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Rageh MM, Abdelmoneam EA, Sharaky M, Mohamad EA. Physico-chemical properties of curcumin nanoparticles and its efficacy against Ehrlich ascites carcinoma. Sci Rep 2023; 13:20637. [PMID: 38001124 PMCID: PMC10674021 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-47255-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2023] [Accepted: 11/10/2023] [Indexed: 11/26/2023] Open
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Curcumin is a bioactive component with anticancer characteristics; nevertheless, it has poor solubility and fast metabolism, resulting in low bioavailability and so restricting its application. Curcumin loaded in nano emulsions (Cur-NE) was developed to improve water solubility and eliminate all the limitations of curcumin. Size distribution, zeta potential, transmission electron microscopy (TEM) measurements, UV-Visible spectra, IR spectra and thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), were used to characterize the prepared Cur-NE. Cancer therapeutic efficacy was assessed by oxidative stress (superoxide dismutase (SOD), Glutathione-S-Transferase (GST), malondialdehyde (MDA) and nitric oxide (NO), DNA damage, apoptotic proteins (caspase-3 and 9), besides investigating tumor histology and monitoring tumor growth. Additionally, the cytotoxicity and genotoxicity of the liver, kidney, heart, and spleen tissues were examined to gauge the adverse effects of the treatment method's toxicity. The results showed that Cur-NE is more effective than free curcumin at slowing the growth of Ehrlich tumors while significantly increasing the levels of apoptotic proteins. On the other hand, Cur-NE-treated mice showed some damage in other organs when compared to mice treated with free curcumin. Cur-NE has a higher efficacy in treating Ehrlich tumor.
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- Monira M Rageh
- Department of Biophysics, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt.
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- Department of Biophysics, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt
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- Pharmacology Unit, Department of Cancer Biology, National Cancer Institute, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
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- Department of Biophysics, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt
- Radiology and Medical Imaging Department, College of Applied Medical Science, Prince Sattam Bin Abdul-Aziz University, 11942, Al-Kharj, Saudi Arabia
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Palacios C, Wang P, Wang N, Brown MA, Capatosto L, Du J, Jiang J, Zhang Q, Dahal N, Lamichhaney S. Genomic Variation, Population History, and Long-Term Genetic Adaptation to High Altitudes in Tibetan Partridge (Perdix hodgsoniae). Mol Biol Evol 2023; 40:msad214. [PMID: 37768198 PMCID: PMC10583571 DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msad214] [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: 01/24/2023] [Revised: 09/09/2023] [Accepted: 09/25/2023] [Indexed: 09/29/2023] Open
Abstract
Species residing across elevational gradients display adaptations in response to environmental changes such as oxygen availability, ultraviolet radiation, and temperature. Here, we study genomic variation, gene expression, and long-term adaptation in Tibetan Partridge (Perdix hodgsoniae) populations residing across the elevational gradient of the Tibetan Plateau. We generated a high-quality draft genome and used it to carry out downstream population genomic and transcriptomic analysis. The P. hodgsoniae populations residing across various elevations were genetically distinct, and their phylogenetic clustering was consistent with their geographic distribution. We identified possible evidence of gene flow between populations residing in <3,000 and >4,200 m elevation that is consistent with known habitat expansion of high-altitude populations of P. hodgsoniae to a lower elevation. We identified a 60 kb haplotype encompassing the Estrogen Receptor 1 (ESR1) gene, showing strong genetic divergence between populations of P. hodgsoniae. We identified six single nucleotide polymorphisms within the ESR1 gene fixed for derived alleles in high-altitude populations that are strongly conserved across vertebrates. We also compared blood transcriptome profiles and identified differentially expressed genes (such as GAPDH, LDHA, and ALDOC) that correlated with differences in altitude among populations of P. hodgsoniae. These candidate genes from population genomics and transcriptomics analysis were enriched for neutrophil degranulation and glycolysis pathways, which are known to respond to hypoxia and hence may contribute to long-term adaptation to high altitudes in P. hodgsoniae. Our results highlight Tibetan Partridges as a useful model to study molecular mechanisms underlying long-term adaptation to high altitudes.
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- Catalina Palacios
- Department of Biological Sciences, Kent State University, Kent, OH 44242, USA
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Biodiversity and Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210023, P. R. China
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- School of Ecology and Nature Conservation, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, P. R. China
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Kent State University, Kent, OH 44242, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Kent State University, Kent, OH 44242, USA
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Ecology and Conservation Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, P. R. China
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- School of Ecology and Nature Conservation, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, P. R. China
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- School of Ecology and Nature Conservation, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, P. R. China
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- Biotechnology Division, CSIR-Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology, Palampur, HP 176061, India
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Kent State University, Kent, OH 44242, USA
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PKCδ deficiency inhibits fetal development and is associated with heart elastic fiber hyperplasia and lung inflammation in adult PKCδ knockout mice. PLoS One 2021; 16:e0253912. [PMID: 34197550 PMCID: PMC8248728 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0253912] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2020] [Accepted: 06/15/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Protein kinase C-delta (PKCδ) has a caspase-3 recognition sequence in its structure, suggesting its involvement in apoptosis. In addition, PKCδ was recently reported to function as an anti-cancer factor. The generation of a PKCδ knockout mouse model indicated that PKCδ plays a role in B cell homeostasis. However, the Pkcrd gene, which is regulated through complex transcription, produces multiple proteins via alternative splicing. Since gene mutations can result in the loss of function of molecular species required for each tissue, in the present study, conditional PKCδ knockout mice lacking PKCδI, II, IV, V, VI, and VII were generated to enable tissue-specific deletion of PKCδ using a suitable Cre mouse. We generated PKCδ-null mice that lacked whole-body expression of PKCδ. PKCδ+/- parental mice gave birth to only 3.4% PKCδ-/- offsprings that deviated significantly from the expected Mendelian ratio (χ2(2) = 101.7, P < 0.001). Examination of mice on embryonic day 11.5 (E11.5) showed the proportion of PKCδ-/- mice implanted in the uterus in accordance with Mendelian rules; however, approximately 70% of the fetuses did not survive at E11.5. PKCδ-/- mice that survived until adulthood showed enlarged spleens, with some having cardiac and pulmonary abnormalities. Our findings suggest that the lack of PKCδ may have harmful effects on fetal development, and heart and lung functions after birth. Furthermore, our study provides a reference for future studies on PKCδ deficient mice that would elucidate the effects of the multiple protein variants in mice and decipher the roles of PKCδ in various diseases.
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Chun KH, Cho SJ, Lee JW, Seo JH, Kim KW, Lee SK. Protein kinase C-δ interacts with and phosphorylates ARD1. J Cell Physiol 2020; 236:379-391. [PMID: 32542692 DOI: 10.1002/jcp.29866] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2020] [Revised: 05/24/2020] [Accepted: 05/25/2020] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Protein kinase C-δ (PKCδ) is a diacylglycerol-dependent, calcium-independent novel PKC isoform that is engaged in various cell signaling pathways, such as cell proliferation, apoptosis, inflammation, and oxidative stress. In this study, we searched for proteins that bind PKCδ using a yeast two-hybrid assay and identified murine arrest-defective 1 (mARD1) as a binding partner. The interaction between PKCδ and mARD1 was confirmed by glutathione S-transferase pull-down and co-immunoprecipitation assays. Furthermore, recombinant PKCδ phosphorylated full-length mARD1 protein. The NetPhos online prediction tool suggested PKCδ phosphorylates Ser80 , Ser108 , and Ser114 residues of mARD1 with the highest probability. Based on these results, we synthesized peptides containing these sites and examined their phosphorylations using recombinant PKCδ. Autoradiography confirmed these sites were efficiently phosphorylated. Consequent mass spectrometry and peptide sequencing in combination with MALDI-TOF MS/MS confirmed that Ser80 and Ser108 were major phosphorylation sites. The alanine mutations of Ser80 and Ser108 abolished the phosphorylation of mARD1 by PKCδ in 293T cells supporting these observations. In addition, kinase assays using various PKC isotypes showed that Ser80 of ARD1 was phosphorylated by PKCβI and PKCζ isotypes with the highest selectivity, while Ser108 and/or Ser114 were phosphorylated by PKCγ with activities comparable to that of the PKCδ isoform. Overall, these results suggest the possibility that PKCδ transduces signals by regulating phosphorylation of ARD1.
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- Kwang-Hoon Chun
- Gachon Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, Gachon University, Incheon, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Drug Safety Evaluation, New Drug Development Center, Osong Medical Innovation Foundation, Cheongju, Republic of Korea
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- Preclinical Studies, GlycoMimetics Inc., Rockville, Maryland
- Research Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biochemistry, Keimyung University School of Medicine, Daegu, Republic of Korea
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- Research Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Research Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Markus J, Ferko B, Berkeš D, Moncol J, Lawson AM, Othman M, Daïch A. Indolylglycines Backbones in the Synthesis of Enantiopure 3,3-Spiroindolenines, Indolyl Tetracyclic Hemiaminals, and 3-Indolyl-maleimides Frameworks. European J Org Chem 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.201900814] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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- Jozef Markus
- Department of Organic Chemistry; Slovak University of Technology, Radlinského 9; 81237 Bratislava Slovakia
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- Department of Organic Chemistry; Slovak University of Technology, Radlinského 9; 81237 Bratislava Slovakia
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- Department of Organic Chemistry; Slovak University of Technology, Radlinského 9; 81237 Bratislava Slovakia
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- Department of Inorganic Chemistry; Slovak University of Technology; 81237 Bratislava Slovakia
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- UNILEHAVRE, FR 3038 CNRS, URCOM, 76600 Le Havre, France. EA 3221, INC3M CNRS-FR 3038, UFR ST, BP: 1123, 25 rue Philipe Lebon; Normandie Univ.; 76063 Le Havre Cedex France
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- UNILEHAVRE, FR 3038 CNRS, URCOM, 76600 Le Havre, France. EA 3221, INC3M CNRS-FR 3038, UFR ST, BP: 1123, 25 rue Philipe Lebon; Normandie Univ.; 76063 Le Havre Cedex France
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- UNILEHAVRE, FR 3038 CNRS, URCOM, 76600 Le Havre, France. EA 3221, INC3M CNRS-FR 3038, UFR ST, BP: 1123, 25 rue Philipe Lebon; Normandie Univ.; 76063 Le Havre Cedex France
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Park YS, Lee JE, Park JI, Myung CH, Lim YH, Park CK, Hwang JS. Inhibitory mechanism of ginsenoside Rh3 on granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor expression in UV-B-irradiated murine SP-1 keratinocytes. J Ginseng Res 2018; 44:274-281. [PMID: 32148409 PMCID: PMC7031754 DOI: 10.1016/j.jgr.2018.12.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2018] [Revised: 11/20/2018] [Accepted: 12/18/2018] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Background Ultraviolet (UV) goes through the epidermis and promotes release of inflammatory cytokines in keratinocytes. Granulocyte–macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF), one of the keratinocyte-derived cytokines, regulates proliferation and differentiation of melanocytes. Extracellular signal–regulated kinase (ERK1/2) and protein kinase C (PKC) signaling pathways regulate expression of GM-CSF. Based on these results, we found that ginsenoside Rh3 prevented GM-CSF production and release in UV-B–exposed SP-1 keratinocytes and that this inhibitory effect resulted from the reduction of PKCδ and ERK phosphorylation. Methods We investigated the mechanism by which ginsenoside Rh3 from Panax ginseng inhibited GM-CSF release from UV-B–irradiated keratinocytes. Results Treatment with 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA) or UV-B induced release of GM-CSF in the SP-1 keratinocytes. To elucidate whether the change in GM-CSF expression could be related to PKC signaling, the cells were pretreated with H7, an inhibitor of PKC, and irradiated with UV-B. GM-CSF was decreased by H7 in a dose-dependent manner. When we analyzed which ginsenosides repressed GM-CSF expression among 15 ginsenosides, ginsenoside Rh3 showed the largest decline to 40% of GM-CSF expression in enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Western blot analysis showed that TPA enhanced the phosphorylation of PKCδ and ERK in the keratinocytes. When we examined the effect of ginsenoside Rh3, we identified that ginsenoside Rh3 inhibited the TPA-induced phosphorylation levels of PKCδ and ERK. Conclusion In summary, we found that ginsenoside Rh3 impeded UV-B–induced GM-CSF production through repression of PKCδ and ERK phosphorylation in SP-1 keratinocytes.
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- Young Sun Park
- Department of Genetic Engineering & Graduate School of Biotechnology, Kyung Hee University, Yongin, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Genetic Engineering & Graduate School of Biotechnology, Kyung Hee University, Yongin, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Genetic Engineering & Graduate School of Biotechnology, Kyung Hee University, Yongin, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Genetic Engineering & Graduate School of Biotechnology, Kyung Hee University, Yongin, Republic of Korea
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- KGC R&D Headquarters, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Genetic Engineering & Graduate School of Biotechnology, Kyung Hee University, Yongin, Republic of Korea
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Sun S, Wu Q, Song J, Sun S. Protein kinase C δ-dependent regulation of Ubiquitin-proteasome system function in breast cancer. Cancer Biomark 2018; 21:1-9. [PMID: 29036789 DOI: 10.3233/cbm-170451] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Besides the crucial role of hyperinsulinemia in the development of breast cancer with Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), it has been shown that hyperglycemia could contribute to promote cancer progression. A remarkable association within hyperglycemia, PKCδ and Ubiquitin-proteasome system (UPS) has been reported, suggesting that PKCδ may mediate high glucose-induced UPS activation in breast cancer cells. Although the independent effects of PKCδ or UPS on breast cancer and T2DM are increasingly supported by experimental evidence, the complex interactional link between PKCδ and UPS is still unclear. Hence, we focus on the relationship between PKCδ and UPS in breast cancer with T2DM. We hypothesize that PKCδ may have the function to regulate the activity of UPS. Further, we speculate that PKCδ combine with proteasome α2 promoter, that indicate PKCδ regulate the function of UPS by change the composition of proteasome. Therefore, we surmise that PKCδ mediated high glucose-induced UPS activation in breast cancer cells, and specific PKCδ inhibitor rottlerin significantly suppressed elevated glucose induced the activity of UPS. We hope that our paper will stimulate further studies the relationship between PKCδ and UPS, and a new targeted therapy and early medical intervention for PKCδ could be a useful option for breast cancer cases complicated with T2DM or hyperglycemia.
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- Si Sun
- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- Department of Breast and Thyroid Surgery, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- Department of Breast and Thyroid Surgery, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- Department of Breast and Thyroid Surgery, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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Chang RS, Chen CS, Huang CL, Chang CT, Cui Y, Chung WJ, Shu WY, Chiang CS, Chuang CY, Hsu IC. Unexpected dose response of HaCaT to UVB irradiation. In Vitro Cell Dev Biol Anim 2018; 54:589-599. [PMID: 30083841 DOI: 10.1007/s11626-018-0280-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2018] [Accepted: 07/12/2018] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Application of high-dosage UVB irradiation in phototherapeutic dermatological treatments present health concerns attributed to UV-exposure. In assessing UV-induced photobiological damage, we investigated dose-dependent effects of UVB irradiation on human keratinocyte cells (HaCaT). Our study implemented survival and apoptosis assays and revealed an unexpected dose response wherein higher UVB-dosage induced higher viability. Established inhibitors, such as AKT- (LY294002), PKC- (Gö6976, and Rottlerin), ERK- (PD98059), P38 MAPK- (SB203580), and JNK- (SP600125), were assessed to investigate UV-induced apoptotic pathways. Despite unobvious contributions of known signaling pathways in dose-response mediation, microarray analysis identified transcriptional expression of UVB-response genes related to the respiratory-chain. Observed correlation of ROS-production with UVB irradiation potentiated ROS as the underlying mechanism for observed dose responses. Inability of established pathways to explain such responses suggests the complex nature underlying UVB-phototherapy response.
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- Rong-Shing Chang
- Department of Biomedical Engineering and Environmental Sciences, National Tsing Hua University, 101, Section2, Kuang-Fu Road, Hsinchu, 30013, Taiwan
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering and Environmental Sciences, National Tsing Hua University, 101, Section2, Kuang-Fu Road, Hsinchu, 30013, Taiwan
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering and Environmental Sciences, National Tsing Hua University, 101, Section2, Kuang-Fu Road, Hsinchu, 30013, Taiwan
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering and Environmental Sciences, National Tsing Hua University, 101, Section2, Kuang-Fu Road, Hsinchu, 30013, Taiwan
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering and Environmental Sciences, National Tsing Hua University, 101, Section2, Kuang-Fu Road, Hsinchu, 30013, Taiwan
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- Institute of Statistics, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering and Environmental Sciences, National Tsing Hua University, 101, Section2, Kuang-Fu Road, Hsinchu, 30013, Taiwan
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering and Environmental Sciences, National Tsing Hua University, 101, Section2, Kuang-Fu Road, Hsinchu, 30013, Taiwan
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering and Environmental Sciences, National Tsing Hua University, 101, Section2, Kuang-Fu Road, Hsinchu, 30013, Taiwan.
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Wang D, Liu P. Ingenol-3-Angelate Suppresses Growth of Melanoma Cells and Skin Tumor Development by Downregulation of NF-κB-Cox2 Signaling. Med Sci Monit 2018; 24:486-502. [PMID: 29368698 PMCID: PMC5793690 DOI: 10.12659/msm.906049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Background A recent focus in skin cancer prevention intervenes though modulating molecular links between inflammation and cell growth signaling, such as NF-κB. This study elucidates the effect of a non-tumor promoting phorbol ester, ingenol-3-angelate (I3A), on the growth of human melanoma cells and on the 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA)-induced skin inflammation and 7,12-Dimethylbenz(a)anthracene (DMBA)-induced skin carcinoma in mice. Material/Methods Cell viability was assessed by MTT assay, cell proliferation by clonogenic assay, apoptosis and cell cycle arrest was analyzed by flow cytometry, protein expression was studied by IHC and Western blotting, and gene expression by qPCR. Results I3A suppressed the survival and proliferation of human melanoma cells with estimated IC50 values around 38 and 46 μM for A2058 and HT144 cell, respectively. I3A activated the protein levels of PKCδ and PKCɛ, which induced apoptosis by activating caspase-9 and caspace-3 followed by lowering of mitochondrial membrane potential and enhancing DNA fragmentation. I3A induced G1 phase cell cycle arrest as well as G2/M phase arrest in both cell lines. I3A inhibited the levels of NF-κB p65 protein as well as phosphorylation of p65 and its nuclear translocation. I3A suppressed the gene expression of NF-κB, COX-2 and iNOS. I3A inhibited TPA-induced inflammation and epidermal hyperplasia in female ICR mice by downregulating NF-κB and iNOS. I3A suppressed the growth of skin tumor in DMBA-induced mice in dose-dependent manner. Conclusions The mechanism of I3A induces apoptosis in human melanoma cells and suppresses skin inflammation and carcinoma via downregulation of NF-κB-iNOS-COX-2 signaling.
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- Dunwei Wang
- Department of Anesthesiology, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin, China (mainland)
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- Department of Hand and Foot Surgery, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin, China (mainland)
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Cleavage Alters the Molecular Determinants of Protein Kinase C-δ Catalytic Activity. Mol Cell Biol 2017; 37:MCB.00324-17. [PMID: 28784722 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.00324-17] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2017] [Accepted: 07/18/2017] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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Protein kinase C-δ (PKCδ) is an allosterically activated enzyme that acts much like other PKC isoforms to transduce growth factor-dependent signaling responses. However, PKCδ is unique in that activation loop (Thr507) phosphorylation is not required for catalytic activity. Since PKCδ can be proteolytically cleaved by caspase-3 during apoptosis, the prevailing assumption has been that the kinase domain fragment (δKD) freed from autoinhibitory constraints imposed by the regulatory domain is catalytically competent and that Thr507 phosphorylation is not required for δKD activity. This study provides a counternarrative showing that δKD activity is regulated through Thr507 phosphorylation. We show that Thr507-phosphorylated δKD is catalytically active and not phosphorylated at Ser359 in its ATP-positioning G-loop. In contrast, a δKD fragment that is not phosphorylated at Thr507 (which accumulates in doxorubicin-treated cardiomyocytes) displays decreased C-terminal tail priming-site phosphorylation, increased G-loop Ser359 phosphorylation, and defective kinase activity. δKD is not a substrate for Src, but Src phosphorylates δKD-T507A at Tyr334 (in the newly exposed δKD N terminus), and this (or an S359A substitution) rescues δKD-T507A catalytic activity. These results expose a unique role for δKD-Thr507 phosphorylation (that does not apply to full-length PKCδ) in structurally organizing diverse elements within the enzyme that critically regulate catalytic activity.
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Isakov N. Protein kinase C (PKC) isoforms in cancer, tumor promotion and tumor suppression. Semin Cancer Biol 2017; 48:36-52. [PMID: 28571764 DOI: 10.1016/j.semcancer.2017.04.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 162] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2017] [Revised: 03/22/2017] [Accepted: 04/25/2017] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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The AGC family of serine/threonine kinases (PKA, PKG, PKC) includes more than 60 members that are critical regulators of numerous cellular functions, including cell cycle and differentiation, morphogenesis, and cell survival and death. Mutation and/or dysregulation of AGC kinases can lead to malignant cell transformation and contribute to the pathogenesis of many human diseases. Members of one subgroup of AGC kinases, the protein kinase C (PKC), have been singled out as critical players in carcinogenesis, following their identification as the intracellular receptors of phorbol esters, which exhibit tumor-promoting activities. This observation attracted the attention of researchers worldwide and led to intense investigations on the role of PKC in cell transformation and the potential use of PKC as therapeutic drug targets in cancer diseases. Studies demonstrated that many cancers had altered expression and/or mutation of specific PKC genes. However, the causal relationships between the changes in PKC gene expression and/or mutation and the direct cause of cancer remain elusive. Independent studies in normal cells demonstrated that activation of PKC is essential for the induction of cell activation and proliferation, differentiation, motility, and survival. Based on these observations and the general assumption that PKC isoforms play a positive role in cell transformation and/or cancer progression, many PKC inhibitors have entered clinical trials but the numerous attempts to target PKC in cancer has so far yielded only very limited success. More recent studies demonstrated that PKC function as tumor suppressors, and suggested that future clinical efforts should focus on restoring, rather than inhibiting, PKC activity. The present manuscript provides some historical perspectives on the tumor promoting function of PKC, reviewing some of the observations linking PKC to cancer progression, and discusses the role of PKC in the pathogenesis of cancer diseases and its potential usage as a therapeutic target.
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- Noah Isakov
- The Shraga Segal Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Genetics, Faculty of Health Sciences and the Cancer Research Center, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, P.O.B. 653, Beer Sheva 84105, Israel.
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Toyota K, Sato T, Tatarazako N, Iguchi T. Protein kinase C is involved with upstream signaling of methyl farnesoate for photoperiod-dependent sex determination in the water flea Daphnia pulex. Biol Open 2017; 6:161-164. [PMID: 27965197 PMCID: PMC5312098 DOI: 10.1242/bio.021857] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Sex determination of Daphnia pulex is decided by environmental conditions. We established a suitable experimental system for this study using D. pulex WTN6 strain, in which the sex of the offspring can be controlled by photoperiod. Long-day conditions induced females and short-day conditions induced males. Using this system, we previously found that methy farnesoate (MF), which is a putative innate juvenile hormone molecule in daphnids, is necessary for male sex determination and that protein kinase C (PKC) is a candidate factor of male sex determiner. In this study, we demonstrated that a PKC inhibitor [bisindolylmaleimide IV (BIM)] application strongly suppressed male offspring induction in the short-day condition. Moreover, co-treatment of BIM with MF revealed that PKC signaling acts upstream of MF signaling for male sex determination. This is the first experimental evidence that PKC is involved in the male sex determination process associated with methyl farnesoate signaling in daphnid species. Summary: This study is the first experimental evidence that PKC is involved in the male sex determination process associated with methyl farnesoate signaling in daphnid species.
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- Kenji Toyota
- Okazaki Institute for Integrative Bioscience, National Institute for Basic Biology, National Institutes of Natural Sciences, Department of Basic Biology, Faculty of Life Science, SOKENDAI (Graduate University for Advanced Studies), 5-1 Higashiyama, Myodaiji, Okazaki, Aichi 444-8787, Japan.,Environmental Genomics Group, School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK
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- Graduate School of Nanobioscience, Yokohama City University, 22-2 Seto, Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama 236-0027, Japan
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- Ecotoxicity Reference Laboratory, Risk Assessment Science Collaboration Office, Center for Health and Environmental Risk Research, National Institute for Environmental Studies, 16-2 Onogawa, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8506, Japan
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- Okazaki Institute for Integrative Bioscience, National Institute for Basic Biology, National Institutes of Natural Sciences, Department of Basic Biology, Faculty of Life Science, SOKENDAI (Graduate University for Advanced Studies), 5-1 Higashiyama, Myodaiji, Okazaki, Aichi 444-8787, Japan .,Graduate School of Nanobioscience, Yokohama City University, 22-2 Seto, Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama 236-0027, Japan
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Jozic I, Vukelic S, Stojadinovic O, Liang L, Ramirez HA, Pastar I, Tomic Canic M. Stress Signals, Mediated by Membranous Glucocorticoid Receptor, Activate PLC/PKC/GSK-3β/β-catenin Pathway to Inhibit Wound Closure. J Invest Dermatol 2016; 137:1144-1154. [PMID: 28017831 DOI: 10.1016/j.jid.2016.11.036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2016] [Revised: 11/16/2016] [Accepted: 11/29/2016] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Glucocorticoids (GCs), key mediators of stress signals, are also potent wound healing inhibitors. To understand how stress signals inhibit wound healing, we investigated the role of membranous glucocorticoid receptor (mbGR) by using cell-impermeable BSA-conjugated dexamethasone. We found that mbGR inhibits keratinocyte migration and wound closure by activating a Wnt-like phospholipase (PLC)/ protein kinase C (PKC) signaling cascade. Rapid activation of mbGR/PLC/PKC further leads to activation of known biomarkers of nonhealing found in patients, β-catenin and c-myc. Conversely, a selective inhibitor of PKC, calphostin C, blocks mbGR/PKC pathway, and rescues GC-mediated inhibition of keratinocyte migration in vitro and accelerates wound epithelialization of human wounds ex vivo. This novel signaling mechanism may have a major impact on understanding how stress response via GC signaling regulates homeostasis and its role in development and treatments of skin diseases, including wound healing. To test tissue specificity of this nongenomic signaling mechanism, we tested retinal and bronchial human epithelial cells and fibroblasts. We found that mbGR/PLC/PKC signaling cascade exists in all cell types tested, suggesting a more general role. The discovery of this nongenomic signaling pathway, in which glucocorticoids activate Wnt pathway via mbGR, provides new insights into how stress-mediated signals may activate growth signals in various epithelial and mesenchymal tissues.
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- Ivan Jozic
- Wound Healing and Regenerative Medicine Research Program, Department of Dermatology and Cutaneous Surgery, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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- Wound Healing and Regenerative Medicine Research Program, Department of Dermatology and Cutaneous Surgery, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, USA; Immunology, Infection and Inflammation Graduate Program, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Kragujevac, Kragujevac, Serbia
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- Wound Healing and Regenerative Medicine Research Program, Department of Dermatology and Cutaneous Surgery, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, USA
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- Wound Healing and Regenerative Medicine Research Program, Department of Dermatology and Cutaneous Surgery, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, USA; Human Genomics and Genetics Graduate Program in Biomedical Sciences, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, USA
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- Wound Healing and Regenerative Medicine Research Program, Department of Dermatology and Cutaneous Surgery, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, USA
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- Wound Healing and Regenerative Medicine Research Program, Department of Dermatology and Cutaneous Surgery, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, USA; Human Genomics and Genetics Graduate Program in Biomedical Sciences, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, USA; Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology Graduate Program in Biomedical Sciences, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, USA.
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Kinase Signaling in Apoptosis Induced by Saturated Fatty Acids in Pancreatic β-Cells. Int J Mol Sci 2016; 17:ijms17091400. [PMID: 27626409 PMCID: PMC5037680 DOI: 10.3390/ijms17091400] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2016] [Revised: 08/18/2016] [Accepted: 08/22/2016] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Pancreatic β-cell failure and death is considered to be one of the main factors responsible for type 2 diabetes. It is caused by, in addition to hyperglycemia, chronic exposure to increased concentrations of fatty acids, mainly saturated fatty acids. Molecular mechanisms of apoptosis induction by saturated fatty acids in β-cells are not completely clear. It has been proposed that kinase signaling could be involved, particularly, c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK), protein kinase C (PKC), p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (p38 MAPK), extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK), and Akt kinases and their pathways. In this review, we discuss these kinases and their signaling pathways with respect to their possible role in apoptosis induction by saturated fatty acids in pancreatic β-cells.
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Singh A, Singh A, Bauer SJ, Wheeler DL, Havighurst TC, Kim K, Verma AK. Genetic deletion of TNFα inhibits ultraviolet radiation-induced development of cutaneous squamous cell carcinomas in PKCε transgenic mice via inhibition of cell survival signals. Carcinogenesis 2015; 37:72-80. [PMID: 26586792 DOI: 10.1093/carcin/bgv162] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2015] [Accepted: 11/14/2015] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Protein kinase C epsilon (PKCε), a Ca(2+)-independent phospholipid-dependent serine/threonine kinase, is among the six PKC isoforms (α, δ, ε, η, μ, ζ) expressed in both mouse and human skin. Epidermal PKCε level dictates the susceptibility of PKCε transgenic (TG) mice to the development of cutaneous squamous cell carcinomas (SCC) elicited either by repeated exposure to ultraviolet radiation (UVR) or by using the DMBA initiation-TPA (12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate) tumor promotion protocol (Wheeler,D.L. et al. (2004) Protein kinase C epsilon is an endogenous photosensitizer that enhances ultraviolet radiation-induced cutaneous damage and development of squamous cell carcinomas. Cancer Res., 64, 7756-7765). Histologically, SCC in TG mice, like human SCC, is poorly differentiated and metastatic. Our earlier studies to elucidate mechanisms of PKCε-mediated development of SCC, using either DMBA-TPA or UVR, indicated elevated release of cytokine TNFα. To determine whether TNFα is essential for the development of SCC in TG mice, we generated PKCε transgenic mice/TNFα-knockout (TG/TNFαKO) by crossbreeding TNFαKO with TG mice. We now present that deletion of TNFα in TG mice inhibited the development of SCC either by repeated UVR exposures or by the DMBA-TPA protocol. TG mice deficient in TNFα elicited both increase in SCC latency and decrease in SCC incidence. Inhibition of UVR-induced SCC development in TG/TNFαKO was accompanied by inhibition of (i) the expression levels of TNFα receptors TNFRI and TNFRII and cell proliferation marker ornithine decarboxylase and metastatic markers MMP7 and MMP9, (ii) the activation of transcription factors Stat3 and NF-kB and (iii) proliferation of hair follicle stem cells and epidermal hyperplasia. The results presented here provide the first genetic evidence that TNFα is linked to PKCε-mediated sensitivity to DMBA-TPA or UVR-induced development of cutaneous SCC.
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- Department of Biostatistics and Medical Informatics, Paul P. Carbone Comprehensive Cancer Center, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53792, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics and Medical Informatics, Paul P. Carbone Comprehensive Cancer Center, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53792, USA
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Gonnella R, Granato M, Farina A, Santarelli R, Faggioni A, Cirone M. PKC theta and p38 MAPK activate the EBV lytic cycle through autophagy induction. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH 2015; 1853:1586-95. [PMID: 25827954 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2015.03.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2014] [Revised: 03/17/2015] [Accepted: 03/20/2015] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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PKC activation by combining TPA with sodium butyrate (T/B) represents the most effective and widely used strategy to induce the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) lytic cycle. The results obtained in this study show that novel PKCθ is involved in such process and that it acts through the activation of p38 MAPK and autophagy induction. Autophagy, a mechanism of cellular defense in stressful conditions, is manipulated by EBV to enhance viral replication. Besides promoting the EBV lytic cycle, the activation of p38 and autophagy resulted in a pro-survival effect, as indicated by p38 or ATG5 knocking down experiments. However, this pro-survival role was counteracted by a pro-death activity of PKCθ, due to the dephosphorylation of AKT. In conclusion, this study reports, for the first time, that T/B activates a PKCθ-p38 MAPK axis in EBV infected B cells, that promotes the viral lytic cycle and cell survival and dephosphorylates AKT, balancing cell life and cell death.
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- Roberta Gonnella
- Department of Experimental Medicine, "Sapienza" University of Rome, Italy
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- Department of Experimental Medicine, "Sapienza" University of Rome, Italy
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- Department of Experimental Medicine, "Sapienza" University of Rome, Italy
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- Department of Experimental Medicine, "Sapienza" University of Rome, Italy
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- Department of Experimental Medicine, "Sapienza" University of Rome, Italy.
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- Department of Experimental Medicine, "Sapienza" University of Rome, Italy.
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PARK YUKYOUNG, JANG BYEONGCHURL. UVB-induced anti-survival and pro-apoptotic effects on HaCaT human keratinocytes via caspase- and PKC-dependent downregulation of PKB, HIAP-1, Mcl-1, XIAP and ER stress. Int J Mol Med 2013; 33:695-702. [DOI: 10.3892/ijmm.2013.1595] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2013] [Accepted: 12/12/2013] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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Multiple molecular mechanisms are involved in the promotion of skin carcinogenesis. Induction of sustained proliferation and epidermal hyperplasia by direct activation of mitotic signaling pathways or indirectly in response to chronic wounding and/or inflammation, or due to a block in terminal differentiation or resistance to apoptosis is necessary to allow clonal expansion of initiated cells with DNA mutations to form skin tumors. The mitotic pathways include activation of epidermal growth factor receptor and Ras/Raf/mitogen-activated protein kinase signaling. Chronic inflammation results in inflammatory cell secretion of growth factors and cytokines such as tumor necrosis factor-α and interleukins, as well as production of reactive oxygen species, all of which can stimulate proliferation. Persistent activation of these pathways leads to tumor promotion.
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Canonico B, Luchetti F, Ambrogini P, Arcangeletti M, Betti M, Cesarini E, Lattanzi D, Ciuffoli S, Palma F, Cuppini R, Papa S. Pharmacological doses of melatonin induce alterations in mitochondrial mass and potential, bcl-2 levels and K+currents in UVB-exposed U937 cells. Cell Biol Int 2013; 37:213-26. [DOI: 10.1002/cbin.10030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2012] [Accepted: 12/06/2012] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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- Barbara Canonico
- DiSTeVA, Department of Earth, Life and Environmental Sciences; University of Urbino ‘Carlo Bo’; Urbino; Italy
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- DiSTeVA, Department of Earth, Life and Environmental Sciences; University of Urbino ‘Carlo Bo’; Urbino; Italy
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- DiSTeVA, Department of Earth, Life and Environmental Sciences; University of Urbino ‘Carlo Bo’; Urbino; Italy
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- DiSTeVA, Department of Earth, Life and Environmental Sciences; University of Urbino ‘Carlo Bo’; Urbino; Italy
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- DiSTeVA, Department of Earth, Life and Environmental Sciences; University of Urbino ‘Carlo Bo’; Urbino; Italy
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- DiSTeVA, Department of Earth, Life and Environmental Sciences; University of Urbino ‘Carlo Bo’; Urbino; Italy
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- DiSTeVA, Department of Earth, Life and Environmental Sciences; University of Urbino ‘Carlo Bo’; Urbino; Italy
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- DiSTeVA, Department of Earth, Life and Environmental Sciences; University of Urbino ‘Carlo Bo’; Urbino; Italy
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- DiSTeVA, Department of Earth, Life and Environmental Sciences; University of Urbino ‘Carlo Bo’; Urbino; Italy
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- DiSTeVA, Department of Earth, Life and Environmental Sciences; University of Urbino ‘Carlo Bo’; Urbino; Italy
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- DiSTeVA, Department of Earth, Life and Environmental Sciences; University of Urbino ‘Carlo Bo’; Urbino; Italy
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1-42 β-Amyloid (Aβ(1-42)) peptide is a key molecule involved in the development of Alzheimer's disease. Some of its effects are manifested at the neuronal morphological level. These morphological changes involve loss of neurites due to cytoskeleton alterations. However, the mechanism of Aβ(1-42) peptide activation of the neurodegenerative program is still poorly understood. Here, Aβ(1-42) peptide-induced transduction of cellular death signals through the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K)/phosphoinositol-dependent kinase (PDK)/novel protein kinase C (nPKC)/Rac 1 axis is described. Furthermore, pharmacological inhibition of PDK1 and nPKC activities blocks Rac 1 activation and neuronal cell death. Our results provide insights into an unsuspected connection between PDK1, nPKCs and Rac 1 in the same signal-transduction pathway and points out nPKCs and Rac 1 as potential therapeutic targets to block the toxic effects of Aβ(1-42) peptide in neurons.
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The protein kinase C (PKC) family of serine/threonine protein kinases is a heterogeneous group of enzymes receiving and integrating signals involved in both normal melanocyte biology and melanoma pathology. Alterations in PKC enzyme expression and activation contribute to the malignant phenotype of melanoma in both oncogenic and tumor suppressive roles. Delineating the diverse and often context-dependent functions of PKC enzymes in melanocyte/melanoma biology is key to capitalize on these kinases as drug targets. This review summarizes several of the diverse functions of PKC in melanocyte and melanoma biology with a focus on PKC enzyme regulation and function.
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- Mitchell F Denning
- Department of Pathology and the Oncology Institute, Loyola University Chicago, Maywood, IL, USA.
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Choi JS, Oh JI, Na M, Lee SK, Joo SH. PKCδ promotes etoposide-induced cell death by phosphorylating Hsp27 in HeLa cells. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2012; 426:590-5. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2012.08.132] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2012] [Accepted: 08/25/2012] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Ke G, Liang L, Yang JM, Huang X, Han D, Huang S, Zhao Y, Zha R, He X, Wu X. MiR-181a confers resistance of cervical cancer to radiation therapy through targeting the pro-apoptotic PRKCD gene. Oncogene 2012; 32:3019-27. [PMID: 22847611 DOI: 10.1038/onc.2012.323] [Citation(s) in RCA: 95] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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The purpose of this study was to define the roles of miR-181a in determining sensitivity of cervical cancer to radiation therapy, to explore the underlying mechanism and to evaluate the potential of miR-181a as a biomarker for predicting radio-sensitivity. Tumor specimens from 18 patients with a histological diagnosis of squamous cervical carcinoma (stage IIIB) were used in the micro-RNA profiling and comparison. These patients never received any chemotherapy before radiation therapy. Human cervical cancer cell lines, SiHa and Me180, were used in vitro (cell culture) and in vivo (animal) studies. Transfection of tumor cells with the mimic or inhibitor of miR-181a, and reporter gene assay, were performed to investigate the role of miR-181a in determining radio-sensitivity and the target gene. Higher expression of miR-181a was observed in human cervical cancer specimens and cell lines that were insensitive to radiation therapy, as compared with sensitive cancer specimens and the cell lines. We also found that miR-181a negatively regulated the expression of PRKCD, a pro-apoptotic protein kinase, via targeting its 3'-untranslated region (UTR), thereby inhibiting irradiation-induced apoptosis and decreasing G2/M block. The role of miR-181a in conferring cellular resistance to radiation treatment was validated both in cell culture models and in mouse tumor xenograft models. The effect of miR-181a on radio-resistance was mediated through targeting the 3'-UTR of PRKCD gene. Thus, the expression level of miR-181a in cervical cancer may serve as a biomarker for sensitivity to radiation therapy, and targeting miR-181a may represent a new approach to sensitizing cervical cancer to radiation treatment.
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- G Ke
- Department of Gynecologic Oncology, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai, PR China
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Ratushny V, Gober MD, Hick R, Ridky TW, Seykora JT. From keratinocyte to cancer: the pathogenesis and modeling of cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma. J Clin Invest 2012; 122:464-72. [PMID: 22293185 DOI: 10.1172/jci57415] [Citation(s) in RCA: 377] [Impact Index Per Article: 31.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (cSCC) is the second most common human cancer with over 250,000 new cases annually in the US and is second in incidence only to basal cell carcinoma. cSCC typically manifests as a spectrum of progressively advanced malignancies, ranging from a precursor actinic keratosis (AK) to squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) in situ (SCCIS), invasive cSCC, and finally metastatic SCC. In this Review we discuss clinical and molecular parameters used to define this range of cutaneous neoplasia and integrate these with the multiple experimental approaches used to study this disease. Insights gained from modeling cSCCs have suggested innovative therapeutic targets for treating these lesions.
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- Vladimir Ratushny
- Department of Dermatology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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Shahaf G, Rotem-Dai N, Koifman G, Raveh-Amit H, Frost SA, Livneh E. PKCη is a negative regulator of AKT inhibiting the IGF-I induced proliferation. Exp Cell Res 2012; 318:789-99. [PMID: 22305966 DOI: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2012.01.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2010] [Revised: 01/16/2012] [Accepted: 01/17/2012] [Indexed: 10/14/2022]
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The PI3K-AKT pathway is frequently activated in human cancers, including breast cancer, and its activation appears to be critical for tumor maintenance. Some malignant cells are dependent on activated AKT for their survival; tumors exhibiting elevated AKT activity show sensitivity to its inhibition, providing an Achilles heel for their treatment. Here we show that the PKCη isoform is a negative regulator of the AKT signaling pathway. The IGF-I induced phosphorylation on Ser473 of AKT was inhibited by the PKCη-induced expression in MCF-7 breast adenocarcinoma cancer cells. This was further confirmed in shRNA PKCη-knocked-down MCF-7 cells, demonstrating elevated phosphorylation on AKT Ser473. While PKCη exhibited negative regulation on AKT phosphorylation it did not alter the IGF-I induced ERK phosphorylation. However, it enhanced ERK phosphorylation when stimulated by PDGF. Moreover, its effects on IGF-I/AKT and PDGF/ERK pathways were in correlation with cell proliferation. We further show that both PKCη and IGF-I confer protection against UV-induced apoptosis and cell death having additive effects. Although the protective effect of IGF-I involved activation of AKT, it was not affected by PKCη expression, suggesting that PKCη acts through a different route to increase cell survival. Hence, our studies show that PKCη provides negative control on AKT pathway leading to reduced cell proliferation, and further suggest that its presence/absence in breast cancer cells will affect cell death, which could be of therapeutic value.
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- Galit Shahaf
- The Shraga Segal department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Health Science and the Cancer Research Center, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva 84105, Israel
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Duquesnes N, Lezoualc'h F, Crozatier B. PKC-delta and PKC-epsilon: foes of the same family or strangers? J Mol Cell Cardiol 2011; 51:665-73. [PMID: 21810427 DOI: 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2011.07.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2011] [Revised: 06/24/2011] [Accepted: 07/15/2011] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Protein kinase C (PKC) is a family of 10 serine/threonine kinases divided into 3 subfamilies, classical, novel and atypical classes. Two PKC isozymes of the novel group, PKCε and PKCδ, have different and sometimes opposite effects. PKCε stimulates cell growth and differentiation while PKCδ is apoptotic. In the heart, they are among the most expressed PKC isozymes and they are opposed in the preconditioning process with a positive role of PKCε and an inhibiting role of PKCδ. The goal of this review is to analyze the structural differences of these 2 enzymes that may explain their different behaviors and properties.
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Park CH, Choi BH, Jeong MW, Kim S, Kim W, Song YS, Kim KT. Protein kinase Cδ regulates vaccinia-related kinase 1 in DNA damage-induced apoptosis. Mol Biol Cell 2011; 22:1398-408. [PMID: 21346188 PMCID: PMC3078082 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e10-08-0717] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2010] [Revised: 01/03/2011] [Accepted: 02/11/2011] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Vaccinia-related kinase 1 (VRK1) is a novel serine/threonine kinase that plays an important role in cell proliferation. However, little is known about the upstream regulators of VRK1 activity. Here we provide evidence for a role of protein kinase Cδ (PKCδ) in the regulation of murine VRK1. We show that PKCδ interacts with VRK1, phosphorylates the Ser-355 residue in the putative regulatory region, and negatively regulates its kinase activity in vitro. Intriguingly, PKCδ-induced cell death was facilitated by phosphorylation of VRK1 when cells were exposed to a DNA-damaging agent. In addition, p53 played a critical role in the regulation of DNA damage-induced cell death accompanied by PKCδ-mediated modulation of VRK1. In p53-deficient cells, PKCδ-mediated phosphorylation of VRK1 had no effect on cell viability. However, cells overexpressing p53 exhibited significant reduction of cell viability when cotransfected with both VRK1 and PKCδ. Taken together, these results indicate that PKCδ regulates phosphorylation and down-regulation of VRK1, thereby contributing to cell cycle arrest and apoptotic cell death in a p53-dependent manner.
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- Choon-Ho Park
- Department of Life Science, Division of Molecular and Life Science, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang, 790–784, Korea
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- Department of Life Science, Division of Molecular and Life Science, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang, 790–784, Korea
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- Department of Life Science, Division of Molecular and Life Science, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang, 790–784, Korea
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- Department of Life Science, Division of Molecular and Life Science, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang, 790–784, Korea
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- Department of Life Science, Division of Molecular and Life Science, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang, 790–784, Korea
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- College of Pharmacy, Sookmyung Women’s University, Seoul, 140–742, Korea
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- Department of Life Science, Division of Molecular and Life Science, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang, 790–784, Korea
- Division of Integrative Bioscience and Biotechnology, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang, 790-784, Korea
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Sivaswamy S, Neafsey EJ, Collins MA. Neuroprotective preconditioning of rat brain cultures with ethanol: potential transduction by PKC isoforms and focal adhesion kinase upstream of increases in effector heat shock proteins. Eur J Neurosci 2010; 32:1800-12. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2010.07451.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Oka M, Edamatsu H, Kunisada M, Hu L, Takenaka N, Dien S, Sakaguchi M, Kitazawa R, Norose K, Kataoka T, Nishigori C. Enhancement of ultraviolet B-induced skin tumor development in phospholipase Cε-knockout mice is associated with decreased cell death. Carcinogenesis 2010; 31:1897-902. [PMID: 20688835 DOI: 10.1093/carcin/bgq164] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Phospholipase C (PLC) ε is a phosphoinositide-specific PLC regulated by small guanosine triphosphatases including Ras and Rap. Our previous studies revealed that PLCε gene-knockout (PLCε(-/-)) mice exhibit marked resistance to tumor formation in two-stage skin chemical carcinogenesis using 7,12-dimethylbenz(a)anthracene as an initiator and 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate as a promoter. In this model, PLCε functions in tumor promotion through augmentation of 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate-induced inflammation. In this study, we have further assessed the role of PLCε in tumorigenesis using a mouse model of ultraviolet (UV) B-induced skin tumor development. We irradiated PLCε(+/+), PLCε(+/-) or PLCε(-/-) mice with doses of UVB increasing from 1 to 10 kJ/m(2) three times a week for a total of 25 weeks and observed tumor formation for up to 50 weeks. In sharp contrast to the results from the two-stage chemical carcinogenesis study, PLCε(-/-) mice developed a large number of neoplasms including malignant tumors, whereas PLCε(+/+) and PLCε(+/-) mice developed a relatively small number of benign tumors. However, UVB-induced skin inflammation was greatly suppressed in PLCε(-/-) mice, as observed with 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate-induced inflammation, implying that PLCε's role in the suppression of UVB-induced tumorigenesis is not mediated by inflammation. Studies of the tumor initiation stage revealed that UVB-induced cell death in the skin was markedly suppressed in PLCε(-/-)mice. Our findings identify a novel function for PLCε as a critical molecule regulating UVB-induced cell death and suggest that resistance to UVB-induced cell death conferred by the absence of PLCε is closely related to the higher incidence of skin tumor formation.
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- Masahiro Oka
- Division of Dermatology, Department of Internal Related, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, 7-5-1 Kusunoki-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe 650-0017, Japan.
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Denning MF. Protein Kinase C/Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Signaling in Keratinocyte Differentiation Control. J Invest Dermatol 2010; 130:1968-70. [DOI: 10.1038/jid.2010.194] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Li L, Shukla S, Lee A, Garfield SH, Maloney DJ, Ambudkar SV, Yuspa SH. The skin cancer chemotherapeutic agent ingenol-3-angelate (PEP005) is a substrate for the epidermal multidrug transporter (ABCB1) and targets tumor vasculature. Cancer Res 2010; 70:4509-19. [PMID: 20460505 DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-09-4303] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Ingenol-3-angelate (Ing3A), extracted from Euphorbia peplus, is currently in clinical trials for eradicating basal cell carcinoma, actinic keratosis, and squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) in situ by topical application. Although structurally related to phorbol esters and a protein kinase C activator, topical Ing3A, but not phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA), inhibited the growth of subcutaneous tumors derived from PAM212 (mouse SCC) and B16 (mouse melanoma). Ing3A and PMA both induced acute neutrophilic inflammation on mouse skin, but only Ing3A caused subcutaneous hemorrhage and vascular damage. Both Ing3A and PMA activated extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1/2 (ERK1/2) in epidermis, but Ing3A also activated ERK1/2 in skin dermal fibroblasts and endothelial cells. Pretreatment with topical cyclosporin A (CsA), verapamil, or XR9576, modulators of P-glycoprotein (P-gp), prevented Ing3A-induced hemorrhage but not neutrophil infiltration. CsA also impaired the anticancer activity of Ing3A, whereas the anti-inflammatory dexamethasone did not. Ing3A, but not PMA, blocked photoaffinity labeling of human P-gp with [(125)I]iodoaryazidoprazosin and inhibited P-gp-mediated drug resistance to HCT-15 cells. The intracellular levels of Ing3A were significantly lower in P-gp-expressing cells, and treatment with XR9576 increased the levels to those of cells that do not express P-gp, showing that Ing3A binds to and is transported by P-gp. Taken together, our results suggest that P-gp-mediated absorptive transport, dermal penetration, and vascular damage contribute to the anticancer activity of Ing3A in vivo.
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- Luowei Li
- Laboratory of Cancer Biology and Genetics, Laboratory of Cell Biology, and Confocal Core Facility, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute and NIH Chemical Genomics Center, National Human Genome Research Institute, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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Voris JP, Sitailo LA, Rahn HR, Defnet A, Gerds AT, Sprague R, Yadav V, Caroline Le Poole I, Denning MF. Functional alterations in protein kinase C beta II expression in melanoma. Pigment Cell Melanoma Res 2009; 23:216-24. [PMID: 20015121 DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-148x.2009.00664.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Protein kinase C (PKC) is a heterogeneous family of serine/threonine protein kinases that have different biological effects in normal and neoplastic melanocytes (MCs). To explore the mechanism behind their differential response to PKC activation, we analyzed the expression profile of all nine PKC isoforms in normal human MCs, HPV16 E6/E7 immortalized MCs, and a panel of melanoma cell lines. We found reduced PKCbeta and increased PKCzeta and PKCiota expression at both the protein and mRNA levels in immortalized MCs and melanoma lines. We focused on PKCbeta as it has been functionally linked to melanin production and oxidative stress response. Re-expression of PKCbeta in melanoma cells inhibited colony formation in soft agar, indicating that PKCbeta loss in melanoma is important for melanoma growth. PKCbetaII, but not PKCbetaI, was localized to the mitochondria, and inhibition of PKCbeta significantly reduced UV-induced reactive oxygen species (ROS) in MCs with high PKCbeta expression. Thus alterations in PKCbeta expression in melanoma contribute to their neoplastic phenotype, possibly by reducing oxidative stress, and may constitute a selective therapeutic target.
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- John P Voris
- The Oncology Institute, Loyola University Chicago, Maywood, IL, USA
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LaGory EL, Sitailo LA, Denning MF. The protein kinase Cdelta catalytic fragment is critical for maintenance of the G2/M DNA damage checkpoint. J Biol Chem 2009; 285:1879-87. [PMID: 19917613 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m109.055392] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Protein kinase Cdelta (PKCdelta) is an essential component of the intrinsic apoptotic program. Following DNA damage, such as exposure to UV radiation, PKCdelta is cleaved in a caspase-dependent manner, generating a constitutively active catalytic fragment (PKCdelta-cat), which is necessary and sufficient for keratinocyte apoptosis. We found that in addition to inducing apoptosis, expression of PKCdelta-cat caused a pronounced G(2)/M cell cycle arrest in both primary human keratinocytes and immortalized HaCaT cells. Consistent with a G(2)/M arrest, PKCdelta-cat induced phosphorylation of Cdk1 (Tyr(15)), a critical event in the G(2)/M checkpoint. Treatment with the ATM/ATR inhibitor caffeine was unable to prevent PKCdelta-cat-induced G(2)/M arrest, suggesting that PKCdelta-cat is functioning downstream of ATM/ATR in the G(2)/M checkpoint. To better understand the role of PKCdelta and PKCdelta-cat in the cell cycle response to DNA damage, we exposed wild-type and PKCdelta null mouse embryonic fibroblasts (MEFs) to UV radiation. Wild-type MEFs underwent a pronounced G(2)/M arrest, Cdk1 phosphorylation, and induction of apoptosis following UV exposure, whereas PKCdelta null MEFs were resistant to these effects. Expression of PKCdelta-green fluorescent protein, but not caspase-resistant or kinase-inactive PKCdelta, was able to restore G(2)/M checkpoint integrity in PKCdelta null MEFs. The function of PKCdelta in the DNA damage-induced G(2)/M cell cycle checkpoint may be a critical component of its tumor suppressor function.
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- Edward L LaGory
- Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry Program, Department of Cell Biology, Neurobiology, and Anatomy, Loyola University Chicago, Maywood, Illinois 60153, USA
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Gonzalez-Guerrico AM, Meshki J, Xiao L, Benavides F, Conti CJ, Kazanietz MG. Molecular mechanisms of protein kinase C-induced apoptosis in prostate cancer cells. BMB Rep 2009; 38:639-45. [PMID: 16336777 DOI: 10.5483/bmbrep.2005.38.6.639] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Protein kinase C (PKC) isozymes, a family of serine-threonine kinases, are important regulators of cell proliferation and malignant transformation. Phorbol esters, the prototype PKC activators, cause PKC translocation to the plasma membrane in prostate cancer cells, and trigger an apoptotic response. Studies in recent years have determined that each member of the PKC family exerts different effects on apoptotic or survival pathways. PKCdelta, one of the novel PKCs, is a key player of the apoptotic response via the activation of the p38 MAPK pathway. Studies using RNAi revealed that depletion of PKCdelta totally abolishes the apoptotic effect of the phorbol ester PMA. Activation of the classical PKCalpha promotes the dephosphorylation and inactivation of the survival kinase Akt. Studies have assigned a pro-survival role to PKCepsilon, but the function of this PKC isozyme remains controversial. Recently, it has been determined that the PKC apoptotic effect in androgen-dependent prostate cancer cells is mediated by the autocrine secretion of death factors. PKCdelta stimulates the release of TNFalpha from the plasma membrane, and blockade of TNFalpha secretion or TNFalpha receptors abrogates the apoptotic response of PMA. Molecular analysis indicates the requirement of the extrinsic apoptotic cascade via the activation of death receptors and caspase-8. Dissecting the pathways downstream of PKC isozymes represents a major challenge to understanding the molecular basis of phorbol ester-induced apoptosis.
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Singh R, Lei P, Andreadis ST. PKC-delta binds to E-cadherin and mediates EGF-induced cell scattering. Exp Cell Res 2009; 315:2899-913. [PMID: 19591825 DOI: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2009.07.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2008] [Revised: 06/09/2009] [Accepted: 07/01/2009] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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EGF is known to affect adherens junctions and disrupt cell-cell adhesion in a variety of carcinomas but the underlying mechanisms are not completely understood. Using human tumor epithelial cells overexpressing EGFR we demonstrated that EGF-induced cell scattering was mediated by protein kinase C-delta (PKC-delta). PKC-delta knockdown by siRNA significantly inhibited EGF-induced internalization of E-cadherin into the cytoplasm and blocked cell scattering. EGF phosphorylated PKC-delta at Y311 and ectopic expression of the mutant Y311F prevented PKC-delta binding to E-cadherin and EGF-induced cell scattering. Moreover, depletion of Src using siRNA decreased EGF-induced phosphorylation of PKC-delta at Y311 and blocked scattering. Finally, EGF reduced expression of the tight junction protein, occludin, and this effect was also mediated by PKC-delta through Src. In summary, PKC-delta mediated the effects of EGF on adherens and tight junctions thereby playing an important role in cell-cell adhesion with possible wider implications in tumor metastasis or epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition.
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- Raghvendra Singh
- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Amherst, NY 14260-4200, USA
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Mcl-1 functions as major epidermal survival protein required for proper keratinocyte differentiation. J Invest Dermatol 2009; 129:1351-60. [PMID: 19037233 DOI: 10.1038/jid.2008.363] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Rapid downregulation of the antiapoptotic Bcl-2 family protein myeloid cell leukemia 1 (Mcl-1) is required for UV-induced apoptosis, underlining an important role for Mcl-1 in epidermal pathology. To determine if Mcl-1 has a specific role in normal keratinocyte (KC) biology, Mcl-1 was downregulated in human KCs by RNAi and these KCs were induced to differentiate in organotypic raft cultures. Mcl-1 shRNA organotypic cultures showed increased levels of spontaneous premature apoptosis, implicating Mcl-1 as an essential KC survival protein. Mcl-1-downregulated cultures also had reduced granular and cornified layers, and produced lower levels of cross-linked protein and cornified envelopes. Cornification could only partially be rescued with the general caspase inhibitor z-VAD, suggesting that reduced cornification was not entirely because of premature apoptosis. Differentiation markers (K1, K10, filaggrin, loricrin, cleaved caspase-14) were normally expressed in control organotypic cultures, but were expressed at reduced levels in organotypic cultures with downregulated Mcl-1. The defect in differentiation marker expression was independent of apoptosis as it could not be rescued by z-VAD. Thus, Mcl-1 serves two important, independent functions in epidermal KCs: acting as a major survival protein by inhibiting premature apoptosis in the spinous and granular layers to promote conification, and promoting the robust induction of KC differentiation markers.
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The skin is the largest organ of the body and protects the organism against external physical, chemical and biological insults, such as wounding, ultraviolet radiation and micro-organisms. The epidermis is the upper part of the skin that is continuously renewed. The keratinocytes are the major cell type in the epidermis and undergo a specialized form of programmed cell death, called cornification, which is different from classical apoptosis. In keep with this view, several lines of evidence indicate that NF-kB is an important factor providing protection against keratinocyte apoptosis in homeostatic and inflammatory conditions. In contrast, the hair follicle is an epidermal appendage that shows cyclic apoptosis-driven involution, as part of the normal hair cycle. The different cell death programs need to be well orchestrated to maintain skin homeostasis. One of the major environmental insults to the skin is UVB radiation, causing the occurrence of apoptotic sunburn cells. Deregulation of cell death mechanisms in the skin can lead to diseases such as cancer, necrolysis and graft-versus-host disease. Here we review the apoptotic and the anti-apoptotic mechanisms in skin homeostasis and disease.
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Min BW, Kim CG, Ko J, Lim Y, Lee YH, Shin SY. Transcription of the protein kinase C-delta gene is activated by JNK through c-Jun and ATF2 in response to the anticancer agent doxorubicin. Exp Mol Med 2009; 40:699-708. [PMID: 19116455 DOI: 10.3858/emm.2008.40.6.699] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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Expression of protein kinase C-delta (PKCdelta) is up-regulated by apoptosis-inducing stimuli. However, very little is known about the signaling pathways that control PKCdelta gene transcription. In the present study, we demonstrate that JNK stimulates PKCdelta gene expression via c-Jun and ATF2 in response to the anticancer agent doxorubicin (DXR) in mouse lymphocytic leukemia L1210 cells. Luciferase reporter assays showed that DXR-induced activation of the PKCdelta promoter was enhanced by ectopic expression of JNK1, c-Jun, or ATF2, whereas it was strongly reduced by expression of dominant negative JNK1 or by treatment with the JNK inhibitor SP600125. Furthermore, point mutations in the core sequence of the c-Jun/ATF2 binding site suppressed DXR-induced activation of the PKCdelta promoter. Our results suggest an additional role for a JNK signaling cascade in DXR-induced PKCdelta gene expression.
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- Byong Wook Min
- Department of Surgery, Korea University College of Medicine, Ansan 425-707, Korea
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Isothiocyanates sensitize the effect of chemotherapeutic drugs via modulation of protein kinase C and telomerase in cervical cancer cells. Mol Cell Biochem 2009; 330:9-22. [DOI: 10.1007/s11010-009-0095-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2009] [Accepted: 03/30/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Zheng Y, Wang LS, Xia L, Han YH, Liao SH, Wang XL, Cheng JK, Chen GQ. NDRG1 is down-regulated in the early apoptotic event induced by camptothecin analogs: The potential role in proteolytic activation of PKCδ and apoptosis. Proteomics 2009; 9:2064-75. [DOI: 10.1002/pmic.200800031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Lee YS, Sohn KC, Kim KH, Cho MJ, Hur GM, Yoon TJ, Kim SK, Lee K, Lee JH, Kim CD. Role of protein kinase C delta in X-ray-induced apoptosis of keratinocyte. Exp Dermatol 2009; 18:50-6. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0625.2008.00761.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Bisindolylmaleimide derivatives were originally described as protein kinase C inhibitors. However, several studies have shown that bisindolylmaleimides target several other signaling molecules. The review presents bisindolylmaleimide-mediated PKC-dependent and PKC-independent biological effects, such as reversal of MDR and modulation of Wnt signaling through GSK-3b and b-catenin. Importantly, the potent proapoptotic properties of bisindolylmaleimides are also described. Bis-IX appears as the most efficient activator of intrinsic apoptotic pathway and additionally, facilitates extrinsic apoptosis. Presented molecular mechanisms indicate that bisindolylmaleimides could be useful agents in anticancer therapy. They repress uncontrolled proliferation and restore the sensitivity to chemotherapy which allows eradication of cancer cells.
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The protein kinase C (PKC) family of proteins includes several kinases that share structural homology, but at the same time exhibit substantial functional diversity. There is a significant amount of evidence establishing distinct patterns of expression and function for different PKC isoforms and groups in different leukemias. Although most members of this family promote leukemic cell survival and growth, others exhibit opposing effects and participate in the generation of antileukemic responses. This review summarizes work in this field on the relevance of distinct members of the PKC family in the pathophysiology of myeloid and lymphoid leukemias. The clinical-therapeutic potential of such ongoing work for the treatment of future development of novel approaches for the treatment of different types of leukemias is discussed.
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- Amanda J Redig
- Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center and Division of Hematology/Oncology, Northwestern University Medical School and Lakeside VA Medical Center, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
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Human DNA polymerase eta activity and translocation is regulated by phosphorylation. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2008; 105:16578-83. [PMID: 18946034 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0808589105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Human DNA polymerase eta (pol eta) can replicate across UV-induced pyrimidine dimers, and defects in the gene encoding pol eta result in a syndrome called xeroderma pigmentosum variant (XP-V). XP-V patients are prone to the development of cancer in sun-exposed areas, and cells derived from XP-V patients demonstrate increased sensitivity to UV radiation and a higher mutation rate compared with wild-type cells. pol eta has been shown to replicate across a wide spectrum of DNA lesions introduced by environmental or chemotherapeutic agents, or during nucleotide starvation, suggesting that the biological roles for pol eta are not limited to repair of UV-damaged DNA. The high error rate of pol eta requires that its intracellular activity be tightly regulated. Here, we show that the phosphorylation of pol eta increased after UV irradiation, and that treatment with caffeine, siRNA against ATR, or an inhibitor of PKC (calphostin C), reduced the accumulation of pol eta at stalled replication forks after UV irradiation or treatment with cisplatin and gemcitabine. Site-specific mutagenesis (S587A and T617A) of pol eta at two putative PKC phosphorylation sites located in the protein-protein interaction domain prevented nuclear foci formation induced by UV irradiation or treatment with gemcitabine/cisplatin. In addition, XP-V cell lines stably expressing either the S587A or T617A mutant form of pol eta were more sensitive to UV radiation and gemcitabine/cisplatin than control cells expressing wild-type pol eta. These results suggest that phosphorylation is one mechanism by which the cellular activity of pol eta is regulated.
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Sodhi A, Sethi G. Caspase-9 and Bax/Bcl-2 Regulation in Ultraviolet B-Induced Apoptosis of Murine Peritoneal Macrophages. Toxicol Mech Methods 2008; 14:323-9. [DOI: 10.1080/15376520490434656] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Szegedi A, Páyer E, Czifra G, Tóth BI, Schmidt E, Kovács L, Blumberg PM, Bíró T. Protein kinase C isoenzymes differentially regulate the differentiation-dependent expression of adhesion molecules in human epidermal keratinocytes. Exp Dermatol 2008; 18:122-9. [PMID: 18637128 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0625.2008.00771.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Epidermal expression of adhesion molecules such as desmogleins (Dsg) and cadherins is strongly affected by the differentiation status of keratinocytes. We have previously shown that certain protein kinase C (PKC) isoforms differentially alter the growth and differentiation of human epidermal HaCaT keratinocytes. In this paper, using recombinant overexpression and RNA interference, we define the specific roles of the different PKC isoenzymes in modulation of expression of adhesion molecules in HaCaT keratinocytes. The level of Dsg1, a marker of differentiating keratinocytes, was antagonistically regulated by two Ca-independent 'novel' nPKC isoforms; i.e. it increased by the differentiation-promoting nPKCdelta and decreased by the growth-promoting nPKCepsilon. The expression of Dsg3 (highly expressed in proliferating epidermal layers) was conversely regulated by these isoenzymes, and was also inhibited by the differentiation inducer Ca-dependent 'conventional' cPKCalpha. Finally, the expression of P-cadherin (a marker of proliferating keratinocytes) was regulated by all of the examined PKCs, also in an antagonistic manner (inhibited by cPKCalpha/nPKCdelta and stimulated by cPKCbeta/nPKCepsilon). Collectively, the presented results strongly argue for the marked, differential, and in some instances antagonistic roles of individual Ca-dependent and Ca-independent PKC isoforms in the regulation of expression of adhesion molecules of desmosomes and adherent junctions in human epidermal keratinocytes.
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- Andrea Szegedi
- Department of Dermatology, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary
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Yoshimoto T, Morishima N, Mizoguchi I, Shimizu M, Nagai H, Oniki S, Oka M, Nishigori C, Mizuguchi J. Antiproliferative activity of IL-27 on melanoma. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2008; 180:6527-35. [PMID: 18453571 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.180.10.6527] [Citation(s) in RCA: 98] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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IL-27 is a member of the IL-6/IL-12 family and activates both STAT1 and STAT3 through its receptor, which consists of WSX-1 and gp130. We previously demonstrated that IL-27 has potent antitumor activities, which are mediated through CD8(+) T cells, NK cells, or its own antiangiogenic activity. In this study, we demonstrate that IL-27 also possesses a direct antiproliferative activity on melanoma. Although WSX-1 expression was hardly detected in parental mouse melanoma B16F10 cells, IL-27 activated STAT1 and STAT3 and up-regulated MHC class I in B16F10 transfectants expressing wild-type WSX-1. In contrast, IL-27 failed to activate STAT1 and up-regulate MHC class I in those expressing mutant WSX-1, in which the putative STAT1-binding Tyr-609 of the cytoplasmic region was replaced by Phe. IL-27 inhibited the tumor growth of transfectants expressing wild-type WSX-1 in a dose-dependent manner. IL-27 augmented the expression of IFN regulatory factor (IRF)-1 and IRF-8, which possess tumor suppressor activities, in B16F10 transfectants expressing wild-type WSX-1. Down-regulation of IRF-1 but not IRF-8 with small interfering RNA partially blocked the IL-27-induced growth inhibition. A small, but significant, direct antiproliferative effect of IL-27 was also observed in vivo. Moreover, several human melanoma cells were revealed to express both IL-27 receptor subunits, and activation of STAT1 and STAT3 and growth inhibition by IL-27 were detected. These results suggest that IL-27 has an antiproliferative activity on melanomas through WSX-1/STAT1 signaling. Thus, IL-27 may be an attractive candidate as an antitumor agent applicable to cancer immunotherapy.
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- Takayuki Yoshimoto
- Intractable Immune System Disease Research Center, Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo, Japan.
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Bossi O, Gartsbein M, Leitges M, Kuroki T, Grossman S, Tennenbaum T. UV irradiation increases ROS production via PKCδ signaling in primary murine fibroblasts. J Cell Biochem 2008; 105:194-207. [DOI: 10.1002/jcb.21817] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Hung JH, Lu YS, Wang YC, Ma YH, Wang DS, Kulp SK, Muthusamy N, Byrd JC, Cheng AL, Chen CS. FTY720 induces apoptosis in hepatocellular carcinoma cells through activation of protein kinase C delta signaling. Cancer Res 2008; 68:1204-12. [PMID: 18281497 DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-07-2621] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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This study was aimed at elucidating the mechanism by which FTY720, a synthetic sphingosine immunosuppressant, mediated antitumor effects in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) cells. The three HCC cell lines examined, Hep3B, Huh7, and PLC5, exhibited differential susceptibility to FTY720-mediated suppression of cell viability, with IC(50) values of 4.5, 6.3, and 11 mumol/L, respectively. Although FTY720 altered the phosphorylation state of protein kinase B and p38, our data refuted the role of these two signaling kinases in FTY720-mediated apoptosis. Evidence indicates that the antitumor effect of FTY720 was attributable to its ability to stimulate reactive oxygen species (ROS) production, which culminated in protein kinase C (PKC)delta activation and subsequent caspase-3-dependent apoptosis. We showed that FTY720 activated PKC delta through two distinct mechanisms: phosphorylation and caspase-3-dependent cleavage. Cotreatment with the caspase-3 inhibitor Z-VAD-FMK abrogated the effect of FTY720 on facilitating PKC delta proteolysis. Equally important, pharmacologic inhibition or shRNA-mediated knockdown of PKC delta protected FTY720-treated Huh7 cells from caspase-3 activation. Moreover, FTY720 induced ROS production to different extents among the three cell lines, in the order of Hep3B > Huh7 >> PLC5, which inversely correlated with the respective glutathione S-transferase pi expression levels. The low level of ROS generation might underlie the resistant phenotype of PLC5 cells to the apoptotic effects of FTY720. Blockade of ROS production by an NADPH oxidase inhibitor protected Huh7 cells from FTY720-induced PKC delta activation and caspase-3-dependent apoptosis. Together, this study provides a rationale to use FTY720 as a scaffold to develop potent PKC delta-activating agents for HCC therapy.
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- Jui-Hsiang Hung
- Division of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA
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Hanrott K, Murray TK, Orfali Z, Ward M, Finlay C, O'Neill MJ, Wonnacott S. Differential activation of PKCδ in the substantia nigra of rats following striatal or nigral 6-hydroxydopamine lesions. Eur J Neurosci 2008; 27:1086-96. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2008.06097.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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