00870.x] [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: 11/26/2022]
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Erythropoietin (EPO) stimulates erythroid growth by enhancing the proliferation, maturation and survival of late-stage erythroid progenitor cells. However, the entire process of EPO stimulation remains undetermined. To further clarify the intracellular mechanisms by which EPO affects the growth of erythroid progenitor cells, we analyzed proteins obtained from purified human erythroid colony-forming cells (ECFCs) cultured with or without EPO, and one of the proteins apparently related with EPO stimuli was identified as mortalin (mthsp70/PBP74/Grp75/mot-2), which is a member of the heat shock protein 70 family of chaperones. The amount of mortalin mRNA in ECFCs increased in an EPO dose-dependent manner, and ECFC growth was dependent on the amount of mortalin. Furthermore, expression of mortalin in ECFCs was suppressed by a phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase inhibitor. Finally, we analyzed gene expression patterns in ECFCs cultured with or without EPO after treatment with mortalin small interfering RNA (siRNA) using a DNA microarray. When ECFCs treated with mortalin siRNA were cultured with EPO, the expression of several genes overlapped with the profile seen in control ECFCs cultured without EPO. Our data suggest that mortalin is involved in the mediation of EPO signaling and plays an important role in stimulating the growth of erythroid progenitor cells.
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- Rie Ohtsuka
- Department of Medicine and Bioregulatory Science, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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Chardonnet S, Decottignies P, Amar L, Le Caer JP, Davis S, Laroche S, Le Maréchal P. New mortalin and histidyl tRNA synthetase isoforms point out a pitfall in proteomic analysis of Egr1 genetically modified mice. Proteomics 2007; 7:289-98. [PMID: 17205600 DOI: 10.1002/pmic.200600513] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Egr1 (Zif268) is an immediate early gene encoding an inducible transcription factor involved in synaptic plasticity and several forms of memory in rodents. Using 2-DE and MS, we compared proteomes of hippocampal subregions and cortex in Egr1-deficient and wild-type littermates. Two significant differences were identified: a shift in the pI of the molecular chaperone mortalin (mtHsp70/PBP74/Grp75) and the apparent disappearance of histidyl tRNA synthetase (HisRS). We found that the pI shift for mortalin in Egr1-deficient mice was caused by a difference in protein sequence: D626G. Using cDNA sequencing, we demonstrated for both mortalin and HisRS that protein differences were not due to a lack of Egr1 but to DNA polymorphism between the C57Bl/6J and 129/Sv strains used to generate the Egr1-deficient mice. Our results show that mortalin and HisRS genes, which map closely to the Egr1 locus, have conserved the 129/Sv haplotype despite numerous back-crossing of the null mice progeny with C57Bl/6J animals. This demonstrates that allelic differences between mouse strains can introduce variations in differential proteomic analyses of genetically modified organisms. Finally, we report the identification of new isoforms of HisRS and mortalin (mot-3) encoded by the 129/Sv haplotype.
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- Solenne Chardonnet
- Institut de Biochimie et Biophysique Moléculaire et Cellulaire, UMR 8619, CNRS, Université Paris-Sud, Orsay Cedex, France.
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Kaul SC, Deocaris CC, Wadhwa R. Three faces of mortalin: a housekeeper, guardian and killer. Exp Gerontol 2006; 42:263-74. [PMID: 17188442 DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2006.10.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 197] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2006] [Revised: 10/05/2006] [Accepted: 10/24/2006] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Mortalin was first cloned as a mortality factor that existed in the cytoplasmic fractions of normal, but not in immortal, mouse fibroblasts. A decade of efforts have expanded its persona from a house keeper protein involved in mitochondrial import, energy generation and chaperoning of misfolded proteins, to a guardian of stress that has multiple binding partners and to a killer protein that contributes to carcinogenesis on one hand and to old age disorders on the other. Being proved to be an attractive target for cancer therapy, it also warrants attention from the perspectives of management of old age diseases and healthy aging.
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- Sunil C Kaul
- National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tsukuba, Central 4, 1-1-1 Higashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305 8562, Japan
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Krishna SB, Alfonso LF, Thekkumkara TJ, Abbruscato TJ, Bhat GJ. Angiotensin II induces phosphorylation of glucose-regulated protein-75 in WB rat liver cells. Arch Biochem Biophys 2006; 457:16-28. [PMID: 17109810 PMCID: PMC2577571 DOI: 10.1016/j.abb.2006.10.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2006] [Revised: 10/06/2006] [Accepted: 10/12/2006] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Studies in vascular smooth muscle cells suggest that, angiotensin II (Ang II)-mediated cellular response requires transactivation of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGF-R), and involves tyrosine phosphorylation of caveolin-1. Here we demonstrate that, exposure of WB rat liver cells to Ang II does not cause transactivation of EGF-R, but did rapidly activate p42/p44 mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinases suggesting that it activates MAP kinases independent of EGF-R transactivation. We observed that the phospho-specific anti-caveolin-1 antibody detected a tyrosine phosphorylated, 75kDa protein in Ang II-treated cells which we identified as glucose regulated protein-75 (GRP-75). Phosphoamino acid analysis showed that Ang II induced its phosphorylation at tyrosine, serine and threonine residues and was localized to the cytoplasm. The ability of Ang-II to induce GRP-75 phosphorylation suggests that it may play a role in the protection of cytoplasmic proteins from the damaging effect of oxidative stress known to be produced during Ang-II induced signaling.
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- * To whom correspondence should be addressed. G. Jayarama Bhat, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, 1300 Coulter Drive, Amarillo, TX 79106, Tel: (806) 356-4015 ext 249, Fax: (806) 356-4034, E-mail:
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Deocaris CC, Kaul SC, Wadhwa R. On the brotherhood of the mitochondrial chaperones mortalin and heat shock protein 60. Cell Stress Chaperones 2006; 11:116-28. [PMID: 16817317 PMCID: PMC1484513 DOI: 10.1379/csc-144r.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 128] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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The heat shock chaperones mortalin/mitochondrial heat shock protein 70 (mtHsp70) and Hsp60 are found in multiple subcellular sites and function in the folding and intracellular trafficking of many proteins. The chaperoning activity of these 2 proteins involves different structural and functional mechanisms. In spite of providing an excellent model for an evolutionarily conserved molecular "brotherhood", their individual functions, although overlapping, are nonredundant. As they travel to various locations, both chaperones acquire different binding partners and exert a more divergent involvement in tumorigenesis, cellular senescence, and immunology. An understanding of their functional biology may lead to novel designing and development of therapeutic strategies for cancer and aging.
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- Custer C Deocaris
- National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Central 4, 1-1-1 Higashi, Tsukuba Science City 305-8562, Japan
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Wadhwa R, Takano S, Kaur K, Deocaris CC, Pereira-Smith OM, Reddel RR, Kaul SC. Upregulation of mortalin/mthsp70/Grp75 contributes to human carcinogenesis. Int J Cancer 2006; 118:2973-80. [PMID: 16425258 DOI: 10.1002/ijc.21773] [Citation(s) in RCA: 168] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Mortalin, also known as mthsp70/GRP75/PBP74, interacts with the tumor suppressor protein p53 and inactivates its transcriptional activation and apoptotic functions. Here, we examined the level of mortalin expression in a large variety of tumor tissues, tumor-derived and in vitro immortalized human cells. It was elevated in many human tumors, and in all of the tumor-derived and in vitro immortalized cells. In human embryonic fibroblasts immortalized with an expression plasmid for hTERT, the telomerase catalytic subunit, with or without human papillomavirus E6 and E7 genes, we found that subclones with spontaneously increased mortalin expression levels became anchorage-independent and acquired the ability to form tumors in nude mice. Furthermore, overexpression of mortalin was sufficient to increase the malignancy of breast carcinoma cells. The study demonstrates that upregulation of mortalin contributes significantly to tumorigenesis, and thus is a good candidate target for cancer therapy.
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- Renu Wadhwa
- Gene Function Research Center, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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Dubrovska A, Souchelnytskyi S. Efficient enrichment of intact phosphorylated proteins by modified immobilized metal-affinity chromatography. Proteomics 2005; 5:4678-83. [PMID: 16252304 DOI: 10.1002/pmic.200500002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Phosphoproteome studies are hampered by the lack of methods which allow a comprehensive and fast analysis of intact phosphoproteins. Here we describe an immobilized metal-affinity chromatography (IMAC)-based technique for the enrichment of phosphorylated proteins, which allows recovery of up to 90% of phosphoproteins. This technique is compatible with 2-DE and can be applied to cultured cells and tissues.
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- Anna Dubrovska
- Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Biomedical Center, Uppsala University, SE-751 24 Uppsala, Sweden
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Gramolini AO, Kislinger T, Asahi M, Li W, Emili A, MacLennan DH. Sarcolipin retention in the endoplasmic reticulum depends on its C-terminal RSYQY sequence and its interaction with sarco(endo)plasmic Ca(2+)-ATPases. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2004; 101:16807-12. [PMID: 15556994 PMCID: PMC534750 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0407815101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Sarcolipin (SLN) and phospholamban (PLN) are effective inhibitors of the sarco(endo)plasmic reticulum Ca(2+)-ATPase (SERCA). These homologous proteins differ at their N and C termini: the C-terminal Met-Leu-Leu in PLN is replaced by Arg-Ser-Tyr-Gln-Tyr in SLN. The role of the C-terminal sequence of SLN tagged N-terminally with the FLAG epitope (NF-SLN) in endoplasmic reticulum (ER) retention was investigated by transfecting human embryonic kidney-293 cells with cDNAs encoding NF-SLN or a series of NF-SLN mutants in which C-terminal amino acids were deleted progressively. Immunofluorescence and immunoblotting of transfected cells by using anti-FLAG antibodies indicated that NF-SLN and PLN tagged at its N terminus with the FLAG epitope, even when overexpressed, were restricted to the ER. However, C-terminal truncation deletions of SLN, which lacked RSYQY, were not localized to ER and did not inhibit Ca(2+)-dependent Ca2+ uptake by SERCA. The shortest deletion constructs, NF-SLN 1-22 and NF-SLN 1-23, did not express stable protein products. However, all NF-SLN cDNA constructs, including NF-SLN 1-22 and NF-SLN 1-23, were expressed stably and localized to the ER when they were coexpressed with SERCA2a. These results show that NF-SLN subcellular distribution depends on SERCA coexpression and on its luminal, C-terminal RSYQY sequence. By using immunoprecipitation and MS, glucose-regulated protein 78/BiP and glucose-regulated protein 94 were identified as proteins that interact with NF-SLN through the RSYQY sequence. Thus, in the absence of SERCA, retention of NF-SLN in the ER is mediated through its association with other components through the C-terminal RSYQY sequence.
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- Anthony O Gramolini
- Banting and Best Department of Medical Research, University of Toronto, Charles H. Best Institute, 112 College Street, Toronto, ON, Canada M5G 1L6
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Mortalin, also known as mthsp70/PBP74/GRP75, resides in multiple subcellular sites including mitochondria, ER, plasma membrane, cytoplasmic vesicles and cytosol. It is differentially distributed in normal and cancerous cells; the latter, when reverted back to normal phenotype, also show change in mortalin staining pattern similar to normal cells. Depending on its different subcellular niche and binding partner therein, mortalin is expected to perform multiple functions relevant to cell survival, control of proliferation and stress response.
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- Sunil C Kaul
- Research Center for Glycoscience, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), 1-1-1 Higashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8566, Japan
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Mortalin/mthsp70/PBP74/Grp75 (called mortalin hereafter), a member of the Hsp70 family of chaperones, was shown to have different subcellular localizations in normal and immortal cells. It has been assigned to multiple subcellular sites and implicated in multiple functions ranging from stress response, intracellular trafficking, antigen processing, control of cell proliferation, differentiation, and tumorigenesis. The present article compiles and reviews information on the multiple sites and functions of mortalin in different organisms. The relevance of its differential distributions and functions in normal and immortal cell phenotypes is discussed.
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- Renu Wadhwa
- Chugai Research Institute for Medical Sciences, 153-2 Nagai, Niihari, Ibaraki 300-4101, Japan
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