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Ferrucci V, Lomada S, Wieland T, Zollo M. PRUNE1 and NME/NDPK family proteins influence energy metabolism and signaling in cancer metastases. Cancer Metastasis Rev 2024; 43:755-775. [PMID: 38180572 PMCID: PMC11156750 DOI: 10.1007/s10555-023-10165-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2023] [Accepted: 12/19/2023] [Indexed: 01/06/2024]
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We describe here the molecular basis of the complex formation of PRUNE1 with the tumor metastasis suppressors NME1 and NME2, two isoforms appertaining to the nucleoside diphosphate kinase (NDPK) enzyme family, and how this complex regulates signaling the immune system and energy metabolism, thereby shaping the tumor microenvironment (TME). Disrupting the interaction between NME1/2 and PRUNE1, as suggested, holds the potential to be an excellent therapeutic target for the treatment of cancer and the inhibition of metastasis dissemination. Furthermore, we postulate an interaction and regulation of the other Class I NME proteins, NME3 and NME4 proteins, with PRUNE1 and discuss potential functions. Class I NME1-4 proteins are NTP/NDP transphosphorylases required for balancing the intracellular pools of nucleotide diphosphates and triphosphates. They regulate different cellular functions by interacting with a large variety of other proteins, and in cancer and metastasis processes, they can exert pro- and anti-oncogenic properties depending on the cellular context. In this review, we therefore additionally discuss general aspects of class1 NME and PRUNE1 molecular structures as well as their posttranslational modifications and subcellular localization. The current knowledge on the contributions of PRUNE1 as well as NME proteins to signaling cascades is summarized with a special regard to cancer and metastasis.
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- Veronica Ferrucci
- Department of Molecular Medicine and Medical Biotechnology, DMMBM, University of Naples, Federico II, Via Pansini 5, 80131, Naples, Italy
- CEINGE Biotecnologie Avanzate "Franco Salvatore", Via Gaetano Salvatore 486, 80145, Naples, Italy
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- Experimental Pharmacology Mannheim, European Center for Angioscience, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, 68167, Mannheim, Germany
- DZHK, German Center for Cardiovascular Research, Partner Site Heidelberg/Mannheim, 68167, Mannheim, Germany
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- Experimental Pharmacology Mannheim, European Center for Angioscience, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, 68167, Mannheim, Germany.
- DZHK, German Center for Cardiovascular Research, Partner Site Heidelberg/Mannheim, 68167, Mannheim, Germany.
- Medical Faculty Mannheim, Ludolf Krehl-Str. 13-17, 68167, Mannheim, Germany.
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- Department of Molecular Medicine and Medical Biotechnology, DMMBM, University of Naples, Federico II, Via Pansini 5, 80131, Naples, Italy.
- CEINGE Biotecnologie Avanzate "Franco Salvatore", Via Gaetano Salvatore 486, 80145, Naples, Italy.
- DAI Medicina di Laboratorio e Trasfusionale, 'AOU' Federico II Policlinico, 80131, Naples, Italy.
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Mohanty S, Kumar A, Das P, Sahu SK, Mukherjee R, Ramachandranpillai R, Nair SS, Choudhuri T. Nm23-H1 induces apoptosis in primary effusion lymphoma cells via inhibition of NF-κB signaling through interaction with oncogenic latent protein vFLIP K13 of Kaposi’s sarcoma-associated herpes virus. Cell Oncol (Dordr) 2022; 45:967-989. [DOI: 10.1007/s13402-022-00701-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 07/31/2022] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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Ahmed M, Lai TH, Kim W, Kim DR. A Functional Network Model of the Metastasis Suppressor PEBP1/RKIP and Its Regulators in Breast Cancer Cells. Cancers (Basel) 2021; 13:6098. [PMID: 34885208 PMCID: PMC8657175 DOI: 10.3390/cancers13236098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2021] [Revised: 11/26/2021] [Accepted: 11/30/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Drug screening strategies focus on quantifying the phenotypic effects of different compounds on biological systems. High-throughput technologies have the potential to understand further the mechanisms by which these drugs produce the desired outcome. Reverse causal reasoning integrates existing biological knowledge and measurements of gene and protein abundances to infer their function. This approach can be employed to appraise the existing biological knowledge and data to prioritize targets for cancer therapies. We applied text mining and a manual literature search to extract known interactions between several metastasis suppressors and their regulators. We then identified the relevant interactions in the breast cancer cell line MCF7 using a knockdown dataset. We finally adopted a reverse causal reasoning approach to evaluate and prioritize pathways that are most consistent and responsive to drugs that inhibit cell growth. We evaluated this model in terms of agreement with the observations under treatment of several drugs that produced growth inhibition of cancer cell lines. In particular, we suggested that the metastasis suppressor PEBP1/RKIP is on the receiving end of two significant regulatory mechanisms. One involves RELA (transcription factor p65) and SNAI1, which were previously reported to inhibit PEBP1. The other involves the estrogen receptor (ESR1), which induces PEBP1 through the kinase NME1. Our model was derived in the specific context of breast cancer, but the observed responses to drug treatments were consistent in other cell lines. We further validated some of the predicted regulatory links in the breast cancer cell line MCF7 experimentally and highlighted the points of uncertainty in our model. To summarize, our model was consistent with the observed changes in activity with drug perturbations. In particular, two pathways, including PEBP1, were highly responsive and would be likely targets for intervention.
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- Department of Biochemistry and Convergence Medical Science, Institute of Health Sciences, Gyeongsang National University College of Medicine, Jinju 527-27, Korea; (M.A.); (T.H.L.); (W.K.)
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Yu L, Wang X, Zhang W, Khan E, Lin C, Guo C. The multiple regulation of metastasis suppressor NM23-H1 in cancer. Life Sci 2021; 268:118995. [PMID: 33421524 DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2020.118995] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2020] [Revised: 12/28/2020] [Accepted: 12/30/2020] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Metastasis is one of the leading causes of mortality in cancer patients. As the firstly identified metastasis suppressor, NM23-H1 has been endowed with expectation as a potent target in metastatic cancer therapy during the past decades. However, many challenges impede its clinical use. Accumulating evidence shows that NM23-H1 has a dichotomous role in tumor metastasis as a suppressor and promoter. It has potentially attributed to its versatile biochemical characteristics such as nucleoside diphosphate kinase (NDPK) activity, histidine kinase activity (HPK), exonuclease activity, and protein scaffold, which further augment the complexity and uncertainty of its physiological function. Simultaneously, tumor cells have evolved multiple ways to regulate the expression and function of NM23-H1 during tumorigenesis and metastasis. This review summarized and discussed the regulatory mechanisms of NM23-H1 in cancer including transcriptional activation, subcellular location, enzymatic activity, and protein degradation, which significantly modulate its anti-metastatic function.
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- Liting Yu
- School of Life Science and Technology, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, PR China
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- School of Life Science and Technology, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, PR China
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- School of Life Science and Technology, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, PR China; School of Engineering, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, PR China
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- Department of Comprehensive Cancer Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, USA
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- Department of Comprehensive Cancer Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, USA
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- School of Life Science and Technology, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, PR China.
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Negative Effect of Reduced NME1 Expression on Recurrence-Free Survival in Early Stage Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer. J Clin Med 2020; 9:jcm9103067. [PMID: 32977620 PMCID: PMC7598190 DOI: 10.3390/jcm9103067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2020] [Revised: 09/20/2020] [Accepted: 09/21/2020] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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This study aimed to understand whether the effect of non-metastatic cells 1 (NME1) on recurrence-free survival (RFS) in early stage non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) can be modified by β-catenin overexpression and cisplatin-based adjuvant chemotherapy. Expression levels of NME1 and β-catenin were analyzed using immunohistochemistry in formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissues from 425 early stage NSCLC patients. Reduced NME1 expression was found in 39% of samples. The median duration of follow-up was 56 months, and recurrence was found in 186 (44%) of 425 patients. The negative effect of reduced NME1 expression on RFS was worsened by cisplatin-based adjuvant chemotherapy (adjusted hazard ratio = 3.26, 95% CI = 1.16–9.17, p = 0.03). β-catenin overexpression exacerbated the effect of reduced NME1 expression on RFS and the negative effect was greater when receiving cisplatin-based adjuvant chemotherapy: among patients treated with cisplatin-based adjuvant chemotherapy, hazard ratios of patients with reduced NME1 expression increased from 5.59 (95% confidence interval (CI) = 0.62–50.91, p = 0.13) to 15.52 (95% CI = 2.94–82.38, p = 0.001) by β-catenin overexpression, after adjusting for confounding factors. In conclusion, the present study suggests that cisplatin-based adjuvant chemotherapy needs to be carefully applied to early stage NSCLC patients with overexpressed β-catenin in combination with reduced NME1 expression.
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Intra-lineage Plasticity and Functional Reprogramming Maintain Natural Killer Cell Repertoire Diversity. Cell Rep 2020; 29:2284-2294.e4. [PMID: 31747601 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2019.10.058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2019] [Revised: 08/28/2019] [Accepted: 10/14/2019] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Natural killer (NK) cell repertoires are made up of phenotypically distinct subsets with different functional properties. The molecular programs involved in maintaining NK cell repertoire diversity under homeostatic conditions remain elusive. Here, we show that subset-specific NK cell proliferation kinetics correlate with mTOR activation, and global repertoire diversity is maintained through a high degree of intra-lineage subset plasticity during interleukin (IL)-15-driven homeostatic proliferation in vitro. Slowly cycling sorted KIR+CD56dim NK cells with an induced CD57 phenotype display increased functional potential associated with increased transcription of genes involved in adhesion and immune synapse formation. Rapidly cycling cells upregulate NKG2A, display a general loss of functionality, and a transcriptional signature associated with increased apoptosis/cellular stress, actin-remodeling, and nuclear factor κB (NF-κB) activation. These results shed light on the role of intra-lineage plasticity during NK cell homeostasis and suggest that the functional fate of the cell is tightly linked to the acquired phenotype and transcriptional reprogramming.
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Yu T, Acharya A, Mattheos N, Li S, Ziebolz D, Schmalz G, Haak R, Schmidt J, Sun Y. Molecular mechanisms linking peri-implantitis and type 2 diabetes mellitus revealed by transcriptomic analysis. PeerJ 2019; 7:e7124. [PMID: 31275749 PMCID: PMC6590641 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.7124] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2019] [Accepted: 05/14/2019] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Aims To explore molecular mechanisms that link peri-implantitis and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) by bioinformatic analysis of publicly available experimental transcriptomic data. Materials and methods Gene expression data from peri-implantitis were downloaded from the Gene Expression Omnibus database, integrated and differentially expressed genes (DEGs) in peri-implantitis were identified. Next, experimentally validated and computationally predicted genes related to T2DM were downloaded from the DisGeNET database. Protein–protein interaction network (PPI) pairs of DEGs related to peri-implantitis and T2DM related genes were constructed, “hub” genes and overlapping DEG were determined. Functional enrichment analysis was used to identify significant shared biological processes and signaling pathways. The PPI networks were subjected to cluster and specific class analysis for identifying “leader” genes. Module network analysis of the merged PPI network identified common or cross-talk genes connecting the two networks. Results A total of 92 DEGs overlapped between peri-implantitis and T2DM datasets. Three hub genes (IL-6, NFKB1, and PIK3CG) had the highest degree in PPI networks of both peri-implantitis and T2DM. Three leader genes (PSMD10, SOS1, WASF3), eight cross-talk genes (PSMD10, PSMD6, EIF2S1, GSTP1, DNAJC3, SEC61A1, MAPT, and NME1), and one signaling pathway (IL-17 signaling) emerged as peri-implantitis and T2DM linkage mechanisms. Conclusions Exploration of available transcriptomic datasets revealed IL-6, NFKB1, and PIK3CG expression along with the IL-17 signaling pathway as top candidate molecular linkage mechanisms between peri-implantitis and T2DM.
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- Tianliang Yu
- Department of Prosthodontics, School of Dentistry, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China
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- Faculty of Dentistry, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.,Dr D Y Patil Dental College and Hospital, Pimpri, Pune, India
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- Faculty of Dentistry, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Cariology, Endodontology and Periodontology, University Leipzig, Leipzig, Saxon, Germany
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- Department of Cariology, Endodontology and Periodontology, University Leipzig, Leipzig, Saxon, Germany
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- Department of Cariology, Endodontology and Periodontology, University Leipzig, Leipzig, Saxon, Germany
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- Department of Cariology, Endodontology and Periodontology, University Leipzig, Leipzig, Saxon, Germany
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- Department of Cariology, Endodontology and Periodontology, University Leipzig, Leipzig, Saxon, Germany
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- Department of Prosthodontics, School of Dentistry, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China
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Hepatitis C virus core protein interacts with cellular metastasis suppressor Nm23-H1 and promotes cell migration and invasion. Arch Virol 2019; 164:1271-1285. [PMID: 30859475 DOI: 10.1007/s00705-019-04151-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2018] [Accepted: 12/18/2018] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is the major etiological agent of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), which is the fourth most common cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide and second in terms of deaths of males (Bray et al. in CA Cancer J Clin 68(6):394-424, 2018). HCV-induced HCC is a multi-step process that involves alteration of several host regulatory pathways. One of the key features of HCV-associated hepatocellular carcinoma is the metastasis of cancer cells to different organs. Human Nm23-H1 is one of the best-studied metastasis suppressor proteins, and it has been shown to be modulated in many human cancers. Our study shows that the core protein of HCV genotype 2a can co-localize and interact directly with Nm23-H1 within cancer cells, resulting in modulation of the anti-metastasis properties of Nm23-H1. The HCV core protein promotes SUMOylation and degradation of the Nm23-H1 protein, as well as transcriptional downregulation. This study provides evidence that the HCV core protein is a pro-metastatic protein that can interact directly with and modulate the functions of cellular metastasis suppressor Nm23-H1.
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Lin Y, Zhang J, Cai J, Liang R, Chen G, Qin G, Han X, Yuan C, Liu Z, Li Y, Zou D, Mao Y. Systematic Analysis of Gene Expression Alteration and Co-Expression Network of Eukaryotic Initiation Factor 4A-3 in Cancer. J Cancer 2018; 9:4568-4577. [PMID: 30588240 PMCID: PMC6299400 DOI: 10.7150/jca.27655] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2018] [Accepted: 07/26/2018] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Purpose: Eukaryotic initiation factor 4A-3 (EIF4A3) is an RNA-binding protein (RBP) that is a core component of the exon junction complex (EJC). It has been identified as an important player in post-transcriptional regulation processes. Recently, investigations have focused on EIF4A3 dysfunction in carcinogenesis. The present study aims to determine whether EIF4A3 can serve as a prognostic marker and potential regulatory mechanism in human cancers. Materials and methods: EIF4A3 expression in various cancers was assessed using Oncomine. The Correlation between EIF4A3 expression and patient survival was evaluated using PrognoScan. EIF4A3 mutations in various cancers were investigated using cBioPortal. EIF4A3 co-expression networks in various cancers were established using Coexpedia. Finally, we analyzed potential functional roles of EIF4A3 using Gene Ontology and pathway enrichment analyses by FunRich V3. Results: EIF4A3 was overexpressed in common malignancies at the transcription levels. High incidences of the breast, lung, and urinary cancers were closely related to the prognostic index for survival. The most prevalent mutation in EIF4A3 was E59K/Q. The tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α)/nuclear factor-κB (NF-κB) signaling pathway was affected by these mutations. Co-expression networks showed that EIF4A3 regulates apoptosis and cell cycle via several cancer-related signal pathways, and promotes tumor cell migration, invasion and drug resistance. Conclusion: Our results suggest the potential role for EIF4A3 to serve as a diagnostic marker or therapeutic target for certain types of cancers.
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- Yan Lin
- Department of Medical Oncology, Affiliated Tumor Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi 530021, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Affiliated Tumor Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi 530021, People's Republic of China
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- Maternal and Child Health Hospital and Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Guangxi 530003, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Affiliated Tumor Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi 530021, People's Republic of China
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- The Fifth Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi 530022, People's Republic of China
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- The Fifth Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi 530022, People's Republic of China
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- The Fifth Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi 530022, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Affiliated Tumor Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi 530021, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Affiliated Tumor Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi 530021, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Affiliated Tumor Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi 530021, People's Republic of China
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- The Fifth Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi 530022, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Biology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, 16802, USA
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Zhao L, Yi S. Transcriptional landscape of alternative splicing during peripheral nerve injury. J Cell Physiol 2018; 234:6876-6885. [PMID: 30362529 DOI: 10.1002/jcp.27446] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2018] [Accepted: 08/27/2018] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Alternative splicing (AS) regulates a variety of biological activities in numerous tissues and organs, including the nervous system. However, the existence and specific roles of AS events during peripheral nerve repair and regeneration remain largely undetermined. In the current study, by mapping splice-crossing sequence reads, we identified AS events and relevant spliced genes in rat sciatic nerve stumps following sciatic nerve crush. AS-related genes at 1, 4, 7, and 14 days post nerve crush were compared with those at 0 day to discover alternatively spliced genes induced by sciatic nerve crush. These injury-induced alternatively spliced genes were then categorized to diseases and biological functions, genetic networks, and canonical signaling pathways. Bioinformatic analysis indicated that these alternatively spliced genes were mainly correlated to immune response, cellular growth, and cellular function maintenance. Our study elucidated AS events following peripheral nerve injury and might help deepen our understanding of the molecular mechanisms underlying peripheral nerve regeneration.
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- Lili Zhao
- Key Laboratory of Neuroregeneration of Jiangsu and Ministry of Education, Co-innovation Center of Neuroregeneration, Nantong University, Nantong, China.,State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology and MOE Key Laboratory of Model Animal for Disease Study, Model Animal Research Center, Nanjing Biomedical Research Institute, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Neuroregeneration of Jiangsu and Ministry of Education, Co-innovation Center of Neuroregeneration, Nantong University, Nantong, China
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Miyasato Y, Yoshizawa T, Sato Y, Nakagawa T, Miyasato Y, Kakizoe Y, Kuwabara T, Adachi M, Ianni A, Braun T, Komohara Y, Mukoyama M, Yamagata K. Sirtuin 7 Deficiency Ameliorates Cisplatin-induced Acute Kidney Injury Through Regulation of the Inflammatory Response. Sci Rep 2018; 8:5927. [PMID: 29651144 PMCID: PMC5897539 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-24257-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2017] [Accepted: 03/29/2018] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Cisplatin-induced acute kidney injury (AKI) has been recognized as one of cisplatin’s serious side effects, limiting its use in cancer therapy. Sirtuin 1 (SIRT1) and SIRT3 play protective roles against cisplatin-induced kidney injury. However, the role of SIRT7 in cisplatin-induced kidney injury is not yet known. In this study, we found that Sirt7 knockout (KO) mice were resistant to cisplatin-induced AKI. Furthermore, our studies identified that loss of SIRT7 decreases the expression of tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) by regulating the nuclear expression of the transcription factor nuclear factor kappa B. It has been reported that cisplatin-induced nephrotoxicity is mediated by TNF-α. Our results indicate that SIRT7 plays an important role in cisplatin-induced AKI and suggest the possibility of SIRT7 as a novel therapeutic target for cisplatin-induced nephrotoxicity.
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- Yoshikazu Miyasato
- Department of Medical Biochemistry, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, 1-1-1 Honjo, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto, Japan.,Department of Nephrology, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, 1-1-1 Honjo, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, 1-1-1 Honjo, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, 1-1-1 Honjo, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Nephrology, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, 1-1-1 Honjo, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Cell Pathology, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, 1-1-1 Honjo, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Nephrology, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, 1-1-1 Honjo, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Nephrology, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, 1-1-1 Honjo, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Nephrology, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, 1-1-1 Honjo, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Cardiac Development and Remodeling, Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research, Bad Nauheim, Germany
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- Department of Cardiac Development and Remodeling, Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research, Bad Nauheim, Germany
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- Department of Cell Pathology, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, 1-1-1 Honjo, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Nephrology, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, 1-1-1 Honjo, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, 1-1-1 Honjo, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto, Japan.
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Kumar A, Hatwal D, Batra N, Verma N. Role of nm23H1 in predicting metastases in prostatic carcinoma. INDIAN J PATHOL MICR 2018; 61:70-75. [PMID: 29567887 DOI: 10.4103/ijpm.ijpm_520_16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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Background Non-metastatic nm23H1 gene is thought to play a critical role in cell proliferation. Studies of nm23H1 have been done in many other malignancies. But none of these studies took up nm23H1 gene as predictor in the metastases of prostatic carcinoma. Aims and Objectives To study the expression of nm23H1 in prostatic lesion and to correlate nm23H1 expression with presence of metastases, tumour stage, tumour grade and with PSA level serum. Setting and Design Tertiary hospital based retrospective and prospective study done in a period of one year from thirty patients having prostatic lesion confirmed by biopsy. Material and Methods Immunohistochemistry for nm23H1 was performed on unstained coated sections of prostatic lesions to study the relation with prostatic lesion and their correlation with age, PSA level, tumour stage, grading. Clinical data was collected from medical records. Statistical Analysis SPSS Version 15 analysis software was used. The value were presented in number(%) and Mean ± SD. Results Majority of patients belong to age group 61 to 70yrs.Gleason score >7 were seen in 55% of patients of adenocarcinoma with and without metastasis. The difference in PSA levels between BPH and adenocarcinoma was significant (P < 0.001). IHC expression for nm23H1 gene showed positive findings in all the cases (P = 1). PSA values >20ng/ml showed maximum % mean expression (98.64%) as compared to PSA levels <10 ng/ml (96.91%). Conclusion IHC expression of nm23H1 is not an effective tool to distinguish among the cases of BPH, adenocarcinoma of prostate with and without metastasis. Hence nm23H1 gene does not behave like an antimetastatic gene in prostatic lesions.
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- Arvind Kumar
- Department of Pathology, Veer Chandra Singh Garhwali, Government Medical Science and Research Institute, Garhwal, India
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- Department of Pathology, Veer Chandra Singh Garhwali, Government Medical Science and Research Institute, Garhwal, India
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- Department of Pathology, Veer Chandra Singh Garhwali, Government Medical Science and Research Institute, Garhwal, India
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- Department of Pathology, MAMC, New Delhi, India
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Nucleoside diphosphate kinases (NDPKs) are multifunctional proteins encoded by the nme (non-metastatic cells) genes, also called NM23. NDPKs catalyze the transfer of γ-phosphate from nucleoside triphosphates to nucleoside diphosphates by a ping-pong mechanism involving the formation of a high-energy phosphohistidine intermediate. Growing evidence shows that NDPKs, particularly NDPK-B, can additionally act as a protein histidine kinase. Protein kinases and phosphatases that regulate reversible O-phosphorylation of serine, threonine, and tyrosine residues have been studied extensively in many organisms. Interestingly, other phosphoamino acids histidine, lysine, arginine, aspartate, glutamate, and cysteine exist in abundance but remain understudied due to the paucity of suitable methods and antibodies. The N-phosphorylation of histidine by histidine kinases via the two- or multi-component signaling systems is an important mediator in cellular responses in prokaryotes and lower eukaryotes, like yeast, fungi, and plants. However, in vertebrates knowledge of phosphohistidine signaling has lagged far behind and the identity of the protein kinases and protein phosphatases involved is not well established. This article will therefore provide an overview of our current knowledge on protein histidine phosphorylation particularly the role of nm 23 gene products as protein histidine kinases.
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- Paul V Attwood
- School of Molecular Sciences, The University of Western Australia (M310), Crawley, WA, Australia
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- Department of Infection, Immunity and Cardiovascular Disease, The Medical School, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
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The actions of NME1/NDPK-A and NME2/NDPK-B as protein kinases. J Transl Med 2018; 98:283-290. [PMID: 29200201 DOI: 10.1038/labinvest.2017.125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2017] [Revised: 09/28/2017] [Accepted: 10/01/2017] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
Abstract
Nucleoside diphosphate kinases (NDPKs) are multifunctional proteins encoded by the nme (non-metastatic cells) genes, also called NM23. NDPKs catalyze the transfer of γ-phosphate from nucleoside triphosphates to nucleoside diphosphates by a ping-pong mechanism involving the formation of a high-energy phosphohistidine intermediate. Growing evidence shows that NDPKs, particularly NDPK-B, can additionally act as a protein histidine kinase. Protein kinases and phosphatases that regulate reversible O-phosphorylation of serine, threonine, and tyrosine residues have been studied extensively in many organisms. Interestingly, other phosphoamino acids histidine, lysine, arginine, aspartate, glutamate, and cysteine exist in abundance but remain understudied due to the paucity of suitable methods and antibodies. The N-phosphorylation of histidine by histidine kinases via the two- or multi-component signaling systems is an important mediator in cellular responses in prokaryotes and lower eukaryotes, like yeast, fungi, and plants. However, in vertebrates knowledge of phosphohistidine signaling has lagged far behind and the identity of the protein kinases and protein phosphatases involved is not well established. This article will therefore provide an overview of our current knowledge on protein histidine phosphorylation particularly the role of nm 23 gene products as protein histidine kinases.
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Regiospecific Synthesis of Ring A Fused Withaferin A Isoxazoline Analogues: Induction of Premature Senescence by W-2b in Proliferating Cancer Cells. Sci Rep 2017; 7:13749. [PMID: 29062040 PMCID: PMC5653814 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-13664-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2017] [Accepted: 09/19/2017] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Induction of premature senescence represents a novel functional strategy to curb the uncontrolled proliferation of malignant cancer cells. This study unveils the regiospecific synthesis of novel isoxazoline derivatives condensed to ring A of medicinal plant product Withaferin-A. Intriguingly, the cis fused products with β-oriented hydrogen exhibited excellent cytotoxic activities against proliferating human breast cancer MCF7 and colorectal cancer HCT-116 cells. The most potent derivative W-2b triggered premature senescence along with increase in senescence-associated β-galactosidase activity, G2/M cell cycle arrest, and induction of senescence-specific marker p21Waf1/Cip1 at its sub-toxic concentration. W-2b conferred a robust increase in phosphorylation of mammalian checkpoint kinase-2 (Chk2) in cancer cells in a dose-dependent manner. Silencing of endogenous Chk2 by siRNA divulged that the amplification of p21 expression and senescence by W-2b was Chk2-dependent. Chk2 activation (either by ectopic overexpression or through treatment with W-2b) suppressed NM23-H1 signaling axis involved in cancer cell proliferation. Finally, W-2b showed excellent in vivo efficacy with 83.8% inhibition of tumor growth at a dose of 25 mg/kg, b.w. in mouse mammary carcinoma model. Our study claims that W-2b could be a potential candidate to limit aberrant cellular proliferation rendering promising improvement in the treatment regime in cancer patients.
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Li Y, Song J, Tong Y, Chung SK, Wong YH. RGS19 upregulates Nm23-H1/2 metastasis suppressors by transcriptional activation via the cAMP/PKA/CREB pathway. Oncotarget 2017; 8:69945-69960. [PMID: 29050254 PMCID: PMC5642529 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.19509] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2016] [Accepted: 06/20/2017] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
Abstract
The Nm23 metastasis suppressor family is involved in physiological and pathological processes including tumorigenesis and metastasis. Although the inverse correlation of Nm23 level with tumor metastasis potential has been widely observed, the mechanisms that regulate the expression of Nm23 remain poorly understood. Our previous studies have revealed that Nm23-H1/2 isoforms are upregulated by RGS19, a regulator of G protein signaling (RGS) protein which accelerates the termination of Gi signals. Here, we examined the ability of RGS19 to stimulate transcriptional regulation of Nm23 by screening a panel of luciferase reporter genes. Transient and stable overexpression of RGS19 upregulated the Nm23-H1/2 protein levels and activated several transcription factors including CREB, AP-1 and SRE in HEK293 cells. Interestingly, agents that increase the intracellular cAMP level and the phosphorylation of CREB (e.g., adrenergic receptor agonist, forskolin, and cAMP analogues) upregulated the expression of Nm23-H1/2 in HEK293 cells and several cancer cell lines including A549, HeLa, MDA-MB-231, and MDA-MB-435s cells. Conversely, inhibition of protein kinase A (PKA) by H-89 suppressed the phosphorylation of CREB and reduced the expression of Nm23-H1/2. Furthermore, activation of PKA attenuated cancer cell migration in wound healing and transwell assays. Collectively, these results revealed a PKA-dependent mechanism for controlling Nm23-H1/2 expression.
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- Yuanjun Li
- Division of Life Sciences and the Biotechnology Research Institute, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China
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- Division of Life Sciences and the Biotechnology Research Institute, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China
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- Division of Life Sciences and the Biotechnology Research Institute, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China
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- School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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- Division of Life Sciences and the Biotechnology Research Institute, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China.,State Key Laboratory of Molecular Neuroscience and the Molecular Neuroscience Center, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China.,Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Brain Science, Disease and Drug Development, HKUST Shenzhen Research Institute, Shenzhen, China
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You DJ, Park CR, Mander S, Ahn C, Seong JY, Hwang JI. Characterization of Functional Domains in NME1L Regulation of NF-κB Signaling. Mol Cells 2016; 39:403-9. [PMID: 27094059 PMCID: PMC4870188 DOI: 10.14348/molcells.2016.2320] [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: 11/25/2015] [Revised: 02/24/2016] [Accepted: 02/29/2016] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
Abstract
NME1 is a well-known metastasis suppressor which has been reported to be downregulated in some highly aggressive cancer cells. Although most studies have focused on NME1, the NME1 gene also encodes the protein (NME1L) containing N-terminal 25 extra amino acids by alternative splicing. According to previous studies, NME1L has potent anti-metastatic activity, in comparison with NME1, by interacting with IKKβ and regulating its activity. In the present study, we tried to define the role of the N-terminal 25 amino acids of NME1L in NF-κB activation signaling. Unfortunately, the sequence itself did not interact with IKKβ, suggesting that it may be not enough to constitute the functional structure. Further construction of NME1L fragments and biochemical analysis revealed that N-terminal 84 residues constitute minimal structure for homodimerization, IKKβ interaction and regulation of NF-κB signaling. The inhibitory effect of the fragment on cancer cell migration and NF-κB-stimulated gene expression was equivalent to that of whole NME1L. The data suggest that the N-terminal 84 residues may be a core region for the anti-metastatic activity of NME1L. Based on this result, further structural analysis of the binding between NME1L and IKKβ may help in understanding the anti-metastatic activity of NME1L and provide direction to NME1L and IKKβ-related anti-cancer drug design.
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- Dong-Joo You
- Graduate School of Medicine, Korea University, Seoul 136-705,
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- Graduate School of Medicine, Korea University, Seoul 136-705,
Korea
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- Graduate School of Medicine, Korea University, Seoul 136-705,
Korea
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- Transplantation Research Institute, Cancer Research Institute, Seoul National University, Seoul 110-799,
Korea
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- Graduate School of Medicine, Korea University, Seoul 136-705,
Korea
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- Graduate School of Medicine, Korea University, Seoul 136-705,
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You D, Mander S, Park CR, Koo O, Lee C, Oh S, Ahn C, Seong JY, Hwang J. NME1L Negatively Regulates IGF1‐Dependent Proliferation of Breast Cancer Cells. J Cell Biochem 2015; 117:1454-63. [DOI: 10.1002/jcb.25441] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2015] [Accepted: 11/11/2015] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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- Dong‐Joo You
- Graduate School of MedicineKorea University, 73 Inchon‐ro, Seongbuk‐guSeoul136‐705Republic of Korea
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- Graduate School of MedicineKorea University, 73 Inchon‐ro, Seongbuk‐guSeoul136‐705Republic of Korea
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- Graduate School of MedicineKorea University, 73 Inchon‐ro, Seongbuk‐guSeoul136‐705Republic of Korea
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- Samsung Biomedical Research Institute130 Samsung‐ro, Yeongtong‐gu, Suwon‐siGyeonggi‐do433‐803Republic of Korea
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- Life Sciences DivisionKorea Institute of Science and Technology, Seongbuk‐guSeoul136‐791Republic of Korea
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- College of PharmacyGachon UniversityIncheon406‐840Republic of Korea
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- Transplantation Research InstituteCancer Research Institute, Seoul National University, Yongun‐dong, Jongno‐guSeoul110‐799Republic of Korea
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- Graduate School of MedicineKorea University, 73 Inchon‐ro, Seongbuk‐guSeoul136‐705Republic of Korea
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- Graduate School of MedicineKorea University, 73 Inchon‐ro, Seongbuk‐guSeoul136‐705Republic of Korea
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Youn H, Son B, Kim W, Jun SY, Lee JS, Lee J, Kang C, Kim J, Youn B. Dissociation of MIF‐rpS3 Complex and Sequential NF‐κB Activation Is Involved in IR‐Induced Metastatic Conversion of NSCLC. J Cell Biochem 2015; 116:2504-16. [DOI: 10.1002/jcb.25195] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2015] [Accepted: 04/14/2015] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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- HyeSook Youn
- Department of Biological SciencesPusan National UniversityBusan609‐735Republic of Korea
- Nuclear Science Research InstitutePusan National UniversityBusan609‐735Republic of Korea
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- Department of Integrated Biological SciencePusan National UniversityBusan609‐735Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biological SciencesPusan National UniversityBusan609‐735Republic of Korea
- Nuclear Science Research InstitutePusan National UniversityBusan609‐735Republic of Korea
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- Department of ChemistryWashington State UniversityPullmanWA 99164USA
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- Department of Orthopaedic SurgeryMedical Research InstitutePusan National University School of MedicineBusan602‐739Republic of Korea
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- Department of Naval Architecture and Ocean EngineeringPusan National UniversityBusan609‐735Republic of Korea
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- Department of ChemistryWashington State UniversityPullmanWA 99164USA
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- Laboratory of BiochemistrySchool of Life Sciences & BiotechnologyKorea UniversitySeoul136‐701Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biological SciencesPusan National UniversityBusan609‐735Republic of Korea
- Nuclear Science Research InstitutePusan National UniversityBusan609‐735Republic of Korea
- Department of Integrated Biological SciencePusan National UniversityBusan609‐735Republic of Korea
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You DJ, Park CR, Furlong M, Koo O, Lee C, Ahn C, Seong JY, Hwang JI. Dimer of arfaptin 2 regulates NF-κB signaling by interacting with IKKβ/NEMO and inhibiting IKKβ kinase activity. Cell Signal 2015; 27:2173-81. [PMID: 26296658 DOI: 10.1016/j.cellsig.2015.08.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2015] [Accepted: 08/15/2015] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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IκB kinases (IKKs) are a therapeutic target due to their crucial roles in various biological processes, including the immune response, the stress response, and tumor development. IKKs integrate various upstream signals that activate NF-κB by phosphorylating IκB and also regulate many proteins related to cell growth and metabolism. Although they function as a heteromeric complex comprised of kinase subunits and an adaptor, these kinases produce distinct cellular responses by phosphorylating different target molecules, suggesting that they may also be regulated in a subtype-specific manner. In this study, arfaptin 2 was identified as an IKKβ-specific binding partner. Interestingly, arfaptin 2 also interacted with NEMO. Domain mapping studies revealed that the C-terminal region, including the IKKβ HLH domain and the first coiled-coil NEMO region were respectively required for interactions with the arfaptin 2 N-terminal flexible region. Overexpression of arfaptin 2 inhibited tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α-stimulated nuclear factor-κB (NF-κB) signaling, whereas downregulation of arfaptin 2 by small interfering RNA enhanced NF-κB activity. Dimerization of arfaptin 2 through the Bin-Amphiphysin-Rvs domain may be essential to inhibit activation of NF-κB through multimodal interactions with IKKβs or IKKβ/NEMO, as ectopic expression of the arfaptin 2 fragment responsible for IKK interactions did not change TNFα-stimulated NF-κB activation. These data indicate that arfaptin 2 is the first molecule to regulate NF-κB signaling by interacting with the functional IKK complex but not by direct inhibiting IKKβ phosphorylation.
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- Dong-Joo You
- Graduate School of Medicine, Korea University, 73 Inchon-ro, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul 136-705, Republic of Korea
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- Graduate School of Medicine, Korea University, 73 Inchon-ro, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul 136-705, Republic of Korea
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- Graduate School of Medicine, Korea University, 73 Inchon-ro, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul 136-705, Republic of Korea
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- Samsung Biomedical Research Institute, 130 Samsung-ro, Yeongtong-gu, Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do 433-803, Republic of Korea
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- Life Sciences Division, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul 136-791, Republic of Korea
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- Transplantation Research Institute, Cancer Research Institute, Seoul National University, Yongun-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul 110-799, Republic of Korea
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- Graduate School of Medicine, Korea University, 73 Inchon-ro, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul 136-705, Republic of Korea
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- Graduate School of Medicine, Korea University, 73 Inchon-ro, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul 136-705, Republic of Korea.
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Pathway analysis is a common approach to gain insight from biological experiments. Signaling-pathway impact analysis (SPIA) is one such method and combines both the classical enrichment analysis and the actual perturbation on a given pathway. Because this method focuses on a single pathway, its resolution generally is not very high because the differentially expressed genes may be enriched in a local region of the pathway. In the present work, to identify cancer-related pathways, we incorporated a recent subpathway analysis method into the SPIA method to form the “sub-SPIA method.” The original subpathway analysis uses the k-clique structure to define a subpathway. However, it is not sufficiently flexible to capture subpathways with complex structure and usually results in many overlapping subpathways. We therefore propose using the minimal-spanning-tree structure to find a subpathway. We apply this approach to colorectal cancer and lung cancer datasets, and our results show that sub-SPIA can identify many significant pathways associated with each specific cancer that other methods miss. Based on the entire pathway network in the Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes, we find that the pathways identified by sub-SPIA not only have the largest average degree, but also are more closely connected than those identified by other methods. This result suggests that the abnormality signal propagating through them might be responsible for the specific cancer or disease.
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Progress on Nme (NDP kinase/Nm23/Awd) gene family-related functions derived from animal model systems: studies on development, cardiovascular disease, and cancer metastasis exemplified. NAUNYN-SCHMIEDEBERG'S ARCHIVES OF PHARMACOLOGY 2015; 388:109-17. [PMID: 25585611 PMCID: PMC10153104 DOI: 10.1007/s00210-014-1079-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2014] [Accepted: 12/10/2014] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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