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Furia L, Pelicci S, Scanarini M, Pelicci PG, Faretta M. From Double-Strand Break Recognition to Cell-Cycle Checkpoint Activation: High Content and Resolution Image Cytometry Unmasks 53BP1 Multiple Roles in DNA Damage Response and p53 Action. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms231710193. [PMID: 36077590 PMCID: PMC9456172 DOI: 10.3390/ijms231710193] [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: 07/28/2022] [Revised: 08/25/2022] [Accepted: 09/02/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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53BP1 protein has been isolated in-vitro as a putative p53 interactor. From the discovery of its engagement in the DNA-Damage Response (DDR), its role in sustaining the activity of the p53-regulated transcriptional program has been frequently under-evaluated, even in the case of a specific response to numerous DNA Double-Strand Breaks (DSBs), i.e., exposure to ionizing radiation. The localization of 53BP1 protein constitutes a key to decipher the network of activities exerted in response to stress. We present here an automated-microscopy for image cytometry protocol to analyze the evolution of the DDR, and to demonstrate how 53BP1 moved from damaged sites, where the well-known interaction with the DSB marker γH2A.X takes place, to nucleoplasm, interacting with p53, and enhancing the transcriptional regulation of the guardian of the genome protein. Molecular interactions have been quantitatively described and spatiotemporally localized at the highest spatial resolution by a simultaneous analysis of the impairment of the cell-cycle progression. Thanks to the high statistical sampling of the presented protocol, we provide a detailed quantitative description of the molecular events following the DSBs formation. Single-Molecule Localization Microscopy (SMLM) Analysis finally confirmed the p53–53BP1 interaction on the tens of nanometers scale during the distinct phases of the response.
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Affiliation(s)
- Laura Furia
- Department of Experimental Oncology, European Institute of Oncology IRCCS, 20139 Milan, Italy
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- Department of Experimental Oncology, European Institute of Oncology IRCCS, 20139 Milan, Italy
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- Department of Experimental Oncology, European Institute of Oncology IRCCS, 20139 Milan, Italy
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- Department of Experimental Oncology, European Institute of Oncology IRCCS, 20139 Milan, Italy
- Department of Oncology and Hemato-Oncology, University of Milan, 20122 Milan, Italy
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- Department of Experimental Oncology, European Institute of Oncology IRCCS, 20139 Milan, Italy
- Correspondence:
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Polaske NW, Kelly BD, Smith MA, Haura EB, Belosludtsev YY. Fully Automated Protein Proximity Assay in Formalin-Fixed, Paraffin-Embedded Tissue Using Caged Haptens. Bioconjug Chem 2020; 31:1635-1640. [PMID: 32395983 DOI: 10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.0c00193] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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The ability to interrogate for the presence and distribution of protein-protein complexes (PPCs) is of high importance for the advancement of diagnostic capabilities such as determining therapeutic effects in the context of pharmaceutical development. Herein, we report a novel assay for detecting and visualizing PPCs on formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded material using a caged hapten. To this end, we synthetically modified a nitropyrazole hapten with an alkaline phosphatase (AP)-responsive self-immolative caging group. The AP-labile caging group abrogates antibody binding; however, upon exposure to AP, the native hapten is regenerated. These caged haptens were applied in a proximity assay format by the use of a first antibody labeled with caged haptens that can be uncaged by AP conjugated to the second antibody. Only when the two epitopes of interest are in close proximity to one another will the AP interact with the caged hapten and uncage it. The native hapten, which represents the population of PPCs, was then visualized by an anti-hapten antibody conjugated to horseradish peroxidase, followed by diaminobenzidine detection. We provide proof of concept for the detection of protein proximity pairs (β-catenin-E-cadherin and EGFR-GRB2), and confirm assay specificity through technical controls involving reagent omission experiments, and biologically by treatment with small-molecule kinase inhibitors that interrupt kinase-adaptor complexes.
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- Nathan W Polaske
- Tissue Research & Early Development, Roche Tissue Diagnostics, Tucson, Arizona 85755, United States
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- Tissue Research & Early Development, Roche Tissue Diagnostics, Tucson, Arizona 85755, United States
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- Department of Thoracic Oncology, Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, Florida 33612, United States
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- Department of Thoracic Oncology, Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, Florida 33612, United States
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- Tissue Research & Early Development, Roche Tissue Diagnostics, Tucson, Arizona 85755, United States
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Hypo-phosphorylated CD147 promotes migration and invasion of hepatocellular carcinoma cells and predicts a poor prognosis. Cell Oncol (Dordr) 2019; 42:537-554. [DOI: 10.1007/s13402-019-00444-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 03/25/2019] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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Tharkeshwar AK, Gevaert K, Annaert W. Organellar Omics-A Reviving Strategy to Untangle the Biomolecular Complexity of the Cell. Proteomics 2017; 18:e1700113. [PMID: 29125683 DOI: 10.1002/pmic.201700113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2017] [Revised: 10/23/2017] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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A eukaryotic cell encompasses many membrane-enclosed organelles, each of these holding several types of biomolecules that exhibit tremendous diversity in terms of their localization and expression. Despite the development of increasingly sensitive analytical tools, the enormous biomolecular complexity that exists within a cell cannot yet be fully resolved as low abundant molecules often remain unrecognized. Moreover, a drawback of whole cell analysis is that it does not provide spatial information and therefore it is not capable of assigning distinct biomolecules to specific compartments or analyzing changes in the composition of these compartments. Reduction of the biomolecular complexity of a sample helps to identify low abundant molecules, but such a reductionist approach requires methods that enable proper isolation and purification of individual cellular organelles. Decades of research have led to the development of a plethora of isolation methods for a broad range of subcellular organelles; yet, in particular, intrinsically dynamic compartments belonging to the endocytic machinery, including the plasma membrane, remain difficult to isolate in a sufficiently pure fraction. In this review, we discuss various methods that are commonly used to isolate subcellular organelles from cells and evaluate their advantages and disadvantages.
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- Arun Kumar Tharkeshwar
- Laboratory for Membrane Trafficking, VIB-Center for Brain and Disease Research, Leuven, Belgium.,Laboratory for Membrane Trafficking, Department of Neurosciences, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.,Department of Cell Biology, Program in Cellular Neuroscience, Neurodegeneration and Repair, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
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- VIB-UGent Center for Medical Biotechnology, Ghent, Belgium.,Department of Biochemistry, Ghent University, Belgium
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- Laboratory for Membrane Trafficking, VIB-Center for Brain and Disease Research, Leuven, Belgium.,Laboratory for Membrane Trafficking, Department of Neurosciences, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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Smith MA, Licata T, Lakhani A, Garcia MV, Schildhaus HU, Vuaroqueaux V, Halmos B, Borczuk AC, Chen YA, Creelan BC, Boyle TA, Haura EB. MET-GRB2 Signaling-Associated Complexes Correlate with Oncogenic MET Signaling and Sensitivity to MET Kinase Inhibitors. Clin Cancer Res 2017; 23:7084-7096. [PMID: 28855353 DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-16-3006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2016] [Revised: 05/01/2017] [Accepted: 08/23/2017] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Purpose: Targeting MET in cancer is hampered by lack of diagnostics that accurately reflect high MET signaling and dependence. We hypothesized that assays reflecting MET signaling associated protein complexes could redefine tumors dependent on MET and could add additional precision beyond genomic assessments.Experimental Design: We used biochemical approaches, cellular viability studies, and proximity ligation assays to assess MET dependence. We examined MET signaling complexes in lung cancer patient specimens (N = 406) and patient-derived xenograft (PDX) models of solid tumors (N = 308). We evaluated response to crizotinib in a MET-amplified cohort of PDX models of lung cancer (N = 6) and provide a case report of a lung cancer patient harboring a Δexon14 MET splice variant.Results: We found the interaction of MET with the adaptor protein GRB2 is necessary for oncogenic survival signaling by MET. MET-GRB2 complexes were identified only within MET-amplified PDX models and patient specimens but exhibit substantial variability. Lack of MET-GRB2 complexes was associated with lack of response to MET TKI in cell lines and PDX models. Presence of MET-GRB2 complexes can further subtype tumors with Δexon14 MET splice variants. Presence of these complexes correlated with response to crizotinib in one patient with Δexon14 MET lacking MET gene amplification.Conclusions: Proximity assays measuring MET-GRB2 signaling complexes provide novel insights into MET-mediated signaling and could complement current clinical genomics-based assay platforms. Clin Cancer Res; 23(22); 7084-96. ©2017 AACR.
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- Matthew A Smith
- Department of Thoracic Oncology, Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, Florida
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- Department of Thoracic Oncology, Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, Florida
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- Department of Thoracic Oncology, Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, Florida
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- Department of Oncology, Montefiore/Albert Einstein Cancer Center, Bronx, New York
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- Department of Pathology, Weill-Cornell Medicine, New York, New York
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- Department of Biostatistics, Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, Florida
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- Department of Molecular Pathology, Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, Florida
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- Department of Thoracic Oncology, Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, Florida.
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