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Chen F, Qi S, Zhang X, Wu J, Yang X, Wang R. lncRNA PLAC2 activated by H3K27 acetylation promotes cell proliferation and invasion via the activation of Wnt/β‑catenin pathway in oral squamous cell carcinoma. Int J Oncol 2019; 54:1183-1194. [PMID: 30720068 PMCID: PMC6411352 DOI: 10.3892/ijo.2019.4707] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2018] [Accepted: 12/21/2018] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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As a new group of important effector molecules involved in multiple cancer types, including breast cancer, lung cancer and oral squamous cell carcinoma, long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) have attracted considerable attention recently. However, the underlying cause that induces the dysregulated lncRNAs in cancer remains poorly understood. In the present study, the regulatory model of the lncRNA placenta-specific protein 2 (PLAC2) upregulation in oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) was investigated and its biological functions in OSCC malignant progression was identified. A reverse transcription-quantitative polymerase chain reaction assay identified that PLAC2 is upregulated in OSCC cell lines and primary tissue samples. Furthermore, bioinformatic analysis followed by chromatin immunoprecipitation verified an enriched histone H3 on lysine 27 (H3K27) acetylation (H3K27ac) at the promoter region of the PLAC2 gene. Knockdown of cAMP-response element binding protein-binding protein (CBP) significantly reduced the enrichment level of H3K27ac, and thereby induced a decreased expression of PLAC2. Functionally, overexpression of PLAC2 promotes OSCC cell proliferation, migration and invasion, whereas knockdown of PLAC2 exerted an opposite effect. Furthermore, the Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway was activated by PLAC2 and mediated the PLAC2-induced malignant progress of OSCC. In conclusion, the present results indicated that lncRNA PLAC2 is transcriptionally activated by H3K27ac modification at the promoter region in OSCC, and promotes cell growth and metastasis via activating Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway. Therefore, PLAC2 may serve as a promising biomarker for OSCC prognosis and therapy.
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- Fubo Chen
- Department of Stomatology, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200072, P.R. China
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- Department of Stomatology, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200072, P.R. China
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- Department of Stomatology, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200072, P.R. China
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- Department of Stomatology, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200072, P.R. China
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Head and Neck Oncology, Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai JiaoTong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200011, P.R. China
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- Department of Stomatology, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200072, P.R. China
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Muyal JP, Kotnala S, Bhardwaj H, Tyagi A. Effect of recombinant human keratinocyte growth factor in inducing Ras-Raf-Erk pathway-mediated cell proliferation in emphysematous mice lung. Inhal Toxicol 2014; 26:761-71. [PMID: 25296878 DOI: 10.3109/08958378.2014.957426] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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CONTEXT Pulmonary emphysema is resulted due to destruction of the structure of the alveoli. Recently, exogenous recombinant human Keratinocyte growth factor (rHuKGF) has been reported to induce the regeneration of gas exchange structures. However, the molecular mechanisms governing this process are so far unknown. OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to investigate the effect of rHuKGF in the lungs of emphysema-challenged mice on Ras-Raf-Erk (Erk, extracellular signal-regulated kinase) mediated signaling pathway that regulates alveolar epithelial cell proliferation. METHODS Three experimental groups (i.e. emphysema, therapy and control group) were prepared. Lungs of mice were therapeutically treated at three occasions by oropharyngeal instillation of 10 mg rHuKGF per kg body weight after induction of emphysema by porcine pancreatic elastase (PPE). Subsequently, lung tissues from each mouse were collected for histopathology and molecular biology studies. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION Histopathology photomicrographs and Destructive Index analysis have shown that elastase induced airspace enlargement and loss of alveoli were recovered in therapy group. Moreover, proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) at mRNA and protein expression level was markedly increased in therapy group than emphysema group. Upon validation at mRNA level, expressions of FGF-7, FGF-R, Ras, c-Raf, Erk-1, Erk-2, c-Myc and were significantly increased, whereas Elk-1 was notably decreased in therapy group when compared with emphysema group and were well comparable with the control group. CONCLUSION Therapeutic supplementation of rHuKGF rectifies the deregulated Ras-Raf-Erk pathway in emphysema condition, resulting in alveolar epithelium regeneration. Hence, rHuKGF may prove to be a potential drug in the treatment of emphysema.
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- Jai Prakash Muyal
- School of Biotechnology, Gautam Buddha University , Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh , India and
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Luo Y, He F, Hu L, Hai L, Huang M, Xu Z, Zhang J, Zhou Z, Liu F, Dai YS. Transcription factor Ets1 regulates expression of thioredoxin-interacting protein and inhibits insulin secretion in pancreatic β-cells. PLoS One 2014; 9:e99049. [PMID: 24897113 PMCID: PMC4045976 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0099049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2014] [Accepted: 05/08/2014] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Long-term activation of extracellular-regulated kinase (ERK1/2) pathway has been shown to cause glucotoxicity and inhibit insulin gene expression in β-cells. Transcription factor Ets1 is activated by ERK1/2-mediated phosphorylation at the Thr38 residue. We hypothesize that Ets1 plays an important role in mediating ERK1/2 induced glucotoxicity in β-cells. We determined the role of Ets1 in Min6 cells and isolated mouse islets using overexpression and siRNA mediated knockdown of Ets1. The results show that Ets1 was localized in insulin-staining positive cells but not in glucagon-staining positive cells. Overexpression of Ets1 reduced glucose-stimulated insulin secretion in primary mouse islets. Overexpression of Ets1 in Min6 β-cells and mouse islets increased expression of thioredoxin-interacting protein (TXNIP). Conversely, knockdown of Ets1 by siRNA reduced expression of TXNIP in Min6 cells. Ets1 was associated with the txnip promoter in min6 cells and transfection of 293 cells with Ets1 and p300 synergistically increased txnip promoter reporter activity. Moreover, overexpression of Ets1 inhibited Min6 cell proliferation. Our results suggest that Ets1, by promoting TXNIP expression, negatively regulates β-cell function. Thus, over-activation of Ets1 may contribute to diet-induced β-cell dysfunction.
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- Yan Luo
- Metabolic Syndrome Research Center, Key Laboratory of Diabetes Immunology, Ministry of Education, the Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Metabolic Syndrome Research Center, Key Laboratory of Diabetes Immunology, Ministry of Education, the Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Metabolic Syndrome Research Center, Key Laboratory of Diabetes Immunology, Ministry of Education, the Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Metabolic Syndrome Research Center, Key Laboratory of Diabetes Immunology, Ministry of Education, the Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Metabolic Syndrome Research Center, Key Laboratory of Diabetes Immunology, Ministry of Education, the Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Metabolic Syndrome Research Center, Key Laboratory of Diabetes Immunology, Ministry of Education, the Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Metabolic Syndrome Research Center, Key Laboratory of Diabetes Immunology, Ministry of Education, the Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Metabolic Syndrome Research Center, Key Laboratory of Diabetes Immunology, Ministry of Education, the Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Metabolic Syndrome Research Center, Key Laboratory of Diabetes Immunology, Ministry of Education, the Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
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- Metabolic Syndrome Research Center, Key Laboratory of Diabetes Immunology, Ministry of Education, the Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China
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Expression of BMP-2 and Ets1 in BMP-2-stimulated mouse pre-osteoblast differentiation is regulated by microRNA-370. FEBS Lett 2012; 586:1693-701. [DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2012.04.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2012] [Revised: 03/23/2012] [Accepted: 04/11/2012] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Itoh T, Ito Y, Ohtsuki Y, Ando M, Tsukamasa Y, Yamada N, Naoe T, Akao Y. Microvesicles released from hormone-refractory prostate cancer cells facilitate mouse pre-osteoblast differentiation. J Mol Histol 2012; 43:509-15. [PMID: 22526510 PMCID: PMC3460166 DOI: 10.1007/s10735-012-9415-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2012] [Accepted: 04/02/2012] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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Bone metastasis is often occurs in patients with prostate cancer. There is a vicious cycle for bone metastases involving prostate cancer cells, osteoblasts, and osteoclasts. Acting among those cells during the process of metastasis are several molecules such as bone morphogenetic proteins, platelet-derived growth factor, endothelin-1, matrix metalloproteases, vascular endothelial growth factor, transforming growth factor-β, and insulin-like growth factors. Cell-derived microvesicles are endogenous carriers transporting proteins, mRNAs and miRNAs between cells, which is a candidate for participation in the bone metastasis of these cells. Here, we demonstrated that prostate cancer cells in vitro released microvesicles into the culture medium (PCa-MVs), which was shown by electron microscopic study and nanoparticle tracking analysis. In this study, we found for the first time that these PCa-MVs enhanced osteoblast differentiation mainly through the delivery of PCa cell-derived v-ets erythroblastosis virus E26 oncogene homolog 1, which is an osteoblast differentiation related-transcriptional factor.
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- Tomohiro Itoh
- Kinki University, 3327-204 Nakamachi, Nara 631-8505, Japan
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Bhatia V, Mula RV, Falzon M. 1,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D(3) regulates PTHrP expression via transcriptional, post-transcriptional and post-translational pathways. Mol Cell Endocrinol 2011; 342:32-40. [PMID: 21664243 PMCID: PMC3148329 DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2011.05.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2011] [Revised: 05/03/2011] [Accepted: 05/09/2011] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Parathyroid hormone-related protein (PTHrP) increases the growth and osteolytic potential of prostate cancer cells, making it important to control PTHrP expression. PTHrP expression is suppressed by 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D(3) (1,25D). The aim of this study was to identify the pathways via which 1,25D exerts these effects. Our main findings are that 1,25D regulates PTHrP levels via multiple pathways in PC-3 and C4-2 (human prostate cancer) cell lines, and regulation is dependent on VDR expression. The human PTHrP gene has three promoters (P); PC-3 cells preferentially utilize P2 and P3, while C4-2 cells preferentially utilize P1. 1,25D regulates PTHrP transcriptional activity from both P1 and P3. The 1,25D-mediated decrease in PTHrP mRNA levels also involves a post-transcriptional pathway since 1,25D decreases PTHrP mRNA stability. 1,25D also suppresses PTHrP expression directly at the protein level by increasing its degradation. Regulation of PTHrP levels is dependent on VDR expression, as using siRNAs to deplete VDR expression negates the 1,25D-mediated downregulation of PTHrP expression. These results indicate the importance of maintaining adequate 1,25D levels and VDR status to control PTHrP levels.
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- Vandanajay Bhatia
- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555, USA
- Sealy Center for Cancer Cell Biology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555, USA
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cAMP-response-element-binding protein positively regulates breast cancer metastasis and subsequent bone destruction. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2010; 398:309-14. [PMID: 20599715 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2010.06.087] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2010] [Accepted: 06/21/2010] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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cAMP-response-element-binding protein (CREB) signaling has been reported to be associated with cancer development and poor clinical outcome in various types of cancer. However, it remains to be elucidated whether CREB is involved in breast cancer development and osteotropism. Here, we found that metastatic MDA-MB-231 breast cancer cells exhibited higher CREB expression than did non-metastatic MCF-7 cells and that CREB expression was further increased by several soluble factors linked to cancer progression, such as IL-1, IGF-1, and TGF-beta. Using wild-type CREB and a dominant-negative form (K-CREB), we found that CREB signaling positively regulated the proliferation, migration, and invasion of MDA-MB-231 cells. In addition, K-CREB prevented MDA-MB-231 cell-induced osteolytic lesions in a mouse model of cancer metastasis. Furthermore, CREB signaling in cancer cells regulated the gene expression of PTHrP, MMPs, and OPG, which are closely involved in cancer metastasis and bone destruction. These results indicate that breast cancer cells acquire CREB overexpression during their development and that this CREB upregulation plays an important role in multiple steps of breast cancer bone metastasis.
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Seldeen KL, McDonald CB, Deegan BJ, Bhat V, Farooq A. DNA plasticity is a key determinant of the energetics of binding of Jun-Fos heterodimeric transcription factor to genetic variants of TGACGTCA motif. Biochemistry 2010; 48:12213-22. [PMID: 19921846 DOI: 10.1021/bi901392k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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The Jun-Fos heterodimeric transcription factor is a target of a diverse array of signaling cascades that initiate at the cell surface and converge in the nucleus and ultimately result in the expression of genes involved in a multitude of cellular processes central to health and disease. Here, using isothermal titration calorimetry in conjunction with circular dichroism, we report the effect of introducing single nucleotide variations within the TGACGTCA canonical motif on the binding of bZIP domains of Jun-Fos heterodimer to DNA. Our data reveal that the Jun-Fos heterodimer exhibits differential energetics in binding to such genetic variants in the physiologically relevant micromolar to submicromolar range with the TGACGTCA canonical motif affording the highest affinity. Although binding energetics are largely favored by enthalpic forces and accompanied by entropic penalty, neither the favorable enthalpy nor the unfavorable entropy correlates with the overall free energy of binding in agreement with the enthalpy-entropy compensation phenomenon widely observed in biological systems. However, a number of variants including the TGACGTCA canonical motif bind to the Jun-Fos heterodimer with high affinity through having overcome such enthalpy-entropy compensation barrier, arguing strongly that better understanding of the underlying invisible forces driving macromolecular interactions may be the key to future drug design. Our data also suggest that the Jun-Fos heterodimer has a preference for binding to TGACGTCA variants with higher AT content, implying that the DNA plasticity may be an important determinant of protein-DNA interactions. This notion is further corroborated by the observation that the introduction of genetic variations within the TGACGTCA motif allows it to sample a much greater conformational space. Taken together, these new findings further our understanding of the role of DNA sequence and conformation on protein-DNA interactions in thermodynamic terms.
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- Kenneth L Seldeen
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and USylvester Braman Family Breast Cancer Institute, Leonard Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida 33136, USA
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Maass PG, Wirth J, Aydin A, Rump A, Stricker S, Tinschert S, Otero M, Tsuchimochi K, Goldring MB, Luft FC, Bähring S. A cis-regulatory site downregulates PTHLH in translocation t(8;12)(q13;p11.2) and leads to Brachydactyly Type E. Hum Mol Genet 2009; 19:848-60. [PMID: 20015959 DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddp553] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Parathyroid hormone-like hormone (PTHLH) is an important chondrogenic regulator; however, the gene has not been directly linked to human disease. We studied a family with autosomal-dominant Brachydactyly Type E (BDE) and identified a t(8;12)(q13;p11.2) translocation with breakpoints (BPs) upstream of PTHLH on chromosome 12p11.2 and a disrupted KCNB2 on 8q13. We sequenced the BPs and identified a highly conserved Activator protein 1 (AP-1) motif on 12p11.2, together with a C-ets-1 motif translocated from 8q13. AP-1 and C-ets-1 bound in vitro and in vivo at the derivative chromosome 8 breakpoint [der(8) BP], but were differently enriched between the wild-type and BP allele. We differentiated fibroblasts from BDE patients into chondrogenic cells and found that PTHLH and its targets, ADAMTS-7 and ADAMTS-12 were downregulated along with impaired chondrogenic differentiation. We next used human and murine chondrocytes and observed that the AP-1 motif stimulated, whereas der(8) BP or C-ets-1 decreased, PTHLH promoter activity. These results are the first to identify a cis-directed PTHLH downregulation as primary cause of human chondrodysplasia.
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- Philipp G Maass
- Department of Genetics, Nephrology, Hypertension, and Vascular Injury, Max-Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC), Robert-Rössle Strasse 10, 13125 Berlin, Germany
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Rizk-Rabin M, Assie G, Rene-Corail F, Perlemoine K, Hamzaoui H, Tissier F, Lieberherr M, Bertagna X, Bertherat J, Bouizar Z. Differential Expression of Parathyroid Hormone–Related Protein in Adrenocortical Tumors: Autocrine/Paracrine Effects on the Growth and Signaling Pathways in H295R Cells. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2008; 17:2275-85. [DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.epi-07-2924] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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