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Jayaprakash S, Hegde M, BharathwajChetty B, Girisa S, Alqahtani MS, Abbas M, Sethi G, Kunnumakkara AB. Unraveling the Potential Role of NEDD4-like E3 Ligases in Cancer. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms232012380. [PMID: 36293239 PMCID: PMC9604169 DOI: 10.3390/ijms232012380] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2022] [Revised: 09/28/2022] [Accepted: 10/04/2022] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
Abstract
Cancer is a deadly disease worldwide, with an anticipated 19.3 million new cases and 10.0 million deaths occurring in 2020 according to GLOBOCAN 2020. It is well established that carcinogenesis and cancer development are strongly linked to genetic changes and post-translational modifications (PTMs). An important PTM process, ubiquitination, regulates every aspect of cellular activity, and the crucial enzymes in the ubiquitination process are E3 ubiquitin ligases (E3s) that affect substrate specificity and must therefore be carefully regulated. A surfeit of studies suggests that, among the E3 ubiquitin ligases, neuronal precursor cell-expressed developmentally downregulated 4 (NEDD4)/NEDD4-like E3 ligases show key functions in cellular processes by controlling subsequent protein degradation and substrate ubiquitination. In addition, it was demonstrated that NEDD4 mainly acts as an oncogene in various cancers, but also plays a tumor-suppressive role in some cancers. In this review, to comprehend the proper function of NEDD4 in cancer development, we summarize its function, both its tumor-suppressive and oncogenic role, in multiple types of malignancies. Moreover, we briefly explain the role of NEDD4 in carcinogenesis and progression, including cell survival, cell proliferation, autophagy, cell migration, invasion, metastasis, epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT), chemoresistance, and multiple signaling pathways. In addition, we briefly explain the significance of NEDD4 as a possible target for cancer treatment. Therefore, we conclude that targeting NEDD4 as a therapeutic method for treating human tumors could be a practical possibility.
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- Sujitha Jayaprakash
- Cancer Biology Laboratory, Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati, Guwahati 781039, Assam, India
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- Cancer Biology Laboratory, Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati, Guwahati 781039, Assam, India
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- Cancer Biology Laboratory, Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati, Guwahati 781039, Assam, India
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- Cancer Biology Laboratory, Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati, Guwahati 781039, Assam, India
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- Radiological Sciences Department, College of Applied Medical Sciences, King Khalid University, Abha 61421, Saudi Arabia
- BioImaging Unit, Space Research Centre, Michael Atiyah Building, University of Leicester, Leicester LE1 7RH, UK
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- Electrical Engineering Department, College of Engineering, King Khalid University, Abha 61421, Saudi Arabia
- Electronics and Communications Department, College of Engineering, Delta University for Science and Technology, Gamasa 35712, Egypt
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- Department of Pharmacology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117600, Singapore
- Correspondence: (G.S.); (A.B.K.)
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- Cancer Biology Laboratory, Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati, Guwahati 781039, Assam, India
- Correspondence: (G.S.); (A.B.K.)
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Nachreiner I, Hussain AF, Wullner U, Machuy N, Meyer TF, Fischer R, Gattenlöhner S, Meinhold-Heerlein I, Barth S, Tur MK. Elimination of HER3-expressing breast cancer cells using aptamer-siRNA chimeras. Exp Ther Med 2019; 18:2401-2412. [PMID: 31555351 PMCID: PMC6755278 DOI: 10.3892/etm.2019.7753] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2018] [Accepted: 03/07/2019] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
Abstract
Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women worldwide. Despite recent developments in breast cancer detection and treatment, 1.38 million women each year are still affected. Breast cancer heterogeneity at the population and single-cell level, complexity and developing different metastases are setting several challenges to develop efficient breast cancer therapies. RNA interference (RNAi) represents an opportunity to silence gene expression and inhibit specific pathways in cancer cells. In order to reap the full advantages of RNAi-based therapy, different pathways that sustain cancer cells growth have been targeted using specific siRNAs. The present study investigated the ability of a set of cytotoxic siRNAs to inhibit growth of breast cancer cells. These siRNAs are targeting eukaryotic elongation factor 2 (EEF2), polo-like kinase 1 (PLK1), G protein-coupled receptor kinase 4 (GRK4) and sphingosine kinase interacting protein (SKIP5). To facilitate their targeted delivery, the human epidermal growth factor receptor-3 (HER3)-specific aptamer A30 was used. The in vitro results described in this work indicate that combining the highly specific HER3 aptamer with cytotoxic siRNAs targeting (EEF2, PLK1, GRK4 and SKIP5) can inhibit its activity and ultimately suppress proliferation of HER3 positive breast cancer cells.
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- Inga Nachreiner
- Department of Research and Development, Grünenthal GmbH, D-52078 Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, University Hospital Giessen, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, D-35392 Giessen, Germany
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Product Development, Fraunhofer Institute for Molecular Biology and Applied Ecology, D-52074 Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology, D-10117 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology, D-10117 Berlin, Germany
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- Fraunhofer Institute for Molecular Biology and Applied Ecology IME, D-52074 Aachen, Germany.,Institute of Molecular Biotechnology, RWTH Aachen University, D-52074 Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Experimental Pathology and Immunotherapy, Institute of Pathology, University Hospital Giessen, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, D-35392 Giessen, Germany
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- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, University Hospital Giessen, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, D-35392 Giessen, Germany
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- Department of Integrative Biomedical Sciences, Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Observatory 7925, South Africa
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- Department of Experimental Pathology and Immunotherapy, Institute of Pathology, University Hospital Giessen, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, D-35392 Giessen, Germany.,Department of Pharmacology and Personalised Medicine, Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Science, Maastricht University, 6229 Maastricht, The Netherlands
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