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Sun X, Cao S, Mao C, Sun F, Zhang X, Song Y. Post-translational modifications of p65: state of the art. Front Cell Dev Biol 2024; 12:1417502. [PMID: 39050887 PMCID: PMC11266062 DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2024.1417502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2024] [Accepted: 06/14/2024] [Indexed: 07/27/2024] Open
Abstract
P65, a protein subunit of NF-κB, is a widely distributed transcription factor in eukaryotic cells and exerts diverse regulatory functions. Post-translational modifications such as phosphorylation, acetylation, methylation and ubiquitination modulate p65 transcriptional activity and function, impacting various physiological and pathological processes including inflammation, immune response, cell death, proliferation, differentiation and tumorigenesis. The intricate interplay between these modifications can be antagonistic or synergistic. Understanding p65 post-translational modifications not only elucidates NF-κB pathway regulation but also facilitates the identification of therapeutic targets and diagnostic markers for associated clinical conditions.
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- Xutao Sun
- Department of Typhoid, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Heilongjiang University of Chinese Medicine, Harbin, China
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- Department of Pharmacology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Heilongjiang University of Chinese Medicine, Harbin, China
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- Department of Pharmacology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Heilongjiang University of Chinese Medicine, Harbin, China
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- Department of Pathology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Heilongjiang University of Chinese Medicine, Harbin, China
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- Department of Orthopedics, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China
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- Department of Pharmacology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Heilongjiang University of Chinese Medicine, Harbin, China
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Ma Q, Wu F, Liu X, Zhao C, Sun Y, Li Y, Zhang W, Ju H, Wang Y. 20-hydroxyecdysone suppresses bladder cancer progression via inhibiting USP21: A mechanism associated with deubiquitination and degradation of p65. Transl Oncol 2024; 45:101958. [PMID: 38663220 PMCID: PMC11059137 DOI: 10.1016/j.tranon.2024.101958] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2023] [Revised: 03/22/2024] [Accepted: 04/08/2024] [Indexed: 05/03/2024] Open
Abstract
Bladder cancer is one of the most common malignancies of the urinary tract and a prevalent cancer worldwide, still requiring efficient therapeutic agents and approaches. 20-Hydroxyecdysone (20-HE), a steroid hormone, can be found in insects and few plants and mediate numerous biological events to control the progression of varying diseases; however, its impacts on bladder cancer remain unclear. In the study, we found that 20-HE treatments effectively inhibited the viability and proliferation of bladder cancer cells and induced apoptosis by activating Caspase-3. The migratory and invasive potential of bladder cancer cells was markedly repressed by 20-HE in a dose-dependent manner. The inhibitory effects of 20-HE on bladder cancer were confirmed in an established xenograft mouse model, as indicated by the markedly reduced tumor growth rates and limited lung and lymph node metastasis. High-throughput RNA sequencing was performed to explore dysregulated genes in bladder cancer cells after 20-HE treatment. We identified ubiquitin-specific protease 21 (USP21) as a key deubiquitinating enzyme for bladder cancer progression and a positive correlation between USP21 and nuclear factor-κB (NF-κB)/p65 in patients. Furthermore, 20-HE treatments markedly reduced USP21 expression, NF-κB/p65 mRNA, stability and phosphorylated NF-κB/p65 expression levels in bladder cancer cells, which were validated in animal tumor tissues. Mechanistic studies showed that USP21 directly interacted with and stabilized p65 by deubiquitinating its K48-linked polyubiquitination in bladder cancer cells, which could be abolished by 20-HE treatment, contributing to p65 degradation. Finally, we found that USP21 overexpression could not only facilitate the proliferation, migration, and invasion of bladder cancer cells, but also significantly eliminated the suppressive effects of 20-HE on bladder cancer. Notably, 20-HE could still perform its anti-tumor role in bladder cancer when USP21 was knocked down with decreased NF-κB/p65 expression and activation, revealing that USP21 suppression might not be the only way for 20-HE during bladder cancer treatment. Collectively, all our results clearly demonstrated that 20-HE may function as a promising therapeutic strategy for bladder cancer treatment mainly through reducing USP21/p65 signaling expression.
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- Qiang Ma
- School of Basic and Forensic Medicine, Baotou Medical College, Baotou, China; School of Medicine, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, China; Department of Pathology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Baotou Medical College, Baotou, China; Department of Pharmacy, Southern University of Science and Technology Hospital, Shenzhen, China
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- School of Basic and Forensic Medicine, Baotou Medical College, Baotou, China
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- School of Basic and Forensic Medicine, Baotou Medical College, Baotou, China
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- School of Basic and Forensic Medicine, Baotou Medical College, Baotou, China
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- Department of Pathology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Baotou Medical College, Baotou, China
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- Department of Pathology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Baotou Medical College, Baotou, China
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- School of Basic and Forensic Medicine, Baotou Medical College, Baotou, China; Department of Pathology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Baotou Medical College, Baotou, China
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- School of Basic and Forensic Medicine, Baotou Medical College, Baotou, China; Department of Pathology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Baotou Medical College, Baotou, China.
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- School of Medicine, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, China; Department of Pharmacy, Southern University of Science and Technology Hospital, Shenzhen, China.
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Zhang J, Yu Y, Zou X, Du Y, Liang Q, Gong M, He Y, Luo J, Wu D, Jiang X, Sinclair M, Tajkhorshid E, Chen HZ, Hou Z, Zheng Y, Chen LF, Yang XD. WSB1/2 target chromatin-bound lysine-methylated RelA for proteasomal degradation and NF-κB termination. Nucleic Acids Res 2024; 52:4969-4984. [PMID: 38452206 PMCID: PMC11109945 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkae161] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2023] [Revised: 02/08/2024] [Accepted: 02/22/2024] [Indexed: 03/09/2024] Open
Abstract
Proteasome-mediated degradation of chromatin-bound NF-κB is critical in terminating the transcription of pro-inflammatory genes and can be triggered by Set9-mediated lysine methylation of the RelA subunit. However, the E3 ligase targeting methylated RelA remains unknown. Here, we find that two structurally similar substrate-recognizing components of Cullin-RING E3 ligases, WSB1 and WSB2, can recognize chromatin-bound methylated RelA for polyubiquitination and proteasomal degradation. We showed that WSB1/2 negatively regulated a subset of NF-κB target genes via associating with chromatin where they targeted methylated RelA for ubiquitination, facilitating the termination of NF-κB-dependent transcription. WSB1/2 specifically interacted with methylated lysines (K) 314 and 315 of RelA via their N-terminal WD-40 repeat (WDR) domains, thereby promoting ubiquitination of RelA. Computational modeling further revealed that a conserved aspartic acid (D) at position 158 within the WDR domain of WSB2 coordinates K314/K315 of RelA, with a higher affinity when either of the lysines is methylated. Mutation of D158 abolished WSB2's ability to bind to and promote ubiquitination of methylated RelA. Together, our study identifies a novel function and the underlying mechanism for WSB1/2 in degrading chromatin-bound methylated RelA and preventing sustained NF-κB activation, providing potential new targets for therapeutic intervention of NF-κB-mediated inflammatory diseases.
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- Jie Zhang
- Hongqiao Institute of Medicine, Tongren Hospital/Faculty of Basic Medicine, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200025, China
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- The Research Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai Institute of Infectious Diseases and Biosecurity, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 201203, China
- Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine and Immunology Research, School of Integrative Medicine, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 201203, China
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- Hongqiao Institute of Medicine, Tongren Hospital/Faculty of Basic Medicine, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200025, China
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- Hongqiao Institute of Medicine, Tongren Hospital/Faculty of Basic Medicine, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200025, China
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- The Research Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai Institute of Infectious Diseases and Biosecurity, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 201203, China
- Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine and Immunology Research, School of Integrative Medicine, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 201203, China
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- The Research Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai Institute of Infectious Diseases and Biosecurity, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 201203, China
- Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine and Immunology Research, School of Integrative Medicine, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 201203, China
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- The Research Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai Institute of Infectious Diseases and Biosecurity, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 201203, China
- Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine and Immunology Research, School of Integrative Medicine, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 201203, China
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- The Research Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai Institute of Infectious Diseases and Biosecurity, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 201203, China
- Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine and Immunology Research, School of Integrative Medicine, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 201203, China
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- Shanghai Institute of Immunology, and Department of Immunology and Microbiology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200025, China
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- Shanghai Institute of Immunology, and Department of Immunology and Microbiology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200025, China
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- Theoretical and Computational Biophysics Group, NIH Center for Macromolecular Modeling and Visualization, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, and Center for Biophysics and Quantitative Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
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- Theoretical and Computational Biophysics Group, NIH Center for Macromolecular Modeling and Visualization, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, and Center for Biophysics and Quantitative Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
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- The Research Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai Institute of Infectious Diseases and Biosecurity, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 201203, China
- Shuguang lab of Future Health, Shanghai Frontiers Science Center of TCM Chemical Biology, Shuguang Hospital, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 201203, China
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- Hongqiao Institute of Medicine, Tongren Hospital/Faculty of Basic Medicine, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200025, China
- Linyi University-Shanghai Jiaotong University Joint Institute of Translational Medicine, Linyi University, Shandong 276000, China
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- The Research Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai Institute of Infectious Diseases and Biosecurity, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 201203, China
- Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine and Immunology Research, School of Integrative Medicine, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 201203, China
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
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- The Research Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai Institute of Infectious Diseases and Biosecurity, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 201203, China
- Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine and Immunology Research, School of Integrative Medicine, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 201203, China
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Bo Z, Li X, Wang S, Zhang C, Guo M, Cao Y, Zhang X, Wu Y. Suppression of NF-κB signaling by Pseudorabies virus DNA polymerase processivity factor UL42 via recruiting SOCS1 to promote the ubiquitination degradation of p65. Vet Microbiol 2023; 287:109896. [PMID: 37931575 DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2023.109896] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2023] [Revised: 10/18/2023] [Accepted: 10/21/2023] [Indexed: 11/08/2023]
Abstract
The NF-κB pathway is a critical signaling involved in the regulation of the inflammatory and innate immune responses. Previous studies have shown that Pseudorabies Virus (PRV), a porcine alpha herpesvirus, could lead to the phosphorylation and nucleus translocation of p65 while inhibiting the expression of NF-κB-dependent inflammatory cytokines, which indicated that there may be unknown mechanisms downstream of p65 that downregulate the activation of NF-κB signaling. Here, we found that PRV DNA polymerase factor UL42 inhibited TNFα-, LPS-, IKKα-, IKKβ-, and p65-mediated transactivation of NF-κB signaling, which demonstrated UL42 worked either at or downstream of p65. In addition, it was found that the DNA-binding activity of UL42 was required for inhibition of NF-κB signaling. Importantly, it was revealed that UL42 could induce the ubiquitination degradation of p65 by upregulating the suppressor of cytokine signaling 1 (SOCS1). Additionally, it was found that UL42 could promote the K6/K29-linked ubiquitination of p65. Finally, knockdown of SOCS1 attenuated the replication of PRV and led to a significant increase of the inflammatory cytokines. Taken together, our findings uncovered a novel mechanism that PRV-UL42 could upregulated SOCS1 to promote the ubiquitination degradation of p65 to prevent excessive inflammatory response during PRV infection.
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- Zongyi Bo
- Joint International Research Laboratory of Agriculture and Agri-Product Safety, The Ministry of Education of China, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China; Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center for the Prevention and Control of Animal Infectious Disease and Zoonoses, College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China
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- Joint International Research Laboratory of Agriculture and Agri-Product Safety, The Ministry of Education of China, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China; Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center for the Prevention and Control of Animal Infectious Disease and Zoonoses, College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China
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- Joint International Research Laboratory of Agriculture and Agri-Product Safety, The Ministry of Education of China, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China; Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center for the Prevention and Control of Animal Infectious Disease and Zoonoses, College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China
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- Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center for the Prevention and Control of Animal Infectious Disease and Zoonoses, College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China
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- Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center for the Prevention and Control of Animal Infectious Disease and Zoonoses, College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China
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- Joint International Research Laboratory of Agriculture and Agri-Product Safety, The Ministry of Education of China, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China; Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center for the Prevention and Control of Animal Infectious Disease and Zoonoses, College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China
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- Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center for the Prevention and Control of Animal Infectious Disease and Zoonoses, College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China
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- Joint International Research Laboratory of Agriculture and Agri-Product Safety, The Ministry of Education of China, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China; Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center for the Prevention and Control of Animal Infectious Disease and Zoonoses, College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China.
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Gou Q, Chen H, Chen M, Shi J, Jin J, Liu Q, Hou Y. Inhibition of CK2/ING4 Pathway Facilitates Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Immunotherapy. ADVANCED SCIENCE (WEINHEIM, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, GERMANY) 2023; 10:e2304068. [PMID: 37870169 PMCID: PMC10700192 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202304068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2023] [Revised: 09/21/2023] [Indexed: 10/24/2023]
Abstract
Immune cells can protect against tumor progression by killing cancer cells, while aberrant expression of the immune checkpoint protein PD-L1 (programmed death ligand 1) in cancer cells facilitates tumor immune escape and inhibits anti-tumor immunotherapy. As a serine/threonine kinase, CK2 (casein kinase 2) regulates tumor progression by multiple pathways, while it is still unclear the effect of CK2 on tumor immune escape. Here it is found that ING4 induced PD-L1 autophagic degradation and inhibites non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) immune escape by increasing T cell activity. However, clinical analysis suggests that high expression of CK2 correlates with low ING4 protein level in NSCLC. Further analysis shows that CK2 induce ING4-S150 phosphorylation leading to ING4 ubiquitination and degradation by JFK ubiquitin ligase. In contrast, CK2 gene knockout increases ING4 protein stability and T cell activity, subsequently, inhibites NSCLC immune escape. Furthermore, the combined CK2 inhibitor with PD-1 antibody effectively enhances antitumor immunotherapy. These findings provide a novel strategy for cancer immunotherapy.
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- Qian Gou
- Department of Oncology, the Affiliated Wujin Hospital of Jiangsu UniversityChangzhouJiangsu213017P. R. China
- School of Life ScienceJiangsu UniversityZhenjiangJiangsu212013P. R. China
- School of medicineJiangsu UniversityZhenjiangJiangsu212013P. R. China
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- School of Life ScienceJiangsu UniversityZhenjiangJiangsu212013P. R. China
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- School of Life ScienceJiangsu UniversityZhenjiangJiangsu212013P. R. China
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- School of Life ScienceJiangsu UniversityZhenjiangJiangsu212013P. R. China
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- Department of Oncology, the Affiliated Wujin Hospital of Jiangsu UniversityChangzhouJiangsu213017P. R. China
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- Department of Oncology, the Affiliated Wujin Hospital of Jiangsu UniversityChangzhouJiangsu213017P. R. China
- Changzhou Key Laboratory of Molecular Diagnostics and Precision Cancer Medicine of Wujin People's Hospital (the Wujin Clinical College of Xuzhou Medical University)changzhouJiangsu213017P. R. China
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- School of Life ScienceJiangsu UniversityZhenjiangJiangsu212013P. R. China
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Azemin WA, Alias N, Ali AM, Shamsir MS. In silico analysis prediction of HepTH1-5 as a potential therapeutic agent by targeting tumour suppressor protein networks. J Biomol Struct Dyn 2023; 41:1141-1167. [PMID: 34935583 DOI: 10.1080/07391102.2021.2017349] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
Abstract
Many studies reported that the activation of tumour suppressor protein, p53 induced the human hepcidin expression. However, its expression decreased when p53 was silenced in human hepatoma cells. Contrary to Tilapia hepcidin TH1-5, HepTH1-5 was previously reported to trigger the p53 activation through the molecular docking approach. The INhibitor of Growth (ING) family members are also shown to directly interact with p53 and promote cell cycle arrest, senescence, apoptosis and participate in DNA replication and DNA damage responses to suppress the tumour initiation and progression. However, the interrelation between INGs and HepTH1-5 remains unknown. Therefore, this study aims to identify the mechanism and their protein interactions using in silico approaches. The finding revealed that HepTH1-5 and its ligands had interacted mostly on hotspot residues of ING proteins which involved in histone modifications via acetylation, phosphorylation, and methylation. This proves that HepTH1-5 might implicate in an apoptosis signalling pathway and preserve the protein structure and function of INGs by reducing the perturbation of histone binding upon oxidative stress response. This study would provide theoretical guidance for the design and experimental studies to decipher the role of HepTH1-5 as a potential therapeutic agent for cancer therapy. Communicated by Ramaswamy H. Sarma.
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- Wan-Atirah Azemin
- Faculty of Bioresources and Food Industry, School of Agriculture Science and Biotechnology, Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin, Besut, Malaysia.,Faculty of Science, Bioinformatics Research Group (BIRG), Department of Biosciences, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Skudai, Malaysia
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- Faculty of Bioresources and Food Industry, School of Agriculture Science and Biotechnology, Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin, Besut, Malaysia
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- Faculty of Bioresources and Food Industry, School of Agriculture Science and Biotechnology, Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin, Besut, Malaysia
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- Faculty of Science, Bioinformatics Research Group (BIRG), Department of Biosciences, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Skudai, Malaysia.,Faculty of Applied Sciences and Technology, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, Pagoh Higher Education Hub, Muar, Malaysia
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Gong D, Chen M, Wang Y, Shi J, Hou Y. Role of ferroptosis on tumor progression and immunotherapy. Cell Death Dis 2022; 8:427. [PMID: 36289191 PMCID: PMC9605952 DOI: 10.1038/s41420-022-01218-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2022] [Revised: 10/11/2022] [Accepted: 10/12/2022] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
Abstract
Ferroptosis is triggered by intracellular iron leading to accumulation of lipid peroxidation consequent promotion of cell death. Cancer cell exhibits ability to evade ferroptosis by activation of antioxidant signaling pathways such as SLC7A11/GPX4 axis. In addition to transcriptional regulation on ferroptosis by NRF2, SREBP1, YAP, and p53, ferroptosis is modulated by ubiquitination or autophagic degradation. Moreover, zinc or Ca2+ could modulate ferroptosis by inducing lipid peroxidation and ferroptosis. Induction of ferroptosis enhances immune cell activity such as T cells or macrophages, which is associated with the release of DAMPs (damage-associated molecular patterns) and IFNγ. Therefore, combined immune checkpoint inhibitors with ferroptosis inducers effectively enhance antitumor immunotherapy, whereas induction of ferroptosis could impair T cell activity or survival, suggesting that rational combined therapy for cancer is essential. In this review, we discussed the regulatory role of ferroptosis on tumor progression and immunotherapy.
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- Deting Gong
- grid.440785.a0000 0001 0743 511XSchool of Life Sciences, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu 212013 PR China
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- grid.440785.a0000 0001 0743 511XSchool of Life Sciences, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu 212013 PR China
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- grid.440785.a0000 0001 0743 511XSchool of Life Sciences, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu 212013 PR China
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- grid.440785.a0000 0001 0743 511XSchool of Life Sciences, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu 212013 PR China
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- grid.440785.a0000 0001 0743 511XSchool of Life Sciences, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu 212013 PR China
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Chen L, Gao W, Sha C, Yang M, Lin L, Li T, Wei H, Chen Q, Xing J, Zhang M, Zhao S, Xu W, Li Y, Zhu X. SIAH1-mediated RPS3 ubiquitination contributes to chemosensitivity in epithelial ovarian cancer. Aging (Albany NY) 2022; 14:6202-6226. [PMID: 35951361 PMCID: PMC9417229 DOI: 10.18632/aging.204211] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2022] [Accepted: 07/12/2022] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
Abstract
The E3 ligase SIAH1 is deregulated in human cancers and correlated with poor prognosis, but its contributions to chemoresistance in epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) are not evident. Herein we found that SIAH1 was decreased in EOC tumour tissues and cell lines and negatively correlated with the RPS3 levels. SIAH1 overexpression suppressed tumour cell growth, colony formation, invasion, metastasis, and cisplatin resistance in vivo and in vitro. SIAH1 promoted RPS3 ubiquitination and degradation using the RING-finger domain, and these steps were required for RPS3 localization to the cytoplasm, which led to subsequent NF-κB inactivation and thereby conferred chemosensitivity. Moreover, ectopic expression of RPS3 or depletion of RPS3 ubiquitination mediated by SIAH1 via the K214R mutant significantly impaired cisplatin-induced tumour suppression in cells stably expressing SIAH1. Together, our findings reveal a tumour suppressor function of SIAH1 and provide evidence showing that the SIAH1-RPS3-NF-κB axis may act as an appealing strategy for tackling treatment resistance in EOC.
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- Lu Chen
- Reproductive Medicine Center, The Fourth Affiliated Hospital of Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, China.,Department of Central laboratory, The Fourth Affiliated Hospital of Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, China
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- Reproductive Medicine Center, The Fourth Affiliated Hospital of Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, China.,Department of Central laboratory, The Fourth Affiliated Hospital of Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, China
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- Reproductive Medicine Center, The Fourth Affiliated Hospital of Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, China.,Department of Central laboratory, The Fourth Affiliated Hospital of Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, China
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- Obstetrics and Gynecology, The First People's Hospital of Nantong City, Nantong, Jiangsu, China
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- Reproductive Medicine Center, The Fourth Affiliated Hospital of Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, China.,Department of Central laboratory, The Fourth Affiliated Hospital of Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, China
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- Reproductive Medicine Center, The Fourth Affiliated Hospital of Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, China.,Department of Central laboratory, The Fourth Affiliated Hospital of Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Central laboratory, The Fourth Affiliated Hospital of Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Central laboratory, The Fourth Affiliated Hospital of Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, China
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- Reproductive Medicine Center, The Fourth Affiliated Hospital of Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, China.,Department of Central laboratory, The Fourth Affiliated Hospital of Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, China
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- Reproductive Medicine Center, The Fourth Affiliated Hospital of Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, China.,Department of Central laboratory, The Fourth Affiliated Hospital of Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Central laboratory, The Fourth Affiliated Hospital of Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Central laboratory, The Fourth Affiliated Hospital of Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Radiology, Affiliated Hospital of Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, China
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- Reproductive Medicine Center, The Fourth Affiliated Hospital of Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, China.,Department of Central laboratory, The Fourth Affiliated Hospital of Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, China.,International Genome Center of Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, China
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Jiang H, Lin X, Liang W, Li Y, Yu X. Friedelin Alleviates the Pathogenesis of Collagenase-Induced Tendinopathy in Mice by Promoting the Selective Autophagic Degradation of p65. Nutrients 2022; 14:1673. [PMID: 35458235 PMCID: PMC9031956 DOI: 10.3390/nu14081673] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2022] [Revised: 03/29/2022] [Accepted: 04/13/2022] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
Abstract
With the development of an aging population, tendinopathy has become a common musculoskeletal disease in the elderly with a high recurrence rate and no curative treatment. The inflammation mediated by NF-κB signaling plays an important role in tendon senescence and degeneration. Friedelin (FR) is a triterpenoid derived from green plants, which has a variety of pharmacological functions, such as analgesia, anti-inflammation, antioxidation, and anti-tumor functions. However, the role and mechanism of FR in tendinopathy are unclear. Here, we found that FR improved the mechanical strength of the Achilles tendon, restored the orderly arrangement of collagen fibers, reduced inflammatory cell infiltration, and promoted tenogenesis, thereby blocking the progression of tendinopathy. Mechanistically, FR promoted the autophagic degradation of p65 by enhancing the interaction between p62 and p65 and effectively inhibited the activation of the NF-κB pathway, thus alleviating the inflammatory response of tenocytes. In addition, FR recruited E3 ubiquitin enzyme RNF182 to increase the K48-linked ubiquitination of p65 and promoted p62-mediated autophagic degradation. Furthermore, blocking ubiquitination reversed the degradation of p65 by FR. Therefore, these findings identify the new pharmacological mechanism of the anti-inflammatory effect of FR and provide a new candidate drug for the treatment of tendinopathy.
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- Huaji Jiang
- Department of Immunology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China
- Department of Orthopaedics, Yuebei People’s Hospital Affiliated to Medical College of Shantou University, Shaoguan 512026, China
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- Department of Pediatric Orthopedics, Guangzhou Women and Children’s Medical Center, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 510623, China;
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- Department of Orthopaedics, Yuebei People’s Hospital Affiliated to Medical College of Shantou University, Shaoguan 512026, China;
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- Department of Pediatric Orthopedics, Guangzhou Women and Children’s Medical Center, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 510623, China
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- Department of Immunology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China
- Guangdong Provincial Key Lab of Single Cell Technology and Application, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China
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Cui Z, Sun S, Li J, Li J, Sha T, He J, Zuo L. Inhibitor of Growth 4 (ING4) Plays a Tumor-Repressing Role in Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma via Nuclear Factor kappa-B (NF-kB)/DNA Methyltransferase 1 (DNMT1) Axis-Mediated Regulation of Aldehyde Dehydrogenase 1A2 (ALDH1A2). Curr Cancer Drug Targets 2022; 22:771-783. [PMID: 35388759 DOI: 10.2174/1568009622666220406104732] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2021] [Revised: 01/31/2022] [Accepted: 02/21/2022] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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BACKGROUND Inhibitor of growth 4 (ING4) level was reported to be decreased in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSC) tissue, however, it is unknown whether and how ING4 participates in regulating the development of oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC). OBJECTIVE To investigate the role and mechanism of ING4 in OSCC. METHODS ING4 was forced up-or down-regulated in two OSCC cell lines, and its effects on the malignant behavior of OSCC cells were investigated in vitro. The ubiquitination level of NF-kB p65 in ING4 upregulated cells was measured by co-immunoprecipitation. Moreover, the effects of ING4 on the methylation level of ALDH1A2 were evaluated by methylation-specific polymerase chain reaction (MSP) assay. The role of ING4 in OSCC growth in vivo was observed in nude mice. RESULTS Our results showed that the expression of ING4 in OSCC cell lines was lower than that in normal oral keratinocyte cells. In vitro, ING4 overexpression inhibited the proliferation, migration, and invasion of OSCC cell lines and ING4 silencing exhibited opposite results. We also demonstrated that ING4 overexpression promoted the ubiquitination and degradation of P65 and reduced DNA methyltransferase 1 (DNMT1) expression, and Aldehyde dehydrogenase 1A2 (ALDH1A2) methylation. Moreover, overexpression of p65 rescued the suppression of malignant behavior, induced by ING4 overexpression. In addition, ING4 negatively regulated the growth of OSCC xenograft tumors in vivo. CONCLUSION Our data evidenced that ING4 played a tumor-repressing role in OSCC in vivo and in vitro via NF-κB/DNMT1/ALDH1A2 axis.
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- Zhi Cui
- The Third Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Hospital of Stomatology, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin, China
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- Department of Prosthodontics, Hospital of Stomatology, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin, China
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Clinic, Hospital of Stomatology, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin, China
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- Department of Endodontics, Hospital of Stomatology, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin, China
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- The Third Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Hospital of Stomatology, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin, China
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- Department of Dental Implantology, Hospital of Stomatology, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin, China
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- Department of Pedodontics, Hospital of Stomatology, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin, China
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Porosk L, Põhako K, Arukuusk P, Langel Ü. Cell-Penetrating Peptides Predicted From CASC3, AKIP1, and AHRR Proteins. Front Pharmacol 2021; 12:716226. [PMID: 34504427 PMCID: PMC8421526 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2021.716226] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2021] [Accepted: 07/26/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Peptides can be used as research tools and for diagnostic or therapeutic applications. Peptides, alongside small molecules and antibodies, are used and are gaining further interest as protein-protein interaction (PPI) modulators. Peptides have high target specificity and high affinity, but, unlike small molecule modulators, they are not able to cross the cell membranes to reach their intracellular targets. To overcome this limitation, the special property of the cell-penetrating peptides (CPPs) could benefit their cause. CPPs are a class of peptides that can enter the cells and with them also deliver the attached cargoes. Today, with the advancement of in silico prediction tools and the availability of protein databases, designing new and multifunctional peptides that are able to reach intracellular targets and inhibit certain cellular processes in a very specific manner is reachable. Although there are several efficient CPP sequences already known, the discovery of new CPPs is crucial for the development of efficient delivery methods for both biotechnological and therapeutic applications. In this work, we chose 10 human nuclear proteins from which we predicted new potential CPP sequences by using three different CPP predictors: cell-penetrating peptide prediction tool, CellPPD, and SkipCPP-Pred. From each protein, one predicted CPP sequence was synthesized and its internalization into cells was assessed. Out of the tested sequences, three peptides displayed features characteristic to CPPs. These peptides and also the predicted peptide sequences could be used to design and modify new CPPs. In this work, we show that we can use protein sequences as input for generating new peptides with cell internalization properties. Three new CPPs, AHRR8-24, CASC3251-264, and AKIP127-37, can be further used for the delivery of other cargoes or designed into multifunctional peptides with capability of internalizing cells.
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- Ly Porosk
- Institute of Technology, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
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- Institute of Technology, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
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- Institute of Technology, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
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- Institute of Technology, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia.,Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
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Shatnawi A, Abu Rabe DI, Frigo DE. Roles of the tumor suppressor inhibitor of growth family member 4 (ING4) in cancer. Adv Cancer Res 2021; 152:225-262. [PMID: 34353439 DOI: 10.1016/bs.acr.2021.05.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
Abstract
Inhibitor of growth family member 4 (ING4) is best known as a tumor suppressor that is frequently downregulated, deleted, or mutated in many cancers. ING4 regulates a broad array of tumor-related processes including proliferation, apoptosis, migration, autophagy, invasion, angiogenesis, DNA repair and chromatin remodeling. ING4 alters local chromatin structure by functioning as an epigenetic reader of H3K4 trimethylation histone marks (H3K4Me3) and regulating gene transcription through directing histone acetyltransferase (HAT) and histone deacetylase (HDAC) protein complexes. ING4 may serve as a useful prognostic biomarker for many cancer types and help guide treatment decisions. This review provides an overview of ING4's central functions in gene expression and summarizes current literature on the role of ING4 in cancer and its possible use in therapy.
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- Aymen Shatnawi
- Department of Pharmaceutical and Administrative Sciences, University of Charleston School of Pharmacy, Charleston, WV, United States.
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- Integrated Bioscience Program, North Carolina Central University, Durham, NC, United States
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- Department of Cancer Systems Imaging, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, United States; Department of Genitourinary Medical Oncology, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, United States
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Jodo A, Shibazaki A, Onuma A, Kaisho T, Tanaka T. PDLIM7 Synergizes With PDLIM2 and p62/Sqstm1 to Inhibit Inflammatory Signaling by Promoting Degradation of the p65 Subunit of NF-κB. Front Immunol 2020; 11:1559. [PMID: 32849529 PMCID: PMC7417631 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2020.01559] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2020] [Accepted: 06/12/2020] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
Abstract
Activation of NF-κB transcription factors is critical for innate immune cells to induce inflammation and fight against microbial pathogens. On the other hand, the excessive and prolonged activation of NF-κB causes massive inflammatory damage to the host, suggesting that regulatory mechanisms to promptly terminate NF-κB activation are important to prevent immunopathology. We have previously reported that PDLIM2, a PDZ-LIM domain-containing protein, is a nuclear ubiquitin E3 ligase that targets the p65 subunit of NF-κB for degradation, thereby suppressing NF-κB activation. Here we show that PDLIM7, another member of LIM protein family, is also a ubiquitin E3 ligase that inhibits NF-κB-mediated inflammatory responses. PDLIM7 directly polyubiquitinates p65 and promotes its proteasomal degradation. Moreover, PDLIM7 heterodimerizes with PDLIM2 to promote synergistic PDLIM2-mediated degradation of p65. Mechanistically, PDLIM7 promotes K63-linked ubiquitination of PDLIM2 and then the proteasome/autophagosome cargo protein p62/Sqstm1 binds to both polyubiquitinated PDLIM2 and the proteasome, thereby facilitating the delivery of the NF-κB-PDLIM2 complex to the proteasome and subsequent p65 degradation. Consistently, double knockdown of PDLIM7 and either PDLIM2 or p62/Sqstm1 results in augmented proinflammatory cytokine production compared to control cells or single knockdown cells. These data delineate a new role for PDLIM7 and p62/Sqstm1 in the regulation of NF-κB signaling by bridging a ubiquitin E3 ligase and the proteasome.
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- Aya Jodo
- Laboratory for Inflammatory Regulation, RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences (IMS), Yokohama, Japan
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- Laboratory for Inflammatory Regulation, RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences (IMS), Yokohama, Japan
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- Laboratory for Inflammatory Regulation, RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences (IMS), Yokohama, Japan
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- Laboratory for Inflammatory Regulation, RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences (IMS), Yokohama, Japan.,Department of Immunology, Institute of Advanced Medicine, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Japan
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- Laboratory for Inflammatory Regulation, RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences (IMS), Yokohama, Japan
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Mitxitorena I, Somma D, Mitchell JP, Lepistö M, Tyrchan C, Smith EL, Kiely PA, Walden H, Keeshan K, Carmody RJ. The deubiquitinase USP7 uses a distinct ubiquitin-like domain to deubiquitinate NF-ĸB subunits. J Biol Chem 2020; 295:11754-11763. [PMID: 32587091 PMCID: PMC7450122 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.ra120.014113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2020] [Revised: 06/15/2020] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
Abstract
The transcription factor NF-ĸB is a master regulator of the innate immune response and plays a central role in inflammatory diseases by mediating the expression of pro-inflammatory cytokines. Ubiquitination-triggered proteasomal degradation of DNA-bound NF-ĸB strongly limits the expression of its target genes. Conversely, USP7 (deubiquitinase ubiquitin-specific peptidase 7) opposes the activities of E3 ligases, stabilizes DNA-bound NF-ĸB, and thereby promotes NF-ĸB-mediated transcription. Using gene expression and synthetic peptide arrays on membrane support and overlay analyses, we found here that inhibiting USP7 increases NF-ĸB ubiquitination and degradation, prevents Toll-like receptor-induced pro-inflammatory cytokine expression, and represents an effective strategy for controlling inflammation. However, the broad regulatory roles of USP7 in cell death pathways, chromatin, and DNA damage responses limit the use of catalytic inhibitors of USP7 as anti-inflammatory agents. To this end, we identified an NF-ĸB-binding site in USP7, ubiquitin-like domain 2, that selectively mediates interactions of USP7 with NF-ĸB subunits but is dispensable for interactions with other proteins. Moreover, we found that the amino acids 757LDEL760 in USP7 critically contribute to the interaction with the p65 subunit of NF-ĸB. Our findings support the notion that USP7 activity could be potentially targeted in a substrate-selective manner through the development of noncatalytic inhibitors of this deubiquitinase to abrogate NF-ĸB activity.
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- Izaskun Mitxitorena
- GLAZgo Discovery Centre, Institute of Infection, Immunity & Inflammation, College of Medicine, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Immunobiology, Institute of Infection, Immunity & Inflammation, College of Medicine, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
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- Rheumatoid Arthritis Pathogenesis Centre of Excellence, Centre for Immunobiology, Institute of Infection, Immunity & Inflammation, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
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- Innovative Medicines and Early Development, Respiratory, Inflammation and Autoimmunity, AstraZeneca AB, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Innovative Medicines and Early Development, Respiratory, Inflammation and Autoimmunity, AstraZeneca AB, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Centre for Immunobiology, Institute of Infection, Immunity & Inflammation, College of Medicine, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
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- Graduate Entry Medical School, Health Research Institute and Bernal Institute, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland
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- Institute of Molecular Cell and Systems Biology, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
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- Paul O'Gorman Leukemia Research Centre, Institute of Cancer Sciences, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Immunobiology, Institute of Infection, Immunity & Inflammation, College of Medicine, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
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Cong M, Wang Y, Yang Y, Lian C, Zhuang X, Li X, Zhang P, Liu Y, Tang J, Yang Q, Zhang X, Xiong H, Hu R, Hu G. MTSS1 suppresses mammary tumor-initiating cells by enhancing RBCK1-mediated p65 ubiquitination. NATURE CANCER 2020; 1:222-234. [PMID: 35122005 DOI: 10.1038/s43018-019-0021-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2019] [Accepted: 12/13/2019] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
Abstract
Tumor-initiating cells (TICs) are considered the culprits of cancer development and progression. Dysregulation of metastasis suppressor protein 1 (MTSS1) has been widely observed in tumor metastasis, but its functional contribution and mechanism in cancer is poorly understood. Here we report a role of MTSS1 in suppressing TICs in breast cancer. Mtss1 knockout (KO) enhances the mammary epithelial TIC subpopulation in both luminal and basal-like breast cancer mouse models. MTSS1 also suppresses tumorsphere formation in breast cancer cells. Mechanistically, MTSS1 interacts with the E3 ligase RanBP2-type and C3HC4-type zinc finger containing 1 (RBCK1) to facilitate RBCK1-mediated p65 ubiquitination and degradation, thus suppressing the NF-κB signaling pathway and tumorigenesis. In addition, actin beta-like 2 (ACTBL2) competes with RBCK1 for MTSS1 binding, leading to p65 stabilization. Importantly, MTSS1 silencing promotes patient-derived organoid formation and xenograft growth. MTSS1 downregulation in clinical tumors is also linked to worse prognosis. Overall our data reveal a new paradigm of NF-κB regulation and may have important implications in therapeutics targeting TICs.
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- Min Cong
- CAS Key Laboratory of Tissue Microenvironment and Tumor, Shanghai Institute of Nutrition and Health, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Tissue Microenvironment and Tumor, Shanghai Institute of Nutrition and Health, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Cell Science, Innovation Center for Cell Signaling Network, Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Tissue Microenvironment and Tumor, Shanghai Institute of Nutrition and Health, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Tissue Microenvironment and Tumor, Shanghai Institute of Nutrition and Health, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Tissue Microenvironment and Tumor, Shanghai Institute of Nutrition and Health, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Tissue Microenvironment and Tumor, Shanghai Institute of Nutrition and Health, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Tissue Microenvironment and Tumor, Shanghai Institute of Nutrition and Health, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China; Department of Breast Oncology, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Breast Surgery, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Ji'nan, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Tissue Microenvironment and Tumor, Shanghai Institute of Nutrition and Health, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Oncology, Tongji Hospital, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Cell Science, Innovation Center for Cell Signaling Network, Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China.
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Tissue Microenvironment and Tumor, Shanghai Institute of Nutrition and Health, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China.
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Yang Y, Liu Y, He X, Yang F, Han S, Qin A, Wu G, Liu M, Li Z, Wang J, Yang X, Hu D. ING4 alleviated lipopolysaccharide-induced inflammation by regulating the NF-κB pathway via a direct interaction with SIRT1. Immunol Cell Biol 2020; 98:127-137. [PMID: 31811786 PMCID: PMC7384142 DOI: 10.1111/imcb.12308] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2019] [Revised: 12/04/2019] [Accepted: 12/05/2019] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
Abstract
Sepsis is a complex inflammatory disorder in which high mortality is associated with an excessive inflammatory response. Inhibitor of growth 4 (ING4), which is a cofactor of histone acetyltransferase and histone deacetylase complexes, could negatively regulate this inflammation. However, the exact molecular signaling pathway regulated by ING4 remains uncertain. As a pivotal histone deacetylase, Sirtuin1 (SIRT1), which is widely accepted to be an anti‐inflammatory molecule, has not been found to be linked to ING4. This study investigated how ING4 is involved in the regulation of inflammation by constructing lipopolysaccharide (LPS)‐induced macrophage and mouse sepsis models. Our results revealed that ING4 expression decreased, whereas the levels of proinflammatory cytokines increased in LPS‐stimulated cultured primary macrophages and RAW 264.7 cells. ING4 transfection was confirmed to alleviate the LPS‐induced upregulation of proinflammatory cytokine expression both in vitro and in vivo. In addition, ING4‐overexpressing mice were hyposensitive to an LPS challenge and displayed reduced organ injury. Furthermore, immunoprecipitation indicated a direct interaction between ING4 and the SIRT1 protein. Moreover, ING4 could block nuclear factor‐kappa B (NF‐κB) P65 nuclear translocation and restrict P65 acetylation at lysine 310 induced by LPS treatment. These results are the first to clarify that the anti‐inflammatory role of ING4 is associated with SIRT1, through which ING4 inhibits NF‐κB signaling activation. Our studies provide a novel signaling axis involving ING4/SIRT1/NF‐κB in LPS‐induced sepsis.
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- Yunshu Yang
- Department of Burns and Cutaneous Surgery, Xijing Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
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- Department of Burns and Cutaneous Surgery, Xijing Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
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- Department of Burns and Cutaneous Surgery, Xijing Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
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- Department of Burns and Cutaneous Surgery, Xijing Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
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- Department of Burns and Cutaneous Surgery, Xijing Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
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- The Fifteenth Squadron of the Fourth Regiment, School of Basic Medicine, The Four Military Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
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- Department of Burns and Cutaneous Surgery, Xijing Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
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- Department of Burns and Cutaneous Surgery, Xijing Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
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- Department of Burns and Cutaneous Surgery, Xijing Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
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- Department of Burns and Cutaneous Surgery, Xijing Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
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- Department of Burns and Cutaneous Surgery, Xijing Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
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- Department of Burns and Cutaneous Surgery, Xijing Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
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Shatnawi A, Malkaram SA, Fandy T, Tsouko E. Identification of the inhibitor of growth protein 4 (ING4) as a potential target in prostate cancer therapy. Mol Cell Biochem 2019; 464:153-167. [PMID: 31773467 DOI: 10.1007/s11010-019-03657-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2019] [Accepted: 11/16/2019] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
Abstract
INhibitor of Growth protein 4 (ING4) is a potential chromatin modifier that has been implicated in several cancer-related processes. However, the role of ING4 in prostate cancer (PC) is largely unknown. This study aimed to assess ING4's role in global transcriptional regulation in PC cells to identify potential cellular processes associated with ING4 loss. RNA-Seq using next-generation sequencing (NGS) was used to identify altered genes in LNCaP PC cells following ING4 depletion. Ingenuity pathways analysis (IPA®) was applied to the data to highlight candidates, ING4-regulated pathways, networks and cellular processes. Selected genes were validated using RT-qPCR. RNA-Seq of LNCaP cells revealed a total of 159 differentially expressed genes (fold change ≥ 1.5 or ≤ - 1.5, FDR ≤ 0.05) following ING4 knockdown. RT-qPCR used to validate the expression level of selected genes was in agreement with RNA-Seq results. Key genes, unique pathways, and biological networks were identified using IPA® analysis. This is the first report of global gene regulation in PC cells by ING4. The resultant differential expression profile revealed the potential role of ING4 in PC pathogenesis possibly through modulation of key genes, pathways and biological networks that are central drivers of the disease. Collectively, these findings shed light on a novel transcriptional regulator of PC that ultimately may influence the disease progression and as a potential target in the disease therapy.
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- Aymen Shatnawi
- Department of Pharmaceutical and Administrative Sciences, University of Charleston School of Pharmacy, 2300 MacCorkle Ave SE, Charleston, WV, 25304, USA.
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- Department of Mathematics and Computer Sciences, West Virginia State University, W729, Wallace Hall, Institute, WV, 25112, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical and Administrative Sciences, University of Charleston School of Pharmacy, 2300 MacCorkle Ave SE, Charleston, WV, 25304, USA
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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Trinh DA, Shirakawa R, Kimura T, Sakata N, Goto K, Horiuchi H. Inhibitor of Growth 4 (ING4) is a positive regulator of rRNA synthesis. Sci Rep 2019; 9:17235. [PMID: 31754246 PMCID: PMC6872537 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-53767-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2018] [Accepted: 08/30/2019] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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Ribosome biogenesis is essential for maintaining basic cellular activities although its mechanism is not fully understood. Inhibitor of growth 4 (ING4) is a member of ING family while its cellular functions remain controversial. Here, we identified several nucleolar proteins as novel ING4 interacting proteins. ING4 localized in the nucleus with strong accumulation in the nucleolus through its plant homeodomain, which is known to interact with histone trimethylated H3K4, commonly present in the promoter of active genes. ING4 deficient cells exhibited slower proliferation and the alteration in nucleolar structure with reduced rRNA transcription, which was rescued by exogenous expression of GFP-ING4 to the similar levels of wild type cells. In the ING4 deficient cells, histone H3K9 acetylation and the key rRNA transcription factor UBF at the promoter of rDNA were reduced, both of which were also recovered by exogenous GFP-ING4 expression. Thus, ING4 could positively regulate rRNA transcription through modulation of histone modifications at the rDNA promoter.
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- Duc-Anh Trinh
- Department of Oral Cancer Therapeutics, Graduate School of Dentistry, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan.,Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan.,Research Center for Molecular Genetics, Institute for Promotion of Medical Science Research, Yamagata University Faculty of Medicine, Yamagata, Yamagata, Japan
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Oral Cancer Therapeutics, Graduate School of Dentistry, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan. .,Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan.
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Cao Y, Sun Y, Chang H, Sun X, Yang S. The E3 ubiquitin ligase RNF182 inhibits TLR-triggered cytokine production through promoting p65 ubiquitination and degradation. FEBS Lett 2019; 593:3210-3219. [PMID: 31432514 DOI: 10.1002/1873-3468.13583] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2019] [Revised: 07/25/2019] [Accepted: 08/05/2019] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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The activation of Toll-like receptors (TLRs) leads to proinflammatory cytokine production, which is responsible for activating the innate immune system. Thus, TLR signaling is subject to multilayer regulatory control mechanisms that aim to prevent a protective response from causing injury. In the present study, we report that the E3 ubiquitin ligase RNF182 is highly expressed in macrophages and is specifically upregulated by TLR stimuli (TLR4, TLR3 and TLR9 agonists). Knockdown of RNF182 selectively amplifies TLR signaling by promoting the production of proinflammatory cytokines but not type I interferons in macrophages. Mechanistically, RNF182 promotes the degradation of p65 via K48-linked ubiquitination, resulting in the inhibition of TLR-triggered innate immune responses. Our findings highlight a feedback-negative mechanism for terminating TLR-induced inflammation and maintaining the immunological balance.
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- Yang Cao
- Department of Cardiology, Cardiovascular Institute, The First Affiliated Hospital, Harbin Medical University, China
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- Microbiological Laboratory, Cardiovascular Institute, The First Affiliated Hospital, Harbin Medical University, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Cardiovascular Institute, The First Affiliated Hospital, Harbin Medical University, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Shenzhen People's Hospital/The Second Affiliated Hospital of Jinan Medical College, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Cardiovascular Institute, The First Affiliated Hospital, Harbin Medical University, China
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Rapamycin-upregulated miR-29b promotes mTORC1-hyperactive cell growth in TSC2-deficient cells by downregulating tumor suppressor retinoic acid receptor β (RARβ). Oncogene 2019; 38:7367-7383. [PMID: 31420607 DOI: 10.1038/s41388-019-0957-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2019] [Revised: 07/25/2019] [Accepted: 08/05/2019] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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miR-29b has been identified as a rapamycin-induced microRNA (miRNA) in Tsc2-deficient, mTORC1-hyperactive cells. The biological significance of this induction of miR-29b is unknown. We have found that miR-29b acts as an oncogenic miRNA in Tsc2-deficient cells: inhibition of miR-29b suppressed cell proliferation, anchorage-independent cell growth, cell migration, invasion, and the growth of Tsc2-deficient tumors in vivo. Importantly, the combination of miR-29b inhibition with rapamycin treatment further inhibited these tumor-associated cellular processes. To gain insight into the molecular mechanisms by which miR-29b promotes tumorigenesis, we used RNA sequencing to identify the tumor suppressor retinoid receptor beta (RARβ) as a target gene of miR-29b. We found that miR-29b directly targeted the 3'UTR of RARβ. Forced expression of RARβ reversed the effects of miR-29b overexpression in proliferation, migration, and invasion, indicating that it is a critical target. miR-29b expression correlated with low RARβ expression in renal clear cell carcinomas and bladder urothelial carcinomas, tumors associated with TSC gene mutations. We further identified growth family member 4 (ING4) as a novel interacting partner of RARβ. Overexpression of ING4 inhibited the migration and invasion of Tsc2-deficient cells while silencing of ING4 reversed the RARβ-mediated suppression of cell migration and invasion. Taken together, our findings reveal a novel miR-29b/RARβ/ING4 pathway that regulates tumorigenic properties of Tsc2-deficient cells, and that may serve as a potential therapeutic target for TSC, lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM), and other mTORC1-hyperactive tumors.
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Sun Q, Dong H, Li Y, Yuan F, Xu Y, Mao S, Xiong X, Chen Q, Liu B. Small GTPase RHOE/RND3, a new critical regulator of NF-κB signalling in glioblastoma multiforme? Cell Prolif 2019; 52:e12665. [PMID: 31332862 PMCID: PMC6797521 DOI: 10.1111/cpr.12665] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2018] [Revised: 06/07/2019] [Accepted: 06/25/2019] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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Objectives Abnormal activation of NF‐κB signalling is a major mechanism of apoptosis resistance in glioblastoma multiforme (GBM). Therefore, better understanding of the regulation of NF‐κB signalling has a significant impact for GBM therapy. Here, we uncovered a critical role of the small GTPase RND3 in regulating the p65 subunit of NF‐κB and NF‐κB signalling in GBM. Materials and methods Human GBM samples, GBM cells and a human orthotopic GBM‐xenografted animal model were used. The mechanisms of RND3 in regulation of NF‐κB signalling and GBM cell apoptosis were examined by luciferase assay, quantitative PCR, immunostaining, immunoblotting, immunofluorescence, coimmunoprecipitation, TUNEL staining, JC‐1 analysis and flow cytometry. Results Overexpression of RND3 led to reduced p65 activity in GBM‐cultured cells and a GBM animal model, indicating that the NF‐κB pathway is negatively regulated by RND3 in GBM. Mechanistically, we found that RND3 bound p65 and promoted p65 ubiquitination, leading to decreased p65 protein levels. Furthermore, RND3 enhanced cleaved caspase 3 levels and promoted apoptosis in GBM cells, and RND3 expression was positively correlated with cleaved caspase 3 and IL‐8 in human GBM samples. The effect of RND3 on promoting apoptosis disappeared when p65 ubiquitination was blocked by protease inhibitor carfilzomib or upon co‐expression of ectopic p65. Conclusions RND3 binds p65 protein and promotes its ubiquitination, resulting in reduced p65 protein expression and inhibition of NF‐κB signalling to induce GBM cell apoptosis.
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- Qian Sun
- Department of Neurosurgery, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.,Central Laboratory, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Neurology, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.,Department of Cell Biology, Hubei Key Laboratory of Cell Homeostasis, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.,Department of Neurosurgery, Huzhou Central Hospital, Huzhou, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.,Central Laboratory, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.,Central Laboratory, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Cell Biology, Hubei Key Laboratory of Cell Homeostasis, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.,Central Laboratory, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.,Central Laboratory, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.,Central Laboratory, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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The essential role of tumor suppressor gene ING4 in various human cancers and non-neoplastic disorders. Biosci Rep 2019; 39:BSR20180773. [PMID: 30643005 PMCID: PMC6356015 DOI: 10.1042/bsr20180773] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2018] [Revised: 12/19/2018] [Accepted: 01/13/2019] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Inhibitor of growth 4 (ING4), a member of the ING family discovered in 2003, has been shown to act as a tumor suppressor and is frequently down-regulated in various human cancers. Numerous published in vivo and in vitro studies have shown that ING4 is responsible for important cancer hallmarks such as pathologic cell cycle arrest, apoptosis, autophagy, contact inhibition, and hypoxic adaptation, and also affects tumor angiogenesis, invasion, and metastasis. These characteristics are typically associated with regulation through chromatin acetylation by binding histone H3 trimethylated at lysine 4 (H3K4me3) and through transcriptional activity of transcription factor P53 and NF-κB. In addition, emerging evidence has indicated that abnormalities in ING4 expression and function play key roles in non-neoplastic disorders. Here, we provide an overview of ING4-modulated chromosome remodeling and transcriptional function, as well as the functional consequences of different genetic variants. We also present the current understanding concerning the role of ING4 in the development of neoplastic and non-neoplastic diseases. These studies offer inspiration for pursuing novel therapeutics for various cancers.
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Qian F, Hu Q, Tian Y, Wu J, Li D, Tao M, Qin L, Shen B, Xie Y. ING4 suppresses hepatocellular carcinoma via a NF-κB/miR-155/FOXO3a signaling axis. Int J Biol Sci 2019; 15:369-385. [PMID: 30745827 PMCID: PMC6367549 DOI: 10.7150/ijbs.28422] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2018] [Accepted: 11/29/2018] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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The tumor suppressor ING4 has been shown to be reduced in human HCC. The alteration of ING4 contributes to HCC progression. However, its effect in HCC and the potential mechanism is largely unclear. Herein, we found that downregulation of ING4 in HCC tumor tissues was closely associated with cancer staging, tumor size and vascular invasion. Lentivirus-mediated ING4 overexpression significantly inhibited proliferation, migration and invasion, and induced cell cycle G1 phase arrest and apoptosis in MHCC97H human HCC cells. Moreover, overexpression of ING4 dramatically suppressed MHCC97H tumor cell growth and metastasis to lung in vivo in athymic BALB/c nude mice. Mechanistic studies revealed that overexpression of ING4 markedly increased expression of FOXO3a both at the mRNA and protein level as well as enhanced nuclear level and transcriptional activity of FOXO3a in MHCC97H tumor cells. In addition, ING4 repressed transcriptional activity of NF-κB and expression of miR-155 targeting FOXO3a. Knockdown of ING4 exhibited opposing effects in MHCC97L human HCC cells. Interestingly, knockdown of FOXO3a attenuated not only ING4-elicited tumor suppression but also ING4-mediated regulatory effect on FOXO3a downstream targets, confirming that FOXO3a is involved in ING4-directed tumor-inhibitory effect in HCC. Overexpression of miR-155 attenuated ING4-induced upregulation of FOXO3a, whereas inhibition of miR-155 blunted ING4 knockdown-induced reduction of FOXO3a. Furthermore, inhibition of NF-κB markedly impaired ING4 knockdown-induced upregulation of miR-155 and downregulation of FOXO3a. Taken together, our study provided the first compelling evidence that ING4 can suppress human HCC growth and metastasis to a great extent via a NF-κB/miR-155/FOXO3a pathway.
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- Fuliang Qian
- Center for Systems Biology, Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, China
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- Department of Oncology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, China
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- Department of Oncology, Suzhou Science & Technology Town Hospital, Suzhou 215153, China
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- Department of Oncology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, China
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- Department of Oncology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, China
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- Department of Oncology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, China
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- Department of General Surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, China
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- Center for Systems Biology, Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, China
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- Department of Oncology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, China
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Domínguez-Acosta O, Vega L, Estrada-Muñiz E, Rodríguez MS, Gonzalez FJ, Elizondo G. Activation of aryl hydrocarbon receptor regulates the LPS/IFNγ-induced inflammatory response by inducing ubiquitin-proteosomal and lysosomal degradation of RelA/p65. Biochem Pharmacol 2018; 155:141-149. [PMID: 29935959 DOI: 10.1016/j.bcp.2018.06.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2018] [Accepted: 06/19/2018] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Several studies have identified the aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) as a negative regulator of the innate and adaptive immune responses. However, the molecular mechanisms by which this transcription factor exerts such modulatory effects are not well understood. Interaction between AhR and RelA/p65 has previously been reported. RelA/p65 is the major NFκB subunit that plays a critical role in immune responses to infection. The aim of the present study was to determine whether the activation of AhR disrupted RelA/p65 signaling in mouse peritoneal macrophages by decreasing its half-life. The data demonstrate that the activation of AhR by TCDD and β-naphthoflavone (β-NF) decreased protein levels of the pro-inflammatory cytokines TNF-α, IL-6 and IL-12 after macrophage activation with LPS/IFNγ. In an AhR-dependent manner, TCDD treatment induces RelA/p65 ubiquitination and proteosomal degradation, an effect dependent on AhR transcriptional activity. Activation of AhR also induced lysosome-like membrane structure formation in mouse peritoneal macrophages and RelA/p65 lysosome-dependent degradation. In conclusion, these results demonstrate that AhR activation promotes RelA/p65 protein degradation through the ubiquitin proteasome system, as well as through the lysosomes, resulting in decreased pro-inflammatory cytokine levels in mouse peritoneal macrophages.
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- O Domínguez-Acosta
- Departamento de Biología Celular, CINVESTAV-IPN, Zacatenco, México D. F., Av. IPN 2508, C.P. 07360, Mexico
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- Departamento de Toxicología, CINVESTAV-IPN, Zacatenco, México D. F., Av. IPN 2508, C.P. 07360, Mexico
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- Departamento de Toxicología, CINVESTAV-IPN, Zacatenco, México D. F., Av. IPN 2508, C.P. 07360, Mexico
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- Institut des Technologies Avancées en Sciences du Vivant (ITAV) CNRS-USR3505, Institut de Pharmacologie et de Biologie Structurale (IPBS) CNRS UMR8601, Université de Toulouse, 31106 Toulouse, France
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- Laboratory of Metabolism, NCI, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Departamento de Biología Celular, CINVESTAV-IPN, Zacatenco, México D. F., Av. IPN 2508, C.P. 07360, Mexico.
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Miyasato Y, Yoshizawa T, Sato Y, Nakagawa T, Miyasato Y, Kakizoe Y, Kuwabara T, Adachi M, Ianni A, Braun T, Komohara Y, Mukoyama M, Yamagata K. Sirtuin 7 Deficiency Ameliorates Cisplatin-induced Acute Kidney Injury Through Regulation of the Inflammatory Response. Sci Rep 2018; 8:5927. [PMID: 29651144 PMCID: PMC5897539 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-24257-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2017] [Accepted: 03/29/2018] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Cisplatin-induced acute kidney injury (AKI) has been recognized as one of cisplatin’s serious side effects, limiting its use in cancer therapy. Sirtuin 1 (SIRT1) and SIRT3 play protective roles against cisplatin-induced kidney injury. However, the role of SIRT7 in cisplatin-induced kidney injury is not yet known. In this study, we found that Sirt7 knockout (KO) mice were resistant to cisplatin-induced AKI. Furthermore, our studies identified that loss of SIRT7 decreases the expression of tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) by regulating the nuclear expression of the transcription factor nuclear factor kappa B. It has been reported that cisplatin-induced nephrotoxicity is mediated by TNF-α. Our results indicate that SIRT7 plays an important role in cisplatin-induced AKI and suggest the possibility of SIRT7 as a novel therapeutic target for cisplatin-induced nephrotoxicity.
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- Yoshikazu Miyasato
- Department of Medical Biochemistry, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, 1-1-1 Honjo, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto, Japan.,Department of Nephrology, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, 1-1-1 Honjo, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, 1-1-1 Honjo, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, 1-1-1 Honjo, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Nephrology, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, 1-1-1 Honjo, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Cell Pathology, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, 1-1-1 Honjo, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Nephrology, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, 1-1-1 Honjo, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Nephrology, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, 1-1-1 Honjo, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Nephrology, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, 1-1-1 Honjo, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Cardiac Development and Remodeling, Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research, Bad Nauheim, Germany
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- Department of Cardiac Development and Remodeling, Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research, Bad Nauheim, Germany
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- Department of Cell Pathology, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, 1-1-1 Honjo, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Nephrology, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, 1-1-1 Honjo, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, 1-1-1 Honjo, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto, Japan.
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Chen Y, Fu R, Xu M, Huang Y, Sun G, Xu L. N-methyl-N-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine-mediated ING4 downregulation contributed to the angiogenesis of transformed human gastric epithelial cells. Life Sci 2018; 199:179-187. [PMID: 29496496 DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2018.02.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2018] [Accepted: 02/23/2018] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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AIMS Angiogenesis is associated with the progression and mortality of gastric cancer. Epidemiological evidences indicate that long-term N-nitroso compounds (NOCs) exposure predominantly contributes to the mortality of gastric cancer. Therefore, further reduced mortality of gastric cancer demands to explore the exact mechanisms of NOCs induced angiogenesis. As a tumor suppressor gene, inhibitor of growth protein 4 (ING4) plays an important role in pathological angiogenesis. In this study, we will investigate ING4 expression level in human gastric epithelial cells after the long-term low dose exposure of N-methyl-N-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine (MNNG) and the pathological impact of MNNG-reduced ING4 on angiogenesis of transformed cells. MAIN METHODS The soft agar colony formation assay, Western blotting, immunofluorescence and wound healing assay were used to evaluate the characteristics of transformed cells. HUVEC growth and tube formation assays were performed to test the angiogenic abilities. EMSA, luciferase reporter gene assay, real-time PCR and Western blotting were used to explore the exact mechanism. KEY FINDINGS By establishing transformed human gastric epithelial cells via chronic low dose treatment, a gradually ING4 downregulation was observed in the later-stage of MNNG-induced cell transformation. Moreover, we demonstrated that MNNG exposure-reduced ING4 expression significantly resulted into aggravating angiogenesis through increasing the phosphorylation level of NF-κB p65 and subsequently DAN binding activity and regulating the expressions of NF-κB p65 downstream pro-angiogenic genes, MMP-2 and MMP-9. SIGNIFICANCE Our findings provided a significant mechanistic insight into angiogenesis of MNNG-transformed human gastric epithelial cell and supported the concept that ING4 may be a relevant therapeutic target for gastric cancer.
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- Yansu Chen
- School of Public Health, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou 221002, Jiangsu Province, China
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- School of Public Health, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou 221002, Jiangsu Province, China
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- School of Public Health, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou 221002, Jiangsu Province, China
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- School of Public Health, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou 221002, Jiangsu Province, China
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- School of Public Health, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou 221002, Jiangsu Province, China.
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- School of Public Health, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou 221002, Jiangsu Province, China.
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Gupta I, Singh K, Varshney NK, Khan S. Delineating Crosstalk Mechanisms of the Ubiquitin Proteasome System That Regulate Apoptosis. Front Cell Dev Biol 2018; 6:11. [PMID: 29479529 PMCID: PMC5811474 DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2018.00011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2017] [Accepted: 01/26/2018] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
Abstract
Regulatory functions of the ubiquitin-proteasome system (UPS) are exercised mainly by the ubiquitin ligases and deubiquitinating enzymes. Degradation of apoptotic proteins by UPS is central to the maintenance of cell health, and deregulation of this process is associated with several diseases including tumors, neurodegenerative disorders, diabetes, and inflammation. Therefore, it is the view that interrogating protein turnover in cells can offer a strategy for delineating disease-causing mechanistic perturbations and facilitate identification of drug targets. In this review, we are summarizing an overview to elucidate the updated knowledge on the molecular interplay between the apoptosis and UPS pathways. We have condensed around 100 enzymes of UPS machinery from the literature that ubiquitinates or deubiquitinates the apoptotic proteins and regulates the cell fate. We have also provided a detailed insight into how the UPS proteins are able to fine-tune the intrinsic, extrinsic, and p53-mediated apoptotic pathways to regulate cell survival or cell death. This review provides a comprehensive overview of the potential of UPS players as a drug target for cancer and other human disorders.
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- Ishita Gupta
- Structural Immunology Group, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, New Delhi, India.,Drug Discovery Research Centre, Translational Health Science and Technology Institute, Faridabad, India
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- Drug Discovery Research Centre, Translational Health Science and Technology Institute, Faridabad, India
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- Drug Discovery Research Centre, Translational Health Science and Technology Institute, Faridabad, India
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- Drug Discovery Research Centre, Translational Health Science and Technology Institute, Faridabad, India
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Mitchell JP, Carmody RJ. NF-κB and the Transcriptional Control of Inflammation. INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2017; 335:41-84. [PMID: 29305014 DOI: 10.1016/bs.ircmb.2017.07.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 312] [Impact Index Per Article: 44.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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The NF-κB transcription factor was discovered 30 years ago and has since emerged as the master regulator of inflammation and immune homeostasis. It achieves this status by means of the large number of important pro- and antiinflammatory factors under its transcriptional control. NF-κB has a central role in inflammatory diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, inflammatory bowel disease, and autoimmunity, as well as diseases comprising a significant inflammatory component such as cancer and atherosclerosis. Here, we provide an overview of the studies that form the basis of our understanding of the role of NF-κB subunits and their regulators in controlling inflammation. We also describe the emerging importance of posttranslational modifications of NF-κB in the regulation of inflammation, and highlight the future challenges faced by researchers who aim to target NF-κB transcriptional activity for therapeutic benefit in treating chronic inflammatory diseases.
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- Jennifer P Mitchell
- Rheumatoid Arthritis Pathogenesis Centre of Excellence, Centre for Immunobiology, Institute of Infection, Immunity, and Inflammation, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Immunobiology, Institute of Infection, Immunity, and Inflammation, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom.
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Shao B, Liu E. Expression of ING4 is negatively correlated with cellular proliferation and microvessel density in human glioma. Oncol Lett 2017; 14:3663-3668. [PMID: 28927128 DOI: 10.3892/ol.2017.6618] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2015] [Accepted: 12/06/2016] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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The present study aimed to investigate the associations of tumor inhibitor of growth 4 (ING4) with tumor cell proliferation and microvessel density (MVD) in human glioma. Semi-quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction, western blotting and immunohistochemistry (IHC) were used to detect the level of ING4 expression in normal brain tissues and glioma tissues of different pathological grades. The cell proliferation index (PI) and the level of MVD were detected using IHC, facilitating the analysis of the correlation between ING4 and cellular proliferation and MVD in human glioma. The expression levels of ING4 mRNA and protein were significantly lower in the glioma tissues compared with the normal brain tissues (P<0.05) and decreased as the pathological grade of the glioma tissue increased (P<0.05). PI was reduced in the ING4 protein positively expressed (ING4+) glioma tissues compared with the ING4 protein negatively expressed (ING4-) glioma tissues (P≤0.01). The level of MVD was significantly higher in the glioma tissues than that in the normal brain tissues (P≤0.01), while the level of MVD decreased in the ING4+ glioma tissue compared with the ING4- glioma tissue (P≤0.001). A Spearman's rank correlation test revealed that ING4 protein expression was negatively correlated with PI and MVD. ING4 might inhibit tumor proliferation and angiogenesis in human glioma. The expression of ING4 was also associated with the pathological grading of the glioma tissue and negatively correlated with cellular proliferation and MVD in human glioma.
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- Bin Shao
- Department of Neurosurgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, Heilongjiang 150001, P.R. China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, Heilongjiang 150001, P.R. China
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Sica V, Bravo-San Pedro JM, Chen G, Mariño G, Lachkar S, Izzo V, Maiuri MC, Niso-Santano M, Kroemer G. Inhibitor of growth protein 4 interacts with Beclin 1 and represses autophagy. Oncotarget 2017; 8:89527-89538. [PMID: 29163768 PMCID: PMC5685689 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.19033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2017] [Accepted: 04/17/2017] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Beclin 1 (BECN1) is a multifunctional protein that activates the pro-autophagic class III phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PIK3C3, best known as VPS34), yet also interacts with multiple negative regulators. Here we report that BECN1 interacts with inhibitor of growth family member 4 (ING4), a tumor suppressor protein that is best known for its capacity to interact with the tumor suppressor protein p53 (TP53) and the acetyltransferase E1A binding protein p300 (EP300). Removal of TP53 or EP300 did not affect the BECN1/ING4 interaction, which however was lost upon culture of cells in autophagy-inducing, nutrient free conditions. Depletion of ING4 stimulated the enzymatic activity of PIK3C3, as visualized by means of a red fluorescent protein-tagged short peptide (FYVE) that specifically binds to phosphatidylinositol-3-phosphate (PI3P)-containing subcellular vesicles and enhanced autophagy, as indicated by an enhanced lipidation of microtubule-associated proteins 1A/1B light chain 3 beta (LC3B) and the redistribution of a green-fluorescent protein (GFP)-LC3B fusion protein to cytoplasmic puncta. The generation of GFP-LC3B puncta stimulated by ING4 depletion was reduced by simultaneous depletion, or pharmacological inhibition, of PIK3C3/VPS34. In conclusion, ING4 acts as a negative regulator of the lipid kinase activity of the BECN1 complex, and starvation-induced autophagy is accompanied by the dissociation of the ING4/BECN1 interaction.
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- Valentina Sica
- Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France.,Equipe 11 labellisée Ligue Nationale contre le Cancer, Centre de Recherche des Cordeliers, Paris, France.,Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Paris, France.,Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France.,Metabolomics and Cell Biology Platforms, Gustave Roussy Cancer Campus, Villejuif, France
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- Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France.,Equipe 11 labellisée Ligue Nationale contre le Cancer, Centre de Recherche des Cordeliers, Paris, France.,Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Paris, France.,Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France.,Metabolomics and Cell Biology Platforms, Gustave Roussy Cancer Campus, Villejuif, France
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- Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France.,Equipe 11 labellisée Ligue Nationale contre le Cancer, Centre de Recherche des Cordeliers, Paris, France.,Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Paris, France.,Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France.,Metabolomics and Cell Biology Platforms, Gustave Roussy Cancer Campus, Villejuif, France
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- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Paris, France.,Departamento de Biología Fundamental, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Principado de Asturias, Universidad de Oviedo, Spain
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- Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France.,Equipe 11 labellisée Ligue Nationale contre le Cancer, Centre de Recherche des Cordeliers, Paris, France.,Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Paris, France.,Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France.,Metabolomics and Cell Biology Platforms, Gustave Roussy Cancer Campus, Villejuif, France
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- Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France.,Equipe 11 labellisée Ligue Nationale contre le Cancer, Centre de Recherche des Cordeliers, Paris, France.,Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Paris, France.,Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France.,Metabolomics and Cell Biology Platforms, Gustave Roussy Cancer Campus, Villejuif, France
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- Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France.,Equipe 11 labellisée Ligue Nationale contre le Cancer, Centre de Recherche des Cordeliers, Paris, France.,Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Paris, France.,Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France.,Metabolomics and Cell Biology Platforms, Gustave Roussy Cancer Campus, Villejuif, France
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- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Paris, France.,Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red en Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas, Cáceres, Spain.,Facultad de Enfermería y Terapia Ocupacional, Universidad de Extremadura, C.P, Cáceres, Cáceres, Spain
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- Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France.,Equipe 11 labellisée Ligue Nationale contre le Cancer, Centre de Recherche des Cordeliers, Paris, France.,Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Paris, France.,Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France.,Metabolomics and Cell Biology Platforms, Gustave Roussy Cancer Campus, Villejuif, France.,Pôle de Biologie, Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou, AP-HP, Paris, France.,Department of Women's and Children's Health, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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Shin C, Ito Y, Ichikawa S, Tokunaga M, Sakata-Sogawa K, Tanaka T. MKRN2 is a novel ubiquitin E3 ligase for the p65 subunit of NF-κB and negatively regulates inflammatory responses. Sci Rep 2017; 7:46097. [PMID: 28378844 PMCID: PMC5380948 DOI: 10.1038/srep46097] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2016] [Accepted: 03/08/2017] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Activation of NF-κB transcription factor is strictly regulated to prevent excessive inflammatory responses leading to immunopathology. However, it still remains unclear how NF-κB activation is negatively controlled. The PDZ-LIM domain-containing protein PDLIM2 is a nuclear ubiquitin E3 ligase targeting the p65 subunit of NF-κB for degradation, thus terminating NF-κB-mediated inflammation. Using yeast two-hybrid screening, we sought to isolate PDLIM2-interacting proteins that are critical for suppressing NF-κB signaling. Here we identified MKRN2, a RING finger domain-containing protein that belongs to the makorin ring finger protein gene family, as a novel p65 ubiquitin E3 ligase. MKRN2 bound to p65 and promoted the polyubiquitination and proteasome-dependent degradation of p65 through the MKRN2 RING finger domain, thereby suppressing p65-mediated NF-κB transactivation. Notably, MKRN2 and PDLIM2 synergistically promote polyubiquitination and degradation of p65. Consistently, MKRN2 knockdown in dendritic cells resulted in larger amounts of nuclear p65 and augmented production of proinflammatory cytokines in responses to innate stimuli. These results delineate a novel role of MKRN2 in negatively regulating NF-κB-mediated inflammatory responses, cooperatively with PDLIM2.
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- Chanyoung Shin
- Laboratory for Inflammatory Regulation, RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences (IMS), RIKEN Research Center for Allergy and Immunology (RCAI), Yokohama, Kanagawa 230-0045, Japan
- School of Life Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, Kanagawa 226-8501, Japan
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- School of Life Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, Kanagawa 226-8501, Japan
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- School of Life Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, Kanagawa 226-8501, Japan
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- School of Life Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, Kanagawa 226-8501, Japan
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- School of Life Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, Kanagawa 226-8501, Japan
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- Laboratory for Inflammatory Regulation, RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences (IMS), RIKEN Research Center for Allergy and Immunology (RCAI), Yokohama, Kanagawa 230-0045, Japan
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Gao J, Liu Q, Xu Y, Gong X, Zhang R, Zhou C, Su Z, Jin J, Shi H, Shi J, Hou Y. PPARα induces cell apoptosis by destructing Bcl2. Oncotarget 2016; 6:44635-42. [PMID: 26556865 PMCID: PMC4792581 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.5988] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2015] [Accepted: 10/01/2015] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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PPARα belongs to the peroxisome-proliferator-activated receptors (PPARs) family, which plays a critical role in inhibiting cell proliferation and tumorigenesis, while the molecular mechanism is still unclear. Here we report that PPARα serves as an E3 ubiquitin ligase to govern Bcl2 protein stability. PPARα physically bound to Bcl2 protein. In this process, PPARα/C102 was critical for PPARα binding to BH3 domain of Bcl2, subsequently, PPARα transferred K48-linked polyubiquitin to lysine-22 site of Bcl2 resulting in its ubiquitination and proteasome-dependent degradation. Importantly, overexpression of PPARα enhanced cancer cell chemotherapy sensitivity. In contrast, silenced PPARα decreased this event. These findings revealed a novel mechanism of PPARα governed endogenous Bcl2 protein stability leading to reduced cancer cell chemoresistance, which provides a potential drug target for cancer treatment.
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- Jiaming Gao
- Department of Oncology, The Affiliated Wujin People's Hospital, Jiangsu University, Changzhou, Jiangsu Province, China.,Institute of Life Sciences, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu Province, China
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- Department of Oncology, The Affiliated Wujin People's Hospital, Jiangsu University, Changzhou, Jiangsu Province, China
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- Institute of Life Sciences, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu Province, China
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- Institute of Life Sciences, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu Province, China
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- Institute of Life Sciences, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu Province, China
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- Jiangsu Taizhou People's Hospital, Jiangsu Province, China
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- Department of Immunology & Laboratory Immunology, School of Medicine, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu Province, China
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- Department of Oncology, The Affiliated Wujin People's Hospital, Jiangsu University, Changzhou, Jiangsu Province, China
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- Institute of Life Sciences, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu Province, China
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- Institute of Life Sciences, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu Province, China
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- Department of Oncology, The Affiliated Wujin People's Hospital, Jiangsu University, Changzhou, Jiangsu Province, China.,Institute of Life Sciences, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu Province, China
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Pioglitazone inhibits EGFR/MDM2 signaling-mediated PPARγ degradation. Eur J Pharmacol 2016; 791:316-321. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2016.09.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2016] [Revised: 09/06/2016] [Accepted: 09/06/2016] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Zhang R, Jin J, Shi J, Hou Y. INGs are potential drug targets for cancer. J Cancer Res Clin Oncol 2016; 143:189-197. [PMID: 27544390 DOI: 10.1007/s00432-016-2219-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2016] [Accepted: 08/09/2016] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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PURPOSE The inhibitor of growth (ING) family consists of ING1, ING2, ING3, ING4 and ING5, which function as the type II tumor suppressors. INGs regulate cell proliferation, senescence, apoptosis, differentiation, angiogenesis, DNA repair, metastasis, and invasion by multiple pathways. In addition, INGs increase cancer cell sensitivity for chemotherapy and radiotherapy, while clinical observations show that INGs are frequently lost in some types of cancers. The aim of the study was to summarize the recent progress regarding INGs regulating tumor progression. METHODS The literatures of INGs regulating tumor progression were searched and assayed. RESULTS The regulating signaling pathways of ING1, ING2, ING3 or ING4 on tumor progression were shown. The mechanisms of INGs on tumor suppression were also assayed. CONCLUSIONS This review better summarized the signaling mechanism of INGs on tumor suppression, which provides a candidate therapy strategy for cancers.
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- Runyun Zhang
- Department of Oncology, Affiliated Wujin People's Hospital, Jiangsu University, Changzhou, 212017, People's Republic of China.,Institute of Life Sciences, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, 212013, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Oncology, Affiliated Wujin People's Hospital, Jiangsu University, Changzhou, 212017, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Life Sciences, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, 212013, People's Republic of China.
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- Department of Oncology, Affiliated Wujin People's Hospital, Jiangsu University, Changzhou, 212017, People's Republic of China. .,Institute of Life Sciences, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, 212013, People's Republic of China.
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The Ubiquitination of NF-κB Subunits in the Control of Transcription. Cells 2016; 5:cells5020023. [PMID: 27187478 PMCID: PMC4931672 DOI: 10.3390/cells5020023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2016] [Revised: 05/03/2016] [Accepted: 05/06/2016] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Nuclear factor (NF)-κB has evolved as a latent, inducible family of transcription factors fundamental in the control of the inflammatory response. The transcription of hundreds of genes involved in inflammation and immune homeostasis require NF-κB, necessitating the need for its strict control. The inducible ubiquitination and proteasomal degradation of the cytoplasmic inhibitor of κB (IκB) proteins promotes the nuclear translocation and transcriptional activity of NF-κB. More recently, an additional role for ubiquitination in the regulation of NF-κB activity has been identified. In this case, the ubiquitination and degradation of the NF-κB subunits themselves plays a critical role in the termination of NF-κB activity and the associated transcriptional response. While there is still much to discover, a number of NF-κB ubiquitin ligases and deubiquitinases have now been identified which coordinate to regulate the NF-κB transcriptional response. This review will focus the regulation of NF-κB subunits by ubiquitination, the key regulatory components and their impact on NF-κB directed transcription.
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Yuan S, Jin J, Shi J, Hou Y. Inhibitor of growth-4 is a potential target for cancer therapy. Tumour Biol 2016; 37:4275-9. [PMID: 26803518 DOI: 10.1007/s13277-016-4842-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2015] [Accepted: 01/12/2016] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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The inhibitor of growth-4 (ING-4) belongs to the inhibitor of growth (ING) family that is a type II tumor suppressor gene including five members (ING1-5). As a tumor suppressor, ING4 inhibits tumor growth, invasion, and metastasis by multiple signaling pathways. In addition to that, ING4 can facilitate cancer cell sensitivity to chemotherapy and radiotherapy. Although ING4 loss is observed for many types of cancers, increasing evidences show that ING4 can be used for gene therapy. In this review, the recent progress of ING4 regulating tumorigenesis is discussed.
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- Shuping Yuan
- Department of Oncology, Affiliated Wujin People's Hospital, Jiangsu University, Changzhou, 212017, People's Republic of China.,Institute of Life Sciences, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, 212013, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Oncology, Affiliated Wujin People's Hospital, Jiangsu University, Changzhou, 212017, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Life Sciences, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, 212013, People's Republic of China.
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- Department of Oncology, Affiliated Wujin People's Hospital, Jiangsu University, Changzhou, 212017, People's Republic of China. .,Institute of Life Sciences, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, 212013, People's Republic of China.
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Chen L, Zhang YH, Huang T, Cai YD. Identifying novel protein phenotype annotations by hybridizing protein-protein interactions and protein sequence similarities. Mol Genet Genomics 2016; 291:913-34. [PMID: 26728152 DOI: 10.1007/s00438-015-1157-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2015] [Accepted: 12/08/2015] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Studies of protein phenotypes represent a central challenge of modern genetics in the post-genome era because effective and accurate investigation of protein phenotypes is one of the most critical procedures to identify functional biological processes in microscale, which involves the analysis of multifactorial traits and has greatly contributed to the development of modern biology in the post genome era. Therefore, we have developed a novel computational method that identifies novel proteins associated with certain phenotypes in yeast based on the protein-protein interaction network. Unlike some existing network-based computational methods that identify the phenotype of a query protein based on its direct neighbors in the local network, the proposed method identifies novel candidate proteins for a certain phenotype by considering all annotated proteins with this phenotype on the global network using a shortest path (SP) algorithm. The identified proteins are further filtered using both a permutation test and their interactions and sequence similarities to annotated proteins. We compared our method with another widely used method called random walk with restart (RWR). The biological functions of proteins for each phenotype identified by our SP method and the RWR method were analyzed and compared. The results confirmed a large proportion of our novel protein phenotype annotation, and the RWR method showed a higher false positive rate than the SP method. Our method is equally effective for the prediction of proteins involving in all the eleven clustered yeast phenotypes with a quite low false positive rate. Considering the universality and generalizability of our supporting materials and computing strategies, our method can further be applied to study other organisms and the new functions we predicted can provide pertinent instructions for the further experimental verifications.
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- Lei Chen
- School of Life Sciences, Shanghai University, Shanghai, 200444, People's Republic of China. .,College of Information Engineering, Shanghai Maritime University, Shanghai, 201306, People's Republic of China.
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- Institute of Health Sciences, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200031, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Health Sciences, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200031, People's Republic of China
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- School of Life Sciences, Shanghai University, Shanghai, 200444, People's Republic of China.
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Xu Y, Jin J, Zhang W, Zhang Z, Gao J, Liu Q, Zhou C, Xu Q, Shi H, Hou Y, Shi J. EGFR/MDM2 signaling promotes NF-κB activation via PPARγ degradation. Carcinogenesis 2015; 37:215-222. [PMID: 26718225 DOI: 10.1093/carcin/bgv252] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2015] [Accepted: 12/22/2015] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Dysregulated expression of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) has been implicated in many cancer events, while peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ (PPARγ) negatively regulates cancer progression. The molecular mechanism of EGFR interaction with PPARγ is still unclear. Here, we found that nuclear EGFR induced phosphorylation of PPARγ at Tyr-74 leading to PPARγ ubiquitination and degradation by mouse double minute 2 (MDM2) ubiquitin ligase. PPARγ degradation by EGFR/MDM2 signaling resulted in accumulation of nuclear factor-kappaB (NF-κB)/p65 protein levels and increasing NF-κB activation. In contrast, PPARγ-Y74A mutant reversed this event. Moreover, PPARγ-Y74A mutant suppressed cell proliferation and increased chemotherapeutic agent-induced cancer cell sensitivity. Importantly, the clinical findings show that the nuclear phosphorylation of PPARγ-Y74 and EGFR expression in colonic cancer tissues was higher than that in control normal tissues. Thus, our study revealed a novel molecular mechanism that nuclear EGFR/NF-κB signaling promoted cell proliferation by destructing PPARγ function, which provides a novel strategy for cancer treatment.
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- Ying Xu
- Department of Oncology, The Affiliated Wujin Hospital, Jiangsu University, Changzhou, Jiangsu 213037, People's Republic of China.,Institute of Life Science, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu 212013, People's Republic of China.,Department of Central Laboratory and
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- Department of Oncology, The Affiliated Wujin Hospital, Jiangsu University , Changzhou, Jiangsu 213037 , People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Life Science, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu 212013, People's Republic of China.,Department of General Surgery, The Affiliated People's Hospital, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu 212002, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Life Science, Jiangsu University , Zhenjiang, Jiangsu 212013 , People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Life Science, Jiangsu University , Zhenjiang, Jiangsu 212013 , People's Republic of China
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- Department of Oncology, The Affiliated Wujin Hospital, Jiangsu University , Changzhou, Jiangsu 213037 , People's Republic of China
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- Jiangsu Taizhou People's Hospital , Jiangsu 225309 , People's Republic of China
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- Department of Oncology, The Affiliated Wujin Hospital, Jiangsu University , Changzhou, Jiangsu 213037 , People's Republic of China
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- Department of Oncology, The Affiliated Wujin Hospital, Jiangsu University , Changzhou, Jiangsu 213037 , People's Republic of China
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- Department of Oncology, The Affiliated Wujin Hospital, Jiangsu University, Changzhou, Jiangsu 213037, People's Republic of China.,Institute of Life Science, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu 212013, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Life Science, Jiangsu University , Zhenjiang, Jiangsu 212013 , People's Republic of China
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Zhang H, Zhou X, Xu C, Yang J, Xiang J, Tao M, Xie Y. Synergistic tumor suppression by adenovirus-mediated ING4/PTEN double gene therapy for gastric cancer. Cancer Gene Ther 2015; 23:13-23. [PMID: 26564429 DOI: 10.1038/cgt.2015.59] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2015] [Revised: 10/12/2015] [Accepted: 10/16/2015] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
Abstract
Both inhibitor of growth 4 (ING4) and phosphatase and tensin homolog (PTEN) have been shown to be strong candidate tumor suppressors. However, the combined efficacy of ING4 and PTEN for human gastric cancer remains to be determined. In this report, we constructed a multiple promoter expression cassette-based recombinant adenovirus coexpressing ING4 and PTEN (AdVING4/PTEN), assessed the combined effects of AdVING4/PTEN on gastric cancer using wild-type p53 AGS and SNU-1 human gastric cancer cell lines, and elucidated its underlying mechanisms. We found that AdVING4/PTEN-induced synergistic growth inhibition and apoptosis in vitro AGS or SNU-1 tumor cells and in vivo AGS xenografted tumors subcutaneously inoculated in athymic BALB/c nude mice. Mechanistically, AdVING4/PTEN exhibited an enhanced effect on upregulation of p53, Ac-p53 (K382), P21, Bax, PUMA, Noxa, cleaved Caspase-9, cleaved Caspase-3 and cleaved PARP as well as downregulation of Bcl-2 in vitro and in vivo. In addition, AdVING4/PTEN synergistically downregulated tumor vessel CD34 expression and reduced microvessel density, and additively inhibited vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) expression in vivo. The synergistic tumor suppression elicited by AdVING4/PTEN was closely associated with the synergistic induction of apoptosis possibly via enhancement of endogenous p53 responses through cooperatively facilitating p53's stability and acetylation, and the synergistic inhibition of tumor angiogenesis probably via overlapping reduction of VEGF through cooperatively downregulating hypoxia inducible factor-1α's level and transcription activity. Thus, our results indicate that cancer gene therapy combining ING4 and PTEN may constitute a novel and effective therapeutic modality for human gastric cancer and other cancers.
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- H Zhang
- Department of General Surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China
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- Department of Oncology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China
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- Department of Oncology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China
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- Department of Cell Biology, College of Medicine, Soochow University, Suzhou, China
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- Cancer Research Unit, Saskatchewan Cancer Agency, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
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- Department of Oncology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China
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- Department of Oncology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China
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Wu J, Zhu Y, Xu C, Xu H, Zhou X, Yang J, Xie Y, Tao M. Adenovirus-mediated p53 and ING4 gene co-transfer elicits synergistic antitumor effects through enhancement of p53 acetylation in breast cancer. Oncol Rep 2015; 35:243-52. [PMID: 26530780 DOI: 10.3892/or.2015.4385] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2015] [Accepted: 09/17/2015] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Multigene-based combination therapy may be an effective practice in cancer gene therapy. Substantial studies have demonstrated that tumor suppressor p53 acetylation is indispensable for p53 activation. Inhibitor of growth 4 (ING4), as a novel tumor suppressor, is capable of remarkably enhancing p53 acetylation and its transcriptional activity. Hence, we assumed that combined treatment of p53 and ING4 double tumor suppressors would exhibit enhanced antitumor effects. The combined therapeutic efficacy of p53 and ING4 for human cancers has not been previously reported. We thus generated multiple promoter expression cassette-based recombinant adenovirus-co-expressing ING4 and p53 double tumor suppressor genes (AdVING4/p53), evaluated the combined effects of AdVING4/p53 on breast cancer using the MDA-MB-231 (mutant p53) human breast cancer cell line, and also elucidated its underlying molecular mechanisms. We demonstrated that AdVING4/p53-mediated p53 and ING4 co-expression induced synergistic growth inhibition and apoptosis as well as enhanced effects on upregulation of acetylated p53, P21, Bax, PUMA, Noxa, cleaved caspase-9, cleaved caspase-3 and cleaved PARP, and downregulation of Bcl-2, CD31 and microvessel density (MVD) in MDA-MB-231 breast cancer in vitro and/or in vivo subcutaneous (s.c.) xenografted tumors. The synergistic antitumor activity elicited by AdVING4/p53 was closely associated with the enhanced activation of the intrinsic apoptotic pathway and synergistic inhibition of tumor angiogenesis, very possibly via ING4-mediated enhancement of p53 acetylation and activity. Thus, our results indicate that cancer gene therapy combining two or more tumor suppressors such as p53 and ING4 may constitute a novel and effective therapeutic modality for human breast cancer and other cancers.
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- Jie Wu
- Department of Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, P.R. China
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- Department of Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, P.R. China
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- Department of Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, P.R. China
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- Department of Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, P.R. China
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- Department of Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, P.R. China
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- Department of Cell Biology, College of Medicine, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, P.R. China
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- Department of Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, P.R. China
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- Department of Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, P.R. China
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Xu H, You M, Shi H, Hou Y. Ubiquitin-mediated NFκB degradation pathway. Cell Mol Immunol 2015; 12:653-5. [PMID: 25345807 PMCID: PMC4716629 DOI: 10.1038/cmi.2014.99] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2014] [Revised: 09/13/2014] [Accepted: 09/14/2014] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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The nuclear factor κB (NFκB) transcription factor plays critical roles in inflammation and immunity. The dysregulation of NFκB is associated with inflammatory and autoimmune diseases and cancer. NFκB activation is negatively regulated by the ubiquitin-dependent proteasomal degradation pathway. In the present review, we discuss recent advances in our understanding of how ubiquitin ligases regulate the NFκB degradation pathway.
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Hochrainer K, Pejanovic N, Olaseun VA, Zhang S, Iadecola C, Anrather J. The ubiquitin ligase HERC3 attenuates NF-κB-dependent transcription independently of its enzymatic activity by delivering the RelA subunit for degradation. Nucleic Acids Res 2015; 43:9889-904. [PMID: 26476452 PMCID: PMC4787756 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkv1064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2015] [Accepted: 10/06/2015] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Activation of NF-κB-dependent transcription represents an important hallmark of inflammation. While the acute inflammatory response is per se beneficial, it can become deleterious if its spatial and temporal profile is not tightly controlled. Classically, NF-κB activity is limited by cytoplasmic retention of the NF-κB dimer through binding to inhibitory IκB proteins. However, increasing evidence suggests that NF-κB activity can also be efficiently contained by direct ubiquitination of NF-κB subunits. Here, we identify the HECT-domain ubiquitin ligase HERC3 as novel negative regulator of NF-κB activity. We find that HERC3 restricts NF-κB nuclear import and DNA binding without affecting IκBα degradation. Instead HERC3 indirectly binds to the NF-κB RelA subunit after liberation from IκBα inhibitor leading to its ubiquitination and protein destabilization. Remarkably, the regulation of RelA activity by HERC3 is independent of its inherent ubiquitin ligase activity. Rather, we show that HERC3 and RelA are part of a multi-protein complex containing the proteasome as well as the ubiquitin-like protein ubiquilin-1 (UBQLN1). We present evidence that HERC3 and UBQLN1 provide a link between NF-κB RelA and the 26S proteasome, thereby facilitating RelA protein degradation. Our findings establish HERC3 as novel candidate regulating the inflammatory response initiated by NF-κB.
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- Karin Hochrainer
- Feil Family Brain and Mind Research Institute, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY10065, USA
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- Feil Family Brain and Mind Research Institute, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY10065, USA Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Apartado 14, Oeiras, Portugal
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- Institute of Biotechnology and Life Sciences Biotechnologies, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY14853, USA
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- Feil Family Brain and Mind Research Institute, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY10065, USA
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- Feil Family Brain and Mind Research Institute, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY10065, USA
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Modernelli A, Naponelli V, Giovanna Troglio M, Bonacini M, Ramazzina I, Bettuzzi S, Rizzi F. EGCG antagonizes Bortezomib cytotoxicity in prostate cancer cells by an autophagic mechanism. Sci Rep 2015; 5:15270. [PMID: 26471237 PMCID: PMC4607952 DOI: 10.1038/srep15270] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2015] [Accepted: 09/15/2015] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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The proteasome inhibitors Bortezomib (BZM) and MG132 trigger cancer cell death via induction of endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress and unfolded protein response. Epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG), the most bioactive green tea polyphenol, is known to display strong anticancer properties as it inhibits proteasome activity and induces ER stress. We investigated whether combined delivery of a proteasome inhibitor with EGCG enhances prostate cancer cell death through increased induction of ER stress. Paradoxically, EGCG antagonized BZM cytotoxicity even when used at low concentrations. Conversely, the MG132 dose-response curve was unaffected by co-administration of EGCG. Moreover, apoptosis, proteasome inhibition and ER stress were inhibited in PC3 cells simultaneously treated with BZM and EGCG but not with a combination of MG132 and EGCG; EGCG enhanced autophagy induction in BZM-treated cells only. Autophagy inhibition restored cytotoxicity concomitantly with CHOP and p-eIF2α up-regulation in cells treated with BZM and EGCG. Overall, these findings demonstrate that EGCG antagonizes BZM toxicity by exacerbating the activation of autophagy, which in turn mitigates ER stress and reduces CHOP up-regulation, finally protecting PC3 cells from cell death.
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- Alice Modernelli
- Department of Biomedicine, Biotechnology and Translational Research, University of Parma, Via Volturno 39/a, 43125 Parma, Italy
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- Department of Biomedicine, Biotechnology and Translational Research, University of Parma, Via Volturno 39/a, 43125 Parma, Italy.,Centre for Molecular and Translational Oncology (COMT), University of Parma, Parco Area delle Scienze 11/a, 43124 Parma, Italy.,National Institute of Biostructure and Biosystems (INBB), Viale Medaglie d'Oro 305, 00136 Rome, Italy
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- Department of Biomedicine, Biotechnology and Translational Research, University of Parma, Via Volturno 39/a, 43125 Parma, Italy
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- Department of Biomedicine, Biotechnology and Translational Research, University of Parma, Via Volturno 39/a, 43125 Parma, Italy
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- Department of Biomedicine, Biotechnology and Translational Research, University of Parma, Via Volturno 39/a, 43125 Parma, Italy.,Centre for Molecular and Translational Oncology (COMT), University of Parma, Parco Area delle Scienze 11/a, 43124 Parma, Italy.,National Institute of Biostructure and Biosystems (INBB), Viale Medaglie d'Oro 305, 00136 Rome, Italy
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- Department of Biomedicine, Biotechnology and Translational Research, University of Parma, Via Volturno 39/a, 43125 Parma, Italy.,Centre for Molecular and Translational Oncology (COMT), University of Parma, Parco Area delle Scienze 11/a, 43124 Parma, Italy.,National Institute of Biostructure and Biosystems (INBB), Viale Medaglie d'Oro 305, 00136 Rome, Italy
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- Department of Biomedicine, Biotechnology and Translational Research, University of Parma, Via Volturno 39/a, 43125 Parma, Italy.,Centre for Molecular and Translational Oncology (COMT), University of Parma, Parco Area delle Scienze 11/a, 43124 Parma, Italy.,National Institute of Biostructure and Biosystems (INBB), Viale Medaglie d'Oro 305, 00136 Rome, Italy
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Small ubiquitin-related modifier 2/3 interacts with p65 and stabilizes it in the cytoplasm in HBV-associated hepatocellular carcinoma. BMC Cancer 2015; 15:675. [PMID: 26458400 PMCID: PMC4603762 DOI: 10.1186/s12885-015-1665-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2014] [Accepted: 09/30/2015] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Background SUMOylation, an important post-translational modification, associates with the development of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). p65, one of the most important subunits of NF-κB, is a key regulator in the development of HCC and has been reported to be SUMOylated by exogenous small ubiquitin-related modifier 3 (SUMO3) in HEK 293T cells. However, the relationship between p65 and SUMO2/3 in HCC remains unknown. This study was to investigate the interaction between p65 and SUMO2/3 and explore the potential roles involved in HCC. Methods The expressions of p65 and SUMO2/3 in the liver tissues were detected by using immunohistochemistry. We performed double-labeled immunofluorescence and co-immunoprecipitation assay to verify the interaction between p65 and SUMO2/3. The extraction of nuclear and cytoplasmic proteins was performed, and the subcellular localization of p65 was detected. The proliferation and migration of hepatoma cells were observed using MTT, colony formation, and transwell assays. Results We found a strong SUMO2/3-positive immunoreactivity in the cytoplasm in the non-tumor tissues of HCC. However, SUMO2/3 level was down regulated in the tumor tissues as compared with the adjacent non-tumor tissues. In accordance with this finding, p65 was up regulated in the adjacent non-tumor tissues and almost localized in the cytoplasm. There was a close correlation between SUMO2/3 and p65 expressions in the liver tissues (R = 0.800, p = 0.006). The interaction between p65 and SUMO2/3 was verified by co-immunoprecipitation and double-labeled immunofluorescent assays. TNF-α (10 ng/ml) treatment for 30 min not only up regulated the cytoplasmic conjugated SUMO2/3, but also enhanced SUMO2/3-p65 interaction. Furthermore, we found that SUMO2/3 up regulated the cytoplasmic p65 protein level in a dose-dependent manner, but not affected its mRNA level. The increase of p65 protein by SUMO2/3 was abolished by MG132 treatment, a reversible inhibitor of proteasome. Meanwhile, TNF-α-induced increase of SUMO2/3-conjugated p65 was along with the reduction of the ubiquitin-conjugated p65. The further study showed that SUMO2/3 over-expression decreased the proliferative ability of hepatoma cells, but did not affect the migration. Conclusion SUMO2/3-p65 interaction may be a novel mechanism involved in the transformation from chronic hepatitis B to HCC via stabilizing cytoplasmic p65, which might shed light on understanding the tumorigenesis and development. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12885-015-1665-3) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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Yan R, He L, Li Z, Han X, Liang J, Si W, Chen Z, Li L, Xie G, Li W, Wang P, Lei L, Zhang H, Pei F, Cao D, Sun L, Shang Y. SCF(JFK) is a bona fide E3 ligase for ING4 and a potent promoter of the angiogenesis and metastasis of breast cancer. Genes Dev 2015; 29:672-85. [PMID: 25792601 PMCID: PMC4378198 DOI: 10.1101/gad.254292.114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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The tumor suppressor ING4 (inhibitor of growth protein 4) is involved in various cellular processes by virtue of its epigenetic regulatory capability and through its positive regulation of p53 and negative regulation of NFκB. Yan et al. find that the F-box protein JFK targets ING4 for ubiquitination and degradation through assembly of an Skp1-Cul1-F-box (SCF) complex. JFK-mediated ING4 destabilization leads to the hyperactivation of the canonical NFκB pathway and promotes angiogenesis and metastasis of breast cancer. Loss of function/dysregulation of inhibitor of growth 4 (ING4) and hyperactivation of NF-κB are frequent events in many types of human malignancies. However, the molecular mechanisms underlying these remarkable aberrations are not understood. Here, we report that ING4 is physically associated with JFK. We demonstrated that JFK targets ING4 for ubiquitination and degradation through assembly of an Skp1–Cul1–F-box (SCF) complex. We showed that JFK-mediated ING4 destabilization leads to the hyperactivation of the canonical NF-κB pathway and promotes angiogenesis and metastasis of breast cancer. Significantly, the expression of JFK is markedly up-regulated in breast cancer, and the level of JFK is negatively correlated with that of ING4 and positively correlated with an aggressive clinical behavior of breast carcinomas. Our study identified SCFJFK as a bona fide E3 ligase for ING4 and unraveled the JFK–ING4–NF-κB axis as an important player in the development and progression of breast cancer, supporting the pursuit of JFK as a potential target for breast cancer intervention.
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- Ruorong Yan
- Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education), Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing 100191, China
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- Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education), Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing 100191, China
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- Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education), Department of Pathology, Peking University School of Oncology, Beijing 100142, China
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- Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education), Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing 100191, China
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- Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education), Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing 100191, China
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- Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education), Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing 100191, China
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- Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education), Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing 100191, China
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- Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education), Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing 100191, China
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- Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education), Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing 100191, China
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- Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education), Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing 100191, China
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- Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education), Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing 100191, China
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- Laboratory of Molecular Imaging, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing 100191, China
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- Department of Anatomy, Histology, and Embryology, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing 100191, China
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- Department of Pathology, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing 100191, China
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- Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education), Department of Pathology, Peking University School of Oncology, Beijing 100142, China
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- Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education), Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing 100191, China;
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- Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education), Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing 100191, China; 2011 Collaborative Innovation Center of Tianjin for Medical Epigenetics, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Medical Epigenetics, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin 300070, China
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Zhou X, Hao W, Shi H, Hou Y, Xu Q. Calcium homeostasis disruption - a bridge connecting cadmium-induced apoptosis, autophagy and tumorigenesis. Oncol Res Treat 2015; 38:311-5. [PMID: 26045029 DOI: 10.1159/000431032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2014] [Accepted: 04/30/2015] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Calcium and cadmium are divalent metals and have similar chemical properties. Both can enter cells through, albeit different, channels, or through protein-dependent permeation. However, cadmium disturbs the calcium homeostasis by inhibiting calcium channels and/or related proteins. Cadmium can also alter membrane phospholipid concentrations, and so induce a calcium homeostasis disorder. The altered calcium homeostasis induced by cadmium results in cell apoptosis, autophagy or tumorigenesis. In this review, calcium homeostasis disruption is summarized as a bridge connecting cadmium-induced apoptosis, autophagy, and tumorigenesis.
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- Xuehai Zhou
- Institute of Life Sciences, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, China
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Bigot N, Guérillon C, Loisel S, Bertheuil N, Sensebé L, Tarte K, Pedeux R. ING1b negatively regulates HIF1α protein levels in adipose-derived stromal cells by a SUMOylation-dependent mechanism. Cell Death Dis 2015; 6:e1612. [PMID: 25611387 PMCID: PMC4669774 DOI: 10.1038/cddis.2014.577] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2014] [Revised: 11/18/2014] [Accepted: 12/03/2014] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Hypoxic niches help maintain mesenchymal stromal cell properties, and their amplification under hypoxia sustains their immature state. However, how MSCs maintain their genomic integrity in this context remains elusive, since hypoxia may prevent proper DNA repair by downregulating expression of BRCA1 and RAD51. Here, we find that the ING1b tumor suppressor accumulates in adipose-derived stromal cells (ADSCs) upon genotoxic stress, owing to SUMOylation on K193 that is mediated by the E3 small ubiquitin-like modifier (SUMO) ligase protein inhibitor of activated STAT protein γ (PIAS4). We demonstrate that ING1b finely regulates the hypoxic response by triggering HIF1α proteasomal degradation. On the contrary, when mutated on its SUMOylation site, ING1b failed to efficiently decrease HIF1α levels. Consistently, we observed that the adipocyte differentiation, generally described to be downregulated by hypoxia, was highly dependent on ING1b expression, during the early days of this process. Accordingly, contrary to what was observed with HIF1α, the absence of ING1b impeded the adipogenic induction under hypoxic conditions. These data indicate that ING1b contributes to adipogenic induction in adipose-derived stromal cells, and thus hinders the phenotype maintenance of ADSCs.
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- N Bigot
- 1] INSERM U917, Microenvironnement et Cancer, Rennes, France [2] Université de Rennes 1, Rennes, France [3] Etablissement Français du Sang Bretagne, Rennes, France
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- 1] INSERM U917, Microenvironnement et Cancer, Rennes, France [2] Université de Rennes 1, Rennes, France [3] Etablissement Français du Sang Bretagne, Rennes, France
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- 1] INSERM U917, Microenvironnement et Cancer, Rennes, France [2] Université de Rennes 1, Rennes, France [3] Etablissement Français du Sang Bretagne, Rennes, France
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- 1] Université de Rennes 1, Rennes, France [2] Service ITeCH, CHU Pontchaillou, Rennes, France
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- 1] Etablissement Français du Sang Pyrénées Méditerranée [2] Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France [3] UMR5273-INSERM U1031, Toulouse, France
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- 1] INSERM U917, Microenvironnement et Cancer, Rennes, France [2] Université de Rennes 1, Rennes, France [3] Etablissement Français du Sang Bretagne, Rennes, France [4] Service ITeCH, CHU Pontchaillou, Rennes, France
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- 1] INSERM U917, Microenvironnement et Cancer, Rennes, France [2] Université de Rennes 1, Rennes, France [3] Etablissement Français du Sang Bretagne, Rennes, France
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Hou Y, Gao J, Xu H, Xu Y, Zhang Z, Xu Q, Zhang C. PPARγ E3 ubiquitin ligase regulates MUC1-C oncoprotein stability. Oncogene 2014; 33:5619-25. [PMID: 24292674 DOI: 10.1038/onc.2013.504] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2013] [Revised: 10/14/2013] [Accepted: 10/18/2013] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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MUC1-C oncoprotein is associated with colon, breast, ovarian, lung and pancreatic cancers. MUC1-C interacts with intracellular proteins to elicit signaling cascades that induce cell proliferation and tumor growth. Here we report that peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPARγ), an E3 ubiquitin ligase, is an inhibitor of MUC1-C-mediated cell proliferation. PPARγ does so by binding to and inducing MUC1-C proteasome-dependent degradation that was independent of PPARγ transcriptional activity. Lys134 residue was found to be critically important for PPARγ-mediated MUC1-C degradation, as it terminated MUC1-C-mediated cell proliferation. These findings demonstrate PPARγ induces MUC1-C ubiquitination and degradation that is critical to terminate MUC1-C signaling pathway-elicited cancer.
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- Institute of Life Science, JiangSu University, Zhenjiang, China
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- Institute of Life Science, JiangSu University, Zhenjiang, China
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- Institute of Life Science, JiangSu University, Zhenjiang, China
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- Institute of Life Science, JiangSu University, Zhenjiang, China
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- Institute of Life Science, JiangSu University, Zhenjiang, China
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- Institute of Life Science, JiangSu University, Zhenjiang, China
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- Institute of Life Science, JiangSu University, Zhenjiang, China
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Zhang Z, Xu Y, Xu Q, Hou Y. PPARγ against Tumors by Different Signaling Pathways. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2013; 36:598-601. [DOI: 10.1159/000355328] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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