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Liu K, Cui L, Li C, Tang C, Niu Y, Hao J, Bu Y, Chen B. Pan-cancer analysis of the prognostic and immunological role of ANLN: An onco-immunological biomarker. Front Genet 2022; 13:922472. [PMID: 35991576 PMCID: PMC9390797 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2022.922472] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2022] [Accepted: 07/05/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Anillin actin-binding protein (ANLN) is crucially involved in cell proliferation and migration. Moreover, ANLN is significantly in tumor progression in several types of human malignant tumors; however, it remains unclear whether ANLN acts through common molecular pathways within different tumor microenvironments, pathogeneses, prognoses and immunotherapy contexts. Therefore, this study aimed to perform bioinformatics analysis to examine the correlation of ANLN with tumor immune infiltration, immune evasion, tumor progression, immunotherapy, and tumor prognosis. We observed increased ANLN expression in multiple tumors, which could be involved in tumor cell proliferation, migration, infiltration, and prognosis. The level of ANLN methylation and genetic alteration was associated with prognosis in numerous tumors. ANLN facilitates tumor immune evasion through different mechanisms, which involve T-cell exclusion in different cancer types and tumor-infiltrating immune cells in colon adenocarcinoma, kidney renal clear cell carcinoma, liver hepatocellular carcinoma, and prostate adenocarcinoma. Additionally, ANLN is correlated with immune or chemotherapeutic outcomes in malignant cancers. Notably, ANLN expression may be a predictive biomarker for the response to immune checkpoint inhibitors. Taken together, our findings suggest that ANLN can be used as an onco-immunological biomarker and could serve as a hallmark for tumor screening, prognosis, individualized treatment design, and follow-up.
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- Kejun Liu
- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, General Hospital of Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan, China
- Ningxia Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgical Diseases Clinical Medical Research Center, Yinchuan, China
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- School of Clinical Medicine, Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan, China
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- Ningxia Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgical Diseases Clinical Medical Research Center, Yinchuan, China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, General Hospital of Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan, China
- Ningxia Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgical Diseases Clinical Medical Research Center, Yinchuan, China
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- School of Clinical Medicine, Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan, China
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- School of Clinical Medicine, Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan, China
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- School of Clinical Medicine, Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan, China
- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, People’s Hospital of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Yinchuan, China
- *Correspondence: Yang Bu, ; Bendong Chen,
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- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, General Hospital of Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan, China
- Ningxia Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgical Diseases Clinical Medical Research Center, Yinchuan, China
- School of Clinical Medicine, Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan, China
- *Correspondence: Yang Bu, ; Bendong Chen,
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Yang K, Shen Z, Yin N, Quan J, Wang M, Gao K. Development and Validation of a Novel Hypoxia Score for Predicting Prognosis and Immune Microenvironment in Rectal Cancer. Front Surg 2022; 9:881554. [PMID: 35548187 PMCID: PMC9081503 DOI: 10.3389/fsurg.2022.881554] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2022] [Accepted: 03/21/2022] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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Hypoxia plays a major role in various tumor types. However, few studies have concentrated on the prognostic model of hypoxia-related genes in rectal cancer and the effect of hypoxia on neutrophil-mediated immunosuppression. We performed Kaplan–Meier analysis, random survival forest analysis, and Cox regression analysis on 342 hypoxia-related genes, constructed hypoxia score in the Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) cohort, and verified them in the Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) cohort. Then the patients were divided into two groups according to the risk level. The overall survival rate of the high-risk (HRisk) group was significantly higher than that of the low-risk (LRisk) group (GEO, p < 0.001; TCGA, p = 0.016). Through receiver operating characteristic and decision curve analysis, the nomogram based on hypoxia score has excellent prediction ability. Functional enrichment analysis showed that hypoxia, metastasis, inflammation, immunity, and other related pathways were enriched. The HRisk group was associated with lower tumor purity, higher immune and stromal score, higher neutrophils, and lower activated memory CD4 + T cells. More importantly, the checkpoint of neutrophil-mediated immunosuppression increased in the HRisk group. In conclusion, a hypoxia score based on 5 hypoxia-related genes can be used to predict the prognosis of rectal cancer and ANLN with a cancer-suppressing effect and SRPX (Sushi Repeat Containing Protein X-Linked) with a cancer-promoting effect may be potential therapeutic targets for rectal cancer.
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Wang C, Guo J, Zhao X, Jia J, Xu W, Wan P, Sun C. Identification of Hub Genes in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma Using Bioinformatics Analysis. IRANIAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH 2021; 50:2238-2245. [PMID: 35223598 PMCID: PMC8826335 DOI: 10.18502/ijph.v50i11.7578] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2021] [Accepted: 03/14/2021] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
Abstract
Background: To address the biomarkers that correlated with the prognosis of patients with PDCA using bioinformatics analysis. Methods: The raw data of genes were obtained from the Gene Expression Omnibus. We screened differently expressed genes (DEGs) by Rstudio. Database for Annotation, Visualization and Intergrated Discovery was used to investigate their biological function by Gene Ontology(GO) and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes (KEGG) analysis. Protein-protein interaction of these DEGs were analyzed based on the Search Tool for the Retrieval of Interacting Genes database (STRING) and visualized by Cytoscape. Genes calculated by Cyto-Hubba with degree >10 were identified as hub genes. Then, the identified hub genes were verified by UALCAN online analysis tool to evaluate the prognostic value in PDCA. Results: Three expression profiles (GSE15471, GSE16515 and GSE32676) were downloaded from GEO database. The three sets of DEGs exhibited an intersection consisting of 223 genes (214 upregulated DEGs and 9 downregulated DEGs). GO analysis showed that the 223 DEGs were significantly enriched in extracellular exosome, plasma membrane and extracellular space. ECM-receptor interaction, PI3K-Akt signaling pathway and Focal adhesion were the most significantly enriched pathway according to KEGG analysis. By combining the results of Cytohubba, 30 hub genes with a high degree of connectivity were picked out. Finally, we candidated 3 biomarkers by UALCAN online survival analysis, including CEP55, ANLN and PRC1. Conclusion: we identified CEP55, ANLN and PRC1 may be the potential biomarkers and therapeutic targets of PDCA, which used for prognostic assessment and scheme selection.
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- Congcong Wang
- Clinical Medical College, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, Shandong, China.,Department of Oncology, Zibo Maternal and Children Hospital, Zibo 255000, Shandong, China
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- Department of Oncology, Zibo Maternal and Children Hospital, Zibo 255000, Shandong, China.,Shandong Qianfoshan Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan 250014, Shandong, China
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- Department of Oncology Surgery, 4th People's Hospital of Zibo, Zibo 255000, Shandong, China
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- Department of Oncology Surgery, 4th People's Hospital of Zibo, Zibo 255000, Shandong, China
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- Department of Oncology Surgery, 4th People's Hospital of Zibo, Zibo 255000, Shandong, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Zibo Central Hospital, Zibo 255000, Shandong, China
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- Department of Oncology, Weifang Traditional Chinese Hospital, Weifang 261053, Shandong, China.,Department of Oncology, Affiliated Hospital of Weifang Medical University, Weifang 261053, Shandong, China
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Zhang LH, Wang D, Li Z, Wang G, Chen DB, Cheng Q, Hu SH, Zhu JY. Overexpression of anillin is related to poor prognosis in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma. Hepatobiliary Pancreat Dis Int 2021; 20:337-344. [PMID: 32933876 DOI: 10.1016/j.hbpd.2020.08.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2019] [Accepted: 08/18/2020] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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BACKGROUND Anillin (ANLN) is required for tumor growth. It has been proven that knockdown of ANLN effectively reduces the occurrence of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in transgenic mice. However, the functional role of ANLN in HCC patients remains to be elucidated. METHODS Both microarray and TCGA project were used for the analyses of ANLN expression and regulation in HCC. The effect of ANLN on proliferation and cell cycle was detected by CCK-8, colony formation assay and flow cytometry. ANLN expression was measured by immunohistochemistry. Correlation between ANLN expression and clinicopathological features was assessed by Pearson Chi-square test and 5-year overall survival after liver resection was evaluated by Kaplan-Meier method. RESULTS Increased copy number, decreased methylation levels in the CpG island and upregulated histone hypermethylation of ANLN were found in HCC. Knockdown of ANLN inhibited proliferation and induced G2/M phase arrest in SMMC-7721 cells. ANLN was mainly expressed in the nucleus and showed significantly higher expression levels in cancerous tissues than those in paired adjacent tissues. Moreover, nuclear ANLN expression levels in HCC metastases were significantly higher than those in primary HCC. The results of Cox proportional hazards regression model suggested that ANLN nuclear expression in HCC was an independent risk factor for poor 5-year overall survival of patients after liver resection. CONCLUSIONS ANLN is a potential therapeutic target for HCC. Patients with nuclear ANLN overexpression in HCC tissue may need adjuvant therapy after liver resection.
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- Long-Hui Zhang
- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing 100044, China; Peking University Institute for Organ Transplantation, Beijing 100044, China; Beijing Key Laboratory of Liver Cirrhosis and Liver Cancer, Beijing 100044, China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing 100044, China; Peking University Institute for Organ Transplantation, Beijing 100044, China; Beijing Key Laboratory of Liver Cirrhosis and Liver Cancer, Beijing 100044, China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing 100044, China; Peking University Institute for Organ Transplantation, Beijing 100044, China; Beijing Key Laboratory of Liver Cirrhosis and Liver Cancer, Beijing 100044, China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing 100044, China; Peking University Institute for Organ Transplantation, Beijing 100044, China; Beijing Key Laboratory of Liver Cirrhosis and Liver Cancer, Beijing 100044, China
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- Department of Pathology, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing 100044, China
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- Peking University Institute for Organ Transplantation, Beijing 100044, China; Beijing Key Laboratory of Liver Cirrhosis and Liver Cancer, Beijing 100044, China
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- Peking University Institute for Organ Transplantation, Beijing 100044, China; Beijing Key Laboratory of Liver Cirrhosis and Liver Cancer, Beijing 100044, China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing 100044, China; Peking University Institute for Organ Transplantation, Beijing 100044, China; Beijing Key Laboratory of Liver Cirrhosis and Liver Cancer, Beijing 100044, China.
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Naydenov NG, Koblinski JE, Ivanov AI. Anillin is an emerging regulator of tumorigenesis, acting as a cortical cytoskeletal scaffold and a nuclear modulator of cancer cell differentiation. Cell Mol Life Sci 2021; 78:621-633. [PMID: 32880660 PMCID: PMC11072349 DOI: 10.1007/s00018-020-03605-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2020] [Revised: 06/29/2020] [Accepted: 07/20/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Remodeling of the intracellular cytoskeleton plays a key role in accelerating tumor growth and metastasis. Targeting different cytoskeletal elements is important for existing and future anticancer therapies. Anillin is a unique scaffolding protein that interacts with major cytoskeletal structures, e.g., actin filaments, microtubules and septin polymers. A well-studied function of this scaffolding protein is the regulation of cytokinesis at the completion of cell division. Emerging evidence suggest that anillin has other important activities in non-dividing cells, including control of intercellular adhesions and cell motility. Anillin is markedly overexpressed in different solid cancers and its high expression is commonly associated with poor prognosis of patient survival. This review article summarizes rapidly accumulating evidence that implicates anillin in the regulation of tumor growth and metastasis. We focus on molecular and cellular mechanisms of anillin-dependent tumorigenesis that include both canonical control of cytokinesis and novel poorly understood functions as a nuclear regulator of the transcriptional reprogramming and phenotypic plasticity of cancer cells.
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- Nayden G Naydenov
- Department of Inflammation and Immunity, Lerner Research Institute of Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 9500 Euclid Avenue, NC22, Cleveland, OH, 44195, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Massey Cancer Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, 23298, USA
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- Department of Inflammation and Immunity, Lerner Research Institute of Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 9500 Euclid Avenue, NC22, Cleveland, OH, 44195, USA.
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Wu S, Nitschke K, Heinkele J, Weis CA, Worst TS, Eckstein M, Porubsky S, Erben P. ANLN and TLE2 in Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer: A Functional and Clinical Evaluation Based on In Silico and In Vitro Data. Cancers (Basel) 2019; 11:E1840. [PMID: 31766561 PMCID: PMC6966660 DOI: 10.3390/cancers11121840] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2019] [Revised: 11/15/2019] [Accepted: 11/19/2019] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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: Anilin actin binding protein (ANLN) and transducing-like enhancer protein 2 (TLE2) are associated with cancer patient survival and progression. The impact of their gene expression on progression-free survival (PFS) of patients with muscle invasive bladder cancer (MIBC) treated with radical cystectomy (RC) and subtype association has not yet been investigated. qRT-PCR was used to measure the transcript levels of ANLN and TLE2 in the Mannheim cohort, and validated in silico by The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) cohort. Uni- and multivariate Cox regression analyses identified predictors for disease-specific survival (DSS) and overall survival (OS). In the Mannheim cohort, tumors with high ANLN expression were associated with lower OS and DSS, while high TLE2 expression was associated with a favorable OS. The TCGA cohort confirmed that high ANLN and low TLE2 expression was associated with shorter OS and disease-free survival (DFS). In both cohorts, multivariate analyses showed ANLN and TLE2 expression as independent outcome predictors. Furthermore, ANLN was more highly expressed in cell lines and patients with the basal subtype, while TLE2 expression was higher in cell lines and patients with the luminal subtype. ANLN and TLE2 are promising biomarkers for individualized bladder cancer therapy including cancer subclassification and informed MIBC prognosis.
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- Sheng Wu
- Department of Urology and Urosurgery, Medical Faculty Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, 68167 Mannheim, Germany; (S.W.); (K.N.); (J.H.); (T.S.W.)
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- Department of Urology and Urosurgery, Medical Faculty Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, 68167 Mannheim, Germany; (S.W.); (K.N.); (J.H.); (T.S.W.)
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- Department of Urology and Urosurgery, Medical Faculty Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, 68167 Mannheim, Germany; (S.W.); (K.N.); (J.H.); (T.S.W.)
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- Institute of Pathology, Medical Faculty Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, 68167 Mannheim, Germany; (C.-A.W.); (S.P.)
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- Department of Urology and Urosurgery, Medical Faculty Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, 68167 Mannheim, Germany; (S.W.); (K.N.); (J.H.); (T.S.W.)
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- Institute of Pathology, University Hospital Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg, 91052 Erlangen, Germany;
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- Institute of Pathology, Medical Faculty Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, 68167 Mannheim, Germany; (C.-A.W.); (S.P.)
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- Department of Urology and Urosurgery, Medical Faculty Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, 68167 Mannheim, Germany; (S.W.); (K.N.); (J.H.); (T.S.W.)
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Lian YF, Huang YL, Wang JL, Deng MH, Xia TL, Zeng MS, Chen MS, Wang HB, Huang YH. Anillin is required for tumor growth and regulated by miR-15a/miR-16-1 in HBV-related hepatocellular carcinoma. Aging (Albany NY) 2019; 10:1884-1901. [PMID: 30103211 PMCID: PMC6128427 DOI: 10.18632/aging.101510] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2018] [Accepted: 07/27/2018] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
Abstract
Anillin (ANLN) is an actin-binding protein essential for assembly of cleavage furrow during cytokinesis. Although reportedly overexpressed in various human cancers, its role in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is unclear. To address this issue, we confirmed that in 436 liver samples obtained from surgically removed HCC tissues, higher ANLN expression was detected in tumor tissues than in adjacent non-tumor tissues of HCC as measured by immunohistochemistry, quantitative real-time PCR and western blotting. Correlation and Kaplan-Meier analysis revealed that patients with higher ANLN expression were associated with worse clinical outcomes and a shorter survival time, respectively. Moreover, ANLN inhibition resulted in growth restraint, reduced colony formation, and a lower sphere number in suspension culture. Mechanistically, ANLN deficiency induced an increasing number of multinucleated cells along with the activation of apoptosis signaling and DNA damage checkpoints. Furthermore, HBV infection increased ANLN expression by inhibiting the expression of microRNA (miR)-15a and miR-16-1, both of which were identified as ANLN upstream repressors by targeting its 3’ untranslated region. Thus, we conclude that ANLN promotes tumor growth by ways of decreased apoptosis and DNA damage. Expression level of ANLN significantly influences the survival probability of HCC patients and may represent a promising prognostic biomarker.
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- Yi-Fan Lian
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Liver Disease Research, the Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, the Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Liver Disease Research, the Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, the Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Southern China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Guangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Southern China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Liver Disease Research, the Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Liver Disease Research, the Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.,Department of Infectious Diseases, the Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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Takayama KI, Suzuki Y, Yamamoto S, Obinata D, Takahashi S, Inoue S. Integrative Genomic Analysis of OCT1 Reveals Coordinated Regulation of Androgen Receptor in Advanced Prostate Cancer. Endocrinology 2019; 160:463-472. [PMID: 30649323 DOI: 10.1210/en.2018-00923] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2018] [Accepted: 01/07/2019] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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The ligand-dependent transcription factor androgen receptor (AR) plays a critical role in prostate cancer progression. We previously reported that Octamer transcription factor 1 (OCT1), an AR collaborative factor, facilitated the AR genomic bindings to regulate diverse programs of gene expression in AR-dependent prostate cancer cells. Repression of OCT1 binding can serve as a potential treatment strategy for advanced prostate cancer. However, the precise mechanism underlying the functions of OCT1 in advanced prostate cancer, especially lethal castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC), is still unclear. To uncover specific OCT1 functions in disease progression, we explored global OCT1-binding regions by performing chromatin immunoprecipitation sequencing in CRPC model 22Rv1 cells. We found that the OCT1 expression level and the obtained OCT1-binding regions increased in 22Rv1 cells compared with AR-dependent prostate cancer LNCaP cells. Interestingly, microarray analysis revealed that OCT1 regulates CRPC-specific target genes in addition to representative AR-regulated genes such as ACSL3. Pathway analysis showed the importance of OCT1 in regulating cell cycle‒related genes. By performing the chromatin immunoprecipitation assay, we validated anillin actin-binding protein (ANLN), which is highly expressed in CRPC and robustly regulated with OCT1 recruitment to the intron and promoter regions in 22Rv1 cells in comparison with LNCaP cells. Furthermore, knockdown of ANLN exhibited impaired cell growth and cell cycle progression, suggesting an important function of ANLN in CRPC cells. In conclusion, these findings raise the possibility that OCT1 coordinates AR signaling in a specific manner that is dependent on disease stage and promotes progression to CRPC.
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- Ken-Ichi Takayama
- Department of Functional Biogerontology, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Medical Genome Sciences, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Functional Biogerontology, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology, Tokyo, Japan
- Department of Urology, Nihon University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Functional Biogerontology, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology, Tokyo, Japan
- Department of Urology, Nihon University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Urology, Nihon University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Functional Biogerontology, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology, Tokyo, Japan
- Department of Urology, Nihon University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
- Division of Gene Regulation and Signal Transduction, Research Center of Genomic Medicine, Saitama Medical University, Saitama, Japan
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Arnold TR, Shawky JH, Stephenson RE, Dinshaw KM, Higashi T, Huq F, Davidson LA, Miller AL. Anillin regulates epithelial cell mechanics by structuring the medial-apical actomyosin network. eLife 2019; 8:39065. [PMID: 30702429 PMCID: PMC6424563 DOI: 10.7554/elife.39065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2018] [Accepted: 01/30/2019] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
Abstract
Cellular forces sculpt organisms during development, while misregulation of cellular mechanics can promote disease. Here, we investigate how the actomyosin scaffold protein anillin contributes to epithelial mechanics in Xenopus laevis embryos. Increased mechanosensitive recruitment of vinculin to cell-cell junctions when anillin is overexpressed suggested that anillin promotes junctional tension. However, junctional laser ablation unexpectedly showed that junctions recoil faster when anillin is depleted and slower when anillin is overexpressed. Unifying these findings, we demonstrate that anillin regulates medial-apical actomyosin. Medial-apical laser ablation supports the conclusion that that tensile forces are stored across the apical surface of epithelial cells, and anillin promotes the tensile forces stored in this network. Finally, we show that anillin's effects on cellular mechanics impact tissue-wide mechanics. These results reveal anillin as a key regulator of epithelial mechanics and lay the groundwork for future studies on how anillin may contribute to mechanical events in development and disease.
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- Torey R Arnold
- Department of Molecular Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, United States
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, United States.,Department of Developmental Biology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, United States.,Department of Computational and Systems Biology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, United States
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- Department of Molecular Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, United States
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- Department of Molecular Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, United States
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- Department of Molecular Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, United States
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- Department of Molecular Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, United States
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- Department of Developmental Biology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, United States.,Department of Computational and Systems Biology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, United States
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- Department of Molecular Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, United States
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Xia L, Su X, Shen J, Meng Q, Yan J, Zhang C, Chen Y, Wang H, Xu M. ANLN functions as a key candidate gene in cervical cancer as determined by integrated bioinformatic analysis. Cancer Manag Res 2018; 10:663-670. [PMID: 29670400 PMCID: PMC5896649 DOI: 10.2147/cmar.s162813] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
Abstract
Background Cervical cancer, one of the leading causes of female deaths, remains a top cause of mortality in gynecologic oncology and tends to affect younger individuals. However, the pathogenesis of cervical cancer is still far from clear. Given the high incidence and mortality of cervical cancer, uncovering the causes and pathogenesis as well as identifying novel biomarkers are of great significance and are desperately needed. Materials and methods First, raw data were downloaded from the Gene Expression Omnibus database. The Robuse Multi-Array Average algorithm and combat function of the sva package were subsequently applied to preprocess and remove batch effects. Differentially expressed genes (DEGs) analyzed with the limma package were followed by gene ontology and pathway analysis, and a protein–protein interaction (PPI) network based on the STRING website and the Cytoscape software was constructed. Weighted Correlation Network Analysis (WGCNA) was utilized to build the coexpression network. Subsequently, UALCAN websites were employed to conduct survival analysis. Finally, the oncomine database was used to validate the expression of ANLN in other datasets. Results GSE29570 and GSE89657, including 49 cervical cancer tissues and 20 normal cervical tissues, were screened as the datasets. Three-hundred-twenty-four DEGs were identified and, among them, 123 were upregulated, while 201 were downregulated. The DEGs PPI network complex, contained 305 nodes and 4,962 edges, and 8 clusters were calculated according to k-core =2. Among them, cluster 1, which had 65 nodes and 1,780 edges, had the highest score in these clusters. In coexpression analysis, there were 86 hubgenes from the Brown modules that were chosen for further analysis. Sixty-one key genes were identified as the intersecting genes of the Brown module of WGCNA and DEGs. In survival analysis, only ANLN was a prognostic factor, and the survival was significantly better in the low-expression ANLN group. Conclusion Our study suggested that ANLN may be a potential tumor oncogene and could serve as a biomarker for predicting the prognosis of cervical cancer patients.
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- Leilei Xia
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Changhai Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Changhai Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China.,Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, No. 455 Hospital, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Changhai Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Changhai Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Changhai Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Changhai Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Changhai Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Pathology, Eastern Hepatobiliary Surgery Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Changhai Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
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Zeng S, Yu X, Ma C, Song R, Zhang Z, Zi X, Chen X, Wang Y, Yu Y, Zhao J, Wei R, Sun Y, Xu C. Transcriptome sequencing identifies ANLN as a promising prognostic biomarker in bladder urothelial carcinoma. Sci Rep 2017; 7:3151. [PMID: 28600503 PMCID: PMC5466664 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-02990-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2016] [Accepted: 04/21/2017] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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The prognosis of bladder urothelial carcinoma (BLCA) varies greatly even for patients with similar pathological characteristics. We conducted transcriptome sequencing on ten pairs of BLCA samples and adjacent normal tissues to identify differentially expressed genes. Anillin (ANLN) was identified as a transcript that was significantly up-regulated in BLCA samples compared with normal tissues. Prognostic power of candidate gene was studied using qRT-PCR and immunohistochemistry on 40 and 209 patients, respectively. Patients with elevated ANLN expression level was correlated with poorer cancer-specific (median, 22.4 vs. 37.3 months, p = 0.001), progression-free (median, 19.7 vs. 27.9 months, p = 0.001) and recurrence-free survival (median, 17.1 vs. 25.2 months, p = 0.011) compared with low ANLN expression. Public datasets TCGA and NCBI-GEO were analyzed for external validation. Knockdown of ANLN in J82 and 5637 cells using small interfering RNA significantly inhibited cell proliferation, migration, and invasion ability. Moreover, knockdown of ANLN resulted in G2/M phase arrest and decreased expression of cyclin B1 and D1. Microarray analysis suggested that ANLN played a major role in cell migration and was closely associated with several cancer-related signaling pathways. In conclusion, ANLN was identified as a promising prognostic biomarker which could be used to stratify different risks of BLCA.
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- Shuxiong Zeng
- Department of Urology, Changhai Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, P.R. China
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- Department of Geriatrics, Changhai Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, P.R. China
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- Department of Urology, Changhai Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, P.R. China
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- Department of Urology, Changhai Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, P.R. China
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- Department of Urology, Changhai Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, P.R. China
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- Department of Urology, Changhai Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, P.R. China
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- Department of Urology, Changhai Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, P.R. China
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- Department of Pathology, Changhai Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, P.R. China
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- Department of Pathology, Changhai Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, P.R. China
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- Department of Urology, Changhai Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, P.R. China
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- Department of Urology, Changhai Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, P.R. China
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- Department of Urology, Changhai Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, P.R. China.
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- Department of Urology, Changhai Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, P.R. China.
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Idichi T, Seki N, Kurahara H, Yonemori K, Osako Y, Arai T, Okato A, Kita Y, Arigami T, Mataki Y, Kijima Y, Maemura K, Natsugoe S. Regulation of actin-binding protein ANLN by antitumor miR-217 inhibits cancer cell aggressiveness in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma. Oncotarget 2017; 8:53180-53193. [PMID: 28881803 PMCID: PMC5581102 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.18261] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2017] [Accepted: 05/08/2017] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Analysis of our microRNA (miRNA) expression signature of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) revealed that microRNA-217 (miR-217) was significantly reduced in cancer tissues. The aim of this study was to investigate the antitumor roles of miR-217 in PDAC cells and to identify miR-217-mediated molecular pathways involved in PDAC aggressiveness. The expression levels of miR-217 were significantly reduced in PDAC clinical specimens. Ectopic expression of miR-217 significantly suppressed cancer cell migration and invasion. Transcription of actin-binding protein Anillin (coded by ANLN) was detected by our in silico and gene expression analyses. Moreover, luciferase reporter assays showed that ANLN was a direct target of miR-217 in PDAC cells. Overexpression of ANLN was detected in PDAC clinical specimens by real-time PCR methods and immunohistochemistry. Interestingly, Kaplan-Meier survival curves showed that high expression of ANLN predicted shorter survival in patients with PDAC by TCGA database analysis. Silencing ANLN expression markedly inhibited cancer cell migration and invasion capabilities of PDAC cell lines. We further investigated ANLN-mediated downstream pathways in PDAC cells. "Focal adhesion" and "Regulation of actin binding protein" were identified as ANLN-modulated downstream pathways in PDAC cells. Identification of antitumor miR-217/ANLN-mediated PDAC pathways will provide new insights into the potential mechanisms underlying the aggressive course of PDAC.
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- Tetsuya Idichi
- Department of Digestive Surgery, Breast and Thyroid Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima, Japan
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- Department of Functional Genomics, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Digestive Surgery, Breast and Thyroid Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima, Japan
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- Department of Digestive Surgery, Breast and Thyroid Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima, Japan
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- Department of Digestive Surgery, Breast and Thyroid Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima, Japan
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- Department of Functional Genomics, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Functional Genomics, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Digestive Surgery, Breast and Thyroid Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima, Japan
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- Department of Digestive Surgery, Breast and Thyroid Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima, Japan
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- Department of Digestive Surgery, Breast and Thyroid Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima, Japan
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- Department of Digestive Surgery, Breast and Thyroid Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima, Japan
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- Department of Digestive Surgery, Breast and Thyroid Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima, Japan
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- Department of Digestive Surgery, Breast and Thyroid Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima, Japan
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Cepero Malo M, Duchemin AL, Guglielmi L, Patzel E, Sel S, Auffarth GU, Carl M, Poggi L. The Zebrafish Anillin-eGFP Reporter Marks Late Dividing Retinal Precursors and Stem Cells Entering Neuronal Lineages. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0170356. [PMID: 28107513 PMCID: PMC5249142 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0170356] [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: 09/06/2016] [Accepted: 01/03/2017] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Monitoring cycling behaviours of stem and somatic cells in the living animal is a powerful tool to better understand tissue development and homeostasis. The tg(anillin:anillin-eGFP) transgenic line carries the full-length zebrafish F-actin binding protein Anillin fused to eGFP from a bacterial artificial chromosome (BAC) containing Anillin cis-regulatory sequences. Here we report the suitability of the Anillin-eGFP reporter as a direct indicator of cycling cells in the late embryonic and post-embryonic retina. We show that combining the anillin:anillin-eGFP with other transgenes such as ptf1a:dsRed and atoh7:gap-RFP allows obtaining spatial and temporal resolution of the mitotic potentials of specific retinal cell populations. This is exemplified by the analysis of the origin of the previously reported apically and non-apically dividing late committed precursors of the photoreceptor and horizontal cell layers.
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- Meret Cepero Malo
- Centre for Organismal Studies, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany
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- Centre for Organismal Studies, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany
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- The David J Apple Center for Vision Research, Department of Ophthalmology, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany
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- The David J Apple Center for Vision Research, Department of Ophthalmology, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany
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- Centre for Organismal Studies, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany
- The David J Apple Center for Vision Research, Department of Ophthalmology, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany
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Panaccione A, Zhang Y, Mi Y, Mitani Y, Yan G, Prasad ML, McDonald WH, El-Naggar AK, Yarbrough WG, Ivanov SV. Chromosomal abnormalities and molecular landscape of metastasizing mucinous salivary adenocarcinoma. Oral Oncol 2017; 66:38-45. [PMID: 28249646 DOI: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2016.12.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2016] [Revised: 12/07/2016] [Accepted: 12/14/2016] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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BACKGROUND Mucinous adenocarcinoma of the salivary gland (MAC) is a lethal cancer with unknown molecular etiology and a high propensity to lymph node metastasis. Mostly due to its orphan status, MAC remains one of the least explored cancers that lacks cell lines and mouse models that could help translational and pre-clinical studies. Surgery with or without radiation remains the only treatment modality but poor overall survival (10-year, 44%) underscores the urgent need for mechanism-based therapies. METHODS We developed the first patient-derived xenograft (PDX) model for pre-clinical MAC studies and a cell line that produces aggressively growing tumors after subcutaneous injection into nude mice. We performed cytogenetic, exome, and proteomic profiling of MAC to identify driving mutations, therapeutic targets, and pathways involved in aggressive cancers based on TCGA database mining and GEO analysis. RESULTS We identified in MAC KRAS (G13D) and TP53 (R213X) mutations that have been previously reported as drivers in a variety of highly aggressive cancers. Somatic mutations were also found in KDM6A, KMT2D, and other genes frequently mutated in colorectal and other cancers: FAT1, NBEA, RELN, RLP1B, and ZFHX3. Proteomic analysis of MAC implied epigenetic up-regulation of a genetic program involved in proliferation and cancer stem cell maintenance. CONCLUSION Genomic and proteomic analyses provided the first insight into potential molecular drivers of MAC metastases pointing at common mechanisms of CSC propagation in aggressive cancers. The in vitro/in vivo models that we created should aid in the development and validation of new treatment strategies against MAC.
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- Alex Panaccione
- Section of Otolaryngology, Department of Surgery, Yale School of Medicine, 789 Howard Avenue, New Haven, CT 06519, USA
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- Section of Otolaryngology, Department of Surgery, Yale School of Medicine, 789 Howard Avenue, New Haven, CT 06519, USA
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- Section of Otolaryngology, Department of Surgery, Yale School of Medicine, 789 Howard Avenue, New Haven, CT 06519, USA
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- Department of Pathology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Boulevard, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Department of Cancer Biology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
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- Proteomics Laboratory, Mass Spectrometry Research Center, Nashville, TN 37232, USA; Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Pathology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Boulevard, Houston, TX 77030, USA; Department of Head and Neck Surgery, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Boulevard, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Section of Otolaryngology, Department of Surgery, Yale School of Medicine, 789 Howard Avenue, New Haven, CT 06519, USA; H&N Disease Center, Smilow Cancer Hospital, New Haven, CT, USA; Molecular Virology Program, Yale Cancer Center, New Haven, CT, USA
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- Section of Otolaryngology, Department of Surgery, Yale School of Medicine, 789 Howard Avenue, New Haven, CT 06519, USA.
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