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PCMT1 Is a Potential Prognostic Biomarker and Is Correlated with Immune Infiltrates in Breast Cancer. BIOMED RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2022; 2022:4434887. [PMID: 35535040 PMCID: PMC9078795 DOI: 10.1155/2022/4434887] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2022] [Revised: 04/06/2022] [Accepted: 04/15/2022] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Background Protein-L-isoaspartate (D-aspartate) O-methyltransferase (PCMT1) is involved in the occurrence and development of a variety of malignant tumors. However, the prognostic value of PCMT1 in breast cancer remains unclear. Methods Based on the Cancer Genome Atlas database, we assessed the correlation between the expression of PCMT1 and prognosis, immune invasion, and tumor mutation burden in a variety of cancers. The expression level, mutation, immune correlation, and coexpression of PCMT1 in breast cancer were studied using the following databases: UALCAN database, Human Protein Atlas database, cBioPortal database, TIMER database, and LinkedOmics database. Kaplan–Meier Plotter was used for survival analysis. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves and nomograms were drawn using the R software package. P < 0.05 was considered statistically significant. Results Pancancer analysis showed that PCMT1 is highly expressed in a variety of cancers and is significantly related to the prognosis of a variety of cancers. PCMT1 is significantly related to the tumor mutation burden of a variety of cancers. PCMT1 is significantly high in breast cancer, and it is significantly related to the abundance of immune infiltration. Survival analysis revealed that high PCMT1 expression is significantly associated with shorter overall survival (OS), relapse-free survival (RFS), and postprogression survival (PPS) in breast cancer patients. ROC curves and nomograms verify the effectiveness of PCMT1 as a prognostic biomarker for breast cancer. Conclusions PCMT1 can be used as a potential prognostic biomarker of breast cancer, and it is significantly related to the abundance of breast cancer immune infiltration.
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Co-delivery of miRNA-15a and miRNA-16-1 using cationic PEGylated niosomes downregulates Bcl-2 and induces apoptosis in prostate cancer cells. Biotechnol Lett 2021; 43:981-994. [PMID: 33515341 DOI: 10.1007/s10529-021-03085-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2020] [Accepted: 01/13/2021] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Tumor suppressor miRNAs, miR-15a and miR-16-1, with high-specificity and oncogenic targeting of Bcl-2, can target tumor tissues. Disadvantages of the clinical application of free miRNAs include poor cellular uptake and instability in plasma, which can be partially improved by using nanocarriers to deliver anti-cancer agents to the tumor cell. METHOD In this study, cationic niosomes were designed and optimized with the specific formulation. Then, the physical characteristics, the cytotoxicity, the impact of transfected miRNAs on the expression of the Bcl-2 gene, and the apoptosis rate of the different formulation into prostate cancer cell were determined. RESULTS The optimum formulation containing tween-60: cholesterol: DOTAP: DSPE-PEG2000 at 70:30:25:5 demonstrated that the vesicle size and zeta potentials were 69.7 nm and + 14.83 mV, respectively. Additionally, noisome-loaded miRNAs had higher toxicity against cancer cells comparing with free forms. The transfection of PC3 cells with the combination therapy of nanocarriers loaded of two miRNAs led to a significant decrease in the expression of the Bcl-2 gene and increased the degree of cell death in PC3 cells compared with other treatment groups, and the synergistic effects of co-delivery of miR-15a and miR-16-1 on prostate cancer cells were shown. CONCLUSION According to the results, it seems the designed niosomes containing miR-15a and miR-16-1 can target the Bcl-2 gene and provide a cheap, applicable, cost-effective, and safe drug delivery system against prostate cancer.
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Jia G, Yang H, Diao Z, Liu Y, Sun C. Neural stem cell conditioned medium alleviates Aβ 25-35 damage to SH-SY5Y cells through the PCMT1/MST1 pathway. Eur J Histochem 2020; 64:3135. [PMID: 32705859 PMCID: PMC7388643 DOI: 10.4081/ejh.2020.3135] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2020] [Accepted: 05/29/2020] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a progressive, neurodegenerative disease. Accumulating evidence suggests that protein isoaspartate methyltransferase 1 (PCMT1) is highly expressed in brain tissue (substantia nigra, blue plaque, paraventricular nucleus). In this study, we investigated the effect of neural stem cell conditioned medium alleviates Aβ25-35 damage to SH-SY5Y cells by PCMT1/MST1 pathway. Results demonstrated that Aβ25-35 significantly decreased the cell viability in time and dose dependent manner. However, Neural stem cell-complete medium (NSC-CPM) or NSC-CDM had inhibitory effect on toxicity when fibrillation of Aβ25-35 occurred in their presence and NSC-CDM had a better inhibitor result. An increase of the PCMT1 expression levels was found in Aβ25-35 + NSC-CDM group. sh-PCMT1 significantly reduced the PCMT1, the cell viability and inhibited the protective effect; induced apoptosis and increased the expression of p-MST1. Overexpression of PCMT1 group reversed the effect of Aβ25-35 inhibited the cell viability and Aβ25-35 induced the apoptosis. In conclusion, NSC-CDM corrects the damage of Aβ25-35 to cells by increasing PCMT1, reducing MST phosphorylation.
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- Guoyong Jia
- Department of Neurology, Qilu Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan.
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- Department of Critical-care Medicine, Qilu Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan.
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- Department of Neurology, Qilu Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan.
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- Department of Neurology, Qilu Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan.
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- Department of Neurology, Qilu Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan.
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Li Z, Liu L, Du C, Yu Z, Yang Y, Xu J, Wei X, Zhan F, Lai Y, Qiu L, Hao M. Therapeutic effects of oligo-single-stranded DNA mimicking of hsa-miR-15a-5p on multiple myeloma. Cancer Gene Ther 2020; 27:869-877. [PMID: 31988477 DOI: 10.1038/s41417-020-0161-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2019] [Revised: 12/21/2019] [Accepted: 01/07/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Despite the fact that a few novel agents improve the outcome of patients, MM remains incurable. Hence, developing a novel treatment strategy may prove to be promising for the clinical management of MM. Noncoding small RNAs, a cluster of RNAs that do not encode functional proteins, have been underlined that play a pivotal role in the pathogenesis of MM. Our previous study indicated that miR-15a acted as a tumor suppressor, which inhibited the cell proliferation and promoted the apoptosis of MM cells. The level of miR-15a was downregulated in MM cells and correlated with inferior outcome of MM patients. In the present study, we first developed an oligo-single-stranded DNA mimicking the sequence of hsa-miR-15a-5p (OMM-15a) and modified with locked nucleic acid (LNA-15a) to evaluate its anti-MM effects. Our results indicated that the LNA-15a presented an exciting anti-MM effect that showed notable cell growth suppression and apoptosis promotion in MM and other cancer cell lines through downregulating the expression level of target genes BCL-2, VEGF-A, and PHF19. Moreover, LNA-15a treatment significantly improved the anti-MM activity of bortezomib with the synergism effect in OCI-My5 MM cells. In our in vivo study, LNA-15a treatment significantly suppressed the tumor growth, and prolonged the survival of mice compared with the control group. However, our results indicated that the native form of oligo-single-stranded DNA mimic of hsa-miR-15a-5p (OMM-15a) without any modification had no effective inhibition on cell growth, even after increasing the dosage of OMM-15a in the treatment. Altogether, our finding provides the preclinical rationale to support the oligo-single-stranded DNA mimic of hsa-miR-15a with LNA modification, which is a promising tool for the therapy of both MM and other tumors with miR-15a downregulation.
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- Zhongqing Li
- Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, 530021, China.,State Key Laboratory of Experimental Hematology, Institute of Hematology and Blood Disease Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Tianjin, 300020, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Experimental Hematology, Institute of Hematology and Blood Disease Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Tianjin, 300020, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Experimental Hematology, Institute of Hematology and Blood Disease Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Tianjin, 300020, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Experimental Hematology, Institute of Hematology and Blood Disease Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Tianjin, 300020, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Experimental Hematology, Institute of Hematology and Blood Disease Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Tianjin, 300020, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Experimental Hematology, Institute of Hematology and Blood Disease Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Tianjin, 300020, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Experimental Hematology, Institute of Hematology and Blood Disease Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Tianjin, 300020, China
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- Division of Hematology, Oncology, and Blood and Marrow Transplantation, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA
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- Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, 530021, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Experimental Hematology, Institute of Hematology and Blood Disease Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Tianjin, 300020, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Experimental Hematology, Institute of Hematology and Blood Disease Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Tianjin, 300020, China.
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Kabekkodu SP, Shukla V, Varghese VK, D' Souza J, Chakrabarty S, Satyamoorthy K. Clustered miRNAs and their role in biological functions and diseases. Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc 2018; 93:1955-1986. [PMID: 29797774 DOI: 10.1111/brv.12428] [Citation(s) in RCA: 221] [Impact Index Per Article: 36.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2017] [Revised: 04/20/2018] [Accepted: 04/26/2018] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are endogenous, small non-coding RNAs known to regulate expression of protein-coding genes. A large proportion of miRNAs are highly conserved, localized as clusters in the genome, transcribed together from physically adjacent miRNAs and show similar expression profiles. Since a single miRNA can target multiple genes and miRNA clusters contain multiple miRNAs, it is important to understand their regulation, effects and various biological functions. Like protein-coding genes, miRNA clusters are also regulated by genetic and epigenetic events. These clusters can potentially regulate every aspect of cellular function including growth, proliferation, differentiation, development, metabolism, infection, immunity, cell death, organellar biogenesis, messenger signalling, DNA repair and self-renewal, among others. Dysregulation of miRNA clusters leading to altered biological functions is key to the pathogenesis of many diseases including carcinogenesis. Here, we review recent advances in miRNA cluster research and discuss their regulation and biological functions in pathological conditions.
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- Shama P Kabekkodu
- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, School of Life Sciences, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, 576104, India
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- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, School of Life Sciences, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, 576104, India
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- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, School of Life Sciences, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, 576104, India
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- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, School of Life Sciences, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, 576104, India
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- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, School of Life Sciences, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, 576104, India
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- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, School of Life Sciences, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, 576104, India
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Zhao H, Zhao X, Du P, Qi G. Construction of random tumor transcriptome expression library for creating and selecting novel tumor antigens. Tumour Biol 2016; 37:12877-12887. [PMID: 27449040 DOI: 10.1007/s13277-016-5201-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2015] [Accepted: 07/13/2016] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Novel tumor antigens are necessary for the development of efficient tumor vaccines for overcoming the immunotolerance and immunosuppression induced by tumors. Here, we developed a novel strategy to create tumor antigens by construction of random tumor transcriptome expression library (RTTEL). The complementary DNA (cDNA) from S180 sarcoma was used as template for arbitrarily amplifying gene fragments with random primers by PCR, then ligated to the C-terminal of HSP65 in a plasmid pET28a-HSP for constructing RTTEL in Escherichia coli. A novel antigen of A5 was selected from RTTEL with the strongest immunotherapeutic effects on S180 sarcoma. Adoptive immunotherapy with anti-A5 sera also inhibited tumor growth, further confirming the key antitumor roles of A5-specific antibodies in mice. A5 contains a sequence similar to protein-L-isoaspartate (D-aspartate) O-methyltransferase (PCMT1). The antisera of A5 were verified to cross-react with PCMT1 by Western blotting assay and vice versa. Both anti-A5 sera and anti-PCMT1 sera could induce antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity and complement-dependent cytotoxicity toward S180 cells by in vitro assay. Further assay with fluorescent staining showed that PCMT1 is detectable on the surface of S180 cells. Summary, the strategy to construct RTTEL is potential for creating and screening novel tumor antigens to develop efficient tumor vaccines. By RTTEL, we successfully created a protein antigen of A5 with significant immunotherapeutic effects on S180 sarcoma by induction of antibodies targeting for PCMT1.
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- Huizhun Zhao
- College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, No. 1 Shizishan Street, Hongshan District, Wuhan, 430070, HuBei Province, China
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- College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, No. 1 Shizishan Street, Hongshan District, Wuhan, 430070, HuBei Province, China
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- College of Life Science, Hubei University, 430062, Wuhan, China
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- College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, No. 1 Shizishan Street, Hongshan District, Wuhan, 430070, HuBei Province, China.
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Saito H, Yamashita M, Ogasawara M, Yamada N, Niisato M, Tomoyasu M, Deguchi H, Tanita T, Ishida K, Sugai T, Yamauchi K. Chaperone protein l-isoaspartate (d-aspartyl) O-methyltransferase as a novel predictor of poor prognosis in lung adenocarcinoma. Hum Pathol 2016; 50:1-10. [DOI: 10.1016/j.humpath.2015.11.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2015] [Revised: 11/14/2015] [Accepted: 11/18/2015] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Sambri I, Crespo J, Aguiló S, Ingrosso D, Rodríguez C, Martínez González J. miR-17 and -20a Target the Neuron-Derived Orphan Receptor-1 (NOR-1) in Vascular Endothelial Cells. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0141932. [PMID: 26600038 PMCID: PMC4658114 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0141932] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2015] [Accepted: 10/14/2015] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Neuron-derived orphan receptor-1 (NOR-1) plays a major role in vascular biology by controlling fibroproliferative and inflammatory responses. Because microRNAs (miRNAs) have recently emerged as key players in the regulation of gene expression in the vasculature, here we have investigated the regulation of NOR-1 by miRNAs in endothelial cells. Computational algorithms suggest that NOR-1 could be targeted by members of the miR-17 family. Accordingly, ectopic over-expression of miR-17 or miR-20a in endothelial cells using synthetic premiRNAs attenuated the up-regulation of NOR-1 expression induced by VEGF (as evidenced by real time PCR, Western blot and immunocitochemistry). Conversely, the antagonism of these miRNAs by specific antagomirs prevented the down-regulation of NOR-1 promoted by miR-17 or miR-20a in VEGF-stimulated cells. Disruption of the miRNA-NOR-1 mRNA interaction using a custom designed target protector evidenced the selectivity of these responses. Further, luciferase reporter assays and seed-sequence mutagenesis confirmed that miR-17 and -20a bind to NOR-1 3’-UTR. Finally, miR-17 and -20a ameliorated the up-regulation of VCAM-1 mediated by NOR-1 in VEGF-stimulated cells. Therefore, miR-17 and -20a target NOR-1 thereby regulating NOR-1-dependent gene expression.
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- Irene Sambri
- Centro de Investigación Cardiovascular (CSIC-ICCC), IIB-Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain
- Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics & General Pathology, School of Medicine & Surgery, Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy
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- Centro de Investigación Cardiovascular (CSIC-ICCC), IIB-Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain
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- Centro de Investigación Cardiovascular (CSIC-ICCC), IIB-Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics & General Pathology, School of Medicine & Surgery, Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy
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- Centro de Investigación Cardiovascular (CSIC-ICCC), IIB-Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain
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- Centro de Investigación Cardiovascular (CSIC-ICCC), IIB-Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain
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Santosa D, Castoldi M, Paluschinski M, Sommerfeld A, Häussinger D. Hyperosmotic stress activates the expression of members of the miR-15/107 family and induces downregulation of anti-apoptotic genes in rat liver. Sci Rep 2015. [PMID: 26195352 PMCID: PMC4508667 DOI: 10.1038/srep12292] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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microRNAs are an abundant class of small non-coding RNAs that negatively regulate gene expression. Importantly, microRNA activity has been linked to the control of cellular stress response. In the present study, we investigated whether the expression of hepatic microRNAs is affected by changes in ambient osmolarity. It is shown that hyperosmotic exposure of perfused rat liver induces a rapid upregulation of miR-15a, miR-15b and miR-16, which are members of the miR-15/107 microRNAs superfamily. It was also identified that hyperosmolarity significantly reduces the expression of anti-apoptotic genes including Bcl2, Ccnd1, Mcl1, Faim, Aatf, Bfar and Ikbkb, which are either validated or predicted targets of these microRNAs. Moreover, through the application of NOX and JNK inhibitors as well as benzylamine it is shown that the observed response is mediated by reactive oxygen species (ROS), suggesting that miR-15a, miR-15b and miR-16 are novel redoximiRs. It is concluded that the response of these three microRNAs to osmotic stress is ROS-mediated and that it might contribute to the development of a proapoptotic phenotype.
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- David Santosa
- Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Infectious Diseases, Heinrich-Heine-University, Moorenstrasse 5, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Infectious Diseases, Heinrich-Heine-University, Moorenstrasse 5, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Infectious Diseases, Heinrich-Heine-University, Moorenstrasse 5, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Infectious Diseases, Heinrich-Heine-University, Moorenstrasse 5, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Infectious Diseases, Heinrich-Heine-University, Moorenstrasse 5, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany
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Ouazia D, Levros LC, Rassart É, Desrosiers R. The protein l-isoaspartyl (d-aspartyl) methyltransferase protects against dopamine-induced apoptosis in neuroblastoma SH-SY5Y cells. Neuroscience 2015; 295:139-50. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2015.03.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2015] [Revised: 03/10/2015] [Accepted: 03/14/2015] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Liu J, Huang W, Lin Y, Bian L, He Y. Identification of proteins interacting with protein kinase C-δ in hyperthermia-induced apoptosis and thermotolerance of Tca8113 cells. Mol Med Rep 2015; 12:3821-3828. [PMID: 26017369 DOI: 10.3892/mmr.2015.3861] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2014] [Accepted: 04/30/2015] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The purpose of the present study was to investigate the differential proteins that interact with protein kinase C‑δ (PKC‑δ) in hyperthermia‑induced apoptosis as well as thermotolerance in Tca8113 cells, and furthermore, to investigate the mechanisms of these processes in tumor cells. Activation of PKC‑δ was previously indicated to be involved in the heat sensitivity and thermal resistance of tongue squamous carcinoma cells. Tca8113 cell apoptosis was induced by incubation at 43˚C for 80 min and the thermotolerant Tca8113 cells (TT‑Tca8113) were generated through a gradient temperature‑elevating method. The apoptotic rate of the cells was determined by flow cytometry, while cleavage and activation of PKC‑δ were analyzed by western blot analysis. The proteins that interacted with PKC‑δ in the Tca8113 and TT‑Tca8113 cells were identified by co‑immunoprecipitation coupled with mass spectrometry. Co‑immunoprecipitation analysis followed by electrospray ionization mass spectrometric analysis were utilized to identify the pro‑ and anti‑apoptotic proteins that interacted with PKC‑δ. Significant cell apoptosis was observed in Tca8113 cells following hyperthermia, and the apoptotic rate was significantly higher than that in the control group (P<0.05). Marked PKC‑δ cleavage fragmentation was also identified. By contrast, the apoptotic rate of the TT‑Tca8113 cells was not significantly increased following hyperthermia and no PKC‑δ cleavage fragmentation was observed. Among the proteins interacting with PKC‑δ, 39 were found to be involved in the promotion of apoptosis and 16 in the inhibition of apoptosis of Tca8113 cells; these proteins were known to be involved in the regulation of cell proliferation, apoptosis, transcription and intracellular protein transport. The results of the present study provided evidence that PKC‑δ is a crucial factor in the heat sensitivity and thermal resistance of tongue squamous carcinoma cells and elucidated the underlying molecular basis, which may aid in the improvement of hyperthermic cancer treatments.
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- Jianqi Liu
- Department of Dental Research, The Affiliated Stomatological Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming, Yunnan 650031, P.R. China
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- Department of Dental Research, The Affiliated Stomatological Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming, Yunnan 650031, P.R. China
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- Department of Dental Research, The Affiliated Stomatological Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming, Yunnan 650031, P.R. China
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- Department of Pathology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming, Yunnan 650032, P.R. China
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- Department of Dental Research, The Affiliated Stomatological Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming, Yunnan 650031, P.R. China
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Vidaurre S, Fitzpatrick C, Burzio VA, Briones M, Villota C, Villegas J, Echenique J, Oliveira-Cruz L, Araya M, Borgna V, Socías T, Lopez C, Avila R, Burzio LO. Down-regulation of the antisense mitochondrial non-coding RNAs (ncRNAs) is a unique vulnerability of cancer cells and a potential target for cancer therapy. J Biol Chem 2014; 289:27182-27198. [PMID: 25100722 PMCID: PMC4175353 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m114.558841] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Hallmarks of cancer are fundamental principles involved in cancer progression. We propose an additional generalized hallmark of malignant transformation corresponding to the differential expression of a family of mitochondrial ncRNAs (ncmtRNAs) that comprises sense and antisense members, all of which contain stem-loop structures. Normal proliferating cells express sense (SncmtRNA) and antisense (ASncmtRNA) transcripts. In contrast, the ASncmtRNAs are down-regulated in tumor cells regardless of tissue of origin. Here we show that knockdown of the low copy number of the ASncmtRNAs in several tumor cell lines induces cell death by apoptosis without affecting the viability of normal cells. In addition, knockdown of ASncmtRNAs potentiates apoptotic cell death by inhibiting survivin expression, a member of the inhibitor of apoptosis (IAP) family. Down-regulation of survivin is at the translational level and is probably mediated by microRNAs generated by dicing of the double-stranded stem of the ASncmtRNAs, as suggested by evidence presented here, in which the ASncmtRNAs are bound to Dicer and knockdown of the ASncmtRNAs reduces reporter luciferase activity in a vector carrying the 3′-UTR of survivin mRNA. Taken together, down-regulation of the ASncmtRNAs constitutes a vulnerability or Achilles' heel of cancer cells, suggesting that the ASncmtRNAs are promising targets for cancer therapy.
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- Soledad Vidaurre
- Andes Biotechnologies SA and Zañartu 1482, Ñuñoa, Santiago 7780272, Chile; Departamento de Ciencias Químicas y Biológicas, Universidad Bernardo ÓHiggins, General Gana 1702, Santiago, Chile
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- Andes Biotechnologies SA and Zañartu 1482, Ñuñoa, Santiago 7780272, Chile; Fundación Ciencia para la Vida, Zañartu 1482, Ñuñoa, Santiago 7780272, Chile,; Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas and Universidad Andrés Bello, República 252, Santiago 8370134, Chile
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- Andes Biotechnologies SA and Zañartu 1482, Ñuñoa, Santiago 7780272, Chile; Fundación Ciencia para la Vida, Zañartu 1482, Ñuñoa, Santiago 7780272, Chile,; Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas and Universidad Andrés Bello, República 252, Santiago 8370134, Chile.
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- Andes Biotechnologies SA and Zañartu 1482, Ñuñoa, Santiago 7780272, Chile; Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas and Universidad Andrés Bello, República 252, Santiago 8370134, Chile
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- Andes Biotechnologies SA and Zañartu 1482, Ñuñoa, Santiago 7780272, Chile; Fundación Ciencia para la Vida, Zañartu 1482, Ñuñoa, Santiago 7780272, Chile,; Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas and Universidad Andrés Bello, República 252, Santiago 8370134, Chile
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- Andes Biotechnologies SA and Zañartu 1482, Ñuñoa, Santiago 7780272, Chile; Fundación Ciencia para la Vida, Zañartu 1482, Ñuñoa, Santiago 7780272, Chile,; Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas and Universidad Andrés Bello, República 252, Santiago 8370134, Chile
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- Andes Biotechnologies SA and Zañartu 1482, Ñuñoa, Santiago 7780272, Chile
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- Andes Biotechnologies SA and Zañartu 1482, Ñuñoa, Santiago 7780272, Chile; Fundación Ciencia para la Vida, Zañartu 1482, Ñuñoa, Santiago 7780272, Chile
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- Andes Biotechnologies SA and Zañartu 1482, Ñuñoa, Santiago 7780272, Chile
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- Andes Biotechnologies SA and Zañartu 1482, Ñuñoa, Santiago 7780272, Chile; Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Andrés Bello, República 252, Santiago 8370134, Chile, and
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- Andes Biotechnologies SA and Zañartu 1482, Ñuñoa, Santiago 7780272, Chile
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- Andes Biotechnologies SA and Zañartu 1482, Ñuñoa, Santiago 7780272, Chile
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- Andes Biotechnologies SA and Zañartu 1482, Ñuñoa, Santiago 7780272, Chile
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- Andes Biotechnologies SA and Zañartu 1482, Ñuñoa, Santiago 7780272, Chile; Fundación Ciencia para la Vida, Zañartu 1482, Ñuñoa, Santiago 7780272, Chile,; Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas and Universidad Andrés Bello, República 252, Santiago 8370134, Chile.
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Dutta T, Banerjee S, Soren D, Lahiri S, Sengupta S, Rasquinha JA, Ghosh AK. Regulation of Enzymatic Activity by Deamidation and Their Subsequent Repair by Protein l-isoaspartyl Methyl Transferase. Appl Biochem Biotechnol 2012; 168:2358-75. [DOI: 10.1007/s12010-012-9942-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2012] [Accepted: 10/05/2012] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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MacKay KB, Lowenson JD, Clarke SG. Wortmannin reduces insulin signaling and death in seizure-prone Pcmt1-/- mice. PLoS One 2012; 7:e46719. [PMID: 23071621 PMCID: PMC3465263 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0046719] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2012] [Accepted: 09/01/2012] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
Abstract
L-isoaspartyl (D-aspartyl) O-methyltransferase deficient mice (Pcmt1−/−) accumulate isomerized aspartyl residues in intracellular proteins until their death due to seizures at approximately 45 days. Previous studies have shown that these mice have constitutively activated insulin signaling in their brains, and that these brains are 20–30% larger than those from age-matched wild-type animals. To determine whether insulin pathway activation and brain enlargement is responsible for the fatal seizures, we administered wortmannin, an inhibitor of the phosphoinositide 3-kinase that catalyzes an early step in the insulin pathway. Oral wortmannin reduced the average brain size in the Pcmt1−/− animals to within 6% of the wild-type DMSO administered controls, and nearly doubled the lifespan of Pcmt1−/− at 60% survival of the original population. Immunoblotting revealed significant decreases in phosphorylation of Akt, PDK1, and mTOR in Pcmt1−/− mice and Akt and PDK1 in wild-type animals upon treatment with wortmannin. These data suggest activation of the insulin pathway and its resulting brain enlargement contributes to the early death of Pcmt1−/− mice, but is not solely responsible for the early death observed in these animals.
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- Kennen B. MacKay
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and the Molecular Biology Institute, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and the Molecular Biology Institute, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and the Molecular Biology Institute, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
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Lee JC, Kang SU, Jeon Y, Park JW, You JS, Ha SW, Bae N, Lubec G, Kwon SH, Lee JS, Cho EJ, Han JW. Protein L-isoaspartyl methyltransferase regulates p53 activity. Nat Commun 2012; 3:927. [PMID: 22735455 PMCID: PMC3621463 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms1933] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2011] [Accepted: 05/28/2012] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
Abstract
Protein methylation plays important roles in most, if not all, cellular processes. Lysine and arginine methyltransferases are known to regulate the function of histones and non-histone proteins through the methylation of specific sites. However, the role of the carboxyl-methyltransferase protein L-isoaspartyl methyltransferase (PIMT) in the regulation of protein functions is relatively less understood. Here we show that PIMT negatively regulates the tumour suppressor protein p53 by reducing p53 protein levels, thereby suppressing the p53-mediated transcription of target genes. In addition, PIMT depletion upregulates the proapoptotic and checkpoint activation functions of p53. Moreover, PIMT destabilizes p53 by enhancing the p53–HDM2 interaction. These PIMT effects on p53 stability and activity are attributed to the PIMT-mediated methylation of p53 at isoaspartate residues 29 and 30. Our study provides new insight into the molecular mechanisms by which PIMT suppresses the p53 activity through carboxyl methylation, and suggests a therapeutic target for cancers. Protein L-isoaspartyl methyltransferase (PIMT) is a carboxyl methyltransferase, but its role in regulating the tumour suppressor p53 is unclear. Here, PIMT is shown to methylate p53, obstructing the tumour suppressor function of p53 through reduced protein levels and stability.
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- Jae-Cheol Lee
- Research Center for Epigenome Regulation, School of Pharmacy, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 440-746, Republic of Korea
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