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Modarai SR, Gupta A, Opdenaker LM, Kowash R, Masters G, Viswanathan V, Zhang T, Fields JZ, Boman BM. The anti-cancer effect of retinoic acid signaling in CRC occurs via decreased growth of ALDH+ colon cancer stem cells and increased differentiation of stem cells. Oncotarget 2018; 9:34658-34669. [PMID: 30410666 PMCID: PMC6205182 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.26157] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2018] [Accepted: 08/15/2018] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Background Tumorigenesis is driven by stem cell (SC) overpopulation. Because ALDH is both a marker for SCs in many tissues and a key enzyme in retinoid acid (RA) signaling, we studied RA signaling in normal and malignant colonic SCs. Hypothesis RA signaling regulates growth and differentiation of ALDH+ colonic SCs; dysregulation of RA signaling contributes to SC overpopulation and colorectal cancer (CRC) development. Methods We analyzed normal and malignant colonic tissues and CRC cell lines to see if retinoid receptors (RXR & RAR) are exclusively expressed in ALDH+ SCs, and if RA signaling changes during CRC development. We determined whether RA signaling regulates cancer SC (CSC) proliferation, differentiation, sphere formation, and population size. Results RXR & RAR were expressed in ALDH+ colonic SCs, but not in MCM2+ proliferative cells. Western blotting/immunostaining of CRCs revealed that RA signaling components become overexpressed in parallel with ALDH overexpression, which coincides with the known overpopulation of ALDH+ SCs that occurs during, and drives, CRC development. Treatment of SCs with all-trans retinoic acid (ATRA) decreased proliferation, sphere formation and ALDH+ SC population size, and induced differentiation along the neuroendocrine cell (NEC) lineage. Conclusions Retinoid signaling, by regulating ALDH+ colonic CSCs, decreases SC proliferation, sphere formation, and population size, and increases SC differentiation to NECs. Dysregulation of RA signaling in colonic SCs likely contributes to overpopulation of ALDH+ SCs and CRC growth. Implications That retinoid receptors RXR and RAR are selectively expressed in ALDH+ SCs indicates RA signaling mainly occurs via ALDH+ SCs, which provides a mechanism to selectively target CSCs.
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- Shirin R Modarai
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA.,Center for Translational Cancer Research, Helen F. Graham Cancer Center and Research Institute, Christiana Care Health System, Newark, DE, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA.,Center for Translational Cancer Research, Helen F. Graham Cancer Center and Research Institute, Christiana Care Health System, Newark, DE, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA.,Center for Translational Cancer Research, Helen F. Graham Cancer Center and Research Institute, Christiana Care Health System, Newark, DE, USA
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- Center for Translational Cancer Research, Helen F. Graham Cancer Center and Research Institute, Christiana Care Health System, Newark, DE, USA.,Department of Biological Sciences, Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA, USA
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- Center for Translational Cancer Research, Helen F. Graham Cancer Center and Research Institute, Christiana Care Health System, Newark, DE, USA.,Biochemistry Department, Hamilton College, Clinton, NY, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA.,Center for Translational Cancer Research, Helen F. Graham Cancer Center and Research Institute, Christiana Care Health System, Newark, DE, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA.,Center for Translational Cancer Research, Helen F. Graham Cancer Center and Research Institute, Christiana Care Health System, Newark, DE, USA.,Genetic and Preventive Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA.,Research Pediatric Development, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA.,Center for Translational Cancer Research, Helen F. Graham Cancer Center and Research Institute, Christiana Care Health System, Newark, DE, USA.,Genetic and Preventive Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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Evaluation of cellular retinoic acid binding protein 2 gene expression through the retinoic acid pathway by co-incubation of Blastocystis ST-1 with HT29 cells in vitro. Parasitol Res 2016; 115:1965-75. [PMID: 26911149 DOI: 10.1007/s00436-016-4939-z] [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: 11/09/2015] [Accepted: 01/20/2016] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Blastocystis is a parasitic protist with a worldwide distribution that is commonly found in patients with colon and gastrointestinal pathological symptoms. Blastocystis infection has also commonly been reported in colorectal cancer and HIV/AIDS patients with gastrointestinal symptoms. To understand the pathway networks of gene regulation and the probable mechanisms influencing functions of HT-29 host cells in response to parasite infection, we examined the expression of 163 human oncogenes and kinases in human colon adenocarcinoma HT-29 cells co-incubated with Blastocystis by in-house cDNA microarray and PCR analysis. At least 10 genes were shown to be modified following Blastocystis co-incubation, including those with immunological, tumorigenesis, and antitumorigenesis functions. The expression of genes encoding cellular retinoic acid binding protein 2 (CRABP2) and proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) was markedly upregulated and downregulated, respectively. Reverse transcriptase-PCR validated the modified transcript expression of CRABP2 and other associated genes such as retinoic acid (RA)-related nuclear-receptor (RARα). Together, our data indicate that CRABP2, RARα, and PCNA expressions are involved in RA signaling regulatory networks that affect the growth, proliferation, and inflammation of HT-29 cells.
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Prenatal effects of retinoic acid on lumbar spinal cord development and liver antioxidants in rats. Acta Histochem 2014; 116:855-62. [PMID: 24674080 DOI: 10.1016/j.acthis.2014.02.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2013] [Revised: 02/06/2014] [Accepted: 02/10/2014] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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During embryonic and early postnatal development, retinoic acid (RA) regulates genes that control neuronal differentiation and neurite outgrowth from the neural tube. The effects of high levels of RA on the CNS can be detected via nitric oxide (NO), which plays a crucial role in neural transmission. The aim of the study was to investigate the prenatal influence of high levels of RA on postnatal development of nitrergic structures in lumbar spinal cord and antioxidant status. RA was administered orally at a dose of 10mg/kg body weight to pregnant female Wistar rats during days 8-10 of gestation. Neuronal nitric oxide synthase (nNOS) of lumbar spinal cord sections was processed for visualization via nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate-diaphorase (NADPH-d) histochemistry on postnatal day one, day twenty-one and in adults. The results suggest that prenatal administration of high levels of RA is not associated with postnatal morphological changes in nNOS-positive neurons in the rat lumbar spinal cord. An estimation of the activity of enzymes related to the storage of retinoid in the liver showed possible side effects. Suppression and deepening of superoxide dismutase activity persisted into adulthood, and a concurrent downregulation of glutathione reductase was noted. A decrease in reduced glutathione persisted until adulthood when other compensatory mechanisms were probably active to maintain an appropriate level.
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Flajollet S, Rachez C, Ploton M, Schulz C, Gallais R, Métivier R, Pawlak M, Leray A, Issulahi AA, Héliot L, Staels B, Salbert G, Lefebvre P. The elongation complex components BRD4 and MLLT3/AF9 are transcriptional coactivators of nuclear retinoid receptors. PLoS One 2013; 8:e64880. [PMID: 23762261 PMCID: PMC3677938 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0064880] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2013] [Accepted: 04/18/2013] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Nuclear all-trans retinoic acid receptors (RARs) initiate early transcriptional events which engage pluripotent cells to differentiate into specific lineages. RAR-controlled transactivation depends mostly on agonist-induced structural transitions in RAR C-terminus (AF-2), thus bridging coactivators or corepressors to chromatin, hence controlling preinitiation complex assembly. However, the contribution of other domains of RAR to its overall transcriptional activity remains poorly defined. A proteomic characterization of nuclear proteins interacting with RAR regions distinct from the AF-2 revealed unsuspected functional properties of the RAR N-terminus. Indeed, mass spectrometry fingerprinting identified the Bromodomain-containing protein 4 (BRD4) and ALL1-fused gene from chromosome 9 (AF9/MLLT3), known to associate with and regulates the activity of Positive Transcription Elongation Factor b (P-TEFb), as novel RAR coactivators. In addition to promoter sequences, RAR binds to genomic, transcribed regions of retinoid-regulated genes, in association with RNA polymerase II and as a function of P-TEFb activity. Knockdown of either AF9 or BRD4 expression affected differentially the neural differentiation of stem cell-like P19 cells. Clusters of retinoid-regulated genes were selectively dependent on BRD4 and/or AF9 expression, which correlated with RAR association to transcribed regions. Thus RAR establishes physical and functional links with components of the elongation complex, enabling the rapid retinoid-induced induction of genes required for neuronal differentiation. Our data thereby extends the previously known RAR interactome from classical transcriptional modulators to components of the elongation machinery, and unravel a functional role of RAR in transcriptional elongation.
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- Sébastien Flajollet
- European Genomic Institute for Diabetes (EGID), FR 3508, Lille, France
- INSERM UMR1011, Lille, France
- Univ Lille 2, Lille, France
- Institut Pasteur de Lille, Lille, France
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- Unité de Régulation Epigénétique, URA 2578 du CNRS, Département de Biologie du Développement, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
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- European Genomic Institute for Diabetes (EGID), FR 3508, Lille, France
- INSERM UMR1011, Lille, France
- Univ Lille 2, Lille, France
- Institut Pasteur de Lille, Lille, France
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- Interdisciplinary Research Institute, Univ Lille 1, USR 3078 CNRS, Biophotonique Cellulaire Fonctionnelle, Villeneuve d’Ascq, France
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- Equipe SPARTE, UMR CNRS 6026-Université Rennes 1, Rennes, France
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- Equipe SPARTE, UMR CNRS 6026-Université Rennes 1, Rennes, France
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- European Genomic Institute for Diabetes (EGID), FR 3508, Lille, France
- INSERM UMR1011, Lille, France
- Univ Lille 2, Lille, France
- Institut Pasteur de Lille, Lille, France
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- Interdisciplinary Research Institute, Univ Lille 1, USR 3078 CNRS, Biophotonique Cellulaire Fonctionnelle, Villeneuve d’Ascq, France
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- Interdisciplinary Research Institute, Univ Lille 1, USR 3078 CNRS, Biophotonique Cellulaire Fonctionnelle, Villeneuve d’Ascq, France
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- Interdisciplinary Research Institute, Univ Lille 1, USR 3078 CNRS, Biophotonique Cellulaire Fonctionnelle, Villeneuve d’Ascq, France
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- European Genomic Institute for Diabetes (EGID), FR 3508, Lille, France
- INSERM UMR1011, Lille, France
- Univ Lille 2, Lille, France
- Institut Pasteur de Lille, Lille, France
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- Equipe SPARTE, UMR CNRS 6026-Université Rennes 1, Rennes, France
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- European Genomic Institute for Diabetes (EGID), FR 3508, Lille, France
- INSERM UMR1011, Lille, France
- Univ Lille 2, Lille, France
- Institut Pasteur de Lille, Lille, France
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Lefebvre P, Benomar Y, Staels B. Retinoid X receptors: common heterodimerization partners with distinct functions. Trends Endocrinol Metab 2010; 21:676-83. [PMID: 20674387 DOI: 10.1016/j.tem.2010.06.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 220] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2010] [Revised: 06/25/2010] [Accepted: 06/29/2010] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Retinoid X receptors (RXRs) have been implicated in a diversity of cellular processes ranging from cellular proliferation to lipid metabolism. These pleiotropic effects stem not only from the ability of RXRs to dimerize with diverse nuclear receptors, which exert transcriptional control on specific aspects of cell biology, but also because binding of RXR ligands to heterodimers can stimulate transcriptional activation by RXR partner receptors. This signaling network is rendered more complex by the existence of different RXR isotypes (RXRα, RXRβ, RXRγ) with distinct properties that thereby modulate the transcriptional activity of RXR-containing heterodimers. This review discusses the emerging roles of RXR isotypes in the RXR signaling network and possible implications for our understanding of nuclear receptor biology and pharmacology.
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Lee JH, Kishikawa M, Kumazoe M, Yamada K, Tachibana H. Vitamin A enhances antitumor effect of a green tea polyphenol on melanoma by upregulating the polyphenol sensing molecule 67-kDa laminin receptor. PLoS One 2010; 5:e11051. [PMID: 20548792 PMCID: PMC2883578 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0011051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2010] [Accepted: 05/21/2010] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Background Green tea consumption has been shown to have cancer preventive qualities. Among the constituents of green tea, (-)-Epigallocatechin-3-O-gallate (EGCG) is the most effective at inhibiting carcinogenesis. However, the concentrations of EGCG that are required to elicit the anticancer effects in a variety of cancer cell types are much higher than the peak plasma concentration that occurs after drinking an equivalent of 2–3 cups of green tea. To obtain the anticancer effects of EGCG when consumed at a reasonable concentration in daily life, we investigated the combination effect of EGCG and food ingredient that may enhance the anticancer activity of EGCG on subcutaneous tumor growth in C57BL/6N mice challenged with B16 melanoma cells. Methodology/Principal Findings All-trans-retinoic acid (ATRA) enhanced the expression of the 67-kDa laminin receptor (67LR) and increased EGCG-induced cell growth inhibition in B16 melanoma cells. The cell growth inhibition seen with the combined EGCG and ATRA treatment was abolished by treatment with an anti-67LR antibody. In addition, the combined EGCG and ATRA treatment significantly suppressed the melanoma tumor growth in mice. Expression of 67LR in the tumor increased upon oral administration of ATRA or a combined treatment of EGCG and ATRA treatment. Furthermore, RNAi-mediated silencing of the retinoic acid receptor (RAR) α attenuated the ATRA-induced enhancement of 67LR expression in the melanoma cells. An RAR agonist enhanced the expression levels of 67LR and increased EGCG-induced cell growth inhibition. Conclusions/Significance Our findings provide a molecular basis for the combination effect seen with dietary components, and indicate that ATRA may be a beneficial food component for cancer prevention when combined with EGCG.
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- Ju Hye Lee
- Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University, Hakozaki, Japan
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- Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University, Hakozaki, Japan
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- Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University, Hakozaki, Japan
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- Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University, Hakozaki, Japan
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- Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University, Hakozaki, Japan
- Laboratory of Functional Food Design, Department of Functional Metabolic Design, Bio-Architecture Center, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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Zhang Y, Xuan J, de los Reyes BG, Clarke R, Ressom HW. Reconstruction of gene regulatory modules in cancer cell cycle by multi-source data integration. PLoS One 2010; 5:e10268. [PMID: 20422009 PMCID: PMC2858157 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0010268] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2009] [Accepted: 03/25/2010] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Background Precise regulation of the cell cycle is crucial to the growth and development of all organisms. Understanding the regulatory mechanism of the cell cycle is crucial to unraveling many complicated diseases, most notably cancer. Multiple sources of biological data are available to study the dynamic interactions among many genes that are related to the cancer cell cycle. Integrating these informative and complementary data sources can help to infer a mutually consistent gene transcriptional regulatory network with strong similarity to the underlying gene regulatory relationships in cancer cells. Results and Principal Findings We propose an integrative framework that infers gene regulatory modules from the cell cycle of cancer cells by incorporating multiple sources of biological data, including gene expression profiles, gene ontology, and molecular interaction. Among 846 human genes with putative roles in cell cycle regulation, we identified 46 transcription factors and 39 gene ontology groups. We reconstructed regulatory modules to infer the underlying regulatory relationships. Four regulatory network motifs were identified from the interaction network. The relationship between each transcription factor and predicted target gene groups was examined by training a recurrent neural network whose topology mimics the network motif(s) to which the transcription factor was assigned. Inferred network motifs related to eight well-known cell cycle genes were confirmed by gene set enrichment analysis, binding site enrichment analysis, and comparison with previously published experimental results. Conclusions We established a robust method that can accurately infer underlying relationships between a given transcription factor and its downstream target genes by integrating different layers of biological data. Our method could also be beneficial to biologists for predicting the components of regulatory modules in which any candidate gene is involved. Such predictions can then be used to design a more streamlined experimental approach for biological validation. Understanding the dynamics of these modules will shed light on the processes that occur in cancer cells resulting from errors in cell cycle regulation.
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- Yuji Zhang
- Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Georgetown University, Washington, D. C., United States of America
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Arlington, Virginia, United States of America
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Arlington, Virginia, United States of America
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- Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Georgetown University, Washington, D. C., United States of America
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- Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Georgetown University, Washington, D. C., United States of America
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Chen X, Patel TP, Simirskii VI, Duncan MK. PCNA interacts with Prox1 and represses its transcriptional activity. Mol Vis 2008; 14:2076-86. [PMID: 19023449 PMCID: PMC2584773] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2008] [Accepted: 11/10/2008] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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PURPOSE Prox1 is a transcription factor which can function either as a transcriptional activator, transcriptional repressor or a transcriptional corepressor. This paper seeks to better understand the role of protein-protein interactions in this multitude of functions. METHODS We performed a yeast two-hybrid screen of an 11.5 day post coitum (dpc) mouse embryo cDNA library using the homeo-Prospero domain of Prox1 as bait. Computer modeling, cotransfection analysis and confocal immunolocalization were used to investigate the significance of one of the identified interactions. RESULTS Proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) was identified as a Prox1 interacting protein. Prox1 interactions with PCNA require the PCNA interacting protein motif (PIP box), located in the Prospero domain of Prox1. Computer modeling of this interaction identified the apparent geometry of this interface which maintains the accessibility of Prox1 to DNA. Prox1 activated the chicken betaB1-crystallin promoter in cotransfection tests as previously reported, while PCNA squelched this transcriptional activation. CONCLUSIONS Since PCNA is expressed in the lens epithelium where Prox1 levels are low, while chicken betaB1-crystallin expression activates in lens fibers where Prox1 expression is high and PCNA levels are low, these data suggest that Prox1-PCNA interactions may in part prevent the activation of betaB1-crystallin expression in the lens epithelium.
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Wang C, Yu J, Kallen CB. Two estrogen response element sequences near the PCNA gene are not responsible for its estrogen-enhanced expression in MCF7 cells. PLoS One 2008; 3:e3523. [PMID: 18949048 PMCID: PMC2568806 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003523] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [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: 07/15/2008] [Accepted: 10/06/2008] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Background The proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) is an essential component of DNA replication, cell cycle regulation, and epigenetic inheritance. High expression of PCNA is associated with poor prognosis in patients with breast cancer. The 5′-region of the PCNA gene contains two computationally-detected estrogen response element (ERE) sequences, one of which is evolutionarily conserved. Both of these sequences are of undocumented cis-regulatory function. We recently demonstrated that estradiol (E2) enhances PCNA mRNA expression in MCF7 breast cancer cells. MCF7 cells proliferate in response to E2. Methodology/Principal Findings Here, we demonstrate that E2 rapidly enhanced PCNA mRNA and protein expression in a process that requires ERα as well as de novo protein synthesis. One of the two upstream ERE sequences was specifically bound by ERα-containing protein complexes, in vitro, in gel shift analysis. Yet, each ERE sequence, when cloned as a single copy, or when engineered as two tandem copies of the ERE-containing sequence, was not capable of activating a luciferase reporter construct in response to E2. In MCF7 cells, neither ERE-containing genomic region demonstrated E2-dependent recruitment of ERα by sensitive ChIP-PCR assays. Conclusion/Significance We conclude that E2 enhances PCNA gene expression by an indirect process and that computational detection of EREs, even when evolutionarily conserved and when near E2-responsive genes, requires biochemical validation.
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- Cheng Wang
- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
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- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
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- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
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Cazzalini O, Perucca P, Savio M, Necchi D, Bianchi L, Stivala LA, Ducommun B, Scovassi AI, Prosperi E. Interaction of p21(CDKN1A) with PCNA regulates the histone acetyltransferase activity of p300 in nucleotide excision repair. Nucleic Acids Res 2008; 36:1713-22. [PMID: 18263614 PMCID: PMC2275133 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkn014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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The cell-cycle inhibitor p21CDKN1A has been suggested to directly participate in DNA repair, thanks to the interaction with PCNA. Yet, its role has remained unclear. Among proteins interacting with both p21 and PCNA, the histone acetyltransferase (HAT) p300 has been shown to participate in DNA repair. Here we report evidence indicating that p21 protein localizes and interacts with both p300 and PCNA at UV-induced DNA damage sites. The interaction between p300 and PCNA is regulated in vivo by p21. Indeed, loss of p21, or its inability to bind PCNA, results in a prolonged binding to chromatin and an increased association of p300 with PCNA, in UV-irradiated cells. Concomitantly, HAT activity of p300 is reduced after DNA damage. In vitro experiments show that inhibition of p300 HAT activity induced by PCNA is relieved by p21, which disrupts the association between recombinant p300 and PCNA. These results indicate that p21 is required during DNA repair to regulate p300 HAT activity by disrupting its interaction with PCNA.
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- Ornella Cazzalini
- Dipartimento di Medicina Sperimentale, sez. Patologia Generale "C. Golgi", Università di Pavia, 27100 Pavia, Italy
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Acinus-S' represses retinoic acid receptor (RAR)-regulated gene expression through interaction with the B domains of RARs. Mol Cell Biol 2008; 28:2549-58. [PMID: 18250153 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.01199-07] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The diverse biological actions of retinoic acid (RA) are mediated by RA receptors (RARs) and retinoid X receptors (RXRs). Modulation of transcription by RARs/RXRs is achieved through two activation functions, ligand-independent AF-1 and ligand-dependent AF-2, located in the A/B and E domains, respectively. While the coregulatory proteins that interact with the E domain are well studied, the A/B domain-interacting partners and their influence(s) on the function of RARs are poorly understood. Acinus-S' is an ubiquitous nuclear protein that has been implicated in inducing apoptotic chromatin condensation and regulating mRNA processing. Our data demonstrate that Acinus-S' can specifically repress ligand-independent and ligand-dependent expression of a DR5 RA response element(RARE)-dependent reporter gene and several endogenous RAR-regulated genes in a dose-dependent and gene-specific manner. Chromatin immunoprecipitation assays show that Acinus-S' associates with RAREs within the promoters of endogenous genes independent of RA treatment. Furthermore, the C-terminal end of Acinus-S' and the B domain of RARbeta interact independently of ligand, and the C-terminal end of Acinus-S' is sufficient for the repression of RAR-regulated gene expression. Finally, histone deacetylase activity only partially accounts for the repressive effect of Acinus-S' on RAR-dependent gene expression. These findings identify Acinus-S' as a novel RAR-interacting protein that regulates the expression of a subset of RAR-regulated genes through direct binding to the N-terminal B domains of RARs.
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Schultz-Norton JR, Gabisi VA, Ziegler YS, McLeod IX, Yates JR, Nardulli AM. Interaction of estrogen receptor alpha with proliferating cell nuclear antigen. Nucleic Acids Res 2007; 35:5028-38. [PMID: 17636311 PMCID: PMC1976446 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkm533] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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The ability of estrogen receptor alpha (ERalpha) to modulate gene expression is influenced by the recruitment of a host of co-regulatory proteins to target genes. To further understand how estrogen-responsive genes are regulated, we have isolated and identified proteins associated with ERalpha when it is bound to DNA containing the consensus estrogen response element (ERE). One of the proteins identified in this complex, proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA), is required for DNA replication and repair. We show that PCNA interacts with ERalpha in the absence and in the presence of DNA, enhances the interaction of ERalpha with ERE-containing DNA, and associates with endogenous estrogen-responsive genes. Interestingly, rather than altering hormone responsiveness of endogenous, estrogen-responsive genes, PCNA increases the basal expression of these genes. Our studies suggest that in addition to serving as a platform for the recruitment of DNA replication and repair proteins, PCNA may serve as a platform for transcription factors involved in regulating gene expression.
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- Jennifer R. Schultz-Norton
- Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology and Department of Biochemistry, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801 and Department of Cell Biology, The Scripps Institute, LaJolla, CA 92037, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology and Department of Biochemistry, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801 and Department of Cell Biology, The Scripps Institute, LaJolla, CA 92037, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology and Department of Biochemistry, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801 and Department of Cell Biology, The Scripps Institute, LaJolla, CA 92037, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology and Department of Biochemistry, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801 and Department of Cell Biology, The Scripps Institute, LaJolla, CA 92037, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology and Department of Biochemistry, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801 and Department of Cell Biology, The Scripps Institute, LaJolla, CA 92037, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology and Department of Biochemistry, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801 and Department of Cell Biology, The Scripps Institute, LaJolla, CA 92037, USA
- *To whom correspondence should be addressed.+1 217 244 5679+1 217 333 1133
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Flajollet S, Lefebvre B, Cudejko C, Staels B, Lefebvre P. The core component of the mammalian SWI/SNF complex SMARCD3/BAF60c is a coactivator for the nuclear retinoic acid receptor. Mol Cell Endocrinol 2007; 270:23-32. [PMID: 17363140 DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2007.02.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2006] [Revised: 01/10/2007] [Accepted: 02/05/2007] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Retinoic acid receptors (RARs) activate transcription by recruiting coactivator complexes such as histone acetyltransferases (HAT) and the mediator complex, to increase chromatin accessibility by general transcription factors and to promote transcription initiation. Indirect evidences have suggested a role for the ATP-dependent chromatin remodeling complex SWI/SNF in RAR-mediated transcription. Here we demonstrate that two highly related subunits of the core SWI/SNF complex, BAF60c1 and BAF60c2, interact physically with retinoid receptors and are coactivators for RARs. This coactivating property is dependent on SRC1 expression, showing that HATs and SWI/SNF cooperate in this retinoid-controlled transcriptional process.
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- Sébastien Flajollet
- Institut Pasteur de Lille, Département d'Athérosclérose, Lille F-59019, France
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Flajollet S, Lefebvre B, Rachez C, Lefebvre P. Distinct Roles of the Steroid Receptor Coactivator 1 and of MED1 in Retinoid-induced Transcription and Cellular Differentiation. J Biol Chem 2006; 281:20338-48. [PMID: 16723356 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m603023200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Retinoic acid receptors (RARs) are the molecular relays of retinoid action on transcription, cellular differentiation and apoptosis. Transcriptional activation of retinoid-regulated promoters requires the dismissal of corepressors and the recruitment of coactivators to promoter-bound RAR. RARs recruit in vitro a plethora of coactivators whose actual contribution to retinoid-induced transcription is poorly characterized in vivo. Embryonal carcinoma P19 cells, which are highly sensitive to retinoids, were depleted from archetypical coactivators by RNAi. SRC1-deficient P19 cells showed severely compromised retinoid-induced responses, in agreement with the supposed role of SRC1 as a RAR coactivator. Unexpectedly, Med1/TRAP220/DRIP205-depleted cells exhibited an exacerbated response to retinoids, both in terms transcriptional responses and of cellular differentiation. Med1 depletion affected TFIIH and cdk9 detection at the prototypical retinoid-regulated RARbeta2 promoter, and favored a higher RNA polymerase II detection in transcribed regions of the RARbeta2 gene. Furthermore, the nature of the ligand impacted strongly on the ability of RARs to interact with a given coactivator and to activate transcription in intact cells. Thus RAR accomplishes transcriptional activation as a function of the ligand structure, by recruiting regulatory complexes which control distinct molecular events at retinoid-regulated promoters.
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Prosperi E. The fellowship of the rings: distinct pools of proliferating cell nuclear antigen trimer at work. FASEB J 2006; 20:833-7. [PMID: 16675840 DOI: 10.1096/fj.05-5469hyp] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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The proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) is a homotrimeric ring-shaped protein that, by encircling DNA, may function as a sliding platform for proteins participating in various DNA transactions. PCNA plays a fundamental role in DNA replication and repair, but also in postreplicative events, like DNA methylation, chromatin assembly and remodeling, sister chromatid cohesion, and coordinates these activities with cell cycle control. However, relevant aspects of PCNA function are still not well understood, like the role of PCNA in the association with partner proteins, and how multiple protein interactions are orchestrated. Based on emerging evidence, I suggest that 1) PCNA interacting proteins may be reclassified in three major categories, namely, a) cell cycle control; b) DNA replication/repair; c) chromatin regulation/transcription. 2) PCNA is a negative regulator, rather than a processivity/recruitment factor, of chromatin-modifying enzymes. 3) At DNA replication sites, PCNA function may be envisaged with a model of "dynamic hand-off" of interacting partners that rapidly and transiently exchange in a mutually exclusive manner, while cyclin-dependent kinase (Cdk) 2 (CDK2) is stably bound to PCNA. The partner exchange might occur through a conformational change of the PCNA/protein/DNA complex allowing CDK2 to phosphorylate the partner protein, thereby enabling its hand-off from PCNA.
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- Ennio Prosperi
- Istituto di Genetica Molecolare del CNR, sez. Istochimica e Citometria, Dipartimento di Biologia Animale, Università di Pavia, Piazza Botta, 10, Pavia 27100, Italy.
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Berlin Grace VM, Niranjali Devaraj S, Radhakrishnan Pillai M, Devaraj H. HPV-induced carcinogenesis of the uterine cervix is associated with reduced serum ATRA level. Gynecol Oncol 2006; 103:113-9. [PMID: 16554086 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2006.01.057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2005] [Revised: 01/20/2006] [Accepted: 01/30/2006] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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OBJECTIVE In uterine cervical cancer, certain oncogenic HPV types are considered as key etiologic factor. But the progression of HPV associated cervical precancerous lesions depends on many other factors such as oncogenes, immune system, anti-viral factors etc. This study is therefore focused on the effect of an important dietary anti-viral factor called All Trans Retinoic Acid (ATRA) on the development of HPV associated cervical cancer as it is found higher in poor socioeconomic people. METHOD We analyzed a total population of 130 including control subjects who have no complaints of uterine cervical lesions and the HPV-6/11, 16/18 infected cases of low grade squamous intraepithelial lesions [SIL], high grade squamous intraepithelial lesions [HSIL], and invasive cancers, for serum ATRA level. This study also focused to find out the association of serum ATRA level with the proliferation status in terms of proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) expression as it is an anti-proliferation agent and with the grades of cervical lesions, using SPSS statistical package. RESULTS The results showed a highly significant negative association for serum ATRA level with different stages of cervical lesions (F = 3.305; P = 0.000) by one-way ANOVA and with intensity of PCNA expression (r = -0.825; P < 0.01) by Pearson's correlation test. A highly significant association was observed for the PCNA expression with the grades of cervical lesions too (F = 37.89; P = 0.000). Further, we found from our data that all the invasive cancer cases were infected with HPV-16/18 and none with HPV-6/11. Hence, we analyzed the association of serum ATRA level with HPV-16/18 infected preinvasive cases in developing invasiveness, by Fisher's Exact Test, using Graph Pad Prism as shown in Table 1. The results show an odds ratio (OR) of 36.93 and a relative risk (RR) of 4.99 with an 95% interval being 2.896 to 8.603, which is significant at the level of P = 0.0001 for the reduced [<0.6 mug/ml] serum ATRA level in developing invasive cancer in HPV-16/18 infected preinvasive cases. CONCLUSION All these results suggest that the serum ATRA level highly influences the progression of cervical lesions to invasive cancer and can be therefore aimed as a marker for progression in combination with HPV-16/18, which helps to enhance the modalities of therapy towards cost effectiveness.
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- V M Berlin Grace
- Department of Biotechnology, KITS, Deemed University, Karunya Nagar, Coimbatore-641 114, India.
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Desai TJ, Chen F, Lü J, Qian J, Niederreither K, Dollé P, Chambon P, Cardoso WV. Distinct roles for retinoic acid receptors alpha and beta in early lung morphogenesis. Dev Biol 2006; 291:12-24. [PMID: 16427040 DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2005.10.045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2005] [Revised: 09/05/2005] [Accepted: 10/03/2005] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Retinoic acid (RA) signaling is required for normal development of multiple organs. However, little is known about how RA influences the initial stages of lung development. Here, we used a combination of genetic, pharmacological and explant culture approaches to address this issue, and to investigate how signaling by different RA receptors (RAR) mediates the RA effects. We analyzed initiation of lung development in retinaldehyde dehydrogenase-2 (Raldh2) null mice, a model in which RA signaling is absent from the foregut from its earliest developmental stages. We provide evidence that RA is dispensable for specification of lung cell fate in the endoderm. By using synthetic retinoids to selectively activate RAR alpha or beta signaling in this model, we demonstrate novel and unique functions of these receptors in the early lung. We show that activation of RAR beta, but not alpha, induces expression of the fibroblast growth factor Fgf10 and bud morphogenesis in the lung field. Similar analysis of wild type foregut shows that endogenous RAR alpha activity is required to maintain overall RA signaling, and to refine the RAR beta effects in the lung field. Our data support the idea that balanced activation of RAR alpha and beta is critical for proper lung bud initiation and endodermal differentiation.
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- Tushar J Desai
- Pulmonary Center, Boston University School of Medicine, 80 East Concord Street R-304, Boston, MA 02118, USA
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