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Xie D, Wang S, Jiang B, Li G, Wu G. The potential value of the Purinergic pathway in the prognostic assessment and clinical application of kidney renal clear cell carcinoma. Aging (Albany NY) 2024; 16:246-266. [PMID: 38180750 PMCID: PMC10817410 DOI: 10.18632/aging.205364] [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: 09/11/2023] [Accepted: 11/16/2023] [Indexed: 01/06/2024]
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The Purinergic pathway is involved in a variety of important physiological processes in living organisms, and previous studies have shown that aberrant expression of the Purinergic pathway may contribute to the development of a variety of cancers, including kidney renal clear cell carcinoma (KIRC). The aim of this study was to delve into the Purinergic pathway in KIRC and to investigate its potential significance in prognostic assessment and clinical treatment. 33 genes associated with the Purinergic pathway were selected for pan-cancer analysis. Cluster analysis, targeted drug sensitivity analysis and immune cell infiltration analysis were applied to explore the mechanism of Purinergic pathway in KIRC. Using the machine learning process, we found that combining the Lasso+survivalSVM algorithm worked well for predicting survival accuracy in KIRC. We used LASSO regression to pinpoint nine Purinergic genes closely linked to KIRC, using them to create a survival model for KIRC. ROC survival curve was analyzed, and this survival model could effectively predict the survival rate of KIRC patients in the next 5, 7 and 10 years. Further univariate and multivariate Cox regression analyses revealed that age, grading, staging, and risk scores of KIRC patients were significantly associated with their prognostic survival and were identified as independent risk factors for prognosis. The nomogram tool developed through this study can help physicians accurately assess patient prognosis and provide guidance for developing treatment plans. The results of this study may bring new ideas for optimizing the prognostic assessment and therapeutic approaches for KIRC patients.
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- Deqian Xie
- Department of Urology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian 116011, Liaoning, China
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- Department of Urology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian 116011, Liaoning, China
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- Department of Urology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian 116011, Liaoning, China
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- Department of Urology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian 116011, Liaoning, China
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- Department of Urology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian 116011, Liaoning, China
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Li X, Bai X, Tang Y, Qiao C, Zhao R, Peng X. Research progress on the P2X7 receptor in liver injury and hepatocellular carcinoma. Chem Biol Drug Des 2023; 101:794-808. [PMID: 36403102 DOI: 10.1111/cbdd.14182] [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: 09/21/2022] [Revised: 11/14/2022] [Accepted: 11/16/2022] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Purinergic ligand-gated ion channel 7 receptor (P2X7 receptor) is an adenosine triphosphate (ATP)-gated ion channel that is widely distributed on the surfaces of immune cells and tissues such as those in the liver, kidney, lung, intestine, and nervous system. Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the most common malignancies with increasing incidence and mortality. Although many treatments for liver cancer have been studied, the prognosis for liver cancer is still very poor. Therefore, new liver cancer treatments are urgently needed. P2X7 receptor activation can secrete proinflammatory factors through the P2X7 receptor-NLRP3 signaling pathway, thereby affecting the progression of liver injury. The P2X7 receptor may be a target for growth inhibition of HCC cells and may affect the invasion and migration of HCC cells through the PI3K/AKT and AMPK signaling pathways. In recent years, P2X7 receptor antagonists or inhibitors have attracted widespread attention as therapeutic targets for hepatocellular carcinoma and liver injury. Therefore, this review covers the basic concepts of the P2X7 receptor and role of the P2X7 receptor in liver cancer and liver injury, providing new potential therapeutic targets for hepatocellular carcinoma and liver injury.
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- Xinyu Li
- School of Medical Laboratory, Weifang Medical University, Weifang, China.,Institutional Key Laboratory of clinical laboratory Diagnostics, 12th 5-Year project of Shandong Province, Weifang Medical University, Weifang, China
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- School of Medical Laboratory, Weifang Medical University, Weifang, China.,Institutional Key Laboratory of clinical laboratory Diagnostics, 12th 5-Year project of Shandong Province, Weifang Medical University, Weifang, China
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- School of Medical Laboratory, Weifang Medical University, Weifang, China.,Institutional Key Laboratory of clinical laboratory Diagnostics, 12th 5-Year project of Shandong Province, Weifang Medical University, Weifang, China
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- School of Medical Laboratory, Weifang Medical University, Weifang, China.,Institutional Key Laboratory of clinical laboratory Diagnostics, 12th 5-Year project of Shandong Province, Weifang Medical University, Weifang, China
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- School of Medical Laboratory, Weifang Medical University, Weifang, China.,Institutional Key Laboratory of clinical laboratory Diagnostics, 12th 5-Year project of Shandong Province, Weifang Medical University, Weifang, China
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- School of Medical Laboratory, Weifang Medical University, Weifang, China.,Institutional Key Laboratory of clinical laboratory Diagnostics, 12th 5-Year project of Shandong Province, Weifang Medical University, Weifang, China
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Whitley MJ, Suwanpradid J, Lai C, Jiang SW, Cook JL, Zelac DE, Rudolph R, Corcoran DL, Degan S, Spasojevic I, Levinson H, Erdmann D, Reid C, Zhang JY, Robson SC, Healy E, Havran WL, MacLeod AS. ENTPD1 (CD39) Expression Inhibits UVR-Induced DNA Damage Repair through Purinergic Signaling and Is Associated with Metastasis in Human Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma. J Invest Dermatol 2021; 141:2509-2520. [PMID: 33848530 DOI: 10.1016/j.jid.2021.02.753] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2020] [Revised: 01/21/2021] [Accepted: 02/07/2021] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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UVR and immunosuppression are major risk factors for cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (cSCC). Regulatory T cells promote cSCC carcinogenesis, and in other solid tumors, infiltrating regulatory T cells and CD8+ T cells express ectonucleoside triphosphate diphosphohydrolase 1 (ENTPD1) (also known as CD39), an ectoenzyme that catalyzes the rate-limiting step in converting extracellular adenosine triphosphate (ATP) to extracellular adenosine (ADO). We previously showed that extracellular purine nucleotides influence DNA damage repair. In this study, we investigate whether DNA damage repair is modulated through purinergic signaling in cSCC. We found increased ENTPD1 expression on T cells within cSCCs when compared with the expression on T cells from blood or nonlesional skin, and accordingly, concentrations of derivative extracellular adenosine diphosphate (ADP), adenosine monophosphate (AMP), and ADO are increased in tumors compared with those in normal skin. Importantly, ENTPD1 expression is significantly higher in human cSCCs that metastasize than in those that are nonmetastatic. We also identify in a mouse model that ENTPD1 expression is induced by UVR in an IL-27-dependent manner. Finally, increased extracellular ADO is shown to downregulate the expression of NAP1L2, a nucleosome assembly protein we show to be important for DNA damage repair secondary to UVR. Together, these data suggest a role for ENTPD1 expression on skin-resident T cells to regulate DNA damage repair through purinergic signaling to promote skin carcinogenesis and metastasis.
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- Melodi Javid Whitley
- Department of Duke Dermatology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, USA
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- Department of Duke Dermatology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, USA
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- Dermatopharmacology, Clinical and Experimental Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom; Department of Dermatology, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, United Kingdom
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- Department of Duke Dermatology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, USA
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- Department of Duke Dermatology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, USA
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- Department of Dermatology and Mohs Surgery, Scripps Clinic, La Jolla, California, USA
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- Division of Plastic Surgery, Scripps Clinic, San Diego, California, USA; Division of Plastic Surgery, University of California San Diego, San Diego, California, USA
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- Center for Genomic and Computational Biology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, USA; Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, USA
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- Department of Duke Dermatology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, USA; PK/PD Core Lab, Duke Cancer Institute, Durham, North Carolina, USA
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- Division of Plastic, Maxillofacial, and Oral Surgery, Duke Department of Surgery, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, USA
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- Division of Plastic, Maxillofacial, and Oral Surgery, Duke Department of Surgery, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, USA
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- Dermatopharmacology, Clinical and Experimental Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom; Department of Dermatology, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, United Kingdom
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- Department of Duke Dermatology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, USA; Pinnell Center for Investigative Dermatology, Department of Duke Dermatology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, USA; Duke Cancer Institute, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, USA
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- Department of Anesthesia, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA; Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Dermatopharmacology, Clinical and Experimental Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom; Department of Dermatology, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, United Kingdom
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- Department of Immunology and Microbiology, The Scripps Research Institute, San Diego, California, USA
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- Department of Duke Dermatology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, USA; Pinnell Center for Investigative Dermatology, Department of Duke Dermatology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, USA; Duke Cancer Institute, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, USA; Department of Immunology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, USA; Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
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Kotawong K, Chajaroenkul W, Roytrakul S, Phaonakrop N, Na-Bangchang K. The Proteomics and Metabolomics Analysis for Screening the Molecular Targets of Action of β-Eudesmol in Cholangiocarcinoma. Asian Pac J Cancer Prev 2021; 22:909-918. [PMID: 33773557 PMCID: PMC8286696 DOI: 10.31557/apjcp.2021.22.3.909] [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: 10/01/2020] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE β-eudesmol is the active compound isolated from Atractylodes lancea (Thunb) D.C. The actions of this compound against cholangiocarcinoma (CCA) cells include anti-angiogenesis and anti-cell proliferation and growth. For more understanding of the molecular targets of action of β-eudesmol, the CCA cells (CL-6) were exposed to β-eudesmol for 24 and 48 hours. METHODS Proteins and metabolites from the intra- and extra-cellular components of the CL-6 cells were extracted and identified by LC-MS/MS. Protein analysis was performed using the Venn diagram (protein grouping), PANTHER (gene ontology), and STITCH software (protein-protein interaction). Metabolite analysis including their interactions with proteins, was performed using MetaboAnalyst software. RESULTS The analysis showed that the actions of β-eudesmol were associated with various biological processes particularly apoptosis and cell cycle. These included blood coagulation, wound healing, DNA repair, PI3K-Akt signaling pathway, immune system process, MAPK cascade, urea cycle, purine metabolism, ammonia recycling, and methionine metabolism. CONCLUSION Possible molecular targets of action of β-eudesmol against CL-6 for cell apoptosis induction were TNFRSf6, cytochrome C, BAX3, DHCR24, CD29, and ATP. On the other hand, possible targets for cell cycle arrest induction were CDKN2B, MLF1, TFDP2, CDK11-p110, and nicotinamide.
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- Kanawut Kotawong
- Graduate Program in Bioclinical Sciences, Chulabhorn International College of Medicine, Thammasat University, Paholyothin Road, Klonglung, Pathumthani Thailand
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- Graduate Program in Bioclinical Sciences, Chulabhorn International College of Medicine, Thammasat University, Paholyothin Road, Klonglung, Pathumthani Thailand.,Center of Excellence in Pharmacology and Molecular Biology of Malaria and Cholangiocarcinoma, Thammasat University, Paholyothin Road, Klonglung, Pathumthani Thailand
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- Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (BIOTEC), National Science and Technology Development Agency, Pathumthani, Thailand
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- Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (BIOTEC), National Science and Technology Development Agency, Pathumthani, Thailand
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- Graduate Program in Bioclinical Sciences, Chulabhorn International College of Medicine, Thammasat University, Paholyothin Road, Klonglung, Pathumthani Thailand.,Center of Excellence in Pharmacology and Molecular Biology of Malaria and Cholangiocarcinoma, Thammasat University, Paholyothin Road, Klonglung, Pathumthani Thailand
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Santos Junior MN, de Macêdo Neres NS, Campos GB, Bastos BL, Timenetsky J, Marques LM. A Review of Ureaplasma diversum: A Representative of the Mollicute Class Associated With Reproductive and Respiratory Disorders in Cattle. Front Vet Sci 2021; 8:572171. [PMID: 33681318 PMCID: PMC7930009 DOI: 10.3389/fvets.2021.572171] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2020] [Accepted: 01/13/2021] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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The Mollicutes class encompasses wall-less microbes with a reduced genome. They may infect plants, insects, humans, and animals including those on farms and in livestock. Ureaplasma diversum is a mollicute associated with decreased reproduction mainly in the conception rate in cattle, as well as weight loss and decreased quality in milk production. Therefore, U. diversum infection contributes to important economic losses, mainly in large cattle-producing countries such as the United States, China, Brazil, and India. The characteristics of Mollicutes, virulence, and pathogenic variations make it difficult to control their infections. Genomic analysis, prevalence studies, and immunomodulation assays help better understand the pathogenesis of bovine ureaplasma. Here we present the main features of transmission, virulence, immune response, and pathogenesis of U. diversum in bovines.
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- Manoel Neres Santos Junior
- Department of Biointeraction, Multidisciplinary Institute of Health, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Vitória da Conquista, Brazil
- Department of Microbiology, State University of Santa Cruz (UESC), Ilhéus, Brazil
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- Department of Biointeraction, Multidisciplinary Institute of Health, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Vitória da Conquista, Brazil
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- Department of Biointeraction, Multidisciplinary Institute of Health, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Vitória da Conquista, Brazil
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- Department of Biointeraction, Multidisciplinary Institute of Health, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Vitória da Conquista, Brazil
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- Department of Microbiology, Institute of Biomedical Science, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Biointeraction, Multidisciplinary Institute of Health, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Vitória da Conquista, Brazil
- Department of Microbiology, State University of Santa Cruz (UESC), Ilhéus, Brazil
- Department of Microbiology, Institute of Biomedical Science, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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Antonioli L, Fornai M, Pellegrini C, D'Antongiovanni V, Turiello R, Morello S, Haskó G, Blandizzi C. Adenosine Signaling in the Tumor Microenvironment. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2021; 1270:145-167. [PMID: 33123998 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-47189-7_9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Adenosine, deriving from ATP released by dying cancer cells and then degradated in the tumor environment by CD39/CD73 enzyme axis, is linked to the generation of an immunosuppressed niche favoring the onset of neoplasia. Signals delivered by extracellular adenosine are detected and transduced by G-protein-coupled cell surface receptors, classified into four subtypes: A1, A2A, A2B, and A3. A critical role of this nucleoside is emerging in the modulation of several immune and nonimmune cells defining the tumor microenvironment, providing novel insights about the development of novel therapeutic strategies aimed at undermining the immune-privileged sites where cancer cells grow and proliferate.
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- Luca Antonioli
- Unit of Pharmacology and Pharmacovigilance, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacy, University of Salerno, Fisciano, Italy.,PhD Program in Drug discovery and Development, Department of Pharmacy, University of Salerno, Fisciano, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacy, University of Salerno, Fisciano, Italy
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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Meyer AV, Klein D, de Leve S, Szymonowicz K, Stuschke M, Robson SC, Jendrossek V, Wirsdörfer F. Host CD39 Deficiency Affects Radiation-Induced Tumor Growth Delay and Aggravates Radiation-Induced Normal Tissue Toxicity. Front Oncol 2020; 10:554883. [PMID: 33194619 PMCID: PMC7649817 DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2020.554883] [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: 04/23/2020] [Accepted: 09/10/2020] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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The ectonucleoside triphosphate diphosphohydrolase (CD39)/5′ ectonuclotidase (CD73)-dependent purinergic pathway emerges as promising cancer target. Yet, except for own previous work revealing a pathogenic role of CD73 and adenosine in radiation-induced lung fibrosis, the role of purinergic signaling for radiotherapy outcome remained elusive. Here we used C57BL/6 wild-type (WT), CD39 knockout (CD39−/−), and CD73 knockout (CD73−/−) mice and hind-leg tumors of syngeneic murine Lewis lung carcinoma cells (LLC1) to elucidate how host purinergic signaling shapes the growth of LLC1 tumors to a single high-dose irradiation with 10 Gy in vivo. In complementary in vitro experiments, we examined the radiation response of LLC1 cells in combination with exogenously added ATP or adenosine, the proinflammatory and anti-inflammatory arms of purinergic signaling. Finally, we analyzed the impact of genetic loss of CD39 on pathophysiologic lung changes associated with lung fibrosis induced by a single-dose whole-thorax irradiation (WTI) with 15 Gy. Loss of CD73 in the tumor host did neither significantly affect tumor growth nor the radiation response of the CD39/CD73-negative LLC1 tumors. In contrast, LLC1 tumors exhibited a tendency to grow faster in CD39−/− mice compared to WT mice. Even more important, tumors grown in the CD39-deficient background displayed a significantly reduced tumor growth delay upon irradiation when compared to irradiated tumors grown on WT mice. CD39 deficiency caused only subtle differences in the immune compartment of irradiated LLC1 tumors compared to WT mice. Instead, we could associate the tumor growth and radioresistance-promoting effects of host CD39 deficiency to alterations in the tumor endothelial compartment. Importantly, genetic deficiency of CD39 also augmented the expression level of fibrosis-associated osteopontin in irradiated normal lungs and exacerbated radiation-induced lung fibrosis at 25 weeks after irradiation. We conclude that genetic loss of host CD39 alters the tumor microenvironment, particularly the tumor microvasculature, and thereby promotes growth and radioresistance of murine LLC1 tumors. In the normal tissue loss of host, CD39 exacerbates radiation-induced adverse late effects. The suggested beneficial roles of host CD39 on the therapeutic ratio of radiotherapy suggest that therapeutic strategies targeting CD39 in combination with radiotherapy have to be considered with caution.
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- Alina V Meyer
- Medical School, Institute of Cell Biology (Cancer Research), University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Medical School, Institute of Cell Biology (Cancer Research), University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Medical School, Institute of Cell Biology (Cancer Research), University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Medical School, Institute of Cell Biology (Cancer Research), University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Department of Radiotherapy, University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Departments of Medicine and Anesthesia, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Harvard University, Boston, MA, United States
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- Medical School, Institute of Cell Biology (Cancer Research), University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Medical School, Institute of Cell Biology (Cancer Research), University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
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Xia B, Wang J. Effects Of Adenosine On Apoptosis Of Ovarian Cancer A2780 Cells Via ROS And Caspase Pathways. Onco Targets Ther 2019; 12:9473-9480. [PMID: 31807024 PMCID: PMC6850704 DOI: 10.2147/ott.s216620] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2019] [Accepted: 10/11/2019] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Background Ovarian cancer is the second most common malignant tumor of the female genital tract and the main cause of death of gynecological malignant tumors. Exogenous adenosine has been shown to induce apoptosis in tumor cells. Materials and methods The current study aimed to investigate the inhibitory effect and underlying mechanism of adenosine on the proliferation of ovarian cancer cells. The inhibitory effects of adenosine on ovarian cancer cells were assessed through MTT assay. The adenosine-induced apoptosis was determined by Hoechst 33342 staining and flow cytometry. The effect of adenosine on the intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS) and mitochondrial membrane potential (MMP) was assessed according to the DCFH-DA and JC-1 methods, respectively. Expression of apoptosis-related proteins and mitochondrial proteins was measured using Western blotting. Results MTT suggested that adenosine inhibited A2780 and SKOV3 cells viability in a dose- and time-dependent manner (P<0.05). Hoechst 33342 staining had demonstrated pronounced changes in cell morphology; to be specific, cells treated with 0 mmol/L adenosine showed a light blue color, while those in treatment groups had nuclear pyknosis and apoptotic body formation. Besides, the apoptosis rate was positively correlated with adenosine concentration (P<0.05). Flow cytometry results revealed that adenosine increased the intracellular ROS level and decreased MMP. Western blotting indicated that, the expression of Bax, cleaved-caspase-3 and cleaved-poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase was up-regulated with the increase in adenosine concentration, while that of Bcl-2 protein and apoptosis-related protein caspase-3 was down-regulated. Conclusion With the increase in drug concentration, the CytoC expression in mitochondria was gradually reduced, while that in the cytoplasm was gradually increased. In conclusion, Ado may inhibit the proliferation and induce the apoptosis of ovarian cancer cells by increasing ROS, up-regulating the pro-apoptotic protein Bax and activating the caspase-3 expression in vitro.
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- Bing Xia
- Hunan Cancer Hospital and the Affiliated Tumor Hospital of Xiang-Ya School of Medicine, Central South University, Changsha 410078, People's Republic of China
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- Hunan Cancer Hospital and the Affiliated Tumor Hospital of Xiang-Ya School of Medicine, Central South University, Changsha 410078, People's Republic of China
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Physiological alterations of GS-CHO cells in response to adenosine monophosphate treatment. J Biotechnol 2019; 294:49-57. [PMID: 30768998 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2019.01.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2017] [Revised: 11/30/2018] [Accepted: 01/21/2019] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Growth-arrested strategies (e.g. hypothermia and hyperosmolarity) have been widely employed to enhance cell-specific productivity (qP) in mammalian cell culture bioprocess. In addition to enhanced qP, alterations in cell physiology, such as cell size and cell cycle phase, have also attracted extensive attention under growth-arrested conditions. However, to date, very few reports on associations between physiological changes in growth-inhibiting approaches have been published. In this study, we explored associations between the physiological changes of GS-CHO cells in response to adenosine monophosphate (AMP) treatment. In dose response studies, AMP treatment resulted in suppressed proliferation, accumulated S-phase cells, increased cell size and enhanced qP. Subsequently, six GS-CHO clones exhibited the physiological alterations in varying degrees when treated with 7 mM AMP. But more importantly, a significant positive correlation between total intracellular protein content and mean electronic volume, an indicator of cell size (P < 0.01) was found, indicating that total intracellular protein was the determining factor in increasing cell size in this growth-arrested strategy. Besides, our results provide additional evidence that treatment with growth-arrested agents may increase cell size; the agent per se did not cause the increased productivity.
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Kazemi MH, Raoofi Mohseni S, Hojjat-Farsangi M, Anvari E, Ghalamfarsa G, Mohammadi H, Jadidi-Niaragh F. Adenosine and adenosine receptors in the immunopathogenesis and treatment of cancer. J Cell Physiol 2017; 233:2032-2057. [DOI: 10.1002/jcp.25873] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2017] [Accepted: 02/21/2017] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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- Mohammad H. Kazemi
- Student Research Committee, Department of Immunology, School of Medicine; Iran University of Medical Sciences (IUMS); Tehran Iran
- Immunology Research Center; Tabriz University of Medical Sciences; Tabriz Iran
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- Department of Immunology, School of Public Health; Tehran University of Medical Sciences; Tehran Iran
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- Department of Oncology-Pathology, Immune and Gene Therapy Lab, Cancer Center Karolinska (CCK); Karolinska University Hospital Solna and Karolinska Institute; Stockholm Sweden
- Department of Immunology, School of Medicine; Bushehr University of Medical Sciences; Bushehr Iran
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- Faculty of Medicine, Department of Physiology; Ilam University of Medical Sciences; Ilam Iran
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- Medicinal Plants Research Center; Yasuj University of Medical Sciences; Yasuj Iran
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- Immunology Research Center; Tabriz University of Medical Sciences; Tabriz Iran
- Faculty of Medicine, Department of Immunology; Tabriz University of Medical Sciences; Tabriz Iran
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- Immunology Research Center; Tabriz University of Medical Sciences; Tabriz Iran
- Department of Immunology, School of Public Health; Tehran University of Medical Sciences; Tehran Iran
- Faculty of Medicine, Department of Immunology; Tabriz University of Medical Sciences; Tabriz Iran
- Drug Applied Research Center; Tabriz University of Medical Sciences; Tabriz Iran
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Furuta Y, Tsai SH, Kinoshita M, Fujimoto K, Okumura R, Umemoto E, Kurashima Y, Kiyono H, Kayama H, Takeda K. E-NPP3 controls plasmacytoid dendritic cell numbers in the small intestine. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0172509. [PMID: 28225814 PMCID: PMC5321438 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0172509] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2016] [Accepted: 02/05/2017] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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Extracellular adenosine 5'-triphosphate (ATP) performs multiple functions including activation and induction of apoptosis of many cell types. The ATP-hydrolyzing ectoenzyme ecto-nucleotide pyrophosphatase/phosphodiesterase 3 (E-NPP3) regulates ATP-dependent chronic allergic responses by mast cells and basophils. However, E-NPP3 is also highly expressed on epithelial cells of the small intestine. In this study, we showed that E-NPP3 controls plasmacytoid dendritic cell (pDC) numbers in the intestine through regulation of intestinal extracellular ATP. In Enpp3-/- mice, ATP concentrations were increased in the intestinal lumen. pDC numbers were remarkably decreased in the small intestinal lamina propria and Peyer's patches. Intestinal pDCs of Enpp3-/- mice showed enhanced cell death as characterized by increases in annexin V binding and expression of cleaved caspase-3. pDCs were highly sensitive to ATP-induced cell death compared with conventional DCs. ATP-induced cell death was abrogated in P2rx7-/- pDCs. Accordingly, the number of intestinal pDCs was restored in Enpp3-/- P2rx7-/- mice. These findings demonstrate that E-NPP3 regulates ATP concentration and thereby prevents the decrease of pDCs in the small intestine.
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- Yoki Furuta
- Laboratory of Immune Regulation, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine, WPI Immunology Frontier Research Center, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan
- Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology, Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development, Tokyo, Japan
- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Laboratory of Immune Regulation, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine, WPI Immunology Frontier Research Center, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan
- Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology, Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development, Tokyo, Japan
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- Laboratory of Immune Regulation, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine, WPI Immunology Frontier Research Center, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan
- Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology, Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development, Tokyo, Japan
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- Laboratory of Immune Regulation, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine, WPI Immunology Frontier Research Center, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan
- Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology, Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development, Tokyo, Japan
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- Laboratory of Immune Regulation, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine, WPI Immunology Frontier Research Center, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan
- Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology, Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development, Tokyo, Japan
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- Laboratory of Immune Regulation, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine, WPI Immunology Frontier Research Center, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan
- Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology, Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development, Tokyo, Japan
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- Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology, Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development, Tokyo, Japan
- Division of Mucosal Immunology, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology, Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development, Tokyo, Japan
- Division of Mucosal Immunology, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Laboratory of Immune Regulation, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine, WPI Immunology Frontier Research Center, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan
- Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology, Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development, Tokyo, Japan
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- Laboratory of Immune Regulation, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine, WPI Immunology Frontier Research Center, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan
- Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology, Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development, Tokyo, Japan
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Li W, Li Y, Li G, Zhou Z, Chang X, Xia Y, Dong X, Liu Z, Ren B, Liu W, Li Y. Ectopic expression of the ATP synthase β subunit on the membrane of PC-3M cells supports its potential role in prostate cancer metastasis. Int J Oncol 2017; 50:1312-1320. [PMID: 28259978 DOI: 10.3892/ijo.2017.3878] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2016] [Accepted: 12/20/2016] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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Metastatic prostate cancer is associated with high mortality rates. Identification of metastasis-related proteins may facilitate the development of novel therapies for the treatment of metastatic disease. In the present study, we aimed to identify prostate cancer metastasis-associated membrane proteins. We developed a phage-displayed 7-mer peptide library to screen the target peptides that were specifically bound to PC-3M cells with subtractive panning from normal prostate cells and PC-3 prostate cancer cells. A novel short peptide (B04) was found to have high affinity to highly metastatic PC-3M cells. ATP synthase β subunit (ATP5B) was then identified as a binding partner of B04 on the PC-3M cell surface. ATP5B was expressed on the PC-3M cell membrane and on highly malignant human prostate cancer specimens, as shown using multiple methodologies. Furthermore, ATP5B-positive gold particles were detected on the cellular and mitochondrial membranes by immunoelectromicroscopy. These results implied the possibility that ATP5B may translocate from the inner mitochondrial membrane to the outer surface of PC-3M cells. Additional analysis showed that incubation of B04 with PC-3M cells reduced the detection of ATP5B by western blotting and flow cytometry and significantly inhibited the proliferation, invasion and metastasis of PC-3M cells. In conclusion, ATP5B, as a binding partner of a metastasis-related short peptide (B04) on prostate cancer cells, is involved in promoting prostate cancer metastasis. In conclusion, ATP5B may be a promising biomarker and therapeutic target for highly metastatic malignancies.
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- Wei Li
- The Key Laboratory of Pathobiology, Ministry of Education, The College of Basic Medical Sciences, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin 130021, P.R. China
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- The Key Laboratory of Pathobiology, Ministry of Education, The College of Basic Medical Sciences, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin 130021, P.R. China
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- The Key Laboratory of Pathobiology, Ministry of Education, The College of Basic Medical Sciences, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin 130021, P.R. China
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- The Key Laboratory of Pathobiology, Ministry of Education, The College of Basic Medical Sciences, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin 130021, P.R. China
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- The Key Laboratory of Pathobiology, Ministry of Education, The College of Basic Medical Sciences, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin 130021, P.R. China
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- Department of Pathology, the Second Clinical Hospital, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin 130021, P.R. China
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- Department of Pathology, the First Clinical Hospital, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin 130021, P.R. China
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- The Key Laboratory of Pathobiology, Ministry of Education, The College of Basic Medical Sciences, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin 130021, P.R. China
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- The Key Laboratory of Pathobiology, Ministry of Education, The College of Basic Medical Sciences, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin 130021, P.R. China
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- Department of Pathology, Longgang District Central Hospital of Shenzhen, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518116, P.R. China
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- The Key Laboratory of Pathobiology, Ministry of Education, The College of Basic Medical Sciences, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin 130021, P.R. China
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Borea PA, Varani K, Vincenzi F, Baraldi PG, Tabrizi MA, Merighi S, Gessi S. The A3 adenosine receptor: history and perspectives. Pharmacol Rev 2015; 67:74-102. [PMID: 25387804 DOI: 10.1124/pr.113.008540] [Citation(s) in RCA: 177] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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By general consensus, the omnipresent purine nucleoside adenosine is considered a major regulator of local tissue function, especially when energy supply fails to meet cellular energy demand. Adenosine mediation involves activation of a family of four G protein-coupled adenosine receptors (ARs): A(1), A(2)A, A(2)B, and A(3). The A(3) adenosine receptor (A(3)AR) is the only adenosine subtype to be overexpressed in inflammatory and cancer cells, thus making it a potential target for therapy. Originally isolated as an orphan receptor, A(3)AR presented a twofold nature under different pathophysiologic conditions: it appeared to be protective/harmful under ischemic conditions, pro/anti-inflammatory, and pro/antitumoral depending on the systems investigated. Until recently, the greatest and most intriguing challenge has been to understand whether, and in which cases, selective A(3) agonists or antagonists would be the best choice. Today, the choice has been made and A(3)AR agonists are now under clinical development for some disorders including rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis, glaucoma, and hepatocellular carcinoma. More specifically, the interest and relevance of these new agents derives from clinical data demonstrating that A(3)AR agonists are both effective and safe. Thus, it will become apparent in the present review that purine scientists do seem to be getting closer to their goal: the incorporation of adenosine ligands into drugs with the ability to save lives and improve human health.
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- Pier Andrea Borea
- Department of Medical Sciences, Pharmacology Section (P.A.B., K.V., F.V., S.M., S.G.), and Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Ferrara, Italy (P.G.B., M.A.T.)
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- Department of Medical Sciences, Pharmacology Section (P.A.B., K.V., F.V., S.M., S.G.), and Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Ferrara, Italy (P.G.B., M.A.T.)
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- Department of Medical Sciences, Pharmacology Section (P.A.B., K.V., F.V., S.M., S.G.), and Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Ferrara, Italy (P.G.B., M.A.T.)
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- Department of Medical Sciences, Pharmacology Section (P.A.B., K.V., F.V., S.M., S.G.), and Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Ferrara, Italy (P.G.B., M.A.T.)
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- Department of Medical Sciences, Pharmacology Section (P.A.B., K.V., F.V., S.M., S.G.), and Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Ferrara, Italy (P.G.B., M.A.T.)
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- Department of Medical Sciences, Pharmacology Section (P.A.B., K.V., F.V., S.M., S.G.), and Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Ferrara, Italy (P.G.B., M.A.T.)
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- Department of Medical Sciences, Pharmacology Section (P.A.B., K.V., F.V., S.M., S.G.), and Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Ferrara, Italy (P.G.B., M.A.T.)
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Prognostic value of purinergic P2X7 receptor expression in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma after curative resection. Tumour Biol 2015; 36:5039-49. [PMID: 25722111 DOI: 10.1007/s13277-015-3155-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2014] [Accepted: 01/26/2015] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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The family of type 2 purinergic (P2) receptors, especially P2X7, is responsible for the direct tumor-killing functions of extracellular adenosine triphosphate (ATP), but the precise role of P2X7 in the progression of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) remains elusive. This study aims to evaluate prognostic value of P2X7 expression in HCC patients after surgical resection. Expression of P2X7 was assessed by immunohistochemistry in tissue microarrays containing paired tumor and peritumoral liver tissues from 273 patients with HCC who had undergone hepatectomy between 2006 and 2007. Prognostic value of P2X7 expression and clinical outcomes were evaluated. Peritumoral P2X7 expression was significantly higher than intratumoral P2X7 expression. No significant prognostic difference was observed for overall survival for intratumoral P2X7 density, whereas peritumoral P2X7 density indicates unfavorable overall survival in training set and BCLC stage 0-A subset. Besides, peritumoral P2X7 density, which correlated with tumor size, venous invasion, and BCLC stage, was identified as an independent poor prognosticator for overall survival and recurrence-free survival. The association was further validated in validation set. Peritumoral P2X7 is a potential unfavorable prognosticator for overall survival and recurrence free survival in HCC patients after surgical resection. Further external validation and functional analysis should be pursued to evaluate its potential prognostic value and therapeutic significance for HCC patients.
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Kashyap S, Jayakannan M. Super LCST thermo-responsive nanoparticle assembly for ATP binding through the Hofmeister effect. J Mater Chem B 2015; 3:1957-1967. [DOI: 10.1039/c4tb01844c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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ATP thermosensor: the first thermo-responsive super LCST amphiphile biomolecular probe was designed and developed for the detection of ATP based on the Hofmeister effect in aqueous medium.
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- Smita Kashyap
- Department of Chemistry
- Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER)
- Pune 411008
- India
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- Department of Chemistry
- Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER)
- Pune 411008
- India
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Burnstock G, Di Virgilio F. Purinergic signalling and cancer. Purinergic Signal 2014; 9:491-540. [PMID: 23797685 DOI: 10.1007/s11302-013-9372-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 234] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2013] [Accepted: 06/06/2013] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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Receptors for extracellular nucleotides are widely expressed by mammalian cells. They mediate a large array of responses ranging from growth stimulation to apoptosis, from chemotaxis to cell differentiation and from nociception to cytokine release, as well as neurotransmission. Pharma industry is involved in the development and clinical testing of drugs selectively targeting the different P1 nucleoside and P2 nucleotide receptor subtypes. As described in detail in the present review, P2 receptors are expressed by all tumours, in some cases to a very high level. Activation or inhibition of selected P2 receptor subtypes brings about cancer cell death or growth inhibition. The field has been largely neglected by current research in oncology, yet the evidence presented in this review, most of which is based on in vitro studies, although with a limited amount from in vivo experiments and human studies, warrants further efforts to explore the therapeutic potential of purinoceptor targeting in cancer.
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Mello PDA, Filippi-Chiela EC, Nascimento J, Beckenkamp A, Santana DB, Kipper F, Casali EA, Nejar Bruno A, Paccez JD, Zerbini LF, Wink MR, Lenz G, Buffon A. Adenosine uptake is the major effector of extracellular ATP toxicity in human cervical cancer cells. Mol Biol Cell 2014; 25:2905-18. [PMID: 25103241 PMCID: PMC4230581 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e14-01-0042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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In cervical cancer, HPV infection and disruption of mechanisms involving cell growth, differentiation, and apoptosis are strictly linked with tumor progression and invasion. Tumor microenvironment is ATP and adenosine rich, suggesting a role for purinergic signaling in cancer cell growth and death. Here we investigate the effect of extracellular ATP on human cervical cancer cells. We find that extracellular ATP itself has a small cytotoxic effect, whereas adenosine formed from ATP degradation by ectonucleotidases is the main factor responsible for apoptosis induction. The level of P2 × 7 receptor seemed to define the main cytotoxic mechanism triggered by ATP, since ATP itself eliminated a small subpopulation of cells that express high P2 × 7 levels, probably through its activation. Corroborating these data, blockage or knockdown of P2 × 7 only slightly reduced ATP cytotoxicity. On the other hand, cell viability was almost totally recovered with dipyridamole, an adenosine transporter inhibitor. Moreover, ATP-induced apoptosis and signaling-p53 increase, AMPK activation, and PARP cleavage-as well as autophagy induction were also inhibited by dipyridamole. In addition, inhibition of adenosine conversion into AMP also blocked cell death, indicating that metabolization of intracellular adenosine originating from extracellular ATP is responsible for the main effects of the latter in human cervical cancer cells.
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- Paola de Andrade Mello
- Laboratory of Biochemical and Cytological Analysis, Faculty of Pharmacy, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS 90610-000, Brazil
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- Department of Biophysics and Center of Biotechnology, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS 91501-970, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Biochemical and Cytological Analysis, Faculty of Pharmacy, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS 90610-000, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Biochemical and Cytological Analysis, Faculty of Pharmacy, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS 90610-000, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Biochemical and Cytological Analysis, Faculty of Pharmacy, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS 90610-000, Brazil
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- Department of Biophysics and Center of Biotechnology, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS 91501-970, Brazil
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- Department of Morphological Science and Department of Biochemistry, Institute of Health Sciences, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS 90000-000, Brazil
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- Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology, Porto Alegre, RS 90035-007, Brazil
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- International Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Cancer Genomics Group, Cape Town 7925, South Africa
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- International Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Cancer Genomics Group, Cape Town 7925, South Africa
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- Laboratory of Cell Biology, Federal University of Health Sciences of Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, RS 90050-170, Brazil
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- Department of Biophysics and Center of Biotechnology, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS 91501-970, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Biochemical and Cytological Analysis, Faculty of Pharmacy, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS 90610-000, Brazil
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Bobba A, Amadoro G, Azzariti A, Pizzuto R, Atlante A. Extracellular ADP prevents neuronal apoptosis via activation of cell antioxidant enzymes and protection of mitochondrial ANT-1. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2014; 1837:1338-49. [PMID: 24709060 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2014.03.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2013] [Revised: 03/07/2014] [Accepted: 03/28/2014] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Apoptosis in neuronal tissue is an efficient mechanism which contributes to both normal cell development and pathological cell death. The present study explores the effects of extracellular ADP on low [K(+)]-induced apoptosis in rat cerebellar granule cells. ADP, released into the extracellular space in brain by multiple mechanisms, can interact with its receptor or be converted, through the actions of ectoenzymes, to adenosine. The findings reported in this paper demonstrate that ADP inhibits the proapoptotic stimulus supposedly via: i) inhibition of ROS production during early stages of apoptosis, an effect mediated by its interaction with cell receptor/s. This conclusion is validated by the increase in SOD and catalase activities as well as by the GSSG/GSH ratio value decrease, in conjunction with the drop of ROS level and the prevention of the ADP protective effect by pyridoxalphosphate-6-azophenyl-2',4'-disulfonic acid (PPADS), a novel functionally selective antagonist of purine receptor; ii) safeguard of the functionality of the mitochondrial adenine nucleotide-1 translocator (ANT-1), which is early impaired during apoptosis. This effect is mediated by its plausible internalization into cell occurring as such or after its hydrolysis, by means of plasma membrane nucleotide metabolizing enzymes, and resynthesis into the cell. Moreover, the findings that ADP also protects ANT-1 from the toxic action of the two Alzheimer's disease peptides, i.e. Aβ1-42 and NH2htau, which are known to be produced in apoptotic cerebellar neurons, further corroborate the molecular mechanism of neuroprotection by ADP, herein proposed.
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- Institute of Biomembranes and Bioenergetics, CNR, Bari, Italy
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- Institute of Translational Pharmacology, CNR, Roma, Italy
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- Clinical and Preclinical Pharmacology Lab, National Cancer Research Centre, Istituto Tumori G. Paolo II, Bari, Italy
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- Department of Health Sciences, University of Molise, Campobasso, Italy
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- Institute of Biomembranes and Bioenergetics, CNR, Bari, Italy.
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Burnstock G, Vaughn B, Robson SC. Purinergic signalling in the liver in health and disease. Purinergic Signal 2014; 10:51-70. [PMID: 24271096 PMCID: PMC3944046 DOI: 10.1007/s11302-013-9398-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2013] [Accepted: 10/24/2013] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Purinergic signalling is involved in both the physiology and pathophysiology of the liver. Hepatocytes, Kupffer cells, vascular endothelial cells and smooth muscle cells, stellate cells and cholangiocytes all express purinoceptor subtypes activated by adenosine, adenosine 5'-triphosphate, adenosine diphosphate, uridine 5'-triphosphate or UDP. Purinoceptors mediate bile secretion, glycogen and lipid metabolism and indirectly release of insulin. Mechanical stress results in release of ATP from hepatocytes and Kupffer cells and ATP is also released as a cotransmitter with noradrenaline from sympathetic nerves supplying the liver. Ecto-nucleotidases play important roles in the signalling process. Changes in purinergic signalling occur in vascular injury, inflammation, insulin resistance, hepatic fibrosis, cirrhosis, diabetes, hepatitis, liver regeneration following injury or transplantation and cancer. Purinergic therapeutic strategies for the treatment of these pathologies are being explored.
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- Geoffrey Burnstock
- Autonomic Neuroscience Centre, University College Medical School, Rowland Hill Street, London, NW3 2PF, UK,
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Antonioli L, Blandizzi C, Pacher P, Haskó G. Immunity, inflammation and cancer: a leading role for adenosine. Nat Rev Cancer 2013; 13:842-57. [PMID: 24226193 DOI: 10.1038/nrc3613] [Citation(s) in RCA: 542] [Impact Index Per Article: 49.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Cancer is a complex disease that is dictated by both cancer cell-intrinsic and cell-extrinsic processes. Adenosine is an ancient extracellular signalling molecule that can regulate almost all aspects of tissue function. As such, several studies have recently highlighted a crucial role for adenosine signalling in regulating the various aspects of cell-intrinsic and cell-extrinsic processes of cancer development. This Review critically discusses the role of adenosine and its receptors in regulating the complex interplay among immune, inflammatory, endothelial and cancer cells during the course of neoplastic disease.
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- Luca Antonioli
- 1] Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, 56126 Pisa, Italy. [2] Department of Surgery and Center for Immunity and Inflammation, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey 07103, USA
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Oliveira AG, Marques PE, Amaral SS, Quintão JLD, Cogliati B, Dagli MLZ, Rogiers V, Vanhaecke T, Vinken M, Menezes GB. Purinergic signalling during sterile liver injury. Liver Int 2013; 33:353-61. [PMID: 23402607 DOI: 10.1111/liv.12109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2012] [Accepted: 12/28/2012] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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The liver plays a vital role in the organism, and thousands of patients suffer and even die from hepatic complications every year. Viral hepatitis is one of the most important causes of liver-related pathological processes. However, sterile liver diseases, such as drug-induced liver injury, cirrhosis and fibrosis, are still a worldwide concern and contribute significantly to liver transplantation statistics. During hepatocyte death, several genuine intracellular contents are released to the interstitium, where they will trigger inflammatory responses that may boost organ injury. Intracellular purines are key molecules to several metabolic pathways and regulate cell bioenergetics. However, seminal studies in early 70s revealed that purines may also participate in cell-to-cell communication, and more recent data have unequivocally demonstrated that the purinergic signalling plays a key role in the recognition of cell functionality by neighbouring cells and also by the immune system. This new body of knowledge has pointed out that several promising therapeutic opportunities may rely on the modulation of purine release and sensing during diseases. Here, we review the most recent data on the physiological roles of purinergic signalling and how its imbalance may contribute to injury progression during sterile liver injury.
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- André G Oliveira
- Immunobiophotonics Lab, Biological Sciences Institute, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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Fausther M, Lecka J, Soliman E, Kauffenstein G, Pelletier J, Sheung N, Dranoff JA, Sévigny J. Coexpression of ecto-5'-nucleotidase/CD73 with specific NTPDases differentially regulates adenosine formation in the rat liver. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol 2012; 302:G447-59. [PMID: 22135310 PMCID: PMC3287391 DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.00165.2011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Ectonucleotidases modulate purinergic signaling by hydrolyzing ATP to adenosine. Here we characterized the impact of the cellular distribution of hepatic ectonucleotidases, namely nucleoside triphosphate diphosphohydrolase (NTPDase)1/CD39, NTPDase2/CD39L1, NTPDase8, and ecto-5'-nucleotidase/CD73, and of their specific biochemical properties, on the levels of P1 and P2 receptor agonists, with an emphasis on adenosine-producing CD73. Immunostaining and enzyme histochemistry showed that the distribution of CD73 (protein and AMPase activity) overlaps partially with those of NTPDase1, -2, and -8 (protein levels and ATPase and ADPase activities) in normal rat liver. CD73 is expressed in fibroblastic cells located underneath vascular endothelial cells and smooth muscle cells, which both express NTPDase1, in portal spaces in a distinct fibroblast population next to NTPDase2-positive portal fibroblasts, and in bile canaliculi, together with NTPDase8. In fibrotic rat livers, CD73 protein expression and activity are redistributed but still overlap with the NTPDases mentioned. The ability of the observed combinations of ectonucleotidases to generate adenosine over time was evaluated by reverse-phase HPLC with the recombinant rat enzymes at high "inflammatory" (500 μM) and low "physiological" (1 μM) ATP concentrations. Overall, ATP was rapidly converted to adenosine by the NTPDase1+CD73 combination, but not by the NTPDase2+CD73 combination. In the presence of NTPDase8 and CD73, ATP was sequentially dephosphorylated to the CD73 inhibitor ADP, and then to AMP, thus resulting in a delayed formation of adenosine. In conclusion, the specific cellular cocompartmentalization of CD73 with hepatic NTPDases is not redundant and may lead to the differential activation of P1 and P2 receptors, under normal and fibrotic conditions.
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- Michel Fausther
- 1Centre de recherche en Rhumatologie et Immunologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec (pavillon CHUL), Québec and Département de microbiologie-infectiologie et d'immunologie, Faculté de médecine, Université Laval, Québec, QC, Canada; ,2Section of Digestive Diseases, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut; and ,3Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas
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- 1Centre de recherche en Rhumatologie et Immunologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec (pavillon CHUL), Québec and Département de microbiologie-infectiologie et d'immunologie, Faculté de médecine, Université Laval, Québec, QC, Canada;
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- 2Section of Digestive Diseases, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut; and
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- 1Centre de recherche en Rhumatologie et Immunologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec (pavillon CHUL), Québec and Département de microbiologie-infectiologie et d'immunologie, Faculté de médecine, Université Laval, Québec, QC, Canada;
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- 1Centre de recherche en Rhumatologie et Immunologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec (pavillon CHUL), Québec and Département de microbiologie-infectiologie et d'immunologie, Faculté de médecine, Université Laval, Québec, QC, Canada;
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- 2Section of Digestive Diseases, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut; and
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- 2Section of Digestive Diseases, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut; and ,3Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas
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- 1Centre de recherche en Rhumatologie et Immunologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec (pavillon CHUL), Québec and Département de microbiologie-infectiologie et d'immunologie, Faculté de médecine, Université Laval, Québec, QC, Canada;
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Fujii T, Minagawa T, Shimizu T, Takeguchi N, Sakai H. Inhibition of ecto-ATPase activity by curcumin in hepatocellular carcinoma HepG2 cells. J Physiol Sci 2012; 62:53-8. [PMID: 21932081 PMCID: PMC10717343 DOI: 10.1007/s12576-011-0176-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2011] [Accepted: 08/28/2011] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Effects of curcumin, a major constituent of turmeric, on ecto-nucleotidases have not been clarified. Here, we investigated whether curcumin affects ecto-nucleotidase activities in human hepatocellular carcinoma HepG2 cells. In the cells, high levels of Mg(2+)-dependent activity of ecto-nucleotidases were observed in the presence of 1 mM adenosine triphosphate (ATP). The activity was inhibited by ecto-ATPase inhibitors such as suramin, ZnCl(2) and 4,4'-diisothiocyanatostilbene-2,2'-disulfonic acid. On the other hand, the activity was significantly decreased at alkaline pH (pH 9) and was not inhibited by levamisole, an inhibitor of alkaline phosphatase. In the presence of ATP, curcumin inhibited the activity in a concentration-dependent manner (IC(50) = 6.2 μM). In contrast, curcumin had no effects on ecto-nucleotidase activity in the presence of ADP (1 mM) or AMP (1 mM). The K (m) value for ATP hydrolysis of curcumin-sensitive ecto-ATPase was similar to the value of NTPDase2, an isoform of ecto-nucleoside triphosphate diphosphohydrolase. These results suggest that curcumin is a potent inhibitor of ecto-ATPase and may affect extracellular ATP-dependent responses.
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- Takuto Fujii
- Department of Pharmaceutical Physiology, Graduate School of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Toyama, 2630 Sugitani, Toyama, 930-0194 Japan
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Physiology, Graduate School of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Toyama, 2630 Sugitani, Toyama, 930-0194 Japan
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Physiology, Graduate School of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Toyama, 2630 Sugitani, Toyama, 930-0194 Japan
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Physiology, Graduate School of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Toyama, 2630 Sugitani, Toyama, 930-0194 Japan
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Physiology, Graduate School of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Toyama, 2630 Sugitani, Toyama, 930-0194 Japan
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A Zinc-Sensing Glucose-Based Naphthyl Imino Conjugate as a Detecting Agent for Inorganic and Organic Phosphates, Including DNA. Chemistry 2011; 17:8044-7. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201100734] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2011] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Tafani M, Schito L, Pellegrini L, Villanova L, Marfe G, Anwar T, Rosa R, Indelicato M, Fini M, Pucci B, Russo MA. Hypoxia-increased RAGE and P2X7R expression regulates tumor cell invasion through phosphorylation of Erk1/2 and Akt and nuclear translocation of NF-{kappa}B. Carcinogenesis 2011; 32:1167-75. [PMID: 21642357 DOI: 10.1093/carcin/bgr101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 133] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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The role of hypoxia in regulating tumor progression is still controversial. Here, we demonstrate that, similarly to what previously observed by us in human prostate and breast tumor samples, hypoxia increases expression of the receptor for advanced glycation end products (RAGE) and the purinergic receptor P2X7 (P2X7R). The role of hypoxia was shown by the fact that hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF)-1α silencing downregulated RAGE and P2X7R protein levels as well as nuclear factor-kappaB (NF-κB) expression. In contrast, NF-κB silencing reduced P2X7R expression without affecting RAGE protein levels or nuclear accumulation of HIF-1α. Treatment of hypoxic tumor cells with HMGB1 and BzATP ligands, respectively, of RAGE and P2X7R, activated a signaling pathway that, through Akt and Erk phosphorylation, determines nuclear accumulation of NF-κB and increases cell invasion. Inhibition of Akt by SH5 and Erk by INH1 prevented both nuclear translocation of NF-κB and cell invasion. Moreover, silencing RAGE and P2X7R abolished nuclear accumulation of NF-κB as well as cell invasion without affecting HIF-1α stabilization. Once in the nucleus, NF-κB would contribute to cell survival and invasion under hypoxia, by maintaining RAGE and P2X7R expression levels and matrix metalloproteinases 2 and 9 synthesis. These results show that, hypoxia can upregulate expression levels of membrane receptors that, by binding extracellular molecules eventually released by necrotic cells, contribute to the increased invasiveness of transformed tumor cells. Moreover, these observations strengthen our working hypothesis that upregulation of damage-associated molecular patterns receptors by HIF-1α represents the crucial event bridging hypoxia and inflammation in obtaining the malignant phenotype.
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- Marco Tafani
- Department of Experimental Medicine, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy.
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Fausther M, Sévigny J. Extracellular nucleosides and nucleotides regulate liver functions via a complex system of membrane proteins. C R Biol 2011; 334:100-17. [PMID: 21333941 DOI: 10.1016/j.crvi.2010.12.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2010] [Revised: 11/17/2010] [Accepted: 12/09/2010] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Nucleosides and nucleotides are now considered as extracellular signalling molecules, like neurotransmitters and hormones. Hepatic cells, amongst other cells, ubiquitously express specific transmembrane receptors that transduce the physiological signals induced by extracellular nucleosides and nucleotides, as well as various cell surface enzymes that regulate the levels of these mediators in the extracellular medium. Here, we cover various aspects of the signalling pathways initiated by extracellular nucleosides and nucleotides in the liver, and discuss their overall impact on hepatic physiology.
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- Michel Fausther
- Centre de recherche en rhumatologie et immunologie, CHU de Québec, QC, Canada
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Lévesque SA, Kukulski F, Enjyoji K, Robson SC, Sévigny J. NTPDase1 governs P2X7-dependent functions in murine macrophages. Eur J Immunol 2010; 40:1473-85. [PMID: 20201036 DOI: 10.1002/eji.200939741] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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P2X7 receptor is an adenosine triphosphate (ATP)-gated ion channel within the multiprotein inflammasome complex. Until now, little is known about regulation of P2X7 effector functions in macrophages. In this study, we show that nucleoside triphosphate diphosphohydrolase 1 (NTPDase1)/CD39 is the dominant ectonucleotidase expressed by murine peritoneal macrophages and that it regulates P2X7-dependent responses in these cells. Macrophages isolated from NTPDase1-null mice (Entpd1(-/-)) were devoid of all ADPase and most ATPase activities when compared with WT macrophages (Entpd1(+/+)). Entpd1(-/-) macrophages exposed to millimolar concentrations of ATP were more susceptible to cell death, released more IL-1beta and IL-18 after TLR2 or TLR4 priming, and incorporated the fluorescent dye Yo-Pro-1 more efficiently (suggestive of increased pore formation) than Entpd1(+/+) cells. Consistent with these observations, NTPDase1 regulated P2X7-associated IL-1beta release after synthesis, and this process occurred independently of, and prior to, cytokine maturation by caspase-1. NTPDase1 also inhibited IL-1beta release in vivo in the air pouch inflammatory model. Exudates of LPS-injected Entpd1(-/-) mice had significantly higher IL-1beta levels when compared with Entpd1(+/+) mice. Altogether, our studies suggest that NTPDase1/CD39 plays a key role in the control of P2X7-dependent macrophage responses.
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- Sébastien A Lévesque
- Centre de Recherche en Rhumatologie et Immunologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec, Université Laval, Québec, QC, Canada
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Yang D, Yaguchi T, Nakano T, Nishizaki T. Adenosine-induced caspase-3 activation by tuning Bcl-XL/DIABLO/IAP expression in HuH-7 human hepatoma cells. Cell Biol Toxicol 2010; 26:319-30. [PMID: 20063052 DOI: 10.1007/s10565-009-9145-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2009] [Accepted: 11/11/2009] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Extracellular adenosine disrupted mitochondrial membrane potentials in HuH-7 cells, a Fas-deficient human hepatoma cell line, and the effect was inhibited by the adenosine transporter inhibitor dipyridamole or by overexpressing Bcl-X(L). Adenosine downregulated the expression of mRNAs and proteins for Bcl-X(L) and inhibitor of apoptosis protein 2 (IAP2) to directly inhibit caspase-3, -7, and -9, but it otherwise upregulated the expression of mRNA and protein for DIABLO, an inhibitor of IAPs. Those adenosine effects were attenuated by dipyridamole. Caspase-3 and -8 were implicated in adenosine-induced HuH-7 cell death, and adenosine actually activated caspase-3 without caspase-9 activation. The caspase-3 activation was inhibited by overexpressing Bcl-X(L) or IAP2. Taken together, the results of the present study indicate that intracellularly transported adenosine activates caspase-3 by neutralizing caspase-3 inhibition due to IAP as a result of decreased IAP2 expression and reduced IAP activity in response to increased DIABLO expression and perhaps DIABLO release from damaged mitochondria, in addition to caspase-8 activation. This represents further insight into adenosine-induced HuH-7 cell apoptotic pathway.
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- Dongqin Yang
- Division of Bioinformation, Department of Physiology, Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Japan
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P2X receptors are membrane cation channels gated by extracellular ATP. Seven P2X receptor subunits (P2X(1-7)) are widely distributed in excitable and nonexcitable cells of vertebrates. They play key roles in inter alia afferent signaling (including pain), regulation of renal blood flow, vascular endothelium, and inflammatory responses. We summarize the evidence for these and other roles, emphasizing experimental work with selective receptor antagonists or with knockout mice. The receptors are trimeric membrane proteins: Studies of the biophysical properties of mutated subunits expressed in heterologous cells have indicated parts of the subunits involved in ATP binding, ion permeation (including calcium permeability), and membrane trafficking. We review our current understanding of the molecular properties of P2X receptors, including how this understanding is informed by the identification of distantly related P2X receptors in simple eukaryotes.
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- Annmarie Surprenant
- Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PT, United Kingdom.
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Buffon A, Ribeiro VB, Schanoski AS, Sarkis JJF. Diminution in adenine nucleotide hydrolysis by platelets and serum from rats submitted to Walker 256 tumour. Mol Cell Biochem 2009; 281:189-95. [PMID: 16328972 DOI: 10.1007/s11010-006-1029-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2005] [Accepted: 07/18/2005] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Extracellular adenine nucleotide hydrolysis in the circulation is mediated by the action of an NTPDase (CD39, apyrase) and of a 5'-nucleotidase (CD73), presenting as a final product, adenosine. Among other properties described for adenine nucleotides, an anti-cancer activity is suggested, since ATP is considered a cytotoxic molecule in several tumour cell systems. Conversely, some studies demonstrate that adenosine presents a tumour-promoting activity. In this study, we evaluated the pattern of adenine nucleotide hydrolysis by serum and platelets from rats submitted to the Walker 256 tumour model. Extracellular adenine nucleotide hydrolysis by blood serum and platelets obtained from rats at, 6, 10 and 15 days after the subcutaneous Walker 256 tumour inoculation, was evaluated. Our results demonstrate a significant reduction in ATP, ADP and AMP hydrolysis in blood serum at 6, 10 and 15 days after tumour induction. In platelets, a significant reduction in ATP and AMP hydrolysis was observed at 10 and 15 days after tumour induction, while an inhibition of ADP hydrolysis was observed at all times studied. Based on these results, it is possible to suggest a physiologic protection mechanism against the tumoral process in circulation. The inhibition in nucleotide hydrolysis observed probably maintains ATP levels elevated (cytotoxic compound) and, at the same time, reduces the adenosine production (tumour-promoting molecule) in the circulation.
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- Andréia Buffon
- Departamento de Bioquímica, Instituto de Ciências Básicas da Saúde, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
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Hopfe M, Henrich B. OppA, the ecto-ATPase of Mycoplasma hominis induces ATP release and cell death in HeLa cells. BMC Microbiol 2008; 8:55. [PMID: 18394151 PMCID: PMC2323007 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-8-55] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2007] [Accepted: 04/04/2008] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Background In the facultative human pathogen Mycoplasma hominis, which belongs to the cell wall-less Mollicutes, the surface-localised substrate-binding domain OppA of the oligopeptide permease was characterised as the main ecto-ATPase. Results With the idea that extra-cellular ATP could only be provided by the infected host cells we analysed the ATP release of HeLa cells after incubation with different preparations of Mycoplasma hominis: intact bacterial cells, the membrane fraction with or without OppA, recombinant OppA as well as an ATPase-deficient OppA mutant. Release of ATP into the supernatant of the HeLa cells was primarily determined in all samples lacking ecto-ATPase activity of OppA. In the presence of the ATPase inhibitor DIDS the amount of ATP in the OppA-containing samples increased. This increase was maximal after incubation with fractions containing OppA protein indicating that OppA is involved in ATP release and subsequent hydrolysis. Real-time PCR analyses revealed that the proliferation of HeLa cells is reduced after infection with M. hominis and flow cytometry experiments established that OppA induces greater apoptosis than necrosis of HeLa cells whereas the preservation of ecto-ATPase activity of OppA induces apoptosis. Conclusion The OppA induced ATP-release and -hydrolysis induced cell death of M. hominis infected HeLa cells was predominantly due to apoptosis rather than necrosis. Future work will elucidate whether the induction of apoptosis is indispensable for survival of these non-invasive pathogen.
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- Miriam Hopfe
- Institute of Medical Microbiology and Center for Biological Medical Research, Heinrich-Heine-University, Moorenstrasse 5, 40225 Duesseldorf, Germany.
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Gessi S, Merighi S, Varani K, Leung E, Mac Lennan S, Borea PA. The A3 adenosine receptor: an enigmatic player in cell biology. Pharmacol Ther 2007; 117:123-40. [PMID: 18029023 DOI: 10.1016/j.pharmthera.2007.09.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 180] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2007] [Accepted: 09/05/2007] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Adenosine is a primordial signaling molecule present in every cell of the human body that mediates its physiological functions by interacting with 4 subtypes of G-protein-coupled receptors, termed A1, A2A, A2B and A3. The A3 subtype is perhaps the most enigmatic among adenosine receptors since, although several studies have been performed in the years to elucidate its physiological function, it still presents in several cases a double nature in different pathophysiological conditions. The 2 personalities of A3 often come into direct conflict, e.g., in ischemia, inflammation and cancer, rendering this receptor as a single entity behaving in 2 different ways. This review focuses on the most relevant aspects of A3 adenosine subtype activation and summarizes the pharmacological evidence as the basis of the dichotomy of this receptor in different therapeutic fields. Although much is still to be learned about the function of the A3 receptor and in spite of its duality, at the present time it can be speculated that A3 receptor selective ligands might show utility in the treatment of ischemic conditions, glaucoma, asthma, arthritis, cancer and other disorders in which inflammation is a feature. The biggest and most intriguing challenge for the future is therefore to understand whether and where selective A3 agonists or antagonists are the best choice.
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- Stefania Gessi
- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Pharmacology Unit and Interdisciplinary Center for the Study of Inflammation, Ferrara, Italy
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Yamagata K, Hakata K, Maeda A, Mochizuki C, Matsufuji H, Chino M, Yamori Y. Adenosine induces expression of glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF) in primary rat astrocytes. Neurosci Res 2007; 59:467-74. [PMID: 17920149 DOI: 10.1016/j.neures.2007.08.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2007] [Revised: 08/13/2007] [Accepted: 08/24/2007] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Adenosine, which accumulates rapidly during ischemia due to the breakdown of ATP, has beneficial effects in many tissues. We examined whether adenosine induces the production of glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF) in cultured astrocytes. We evaluated GDNF mRNA expression and GDNF production in astrocytes cultured with adenosine and the adenosine selective receptor agonists 5-(N-ethylcarboxamido) adenosine (NECA), N(6)-cyclopentyladenosine (CPA) and 2-p-(2-carboxyethyl) phenethylamino-5'-N-ethylcarboxamindo-adenosine hydrochloride (CGS 21680). Moreover, we examined the possibility that the expression of GDNF is regulated differently in cultured astrocytes from the stroke-prone spontaneously hypertensive rat (SHRSP) than in those from Wistar Kyoto rats (WKY). In this study, we confirmed that adenosine and the selective A(2B) adenosine receptor agonist NECA induced the expression of GDNF in cultured astrocytes. The A(2B) receptor antagonist alloxazine was able to inhibit the increase in extracellular GDNF produced by adenosine. Furthermore, the amounts of GDNF produced were significantly reduced in astrocytes of the adenosine-treated SHRSP compared with those of WKY. These results indicate that adenosine induces the expression of GDNF, and adenosine A(2B) receptors participate in the regulation of GDNF levels in astrocytes. This expression was attenuated in astrocytes of SHRSP compared with those of WKY.
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- Kazuo Yamagata
- Department of Food Science and Technology, College of Bioresource Sciences, Nihon University (NUBS), Kameino, Fujisawa, Kanagawa, Japan.
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Fishman P, Jacobson K, Ochaion A, Cohen S, Bar-Yehuda S. The Anti-Cancer Effect of A 3 Adenosine Receptor Agonists: A Novel, Targeted Therapy. IMMUNOLOGY, ENDOCRINE & METABOLIC AGENTS IN MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY 2007; 7:298-303. [PMID: 34824647 PMCID: PMC8611655 DOI: 10.2174/187152207781369878] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The A3 adenosine receptor (A3AR) is highly expressed in various human solid tumor cells whereas low expression is found in the adjacent normal tissues. Activation of the A3AR with synthetic highly selective agonists, such as IB-MECA, Cl-IB-MECA or LJ529, induces tumor growth inhibition of melanoma, lymphoma, breast, hepatoma, prostate and colon carcinoma cells both in vitro and in vivo. Two molecular events take place upon receptor activation and include: a. receptor internalization and subsequent degradation, followed by decreased receptor mRNA and protein expression level. b. modulation of down-stream signal transduction pathways, including those related to Wnt and NF-κB. Subsequently, the levels of cyclin D1 and c-Myc are decreased leading to tumor growth inhibition. IB-MECA synergizes with chemotherapeutic agents to yield an additive anti-tumor effect and protects against myelotoxicity induced by chemotherapy. Taken together, A3AR agonists may be suggested as a new family of orally bioavailable compounds to be developed as potent inhibitors of malignant diseases.
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- P. Fishman
- Can-Fite BioPharma Ltd., Kiryat-Matalon, Petah -Tikva, 49170, Israel
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- Molecular Recognition Section, Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry, National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Can-Fite BioPharma Ltd., Kiryat-Matalon, Petah -Tikva, 49170, Israel
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- Can-Fite BioPharma Ltd., Kiryat-Matalon, Petah -Tikva, 49170, Israel
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- Can-Fite BioPharma Ltd., Kiryat-Matalon, Petah -Tikva, 49170, Israel
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Buffon A, Wink MR, Ribeiro BV, Casali EA, Libermann TA, Zerbini LF, Robson SC, Sarkis JJF. NTPDase and 5' ecto-nucleotidase expression profiles and the pattern of extracellular ATP metabolism in the Walker 256 tumor. Biochim Biophys Acta Gen Subj 2007; 1770:1259-65. [PMID: 17574764 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagen.2007.05.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2007] [Revised: 05/13/2007] [Accepted: 05/14/2007] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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In this study, we evaluated the NTPDases and ecto-5'-nucleotidase (CD73) expression profiles and the pattern of adenine nucleotide hydrolysis in rats submitted to the Walker 256 tumor model, 6, 10 and 15 days after the subcutaneous inoculation. Using RT-PCR analysis, we identified mRNA for all of the members of the ecto-nucleoside triphosphate diphosphohydrolase family investigated and a 5'-nucleotidase. By quantitative real-time PCR, Entpd1 (Cd39) and Entpd2 (Cd39L1) and CD73 were identified as the dominant genes expressed by the Walker 256 tumor, at all times studied. Extracellular adenine nucleotide hydrolysis by the Walker 256 tumor was estimated by HPLC analysis. Rapid hydrolysis of extracellular ATP by the tumor cells was observed, leading to the formation of adenosine and inosine in cells obtained from solid tumors at 6 and 10 days after inoculation. Cells obtained from solid tumors at 15 days of growth presented high levels of AMP and presented adenosine as a final product after 90 min of incubation. Results demonstrate that the presence of NTPDases and 5'-nucleotidase enzymes in Walker 256 tumor cells may be important for regulation of the extracellular adenine nucleotides/adenine nucleoside ratio, therefore leading to tumor growth.
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- A Buffon
- Departamento de Bioquímica, Instituto de Ciências Básicas da Saúde, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, ICBS, Rua Ramiro Barcelos, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
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Boominathan L. Some facts and thoughts: p73 as a tumor suppressor gene in the network of tumor suppressors. Mol Cancer 2007; 6:27. [PMID: 17407586 PMCID: PMC1853109 DOI: 10.1186/1476-4598-6-27] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2007] [Accepted: 04/03/2007] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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The question of whether p73 is a tumor suppressor gene, is not yet answered with full confidence. The lack of spontaneous tumor formation in p73 null mice and infrequent p73 mutations seen in a variety of cancers analyzed would straightaway negate its role as a primary tumor suppressor gene. However, accumulating evidence suggest that p73 gene and its target genes are hypermethylated in the cancer of lymphoid origin. Here I discuss some facts and thoughts that support the idea that p73 could still be a tumor suppressor gene. The tumor suppressor network in which p73 appears to be a participant involves E2F1, JunB, INK4a/p16, ARF/p19, p57kip2 and BRCA1. Knock out of each gene in E2F-1-p73-JunB-p16INK4a network of tumor suppressor proteins result in lymphoma/leukemia formation. Further, I tried to explain why lymphomas are not seen in p73 null mice and why p73 gene is not prone to frequent mutation.
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Guan YS, La Z, Yang L, He Q, Li P. p53 gene in treatment of hepatic carcinoma: status quo. World J Gastroenterol 2007; 13:985-92. [PMID: 17373730 PMCID: PMC4146884 DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v13.i7.985] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2006] [Revised: 12/12/2006] [Accepted: 01/16/2007] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the 10 most common cancers worldwide. There is no ideal treatment for HCC yet and many researchers are trying to improve the effects of treatment by changing therapeutic strategies. As the majority of human cancers seem to exhibit either abnormal p53 gene or disrupted p53 gene activation pathways, intervention to restore wild-type p53 (wt-p53) activities is an attractive anti-cancer therapy including HCC. Abnormalities of p53 are also considered a predisposition factor for hepatocarcinogenesis. p53 is frequently mutated in HCC. Most HCCs have defects in the p53-mediated apoptotic pathway although they carry wt-p53. High expression of p53 in vivo may exert therapeutic effects on HCC in two aspects: (1) High expression of exogenous p53 protein induces apoptosis of tumor cells by inhibiting proliferation of cells through several biologic pathways and (2) Exogenous p53 renders HCC more sensitive to some chemotherapeutic agents. Several approaches have been designed for the treatment of HCC via the p53 pathway by restoring the tumor suppression function from inactivation, rescuing the mutated p53 gene from instability, or delivering therapeutic exogenous p53. Products with p53 status as the target have been studied extensively in vitro and in vivo. This review elaborates some therapeutic mechanisms and advances in using recombinant human adenovirus p53 and oncolytic virus products for the treatment of HCC.
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- Yong-Song Guan
- Department of Radiology and Oncology, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, Sichuan Province, China.
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Niemoeller OM, Bentzen PJ, Lang E, Lang F. Adenosine protects against suicidal erythrocyte death. Pflugers Arch 2007; 454:427-39. [PMID: 17285297 DOI: 10.1007/s00424-007-0218-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2006] [Revised: 11/21/2006] [Accepted: 01/19/2007] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Suicidal death of erythrocytes or eryptosis is characterized by cell shrinkage and cell membrane scrambling leading to phosphatidylserine exposure at the erythrocyte surface. The cell membrane scrambling is triggered by an increase in cytosolic Ca(2+) activity and activation of protein kinase C (PKC). Phosphatidylserine exposure fosters adherence of affected erythrocytes to the vascular wall. Thus, microcirculation in ischemic tissues may be impaired by the appearance of eryptotic erythrocytes. Ischemia leads to release of adenosine, which in most tissues leads to vasodilation and protects against cell injury. The present experiments explored whether adenosine influences mechanisms underlying eryptosis. Erythrocyte phosphatidylserine exposure was estimated from annexin V binding, cell volume from forward scatter and cytosolic Ca(2+) activity from Fluo3 fluorescence. Glucose depletion (for 24 or 48 h) significantly increased annexin binding and decreased forward scatter, effects partially reversed by adenosine. The protective effect of adenosine reached statistical significance (s.d.) at > =30 microM. Low Cl(-) solution (Cl(-) exchanged by gluconate for 24 h) similarly increased annexin binding and decreased forward scatter, effects again reversed by adenosine (s.d. at > or =10 and 30 microM, respectively). Similarly, phosphatase inhibitor okadaic acid (OA, 1 microM) and PKC activator phorbol 12-myristate-13-acetate (PMA, 3 microM) significantly enhanced annexin binding and decreased forward scatter. Adenosine significantly blunted the effects of OA and PMA on annexin V binding (s.d. at > or =30 and 10 microM, respectively) and the effect of OA on forward scatter (s.d. at > or =10 microM). In conclusion, adenosine inhibits eryptosis by a mechanism presumably effective downstream of PKC. The effect may participate in the maintenance of microcirculation in ischemic tissue.
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Yang D, Yaguchi T, Yamamoto H, Nishizaki T. Intracellularly transported adenosine induces apoptosis in HuH-7 human hepatoma cells by downregulating c-FLIP expression causing caspase-3/-8 activation. Biochem Pharmacol 2007; 73:1665-75. [PMID: 17303086 DOI: 10.1016/j.bcp.2007.01.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2006] [Revised: 01/05/2007] [Accepted: 01/05/2007] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Extracellular adenosine induced apoptosis of HuH-7 cells, a Fas-deficient human hepatoma cell line. The adenosine action was inhibited by dipyridamole, an adenosine transporter inhibitor, or 5'-amino-5'-deoxyadenosine, an inhibitor of adenosine kinase to convert from adenosine to AMP, but it was not affected by inhibitors for adenosine A(1), A(2a), A(2b), and A(3) adenosine receptors. Adenosine activated caspase-3 and -8, but not caspase-9, in HuH-7 cells, and the activation was abolished by dipyridamole. In the real-time RT-PCR and Western blot analysis, extracellular adenosine downregulated mRNA and protein levels for c-FLIP, and the effect was suppressed by dipyridamole. Furthermore, overexpression of c-FLIP short in HuH-7 cells inhibited adenosine-induced caspase-8 activity. Taken together, these results suggest that intracellularly transported adenosine, perhaps converted AMP as the ensuing event, activates caspase-8 and the downstream effector caspase caspase-3 by neutralizing caspase-8 inhibition due to c-FLIP as a consequence of decreased c-FLIP expression, leading to apoptosis. This extends our understanding of adenosine-induced molecular apoptotic pathways.
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- Dongqin Yang
- Department of Physiology, Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Japan
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Hermes M, Osswald H, Kloor D. Role of S-adenosylhomocysteine hydrolase in adenosine-induced apoptosis in HepG2 cells. Exp Cell Res 2007; 313:264-83. [PMID: 17097637 DOI: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2006.10.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2006] [Revised: 10/06/2006] [Accepted: 10/10/2006] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Adenosine has been shown to initiate apoptosis through different mechanisms: (i) activation of adenosine receptors, (ii) intracellular conversion to AMP and stimulation of AMP-activated kinase, (iii) conversion to S-adenosylhomocysteine (AdoHcy), which is an inhibitor of S-adenosylmethionine (AdoMet)-dependent methyltransferases. Since the pathways involved are still not completely understood, we further investigated the role of AdoHcy hydrolase in adenosine-induced apoptosis. In HepG2 cells, adenosine induced caspase-like activity and DNA fragmentation, a marker of apoptosis. These effects were potentiated by co-incubation with homocysteine or adenosine deaminase inhibitor, pentostatin, and were mimicked by inhibition of AdoHcy hydrolase by adenosine-2',3'-dialdehyde (Adox). Adenosine-induced effects were significantly inhibited by dipyridamole, an inhibitor of adenosine transporter, whereas inhibitors of adenosine kinase did not affect adenosine-induced changes. Various adenosine receptor agonists and AICAR, an activator of AMP-activated kinase, did not mimic the effect of adenosine. Thus, adenosine-induced apoptosis is likely due to intracellular action of AdoHcy and independent of AMP-activated kinase and adenosine receptors. Because elevated AdoHcy levels are associated with reduced mRNA methylation, we studied mRNA expression in Adox-treated cells by microarray analysis. Since several p53-target genes and other apoptosis-related genes were up-regulated by Adox, we conclude that AdoHcy is involved in adenosine-induced apoptosis by altering gene expression.
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- Marina Hermes
- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tuebingen, Wilhelmstrasse 56, D-72074 Tuebingen, Germany
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Qi J, Chi L, Faber J, Koller B, Banes AJ. ATP reduces gel compaction in osteoblast-populated collagen gels. J Appl Physiol (1985) 2006; 102:1152-60. [PMID: 17122380 DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00535.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Bone remodeling is a localized process, but regulated by systemic signals such as hormones, cytokines, and mechanical loading. The mechanism by which bone cells convert these systemic signals into local signals is not completely understood. It is broadly accepted that the "prestress" in cytoskeleton of cells affects the magnitude of cellular responses to mechanical stimuli. Prestress derives from stiff cytoskeletal proteins and their connections within the cell and from cell contractility upon attaching to matrix. In an in vitro model of three-dimensional gel compaction, the relative cellular prestress levels in the same matrix environment were determined by matrix compaction rate: a greater compaction rate resulted in a higher level of prestress. In the present study, the effects of ATP on the prestress of osteoblasts were studied using mouse MC3T3-E1 cells grown in three-dimensional bioartificial tissues (BATs). ATP (> or =100 microM) reduced the compaction rate of BATs in a dose-dependent manner. ADP, 2'-(or 3')-O-(4-benzoylbenzoyl) ATP, and UTP, but not alpha,beta-methylene ATP, also reduced the compaction rate but to a lesser extent. Pyridoxal-phosphate-6-azophenyl-2',4'-disulfonic acid tetrasodium did not block the effect of ATP on BAT compaction rate. These results indicate that both P2X and P2Y receptors are involved in ATP-induced reduction of BAT compaction rate. Steady fluid flow and RT-PCR results showed that ATP reduced cell attachment on type I collagen by downregulating the expression of integrin alpha(1). These results suggest a potential role for P2 receptors in matrix remodeling and repair and as a potential drug target in treatment of bone diseases.
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- Jie Qi
- Flexcell International Corp., Hillsborough, NC 27278, USA
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Buffon A, Ribeiro VB, Wink MR, Casali EA, Sarkis JJF. Nucleotide metabolizing ecto-enzymes in Walker 256 tumor cells: molecular identification, kinetic characterization and biochemical properties. Life Sci 2006; 80:950-8. [PMID: 17169379 DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2006.11.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2006] [Revised: 11/02/2006] [Accepted: 11/16/2006] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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In this study we describe the molecular identification, kinetic characterization and biochemical properties of an E-NTPDase and an 5'-nucleotidase in Walker 256 cells. For the ATP, ADP and AMP hydrolysis there were optimum pH in the range 6.5-8.0, and absolute requirement for divalent cations (Mg(2+)>Ca(2+)). A significant inhibition of ATP and ADP hydrolysis was observed in the presence of high concentrations of sodium azide and 0.5 mM of Gadolinium chloride. These activities were insensitive to ATPase, adenylate kinase and alkaline phosphatase classical inhibitors. The K(m) values were 464.2+/-86.6 microM (mean+/-SEM, n=4), 137.0+/-31 microM (mean+/-SEM, n=5) and 44.8+/-10.2 microM (mean+/-SEM, n=4), and V(max) values were 655.0+/-94.6 (mean+/-SEM, n=4), 236.3+/-27.2 (mean+/-SEM, n=5) and 177.6+/-13.8 (mean+/-SEM, n=5) nmol of inorganic phosphate min(-1) mg of protein(-1) for ATP, ADP and AMP, respectively. Using RT-PCR analysis we identified the mRNA of two members of the ecto-nucleoside triphosphate diphosphohydrolase family (NTPDase 2 and 5) and a 5'-nucleotidase. The presence of NTPDases and 5'-nucleotidase enzymes in Walker 256 tumor cells may be important to regulate the ratio adenine nucleotides/adenine nucleoside extracellularly, therefore motivating tumor growth.
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- Andréia Buffon
- Departamento de Bioquímica, Instituto de Ciências Básicas da Saúde, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Rua Ramiro Barcelos, 2600 ANEXO, CEP 90035-003, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
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Chung H, Jung JY, Cho SD, Hong KA, Kim HJ, Shin DH, Kim H, Kim HO, Shin DH, Lee HW, Jeong LS, Kong G. The antitumor effect of LJ-529, a novel agonist to A3 adenosine receptor, in both estrogen receptor-positive and estrogen receptor-negative human breast cancers. Mol Cancer Ther 2006; 5:685-92. [PMID: 16546983 DOI: 10.1158/1535-7163.mct-05-0245] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Agonists to A3 adenosine receptor (A3AR) have been reported to inhibit cell growth and/or induce apoptosis in various tumors. We tested the effect of a novel A3AR agonist generically known as LJ-529 in breast cancer cells. Anchorage-dependent cell growth and in vivo tumor growth were attenuated by LJ-529, independently of its estrogen receptor (ER) alpha status. In addition, apoptosis was induced as evidenced by the activation of caspase-3 and c-poly(ADP)ribose polymerase. Furthermore, the Wnt signaling pathway was down-regulated and p27(kip) was induced by LJ-529. In ER-positive cells, the expression of ER was down-regulated by LJ-529, which might have additionally contributed to attenuated cell proliferation. In ER-negative, c-ErbB2-overexpressing SK-BR-3 cells, the expression of c-ErbB2 and its downstream extracellular signal-regulated kinase pathway were down-regulated by LJ-529. However, such effect of LJ-529 acted independently of its receptor because no A3AR was detected by reverse transcription-PCR in all four cell lines tested. In conclusion, our novel findings open the possibility of LJ-529 as an effective therapeutic agent against both ER-positive and ER-negative breast cancers, particularly against the more aggressive ER-negative, c-ErbB2-overexpressing types.
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- Heekyoung Chung
- Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, Hanyang University, 133-791 Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Wu LF, Li GP, Feng JL, Pu ZJ. Molecular mechanisms of adenosine-induced apoptosis in human HepG2 cells. Acta Pharmacol Sin 2006; 27:477-84. [PMID: 16539849 DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-7254.2006.00302.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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AIM To investigate effects of adenosine on cell proliferation and apoptosis in human HepG2 cells. METHODS HepG2 cells were incubated in the presence of adenosine (0.1-5 mmol/L) for 12-48 h, and the effect of adenosine on cell proliferation was evaluated by using 3-(4,5-dimethyl-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyl-2H-tetrazolium bromide (MTT) assay. Hoechst 33342 fluorescent staining, dUTP-fluorescein isothiocyanate (FITC) fluorescence and flow cytometric analysis techniques were used to observe cell apoptosis. The effects of adenosine receptor (A1, A2a, A3 and nonspecific receptor) antagonists (8-cpt, DMPX, MRS1191, and theophylline) and an adenosine transporter protein inhibitor (dipyridamole) on adenosine-induced cell apoptosis were observed. Mitochondrial membrane potential was analyzed using DePsipher fluorescent staining, and caspase activity was detected using a Fluorometric assay kit and a fluorescence microplate reader. RESULTS Adenosine significantly reduced cell viability in a dose- and time-dependent manner. The cytotoxicity of adenosine was related to the induction of cell apoptosis. Four adenosine receptor antagonists had no effect on cell apoptosis. However, dipyridamole significantly reduced the percentage of adenosine-induced apoptotic cells from 27.3% to 7.1% (P<0.05). At 48 h after treatment, 3 mmol/L adenosine increased caspase-3 activity 3.5-fold; dipyridamole markedly decreased caspase-3 activity 1.6-fold, and decreased apoptotic cell numbers. When HepG2 cells were treated with 3 mmol/L adenosine, mitochondrial membrane potential and the activity of caspase-8 or -9 remained unchanged. CONCLUSION Our results suggest that adenosine-induced apoptosis in HepG2 cells is related to intracellular events rather than cell surface receptors, and that a caspase-3 cascade activation is required, which is not mediated via a mitochondrial pathway.
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- Ling-Fei Wu
- Department of Gastroenterology, Second Affiliated Hospital, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou 515041, China.
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The mitochondrial F1Fo adenosine triphosphate (ATP) synthase is one of the most thoroughly studied enzyme complexes known. Yet, a number of new observations suggesting that the enzyme is also located on the cell surface necessitate further investigation. While the mitochondrial synthase utilizes the proton gradient generated by oxidative phosphorylation to power ATP synthesis, the cell surface synthase has instead been implicated in numerous activities, including the mediation of intracellular pH, cellular response to antiangiogenic agents, and cholesterol homeostasis. Intriguingly, a common thread uniting these various models of cell surface ATP synthase functions is the apparently caveolar distribution of the enzyme. Recent studies concerning the cell surface ATP synthase manifest applications in the regulation of serum cholesterol levels, cellular proliferation and antitumor strategies. This review addresses the expression, interactions, functions, and consequences of inhibition of cell surface ATP synthase, an enzyme now displaying a shift in paradigm, as well as of location.
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- Sulene L Chi
- Department of Pathology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA
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Seetulsingh-Goorah SP. Mechanisms of adenosine-induced cytotoxicity and their clinical and physiological implications. Biofactors 2006; 27:213-30. [PMID: 17012777 DOI: 10.1002/biof.5520270119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Extracellular ATP (ATPo) and adenosine are cytotoxic to several cancer cell lines, suggesting their potential use for anticancer therapy. Adenosine causes cytotoxicity, either when added exogenously or when generated from ATPo hydrolysis, via mechanisms which are not mutually exclusive and which involve, adenosine receptor activation, pyrimidine starvation and/or increases in intracellular S-adenosylhomocysteine: S-adenosylmethionine ratio. Given that adenosine also appears to protect against cytotoxicity via mechanisms including immunity against damage by oxygen free radicals, an understanding of the contribution of adenosine to ATPo-induced cytotoxicity is thus crucial, when considering any potential therapeutic use for these compounds. However, such an understanding has been largely hindered by the fact that many studies have not focused enough on the possibility that both ATPo and adenosine may mediate cytotoxicity in the same system. Such studies can benefit from use a range of ATPo concentrations when assessing the contribution of adenosine to ATPo-induced cytotoxicity. Whilst future molecular and pharmacological studies are needed to establish the nature of the cytotoxic adenosine receptor, it is possible that more than just one adenosine receptor type is involved and that the cytotoxic receptor(s) type is more likely to have a low affinity for adenosine. Activation of the adenosine receptor(s) would thus lead to cytotoxicity only at relatively high adenosine concentrations, while lower adenosine concentrations mediate non-cytotoxic physiological effects.
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Araya R, Riquelme MA, Brandan E, Sáez JC. The formation of skeletal muscle myotubes requires functional membrane receptors activated by extracellular ATP. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2005; 47:174-88. [PMID: 15572171 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresrev.2004.06.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 06/08/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Skeletal muscle differentiation follows an organized sequence of events including commitment, cell cycle withdrawal, and cell fusion to form multinucleated myotubes. The role of adenosine 5'-triphosphate (ATP)-mediated signaling in differentiation of skeletal muscle myoblasts was evaluated in C(2)C(12) cells, a myoblast cell line. Cell differentiation was inhibited by P2X receptor blockers or by degradation of endogenous ATP with apyrase. However, pertussis toxin, known to block only a group of P2Y receptors, did not alter the differentiation process. Cells were heterogeneous in their expression of functional P2X receptors, evaluated by the uptake of fluorescent permeability tracers (Lucifer yellow and ethidium bromide), and by immunofluorescence of P2X(7) receptors. Moreover, xestospongin C, a selective and membrane-permeable inhibitor of IP(3) receptors, inhibited both myotube formation and myogenin expression. Based on these results, we suggest that the known increase in intracellular Ca(2+) concentration required for differentiation is due at least in part to Ca(2+) influx through P2X receptors and Ca(2+) release from intracellular stores. The possible involvement of P2X receptors and other pathways that might set the intracellular Ca(2+) at the level required for myoblast differentiation as well as the possible involvement of gap junction channels in the intercellular transfer of second messengers involved in coordinating myogenesis is proposed.
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MESH Headings
- Adenosine Triphosphate/metabolism
- Animals
- Calcium/metabolism
- Calcium Channels/metabolism
- Calcium Signaling/drug effects
- Calcium Signaling/physiology
- Cell Differentiation/drug effects
- Cell Differentiation/physiology
- Cell Line
- Extracellular Fluid/metabolism
- Fluorescent Dyes/metabolism
- Gap Junctions/metabolism
- Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate Receptors
- Intracellular Fluid/drug effects
- Intracellular Fluid/metabolism
- Mice
- Muscle Fibers, Skeletal/metabolism
- Muscle, Skeletal/drug effects
- Muscle, Skeletal/growth & development
- Muscle, Skeletal/metabolism
- Myogenin/biosynthesis
- Myogenin/drug effects
- Purinergic P2 Receptor Antagonists
- Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear/antagonists & inhibitors
- Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear/metabolism
- Receptors, Purinergic P2/metabolism
- Receptors, Purinergic P2X
- Receptors, Purinergic P2X7
- Sarcolemma/metabolism
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Affiliation(s)
- Roberto Araya
- Departamento de Ciencias Fisiológicas, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Alameda 340, Region Metropolitana, Santiago 114D, Chile.
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