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de Barrios O, Meler A, Parra M. MYC's Fine Line Between B Cell Development and Malignancy. Cells 2020; 9:E523. [PMID: 32102485 PMCID: PMC7072781 DOI: 10.3390/cells9020523] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2020] [Revised: 02/20/2020] [Accepted: 02/21/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
Abstract
The transcription factor MYC is transiently expressed during B lymphocyte development, and its correct modulation is essential in defined developmental transitions. Although temporary downregulation of MYC is essential at specific points, basal levels of expression are maintained, and its protein levels are not completely silenced until the B cell becomes fully differentiated into a plasma cell or a memory B cell. MYC has been described as a proto-oncogene that is closely involved in many cancers, including leukemia and lymphoma. Aberrant expression of MYC protein in these hematological malignancies results in an uncontrolled rate of proliferation and, thereby, a blockade of the differentiation process. MYC is not activated by mutations in the coding sequence, and, as reviewed here, its overexpression in leukemia and lymphoma is mainly caused by gene amplification, chromosomal translocations, and aberrant regulation of its transcription. This review provides a thorough overview of the role of MYC in the developmental steps of B cells, and of how it performs its essential function in an oncogenic context, highlighting the importance of appropriate MYC regulation circuitry.
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- Lymphocyte Development and Disease Group, Josep Carreras Leukaemia Research Institute, IJC Building, Campus ICO-Germans Trias i Pujol, Ctra de Can Ruti, 08916 Barcelona, Spain (A.M.)
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Gutierrez E, Cahatol I, Bailey CAR, Lafargue A, Zhang N, Song Y, Tian H, Zhang Y, Chan R, Gu K, Zhang ACC, Tang J, Liu C, Connis N, Dennis P, Zhang C. Regulation of RhoB Gene Expression during Tumorigenesis and Aging Process and Its Potential Applications in These Processes. Cancers (Basel) 2019; 11:cancers11060818. [PMID: 31200451 PMCID: PMC6627600 DOI: 10.3390/cancers11060818] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2019] [Revised: 06/01/2019] [Accepted: 06/06/2019] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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RhoB, a member of the Ras homolog gene family and GTPase, regulates intracellular signaling pathways by interfacing with epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR), Ras, and phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K)/Akt to modulate responses in cellular structure and function. Notably, the EGFR, Ras, and PI3K/Akt pathways can lead to downregulation of RhoB, while simultaneously being associated with an increased propensity for tumorigenesis. Functionally, RhoB, part of the Rho GTPase family, regulates intracellular signaling pathways by interfacing with EGFR, RAS, and PI3K/Akt/mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR), and MYC pathways to modulate responses in cellular structure and function. Notably, the EGFR, Ras, and PI3K/Akt pathways can lead to downregulation of RhoB, while simultaneously being associated with an increased propensity for tumorigenesis. RHOB expression has a complex regulatory backdrop consisting of multiple histone deacetyltransferase (HDACs 1 and 6) and microRNA (miR-19a, -21, and -223)-mediated mechanisms of modifying expression. The interwoven nature of RhoB’s regulatory impact and cellular roles in regulating intracellular vesicle trafficking, cell motion, and the cell cycle lays the foundation for analyzing the link between loss of RhoB and tumorigenesis within the context of age-related decline in RhoB. RhoB appears to play a tissue-specific role in tumorigenesis, as such, uncovering and appreciating the potential for restoration of RHOB expression as a mechanism for cancer prevention or therapeutics serves as a practical application. An in-depth assessment of RhoB will serve as a springboard for investigating and characterizing this key component of numerous intracellular messaging and regulatory pathways that may hold the connection between aging and tumorigenesis.
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- Eutiquio Gutierrez
- College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific, Western University of Health Sciences, 309 E 2nd Street, Pomona, CA 91766, USA.
- Department of Internal Medicine, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, 1000 W Carson Street, Torrance, CA 90509, USA.
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- College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific, Western University of Health Sciences, 309 E 2nd Street, Pomona, CA 91766, USA
- Department of Graduate Medical Education, Community Memorial Health System, 147 N Brent Street, Ventura, CA 93003, USA
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- College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific, Western University of Health Sciences, 309 E 2nd Street, Pomona, CA 91766, USA
- Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, 509 S Euclid Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology and Molecular Radiation Sciences, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 1550 Orleans Street, Baltimore, MD 21231, USA
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- Department of Oncology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 733 N Broadway, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
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- Department of Oncology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 733 N Broadway, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
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- Department of Oncology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 733 N Broadway, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
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- Department of Oncology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 733 N Broadway, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
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- Department of Oncology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 733 N Broadway, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
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- Department of Oncology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 733 N Broadway, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
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- Division of Translational Radiation Sciences, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Maryland, School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
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- Division of Translational Radiation Sciences, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Maryland, School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
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- Division of Translational Radiation Sciences, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Maryland, School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
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- Department of Oncology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 733 N Broadway, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
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- Department of Oncology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 733 N Broadway, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
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- Department of Oncology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 733 N Broadway, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
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Krüger K, Geist K, Stuhldreier F, Schumacher L, Blümel L, Remke M, Wesselborg S, Stork B, Klöcker N, Bormann S, Roos WP, Honnen S, Fritz G. Multiple DNA damage-dependent and DNA damage-independent stress responses define the outcome of ATR/Chk1 targeting in medulloblastoma cells. Cancer Lett 2018; 430:34-46. [PMID: 29753759 DOI: 10.1016/j.canlet.2018.05.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2017] [Revised: 05/03/2018] [Accepted: 05/08/2018] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Targeting of oncogene-driven replicative stress as therapeutic option for high-risk medullobastoma was assessed using a panel of medulloblastoma cells differing in their c-Myc expression [i.e. group SHH (c-Myc low) vs. group 3 (c-Myc high)]. High c-Myc levels were associated with hypersensitivity to pharmacological Chk1 and ATR inhibition but not to CDK inhibition nor to conventional (genotoxic) anticancer therapeutics. The enhanced sensitivity of group 3 medulloblastoma cells to Chk1 inhibitors likely results from enhanced damage to intracellular organelles, elevated replicative stress and DNA damage and activation of apoptosis/necrosis. Furthermore, Chk1 inhibition differentially affected c-Myc expression and functions. In c-Myc high cells, Chk1 blockage decreased c-Myc and p-GSK3α protein and increased p21 and GADD45A mRNA expression. By contrast, c-Myc low cells revealed increased p-GSK3β protein and CHOP and DUSP1 mRNA levels. Inhibition of Chk1 sensitized medulloblastoma cells to additional replication stress evoked by cisplatin independent of c-Myc. Importantly, Chk1 inhibition only caused minor toxicity in primary rat neurons in vitro. Collectively, targeting of ATR/Chk1 effectively triggers death in high-risk medulloblastoma, potentiates the anticancer efficacy of cisplatin and is well tolerated in non-cancerous neuronal cells.
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- Katharina Krüger
- Institute of Toxicology, Medical Faculty, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Moorenstrasse 5, 40225, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Institute of Toxicology, Medical Faculty, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Moorenstrasse 5, 40225, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular Medicine I, Medical Faculty, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Moorenstrasse 5, 40225, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Institute of Toxicology, Medical Faculty, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Moorenstrasse 5, 40225, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Clinic of Pediatric Oncology/Neuro-Oncology, Medical Faculty, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Moorenstrasse 5, 40225, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Clinic of Pediatric Oncology/Neuro-Oncology, Medical Faculty, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Moorenstrasse 5, 40225, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular Medicine I, Medical Faculty, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Moorenstrasse 5, 40225, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular Medicine I, Medical Faculty, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Moorenstrasse 5, 40225, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Institute of Neurophysiology, Medical Faculty, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Moorenstrasse 5, 40225, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Institute of Toxicology, Medical Faculty, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Moorenstrasse 5, 40225, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Institute of Toxicology, University Medical Center, Obere Zahlbacher Str. 67, 55131, Mainz, Germany
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- Institute of Toxicology, Medical Faculty, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Moorenstrasse 5, 40225, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Institute of Toxicology, Medical Faculty, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Moorenstrasse 5, 40225, Düsseldorf, Germany.
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Ischenko I, Zhi J, Hayman MJ, Petrenko O. KRAS-dependent suppression of MYC enhances the sensitivity of cancer cells to cytotoxic agents. Oncotarget 2017; 8:17995-18009. [PMID: 28152508 PMCID: PMC5392302 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.14929] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2016] [Accepted: 12/26/2016] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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KRAS is the most commonly mutated oncogene, frequently associated with some of the deadliest forms of cancer. However, the need for potent and specific KRAS inhibitors remains unmet. Here, we evaluated the effects of selected cytotoxic agents on oncogenic KRAS signaling and drug response. The data provided new insights into the functional interaction between the KRAS and MYC pathways and revealed key differences between WT and mutant KRAS expressing cells. Systematic investigation of non-small cell lung cancer cell lines revealed that KRAS mutation can paradoxically increase the sensitivity of cells to cytotoxic agents. We identify MYC as a key regulator of the cellular stress responses and tumor cell viability as MYC expression was suppressed in drug-sensitive but not resistant cells. Furthermore, this suppression was driven by hyperactive KRAS/MAPK signaling. Our findings support a direct link between MYC and cancer cell viability, and raise the possibility that inactivation of MYC may be an effective therapeutic strategy for KRAS mutant tumors across various cancer types.
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- Irene Ischenko
- Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794, USA
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- Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794, USA
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- Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794, USA
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Wang WG, Liu ZB, Jiang XN, Lee J, Zhou XY, Li XQ. MYC protein dysregulation is driven by BCR-PI3K signalling in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. Histopathology 2017. [DOI: 10.1111/his.13287] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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- Wei-Ge Wang
- Department of Pathology; Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Centre; Shanghai China
- Department of Oncology; Shanghai Medical College; Fudan University; Shanghai China
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- Department of Pathology; Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Centre; Shanghai China
- Department of Oncology; Shanghai Medical College; Fudan University; Shanghai China
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- Department of Pathology; Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Centre; Shanghai China
- Department of Oncology; Shanghai Medical College; Fudan University; Shanghai China
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- Department of Pathology; the University of Chicago; Chicago IL USA
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- Department of Pathology; Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Centre; Shanghai China
- Department of Oncology; Shanghai Medical College; Fudan University; Shanghai China
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- Department of Pathology; Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Centre; Shanghai China
- Department of Oncology; Shanghai Medical College; Fudan University; Shanghai China
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Wilzén A, Rehammar A, Muth A, Nilsson O, Tešan Tomić T, Wängberg B, Kristiansson E, Abel F. Malignant pheochromocytomas/paragangliomas harbor mutations in transport and cell adhesion genes. Int J Cancer 2015; 138:2201-11. [DOI: 10.1002/ijc.29957] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2015] [Accepted: 11/24/2015] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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- Annica Wilzén
- Department of Clinical Genetics; Institution of Biomedicine, University of Gothenburg; Gothenburg Sweden
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- Department of Mathematical Sciences; Chalmers University of Technology; Gothenburg Sweden
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- Section for Endocrine Surgery and Abdominal Sarcoma, Department of Surgery; Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Institute of Clinical Sciences, Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg; Gothenburg Sweden
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- Sahlgrenska Cancer Center, Institute of Biomedicine, Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg; Gothenburg Sweden
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- Department of Clinical Genetics; Institution of Biomedicine, University of Gothenburg; Gothenburg Sweden
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- Section for Endocrine Surgery and Abdominal Sarcoma, Department of Surgery; Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Institute of Clinical Sciences, Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg; Gothenburg Sweden
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- Department of Mathematical Sciences; Chalmers University of Technology; Gothenburg Sweden
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- Department of Clinical Genetics; Institution of Biomedicine, University of Gothenburg; Gothenburg Sweden
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Shindyapina AV, Petrunia IV, Komarova TV, Sheshukova EV, Kosorukov VS, Kiryanov GI, Dorokhov YL. Dietary methanol regulates human gene activity. PLoS One 2014; 9:e102837. [PMID: 25033451 PMCID: PMC4102594 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0102837] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2014] [Accepted: 06/23/2014] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
Abstract
Methanol (MeOH) is considered to be a poison in humans because of the alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH)-mediated conversion of MeOH to formaldehyde (FA), which is toxic. Our recent genome-wide analysis of the mouse brain demonstrated that an increase in endogenous MeOH after ADH inhibition led to a significant increase in the plasma MeOH concentration and a modification of mRNA synthesis. These findings suggest endogenous MeOH involvement in homeostasis regulation by controlling mRNA levels. Here, we demonstrate directly that study volunteers displayed increasing concentrations of MeOH and FA in their blood plasma when consuming citrus pectin, ethanol and red wine. A microarray analysis of white blood cells (WBC) from volunteers after pectin intake showed various responses for 30 significantly differentially regulated mRNAs, most of which were somehow involved in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease (AD). There was also a decreased synthesis of hemoglobin mRNA, HBA and HBB, the presence of which in WBC RNA was not a result of red blood cells contamination because erythrocyte-specific marker genes were not significantly expressed. A qRT-PCR analysis of volunteer WBCs after pectin and red wine intake confirmed the complicated relationship between the plasma MeOH content and the mRNA accumulation of both genes that were previously identified, namely, GAPDH and SNX27, and genes revealed in this study, including MME, SORL1, DDIT4, HBA and HBB. We hypothesized that human plasma MeOH has an impact on the WBC mRNA levels of genes involved in cell signaling.
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- Anastasia V. Shindyapina
- A. N. Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
- N. I. Vavilov Institute of General Genetics, Russian Academy of Science, Moscow, Russia
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- N. I. Vavilov Institute of General Genetics, Russian Academy of Science, Moscow, Russia
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- A. N. Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
- N. I. Vavilov Institute of General Genetics, Russian Academy of Science, Moscow, Russia
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- A. N. Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
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- A. N. Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
- N. I. Vavilov Institute of General Genetics, Russian Academy of Science, Moscow, Russia
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Huelsenbeck SC, Roggenkamp D, May M, Huelsenbeck J, Brakebusch C, Rottner K, Ladwein M, Just I, Fritz G, Schmidt G, Genth H. Expression and cytoprotective activity of the small GTPase RhoB induced by the Escherichia coli cytotoxic necrotizing factor 1. Int J Biochem Cell Biol 2013; 45:1767-75. [DOI: 10.1016/j.biocel.2013.05.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2013] [Revised: 05/16/2013] [Accepted: 05/21/2013] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Huelsenbeck J, May M, Schulz F, Schelle I, Ronkina N, Hohenegger M, Fritz G, Just I, Gerhard R, Genth H. Cytoprotective effect of the small GTPase RhoB expressed upon treatment of fibroblasts with the Ras-glucosylating Clostridium sordellii lethal toxin. FEBS Lett 2012; 586:3665-73. [PMID: 22982107 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2012.08.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2011] [Revised: 08/24/2012] [Accepted: 08/24/2012] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Mono-glucosylation of (H/K/N)Ras by Clostridium sordellii lethal toxin (TcsL) blocks critical survival signaling pathways, resulting in apoptosis. In this study, TcsL and K-Ras knock-down by siRNA are presented to result in expression of the cell death-regulating small GTPase RhoB. TcsL-induced RhoB expression is based on transcriptional activation involving p38(alpha) MAP kinase. Newly synthesized RhoB protein is rapidly degraded in a proteasome- and a caspase-dependent manner, providing first evidence for caspase-dependent degradation of a Rho family protein. Although often characterised as a pro-apoptotic protein, RhoB suppresses caspase-3 activation in TcsL-treated fibroblasts. The finding on the cytoprotective activity of RhoB in TcsL-treated cells re-enforces the concept that RhoB exhibits cytoprotective rather than pro-apoptotic activity in a cellular background of inactive Ras.
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Kim N, He N, Kim C, Zhang F, Lu Y, Yu Q, Stemke-Hale K, Greshock J, Wooster R, Yoon S, Mills GB. Systematic analysis of genotype-specific drug responses in cancer. Int J Cancer 2012; 131:2456-64. [PMID: 22422301 DOI: 10.1002/ijc.27529] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2011] [Accepted: 02/09/2012] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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A systematic understanding of genotype-specific sensitivity or resistance to anticancer agents is required to provide improved patient therapy. The availability of an expansive panel of annotated cancer cell lines enables comparative surveys of associations between genotypes and compounds of various target classes. Thus, one can better predict the optimal treatment for a specific tumor. Here, we present a statistical framework, cell line enrichment analysis (CLEA), to associate the response of anticancer agents with major cancer genotypes. Multilevel omics data, including transcriptome, proteome and phosphatome data, were integrated with drug data based on the genotypic classification of cancer cell lines. The results reproduced known patterns of compound sensitivity associated with particular genotypes. In addition, this approach reveals multiple unexpected associations between compounds and mutational genotypes. The mutational genotypes led to unique protein activation and gene expression signatures, which provided a mechanistic understanding of their functional effects. Furthermore, CLEA maps revealed interconnections between TP53 mutations and other mutations in the context of drug responses. The TP53 mutational status appears to play a dominant role in determining clustering patterns of gene and protein expression profiles for major cancer genotypes. This study provides a framework for the integrative analysis of mutations, drug responses and omics data in cancers.
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- Nayoung Kim
- Department of Biological Sciences, Sookmyung Women's University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Sussman MA, Völkers M, Fischer K, Bailey B, Cottage CT, Din S, Gude N, Avitabile D, Alvarez R, Sundararaman B, Quijada P, Mason M, Konstandin MH, Malhowski A, Cheng Z, Khan M, McGregor M. Myocardial AKT: the omnipresent nexus. Physiol Rev 2011; 91:1023-70. [PMID: 21742795 PMCID: PMC3674828 DOI: 10.1152/physrev.00024.2010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 180] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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One of the greatest examples of integrated signal transduction is revealed by examination of effects mediated by AKT kinase in myocardial biology. Positioned at the intersection of multiple afferent and efferent signals, AKT exemplifies a molecular sensing node that coordinates dynamic responses of the cell in literally every aspect of biological responses. The balanced and nuanced nature of homeostatic signaling is particularly essential within the myocardial context, where regulation of survival, energy production, contractility, and response to pathological stress all flow through the nexus of AKT activation or repression. Equally important, the loss of regulated AKT activity is primarily the cause or consequence of pathological conditions leading to remodeling of the heart and eventual decompensation. This review presents an overview compendium of the complex world of myocardial AKT biology gleaned from more than a decade of research. Summarization of the widespread influence that AKT exerts upon myocardial responses leaves no doubt that the participation of AKT in molecular signaling will need to be reckoned with as a seemingly omnipresent regulator of myocardial molecular biological responses.
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- Mark A Sussman
- Department of Biology, San Diego State University, SDSU Heart Institute, San Diego, California 92182, USA.
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Zhou J, Zhu Y, Zhang G, Liu N, Sun L, Liu M, Qiu M, Luo D, Tang Q, Liao Z, Zheng Y, Bi F. A distinct role of RhoB in gastric cancer suppression. Int J Cancer 2011; 128:1057-68. [PMID: 20473933 DOI: 10.1002/ijc.25445] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Although Rho family GTPases RhoA, RhoB and RhoC share more than 85% amino acid sequence identity, they may play distinct roles in tumor progression. RhoA and RhoC have been suggested to have positive effects on tumor progression, but the role of RhoB in cancer, particularly in gastric cancer, remains unclear. In our study, we have examined the expression levels of these three Rho GTPases in a large panel of specimens from gastric cancer patients by immunohistochemistry. We found that RhoA and RhoC expression were significantly elevated, while RhoB was reduced or absent, in surgically removed gastric cancer tissues when compared to normal gastric tissues. The significant reduction of RhoB expression was confirmed in another group of gastric cancer samples in comparison to the adjacent non-neoplastic tissues. Then we transfected the plasmids containing RhoA, RhoB or RhoC cDNA into two gastric cancer cell lines, SGC7901 and AGS cells, respectively. By overexpression experiments, we found that RhoA promoted the gastric cancer cell proliferation and RhoC stimulated migration and invasion of the cancer cell. RhoB expression, however, significantly inhibited the proliferation, migration and invasion of the gastric cancer cells and also enhanced the chemosensitivity of these cells to anticancer drugs. It appears that RhoB plays an opposing role from that of RhoA and/or RhoC in gastric cancer cells. Our work suggests that RhoB may play a tumor suppressor role and subsequently may have potential implications in future targeted therapy.
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- Jitao Zhou
- Department of Medical Oncology and Laboratory of Signal Transduction and Molecular Targeting Therapy, The State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, Cancer Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, People's Republic of China
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Kfir-Erenfeld S, Sionov RV, Spokoini R, Cohen O, Yefenof E. Protein kinase networks regulating glucocorticoid-induced apoptosis of hematopoietic cancer cells: fundamental aspects and practical considerations. Leuk Lymphoma 2010; 51:1968-2005. [PMID: 20849387 DOI: 10.3109/10428194.2010.506570] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Glucocorticoids (GCs) are integral components in the treatment protocols of acute lymphoblastic leukemia, multiple myeloma, and non-Hodgkin lymphoma owing to their ability to induce apoptosis of these malignant cells. Resistance to GC therapy is associated with poor prognosis. Although they have been used in clinics for decades, the signal transduction pathways involved in GC-induced apoptosis have only partly been resolved. Accumulating evidence shows that this cell death process is mediated by a communication between nuclear GR affecting gene transcription of pro-apoptotic genes such as Bim, mitochondrial GR affecting the physiology of the mitochondria, and the protein kinase glycogen synthase kinase-3 (GSK3), which interacts with Bim following exposure to GCs. Prevention of Bim up-regulation, mitochondrial GR translocation, and/or GSK3 activation are common causes leading to GC therapy failure. Various protein kinases positively regulating the pro-survival Src-PI3K-Akt-mTOR and Raf-Ras-MEK-ERK signal cascades have been shown to be activated in malignant leukemic cells and antagonize GC-induced apoptosis by inhibiting GSK3 activation and Bim expression. Targeting these protein kinases has proven effective in sensitizing GR-positive malignant lymphoid cells to GC-induced apoptosis. Thus, intervening with the pro-survival kinase network in GC-resistant cells should be a good means of improving GC therapy of hematopoietic malignancies.
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- Shlomit Kfir-Erenfeld
- The Lautenberg Center of Immunology and Cancer Research, Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel
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Pérez-Sala D, Boya P, Ramos I, Herrera M, Stamatakis K. The C-terminal sequence of RhoB directs protein degradation through an endo-lysosomal pathway. PLoS One 2009; 4:e8117. [PMID: 19956591 PMCID: PMC2780327 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0008117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2009] [Accepted: 11/05/2009] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Protein degradation is essential for cell homeostasis. Targeting of proteins for degradation is often achieved by specific protein sequences or posttranslational modifications such as ubiquitination. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS By using biochemical and genetic tools we have monitored the localization and degradation of endogenous and chimeric proteins in live primary cells by confocal microscopy and ultra-structural analysis. Here we identify an eight amino acid sequence from the C-terminus of the short-lived GTPase RhoB that directs the rapid degradation of both RhoB and chimeric proteins bearing this sequence through a lysosomal pathway. Elucidation of the RhoB degradation pathway unveils a mechanism dependent on protein isoprenylation and palmitoylation that involves sorting of the protein into multivesicular bodies, mediated by the ESCRT machinery. Moreover, RhoB sorting is regulated by late endosome specific lipid dynamics and is altered in human genetic lipid traffic disease. CONCLUSIONS/SIGNIFICANCE Our findings characterize a short-lived cytosolic protein that is degraded through a lysosomal pathway. In addition, we define a novel motif for protein sorting and rapid degradation, which allows controlling protein levels by means of clinically used drugs.
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- Dolores Pérez-Sala
- Department of Chemical and Physical Biology, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Madrid, Spain.
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Kim DM, Chung KS, Choi SJ, Jung YJ, Park SK, Han GH, Ha JS, Song KB, Choi NS, Kim HM, Won M, Seo YS. RhoB induces apoptosis via direct interaction with TNFAIP1 in HeLa cells. Int J Cancer 2009; 125:2520-7. [PMID: 19637314 DOI: 10.1002/ijc.24617] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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RhoB, a tumor suppressor, has emerged as an interesting cancer target, and extensive studies aimed at understanding its role in apoptosis have been performed. In our study, we investigated the involvement of RhoB-interacting molecules in apoptosis. To identify RhoB-interacting proteins, we performed yeast-two hybrid screening assays using RhoB as a bait and isolated TNFAIP1, a TNFalpha-induced protein containing the BTB/POZ domain. The interaction between RhoB and TNFAIP1 was demonstrated in vivo through coimmunoprecipitation studies and in vitro binding assays. RFP-TNFAIP1 was found to be partially colocalized with EGFP-RhoB. The partial colocalization of RhoB and TNFAIP1 in endosomes suggests that RhoB-TNFAIP1 interactions may have a functional role in apoptosis. TNFAIP1 elicited proapoptotic activity, while simultaneous expression of RhoB and TNFAIP1 resulted in a dramatic increase in apoptosis in HeLa cells. Furthermore, knockdown of RhoB using siRNA clearly rescued cells from apoptosis induced by TNFAIP1. This finding suggests that interactions between RhoB and TNFAIP1 are crucial for induction of apoptosis in HeLa cells. The observation of increased SAPK/JNK phosphorylation in apoptotic cells and the finding that a JNK inhibitor suppressed apoptosis indicates that SAPK/JNK signaling may be involved in apoptosis induced by RhoB-TNFAIP1 interactions. In conclusion, we found that RhoB interacts with TNFAIP1 to regulate apoptosis via a SAPK/JNK-mediated signal transduction mechanism.
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- Dong-Myung Kim
- Department of Biological Science, KAIST, Daejeon 305-701, Korea
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Bennett LB, Schnabel JL, Kelchen JM, Taylor KH, Guo J, Arthur GL, Papageorgio CN, Shi H, Caldwell CW. DNA hypermethylation accompanied by transcriptional repression in follicular lymphoma. Genes Chromosomes Cancer 2009; 48:828-41. [PMID: 19530241 DOI: 10.1002/gcc.20687] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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High-throughput microarray technologies were used to study DNA methylation accompanied by transcriptional changes in follicular lymphoma (FL). Using Methylated CpG Island Amplification with Microarrays to study CpG Island DNA methylation in FL, we discovered widespread hypermethylation of homeobox genes and previously identified targets of polycomb repressive complex 2 (PRC2) in cell lines and primary tumors, but not in benign follicular hyperplasia (BFH). DNA methylation for HOXA11, HOXD10, HOXB7, HOXC12, PAX6, LHX9, SFMBT2, EN2, and PAX7 was independently validated in the RL cell line and HOXA11, HOXD10, PAX6, and EN2 in primary tumors. Combined Bisulfite Restriction Analysis (COBRA) also established DNA methylation for the previously identified PRC2 targets DCC, DES, GAD2, AQP5, GPR61, GRIA4, GJD2, and AMPH in FL but not in BFH. Gene expression analyses revealed 411 genes that were hypermethylated and transcriptionally repressed in RL, 74% of which were reactivated by the demethylating agent 5-aza-2'-deoxycytidine (5-azaD) plus or minus the histone deacetylase inhibitor trichostatin A (TSA). Forty genes were also downregulated in primary FL. Our results suggest that extensive hypermethylation in promoters of polycomb target genes is a characteristic of FL and that loss of expression of certain SUZ12 target genes could be functionally relevant for lymphomagenesis.
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- Lynda B Bennett
- Department of Pathology and Anatomical Sciences, University of Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine, Columbia, MO 65212, USA.
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Sgk1 activates MDM2-dependent p53 degradation and affects cell proliferation, survival, and differentiation. J Mol Med (Berl) 2009; 87:1221-39. [PMID: 19756449 DOI: 10.1007/s00109-009-0525-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2009] [Revised: 08/05/2009] [Accepted: 08/20/2009] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Serum and glucocorticoid regulated kinase 1 (Sgk1) is a serine-threonine kinase that is activated by serum, steroids, insulin, vasopressin, and interleukin 2 at the transcriptional and post-translational levels. Sgk1 is also important in transduction of growth factors and steroid-dependent survival signals and may have a role in the development of resistance to cancer chemotherapy. In the present paper, we demonstrate that Sgk1 activates MDM2-dependent p53 ubiquitylation. The results were obtained in RKO cells and other cell lines by Sgk1-specific RNA silencing and were corroborated in an original mouse model as well as in transiently and in stably transfected HeLa cells expressing wild-type or dominant negative Sgk1 mutant. Sgk1 contributes to cell survival, cell-cycle progression, and epithelial de-differentiation. We also show that the effects of Sgk1 on the clonogenic potential of different cancer cells depend on the expression of wild-type p53. Since transcription of Sgk1 is activated by p53, we propose a finely tuned feedback model where Sgk1 down-regulates the expression of p53 by enhancing its mono- and polyubiquitylation.
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Mechanisms regulating the susceptibility of hematopoietic malignancies to glucocorticoid-induced apoptosis. Adv Cancer Res 2009; 101:127-248. [PMID: 19055945 DOI: 10.1016/s0065-230x(08)00406-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Glucocorticoids (GCs) are commonly used in the treatment of hematopoietic malignancies owing to their ability to induce apoptosis of these cancerous cells. Whereas some types of lymphoma and leukemia respond well to this drug, others are resistant. Also, GC-resistance gradually develops upon repeated treatments ultimately leading to refractory relapsed disease. Understanding the mechanisms regulating GC-induced apoptosis is therefore uttermost important for designing novel treatment strategies that overcome GC-resistance. This review discusses updated data describing the complex regulation of the cell's susceptibility to apoptosis triggered by GCs. We address both the genomic and nongenomic effects involved in promoting the apoptotic signals as well as the resistance mechanisms opposing these signals. Eventually we address potential strategies of clinical relevance that sensitize GC-resistant lymphoma and leukemia cells to this drug. The major target is the nongenomic signal transduction machinery where the interplay between protein kinases determines the cell fate. Shifting the balance of the kinome towards a state where Glycogen synthase kinase 3alpha (GSK3alpha) is kept active, favors an apoptotic response. Accumulating data show that it is possible to therapeutically modulate GC-resistance in patients, thereby improving the response to GC therapy.
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Liu J, Martin HJ, Liao G, Hayward SD. The Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus LANA protein stabilizes and activates c-Myc. J Virol 2007; 81:10451-9. [PMID: 17634226 PMCID: PMC2045471 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.00804-07] [Citation(s) in RCA: 98] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) latency-associated nuclear antigen (LANA) protein is functionally pleiotropic. LANA contributes to KSHV-associated pathogenesis, in part, by increasing entry of cells into S phase through a process that is driven by LANA interaction with the serine-threonine kinase glycogen synthase kinase 3 (GSK-3) and stabilization of beta-catenin. We now show that LANA affects the activity of another protein involved in cell cycle regulation, c-Myc. Sequencing of c-Myc coding sequences revealed that c-Myc in KSHV-positive primary effusion lymphoma (PEL) cell lines is wild type in the N-terminal region that regulates c-Myc protein stability. Despite this, c-Myc in PEL cells is stabilized. In LANA-expressing cells, inactivation of nuclear GSK-3 reduced phosphorylation of c-Myc at Thr58 and contributed to c-Myc stabilization by decreasing c-Myc ubiquitination. Phosphorylation of c-Myc on Ser62 also affects c-Myc stability and function. We now show that LANA increases the level of phosphorylated extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1 (ERK1) and increases ERK phosphorylation of c-Myc on Ser62. LANA also interacted with c-Myc, and c-Myc amino acids 147 to 220 were required for this interaction. LANA (L1006P) retained the ability to bind to c-Myc and activate ERK1, indicating that these events did not require LANA interaction with GSK-3. Thus, LANA stabilizes c-Myc; prevents the phosphorylation of c-Myc at Thr58, an event that promotes Myc-induced apoptosis; and independently stimulates phosphorylation of c-Myc at Ser62, an event that transcriptionally activates c-Myc. LANA-mediated manipulation of c-Myc function is likely to contribute to KSHV-associated tumorigenesis through the induction of c-Myc regulated cellular genes, as well as by the stimulation of cell cycle progression.
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- Jianyong Liu
- Viral Oncology Program, Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center, and Department of Pharmacology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Bunting-Blaustein Bldg., CRB308, 1650 Orleans St., Baltimore, MD 21231, USA
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Lee WJ, Kim DU, Lee MY, Choi KY. Identification of proteins interacting with the catalytic subunit of PP2A by proteomics. Proteomics 2007; 7:206-14. [PMID: 17163575 DOI: 10.1002/pmic.200600480] [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] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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The protein phosphatase 2A (PP2A) is a serine/threonine phosphatase involved in the regulation of multiple signaling pathways including the Wnt/beta-catenin and the ERK pathways. To understand the complex signaling networking associated with PP2A, we searched proteins interacting with the catalytic subunit of protein phosphatase 2A (PP2Ac) by a pull-down analysis followed by 2-D gel electrophoresis and proteomic analyses. The probability of identification of the proteins interacting with PP2Ac was increased by searching proteins differently interacting with PP2Ac according to stimulation of Wnt3a, which regulates both the Wnt/beta-catenin and the ERK pathways. Around 100 proteins, pulled-down by His-tagged PP2Ac, were identified in 2-D gels stained with CBB. By MALDI-TOF-MS analyses of 45 protein spots, we identified several proteins that were previously known to interact with PP2A, such as Axin and CaMK IV. In addition, we also identified many proteins that potentially interact with PP2Ac. The interactions of several candidate proteins, such as tuberous sclerosis complex 2, RhoB, R-Ras, and Nm23H2, with PP2Ac, were confirmed by in vitro binding analyses and/or coimmunoprecipitation experiments.
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- Won-Jeong Lee
- National Laboratory of Molecular Complex Control, Department of Biotechnology, College of Engineering and Protein Network Research Center, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea
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The discovery that the Myc oncoprotein could drive cells to undergo apoptosis in addition to its well-established role in cellular proliferation came in the early 1990s, at the beginning of a period of explosive research on cell death. Experimental evidence revealed that Myc sensitises cells to a wide range of death stimuli and abrogating this biological activity plays a profound role in tumorigenesis. Our understanding of the molecular mechanism and genetic programme of Myc-induced apoptosis remains shrouded in mystery and the focus of much attention. In this review, we will discuss established data, recent advances and future objectives regarding the regulatory processes and the functional cooperators that effect and abrogate apoptosis induced by Myc.
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- Natalie Meyer
- Division of Cancer Genomics and Proteomics, Ontario Cancer Institute/Princess Margaret Hospital, Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont, Canada
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