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Understanding Inter-Individual Variability in Monoclonal Antibody Disposition. Antibodies (Basel) 2019; 8:antib8040056. [PMID: 31817205 PMCID: PMC6963779 DOI: 10.3390/antib8040056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2019] [Revised: 11/22/2019] [Accepted: 11/27/2019] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) are currently the largest and most dominant class of therapeutic proteins. Inter-individual variability has been observed for several mAbs; however, an understanding of the underlying mechanisms and factors contributing to inter-subject differences in mAb disposition is still lacking. In this review, we analyze the mechanisms of antibody disposition and the putative mechanistic determinants of inter-individual variability. Results from in vitro, preclinical, and clinical studies were reviewed evaluate the role of the neonatal Fc receptor and Fc gamma receptors (expression and polymorphism), target properties (expression, shedding, turnover, internalization, heterogeneity, polymorphism), and the influence of anti-drug antibodies. Particular attention is given to the influence of co-administered drugs and disease, and to the physiological relevance of covariates identified by population pharmacokinetic modeling, as determinants of variability in mAb pharmacokinetics.
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Tiruthani K, Mischler A, Ahmed S, Mahinthakumar J, Haugh JM, Rao BM. Design and evaluation of engineered protein biosensors for live-cell imaging of EGFR phosphorylation. Sci Signal 2019; 12:eaap7584. [PMID: 31164479 PMCID: PMC8757379 DOI: 10.1126/scisignal.aap7584] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2023]
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Live-cell fluorescence microscopy is broadly applied to study the dynamics of receptor-mediated cell signaling, but the availability of intracellular biosensors is limited. A biosensor based on the tandem SH2 domains from phospholipase C-γ1 (PLCγ1), tSH2-WT, has been used to measure phosphorylation of the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR). Here, we found that tSH2-WT lacked specificity for phosphorylated EGFR, consistent with the known promiscuity of SH2 domains. Further, EGF-stimulated membrane recruitment of tSH2-WT differed qualitatively from the expected kinetics of EGFR phosphorylation. Analysis of a mathematical model suggested, and experiments confirmed, that the high avidity of tSH2-WT resulted in saturation of its target and interference with EGFR endocytosis. To overcome the apparent target specificity and saturation issues, we implemented two protein engineering strategies. In the first approach, we screened a combinatorial library generated by random mutagenesis of the C-terminal SH2 domain (cSH2) of PLCγ1 and isolated a mutant form (mSH2) with enhanced specificity for phosphorylated Tyr992 (pTyr992) of EGFR. A biosensor based on mSH2 closely reported the kinetics of EGFR phosphorylation but retained cross-reactivity similar to tSH2-WT. In the second approach, we isolated a pTyr992-binding protein (SPY992) from a combinatorial library generated by mutagenesis of the Sso7d protein scaffold. Compared to tSH2-WT and mSH2, SPY992 exhibited superior performance as a specific, moderate-affinity biosensor. We extended this approach to isolate a biosensor for EGFR pTyr1148 (SPY1148). This approach of integrating theoretical considerations with protein engineering strategies can be generalized to design and evaluate suitable biosensors for various phospho-specific targets.
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- Karthik Tiruthani
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA.
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA.
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Kallenberger SM, Unger AL, Legewie S, Lymperopoulos K, Klingmüller U, Eils R, Herten DP. Correlated receptor transport processes buffer single-cell heterogeneity. PLoS Comput Biol 2017; 13:e1005779. [PMID: 28945754 PMCID: PMC5659801 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1005779] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2017] [Revised: 10/27/2017] [Accepted: 09/19/2017] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Cells typically vary in their response to extracellular ligands. Receptor transport processes modulate ligand-receptor induced signal transduction and impact the variability in cellular responses. Here, we quantitatively characterized cellular variability in erythropoietin receptor (EpoR) trafficking at the single-cell level based on live-cell imaging and mathematical modeling. Using ensembles of single-cell mathematical models reduced parameter uncertainties and showed that rapid EpoR turnover, transport of internalized EpoR back to the plasma membrane, and degradation of Epo-EpoR complexes were essential for receptor trafficking. EpoR trafficking dynamics in adherent H838 lung cancer cells closely resembled the dynamics previously characterized by mathematical modeling in suspension cells, indicating that dynamic properties of the EpoR system are widely conserved. Receptor transport processes differed by one order of magnitude between individual cells. However, the concentration of activated Epo-EpoR complexes was less variable due to the correlated kinetics of opposing transport processes acting as a buffering system. Cell surface receptors translate extracellular ligand concentrations to intracellular responses. Receptor transport between the plasma membrane and other cellular compartments regulates the number of accessible receptors at the plasma membrane that determines the strength of downstream pathway activation at a given ligand concentration. In cell populations, pathway activation strength and cellular responses vary between cells. Understanding origins of cell-to-cell variability is highly relevant for cancer research, motivated by the problem of fractional killing by chemotherapies and development of resistance in subpopulations of tumor cells. The erythropoietin receptor (EpoR) is a characteristic example of a receptor system that strongly depends on receptor transport processes. It is involved in several cellular processes, such as differentiation or proliferation, regulates the renewal of erythrocytes, and is expressed in several tumors. To investigate the involvement of receptor transport processes in cell-to-cell variability, we quantitatively characterized trafficking of EpoR in individual cells by combining live-cell imaging with mathematical modeling. Thereby, we found that EpoR dynamics was strongly dependent on rapid receptor transport and turnover. Interestingly, although transport processes largely differed between individual cells, receptor concentrations in cellular compartments were robust to variability in trafficking processes due to the correlated kinetics of opposing transport processes.
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- Stefan M. Kallenberger
- Department for Bioinformatics and Functional Genomics, Division of Theoretical Bioinformatics, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Institute for Pharmacy and Molecular Biotechnology (IPMB) and BioQuant, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Cellnetworks Cluster and Institute of Physical Chemistry, BioQuant, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Cellnetworks Cluster and Institute of Physical Chemistry, BioQuant, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Division Systems Biology of Signal Transduction, DKFZ-ZMBH Alliance, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
- Translational Lung Research Center (TLRC), Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Heidelberg, Germany
- * E-mail: (DPH); (RE); (UK)
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- Department for Bioinformatics and Functional Genomics, Division of Theoretical Bioinformatics, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Institute for Pharmacy and Molecular Biotechnology (IPMB) and BioQuant, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany
- * E-mail: (DPH); (RE); (UK)
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- Cellnetworks Cluster and Institute of Physical Chemistry, BioQuant, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany
- * E-mail: (DPH); (RE); (UK)
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Alborzinia H, Shaikhkarami M, Hortschansky P, Wölfl S. BMP2 Transfer to Neighboring Cells and Activation of Signaling. Traffic 2016; 17:1042-53. [PMID: 27306974 DOI: 10.1111/tra.12420] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2015] [Revised: 06/12/2016] [Accepted: 06/12/2016] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Morphogen gradients and concentration are critical features during early embryonic development and cellular differentiation. Previously we reported the preparation of biologically active, fluorescently labeled BMP2 and quantitatively analyzed their binding to the cell surface and followed BMP2 endocytosis over time on the level of single endosomes. Here we show that this internalized BMP2 can be transferred to neighboring cells and, moreover, also activates downstream BMP signaling in adjacent cells, indicated by Smad1/5/8 phosphorylation and activation of the downstream target gene id1. Using a 3D matrix to modulate cell-cell contacts in culture we could show that direct cell-cell contact significantly increased BMP2 transfer. Using inhibitors of vesicular transport, transfer was strongly inhibited. Interestingly, cotreatment with the physiological BMP inhibitor Noggin increased BMP2 uptake and transfer, albeit activation of Smad signaling in neighboring cells was completely suppressed. Our findings present a novel and interesting mechanism by which morphogens such as BMP2 can be transferred between cells and how this is modulated by BMP antagonists such as Noggin, and how this influences activation of Smad signaling by BMP2 in neighboring cells.
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- Hamed Alborzinia
- Institut für Pharmazie und Molekulare Biotechnologie, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institut für Pharmazie und Molekulare Biotechnologie, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Leibniz-Institut für Naturstoffforschung und Infektionsbiologie, Hans-Knöll-Institut (HKI), 07745, Jena, Germany
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- Institut für Pharmazie und Molekulare Biotechnologie, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany
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Hernández-Gil J, Cobaleda-Siles M, Zabaleta A, Salassa L, Calvo J, Mareque-Rivas JC. An Iron Oxide Nanocarrier Loaded with a Pt(IV) Prodrug and Immunostimulatory dsRNA for Combining Complementary Cancer Killing Effects. Adv Healthc Mater 2015; 4:1034-42. [PMID: 25846677 DOI: 10.1002/adhm.201500080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2015] [Revised: 03/08/2015] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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There is major current interest in harnessing the immune system against cancer and in developing drugs that provide complementary cancer killing mechanisms. Although the recent advent of nanoparticle-based drug delivery systems has improved the efficacy of platinum drugs for chemotherapy, one of the fundamental paradigms in their design and use is evading surveillance by the immune system to enhance anticancer efficacy. However, new studies are showing that chemotherapy can profit from actively targeting stimulation of the immune system and that suitably functionalized nanomaterials might be ideal for overcoming some key challenges in immunotherapy. Pt(IV) prodrug-modified PEGylated phospholipid micelles that encapsulate biocompatible iron oxide nanoparticles (IONPs) as a new delivery system for cisplatin are reported. The Pt(IV)-IONPs are functionalized with polyinosinic-polycytidylic acid (poly (I:C))--a double stranded RNA (dsRNA) analog widely used as an adjuvant in clinical trials of cancer immunotherapy. The Pt(IV)-IONPs and poly (I:C)--Pt(IV)-IONPs enhance by more than an order of magnitude the prodrug cytotoxicity in different tumor cells, while greatly increasing the ability of cisplatin and poly (I:C) to activate dendritic cells--the key cellular players in immunotherapy. The results suggest that these constructs hold promise for targeted chemoimmunotherapy.
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- Javier Hernández-Gil
- Theranostic Nanomedicine Laboratory; CIC biomaGUNE; Paseo Miramón 182 20009 San Sebastián Spain
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- Theranostic Nanomedicine Laboratory; CIC biomaGUNE; Paseo Miramón 182 20009 San Sebastián Spain
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- Theranostic Nanomedicine Laboratory; CIC biomaGUNE; Paseo Miramón 182 20009 San Sebastián Spain
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- Theranostic Nanomedicine Laboratory; CIC biomaGUNE; Paseo Miramón 182 20009 San Sebastián Spain
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- Theranostic Nanomedicine Laboratory; CIC biomaGUNE; Paseo Miramón 182 20009 San Sebastián Spain
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- Theranostic Nanomedicine Laboratory; CIC biomaGUNE; Paseo Miramón 182 20009 San Sebastián Spain
- IKERBASQUE; Basque Foundation for Science; 48011 Bilbao Spain
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Vainshtein I, Roskos LK, Cheng J, Sleeman MA, Wang B, Liang M. Quantitative measurement of the target-mediated internalization kinetics of biopharmaceuticals. Pharm Res 2015; 32:286-99. [PMID: 25208874 PMCID: PMC4284384 DOI: 10.1007/s11095-014-1462-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2014] [Accepted: 07/24/2014] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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PURPOSE Measurement of internalization of biopharmaceuticals targeting cell surface proteins can greatly facilitate drug development. The objective of this study was to develop a reliable method for determination of internalization rate constant (kint) and to demonstrate its utility. METHODS This method utilized confocal imaging to record the internalization kinetics of fluorescence-tagged biopharmaceuticals in live-cells and a quantitative image-analysis algorithm for kint determination. Kint was incorporated into a pharmacokinetic-pharmacodynamic (PK-PD) model for simulation of the drug PK profiles, target occupancy and the displacement of endogenous ligand. RESULTS The method was highly sensitive, allowing kint determination in cells expressing as low as 5,000 receptors/cell, and was amenable to adherent and suspension cells. Its feasibility in a mixed cell population, such as whole blood, was also demonstrated. Accurate assessment of the kint was largely attributed to continuous monitoring of internalization in live cells, rapid confocal image acquisition and quantitative image-analysis algorithm. Translational PK-PD simulations demonstrated that kint is a major determinant of the drug PK profiles, target occupancy, and the displacement of endogenous ligand. CONCLUSIONS The developed method is robust for broad cell types. Reliable kint assessment can greatly expedite biopharmaceutical development by facilitating target evaluation, drug affinity goal setting, and clinical dose projection.
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- Inna Vainshtein
- Clinical Pharmacology & DMPK, MedImmune LLC, Hayward, CA USA
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- Clinical Pharmacology & DMPK, MedImmune LLC, Hayward, CA USA
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- Clinical Pharmacology & DMPK, MedImmune LLC, Hayward, CA USA
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- Respiratory, Inflammation and Autoimmunity, MedImmune Ltd, Cambridge, UK
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- Clinical Pharmacology & DMPK, MedImmune LLC, Hayward, CA USA
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- Clinical Pharmacology & DMPK, MedImmune LLC, Hayward, CA USA
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Winckler P, Lartigue L, Giannone G, De Giorgi F, Ichas F, Sibarita JB, Lounis B, Cognet L. Identification and super-resolution imaging of ligand-activated receptor dimers in live cells. Sci Rep 2014; 3:2387. [PMID: 23925048 PMCID: PMC3737505 DOI: 10.1038/srep02387] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2013] [Accepted: 07/23/2013] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Molecular interactions are key to many chemical and biological processes like protein function. In many signaling processes they occur in sub-cellular areas displaying nanoscale organizations and involving molecular assemblies. The nanometric dimensions and the dynamic nature of the interactions make their investigations complex in live cells. While super-resolution fluorescence microscopies offer live-cell molecular imaging with sub-wavelength resolutions, they lack specificity for distinguishing interacting molecule populations. Here we combine super-resolution microscopy and single-molecule Förster Resonance Energy Transfer (FRET) to identify dimers of receptors induced by ligand binding and provide super-resolved images of their membrane distribution in live cells. By developing a two-color universal-Point-Accumulation-In-the-Nanoscale-Topography (uPAINT) method, dimers of epidermal growth factor receptors (EGFR) activated by EGF are studied at ultra-high densities, revealing preferential cell-edge sub-localization. This methodology which is specifically devoted to the study of molecules in interaction, may find other applications in biological systems where understanding of molecular organization is crucial.
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Perilla JR, Leahy DJ, Woolf TB. Molecular dynamics simulations of transitions for ECD epidermal growth factor receptors show key differences between human and drosophila forms of the receptors. Proteins 2013; 81:1113-26. [PMID: 23348956 DOI: 10.1002/prot.24257] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2012] [Revised: 12/18/2012] [Accepted: 01/08/2013] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Recent X-ray structural work on the Drosophila epidermal growth factor receptor (EFGR) has suggested an asymmetric dimer that rationalizes binding affinity measurements that go back decades (Alvarado et al., Cell 2010;142:568-579; Dawson et al., Structure 2007;15:942-954; Lemmon et al., Embo J 1997;16:281-294; Mattoon et al., Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 2004;101:923-928; Mayawala et al., Febs Lett 2005;579:3043-3047; Ozcan et al., Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 2006;103:5735-5740). This type of asymmetric structure has not been seen for the human EGF receptor family and it may or may not be important for function in that realm. We hypothesize that conformational changes in the Drosophila system have been optimized for the transition, whereas the barrier for the same transition is much higher in the human forms. To address our hypothesis we perform dynamic importance sampling (DIMS) (Perilla et al., J Comput Chem 2010;32:196-209) for barrier crossing transitions in both Drosophila and human EFGRs. For each set of transitions, we work from the hypothesis, based on results from the AdK system, that salt-bridge pairs making and breaking connections are central to the conformational change. To evaluate the effectiveness of the salt-bridges as drivers for the conformational change, we use the effective transfer entropy based on stable state MD calculations (Kamberaj and Der Vaart, Biophys J 2009;97:1747-1755) to define a reduced subset of degrees of freedom that seem to be important for driving the transition (Perilla and Woolf, J Chem Phys 2012;136:164101). Our results suggest that salt-bridge making and breaking is not the dominant factor in driving the symmetric to asymmetric transition, but that instead it is a result of more concerted and correlated functional motions within a subset of the dimer structures. Furthermore, the analysis suggests that the set of residues involved in the transitions from the Drosophila relative to the human forms differs and that this difference in substate distributions relates to why the asymmetric form may be more common to Drosophila than to the human forms. We close with a discussion about the residues that may be changed in the human and the Drosophila forms to potentially shift the kinetics of the symmetric to asymmetric transition.
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- Juan R Perilla
- Department of Biophysics and Biophysical Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA
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Serva A, Knapp B, Tsai YT, Claas C, Lisauskas T, Matula P, Harder N, Kaderali L, Rohr K, Erfle H, Eils R, Braga V, Starkuviene V. miR-17-5p regulates endocytic trafficking through targeting TBC1D2/Armus. PLoS One 2012; 7:e52555. [PMID: 23285084 PMCID: PMC3527550 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0052555] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2012] [Accepted: 11/15/2012] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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miRNA cluster miR-17-92 is known as oncomir-1 due to its potent oncogenic function. miR-17-92 is a polycistronic cluster that encodes 6 miRNAs, and can both facilitate and inhibit cell proliferation. Known targets of miRNAs encoded by this cluster are largely regulators of cell cycle progression and apoptosis. Here, we show that miRNAs encoded by this cluster and sharing the seed sequence of miR-17 exert their influence on one of the most essential cellular processes – endocytic trafficking. By mRNA expression analysis we identified that regulation of endocytic trafficking by miR-17 can potentially be achieved by targeting of a number of trafficking regulators. We have thoroughly validated TBC1D2/Armus, a GAP of Rab7 GTPase, as a novel target of miR-17. Our study reveals regulation of endocytic trafficking as a novel function of miR-17, which might act cooperatively with other functions of miR-17 and related miRNAs in health and disease.
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- Andrius Serva
- BioQuant, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- BioQuant, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
- Institute for Medical Informatics and Biometry, University of Technology Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- BioQuant, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Integrative Bioinformatics and Systems Biology, DKFZ, BioQuant and Institute of Pharmacy and Molecular Biotechnology, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
- Center for Biomedical Image Analysis, Faculty of Informatics, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Integrative Bioinformatics and Systems Biology, DKFZ, BioQuant and Institute of Pharmacy and Molecular Biotechnology, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- BioQuant, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
- Institute for Medical Informatics and Biometry, University of Technology Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Integrative Bioinformatics and Systems Biology, DKFZ, BioQuant and Institute of Pharmacy and Molecular Biotechnology, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- BioQuant, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Integrative Bioinformatics and Systems Biology, DKFZ, BioQuant and Institute of Pharmacy and Molecular Biotechnology, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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Multiparametric image analysis reveals role of Caveolin1 in endosomal progression rather than internalization of EGFR. FEBS Lett 2012; 586:1179-89. [DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2012.02.041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2012] [Accepted: 02/22/2012] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Alborzinia H, Schmidt-Glenewinkel H, Ilkavets I, Breitkopf-Heinlein K, Cheng X, Hortschansky P, Dooley S, Wölfl S. Quantitative kinetic analysis of BMP2 uptake into cells and its modulation by BMP-antagonists. J Cell Sci 2012; 126:117-27. [DOI: 10.1242/jcs.109777] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
Abstract
Bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs) are members of the TGFβ-family of signaling proteins and play an important role during development and in tissue formation. BMP signaling is a well studied process, which is initiated through binding of cognate receptors and processed via activation of Smad downstream mediators. A hallmark of BMP signaling is its modulation on the extracellular level through specific antagonists.
Although it had been shown that BMP- and TGFβ-receptors are internalized following activation, little is known about the fate of BMP ligands. We prepared biologically active fluorescently labeled BMP2 and quantitatively analyzed its binding and uptake in cells using flow cytometry and confocal microscopy.
Exogenous BMP2 was rapidly bound to the cell surface and subsequently internalized in a time dependent manner and accumulated in the cell center. While binding to the cell surface was limited by binding sites at the beginning, internalization continuously increased after a short delay at later time points. Using different inhibitors we found that internalization of BMP2 through endosomal particles occurred in a clathrin dependent pathway. Furthermore, uptake of BMP2 was modulated in strikingly different ways by BMP2 antagonists. While Noggin and Gremlin increased BMP2 uptake, Chordin blocked BMP2 uptake, which was concentration dependent in both cases.
In conclusion, our findings present interesting mechanisms for the modulation of BMP signaling by concentration gradients of BMP ligands and antagonists in a dose and time dependent manner, which can provide an explanation of some properties of the BMP-regulatory network.
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Peng XH, Wang Y, Huang D, Wang Y, Shin HJ, Chen Z, Spewak MB, Mao H, Wang X, Wang Y, Chen Z(G, Nie S, Shin DM. Targeted delivery of cisplatin to lung cancer using ScFvEGFR-heparin-cisplatin nanoparticles. ACS NANO 2011; 5:9480-93. [PMID: 22032622 PMCID: PMC3275811 DOI: 10.1021/nn202410f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 111] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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The clinical application of cis-diamminedichloroplatinum(II) (DDP, cisplatin) for cancer therapy is limited by its nonspecific biodistribution and severe side effects. Here, we have developed EGFR-targeted heparin-DDP (EHDDP) nanoparticles for tumor-targeted delivery of DDP. This nanoparticle delivery system possesses the following unique properties: (i) succinic anhydride-modified heparin is biocompatible and biodegradable with no anticoagulant activity; (ii) single-chain variable fragment anti-EGFR antibody (ScFvEGFR) was conjugated to the nanoparticles as an EGFR-targeting ligand. Our results showed that EHDDP nanoparticles can significantly increase the intracellular concentrations of DDP and Pt-DNA adducts in EGFR-expressing non-small cell lung cancer H292 cells via an EGFR-mediated pathway. Compared to the free DDP, significantly prolonged blood circulation time and improved pharmacokinetics and biodistribution of Pt were observed after systemic delivery of the EHDDP nanoparticles. The new EHDDP nanoparticle delivery system significantly enhanced antitumor activity of DDP without weight loss or damage to the kidney and spleen in nude mice bearing H292 cell tumors.
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- Xiang-Hong Peng
- Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Atlanta, Georgia
- Winship Cancer Institute, Atlanta, Georgia
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Atlanta, Georgia
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- Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Atlanta, Georgia
- Winship Cancer Institute, Atlanta, Georgia
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- Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Atlanta, Georgia
- Winship Cancer Institute, Atlanta, Georgia
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- Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA
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- Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Atlanta, Georgia
- Winship Cancer Institute, Atlanta, Georgia
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- Department of Radiology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA
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- Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Atlanta, Georgia
- Winship Cancer Institute, Atlanta, Georgia
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Atlanta, Georgia
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- Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Atlanta, Georgia
- Winship Cancer Institute, Atlanta, Georgia
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Atlanta, Georgia
- Winship Cancer Institute, Atlanta, Georgia
- Shuming Nie, Department of Biomedical Engineering Emory University School of Medicine 101 Woodruff Circle, Suite 2007B, Atlanta, GA 30322 (USA),
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- Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Atlanta, Georgia
- Winship Cancer Institute, Atlanta, Georgia
- Correspondence to Dong M. Shin, Winship Cancer Institute, Room 3090, 1365-C Clifton Road, Atlanta, GA 30322 (USA).
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Burga LN, Hu H, Juvekar A, Tung NM, Troyan SL, Hofstatter EW, Wulf GM. Loss of BRCA1 leads to an increase in epidermal growth factor receptor expression in mammary epithelial cells, and epidermal growth factor receptor inhibition prevents estrogen receptor-negative cancers in BRCA1-mutant mice. Breast Cancer Res 2011; 13:R30. [PMID: 21396117 PMCID: PMC3219192 DOI: 10.1186/bcr2850] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2010] [Revised: 12/30/2010] [Accepted: 03/11/2011] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
Abstract
Introduction Women who carry a BRCA1 mutation typically develop "triple-negative" breast cancers (TNBC), defined by the absence of estrogen receptor (ER), progesterone receptor and Her2/neu. In contrast to ER-positive tumors, TNBCs frequently express high levels of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR). Previously, we found a disproportionate fraction of progenitor cells in BRCA1 mutation carriers with EGFR overexpression. Here we examine the role of EGFR in mammary epithelial cells (MECs) in the emergence of BRCA1-related tumors and as a potential target for the prevention of TNBC. Methods Cultures of MECs were used to examine EGFR protein levels and promoter activity in response to BRCA1 suppression with inhibitory RNA. EGFR was assessed by immunoblot and immunofluorescence analysis, real-time reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction assay (RT-PCR) and flow cytometry. Binding of epidermal growth factor (EGF) to subpopulations of MECs was examined by Scatchard analysis. The responsiveness of MECs to the EGFR inhibitor erlotinib was assessed in vitro in three-dimensional cultures and in vivo. Mouse mammary tumor virus-Cre recombinase (MMTV-Cre) BRCA1flox/flox p53+/- mice were treated daily with erlotinib or vehicle control, and breast cancer-free survival was analyzed using the Kaplan-Meier method. Results Inhibition of BRCA1 in MECs led to upregulation of EGFR with an inverse correlation of BRCA1 with cellular EGFR protein levels (r2 = 0.87) and to an increase in cell surface-expressed EGFR. EGFR upregulation in response to BRCA1 suppression was mediated by transcriptional and posttranslational mechanisms. Aldehyde dehydrogenase 1 (ALDH1)-positive MECs expressed higher levels of EGFR than ALDH1-negative MECs and were expanded two- to threefold in the BRCA1-inhibited MEC population. All MECs were exquisitely sensitive to EGFR inhibition with erlotinib in vitro. EGFR inhibition in MMTV-Cre BRCA1flox/flox p53+/- female mice starting at age 3 months increased disease-free survival from 256 days in the controls to 365 days in the erlotinib-treated cohort. Conclusions We propose that even partial loss of BRCA1 leads to an overall increase in EGFR expression in MECs and to an expansion of the highly EGFR-expressing, ALDH1-positive fraction. Increased EGFR expression may confer a growth advantage to MECs with loss of BRCA1 at the earliest stages of transformation. Employing EGFR inhibition with erlotinib specifically at this premalignant stage was effective in decreasing the incidence of ER-negative breast tumors in this mouse model.
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Affiliation(s)
- Laura N Burga
- Division of Hematology/Oncology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, 330 Brookline Avenue, Boston MA 02215, USA
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