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Targeted Cancer Therapy: What's New in the Field of Neuroendocrine Neoplasms? Cancers (Basel) 2021; 13:cancers13071701. [PMID: 33916707 PMCID: PMC8038369 DOI: 10.3390/cancers13071701] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2021] [Revised: 03/29/2021] [Accepted: 03/31/2021] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) are a heterogeneous family of neoplasms of increasing incidence and high prevalence due to their relatively indolent nature. Their wide anatomic distribution and their characteristic ability to secrete hormonally active substances pose unique challenges for clinical management. They are also characterized by the common expression of somatostatin receptors, a target that has been extremely useful for diagnosis and treatment (i.e., somatostatin analogues (SSAs) and peptide-receptor radionuclide therapy (PRRT)). Chemotherapy is of limited use for NETs of non-pancreatic origin, and the only approved targeted agents for advanced progressive NETs are sunitinib for those of pancreatic origin, and everolimus for lung, gastrointestinal and pancreatic primaries. Despite recent therapeutic achievements, thus, systemic treatment options remain limited. In this review we will discuss the state-of-the-art targeted therapies in the field of NETs, and also future perspectives of novel therapeutic drugs or strategies in clinical development, including recently presented results from randomized trials of yet unapproved antiangiogenic agents (i.e., pazopanib, surufatinib and axitinib), PRRT including both approved radiopharmaceuticals (177Lu-Oxodotreotide) and others in development (177Lu-Edotreotide, 177Lu-Satoreotide Tetraxetan), immunotherapy and other innovative targeted strategies (antibody-drug conjugates, bites,…) that shall soon improve the landscape of personalized treatment options in NET patients.
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Murphy MK, Motz KM, Ding D, Yin L, Duvvuri M, Feeley M, Hillel AT. Targeting metabolic abnormalities to reverse fibrosis in iatrogenic laryngotracheal stenosis. Laryngoscope 2018; 128:E59-E67. [PMID: 28940431 PMCID: PMC5771827 DOI: 10.1002/lary.26893] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2017] [Revised: 07/29/2017] [Accepted: 08/08/2017] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Management of laryngotracheal stenosis (LTS) remains primarily surgical, with a critical need to identify targets for adjuvant therapy. Laryngotracheal stenosis scar fibroblasts exhibit a profibrotic phenotype with distinct metabolic shifts, including an increased glycolysis/oxidative phosphorylation ratio. This study examines the effects of the glutamine antagonist 6-diazo-5-oxo-l-norleucine (DON) on collagen production, gene expression, proliferation, and metabolism of human LTS-derived fibroblasts in vitro. METHOD Paired normal and scar-derived fibroblasts isolated from subglottic and proximal tracheal tissue in patients with iatrogenic laryngotracheal stenosis (iLTS) were cultured. Proliferation rate, gene expression, protein production, and cellular metabolism were assessed in two conditions: 1) fibroblast growth medium, and 2) fibroblast growth medium with 1 × 10-4 M DON. RESULTS DON treatment reduced cellular proliferation rate (n = 7, P = 0.0150). Expression of genes collagen 1 and collagen 3 both were reduced (n = 7, P = 0.0102, 0.0143, respectively). Soluble collagen production decreased (n = 7, P = 0.0056). As measured by the rate of extracellular acidification, glycolysis and glycolytic capacity decreased (n = 7, P = 0.0082, 0.0003, respectively). adenosine triphosphate (ATP) production and basal respiration decreased (n = 7, P = 0.0045, 0.0258, respectively), determined by measuring the cellular rate of oxygen consumption. CONCLUSION The glutamine antagonist DON reverses profibrotic changes by inhibiting both glycolysis and oxidative phosphorylation in iLTS scar fibroblasts. In contrast to untreated iLTS scar fibroblasts, collagen gene expression, protein production, metabolic rate, and proliferation were significantly reduced. These results suggest DON and/or its derivatives as strong candidates for adjuvant therapy in the management of iatrogenic laryngotracheal stenosis. Enzymes involved in glutamine metabolism inhibited by DON offer targets for future investigation. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE NA. Laryngoscope, 128:E59-E67, 2018.
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- Michael K Murphy
- Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Department of Otolaryngology, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A
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- Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Department of Otolaryngology, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A
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- Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Department of Otolaryngology, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A
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- Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Department of Otolaryngology, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A
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- Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Department of Otolaryngology, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A
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- Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Department of Otolaryngology, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A
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- Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Department of Otolaryngology, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A
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Trypanosoma brucei FKBP12 differentially controls motility and cytokinesis in procyclic and bloodstream forms. EUKARYOTIC CELL 2012; 12:168-81. [PMID: 23104568 DOI: 10.1128/ec.00077-12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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FKBP12 proteins are able to inhibit TOR kinases or calcineurin phosphatases upon binding of rapamycin or FK506 drugs, respectively. The Trypanosoma brucei FKBP12 homologue (TbFKBP12) was found to be a cytoskeleton-associated protein with specific localization in the flagellar pocket area of the bloodstream form. In the insect procyclic form, RNA interference-mediated knockdown of TbFKBP12 affected motility. In bloodstream cells, depletion of TbFKBP12 affected cytokinesis and cytoskeleton architecture. These last effects were associated with the presence of internal translucent cavities limited by an inside-out configuration of the normal cell surface, with a luminal variant surface glycoprotein coat lined up by microtubules. These cavities, which recreated the streamlined shape of the normal trypanosome cytoskeleton, might represent unsuccessful attempts for cell abscission. We propose that TbFKBP12 differentially affects stage-specific processes through association with the cytoskeleton.
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Salvadori M. Antineoplastic effects of mammalian target of rapamycine inhibitors. World J Transplant 2012; 2:74-83. [PMID: 24175199 PMCID: PMC3782237 DOI: 10.5500/wjt.v2.i5.74] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2011] [Revised: 08/08/2012] [Accepted: 10/20/2012] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Cancer after transplantation is the third cause of death and one of the more relevant comorbidities. Aim of this review is to verify the role of different pathogenetic mechanisms in cancer development in transplant patients and in general population as well. In particular has been outlined the different role exerted by two different families of drug as calcineurin inhibitor and mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) inhibitor. The role of mTOR pathways in cell homeostasis is complex but enough clear. As a consequence the mTOR pathway deregulation is involved in the genesis of several cancers. Hence the relevant role of mTOR inhibitors. The authors review the complex mechanism of action of mTOR inhibitors, not only for what concerns the immune system but also other cells as endothelial, smooth muscle and epithelial cells. The mechanism of action is still now not completely defined and understood. It implies the inhibition of mTOR pathway at different levels, but mainly at level of the phosphorylation of several intracellular kinases that contribute to activate mTOR complex. Many prospective and retrospective studies in transplant patients document the antineoplastic role of mTOR inhibition. More recently mTOR inhibitors proven to be effective in the treatment of some cancers also in general population. Kidney cancers, neuroendocrine tumors and liver cancers seem to be the most sensitive to these drugs. Best results are obtained with a combination treatment, targeting the mTOR pathway at different levels.
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- Maurizio Salvadori
- Maurizio Salvadori, Renal Unit, Careggi University Hospital, Viale Pieraccini 18, Florence 50139, Italy
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Erkan M, Hausmann S, Michalski CW, Schlitter AM, Fingerle AA, Dobritz M, Friess H, Kleeff J. How fibrosis influences imaging and surgical decisions in pancreatic cancer. Front Physiol 2012; 3:389. [PMID: 23060813 PMCID: PMC3462403 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2012.00389] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2012] [Accepted: 09/11/2012] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Our understanding of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is shifting away from a disease of malignant ductal cells-only, toward a complex system where tumor evolution is a result of interaction of cancer cells with their microenvironment. This change has led to intensification of research focusing on the fibrotic stroma of PDAC. Pancreatic stellate cells (PSCs) are the main fibroblastic cells of the pancreas which are responsible for producing the desmoplasia in chronic pancreatitis (CP) and PDAC. Clinically, the effect of desmoplasia is two-sided; on the negative side it is a hurdle in the diagnosis of PDAC because the fibrosis in cancer resembles that of CP. It is also believed that PSCs and pancreatic fibrosis are partially responsible for the therapy resistance in pancreatic cancer. On the positive side, a fibrotic pancreas is safer to operate on compared to a fatty and soft pancreas which is prone for postoperative pancreatic fistula. In this review the impact of pancreatic fibrosis on diagnosis of pancreatic cancer and surgical decisions are discussed from a clinical point of view.
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- Mert Erkan
- Department of General Surgery, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München Munich, Germany
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Campa D, Hüsing A, Stein A, Dostal L, Boeing H, Pischon T, Tjønneland A, Roswall N, Overvad K, Østergaard JN, Rodríguez L, Sala N, Sánchez MJ, Larrañaga N, Huerta JM, Barricarte A, Khaw KT, Wareham N, Travis RC, Allen NE, Lagiou P, Trichopoulou A, Trichopoulos D, Palli D, Sieri S, Tumino R, Sacerdote C, van Kranen H, Bueno-de-Mesquita HB, Hallmans G, Johansson M, Romieu I, Jenab M, Cox DG, Siddiq A, Riboli E, Canzian F, Kaaks R. Genetic variability of the mTOR pathway and prostate cancer risk in the European Prospective Investigation on Cancer (EPIC). PLoS One 2011; 6:e16914. [PMID: 21373201 PMCID: PMC3044148 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0016914] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2010] [Accepted: 01/01/2011] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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The mTOR (mammalian target of rapamycin) signal transduction pathway integrates various signals, regulating ribosome biogenesis and protein synthesis as a function of available energy and amino acids, and assuring an appropriate coupling of cellular proliferation with increases in cell size. In addition, recent evidence has pointed to an interplay between the mTOR and p53 pathways. We investigated the genetic variability of 67 key genes in the mTOR pathway and in genes of the p53 pathway which interact with mTOR. We tested the association of 1,084 tagging SNPs with prostate cancer risk in a study of 815 prostate cancer cases and 1,266 controls nested within the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC). We chose the SNPs (n = 11) with the strongest association with risk (p<0.01) and sought to replicate their association in an additional series of 838 prostate cancer cases and 943 controls from EPIC. In the joint analysis of first and second phase two SNPs of the PRKCI gene showed an association with risk of prostate cancer (ORallele = 0.85, 95% CI 0.78–0.94, p = 1.3×10−3 for rs546950 and ORallele = 0.84, 95% CI 0.76–0.93, p = 5.6×10−4 for rs4955720). We confirmed this in a meta-analysis using as replication set the data from the second phase of our study jointly with the first phase of the Cancer Genetic Markers of Susceptibility (CGEMS) project. In conclusion, we found an association with prostate cancer risk for two SNPs belonging to PRKCI, a gene which is frequently overexpressed in various neoplasms, including prostate cancer.
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- Daniele Campa
- German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
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- German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
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- German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
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- German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Epidemiology, Deutsches Institut für Ernährungsforschung, Potsdam-Rehbrücke, Germany
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- Department of Epidemiology, Deutsches Institut für Ernährungsforschung, Potsdam-Rehbrücke, Germany
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- The Danish Cancer Society, Institute of Cancer Epidemiology, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- The Danish Cancer Society, Institute of Cancer Epidemiology, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Cardiology, Center for Cardiovascular Research, Aalborg Hospital, Aarhus University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark
- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Aarhus University, Denmark
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- Department of Cardiology, Center for Cardiovascular Research, Aalborg Hospital, Aarhus University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark
- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Aarhus University, Denmark
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- Public Health and Participation Directorate, Health and Health Care Services Council, Asturias, Spain
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- Catalan Institute of Oncology (ICO) - IDIBELL, Barcelona, Spain
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- Andalusian School of Public Health, Granada, Spain
- Consortium for Biomedical Research in Epidemiology and Public Health (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain
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- Consortium for Biomedical Research in Epidemiology and Public Health (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain
- Public Health Department of Gipuzkoa, Basque Government, Gipuzkoa, Spain
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- Consortium for Biomedical Research in Epidemiology and Public Health (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain
- Department of Epidemiology, Murcia Regional Health Authority, Murcia, Spain
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- Consortium for Biomedical Research in Epidemiology and Public Health (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain
- Navarre Public Health Institute, Pamplona, Spain
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- University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Cancer Epidemiology Unit, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Cancer Epidemiology Unit, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- WHO Collaborating Center for Food and Nutrition Policies, Department of Hygiene, Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, University of Athens Medical School, Athens, Greece
- Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston MA, USA
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- WHO Collaborating Center for Food and Nutrition Policies, Department of Hygiene, Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, University of Athens Medical School, Athens, Greece
- Hellenic Health Foundation, Athens, Greece
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- Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston MA, USA
- Bureau of Epidemiologic Research, Academy of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- Molecular and Nutritional Epidemiology Unit, Cancer Research and Prevention Institute – ISPO, Florence, Italy
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- Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy
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- Cancer Registry and Histopathology Unit, “Civile - M.P.Arezzo” Hospital, ASP 7, Ragusa, Italy
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- Center for Cancer Prevention (CPO-Piemonte), Turin, Italy
- Human Genetic Foundation (HuGeF), Turin, Italy
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- Centre for Nutrition and Health (CVG), National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands
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- Centre for Nutrition and Health (CVG), National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands
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- Dept of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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- Dept of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
- International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France
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- International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France
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- Imperial College, London, United Kingdom
- INSERM U590, Centre Léon Bérard, Lyon France
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- German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
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Flinn RJ, Yan Y, Goswami S, Parker PJ, Backer JM. The late endosome is essential for mTORC1 signaling. Mol Biol Cell 2010; 21:833-41. [PMID: 20053679 PMCID: PMC2828969 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e09-09-0756] [Citation(s) in RCA: 132] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
Abstract
Recent work suggests a link between endocytic trafficking and mTORC1 signaling. This paper demonstrates a specific requirement for the integrity of the late endosomal compartment for amino acid and insulin-stimulated mTORC1 signaling to downstream effectors. The multisubunit mTORC1 complex integrates signals from growth factors and nutrients to regulate protein synthesis, cell growth, and autophagy. To examine how endocytic trafficking might be involved in nutrient regulation of mTORC1, we perturbed specific endocytic trafficking pathways and measured mTORC1 activity using S6K1 as a readout. When early/late endosomal conversion was blocked by either overexpression of constitutively active Rab5 (Rab5CA) or knockdown of the Rab7 GEF hVps39, insulin- and amino acid–stimulated mTORC1/S6K1 activation were inhibited, and mTOR localized to hybrid early/late endosomes. Inhibition of other stages of endocytic trafficking had no effect on mTORC1. Overexpression of Rheb, which activates mTOR independently of mTOR localization, rescued mTORC1 signaling in cells expressing Rab5CA, whereas hyperactivation of endogenous Rheb in TSC2−/− MEFs did not. These data suggest that integrity of late endosomes is essential for amino acid– and insulin-stimulated mTORC1 signaling and that blocking the early/late endosomal conversion prevents mTOR from interacting with Rheb in the late endosomal compartment.
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- Rory J Flinn
- Department of Molecular Pharmacology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461, USA
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Lee NY, Choi HK, Shim JH, Kang KW, Dong Z, Choi HS. The prolyl isomerase Pin1 interacts with a ribosomal protein S6 kinase to enhance insulin-induced AP-1 activity and cellular transformation. Carcinogenesis 2009; 30:671-81. [PMID: 19168580 DOI: 10.1093/carcin/bgp027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Phosphorylation of proteins on serine or threonine residues that immediately precede proline (pSer/Thr-Pro) is specifically catalyzed by the peptidyl-prolyl cis-trans isomerase Pin1 and is a central signaling mechanism in cell proliferation and transformation. Although Pin1 is frequently overexpressed in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), the molecular mechanism of Pin1 in HCC has not been completely elucidated. Here, we show that Pin1 interacts with p70S6K in vitro and ex vivo. Overexpression of Pin1 resulted in enhanced p70S6K phosphorylation induced by insulin in SK-HEP-1 cells. In contrast, Pin1(-/-) mouse embryonic fibroblasts (MEFs) exhibited significantly decreased insulin-induced p70S6K phosphorylation compared with Pin1(+/+) MEFs. Furthermore, Pin1 enhanced the insulin-induced extracellular signal-regulated protein kinase (ERK)1/2 phosphorylation through its interaction with p70S6K, whereas the inhibition of p70S6K activity by rapamycin suppressed insulin-induced ERK1/2 phosphorylation in SK-HEP-1 cells. Hence, Pin1 affected activator protein-1 activity through p70S6K-ERK1/2 signaling in SK-HEP-1 cells. Most importantly, Pin1-overexpressing JB6 Cl41 cells enhanced neoplastic cell transformation promoted by insulin much more than green fluorescent protein-overexpressing JB6 Cl41 control cells. These results imply that Pin1 amplifies insulin signaling in hepatocarcinoma cells through its interaction with p70S6K, suggesting that Pin1 plays an important role in insulin-induced tumorigenesis and is a potential therapeutic target in hepatocarcinoma.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Antineoplastic Agents/pharmacology
- Carcinoma, Hepatocellular/drug therapy
- Carcinoma, Hepatocellular/metabolism
- Carcinoma, Hepatocellular/pathology
- Cell Transformation, Neoplastic
- Cells, Cultured
- Drug Synergism
- Embryo, Mammalian/cytology
- Embryo, Mammalian/drug effects
- Embryo, Mammalian/metabolism
- Fibroblasts/cytology
- Fibroblasts/metabolism
- Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic
- Green Fluorescent Proteins/metabolism
- Humans
- Hypoglycemic Agents/pharmacology
- Immunoblotting
- Immunosuppressive Agents/pharmacology
- Insulin/pharmacology
- Liver Neoplasms, Experimental/drug therapy
- Liver Neoplasms, Experimental/metabolism
- Liver Neoplasms, Experimental/pathology
- Mice
- Mice, Knockout
- Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 1/metabolism
- Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 3/metabolism
- NIMA-Interacting Peptidylprolyl Isomerase
- Naphthoquinones/pharmacology
- Peptidylprolyl Isomerase/antagonists & inhibitors
- Peptidylprolyl Isomerase/metabolism
- Phosphorylation/drug effects
- RNA, Small Interfering/pharmacology
- Ribosomal Protein S6 Kinases, 70-kDa/antagonists & inhibitors
- Ribosomal Protein S6 Kinases, 70-kDa/genetics
- Ribosomal Protein S6 Kinases, 70-kDa/metabolism
- Signal Transduction
- Sirolimus/pharmacology
- Transcription Factor AP-1/metabolism
- Two-Hybrid System Techniques
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- Na Yeon Lee
- College of Pharmacy, Chosun University, Gwangju 501-759, South Korea
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The circuitous cell signalling pathways of hepatocytes comprise several factors that operate to downgrade or even interrupt the transmission of a given signal. These down-regulating influences are essential to keep cell proliferation and cell survival in check and if impaired, can alter a delicate balance in favour of cell proliferation. Each signalling pathway that has been implicated in carcinogenesis is influenced by both oncogenic factors that promote tumour growth when activated as well as tumour suppressor proteins that have to be impaired to favour tumour growth. This summary of the Tumour Suppressors in Liver Carcinogenesis Symposium held at the 2007 EASL Annual Meeting discusses four pathways with pre-eminent tumour suppressor activity, each involved in hepatocarcinogenesis: p53, mTOR, beta-catenin and hedgehog.
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Tremblay F, Brûlé S, Hee Um S, Li Y, Masuda K, Roden M, Sun XJ, Krebs M, Polakiewicz RD, Thomas G, Marette A. Identification of IRS-1 Ser-1101 as a target of S6K1 in nutrient- and obesity-induced insulin resistance. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2007; 104:14056-61. [PMID: 17709744 PMCID: PMC1950339 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0706517104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 343] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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S6K1 has emerged as a critical signaling component in the development of insulin resistance through phosphorylation and inhibition of IRS-1 function. This effect can be triggered directly by nutrients such as amino acids or by insulin through a homeostatic negative-feedback loop. However, the role of S6K1 in mediating IRS-1 phosphorylation in a physiological setting of nutrient overload is unresolved. Here we show that S6K1 directly phosphorylates IRS-1 Ser-1101 in vitro in the C-terminal domain of the protein and that mutation of this site largely blocks the ability of amino acids to suppress IRS-1 tyrosine and Akt phosphorylation. Consistent with this finding, phosphorylation of IRS-1 Ser-1101 is increased in the liver of obese db/db and wild-type, but not S6K1(-/-), mice maintained on a high-fat diet and is blocked by siRNA knockdown of S6K1 protein. Finally, infusion of amino acids in humans leads to the concomitant activation of S6K1, phosphorylation of IRS-1 Ser-1101, a reduction in IRS-1 function, and insulin resistance in skeletal muscle. These findings indicate that nutrient- and hormonal-dependent activation of S6K1 causes insulin resistance in mice and humans, in part, by mediating IRS-1 Ser-1101 phosphorylation.
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- Frédéric Tremblay
- *Department of Anatomy and Physiology and Lipid Research Unit, Laval University Hospital Research Center, Ste-Foy, QC, Canada G1V 4G2
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- *Department of Anatomy and Physiology and Lipid Research Unit, Laval University Hospital Research Center, Ste-Foy, QC, Canada G1V 4G2
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- Genome Research Institute, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45237
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- Cell Signaling Technology, Beverly, MA 01923
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- Genome Research Institute, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45237
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- Medical Department, Hanusch Hospital, Heinrich Collin Strasse 30, A-1140 Vienna, Austria
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- Section of Endocrinology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637; and
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- **Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna, A-1010 Vienna, Austria
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- Genome Research Institute, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45237
- To whom correspondence may be addressed. E-mail: or
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- *Department of Anatomy and Physiology and Lipid Research Unit, Laval University Hospital Research Center, Ste-Foy, QC, Canada G1V 4G2
- To whom correspondence may be addressed. E-mail: or
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Vickers K, Mitra R, Kapoor M, Kahan B, Morrisett JD. Effect of Sirolimus Treatment on Gene Expression in Renal Transplant Patients. World J Surg 2007; 31:644-53. [PMID: 17334862 DOI: 10.1007/s00268-006-0713-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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BACKGROUND Sirolimus (rapamycin), a strong immunosuppressive agent, is administered to renal transplant patients to prevent rejection. The rapamycin signaling pathway [mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR)] has been implicated in transcriptional regulation. METHODS We used high-density oligonucleotide human microarrays to evaluate the effects of sirolimus treatment on gene expression in renal transplant patients. With this technique, we assessed selected genes in the rapamycin signaling, immunosuppression, insulin signaling, and triglyceride metabolism pathways. RESULTS Filtered data from both treated and untreated patients showed variability within each group. Significant fold changes were observed in genes from the immunosuppression and insulin signaling pathways but not the rapamycin signaling pathway. The triglyceride metabolism pathway revealed a significant reduction of message levels in lipoprotein and triglyceride synthesis genes. CONCLUSIONS These results show that using oligonucleotide microarrays to analyze the effects of sirolimus treatment in patients with renal transplant is an effective way to evaluate gene message levels in multiple pathways.
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- Kasey Vickers
- Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
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Weyrich AS, Denis MM, Schwertz H, Tolley ND, Foulks J, Spencer E, Kraiss LW, Albertine KH, McIntyre TM, Zimmerman GA. mTOR-dependent synthesis of Bcl-3 controls the retraction of fibrin clots by activated human platelets. Blood 2006; 109:1975-83. [PMID: 17110454 PMCID: PMC1801071 DOI: 10.1182/blood-2006-08-042192] [Citation(s) in RCA: 109] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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New activities of human platelets continue to emerge. One unexpected response is new synthesis of proteins from previously transcribed RNAs in response to activating signals. We previously reported that activated human platelets synthesize B-cell lymphoma-3 (Bcl-3) under translational control by mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR). Characterization of the ontogeny and distribution of the mTOR signaling pathway in CD34+ stem cell-derived megakaryocytes now demonstrates that they transfer this regulatory system to developing proplatelets. We also found that Bcl-3 is required for condensation of fibrin by activated platelets, demonstrating functional significance for mTOR-regulated synthesis of the protein. Inhibition of mTOR by rapamycin blocks clot retraction by human platelets. Platelets from wild-type mice synthesize Bcl-3 in response to activation, as do human platelets, and platelets from mice with targeted deletion of Bcl-3 have defective retraction of fibrin in platelet-fibrin clots mimicking treatment of human platelets with rapamycin. In contrast, overexpression of Bcl-3 in a surrogate cell line enhanced clot retraction. These studies identify new features of post-transcriptional gene regulation and signal-dependant protein synthesis in activated platelets that may contribute to thrombus and wound remodeling and suggest that posttranscriptional pathways are targets for molecular intervention in thrombotic disorders.
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- Andrew S Weyrich
- Department of Internal Medicine, Eccles Institute of Human Genetics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA
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Aggarwal D, Fernandez ML, Soliman GA. Rapamycin, an mTOR inhibitor, disrupts triglyceride metabolism in guinea pigs. Metabolism 2006; 55:794-802. [PMID: 16713440 DOI: 10.1016/j.metabol.2006.01.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2005] [Accepted: 01/30/2006] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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This study was designed to define some of the mechanisms by which rapamycin (RAPA), an mTOR inhibitor, induces hypertriglyceridemia when used as an immunosuppressive or antiproliferative agent and to determine whether low doses result in less undesirable side effects. Thirty male guinea pigs (n=10 per group) were randomly assigned to control (no RAPA), low-RAPA (0.08 mg/d), or high-RAPA (0.85 mg/d) treatment for 3 weeks. Rapamycin treatment resulted in more than a 2-fold increase in plasma triglycerides (TG) (P<.01), whereas no differences were observed in plasma cholesterol between RAPA and control groups. Low-RAPA treatment resulted in lower concentrations of cholesterol in the aorta (28.6%) and lower hepatic acyl-CoA cholesteryl acyltransferase activity compared to control and high-RAPA groups (P<.01). In addition, acyl-CoA cholesteryl acyltransferase activity was positively correlated with aortic cholesterol (r=0.43, P<.05). In contrast, aortic TG concentrations were higher in RAPA-treated guinea pigs than in control (P<.01). Very low density lipoprotein and low-density lipoprotein particles isolated from guinea pigs treated with RAPA were larger in size and contained more TG molecules than particles from control animals. Interestingly, plasma free fatty acids and fasting plasma glucose were 65% and 72% higher in the high-RAPA group than in control (P<.01). Tumor necrosis factor-alpha concentrations in the aorta were 3.6- and 10.4-fold higher in the low-RAPA and high-RAPA groups than in control guinea pigs (P<.01). These results suggest that RAPA interferes with TG metabolism by altering the insulin signaling pathway, inducing increased secretion of very low density lipoprotein and promoting deposition of TG in the aorta. Low RAPA was found to decrease cholesterol accumulation in tissue (liver and aorta) compared to high RAPA, suggesting that lower doses could be less detrimental to transplant patients.
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- Dimple Aggarwal
- Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, USA
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Crozier SJ, Zhang X, Wang J, Cheung J, Kimball SR, Jefferson LS. Activation of signaling pathways and regulatory mechanisms of mRNA translation following myocardial ischemia-reperfusion. J Appl Physiol (1985) 2006; 101:576-82. [PMID: 16690784 PMCID: PMC2631174 DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.01122.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Protein expression in the heart is altered following periods of myocardial ischemia. The changes in protein expression are associated with increased cell size that can be maladaptive. There is little information regarding the regulation of protein expression through the process of mRNA translation during ischemia and reperfusion in the heart. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to identify changes in signaling pathways and downstream regulatory mechanisms of mRNA translation in an in vivo model of myocardial ischemia and reperfusion. Hearts were collected from rats whose left main coronary arteries had either been occluded for 25 min or reversibly occluded for 25 min and subsequently reperfused for 15 min. Following reperfusion, both the phosphoinositide 3-kinase and mitogen-activated protein kinase pathways were activated, as evidenced by increased phosphorylation of Akt (PKB), extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1/2, and p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase. Activation of Akt stimulated signaling through the protein kinase mammalian target of rapamycin, as evidenced by increased phosphorylation of two of its effectors, the ribosomal protein S6 kinase and the eukaryotic initiation factor eIF4E binding protein 1. Ischemia and reperfusion also resulted in increased phosphorylation of eIF2 and eIF2B. These changes in protein phosphorylation suggest that control of mRNA translation following ischemia and reperfusion is modulated through a number of signaling pathways and regulatory mechanisms.
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- Stephen J Crozier
- Dept. of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, The Pennsylvania State Univ. College of Medicine, PO Box 850, Hershey, PA 17033, USA
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MacMillan D, Currie S, Bradley KN, Muir TC, McCarron JG. In smooth muscle, FK506-binding protein modulates IP3 receptor-evoked Ca2+ release by mTOR and calcineurin. J Cell Sci 2005; 118:5443-51. [PMID: 16278292 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.02657] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Ca2+ release from the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) by the IP3 receptors (IP3Rs) crucially regulates diverse cell signalling processes from reproduction to apoptosis. Release from the IP3R may be modulated by endogenous proteins associated with the receptor, such as the 12 kDa FK506-binding protein (FKBP12), either directly or indirectly by inhibition of the phosphatase calcineurin. Here, we report that, in addition to calcineurin, FKPBs modulate release through the mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR), a kinase that potentiates Ca2+ release from the IP3R in smooth muscle. The presence of FKBP12 was confirmed in colonic myocytes and co-immunoprecipitated with the IP3R. In aortic smooth muscle, however, although present, FKBP12 did not co-immunoprecipitate with IP3R. In voltage-clamped single colonic myocytes rapamycin, which together with FKBP12 inhibits mTOR (but not calcineurin), decreased the rise in cytosolic Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]c) evoked by IP3R activation (by photolysis of caged IP3), without decreasing the SR luminal Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]l) as did the mTOR inhibitors RAD001 and LY294002. However, FK506, which with FKBP12 inhibits calcineurin (but not mTOR), potentiated the IP3-evoked [Ca2+]c increase. This potentiation was due to the inhibition of calcineurin; it was mimicked by the phosphatase inhibitors cypermethrin and okadaic acid. The latter two inhibitors also prevented the FK506-evoked increase as did a calcineurin inhibitory peptide (CiP). In aortic smooth muscle, where FKBP12 was not associated with IP3R, the IP3-mediated Ca2+ release was unaffected by FK506 or rapamycin. Together, these results suggest that FKBP12 has little direct effect on IP3-mediated Ca2+ release, even though it is associated with IP3R in colonic myocytes. However, FKBP12 might indirectly modulate Ca2+ release through two effector proteins: (1) mTOR, which potentiates and (2) calcineurin, which inhibits Ca2+ release from IP3R in smooth muscle.
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- Debbi MacMillan
- Institute of Biomedical and Life Sciences, Neuroscience and Biomedical Systems, West Medical Building, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QQ, UK
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Kelloff GJ, Hoffman JM, Johnson B, Scher HI, Siegel BA, Cheng EY, Cheson BD, O'shaughnessy J, Guyton KZ, Mankoff DA, Shankar L, Larson SM, Sigman CC, Schilsky RL, Sullivan DC. Progress and promise of FDG-PET imaging for cancer patient management and oncologic drug development. Clin Cancer Res 2005; 11:2785-808. [PMID: 15837727 DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-04-2626] [Citation(s) in RCA: 455] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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2-[(18)F]Fluoro-2-deoxyglucose positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) assesses a fundamental property of neoplasia, the Warburg effect. This molecular imaging technique offers a complementary approach to anatomic imaging that is more sensitive and specific in certain cancers. FDG-PET has been widely applied in oncology primarily as a staging and restaging tool that can guide patient care. However, because it accurately detects recurrent or residual disease, FDG-PET also has significant potential for assessing therapy response. In this regard, it can improve patient management by identifying responders early, before tumor size is reduced; nonresponders could discontinue futile therapy. Moreover, a reduction in the FDG-PET signal within days or weeks of initiating therapy (e.g., in lymphoma, non-small cell lung, and esophageal cancer) significantly correlates with prolonged survival and other clinical end points now used in drug approvals. These findings suggest that FDG-PET could facilitate drug development as an early surrogate of clinical benefit. This article reviews the scientific basis of FDG-PET and its development and application as a valuable oncology imaging tool. Its potential to facilitate drug development in seven oncologic settings (lung, lymphoma, breast, prostate, sarcoma, colorectal, and ovary) is addressed. Recommendations include initial validation against approved therapies, retrospective analyses to define the magnitude of change indicative of response, further prospective validation as a surrogate of clinical benefit, and application as a phase II/III trial end point to accelerate evaluation and approval of novel regimens and therapies.
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- Gary J Kelloff
- Cancer Imaging Program, Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA.
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Swiercz R, Person M, Bedford M. Ribosomal protein S2 is a substrate for mammalian PRMT3 (protein arginine methyltransferase 3). Biochem J 2005; 386:85-91. [PMID: 15473865 PMCID: PMC1134769 DOI: 10.1042/bj20041466] [Citation(s) in RCA: 134] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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PRMT3 (protein arginine methyltransferase 3) is one of four type I arginine methyltransferases that catalyse the formation of asymmetric dimethylarginine. PRMT3 is unique in that its N-terminus harbours a C2H2 zinc-finger domain that is proposed to confer substrate specificity. In addition, PRMT3 is the only type I enzyme that is restricted to the cytoplasm. Known in vitro substrates for PRMT3 include GST-GAR (a glutathione S-transferase fusion protein containing the glycine- and arginine-rich N-terminal region of fibrillarin), Sam68 (Src-associated substrate during mitosis 68 kDa) and PABP-N1 [poly(A)-binding protein-N1; PABP2]. Here we report the identification of an in vivo substrate for mammalian PRMT3. We found that FLAG-tagged PRMT3 can 'pull down' a protein with a molecular mass of 30 kDa from HeLa cell extracts. MS identified this PRMT3-interacting protein as rpS2 (ribosomal protein S2). In vitro studies showed that the zinc-finger domain of PRMT3 is necessary and sufficient for binding to rpS2. In addition, rpS2 is methylated by PRMT3 in vitro and is also methylated in cell lines. Deletion analysis of the rpS2 amino acid sequence identified a N-terminal Arg-Gly repeat as the methylation site. Furthermore, both PRMT3 and rpS2 co-sediment with free ribosomal subunits. These studies implicate PRMT3 in ribosomal function and in the regulation of protein synthesis.
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- Rafal Swiercz
- *The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Science Park-Research Division, P.O. Box 389, Smithville, TX 78957, U.S.A
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- †Division of Pharmacology & Toxicology, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, U.S.A
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- *The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Science Park-Research Division, P.O. Box 389, Smithville, TX 78957, U.S.A
- To whom correspondence should be addressed (email )
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Seeley RJ, York DA. Fuel sensing and the central nervous system (CNS): implications for the regulation of energy balance and the treatment for obesity. Obes Rev 2005; 6:259-65. [PMID: 16045641 DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-789x.2005.00193.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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This review describes the product of the 3-day International Association for the Study of Obesity (IASO) Stock Conference held in March 2004 and sponsored by Abbott Laboratories. The conference was focused on how the mechanisms by which individual cells sense their own fuel status might influence the energy balance of the entire organism. Whether you are a single-celled organism or a sophisticated mammal with a large cerebral cortex, it is critical that cellular activity be matched to the available fuel necessary for that activity. Rapid progress has been made in the last decade in our understanding of the critical metabolic events that cells monitor to accomplish this critical task. More recent developments have begun to apply this understanding to how critical populations of neurones may monitor similar events to control both food intake and energy expenditure. The picture that emerges is that numerous peripheral fuel sensors communicate to the central nervous system (CNS) via neural and humoral routes. Moreover, it has been known for decades that specific populations of neurones sense changes in ambient glucose levels and adjust their firing rate in response and changes in neuronal glucose metabolism can influence energy balance. The CNS, however, does not just sense glucose but rather appears to be sensitive to a wide range of metabolic perturbations associated with fuel availability. This information is used to adjust both caloric intake and the disposition of fuels in the periphery. Increased understanding of these CNS fuel-sensing mechanisms may lead to novel therapeutic targets for obesity.
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- R J Seeley
- Department of Psychiatry and Genome Research Institute, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45237, USA.
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Gangloff YG, Mueller M, Dann SG, Svoboda P, Sticker M, Spetz JF, Um SH, Brown EJ, Cereghini S, Thomas G, Kozma SC. Disruption of the mouse mTOR gene leads to early postimplantation lethality and prohibits embryonic stem cell development. Mol Cell Biol 2004; 24:9508-16. [PMID: 15485918 PMCID: PMC522282 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.24.21.9508-9516.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 358] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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The mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) is a key component of a signaling pathway which integrates inputs from nutrients and growth factors to regulate cell growth. Recent studies demonstrated that mice harboring an ethylnitrosourea-induced mutation in the gene encoding mTOR die at embryonic day 12.5 (E12.5). However, others have shown that the treatment of E4.5 blastocysts with rapamycin blocks trophoblast outgrowth, suggesting that the absence of mTOR should lead to embryonic lethality at an earlier stage. To resolve this discrepancy, we set out to disrupt the mTOR gene and analyze the outcome in both heterozygous and homozygous settings. Heterozygous mTOR (mTOR(+/-)) mice do not display any overt phenotype, although mouse embryonic fibroblasts derived from these mice show a 50% reduction in mTOR protein levels and phosphorylation of S6 kinase 1 T389, a site whose phosphorylation is directly mediated by mTOR. However, S6 phosphorylation, raptor levels, cell size, and cell cycle transit times are not diminished in these cells. In contrast to the situation in mTOR(+/-) mice, embryonic development of homozygous mTOR(-/-) mice appears to be arrested at E5.5; such embryos are severely runted and display an aberrant developmental phenotype. The ability of these embryos to implant corresponds to a limited level of trophoblast outgrowth in vitro, reflecting a maternal mRNA contribution, which has been shown to persist during preimplantation development. Moreover, mTOR(-/-) embryos display a lesion in inner cell mass proliferation, consistent with the inability to establish embryonic stem cells from mTOR(-/-) embryos.
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- Yann-Gaël Gangloff
- Genome Research Institute, University of Cincinnati, 2180 E. Galbraith Rd., Cincinnati, OH 45237, USA
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The induction and maintenance of oncogenic transformation requires interference with the controls that regulate translation and transcription. The PI 3-kinase pathway, which shows gain of function in numerous and diverse human cancers, generates signals that have a positive effect on the initiation of protein synthesis. Here we review the components of the PI 3-kinase signaling pathway and the mRNA-binding protein YB-1, exploring their roles in protein synthesis and oncogenic cell transformation.
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- Andreas G Bader
- Division of Oncovirology, Department of Molecular and Experimental Medicine, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla CA 92037, USA.
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