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Zhang P, Luo W, Zhang Z, Lv M, Sang L, Wen Y, Wang L, Ding C, Wu K, Li F, Nie Y, Zhu J, Liu X, Yi Y, Ding X, Zeng Y, Liu Z. A Lipid-Sensitive Spider Peptide Toxin Exhibits Selective Anti-Leukemia Efficacy through Multimodal Mechanisms. ADVANCED SCIENCE (WEINHEIM, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, GERMANY) 2024:e2404937. [PMID: 38962935 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202404937] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2024] [Revised: 06/19/2024] [Indexed: 07/05/2024]
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Anti-cancer peptides (ACPs) represent a promising potential for cancer treatment, although their mechanisms need to be further elucidated to improve their application in cancer therapy. Lycosin-I, a linear amphipathic peptide isolated from the venom of Lycosa singorensis, shows significant anticancer potential. Herein, it is found that Lycosin-I, which can self-assemble into a nanosphere structure, has a multimodal mechanism of action involving lipid binding for the selective and effective treatment of leukemia. Mechanistically, Lycosin-I selectively binds to the K562 cell membrane, likely due to its preferential interaction with negatively charged phosphatidylserine, and rapidly triggers membrane lysis, particularly at high concentrations. In addition, Lycosin-I induces apoptosis, cell cycle arrest in the G1 phase and ferroptosis in K562 cells by suppressing the PI3K-AKT-mTOR signaling pathway and activating cell autophagy at low concentrations. Furthermore, intraperitoneal injection of Lycosin-I inhibits tumor growth of K562 cells in a nude mouse xenograft model without causing side effects. Collectively, the multimodal effect of Lycosin-I can provide new insights into the mechanism of ACPs, and Lycosin-I, which is characterized by high potency and specificity, can be a promising lead for the development of anti-leukemia drugs.
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- Peng Zhang
- The National & Local Joint Engineering Laboratory of Animal Peptide Drug Development, College of Life Sciences, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, Hunan, 410081, China
- Peptide and Small Molecule Drug R&D Platform, Furong Laboratory, Changsha, Hunan, 410081, China
- Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, 410081, China
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- The National & Local Joint Engineering Laboratory of Animal Peptide Drug Development, College of Life Sciences, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, Hunan, 410081, China
- College of Biology, Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan, 410082, China
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- The National & Local Joint Engineering Laboratory of Animal Peptide Drug Development, College of Life Sciences, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, Hunan, 410081, China
- Peptide and Small Molecule Drug R&D Platform, Furong Laboratory, Changsha, Hunan, 410081, China
- Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, 410081, China
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- The National & Local Joint Engineering Laboratory of Animal Peptide Drug Development, College of Life Sciences, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, Hunan, 410081, China
- Peptide and Small Molecule Drug R&D Platform, Furong Laboratory, Changsha, Hunan, 410081, China
- Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, 410081, China
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- The National & Local Joint Engineering Laboratory of Animal Peptide Drug Development, College of Life Sciences, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, Hunan, 410081, China
- Peptide and Small Molecule Drug R&D Platform, Furong Laboratory, Changsha, Hunan, 410081, China
- Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, 410081, China
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- The National & Local Joint Engineering Laboratory of Animal Peptide Drug Development, College of Life Sciences, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, Hunan, 410081, China
- Peptide and Small Molecule Drug R&D Platform, Furong Laboratory, Changsha, Hunan, 410081, China
- Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, 410081, China
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- The National & Local Joint Engineering Laboratory of Animal Peptide Drug Development, College of Life Sciences, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, Hunan, 410081, China
- Peptide and Small Molecule Drug R&D Platform, Furong Laboratory, Changsha, Hunan, 410081, China
- Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, 410081, China
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- The National & Local Joint Engineering Laboratory of Animal Peptide Drug Development, College of Life Sciences, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, Hunan, 410081, China
- Peptide and Small Molecule Drug R&D Platform, Furong Laboratory, Changsha, Hunan, 410081, China
- Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, 410081, China
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- The National & Local Joint Engineering Laboratory of Animal Peptide Drug Development, College of Life Sciences, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, Hunan, 410081, China
- Peptide and Small Molecule Drug R&D Platform, Furong Laboratory, Changsha, Hunan, 410081, China
- Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, 410081, China
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- The National & Local Joint Engineering Laboratory of Animal Peptide Drug Development, College of Life Sciences, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, Hunan, 410081, China
- Peptide and Small Molecule Drug R&D Platform, Furong Laboratory, Changsha, Hunan, 410081, China
- Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, 410081, China
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- The National & Local Joint Engineering Laboratory of Animal Peptide Drug Development, College of Life Sciences, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, Hunan, 410081, China
- Peptide and Small Molecule Drug R&D Platform, Furong Laboratory, Changsha, Hunan, 410081, China
- Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, 410081, China
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- The National & Local Joint Engineering Laboratory of Animal Peptide Drug Development, College of Life Sciences, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, Hunan, 410081, China
- Peptide and Small Molecule Drug R&D Platform, Furong Laboratory, Changsha, Hunan, 410081, China
- Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, 410081, China
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- Department of Hematology, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410011, China
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- Department of Hematology, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Southern Medical University, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510630, China
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- The National & Local Joint Engineering Laboratory of Animal Peptide Drug Development, College of Life Sciences, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, Hunan, 410081, China
- Peptide and Small Molecule Drug R&D Platform, Furong Laboratory, Changsha, Hunan, 410081, China
- Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, 410081, China
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- The National and Local Joint Engineering Laboratory for New Petrochemical Materials and Fine Utilization of Resources, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, Hunan, 410081, China
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- The National & Local Joint Engineering Laboratory of Animal Peptide Drug Development, College of Life Sciences, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, Hunan, 410081, China
- Peptide and Small Molecule Drug R&D Platform, Furong Laboratory, Changsha, Hunan, 410081, China
- Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, 410081, China
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Wang M, Liu J, Zhao Y, Li H, Zhou J, Cheng Z, Qiu J, Wang Y, Guo H. TRIM25 participates in the fibrous tissue hyperplasia induced by ALV-J infection in chickens by targeting 14-3-3σ protein. Res Vet Sci 2023; 155:126-136. [PMID: 36682337 DOI: 10.1016/j.rvsc.2023.01.013] [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: 10/05/2022] [Revised: 01/12/2023] [Accepted: 01/13/2023] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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ALV-J-SD1005 strain was subcutaneously inoculated into the necks of 1-day-old HY-Line Brown chickens and caused severe growth retardation, viremia and subcutaneous fibrosarcomas in the necks of all infected chickens from 14 days post inoculation (DPI) to 21 DPI, and also significantly increased the expressions of TRIM25, P53, etc., but significantly decreased the expressions of 14-3-3σ, etc. Overexpression of chicken TRIM25 (chTRIM25) significantly promoted cell proliferation and improved the expressions of P53, CDC2, and CDK2 tumor factors; and significantly inhibited the expression of 14-3-3σ in ALV-J-SD1005-infected DF1 cells; but knockdown of chTRIM25 caused the opposite effects. The results of co-immunoprecipitation (Co-IP) and confocal microscopy confirmed that chTRIM25 can recognize and bind 14-3-3σ protein in ALV-J-SD1005-infected cells, and they were co-located in the cytoplasm. It can be concluded that chTRIM25 participates in the fibrous tissue hyperplasia induced by ALV-J-SD1005 infections in chickens by binding 14-3-3σ protein and regulating the expressions of 14-3-3σ, P53, CDC2, and CDK2.
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- Moyu Wang
- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Biotechnology and Disease Control and Prevention, College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an 271018, China
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- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Biotechnology and Disease Control and Prevention, College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an 271018, China
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- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Biotechnology and Disease Control and Prevention, College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an 271018, China
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- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Biotechnology and Disease Control and Prevention, College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an 271018, China
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- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Biotechnology and Disease Control and Prevention, College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an 271018, China
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- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Biotechnology and Disease Control and Prevention, College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an 271018, China
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- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Biotechnology and Disease Control and Prevention, College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an 271018, China
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- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Biotechnology and Disease Control and Prevention, College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an 271018, China
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- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Biotechnology and Disease Control and Prevention, College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an 271018, China.
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Tian W, Yuan H, Qin S, Liu W, Zhang B, Gu L, Zhou J, Deng D. Kaiso phosphorylation at threonine 606 leads to its accumulation in the cytoplasm, reducing its transcriptional repression of the tumor suppressor
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. Mol Oncol 2022; 16:3192-3209. [PMID: 35851744 PMCID: PMC9441001 DOI: 10.1002/1878-0261.13292] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2022] [Revised: 06/09/2022] [Accepted: 07/18/2022] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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- Wei Tian
- Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education/Beijing), Division of Cancer Etiology Peking University Cancer Hospital and Institute China
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- Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education/Beijing), Division of Cancer Etiology Peking University Cancer Hospital and Institute China
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- Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education/Beijing), Division of Cancer Etiology Peking University Cancer Hospital and Institute China
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- Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education/Beijing), Division of Cancer Etiology Peking University Cancer Hospital and Institute China
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- Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education/Beijing), Division of Cancer Etiology Peking University Cancer Hospital and Institute China
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- Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education/Beijing), Division of Cancer Etiology Peking University Cancer Hospital and Institute China
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- Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education/Beijing), Division of Cancer Etiology Peking University Cancer Hospital and Institute China
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- Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education/Beijing), Division of Cancer Etiology Peking University Cancer Hospital and Institute China
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14-3-3 σ: A potential biomolecule for cancer therapy. Clin Chim Acta 2020; 511:50-58. [PMID: 32950519 DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2020.09.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2020] [Revised: 09/04/2020] [Accepted: 09/09/2020] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
Abstract
As more studies have focused on the function of 14-3-3 proteins, their role in tumor progression has gradually improved. In the 14-3-3 protein family, 14-3-3σ is the protein that is most associated with tumor occurrence and development. In some malignancies, 14-3-3σ acts as a tumor suppressor via p53 and tumor suppressor genes. In most tumors, 14-3-3σ overexpression increases resistance to chemotherapy and radiotherapy and mediates the G2-M checkpoint after DNA damage. Although 14-3-3σ overexpression has been closely associated with poorer prognosis in pancreatic, gastric and colorectal cancer, its role in gallbladder and nasopharyngeal cancer remains less clear. As such, the function of 14-3-3σ in specific cancer types needs to be further clarified. It has been hypothesized that a role may be related to its molecular chaperone function combined with various protein ligands. In this review, we examine the role of 14-3-3σ in tumor development and drug resistance. We discuss the potential of targeting 14-3-3σ regulators in cancer therapy and treatment.
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Indovina P, Forte IM, Pentimalli F, Giordano A. Targeting SRC Family Kinases in Mesothelioma: Time to Upgrade. Cancers (Basel) 2020; 12:cancers12071866. [PMID: 32664483 PMCID: PMC7408838 DOI: 10.3390/cancers12071866] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2020] [Revised: 07/01/2020] [Accepted: 07/06/2020] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Malignant mesothelioma (MM) is a deadly tumor mainly caused by exposure to asbestos. Unfortunately, no current treatment is able to change significantly the natural history of the disease, which has a poor prognosis in the majority of patients. The non-receptor tyrosine kinase SRC and other SRC family kinase (SFK) members are frequently hyperactivated in many cancer types, including MM. Several works have indeed suggested that SFKs underlie MM cell proliferation, survival, motility, and invasion, overall affecting multiple oncogenic pathways. Consistently, SFK inhibitors effectively counteracted MM cancerous features at the preclinical level. Dasatinib, a multi-kinase inhibitor targeting SFKs, was also assessed in clinical trials either as second-line treatment for patients with unresectable MM or, more recently, as a neoadjuvant agent in patients with resectable MM. Here, we provide an overview of the molecular mechanisms implicating SFKs in MM progression and discuss possible strategies for a more successful clinical application of SFK inhibitors. Our aim is to stimulate discussion and further consideration of these agents in better designed preclinical and clinical studies to make the most of another class of powerful antitumoral drugs, which too often are lost in translation when applied to MM.
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- Paola Indovina
- Sbarro Institute for Cancer Research and Molecular Medicine, Center for Biotechnology, College of Science and Technology, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19122, USA;
- Institute for High Performance Computing and Networking, National Research Council of Italy (ICAR-CNR), I-80131 Naples, Italy
- Correspondence: (P.I.); (F.P.)
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- Cell Biology and Biotherapy Unit, Istituto Nazionale Tumori-IRCCS-Fondazione G. Pascale, I-80131 Naples, Italy;
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- Cell Biology and Biotherapy Unit, Istituto Nazionale Tumori-IRCCS-Fondazione G. Pascale, I-80131 Naples, Italy;
- Correspondence: (P.I.); (F.P.)
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- Sbarro Institute for Cancer Research and Molecular Medicine, Center for Biotechnology, College of Science and Technology, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19122, USA;
- Department of Medical Biotechnologies, University of Siena, I-53100 Siena, Italy
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Kaur U, Johnson DT, Jones LM. Validation of the Applicability of In-Cell Fast Photochemical Oxidation of Proteins across Multiple Eukaryotic Cell Lines. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY 2020; 31:1372-1379. [PMID: 32142260 DOI: 10.1021/jasms.0c00014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Fast photochemical oxidation of proteins (FPOP), a hydroxyl radical-based protein footprinting method, coupled to mass spectrometry has been extensively used to study protein structure and protein-protein interactions in vitro. This method utilizes hydroxyl radicals to oxidatively modify solvent-accessible amino acids and has recently been demonstrated to modify proteins within live cells (IC-FPOP) and Caenorhabditis elegans. Here, we have expanded the application of IC-FPOP into a variety of commonly used cell lines to verify the applicability of the method across various cellular systems. IC-FPOP was able to successfully modify proteins in five different cell lines (Vero, HEK 293T, CHO, MCF-10A, and MCF-7). To increase the number of oxidatively modified proteins identified, we have also employed the use of offline high pH reversed-phase liquid chromatography (RPLC) followed by concatenation and online low-pH RPLC. The coupling of IC-FPOP to 2D-LC MS/MS resulted in a 1.7-fold increase in total identifications of oxidatively modified proteins, which expanded the dynamic range of the method. This work demonstrates the efficacy of using IC-FPOP to study protein-protein interactions in cells.
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- Upneet Kaur
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland 21201, United States
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland 21201, United States
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland 21201, United States
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Song Y, Liu Y, Pan S, Xie S, Wang ZW, Zhu X. Role of the COP1 protein in cancer development and therapy. Semin Cancer Biol 2020; 67:43-52. [PMID: 32027978 DOI: 10.1016/j.semcancer.2020.02.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2019] [Revised: 01/29/2020] [Accepted: 02/01/2020] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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COP1, an E3 ubiquitin ligase, has been demonstrated to play a vital role in the regulation of cell proliferation, apoptosis and DNA repair. Accumulated evidence has revealed that COP1 is involved in carcinogenesis via targeting its substrates, including p53, c-Jun, ETS, β-catenin, STAT3, MTA1, p27, 14-3-3σ, and C/EBPα, for ubiquitination and degradation. COP1 can play tumor suppressive and oncogenic roles in human malignancies, urging us to summarize the functions of COP1 in tumorigenesis. In this review, we describe the structure of COP1 and its known substrates. Moreover, we dissect the function of COP1 by physiological (mouse models), pathological (human tumor specimens) and biochemical (ubiquitin substrates) Evidence. Furthermore, we discuss COP1 as a potential therapeutic target for cancer therapy.
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- Yizuo Song
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, 325027, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, 325027, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, 325027, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, 325027, Zhejiang, China
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- Center of Scientific Research, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, 325027, Zhejiang, China; Department of Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, 325027, Zhejiang, China.
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Ko EJ, Oh YL, Kim HY, Eo WK, Kim H, Kim KH, Koh SB, Ock MS, Choi YH, Kim A, Choi HH, Park EJ, Cha HJ. Correlation of constitutive photomorphogenic 1 (COP1) and p27 tumor suppressor protein expression in ovarian cancer. Genes Genomics 2019; 41:879-884. [PMID: 31028655 DOI: 10.1007/s13258-019-00818-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2019] [Accepted: 04/02/2019] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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BACKGROUND Constitutive photomorphogenic 1 (COP1) is an E3 ubiquitin ligase that regulates important target proteins for cell growth including p27. The tumor suppressor p27 negatively regulates the cell cycle by inhibiting cyclin-dependent kinase. COP1 negatively regulates p27 stability by mediating its nuclear export and degradation. OBJECTIVE Even if COP1 and p27 are tightly related and have significant roles in tumor progression, the expression patterns and relationship of both proteins in cancer have not yet been studied. METHOD We analyzed the expression patterns and relationship between COP1 and p27 using an ovarian cancer tissue microarray by dual immunofluorescence analysis. RESULTS The expression levels of COP1 and p27 proteins were not significantly different between ovarian cancer tissue and normal control tissue. Other clinical data including age, tumor type, tumor grade, and stage were not significantly related to expression of the two proteins. The co-relationship between COP1 and p27 proteins was significantly high (Pearson correlation coefficient 0.79, p = 8.65 × 10-22). CONCLUSIONS Our results demonstrate that while the expression levels of COP1 and p27 are highly correlated, they are not significantly related to cancer progression in ovarian cancer.
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- Eun-Ji Ko
- Department of Parasitology and Genetics, Kosin University College of Medicine, Busan, Republic of Korea.,Department of Biological Sciences, College of Natural Sciences, Pusan National University, Busan, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kosin University College of Medicine, Busan, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kosin University College of Medicine, Busan, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hallym University College of Medicine, Chuncheon, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Pusan National University School of Medicine, Busan, Republic of Korea.,Biomedical Research Institute and Pusan Cancer Center, Pusan National University Hospital, Busan, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine, Catholic University of Daegu, Daegu, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Parasitology and Genetics, Kosin University College of Medicine, Busan, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biochemistry, College of Oriental Medicine, Dongeui University, Busan, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Chicago Medical School, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, Vernon Hills, IL, USA
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Colorectal and Pelvic Floor Disease, The Sixth Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.,Research Institute of Gastroenterology, The Sixth Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Eulji Medical Center, Eulji University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
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- Department of Parasitology and Genetics, Kosin University College of Medicine, Busan, Republic of Korea.
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Wang K, Chen Z, Long L, Tao Y, Wu Q, Xiang M, Liang Y, Xie X, Jiang Y, Xiao Z, Yan Y, Qiu S, Yi B. iTRAQ-based quantitative proteomic analysis of differentially expressed proteins in chemoresistant nasopharyngeal carcinoma. Cancer Biol Ther 2018; 19:809-824. [PMID: 30067426 DOI: 10.1080/15384047.2018.1472192] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) is a highly prevalent disease in Southeast Asia. The disease is typically diagnosed in the later stages, and chemotherapy resistance often causes treatment failure. To investigate the underlying mechanisms of drug resistance, we searched for chemoresistant-associated proteins in NPC and drug-resistant NPC cell lines using isobaric tags for relative and absolute quantitation combined with nano liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry. The chemoresistant NPC cell lines CNE1DDP and CNE2DDP were resistant to 1 mg/L cisplatin, had resistant indexes of 4.58 and 2.63, respectively, and clearly grew more slowly than the NPC cell lines CNE1 and CNE2. Using three technical replicates, we identified 690 nonredundant proteins, 56 of which were differentially expressed in both groups of cell lines (CNE1 vs. CNE1DDP and CNE2 vs. CNE2DDP). Gene Ontology, KEGG pathway, and miRNA analyses and protein-protein interactions of differentially expressed proteins showed that proteins TRIM29, HSPB1, CLIC1, ANXA1, and STMN1, among others, may play a role in the mechanisms of chemoresistance in clinical therapy. The chemotherapy-resistant proteomic profiles obtained may allow the identification of novel biomarkers for early detection of chemoresistance in NPC and other cancers.
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- Kun Wang
- a Department of Clinical Laboratory , Xiangya Hospital, Central South University , Changsha , Hunan Province , China
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- a Department of Clinical Laboratory , Xiangya Hospital, Central South University , Changsha , Hunan Province , China
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- a Department of Clinical Laboratory , Xiangya Hospital, Central South University , Changsha , Hunan Province , China
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- a Department of Clinical Laboratory , Xiangya Hospital, Central South University , Changsha , Hunan Province , China
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- a Department of Clinical Laboratory , Xiangya Hospital, Central South University , Changsha , Hunan Province , China
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- a Department of Clinical Laboratory , Xiangya Hospital, Central South University , Changsha , Hunan Province , China
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- a Department of Clinical Laboratory , Xiangya Hospital, Central South University , Changsha , Hunan Province , China
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- a Department of Clinical Laboratory , Xiangya Hospital, Central South University , Changsha , Hunan Province , China
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- a Department of Clinical Laboratory , Xiangya Hospital, Central South University , Changsha , Hunan Province , China.,b Department of Clinical Laboratory , Hunan Cancer Hospital , Changsha , Hunan Province , China
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- c The Higher Educational Key Laboratory for Cancer Proteomics and Translational Medicine of Hunan Province , Xiangya Hospital, Central South University , Changsha , Hunan Province , China
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- d Department of pathology , Xiangya Hospital, Central South University , Changsha , Hunan Province , China
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- a Department of Clinical Laboratory , Xiangya Hospital, Central South University , Changsha , Hunan Province , China
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- a Department of Clinical Laboratory , Xiangya Hospital, Central South University , Changsha , Hunan Province , China
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Pentimalli F, Forte IM, Esposito L, Indovina P, Iannuzzi CA, Alfano L, Costa C, Barone D, Rocco G, Giordano A. RBL2/p130 is a direct AKT target and is required to induce apoptosis upon AKT inhibition in lung cancer and mesothelioma cell lines. Oncogene 2018; 37:3657-3671. [PMID: 29606701 DOI: 10.1038/s41388-018-0214-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2017] [Revised: 12/30/2017] [Accepted: 02/03/2018] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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The retinoblastoma (RB) protein family includes RB1/p105, RBL1/p107, and RBL2/p130, which are key factors in cell-cycle regulation and stand at the crossroads of multiple pathways dictating cell fate decisions. The role of RB proteins in apoptosis is controversial because they can inhibit or promote apoptosis depending on the context, on the apoptotic stimuli and on their intrinsic status, impacting on the response to antitumoral treatments. Here we identified RBL2/p130 as a direct substrate of the AKT kinase, a key antiapoptotic factor hyperactive in multiple cancer types. We showed that RBL2/p130 and AKT1 physically interact and AKT phosphorylates RBL2/p130 Ser941, located in the pocket domain, but not when this residue is mutated into Ala. We found that pharmacological inhibition of AKT, through the highly selective AKT inhibitor VIII (AKTiVIII), impairs RBL2/p130 Ser941 phosphorylation and increases RBL2/p130 stability, mRNA expression and nuclear levels in both lung cancer and mesothelioma cell lines, mirroring the more extensively studied effects on the p27 cell-cycle inhibitor. Consistently, AKT inhibition reduced cell viability, induced cell accumulation in G0/G1, and triggered apoptosis, which proved to be largely dependent on RBL2/p130 itself, as shown upon RBL2/p130 silencing. AKT inhibition induced RBL2/p130-dependent apoptosis also in HEK-293 cells, in which re-expression of a short hairpin-resistant RBL2/p130 was able to rescue AKTiVIII-induced apoptosis upon RBL2/p130 silencing. Our data also showed that the combination of AKT and cyclin-dependent kinases (CDK) inhibitors, which converge on the re-activation of RBL2/p130 antitumoral potential, could be a promising anticancer strategy.
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- Francesca Pentimalli
- Oncology Research Center of Mercogliano (CROM), Istituto Nazionale Tumori - IRCCS, "Fondazione G. Pascale", 80131, Napoli, Italy.
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- Oncology Research Center of Mercogliano (CROM), Istituto Nazionale Tumori - IRCCS, "Fondazione G. Pascale", 80131, Napoli, Italy
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- Oncology Research Center of Mercogliano (CROM), Istituto Nazionale Tumori - IRCCS, "Fondazione G. Pascale", 80131, Napoli, Italy
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- Sbarro Institute for Cancer Research and Molecular Medicine, Center for Biotechnology, College of Scienceand Technology, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, 19122, USA
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- Oncology Research Center of Mercogliano (CROM), Istituto Nazionale Tumori - IRCCS, "Fondazione G. Pascale", 80131, Napoli, Italy.,Department of Medicine, Surgery and Neuroscience, University of Siena, 53100, Siena, Italy
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- Oncology Research Center of Mercogliano (CROM), Istituto Nazionale Tumori - IRCCS, "Fondazione G. Pascale", 80131, Napoli, Italy
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- Oncology Research Center of Mercogliano (CROM), Istituto Nazionale Tumori - IRCCS, "Fondazione G. Pascale", 80131, Napoli, Italy
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- Oncology Research Center of Mercogliano (CROM), Istituto Nazionale Tumori - IRCCS, "Fondazione G. Pascale", 80131, Napoli, Italy.,Department of Medicine, Surgery and Neuroscience, University of Siena, 53100, Siena, Italy
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- Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Thoracic Surgery and Oncology, Istituto Nazionale Tumori "Fondazione G. Pascale"; IRCCS, 80131, Napoli, Italy
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- Sbarro Institute for Cancer Research and Molecular Medicine, Center for Biotechnology, College of Scienceand Technology, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, 19122, USA. .,Department of Medicine, Surgery and Neuroscience, University of Siena, 53100, Siena, Italy.
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Khorrami A, Sharif Bagheri M, Tavallaei M, Gharechahi J. The functional significance of 14-3-3 proteins in cancer: focus on lung cancer. Horm Mol Biol Clin Investig 2017; 32:/j/hmbci.ahead-of-print/hmbci-2017-0032/hmbci-2017-0032.xml. [PMID: 28779564 DOI: 10.1515/hmbci-2017-0032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2017] [Accepted: 07/03/2017] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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The 14-3-3 family proteins are phosphoserine/phosphothreonine binding proteins constituting a conserved class of proteins which are detected in all eukaryotic cells. In mammalians, 14-3-3 proteins have seven distinct isoforms (β, γ, ε, η, ζ, σ and τ/θ) which are involved in various cellular processes including signal transduction, cell cycle, cell proliferation, apoptosis, differentiation and survival. 14-3-3 proteins do not have a distinct catalytic activity and often regulate the activity, stability, subcellular localization and interactions of other proteins. The 14-3-3 family proteins function through interacting with their client proteins or facilitating the interaction of other proteins likely as adaptor proteins. The versatile functions of these proteins in the regulation of cell growth, cell division, cell death and cell migration make them candidate proteins for which an important role in cancer development could be envisioned. Indeed, analysis of cancer cell lines and tumor-derived tissues have indicated the differential abundance or post-translational modification of some 14-3-3 isoforms. In this review, we aimed to show how deregulation of 14-3-3 proteins contributes to initiation, establishment and progression of cancers with a particular emphasis on lung cancer. The role of these proteins in cancer-relevant processes including cell cycle, cell migration, cell-cell communication and programmed cell death will be discussed in detail.
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- Afshin Khorrami
- Human Genetics Research Center, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Human Genetics Research Center, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Human Genetics Research Center, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Human Genetics Research Center, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Tang YF, Zhang YB, Feng XD, Lin SH, Qiao N, Sun ZY, Zhou WP. Role of 14-3-3 proteins in human diseases. Shijie Huaren Xiaohua Zazhi 2017; 25:509-520. [DOI: 10.11569/wcjd.v25.i6.509] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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14-3-3 proteins are a family of highly conserved small proteins. By interacting with target proteins, 14-3-3 proteins are involved in regulating multiple cellular processes, such as signal transduction, cell cycle regulation, apoptosis, cellular metabolism, cytoskeleton organization and malignant transformation. Mounting evidence suggests that 14-3-3 proteins play an important role in a wide variety of human diseases, such as human cancers and nervous system diseases. This review aims to summarize the current knowledge on the expression, regulation and biological function of 14-3-3 to highlight the role of 14-3-3 proteins in human diseases.
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Choi HH, Phan L, Chou PC, Su CH, Yeung SCJ, Chen JS, Lee MH. COP1 enhances ubiquitin-mediated degradation of p27Kip1 to promote cancer cell growth. Oncotarget 2016; 6:19721-34. [PMID: 26254224 PMCID: PMC4637316 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.3821] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2015] [Accepted: 03/11/2015] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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p27 is a critical CDK inhibitor involved in cell cycle regulation, and its stability is critical for cell proliferation. Constitutive photomorphogenic 1 (COP1) is a RING-containing E3 ubiquitin ligase involved in regulating important target proteins for cell growth, but its biological activity in cell cycle progression is not well characterized. Here, we report that p27Kip1 levels are accumulated in G1 phase, with concurrent reduction of COP1 levels. Mechanistic studies show that COP1 directly interacts with p27 through a VP motif on p27 and functions as an E3 ligase of p27 to accelerate the ubiquitin-mediated degradation of p27. Also, COP1-p27 axis deregulation is involved in tumorigenesis. These findings define a new mechanism for posttranslational regulation of p27 and provide insight into the characteristics of COP1-overexpressing cancers.
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- Hyun Ho Choi
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.,Institute of Biosciences and Technology, Texas A&M University Health Science Center, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.,Program in Cancer Biology, The University of Texas Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at Houston, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
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- Institute of Biosciences and Technology, Texas A&M University Health Science Center, Houston, TX, USA.,Department of Cancer Emergency Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.,Institute of Biosciences and Technology, Texas A&M University Health Science Center, Houston, TX, USA.,Program in Cancer Biology, The University of Texas Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at Houston, Houston, TX, USA.,Program in Genes and Development, The University of Texas Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at Houston, Houston, TX, USA
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Turtle anoxia tolerance: Biochemistry and gene regulation. Biochim Biophys Acta Gen Subj 2015; 1850:1188-96. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagen.2015.02.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2014] [Accepted: 02/01/2015] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Choi HH, Guma S, Fang L, Phan L, Ivan C, Baggerly K, Sood A, Lee MH. Regulating the stability and localization of CDK inhibitor p27(Kip1) via CSN6-COP1 axis. Cell Cycle 2015; 14:2265-73. [PMID: 25945542 DOI: 10.1080/15384101.2015.1046655] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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The COP9 signalosome subunit 6 (CSN6), which is involved in ubiquitin-mediated protein degradation, is overexpressed in many types of cancer. CSN6 is critical in causing p53 degradation and malignancy, but its target in cell cycle progression is not fully characterized. Constitutive photomorphogenic 1 (COP1) is an E3 ubiquitin ligase associating with COP9 signalosome to regulate important target proteins for cell growth. p27 is a critical G1 CDK inhibitor involved in cell cycle regulation, but its upstream regulators are not fully characterized. Here, we show that the CSN6-COP1 link is regulating p27(Kip1) stability, and that COP1 is a negative regulator of p27(Kip1). Ectopic expression of CSN6 can decrease the expression of p27(Kip1), while CSN6 knockdown leads to p27(Kip1) stabilization. Mechanistic studies show that CSN6 interacts with p27(Kip1) and facilitates ubiquitin-mediated degradation of p27(Kip1). CSN6-mediated p27 degradation depends on the nuclear export of p27(Kip1), which is regulated through COP1 nuclear exporting signal. COP1 overexpression leads to the cytoplasmic distribution of p27, thereby accelerating p27 degradation. Importantly, the negative impact of COP1 on p27 stability contributes to elevating expression of genes that are suppressed through p27 mediation. Kaplan-Meier analysis of tumor samples demonstrates that high COP1 expression was associated with poor overall survival. These data suggest that tumors with CSN6/COP1 deregulation may have growth advantage by regulating p27 degradation and subsequent impact on p27 targeted genes.
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- Hyun Ho Choi
- a Department of Molecular and Cellular Oncology ; The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center ; Houston , TX USA
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Tudor CO, Ross KE, Li G, Vijay-Shanker K, Wu CH, Arighi CN. Construction of phosphorylation interaction networks by text mining of full-length articles using the eFIP system. Database (Oxford) 2015; 2015:bav020. [PMID: 25833953 PMCID: PMC4381107 DOI: 10.1093/database/bav020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2014] [Revised: 02/17/2015] [Accepted: 02/18/2015] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Protein phosphorylation is a reversible post-translational modification where a protein kinase adds a phosphate group to a protein, potentially regulating its function, localization and/or activity. Phosphorylation can affect protein-protein interactions (PPIs), abolishing interaction with previous binding partners or enabling new interactions. Extracting phosphorylation information coupled with PPI information from the scientific literature will facilitate the creation of phosphorylation interaction networks of kinases, substrates and interacting partners, toward knowledge discovery of functional outcomes of protein phosphorylation. Increasingly, PPI databases are interested in capturing the phosphorylation state of interacting partners. We have previously developed the eFIP (Extracting Functional Impact of Phosphorylation) text mining system, which identifies phosphorylated proteins and phosphorylation-dependent PPIs. In this work, we present several enhancements for the eFIP system: (i) text mining for full-length articles from the PubMed Central open-access collection; (ii) the integration of the RLIMS-P 2.0 system for the extraction of phosphorylation events with kinase, substrate and site information; (iii) the extension of the PPI module with new trigger words/phrases describing interactions and (iv) the addition of the iSimp tool for sentence simplification to aid in the matching of syntactic patterns. We enhance the website functionality to: (i) support searches based on protein roles (kinases, substrates, interacting partners) or using keywords; (ii) link protein entities to their corresponding UniProt identifiers if mapped and (iii) support visual exploration of phosphorylation interaction networks using Cytoscape. The evaluation of eFIP on full-length articles achieved 92.4% precision, 76.5% recall and 83.7% F-measure on 100 article sections. To demonstrate eFIP for knowledge extraction and discovery, we constructed phosphorylation-dependent interaction networks involving 14-3-3 proteins identified from cancer-related versus diabetes-related articles. Comparison of the phosphorylation interaction network of kinases, phosphoproteins and interactants obtained from eFIP searches, along with enrichment analysis of the protein set, revealed several shared interactions, highlighting common pathways discussed in the context of both diseases.
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- Catalina O Tudor
- Department of Computer and Information Sciences and Center for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA Department of Computer and Information Sciences and Center for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA
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- Department of Computer and Information Sciences and Center for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA
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- Department of Computer and Information Sciences and Center for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA
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- Department of Computer and Information Sciences and Center for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA
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- Department of Computer and Information Sciences and Center for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA Department of Computer and Information Sciences and Center for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA
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- Department of Computer and Information Sciences and Center for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA Department of Computer and Information Sciences and Center for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA
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Zhuang Y, Nguyen HT, Burow ME, Zhuo Y, El-Dahr SS, Yao X, Cao S, Flemington EK, Nephew KP, Fang F, Collins-Burow B, Rhodes LV, Yu Q, Jayawickramarajah J, Shan B. Elevated expression of long intergenic non-coding RNA HOTAIR in a basal-like variant of MCF-7 breast cancer cells. Mol Carcinog 2014; 54:1656-67. [PMID: 25328122 DOI: 10.1002/mc.22237] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2014] [Revised: 08/29/2014] [Accepted: 09/11/2014] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Epigenetic regulation of gene expression is critical to phenotypic maintenance and transition of human breast cancer cells. HOX antisense intergenic RNA (HOTAIR) is a long intergenic non-coding RNA that epigenetically represses gene expression via recruitment of enhancer of zeste homolog 2 (EZH2), a histone methyltransferase. Elevated expression of HOTAIR promotes progression of breast cancer. In the current study we examined the expression and function of HOTAIR in MCF-7-TNR cells, a derivative of the luminal-like breast cancer cell line MCF-7 that acquired resistance to TNF-α-induced cell death. The expression of HOTAIR, markers of the luminal-like and basal-like subtypes, and growth were compared between MCF-7 and MCF-7-TNR cells. These variables were further assessed upon inhibition of HOTAIR, EZH2, p38 MAPK, and SRC kinase in MCF-7-TNR cells. When compared with MCF-7 cells, MCF-7-TNR cells exhibited an increase in the expression of HOTAIR, which correlated with characteristics of a luminal-like to basal-like transition as evidenced by dysregulated gene expression and accelerated growth. MCF-7-TNR cells exhibited reduced suppressive histone H3 lysine27 trimethylation on the HOTAIR promoter. Inhibition of HOTAIR and EZH2 attenuated the luminal-like to basal-like transition in terms of gene expression and growth in MCF-7-TNR cells. Inhibition of p38 and SRC diminished HOTAIR expression and the basal-like phenotype in MCF-7-TNR cells. HOTAIR was robustly expressed in the native basal-like breast cancer cells and inhibition of HOTAIR reduced the basal-like gene expression and growth. Our findings suggest HOTAIR-mediated regulation of gene expression and growth associated with the basal-like phenotype of breast cancer cells.
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- Yan Zhuang
- Department of Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana
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- Department of Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana
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- Department of Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana
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- Kadlec Regional Medical Center, Richland, Washington
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- Department of Pediatrics, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana
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- Kadlec Regional Medical Center, Richland, Washington
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- Department of Pathology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana
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- Department of Pathology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana
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- Department of Medical Sciences, Indiana University School of Medicine, Bloomington, Indiana
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- Department of Medical Sciences, Indiana University School of Medicine, Bloomington, Indiana
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- Department of Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana
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- Genome Institute of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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- Washington State University at Spokane, Spokane, Washington
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Omatsu M, Kunimura T, Mikogami T, Shiokawa A, Masunaga A, Nagai T, Kitami A, Suzuki T, Kadokura M. Cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitors, p16 and p27, demonstrate different expression patterns in thymoma and thymic carcinoma. Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2014; 62:678-84. [PMID: 24938902 DOI: 10.1007/s11748-014-0437-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2014] [Accepted: 06/05/2014] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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OBJECTIVES The role of cell cycle inhibitors in tumorigenesis has been proven in various neoplasms; however, their roles in thymic tumors are still unclear. We examined the expression of cell cycle inhibitors such as those of the Cip/Kip family (p21, p27, and p57) and the INK-4/ARF family (p16 and p14) in thymoma and thymic carcinoma. METHODS Samples from 41 thymoma and 14 thymic carcinoma patients, and 34 normal thymic tissue samples were prepared for the study. Immunohistochemical analysis using antibodies to p21, p27, p57, p16, and p14 was carried out, and the positivity for these inhibitors in each group was estimated in terms of their subcellular location and percentage of cells showing positive staining. RESULTS Nuclear p27 showed a stepwise decrease (p < 0.0001), and the cytoplasmic p27 showed a stepwise increase (p < 0.0001) in expression level with the increase in malignancy. p16 in both the nucleus and cytoplasm showed a stepwise increase (p < 0.0001) in expression level with the increase in malignancy. However, as for p21, p57, and p14, there was almost no nuclear or cytoplasmic expression in each group. CONCLUSIONS Our findings suggest that low nuclear and high cytoplasmic p27 expression levels, and high nuclear and cytoplasmic p16 expression levels may correlate with the increase in thymic malignancy.
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- Mutsuko Omatsu
- Department of Clinico-diagnostic Pathology, Showa University Northern Yokohama Hospital, 35-1 Chigasaki-chuo, Tsuzuki-ku, Yokohama, 224-8503, Japan,
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Zhao R, Yang HY, Shin J, Phan L, Fang L, Che TF, Su CH, Yeung SCJ, Lee MH. CDK inhibitor p57 (Kip2) is downregulated by Akt during HER2-mediated tumorigenicity. Cell Cycle 2013; 12:935-43. [PMID: 23421998 DOI: 10.4161/cc.23883] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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HER2/neu oncogene is frequently deregulated in cancers, and the (PI3K)-Akt signaling is one of the major pathways in mediating HER2/neu oncogenic signal. p57 (Kip2) , an inhibitor of cyclin-depependent kinases, is pivotal in regulating cell cycle progression, but its upstream regulators remain unclear. Here we show that the HER2-Akt axis is linked to p57 (Kip2) regulation, and that Akt is a negative regulator of p57 (Kip2) . Ectopic expression of Akt can decrease the expression of p57 (Kip2) , while Akt inhibition leads to p57 (Kip2) stabilization. Mechanistic studies show that Akt interacts with p57 (Kip2) and causes cytoplasmic localization of p57 (Kip2) . Akt phosphorylates p57 on Ser 282 or Thr310. Akt activity results in destabilization of p57 by accelerating turnover rate of p57 and enhancing p57 ubiquitination. Importantly, the negative impact of HER2/Akt on p57 stability contributes to HER2-mediated cell proliferation, transformational activity and tumorigenicity. p57 restoration can attenuate these defects caused by HER2. Significantly, Kaplan-Meier analysis of tumor samples demonstrate that in tumors where HER2 expression was observed, high expression levels of p57 (Kip2) were associated with better overall survival. These data suggest that HER2/Akt is an important negative regulator of p57 (Kip2) , and that p57 restoration in HER2-overexpressing cells can reduce breast tumor growth. Our findings indicate the applicability of employing p57 regulation as a therapeutic intervention in HER2-overexpressing cancers.
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- Ruiying Zhao
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
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Zhang J, Biggar KK, Storey KB. Regulation of p53 by reversible post-transcriptional and post-translational mechanisms in liver and skeletal muscle of an anoxia tolerant turtle, Trachemys scripta elegans. Gene 2013; 513:147-55. [PMID: 23124036 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2012.10.049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2012] [Revised: 06/25/2012] [Accepted: 10/10/2012] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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The red-eared slider turtle (Trachemys scripta elegans) exhibits well-developed natural anoxia tolerance that depends on multiple biochemical adaptations, including anoxia-induced hypometabolism. We hypothesized that signaling by the p53 protein could aid in establishing the hypometabolic state by arresting the cell cycle, protecting against DNA damage as well as altering pathways of energy metabolism. Immunoblotting was used to evaluate the regulation and post-transcriptional modifications of p53 in liver and skeletal muscle of red-eared slider turtles subjected to 5h or 20h of anoxic submergence. Tissue specific regulation of p53 was observed with the liver showing a more rapid activation of p53 in response to anoxia as well as differential expression of seven serine phosphorylation and two lysine acetylation sites when compared with skeletal muscle. Protein expression of MDM2, a major p53 inhibitor, was also examined but did not change during anoxia. Reverse-transcriptase PCR was used to assess transcript levels of selected p53 target genes (14-3-3σ, Gadd45α and Pgm) and one microRNA (miR-34a); results showed down-regulation of Pgm and up-regulation of the other three. These findings show an activation of p53 in response to anoxia exposure and suggest an important role for the p53 stress response pathway in regulating natural anoxia tolerance and hypometabolism in a vertebrate facultative anaerobe.
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- Jing Zhang
- Institute of Biochemistry and Department of Biology, Carleton University, 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, ON, Canada K1S 5B6
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Weber SS, Parente AFA, Borges CL, Parente JA, Bailão AM, de Almeida Soares CM. Analysis of the secretomes of Paracoccidioides mycelia and yeast cells. PLoS One 2012; 7:e52470. [PMID: 23272246 PMCID: PMC3525554 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0052470] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2012] [Accepted: 11/13/2012] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Paracoccidioides, a complex of several phylogenetic species, is the causative agent of paracoccidioidomycosis. The ability of pathogenic fungi to develop a multifaceted response to the wide variety of stressors found in the host environment is important for virulence and pathogenesis. Extracellular proteins represent key mediators of the host-parasite interaction. To analyze the expression profile of the proteins secreted by Paracoccidioides, Pb01 mycelia and yeast cells, we used a proteomics approach combining two-dimensional electrophoresis with matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-Q-TOF MS/MS). From three biological replicates, 356 and 388 spots were detected, in mycelium and yeast cell secretomes, respectively. In this study, 160 non-redundant proteins/isoforms were indentified, including 30 and 24 proteins preferentially secreted in mycelia and yeast cells, respectively. In silico analyses revealed that 65% of the identified proteins/isoforms were secreted primarily via non-conventional pathways. We also investigated the influence of protein export inhibition in the phagocytosis of Paracoccidioides by macrophages. The addition of Brefeldin A to the culture medium significantly decreased the production of secreted proteins by both Paracoccidioides and internalized yeast cells by macrophages. In contrast, the addition of concentrated culture supernatant to the co-cultivation significantly increased the number of internalized yeast cells by macrophages. Importantly, the proteins detected in the fungal secretome were also identified within macrophages. These results indicate that Paracoccidioides extracellular proteins are important for the fungal interaction with the host.
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- Simone Schneider Weber
- Laboratório de Biologia Molecular, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Goiás, Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Biologia Molecular, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Goiás, Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Biologia Molecular, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Goiás, Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Biologia Molecular, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Goiás, Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Biologia Molecular, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Goiás, Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Biologia Molecular, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Goiás, Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil
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Xue Y, Chen J, Choi HH, Phan L, Chou PC, Zhao R, Yang H, Santiago J, Liu M, Yeung GE, Yeung SCJ, Lee MH. HER2-Akt signaling in regulating COP9 signalsome subunit 6 and p53. Cell Cycle 2012; 11:4181-90. [PMID: 23095642 DOI: 10.4161/cc.22413] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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HER2/neu oncogene is frequently overexpressed in various types of cancer, and the (PI3K)-Akt signaling pathway is often activated in HER2-overexpressing cancer cells. CSN6, subunit 6 of the COP9 signalosome complex, is pivotal in regulating MDM2 to destabilize p53, but its upstream regulators remain unclear. Here we show that the HER2-Akt axis is linked to CSN6 regulation, and that Akt is a positive regulator of CSN6. Ectopic expression of Akt can increase the expression of CSN6; accordingly, Akt inhibition leads to CSN6 destabilization. Mechanistic studies show that Akt causes CSN6 phosphorylation at Ser 60, which, in turn, reduces ubiquitin-mediated protein degradation of CSN6. Significantly, Akt's positive impact on CSN6 elevation translates into p53 degradation, potentiating transformational activity and increasing DNA damage. Akt inhibition can attenuate these defects caused by CSN6. These data suggest that Akt is an important positive regulator of CSN6, and that activation of Akt in many types of cancer could lead to abnormal elevation of CSN6 and result in downregulated p53 and increased DNA damage, which promotes cancer cell growth.
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- Yuwen Xue
- Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China
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Rim HK, Lee HW, Choi IS, Park JY, Choi HW, Choi JH, Cho YW, Lee JY, Lee KT. T-type Ca2+ channel blocker, KYS05047 induces G1 phase cell cycle arrest by decreasing intracellular Ca2+ levels in human lung adenocarcinoma A549 cells. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2012; 22:7123-6. [PMID: 23079520 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2012.09.076] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2012] [Revised: 09/04/2012] [Accepted: 09/21/2012] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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In a previous study, we found that the 3,4-dihydroquinazoline derivative, 4-(Benzylcarbamoylmethyl)-2-(biphenyl-4-ylamino)-3-(5-tert-butyloxycarbamoyl-1-pentyl)-3,4-dihydroquinazoline (KYS05047), was a selective T-type Ca(2+) channel blocker with anti-proliferative effects against various cancer cells. However, the mechanism responsible for its effects has not been studied. In this study, we investigated the effect of KYS05047 on cell cycle arrest and the mechanisms involved in human lung adenocarcinoma A549 cells. Among the G(1) phase cell cycle-related proteins examined, the levels of cyclin-dependent protein kinase (Cdk2) and Cdk4 were reduced by KYS05047 (7 μM), whereas the steady-state levels of cyclin D1 and E were unaffected. In addition, KYS05047 increased the protein level of p27(KIP1) and suppressed the kinase activities of Cdk2 and Cdk4. In addition, pretreatment with KCl, which increases intracellular Ca(2+) levels, prevented KYS05047-induced intracellular Ca(2+) decreases and cell cycle arrest. Furthermore, the administration of KYS05047 (2 or 10 mg/kg, po) for 21 days was also found to significantly inhibit tumor growth in an A549 xenograft nude mice model. In conclusion, our results suggested that KYS05047 induced G(1) phase cell cycle arrest in A549 cells associated with a decrease in intracellular Ca(2+) concentrations and inhibited the in vivo tumor growth of A549 xenograft mice.
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- Hong-Kun Rim
- Department of Pharmaceutical Biochemistry, Kyung Hee University, 1 Hoegi-dong, Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul 130-701, Republic of Korea
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Zhou NN, Tang J, Chen WD, Feng GK, Xie BF, Liu ZC, Yang D, Zhu XF. Houttuyninum, an active constituent of Chinese herbal medicine, inhibits phosphorylation of HER2/neu receptor tyrosine kinase and the tumor growth of HER2/neu-overexpressing cancer cells. Life Sci 2012; 90:770-5. [PMID: 22525372 DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2012.03.035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2011] [Revised: 03/15/2012] [Accepted: 03/28/2012] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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AIMS The overexpression of HER2/neu receptor plays a key role in tumorigenesis and tumor progression. Small molecules targeting HER2/neu have therapeutic value in cancers that overexpress HER2. In this present study, the effect of houttuyninum, a component in the Chinese herbal medicine Houttuynia cordata Thunb, on HER2/neu tyrosine phosphorylation and its in vivo antitumour activity was investigated. MAIN METHODS The phosphorylation and expression of proteins were determined by Western blot analysis. The MTT assay was employed to examine the inhibition of cell proliferation in vitro. Xenografts were established in nude mice for evaluating the antitumour activity of houttuyninum in vivo. KEY FINDINGS Houttuyninum inhibited phosphorylation of HER2 in a dose-dependent manner with an IC50 of 5.52 μg/ml without reducing HER2/neu protein expression in MDA-MB-453 cells. Houttuyninum also inhibited the activation of ERK1/2 and AKT, downstream molecules in the HER2/neu-mediated signal transduction pathway. In contrast, tyrosine phosphorylation of EGFR was unaffected when the concentration of houttuyninum was increased to 40 μg/ml in both A431 cells and MDA-MB-468 cells. Additionally, houttuyninum preferentially inhibited the growth of MDA-MB-453 cells that overexpressed HER2/neu; the MDA-MB-468 cells that overexpress EGFR remained unaffected. Administration of houttuyninum in vivo resulted in a significant reduction of phosphorylated HER2 levels and in tumor volumes of the BT474 and N87 xenografts, which both overexpress HER2/neu. SIGNIFICANCE Our findings showed that houttuyninum can inhibit the HER2/neu signalling pathway and the tumor growth of cancer cells that overexpress HER2/neu. This drug may provide therapeutic value in the treatment of cancers that involve overexpression of HER2/neu.
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- Ning-Ning Zhou
- State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Cancer Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510060, PR China
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Bailey TA, Luan H, Clubb RJ, Naramura M, Band V, Raja SM, Band H. Mechanisms of Trastuzumab resistance in ErbB2-driven breast cancer and newer opportunities to overcome therapy resistance. J Carcinog 2011; 10:28. [PMID: 22190870 PMCID: PMC3243087 DOI: 10.4103/1477-3163.90442] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2011] [Accepted: 10/20/2011] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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The Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor 2 (Her2, ErbB2 or Neu) is overexpressed in about 20 – 25% of breast cancers and is causally linked to oncogenesis, providing opportunities for targeted therapy. Trastuzumab (Herceptin™, Genentech Inc, San Francisco, CA), a humanized monoclonal antibody against ErbB2, is a successful example of this concept and has vastly improved the response to treatment and overall survival in a majority of ErbB2+ breast cancer patients. However, lack of response in some patients as well as relapse during the course of therapy in others, continue to challenge researchers and clinicians alike towards a better understanding of the fundamental mechanisms of Trastuzumab action and resistance to treatment. The exact in vivo mechanism of action of Trastuzumab remains enigmatic, given its direct effects on the ErbB2 signaling pathway as well as indirect contributions from the immune system, by virtue of the ability of Trastuzumab to elicit Antibody-Dependent Cellular Cytotoxicity. Consequently, multiple mechanisms of resistance have been proposed. We present here a comprehensive review of our current understanding of the mechanisms, both of Trastuzumab action and clinical resistance to Trastuzumab-based therapies. We also review newer strategies (based on ErbB2 receptor biology) that are being explored to overcome resistance to Trastuzumab therapy.
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- Tameka A Bailey
- Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer and Allied Diseases, College of Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, 985950 Nebraska Medical Center Omaha, NE, USA
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The constitutive photomorphogenesis 9 signalosome (COP9 or CSN) is an evolutionarily conserved multiprotein complex found in plants and animals. Because of the homology between the COP9 signalosome and the 19S lid complex of the proteosome, COP9 has been postulated to play a role in regulating the degradation of polyubiquitinated proteins. Many tumor suppressor and oncogene products are regulated by ubiquitination- and proteosome-mediated protein degradation. Therefore, it is conceivable that COP9 plays a significant role in cancer, regulating processes relevant to carcinogenesis and cancer progression (e.g., cell cycle control, signal transduction and apoptosis). In mammalian cells, it consists of eight subunits (CSN1 to CSN8). The relevance and importance of some subunits of COP9 to cancer are emerging. However, the mechanistic regulation of each subunit in cancer remains unclear. Among the CSN subunits, CSN5 and CSN6 are the only two that each contain an MPN (Mpr1p and Pad1p N-terminal) domain. The deneddylation activity of an MPN domain toward cullin-RING ubiquitin ligases (CRL) may coordinate CRL-mediated ubiquitination activity. More recent evidence shows that CSN5 and CSN6 are implicated in ubiquitin-mediated proteolysis of important mediators in carcinogenesis and cancer progression. Here, we discuss the mechanisms by which some CSN subunits are involved in cancer to provide a much needed perspective regarding COP9 in cancer research, hoping that these insights will lay the groundwork for cancer intervention.
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- Mong-Hong Lee
- The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.
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Gardino AK, Yaffe MB. 14-3-3 proteins as signaling integration points for cell cycle control and apoptosis. Semin Cell Dev Biol 2011; 22:688-95. [PMID: 21945648 DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2011.09.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 206] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2011] [Accepted: 09/09/2011] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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14-3-3 proteins play critical roles in the regulation of cell fate through phospho-dependent binding to a large number of intracellular proteins that are targeted by various classes of protein kinases. 14-3-3 proteins play particularly important roles in coordinating progression of cells through the cell cycle, regulating their response to DNA damage, and influencing life-death decisions following internal injury or external cytokine-mediated cues. This review focuses on 14-3-3-dependent pathways that control cell cycle arrest and recovery, and the influence of 14-3-3 on the apoptotic machinery at multiple levels of regulation. Recognition of 14-3-3 proteins as signaling integrators that connect protein kinase signaling pathways to resulting cellular phenotypes, and their exquisite control through feedforward and feedback loops, identifies new drug targets for human disease, and highlights the emerging importance of using systems-based approaches to understand signal transduction events at the network biology level.
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- Alexandra K Gardino
- Department of Biology, David H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute for Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
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New pyrazolo[3,4-d]pyrimidine SRC inhibitors induce apoptosis in mesothelioma cell lines through p27 nuclear stabilization. Oncogene 2011; 31:929-38. [PMID: 21785466 DOI: 10.1038/onc.2011.286] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Malignant mesothelioma (MM) is a highly aggressive tumor of the serous membranes for which there is currently no effective curative modality. Recent data suggest that hyperactivation of the tyrosine kinase SRC has a key role in MM development and therefore this kinase represents an important molecular target for MM therapy. We tested new pyrazolo[3,4-d]pyrimidine SRC inhibitors on a panel of MM cell lines expressing the active form of SRC. These SRC inhibitors exerted a significant proapoptotic effect on MM cells without affecting the normal mesothelial cell line MET-5A, supporting a possible use of these SRC inhibitors for a safe treatment of MM. We also showed that SRC inhibitor-induced apoptosis occurred concomitantly with an increase in the nuclear stability of the cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor p27. This finding is remarkable considering that loss of nuclear p27 expression is a well-established adverse prognostic factor in MM, and p27 nuclear localization is crucial for its tumor-suppressive function. Consistently, SRC inhibition seems to promote the increase in p27 nuclear level also by inactivating the AKT kinase and downregulating cyclin D1, which would otherwise delay p27 nuclear import and provoke its cytoplasmic accumulation. To determine whether p27 stabilization has a direct role in apoptosis induced by SRC inhibition, we stably silenced the CDKN1B gene, encoding p27, in MSTO-211H and REN mesothelioma cells by transduction with lentiviral vectors expressing short hairpin RNAs against the CDKN1B transcript. Strikingly, p27 silencing was able to suppress the apoptosis induced by these SRC inhibitors in both MM cell lines, suggesting that p27 has a crucial proapoptotic role in MM cells treated with SRC inhibitors. Our findings reveal a new mechanism, dependent on p27 nuclear stabilization, by which SRC inhibition can induce apoptosis in MM cells and provide a new rationale for the use of SRC inhibitors in MM therapy.
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Su CH, Zhao R, Zhang F, Qu C, Chen B, Feng YH, Phan L, Chen J, Wang H, Wang H, Yeung SCJ, Lee MH. 14-3-3sigma exerts tumor-suppressor activity mediated by regulation of COP1 stability. Cancer Res 2011; 71:884-94. [PMID: 21135113 PMCID: PMC3358120 DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-10-2518] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Constitutive photomorphogenic 1 (COP1) is a p53-targeting E3 ubiquitin ligase that is downregulated by DNA damage through mechanisms that remain obscure. Here, we report that COP1 is not downregulated following DNA damage in 14-3-3σ null cells, implicating 14-3-3σ as a critical regulator in the response of COP1 to DNA damage. We also identified that 14-3-3σ, a p53 target gene product, interacted with COP1 and controlled COP1 protein stability after DNA damage. Mechanistic studies revealed that 14-3-3σ enhanced COP1 self-ubiquitination, thereby preventing COP1-mediated p53 ubiquitination, degradation, and transcriptional repression. In addition, we found that COP1 expression promoted cell proliferation, cell transformation, and tumor progression, manifesting its role in cancer promotion, whereas 14-3-3σ negatively regulated COP1 function and prevented tumor growth in a mouse xenograft model of human cancer. Immunohistochemical analysis of clinical breast and pancreatic cancer specimens demonstrated that COP1 protein levels were inversely correlated with 14-3-3σ protein levels. Together, our findings define a mechanism for posttranslational regulation of COP1 after DNA damage that can explain the correlation between COP1 overexpression and 14-3-3σ downregulation during tumorigenesis.
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- Chun-Hui Su
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Oncology, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA
- Programin Genes & Development, The University of Texas Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at Houston, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Oncology, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA
- Programin Genes & Development, The University of Texas Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at Houston, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Oncology, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Oncology, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Oncology, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA
- Department of Surgical Oncology, the First Affiliated Hospital, China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning 110001, China
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Oncology, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA
- Department of Oncology, Chi-Mei Medical Center, Tainan 710, Taiwan
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Oncology, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Oncology, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Department of GI Medical Oncology, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Department of Pathology, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Department of General Internal Medicine, Ambulatory Treatment, and Emergency Care, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA
- Department of Endocrine Neoplasia and Hormonal Disorders, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Oncology, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA
- Programin Genes & Development, The University of Texas Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at Houston, Houston, TX 77030, USA
- Program in Cancer Biology, The University of Texas Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at Houston, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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Zhang Y, Li TS, Lee ST, Wawrowsky KA, Cheng K, Galang G, Malliaras K, Abraham MR, Wang C, Marbán E. Dedifferentiation and proliferation of mammalian cardiomyocytes. PLoS One 2010; 5:e12559. [PMID: 20838637 PMCID: PMC2933247 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0012559] [Citation(s) in RCA: 146] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2010] [Accepted: 08/05/2010] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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Background It has long been thought that mammalian cardiomyocytes are terminally-differentiated and unable to proliferate. However, myocytes in more primitive animals such as zebrafish are able to dedifferentiate and proliferate to regenerate amputated cardiac muscle. Methodology/Principal Findings Here we test the hypothesis that mature mammalian cardiomyocytes retain substantial cellular plasticity, including the ability to dedifferentiate, proliferate, and acquire progenitor cell phenotypes. Two complementary methods were used: 1) cardiomyocyte purification from rat hearts, and 2) genetic fate mapping in cardiac explants from bi-transgenic mice. Cardiomyocytes isolated from rodent hearts were purified by multiple centrifugation and Percoll gradient separation steps, and the purity verified by immunostaining and RT-PCR. Within days in culture, purified cardiomyocytes lost their characteristic electrophysiological properties and striations, flattened and began to divide, as confirmed by proliferation markers and BrdU incorporation. Many dedifferentiated cardiomyocytes went on to express the stem cell antigen c-kit, and the early cardiac transcription factors GATA4 and Nkx2.5. Underlying these changes, inhibitory cell cycle molecules were suppressed in myocyte-derived cells (MDCs), while microRNAs known to orchestrate proliferation and pluripotency increased dramatically. Some, but not all, MDCs self-organized into spheres and re-differentiated into myocytes and endothelial cells in vitro. Cell fate tracking of cardiomyocytes from 4-OH-Tamoxifen-treated double-transgenic MerCreMer/ZEG mouse hearts revealed that green fluorescent protein (GFP) continues to be expressed in dedifferentiated cardiomyocytes, two-thirds of which were also c-kit+. Conclusions/Significance Contradicting the prevailing view that they are terminally-differentiated, postnatal mammalian cardiomyocytes are instead capable of substantial plasticity. Dedifferentiation of myocytes facilitates proliferation and confers a degree of stemness, including the expression of c-kit and the capacity for multipotency.
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- Yiqiang Zhang
- Heart Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- Department of Molecular Medicine, Beckman Research Institute, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, California, United States of America
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- Heart Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
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- Heart Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
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- Department of Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
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- Heart Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
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- Heart Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
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- Heart Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, Beckman Research Institute, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, California, United States of America
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- Heart Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
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Lai TC, Chou HC, Chen YW, Lee TR, Chan HT, Shen HH, Lee WT, Lin ST, Lu YC, Wu CL, Chan HL. Secretomic and Proteomic Analysis of Potential Breast Cancer Markers by Two-Dimensional Differential Gel Electrophoresis. J Proteome Res 2010; 9:1302-22. [DOI: 10.1021/pr900825t] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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- Tzu-Chia Lai
- Institute of Bioinformatics and Structural Biology, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan, and Industrial Technology Research Institute, Hsinchu, Taiwan
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- Institute of Bioinformatics and Structural Biology, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan, and Industrial Technology Research Institute, Hsinchu, Taiwan
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- Institute of Bioinformatics and Structural Biology, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan, and Industrial Technology Research Institute, Hsinchu, Taiwan
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- Institute of Bioinformatics and Structural Biology, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan, and Industrial Technology Research Institute, Hsinchu, Taiwan
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- Institute of Bioinformatics and Structural Biology, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan, and Industrial Technology Research Institute, Hsinchu, Taiwan
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- Institute of Bioinformatics and Structural Biology, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan, and Industrial Technology Research Institute, Hsinchu, Taiwan
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- Institute of Bioinformatics and Structural Biology, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan, and Industrial Technology Research Institute, Hsinchu, Taiwan
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- Institute of Bioinformatics and Structural Biology, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan, and Industrial Technology Research Institute, Hsinchu, Taiwan
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- Institute of Bioinformatics and Structural Biology, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan, and Industrial Technology Research Institute, Hsinchu, Taiwan
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- Institute of Bioinformatics and Structural Biology, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan, and Industrial Technology Research Institute, Hsinchu, Taiwan
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- Institute of Bioinformatics and Structural Biology, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan, and Industrial Technology Research Institute, Hsinchu, Taiwan
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Oh JE, Jang DH, Kim H, Kang HK, Chung CP, Park WH, Min BM. alpha3beta1 integrin promotes cell survival via multiple interactions between 14-3-3 isoforms and proapoptotic proteins. Exp Cell Res 2009; 315:3187-200. [PMID: 19683525 DOI: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2009.08.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2009] [Revised: 07/11/2009] [Accepted: 08/03/2009] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Laminin-5 and alpha3beta1 integrin promote keratinocyte survival; however, the downstream signaling pathways for laminin-5/alpha3beta1 integrin-mediated cell survival had not been fully established. We report the unexpected finding of multiple interactions between 14-3-3 isoforms and proapoptotic proteins in the survival signaling pathway. Ln5-P4 motif within human laminin-5 alpha3 chain promotes cell survival and anti-apoptosis by inactivating Bad and YAP. This effect is achieved through the formation of 14-3-3zeta/p-Bad and 14-3-3sigma/p-YAP complexes, which is initiated by alpha3beta1 integrin and FAK/PI3K/Akt signaling. These complexes result in cytoplasmic sequestration of Bad and YAP and their subsequent inactivation. An increase in Akt1 activity in cells induces 14-3-3zeta and sigma, p-Bad, and p-YAP, promoting cell survival, whereas decreasing Akt activity suppresses the same proteins and inhibits cell survival. Suppression of 14-3-3zeta with RNA-interference inhibits cell viability and promotes apoptosis. These results reveal a new mechanism of cell survival whereby the formation of 14-3-3zeta/p-Bad and 14-3-3sigma/p-YAP complexes is initiated by laminin-5 stimulation via the alpha3beta1 integrin and FAK/PI3K/Akt signaling pathways, thereby resulting in cell survival and anti-apoptosis.
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- Ju-Eun Oh
- Department of Oral Biochemistry and Program of Craniomaxillofacial Reconstruction Science, Dental Research Institute, BK21 CLS, and IBEC, Seoul National University School of Dentistry, Seoul 110-749, Korea
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Zhang M, Yang H. Negative growth regulators of the cell cycle machinery and cancer. PATHOPHYSIOLOGY 2009; 16:305-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.pathophys.2009.02.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Wang X, Chen Y, Han QB, Chan CY, Wang H, Liu Z, Cheng CHK, Yew DT, Lin MCM, He ML, Xu HX, Sung JJY, Kung HF. Proteomic identification of molecular targets of gambogic acid: role of stathmin in hepatocellular carcinoma. Proteomics 2009; 9:242-53. [PMID: 19086098 DOI: 10.1002/pmic.200800155] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Gamboge has been developed as an injectable drug for cancer treatment in China. In this study, the inhibition ratio and their IC(50) values of two derivatives from Gamboge in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) were determined. Proteomic approach was employed to reveal the target proteins of these two derivatives, gambogic acid (GA), and gambogenic acid (GEA). HCC cells were cultured under varied conditions with the addition of either GA or GEA. Twenty differentially expressed proteins were identified and the four most distinctly expressed proteins were further validated by Western blotting. GA and GEA revealed inhibitory effects on HCC cell proliferation. The expression of cyclin-dependent kinase 4 inhibitor A and guanine nucleotide-binding protein beta subunit 1 were upregulated by both xanthones, whilst the expression of 14-3-3 protein sigma and stathmin 1 (STMN1) were downregulated. Furthermore, overexpression of STMN1 in HCC cells decreased their sensitivity, whilst small interfering RNAs targeting STMN1 enhanced their sensitivity to GA and GEA. In conclusion, our study suggested for the first time that STMN1 might be a major target for GA and GEA in combating HCC. Further investigation may lead to a new generation of anticancer drugs exerting synergistic effect with conventional therapy, thus to promote treatment efficacy.
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- Xin Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Oncology in Southern China and Stanley Ho Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong
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Anticancer effect of celecoxib via COX-2 dependent and independent mechanisms in human gastric cancers cells. Dig Dis Sci 2009; 54:1418-24. [PMID: 18923901 DOI: 10.1007/s10620-008-0510-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2008] [Accepted: 08/22/2008] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) inhibitors cause growth inhibition of human gastric carcinoma cells, but it remains unclear whether this is both COX-2 dependent and independent. The related mechanisms remain to be determined. Both low COX-2 expressing gastric carcinoma and high COX-2 expressing gastric carcinoma cells were used to study the effect and mechanisms of celecoxib on gastric carcinoma cell growth. Celecoxib resulted in comparable growth inhibition in AGS cells with stable transfections of small interfering RNA (siRNA) against COX-2 (SAC) and negative control vector (NC) cells. Simultaneously, celecoxib resulted in significant reduction of Bcl-2 and significant increase of p21(WAF1) and p27(KIP1) in SAC and NC cells. The present study shows that celecoxib causes growth inhibition of gastric carcinoma cells by decreasing Bcl-2 of cyclooxygenase-2-dependent pathway, and by increasing p21(WAF1) and p27(KIP1) of cyclooxygenase-2-independent pathway. These data extend our knowledge on the effect and mechanisms of celecoxib-induced inhibition of gastric carcinoma cell growth.
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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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Tazzari PL, Tabellini G, Bortul R, Papa V, Evangelisti C, Grafone T, Martinelli G, McCubrey JA, Martelli AM. The insulin-like growth factor-I receptor kinase inhibitor NVP-AEW541 induces apoptosis in acute myeloid leukemia cells exhibiting autocrine insulin-like growth factor-I secretion. Leukemia 2007; 21:886-96. [PMID: 17361225 DOI: 10.1038/sj.leu.2404643] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) and its receptor (IGF-IR) have been implicated in the pathophysiology of many human cancers, including those of hematopoietic lineage. We investigated the therapeutic potential of the novel IGF-IR tyrosine kinase activity inhibitor, NVP-AEW541, on human acute myeloid leukemia (AML) cells. NVP-AEW541 was tested on a HL60 cell subclone, which is dependent on autocrine secretion of IGF-I for survival and drug resistance, as well as primary drug resistant leukemia cells. NVP-AEW541 treatment (24 h) induced dephosphorylation of IGF-IR. NVP-AEW541 also caused Akt dephosphorylation and changes in the expression of key regulatory proteins of the cell cycle. At longer incubation times (48 h), NVP-AEW541-induced apoptotic cell death, as demonstrated by caspase-3 cleavage. Apoptosis was accompanied by decreased expression of anti-apoptotic proteins. NVP-AEW541 enhanced sensitivity of HL60 cells to either cytarabine or etoposide. Moreover, NVP-AEW541 reduced the clonogenic capacity of AML CD34(+) cells cultured in the presence of IGF-I. Chemoresistant AML blasts displayed enhanced IGF-I secretion, and were sensitized to etoposide-induced apoptosis by NVP-AEW541. Our findings indicate that NVP-AEW541 might be a promising therapeutic agent for the treatment of those AML cases characterized by IGF-I autocrine secretion.
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- P L Tazzari
- Servizio di Immunoematologia e Trasfusionale, Policlinico S.Orsola-Malpighi, Bologna, Italy
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Jemal A, Siegel R, Ward E, Murray T, Xu J, Thun MJ. Cancer statistics, 2007. CA Cancer J Clin 2007; 1785:156-81. [PMID: 17237035 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbcan.2007.12.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2007] [Revised: 12/02/2007] [Accepted: 12/03/2007] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Each year, the American Cancer Society (ACS) estimates the number of new cancer cases and deaths expected in the United States in the current year and compiles the most recent data on cancer incidence, mortality, and survival based on incidence data from the National Cancer Institute, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the North American Association of Central Cancer Registries and mortality data from the National Center for Health Statistics. This report considers incidence data through 2003 and mortality data through 2004. Incidence and death rates are age-standardized to the 2000 US standard million population. A total of 1,444,920 new cancer cases and 559,650 deaths for cancers are projected to occur in the United States in 2007. Notable trends in cancer incidence and mortality rates include stabilization of the age-standardized, delay-adjusted incidence rates for all cancers combined in men from 1995 through 2003; a continuing increase in the incidence rate by 0.3% per year in women; and a 13.6% total decrease in age-standardized cancer death rates among men and women combined between 1991 and 2004. This report also examines cancer incidence, mortality, and survival by site, sex, race/ethnicity, geographic area, and calendar year, as well as the proportionate contribution of selected sites to the overall trends. While the absolute number of cancer deaths decreased for the second consecutive year in the United States (by more than 3,000 from 2003 to 2004) and much progress has been made in reducing mortality rates and improving survival, cancer still accounts for more deaths than heart disease in persons under age 85 years. Further progress can be accelerated by supporting new discoveries and by applying existing cancer control knowledge across all segments of the population.
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- Ahmedin Jemal
- Cancer Occurrence, Department of Epidemiology and Surveillance Research, American Cancer Society, Atlanta, GA, USA
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The 14-3-3 sigma (sigma) protein, a unique member of 14-3-3 family, is a negative regulator of the cell cycle and is induced by p53 to initiate cell cycle checkpoint control after DNA damage. Among the 14-3-3 family members, 14-3-3 sigma is uniquely induced by p53 and has a positive feedback effect on p53 activity in response to DNA damage. Although 14-3-3 sigma is linked to p53-regulated cell cycle checkpoint control, the detailed mechanisms of cell cycle regulation by 14-3-3 sigma remain unclear. Decreased expression of 14-3-3 sigma was reported in several types of carcinomas, suggesting that the negative regulatory role of 14-3-3 sigma in the cell cycle is compromised during tumorigenesis. Given the fact that p53's tumor suppressive function is lost in almost half of all human cancers and that 14-3-3 sigma's activity is linked to the p53 network, a perspective regarding the p53/14-3-3 sigma relationship is needed for cancer research. Here we discuss the mechanisms by which 14-3-3 sigma-stabilizes p53 with the hope that these insights may be applied to develop targeted therapeutic strategies for cancer treatment.
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- Mong-Hong Lee
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, 77030, USA.
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Yang H, Wen YY, Zhao R, Lin YL, Fournier K, Yang HY, Qiu Y, Diaz J, Laronga C, Lee MH. DNA damage-induced protein 14-3-3 sigma inhibits protein kinase B/Akt activation and suppresses Akt-activated cancer. Cancer Res 2006; 66:3096-105. [PMID: 16540659 DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-05-3620] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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14-3-3 sigma is induced by tumor suppressor protein p53 in response to DNA damage. p53 can directly transactivate the expression of 14-3-3 sigma to cause a G(2) cell cycle arrest when cell DNA is damaged. The expression of 14-3-3 sigma protein is down-regulated in various tumors, but its function has not been fully established. Protein kinase B/Akt, a crucial regulator of oncogenic signal involved in cell survival and proliferation, is deregulated in many types of cancer. Akt activation can enhance p53 degradation, but its role in DNA damage response is not clear. Here, we show that Akt activation is diminished when p53 and 14-3-3 sigma is up-regulated in response to DNA damage. Evidence is provided that 14-3-3 sigma binds and inhibits Akt. In keeping with this concept, Akt-mediated cell survival is inhibited by 14-3-3 sigma. Significantly, we show that 14-3-3 sigma inhibits Akt-mediated cell growth, transformation, and tumorigenesis. Low expression of 14-3-3 sigma in human primary breast cancers correlates with Akt activation. These data provide an insight into Akt regulation and rational cancer gene therapy by identifying 14-3-3 sigma as a molecular regulator of Akt and as a potential anticancer agent for Akt-activated cancers.
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- Huiling Yang
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Oncology, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
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The 14-3-3sigma gene is a direct target of the p53 tumor suppressor and its product inhibits cell cycle progression. Recently, a proteomic analysis revealed that 14-3-3sigma regulates additional cellular processes relevant to carcinogenesis, as migration and MAP-kinase signalling. The expression of 14-3-3sigma is down-regulated by CpG methylation in several types of human cancer, among them prostate, lung, breast and several types of skin cancer. The epigenetic inactivation of 14-3-3sigma occurs at an early stage of tumor development and may allow evasion from senescence and promote genomic instability. In the future the detection of CpG methylation of 14-3-3sigma may be used for diagnostic and prognostic purposes.
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- Dmitri Lodygin
- Molecular Oncology, Independent Max-Planck Research Group, Max-Planck-Institute of Biochemistry, Martinsried, Munich, Germany
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