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Lee J, Lee H, Shin M, Park S. Cerebral Cavernous Malformation (CCM)-like Vessel Lesion in the Aged ANKS1A-deficient Brain. Exp Neurobiol 2023; 32:441-452. [PMID: 38196138 PMCID: PMC10789174 DOI: 10.5607/en23032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2023] [Revised: 12/11/2023] [Accepted: 12/15/2023] [Indexed: 01/11/2024] Open
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In this study, we show that ANKS1A is specifically expressed in the brain endothelial cells of adult mice. ANKS1A deficiency in adult mice does not affect the differentiation, growth, or patterning of the cerebrovascular system; however, its absence significantly impacts the cerebrovascular system of the aged brain. In aged ANKS1A knock-out (KO) brains, vessel lesions exhibiting cerebral cavernous malformations (CCMs) are observed. In addition, CCM-like lesions show localized peripheral blood leakage into the brain. The CCM-like lesions reveal immune cells infiltrating the parenchyma. The CCM-like lesions also contain significantly fewer astrocyte endfeets and tight junctions, indicating that the integrity of the BBB has been partially compromised. CCM-like lesions display increased fibronectin expression in blood vessels, which is also confirmed in cultured endothelial cells deficient for ANKS1A. Therefore, we hypothesize that ANKS1A may play a role in maintaining or stabilizing healthy blood vessels in the brain during aging.
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- Jiyeon Lee
- Department of Biological Sciences, Sookmyung Women’s University, Seoul 04310, Korea
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Sookmyung Women’s University, Seoul 04310, Korea
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Sookmyung Women’s University, Seoul 04310, Korea
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Sookmyung Women’s University, Seoul 04310, Korea
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Clements CM, Henen MA, Vögeli B, Shellman YG. The Structural Dynamics, Complexity of Interactions, and Functions in Cancer of Multi-SAM Containing Proteins. Cancers (Basel) 2023; 15:3019. [PMID: 37296980 PMCID: PMC10252437 DOI: 10.3390/cancers15113019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2023] [Revised: 05/25/2023] [Accepted: 05/30/2023] [Indexed: 06/12/2023] Open
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SAM domains are crucial mediators of diverse interactions, including those important for tumorigenesis or metastasis of cancers, and thus SAM domains can be attractive targets for developing cancer therapies. This review aims to explore the literature, especially on the recent findings of the structural dynamics, regulation, and functions of SAM domains in proteins containing more than one SAM (multi-SAM containing proteins, MSCPs). The topics here include how intrinsic disorder of some SAMs and an additional SAM domain in MSCPs increase the complexity of their interactions and oligomerization arrangements. Many similarities exist among these MSCPs, including their effects on cancer cell adhesion, migration, and metastasis. In addition, they are all involved in some types of receptor-mediated signaling and neurology-related functions or diseases, although the specific receptors and functions vary. This review also provides a simple outline of methods for studying protein domains, which may help non-structural biologists to reach out and build new collaborations to study their favorite protein domains/regions. Overall, this review aims to provide representative examples of various scenarios that may provide clues to better understand the roles of SAM domains and MSCPs in cancer in general.
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- Christopher M. Clements
- Department of Dermatology, School of Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO 80045, USA;
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, School of Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO 80045, USA; (M.A.H.); (B.V.)
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, School of Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO 80045, USA; (M.A.H.); (B.V.)
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- Department of Dermatology, School of Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO 80045, USA;
- Charles C. Gates Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Biology Institute, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
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Cordero RY, Cordero JB, Stiemke AB, Datta LW, Buyske S, Kugathasan S, McGovern DPB, Brant SR, Simpson CL. Trans-ancestry, Bayesian meta-analysis discovers 20 novel risk loci for inflammatory bowel disease in an African American, East Asian and European cohort. Hum Mol Genet 2023; 32:873-882. [PMID: 36308435 PMCID: PMC9941836 DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddac269] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2022] [Revised: 10/19/2022] [Accepted: 10/25/2022] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
Abstract
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is an immune-mediated chronic intestinal disorder with major phenotypes: ulcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn's disease (CD). Multiple studies have identified over 240 IBD susceptibility loci. However, most studies have centered on European (EUR) and East Asian (EAS) populations. The prevalence of IBD in non-EUR, including African Americans (AAs), has risen in recent years. Here we present the first attempt to identify loci in AAs using a trans-ancestry Bayesian approach (MANTRA) accounting for heterogeneity between diverse ancestries while allowing for the similarity between closely related populations. We meta-analyzed genome-wide association studies (GWAS) and Immunochip data from a 2015 EUR meta-analysis of 38 155 IBD cases and 48 485 controls and EAS Immunochip study of 2824 IBD cases and 3719 controls, and our recent AA IBD GWAS of 2345 cases and 5002 controls. Across the major IBD phenotypes, we found significant evidence for 92% of 205 loci lead SNPs from the 2015 meta-analysis, but also for three IBD loci only established in latter studies. We detected 20 novel loci, all containing immunity-related genes or genes with other evidence for IBD or immune-mediated disease relevance: PLEKHG5;TNFSFR25 (encoding death receptor 3, receptor for TNFSF15 gene product TL1A), XKR6, ELMO1, BC021024;PI4KB;PSMD4 and APLP1 for IBD; AUTS2, XKR6, OSER1, TET2;AK094561, BCAP29 and APLP1 for CD; and GABBR1;MOG, DQ570892, SPDEF;ILRUN, SMARCE1;CCR7;KRT222;KRT24;KRT25, ANKS1A;TCP11, IL7, LRRC18;WDFY4, XKR6 and TNFSF4 for UC. Our study highlights the value of combining low-powered genomic studies from understudied populations of diverse ancestral backgrounds together with a high-powered study to enable novel locus discovery, including potentially important therapeutic IBD gene targets.
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- Roberto Y Cordero
- Department of Genetics, Genomics, and Informatics, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN 38163, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Genomics, and Informatics, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN 38163, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Genomics, and Informatics, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN 38163, USA
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- Meyerhoff Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21231, USA
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- Department of Statistics and Biostatistics, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics and Department of Human Genetics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
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- F. Widjaja Foundation Inflammatory Bowel and Immunobiology Research Institute, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA
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- Meyerhoff Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21231, USA
- Rutgers Crohn’s and Colitis Center of New Jersey, Department of Medicine, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, USA
- Human Genetics Institute of New Jersey and Department of Genetics, School of Arts and Sciences, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Genomics, and Informatics, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN 38163, USA
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Hunting for Novel Routes in Anticancer Drug Discovery: Peptides against Sam-Sam Interactions. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms231810397. [PMID: 36142306 PMCID: PMC9499636 DOI: 10.3390/ijms231810397] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2022] [Revised: 09/02/2022] [Accepted: 09/02/2022] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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Among the diverse protein binding modules, Sam (Sterile alpha motif) domains attract attention due to their versatility. They are present in different organisms and play many functions in physiological and pathological processes by binding multiple partners. The EphA2 receptor contains a Sam domain at the C-terminus (EphA2-Sam) that is able to engage protein regulators of receptor stability (including the lipid phosphatase Ship2 and the adaptor Odin). Ship2 and Odin are recruited by EphA2-Sam through heterotypic Sam-Sam interactions. Ship2 decreases EphA2 endocytosis and consequent degradation, producing chiefly pro-oncogenic outcomes in a cellular milieu. Odin, through its Sam domains, contributes to receptor stability by possibly interfering with ubiquitination. As EphA2 is upregulated in many types of tumors, peptide inhibitors of Sam-Sam interactions by hindering receptor stability could function as anticancer therapeutics. This review describes EphA2-Sam and its interactome from a structural and functional perspective. The diverse design strategies that have thus far been employed to obtain peptides targeting EphA2-mediated Sam-Sam interactions are summarized as well. The generated peptides represent good initial lead compounds, but surely many efforts need to be devoted in the close future to improve interaction affinities towards Sam domains and consequently validate their anticancer properties.
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Wu J, Zhou Y, Zhang J, Zhang HX, Jia R. Molecular Dynamics Simulation Investigation of the Binding and Interaction of the EphA6-Odin Protein Complex. J Phys Chem B 2022; 126:4914-4924. [PMID: 35732074 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.2c01492] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Protein-protein interaction plays an important role in the development of almost all cells. Elucidating the dynamic binding and affinity of a protein-protein complex is essential for understanding the biological functions of proteins. EphA6 and Odin proteins are members of the Eph (erythropoietin-producing hepatocyte) receptor family and the Anks (ankyrin repeat and sterile α motif domain-containing) family, respectively. Odin significantly functions in regulating endocytosis, degradation, and stability of EphA receptors. In this work, the key residues of the interaction interface were determined through a hydrogen bond, root-mean-square deviation (RMSD), root-mean-square fluctuation (RMSF), and dynamic correlation analysis of the conventional molecular dynamics (MD) simulations. The calculated standard binding free energy, -7.92 kcal/mol, between EphA6 and Odin is quite consistent with the experimental measurement value, -8.73 kcal/mol. By the combination of several MD simulation techniques, our investigation of the binding process reveals the detailed representative characteristics of the entire binding pathway at the molecular level. Based on the obtained potential of the mean force (PMF) curve, the analysis of the simulation trajectories shows that the residue Arg1013 in the receptor EphA6 is responsible for capturing Asp739 and Asp740 in the ligand Odin during the initial stage of binding. In the later stage of binding, the hydrogen bonds and salt bridges between a series of residues Lys973, Leu1007, Gly1009, His1010, and Arg1012 in the receptor and residues Leu735, Asn736, Asp739, Asp740, and Asp753 in the ligand mainly contribute to the stability of the protein complex. In addition, the specific change process of the receptor-ligand-binding mode is also clarified during the binding process. Our present simulation will promote a deep understanding of the protein-protein interaction, and the identified key interresidue interaction will be theoretical guidance for the design of protein drugs.
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- Jianhua Wu
- Institute of Theoretical Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun 130023, Jilin, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery, The Second Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun 130041, Jilin, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Theoretical Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun 130023, Jilin, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Theoretical Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun 130023, Jilin, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Theoretical Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun 130023, Jilin, People's Republic of China
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Rees WD, Telkar N, Lin DTS, Wong MQ, Poloni C, Fathi A, Kobor M, Zachos NC, Steiner TS. An in vitro chronic damage model impairs inflammatory and regenerative responses in human colonoid monolayers. Cell Rep 2022; 38:110283. [PMID: 35045294 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2021.110283] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2021] [Revised: 10/20/2021] [Accepted: 12/28/2021] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
Abstract
Acute damage to the intestinal epithelium can be repaired via de-differentiation of mature intestinal epithelial cells (IECs) to a stem-like state, but there is a lack of knowledge on how intestinal stem cells function after chronic injury, such as in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). We developed a chronic-injury model in human colonoid monolayers by repeated rounds of air-liquid interface and submerged culture. We use this model to understand how chronic intestinal damage affects the ability of IECs to (1) respond to microbial stimulation, using the Toll-like receptor 5 (TLR5) agonist FliC and (2) regenerate and protect the epithelium from further damage. Repeated rounds of damage impair the ability of IECs to regrow and respond to TLR stimulation. We also identify mRNA expression and DNA methylation changes in genes associated with IBD and colon cancer. This methodology results in a human model of recurrent IEC injury like that which occurs in IBD.
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- William D Rees
- BC Children's Hospital Research Institute, University of British Columbia, Rm. C328 HP East, VGH, Vancouver, BC V5Z 3J5, Canada; Division of Hematology, Department of Medicine, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, USA
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- BC Children's Hospital Research Institute, University of British Columbia, Rm. C328 HP East, VGH, Vancouver, BC V5Z 3J5, Canada; BC Cancer Agency, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- BC Children's Hospital Research Institute, University of British Columbia, Rm. C328 HP East, VGH, Vancouver, BC V5Z 3J5, Canada
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- BC Children's Hospital Research Institute, University of British Columbia, Rm. C328 HP East, VGH, Vancouver, BC V5Z 3J5, Canada
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- BC Children's Hospital Research Institute, University of British Columbia, Rm. C328 HP East, VGH, Vancouver, BC V5Z 3J5, Canada
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- BC Children's Hospital Research Institute, University of British Columbia, Rm. C328 HP East, VGH, Vancouver, BC V5Z 3J5, Canada
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- BC Children's Hospital Research Institute, University of British Columbia, Rm. C328 HP East, VGH, Vancouver, BC V5Z 3J5, Canada
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- BC Children's Hospital Research Institute, University of British Columbia, Rm. C328 HP East, VGH, Vancouver, BC V5Z 3J5, Canada.
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Ding S, Li H, Zhang YH, Zhou X, Feng K, Li Z, Chen L, Huang T, Cai YD. Identification of Pan-Cancer Biomarkers Based on the Gene Expression Profiles of Cancer Cell Lines. Front Cell Dev Biol 2021; 9:781285. [PMID: 34917619 PMCID: PMC8669964 DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2021.781285] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2021] [Accepted: 11/16/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
Abstract
There are many types of cancers. Although they share some hallmarks, such as proliferation and metastasis, they are still very different from many perspectives. They grow on different organ or tissues. Does each cancer have a unique gene expression pattern that makes it different from other cancer types? After the Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) project, there are more and more pan-cancer studies. Researchers want to get robust gene expression signature from pan-cancer patients. But there is large variance in cancer patients due to heterogeneity. To get robust results, the sample size will be too large to recruit. In this study, we tried another approach to get robust pan-cancer biomarkers by using the cell line data to reduce the variance. We applied several advanced computational methods to analyze the Cancer Cell Line Encyclopedia (CCLE) gene expression profiles which included 988 cell lines from 20 cancer types. Two feature selection methods, including Boruta, and max-relevance and min-redundancy methods, were applied to the cell line gene expression data one by one, generating a feature list. Such list was fed into incremental feature selection method, incorporating one classification algorithm, to extract biomarkers, construct optimal classifiers and decision rules. The optimal classifiers provided good performance, which can be useful tools to identify cell lines from different cancer types, whereas the biomarkers (e.g. NCKAP1, TNFRSF12A, LAMB2, FKBP9, PFN2, TOM1L1) and rules identified in this work may provide a meaningful and precise reference for differentiating multiple types of cancer and contribute to the personalized treatment of tumors.
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- ShiJian Ding
- School of Life Sciences, Shanghai University, Shanghai, China
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- College of Food Engineering, Jilin Engineering Normal University, Changchun, China
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- Channing Division of Network Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States
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- Center for Single-Cell Omics, School of Public Health, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Computer Science, Guangdong AIB Polytechnic College, Guangzhou, China
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- College of Food Engineering, Jilin Engineering Normal University, Changchun, China
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- College of Information Engineering, Shanghai Maritime University, Shanghai, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Computational Biology, Bio-Med Big Data Center, Shanghai Institute of Nutrition and Health, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China.,CAS Key Laboratory of Tissue Microenvironment and Tumor, Shanghai Institute of Nutrition and Health, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Shanghai University, Shanghai, China
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Fantino M, Paquette M, Bernard S, Baass A. ANKS1A genotype predicts cardiovascular events in patients with familial hypercholesterolemia. J Clin Lipidol 2021; 15:602-607. [PMID: 34130940 DOI: 10.1016/j.jacl.2021.05.006] [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: 11/04/2020] [Revised: 05/24/2021] [Accepted: 05/25/2021] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND The rs17609940 variant of the ANKS1A gene has been associated with coronary artery disease (CAD) risk in genome-wide association studies (GWAS), but no study has yet replicated this association in familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) population. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study is to validate the association between the rs17609940 genotype and incident major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) in a cohort of genetically-confirmed FH patients. METHODS This association study includes 725 genetically-confirmed FH patients with a median observation period of 50 years (33 805 person-years). MACE were defined as either myocardial infarction (MI), stroke, coronary revascularization, hospital admission for unstable angina and cardiovascular disease (CVD) death. The rs17609940 genotype was imputed with an imputation quality of 0.831 following an exome chip genotyping method (Illumina). RESULTS The cohort comprised 469 subjects with GG genotype, 218 subjects with CG genotype and 38 subjects with CC genotype. All baseline characteristics were balanced between the three groups. The CC genotype of rs17609940 was associated with a significant lower risk of incident MACE compared to GG and GC carriers in a recessive model (HR 0.30, 95% CI 0.11-0.82, p=0.02). Even after correction for confounding cardiovascular risk factors, the association between the ANKS1A polymorphism and incident MACE remained strongly significant. CONCLUSIONS We demonstrated that the rs17609940 SNP of the ANKS1A gene is associated with the risk of incident MACE in FH subjects. The exact mechanism underlying this association remains to be clarified.
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- Manon Fantino
- Genetic Dyslipidemias Clinic of the Montreal Clinical Research Institute, Québec, Canada
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- Genetic Dyslipidemias Clinic of the Montreal Clinical Research Institute, Québec, Canada
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- Genetic Dyslipidemias Clinic of the Montreal Clinical Research Institute, Québec, Canada; Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Université de Montreal, Québec, Canada
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- Genetic Dyslipidemias Clinic of the Montreal Clinical Research Institute, Québec, Canada; Department of Medicine, Divisions of Experimental Medicine and Medical Biochemistry, McGill University, Québec, Canada.
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Murphy SJ, Levy MJ, Smadbeck JB, Karagouga G, McCune AF, Harris FR, Udell JB, Johnson SH, Kerr SE, Cheville JC, Kipp BR, Vasmatzis G, Gleeson FC. Theragnostic chromosomal rearrangements in treatment-naive pancreatic ductal adenocarcinomas obtained via endoscopic ultrasound. J Cell Mol Med 2021; 25:4110-4123. [PMID: 33704908 PMCID: PMC8051743 DOI: 10.1111/jcmm.16381] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2020] [Revised: 01/29/2021] [Accepted: 02/03/2021] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
Abstract
A crucial mutational mechanism in malignancy is structural variation, in which chromosomal rearrangements alter gene functions that drive cancer progression. Herein, the presence and pattern of structural variations were investigated in twelve prospectively acquired treatment‐naïve pancreatic cancers specimens obtained via endoscopic ultrasound (EUS). In many patients, this diagnostic biopsy procedure and specimen is the only opportunity to identify somatic clinically relevant actionable alterations that may impact their care and outcome. Specialized mate pair sequencing (MPseq) provided genome‐wide structural variance analysis (SVA) with a view to identifying prognostic markers and possible therapeutic targets. MPseq was successfully performed on all specimens, identifying highly rearranged genomes with complete SVA on all specimens with > 20% tumour content. SVA identified chimeric fusion proteins and potentially immunogenic readthrough transcripts, change of function truncations, gains and losses of key genes linked to tumour progression. Complex localized rearrangements, termed chromoanagenesis, with broad pattern heterogeneity were observed in 10 (83%) specimens, impacting multiple genes with diverse cellular functions that could influence theragnostic evaluation and responsiveness to immunotherapy regimens. This study indicates that genome‐wide MPseq can be successfully performed on very limited clinically EUS obtained specimens for chromosomal rearrangement detection and potential theragnostic targets.
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- Stephen J Murphy
- Biomarker Discovery Laboratory, Centre for Individualized Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Biomarker Discovery Laboratory, Centre for Individualized Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Biomarker Discovery Laboratory, Centre for Individualized Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Biomarker Discovery Laboratory, Centre for Individualized Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Biomarker Discovery Laboratory, Centre for Individualized Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Biomarker Discovery Laboratory, Centre for Individualized Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Biomarker Discovery Laboratory, Centre for Individualized Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Department of Anatomic Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Biomarker Discovery Laboratory, Centre for Individualized Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.,Department of Anatomic Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Department of Anatomic Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Biomarker Discovery Laboratory, Centre for Individualized Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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Toba H, Tomankova T, Wang Y, Bai X, Cho HR, Guan Z, Adeyi OA, Tian F, Keshavjee S, Liu M. XB130 deficiency enhances lipopolysaccharide-induced septic response and acute lung injury. Oncotarget 2018; 7:25420-31. [PMID: 27029000 PMCID: PMC5041914 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.8326] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2015] [Accepted: 03/08/2016] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
Abstract
XB130 is a novel oncoprotein that promotes cancer cell survival, proliferation and migration. Its physiological function in vivo is largely unknown. The objective of this study was to determine the role of XB130 in lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced septic responses and acute lung injury. LPS was intraperitoneally administrated to Xb130 knockout (KO) and wild type (WT) mice. There was a significant weight loss in KO mice at Day 2 and significantly higher disease scores during the 7 days of observation. The levels of tumor necrosis factor-alpha, monocyte chemoattractant protein-1, interleukin-6 and interleukin-10 in the serum were significantly higher in KO mice at Day 2. In KO mice there were a significantly higher lung injury score, higher wet/dry lung weight ratio, more apoptotic cells and less proliferative cells in the lung. Macrophage infiltration was significantly elevated in the lung of KO mice. There was significantly increased number of p-GSK-3β positive cells in KO mice, which were mainly neutrophils and macrophages. XB130 is expressed in alveolar type I and type II cells in the lung. The expression in these cells was significantly reduced after LPS challenge. XB130 deficiency delayed the recovery from systemic septic responses, and the presence of XB130 in the alveolar epithelial cells may provide protective mechanisms by reducing cell death and promoting cell proliferation, and reducing pulmonary permeability.
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- Hiroaki Toba
- Latner Thoracic Surgery Research Laboratories, Toronto General Hospital Research Institute, Universal Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Latner Thoracic Surgery Research Laboratories, Toronto General Hospital Research Institute, Universal Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Latner Thoracic Surgery Research Laboratories, Toronto General Hospital Research Institute, Universal Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Latner Thoracic Surgery Research Laboratories, Toronto General Hospital Research Institute, Universal Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Latner Thoracic Surgery Research Laboratories, Toronto General Hospital Research Institute, Universal Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Latner Thoracic Surgery Research Laboratories, Toronto General Hospital Research Institute, Universal Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Latner Thoracic Surgery Research Laboratories, Toronto General Hospital Research Institute, Universal Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Latner Thoracic Surgery Research Laboratories, Toronto General Hospital Research Institute, Universal Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.,Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.,Institute of Medical Science, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Latner Thoracic Surgery Research Laboratories, Toronto General Hospital Research Institute, Universal Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.,Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.,Institute of Medical Science, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Musolf AM, Simpson CL, de Andrade M, Mandal D, Gaba C, Yang P, Li Y, You M, Kupert EY, Anderson MW, Schwartz AG, Pinney SM, Amos CI, Bailey-Wilson JE. Parametric Linkage Analysis Identifies Five Novel Genome-Wide Significant Loci for Familial Lung Cancer. Hum Hered 2017; 82:64-74. [PMID: 28817824 DOI: 10.1159/000479028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2017] [Accepted: 06/28/2017] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVE One of four American cancer patients dies of lung cancer. Environmental factors such as tobacco smoking are known to affect lung cancer risk. However, there is a genetic factor to lung cancer risk as well. Here, we perform parametric linkage analysis on family-based genotype data in an effort to find genetic loci linked to the disease. METHODS 197 individuals from families with a high-risk history of lung cancer were recruited and genotyped using an Illumina array. Parametric linkage analyses were performed using an affected-only phenotype model with an autosomal dominant inheritance using a disease allele frequency of 0.01. Three types of analyses were performed: single variant two-point, collapsed haplotype pattern variant two-point, and multipoint analysis. RESULTS Five novel genome-wide significant loci were identified at 18p11.23, 2p22.2, 14q13.1, 16p13, and 20q13.11. The families most informative for linkage were also determined. CONCLUSIONS The 5 novel signals are good candidate regions, containing genes that have been implicated as having somatic changes in lung cancer or other cancers (though not in germ line cells). Targeted sequencing on the significant loci is planned to determine the causal variants at these loci.
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- Anthony M Musolf
- National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
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Molineros JE, Yang W, Zhou XJ, Sun C, Okada Y, Zhang H, Heng Chua K, Lau YL, Kochi Y, Suzuki A, Yamamoto K, Ma J, Bang SY, Lee HS, Kim K, Bae SC, Zhang H, Shen N, Looger LL, Nath SK. Confirmation of five novel susceptibility loci for systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and integrated network analysis of 82 SLE susceptibility loci. Hum Mol Genet 2017; 26:1205-1216. [PMID: 28108556 DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddx026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2016] [Accepted: 01/13/2017] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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We recently identified ten novel SLE susceptibility loci in Asians and uncovered several additional suggestive loci requiring further validation. This study aimed to replicate five of these suggestive loci in a Han Chinese cohort from Hong Kong, followed by meta-analysis (11,656 cases and 23,968 controls) on previously reported Asian and European populations, and to perform bioinformatic analyses on all 82 reported SLE loci to identify shared regulatory signatures. We performed a battery of analyses for these five loci, as well as joint analyses on all 82 SLE loci. All five loci passed genome-wide significance: MYNN (rs10936599, Pmeta = 1.92 × 10-13, OR = 1.14), ATG16L2 (rs11235604, Pmeta = 8.87 × 10 -12, OR = 0.78), CCL22 (rs223881, Pmeta = 5.87 × 10-16, OR = 0.87), ANKS1A (rs2762340, Pmeta = 4.93 × 10-15, OR = 0.87) and RNASEH2C (rs1308020, Pmeta = 2.96 × 10-19, OR = 0.84) and co-located with annotated gene regulatory elements. The novel loci share genetic signatures with other reported SLE loci, including effects on gene expression, transcription factor binding, and epigenetic characteristics. Most (56%) of the correlated (r2 > 0.8) SNPs from the 82 SLE loci were implicated in differential expression (9.81 × 10-198 < P < 5 × 10-3) of cis-genes. Transcription factor binding sites for p53, MEF2A and E2F1 were significantly (P < 0.05) over-represented in SLE loci, consistent with apoptosis playing a critical role in SLE. Enrichment analysis revealed common pathways, gene ontology, protein domains, and cell type-specific expression. In summary, we provide evidence of five novel SLE susceptibility loci. Integrated bioinformatics using all 82 loci revealed that SLE susceptibility loci share many gene regulatory features, suggestive of conserved mechanisms of SLE etiopathogenesis.
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- Julio E Molineros
- Arthritis and Clinical Immunology Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, USA
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- Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong
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- Renal Division, Peking University First Hospital, Peking University Institute of Nephrology, Key Laboratory of Renal Disease, Ministry of Health of China, and Key Laboratory of Chronic Kidney Disease Prevention and Treatment (Peking University), Ministry of Education, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- Arthritis and Clinical Immunology Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, USA
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- Department of Statistical Genetics, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan.,Laboratory for Statistical Analysis, RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences, Yokohama, Japan
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- Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong
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- Department of Biomedical Science, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong
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- Laboratory for Autoimmune Diseases, Center for Integrative Medical Sciences, RIKEN, Yokohama, Japan
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- Laboratory for Autoimmune Diseases, Center for Integrative Medical Sciences, RIKEN, Yokohama, Japan
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- Laboratory for Autoimmune Diseases, Center for Integrative Medical Sciences, RIKEN, Yokohama, Japan.,Department of Allergy and Rheumatology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Joint Molecular Rheumatology Laboratory of the Institute of Health Sciences and Shanghai Renji Hospital, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200025, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Rheumatology, Hanyang University Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Rheumatology, Hanyang University Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Biology, Kyung Hee University, Seoul 02447, Korea
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- Department of Rheumatology, Hanyang University Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Seoul, Korea
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- Renal Division, Peking University First Hospital, Peking University Institute of Nephrology, Key Laboratory of Renal Disease, Ministry of Health of China, and Key Laboratory of Chronic Kidney Disease Prevention and Treatment (Peking University), Ministry of Education, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- Joint Molecular Rheumatology Laboratory of the Institute of Health Sciences and Shanghai Renji Hospital, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200025, People's Republic of China
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- Janelia Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Ashburn, VA, USA
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- Arthritis and Clinical Immunology Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, USA
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The study of host-microbiota interactions in humans is largely limited to identifying associations between microbial communities and host phenotypes. While these studies have generated important insights on the links between the microbiota and human disease, the assessment of cause-and-effect relationships has been challenging. Although this relationship can be studied in germfree mice, this system is costly, and it is difficult to accurately account for the effects of host genotypic variation and environmental effects seen in humans. Here, we have developed a novel approach to directly investigate the transcriptional changes induced by live microbial communities on human colonic epithelial cells and how these changes are modulated by host genotype. This method is easily scalable to large numbers of host genetic backgrounds and diverse microbiota and can be utilized to elucidate the mechanisms of host-microbiota interactions. Future extensions may also include colonic organoid cultures. Many studies have demonstrated the importance of the gut microbiota in healthy and disease states. However, establishing the causality of host-microbiota interactions in humans is still challenging. Here, we describe a novel experimental system to define the transcriptional response induced by the microbiota for human cells and to shed light on the molecular mechanisms underlying host-gut microbiota interactions. In primary human colonic epithelial cells, we identified over 6,000 genes whose expression changed at various time points following coculturing with the gut microbiota of a healthy individual. Among the differentially expressed genes we found a 1.8-fold enrichment of genes associated with diseases that have been previously linked to the microbiome, such as obesity and colorectal cancer. In addition, our experimental system allowed us to identify 87 host single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) that show allele-specific expression in 69 genes. Furthermore, for 12 SNPs in 12 different genes, allele-specific expression is conditional on the exposure to the microbiota. Of these 12 genes, 8 have been associated with diseases linked to the gut microbiota, specifically colorectal cancer, obesity, and type 2 diabetes. Our study demonstrates a scalable approach to study host-gut microbiota interactions and can be used to identify putative mechanisms for the interplay between host genetics and the microbiota in health and disease. IMPORTANCE The study of host-microbiota interactions in humans is largely limited to identifying associations between microbial communities and host phenotypes. While these studies have generated important insights on the links between the microbiota and human disease, the assessment of cause-and-effect relationships has been challenging. Although this relationship can be studied in germfree mice, this system is costly, and it is difficult to accurately account for the effects of host genotypic variation and environmental effects seen in humans. Here, we have developed a novel approach to directly investigate the transcriptional changes induced by live microbial communities on human colonic epithelial cells and how these changes are modulated by host genotype. This method is easily scalable to large numbers of host genetic backgrounds and diverse microbiota and can be utilized to elucidate the mechanisms of host-microbiota interactions. Future extensions may also include colonic organoid cultures.
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DHH-RHEBL1 fusion transcript: a novel recurrent feature in the new landscape of pediatric CBFA2T3-GLIS2-positive acute myeloid leukemia. Oncotarget 2014; 4:1712-20. [PMID: 24127550 PMCID: PMC3858557 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.1280] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Childhood Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) is a clinically and genetically heterogeneous malignant disease. Despite improvements in outcome over the past decades, the current survival rate still is approximately 60-70%. Cytogenetic, recurrent genetic abnormalities and early response to induction treatment are the main factors predicting clinical outcome. While the majority of children carry recurrent chromosomal translocations, 20% of patients do not show any recognizable cytogenetic alteration and are defined to have cytogenetically normal AML (CN-AML). This subset of patients is characterized by a significant heterogeneity in clinical outcome, which is influenced by factors only recently started to be identified. In this respect, genome-wide analyses have been used with the aim of defining the full array of genetic lesions in CN-AML. Recently, through whole-transcriptome massively parallel sequencing of seven cases of pediatric CN-AML, we identified a novel recurrent CBFA2T3-GLIS2 fusion, predicting poorer outcome. However, since the expression of CBFA2T3-GLIS2 fusion in mice is not sufficient for leukemogenesis, we speculated that further unknown abnormalities could contribute to both cancer transformation and response to treatment. Thus, we analyzed, by whole-transcriptome sequencing, 4 CBFA2T3-GLIS2-positive patients, as well as 4 CN-AML patients. We identified a new fusion transcript in the CBFA2T3-GLIS2 -positive patients, involving Desert Hedgehog (DHH), a member of Hedgehog family, and Ras Homologue Enrich in Brain Like 1 (RHEBL1), a gene coding for a small GTPase of the Ras family. Through the screening of a validation cohort of 55 additional pediatric AML patients, we globally detected DHH-RHEBL1 fusion in 8 out of 20 (40%) CBFA2T3-GLIS2- rearranged patients. Gene expression analysis performed on RNA-seq data revealed that DHH-RHEBL1 –positive patients exhibited a specific signature. These 8 patients had an 8-year overall survival worse than that of the remaining 12 CBFA2T3-GLIS2- rearranged patients not harboring DHH-RHEBL1 fusion (25% vs 55%, respectively, P =0.1). Taken together, these findings are unprecedented and indicate that the DHH-RHEBL1 fusion transcript is a novel recurrent feature in the changing landscape of CBFA2T3-GLIS2 -positive childhood AML. Moreover, it could be instrumental in the identification of a subgroup of CBFA2T3-GLIS2 -positive patients with a very poor outcome.
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Bai XH, Cho HR, Moodley S, Liu M. XB130-A Novel Adaptor Protein: Gene, Function, and Roles in Tumorigenesis. SCIENTIFICA 2014; 2014:903014. [PMID: 24995146 PMCID: PMC4068053 DOI: 10.1155/2014/903014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2014] [Accepted: 05/15/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Several adaptor proteins have previously been shown to play an important role in the promotion of tumourigenesis. XB130 (AFAP1L2) is an adaptor protein involved in many cellular functions, such as cell survival, cell proliferation, migration, and gene and miRNA expression. XB130's functional domains and motifs enable its interaction with a multitude of proteins involved in several different signaling pathways. As a tyrosine kinase substrate, tyrosine phosphorylated XB130 associates with the p85 α regulatory subunit of phosphoinositol-3-kinase (PI3K) and subsequently affects Akt activity and its downstream signalling. Tumourigenesis studies show that downregulation of XB130 expression by RNAi inhibits tumor growth in mouse xenograft models. Furthermore, XB130 affects tumor oncogenicity by regulating the expression of specific tumour suppressing miRNAs. The expression level and pattern of XB130 has been studied in various human tumors, such as thyroid, esophageal, and gastric cancers, as well as, soft tissue tumors. Studies show the significant effects of XB130 in tumourigenesis and suggest its potential as a diagnostic biomarker and therapeutic target for cancer treatments.
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- Xiao-Hui Bai
- Latner Thoracic Surgery Research Laboratories, Toronto General Research Institute, University Health Network, 101 College Street, Toronto, ON, Canada M5G 1L7
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- Latner Thoracic Surgery Research Laboratories, Toronto General Research Institute, University Health Network, 101 College Street, Toronto, ON, Canada M5G 1L7 ; Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, 1 King's College Circle, Toronto, ON, Canada M5S 1A8
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- Latner Thoracic Surgery Research Laboratories, Toronto General Research Institute, University Health Network, 101 College Street, Toronto, ON, Canada M5G 1L7 ; Institute of Medical Science, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, 1 King's College Circle, Toronto, ON, Canada M5S 1A8
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- Latner Thoracic Surgery Research Laboratories, Toronto General Research Institute, University Health Network, 101 College Street, Toronto, ON, Canada M5G 1L7 ; Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, 1 King's College Circle, Toronto, ON, Canada M5S 1A8 ; Institute of Medical Science, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, 1 King's College Circle, Toronto, ON, Canada M5S 1A8 ; Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, 149 College Street, Toronto, ON, Canada M5T 1P5
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Tomas A, Futter CE, Eden ER. EGF receptor trafficking: consequences for signaling and cancer. Trends Cell Biol 2013; 24:26-34. [PMID: 24295852 PMCID: PMC3884125 DOI: 10.1016/j.tcb.2013.11.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 559] [Impact Index Per Article: 50.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2013] [Revised: 10/30/2013] [Accepted: 11/03/2013] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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EGF receptor endocytic traffic can regulate signaling and cell survival. Signaling from activated EGFR occurs at the endosome as well as the cell surface. Endocytosis can have positive and negative effects on signaling and tumorigenesis. EGFR traffic promoted by antineoplastic therapy is important in tumor resistance.
The ligand-stimulated epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) has been extensively studied in the analysis of molecular mechanisms regulating endocytic traffic and the role of that traffic in signal transduction. Although such studies have largely focused on mitogenic signaling and dysregulated traffic in tumorigenesis, there is growing interest in the potential role of EGFR traffic in cell survival and the consequent response to cancer therapy. Here we review recent advances in our understanding of molecular mechanisms regulating ligand-stimulated EGFR activation, internalization, and post-endocytic sorting. The role of EGFR overexpression/mutation and new modulators of EGFR traffic in cancer and the response to cancer therapeutics are also discussed. Finally, we speculate on the relationship between EGFR traffic and cell survival.
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- Alejandra Tomas
- University College London (UCL) Institute of Ophthalmology, London, UK
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- University College London (UCL) Institute of Ophthalmology, London, UK
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- University College London (UCL) Institute of Ophthalmology, London, UK.
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Odin (ANKS1A) modulates EGF receptor recycling and stability. PLoS One 2013; 8:e64817. [PMID: 23825523 PMCID: PMC3692516 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0064817] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2013] [Accepted: 04/18/2013] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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The ANKS1A gene product, also known as Odin, was first identified as a tyrosine-phosphorylated component of the epidermal growth factor receptor network. Here we show that Odin functions as an effector of EGFR recycling. In EGF-stimulated HEK293 cells tyrosine phosphorylation of Odin was induced prior to EGFR internalization and independent of EGFR-to-ERK signaling. Over-expression of Odin increased EGF-induced EGFR trafficking to recycling endosomes and recycling back to the cell surface, and decreased trafficking to lysosomes and degradation. Conversely, Odin knockdown in both HEK293 and the non-small cell lung carcinoma line RVH6849, which expresses roughly 10-fold more EGF receptors than HEK293, caused decreased EGFR recycling and accelerated trafficking to the lysosome and degradation. By governing the endocytic fate of internalized receptors, Odin may provide a layer of regulation that enables cells to contend with receptor cell densities and ligand concentration gradients that are physiologically and pathologically highly variable.
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Smirnova E, Shanbhag R, Kurabi A, Mobli M, Kwan JJ, Donaldson LW. Solution structure and peptide binding of the PTB domain from the AIDA1 postsynaptic signaling scaffolding protein. PLoS One 2013; 8:e65605. [PMID: 23799029 PMCID: PMC3683042 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0065605] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2013] [Accepted: 04/30/2013] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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AIDA1 links persistent chemical signaling events occurring at the neuronal synapse with global changes in gene expression. Consistent with its role as a scaffolding protein, AIDA1 is composed of several protein-protein interaction domains. Here we report the NMR structure of the carboxy terminally located phosphotyrosine binding domain (PTB) that is common to all AIDA1 splice variants. A comprehensive survey of peptides identified a consensus sequence around an NxxY motif that is shared by a number of related neuronal signaling proteins. Using peptide arrays and fluorescence based assays, we determined that the AIDA1 PTB domain binds amyloid protein precursor (APP) in a similar manner to the X11/Mint PTB domain, albeit at reduced affinity (∼10 µM) that may allow AIDA1 to effectively sample APP, as well as other protein partners in a variety of cellular contexts.
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- Department of Biology, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Biology, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Institute for Molecular Bioscience, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
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- Department of Biology, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Biology, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Mercurio FA, Marasco D, Pirone L, Scognamiglio PL, Pedone EM, Pellecchia M, Leone M. Heterotypic Sam-Sam association between Odin-Sam1 and Arap3-Sam: binding affinity and structural insights. Chembiochem 2012; 14:100-6. [PMID: 23239578 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.201200592] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2012] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Arap3 is a phosphatidylinositol 3 kinase effector protein that plays a role as GTPase activator (GAP) for Arf6 and RhoA. Arap3 contains a sterile alpha motif (Sam) domain that has high sequence homology with the Sam domain of the EphA2-receptor (EphA2-Sam). Both Arap3-Sam and EphA2-Sam are able to associate with the Sam domain of the lipid phosphatase Ship2 (Ship2-Sam). Recently, we reported a novel interaction between the first Sam domain of Odin (Odin-Sam1), a protein belonging to the ANKS (ANKyrin repeat and Sam domain containing) family, and EphA2-Sam. In our latest work, we applied NMR spectroscopy, surface plasmon resonance (SPR) and isothermal titration calorimetry (ITC) to characterize the association between Arap3-Sam and Odin-Sam1. We show that these two Sam domains interact with low micromolar affinity. Moreover, by means of molecular docking techniques, supported by NMR data, we demonstrate that Odin-Sam1 and Arap3-Sam might bind with a topology that is common to several Sam-Sam complexes. The revealed structural details form the basis for the design of potential peptide antagonists that could be used as chemical tools to investigate functional aspects related to heterotypic Arap3-Sam associations.
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- Flavia A Mercurio
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, Via Mezzocannone 16, 80134 Naples, Italy
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Mercurio FA, Marasco D, Pirone L, Pedone EM, Pellecchia M, Leone M. Solution structure of the first Sam domain of Odin and binding studies with the EphA2 receptor. Biochemistry 2012; 51:2136-45. [PMID: 22332920 DOI: 10.1021/bi300141h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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The EphA2 receptor plays key roles in many physiological and pathological events, including cancer. The process of receptor endocytosis and the consequent degradation have attracted attention as possible means of overcoming the negative outcomes of EphA2 in cancer cells and decreasing tumor malignancy. A recent study indicates that Sam (sterile alpha motif) domains of Odin, a member of the ANKS (ankyrin repeat and sterile alpha motif domain-containing) family of proteins, are important for the regulation of EphA2 endocytosis. Odin contains two tandem Sam domains (Odin-Sam1 and -Sam2). Herein, we report on the nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) solution structure of Odin-Sam1; through a variety of assays (employing NMR, surface plasmon resonance, and isothermal titration calorimetry techniques), we clearly demonstrate that Odin-Sam1 binds to the Sam domain of EphA2 in the low micromolar range. NMR chemical shift perturbation experiments and molecular modeling studies point out that the two Sam domains interact with a head-to-tail topology characteristic of several Sam-Sam complexes. This binding mode is similar to that we have previously proposed for the association between the Sam domains of the lipid phosphatase Ship2 and EphA2. This work further validates structural elements relevant for the heterotypic Sam-Sam interactions of EphA2 and provides novel insights for the design of potential therapeutic compounds that can modulate receptor endocytosis.
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- Flavia Anna Mercurio
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy
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Kajiho H, Fukushima S, Kontani K, Katada T. RINL, guanine nucleotide exchange factor Rab5-subfamily, is involved in the EphA8-degradation pathway with odin. PLoS One 2012; 7:e30575. [PMID: 22291991 PMCID: PMC3264577 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0030575] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2011] [Accepted: 12/23/2011] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The Rab family of small guanosine triphosphatases (GTPases) plays a vital role in membrane trafficking. Its active GTP-bound state is driven by guanine nucleotide-exchange factors (GEFs). Ras and Rab interactor (or Ras interaction/interference)-like (RINL), which contains a conserved VPS9 domain critical for GEF action, was recently identified as a new Rab5 subfamily GEF in vitro. However, its detailed function and interacting molecules have not yet been fully elucidated. Here we found that RINL has GEF activity for the Rab5 subfamily proteins by measuring their GTP-bound forms in cultured cells. We also found that RINL interacts with odin, a member of the ankyrin-repeat and sterile-alpha motif (SAM) domain-containing (Anks) protein family. In addition, the Eph tyrosine kinase receptor EphA8 formed a ternary complex with both RINL and odin. Interestingly, RINL expression in cultured cells reduced EphA8 levels in a manner dependent on both its GEF activity and interaction with odin. In addition, knockdown of RINL increased EphA8 level in HeLa cells. Our findings suggest that RINL, as a GEF for Rab5 subfamily, is implicated in the EphA8-degradation pathway via its interaction with odin.
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- Hiroaki Kajiho
- Department of Physiological Chemistry, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Physiological Chemistry, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Physiological Chemistry, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Physiological Chemistry, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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Niewold TB. Interferon alpha as a primary pathogenic factor in human lupus. J Interferon Cytokine Res 2011; 31:887-92. [PMID: 21923413 DOI: 10.1089/jir.2011.0071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 112] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Interferon alpha (IFN-α) is a critical mediator of human systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). This review will summarize evidence supporting the role for IFN-α in the initiation of human SLE. IFN-α functions in viral immunity at the interface of innate and adaptive immunity, a position well suited to setting thresholds for autoimmunity. Some individuals treated with IFN-α for chronic viral infections develop de novo SLE, which frequently resolves when IFN-α is withdrawn, supporting the idea that IFN-α was causal. Abnormally high IFN-α levels are clustered within SLE families, suggesting that high serum IFN-α is a heritable risk factor for SLE. Additionally, SLE-risk genetic variants in the IFN-α pathway are gain of function in nature, resulting in either higher circulating IFN-α levels or greater sensitivity to IFN-α signaling in SLE patients. A recent genome-wide association study has identified additional novel genetic loci associated with high serum IFN-α in SLE patients. These data support the idea that genetically determined endogenous elevations in IFN-α predispose to human SLE. It is possible that some of these gain-of-function polymorphisms in the IFN-α pathway are useful in viral defense, and that risk of SLE is a burden we have taken on in the fight to defend ourselves against viral infection.
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- Timothy B Niewold
- Section of Rheumatology, Gwen Knapp Center for Lupus and Immunology Research, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA.
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Shiozaki A, Liu M. Roles of XB130, a novel adaptor protein, in cancer. J Clin Bioinforma 2011; 1:10. [PMID: 21884627 PMCID: PMC3164603 DOI: 10.1186/2043-9113-1-10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2010] [Accepted: 03/17/2011] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Adaptor proteins, with multi-modular structures, can participate in the regulation of various cellular functions. During molecular cloning process of actin filament associated protein, we have discovered a novel adaptor protein, referred to as XB130. The human xb130 gene is localized on chromosome 10q25.3, and encodes an 818 amino acid protein. The N-terminal region of XB130 includes several tyrosine phosphorylation sites and a proline-rich sequence that might interact with Src homology 2 and 3 domain-containing proteins, respectively. Our studies have indeed implicated XB130 as a likely substrate and regulator of tyrosine kinase-mediated signaling. Down-regulation of endogenous XB130 with small interfering RNA reduced c-Src activity, IL-8 production and phosphorylation of Akt in human lung epithelial cells. Further, XB130 binds the p85α subunit of phosphatidyl-inositol-3-kinase and subsequently mediates signaling through RET/PTC in thyroid cancer cells. Knockdown of XB130 using small interfering RNA inhibited G1-S phase progression, induced spontaneous apoptosis and enhanced intrinsic and extrinsic apoptotic stimulus-induced cell death in human lung and thyroid cancer cells. Growth of tumors in nude mice formed from XB130 short hairpin RNA stably transfected human thyroid cancer cells were significantly reduced, with decreased cell proliferation and increased apoptosis. Further, XB130 has a high affinity to lamellipodial F-actin meshwork and is involved in the motility and invasiveness of cancer cells. Gene expression profiling identified 246 genes significantly changed in XB130 short hairpin RNA transfected thyroid cancer cells. Among them, 57 genes are related to cell proliferation or survival, including many transcription regulators. Pathway analysis showed that the top ranked disease related to XB130 is Cancer, and the top molecular and cellular functions are Cellular Growth and Proliferation, and Cell Cycle. These observations suggest that the expression of XB130 may affect cell proliferation, survival, motility and invasion in various cancer cells. A deeper understanding of these mechanisms may lead to the discovery of XB130 as an important mediator in tumor development and as a novel therapeutic target for cancer.
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- Atsushi Shiozaki
- Division of Digestive Surgery, Department of Surgery, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, 602-8566, Japan.
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Shiozaki A, Lodyga M, Bai XH, Nadesalingam J, Oyaizu T, Winer D, Asa SL, Keshavjee S, Liu M. XB130, a novel adaptor protein, promotes thyroid tumor growth. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY 2010; 178:391-401. [PMID: 21224076 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajpath.2010.11.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2010] [Revised: 09/23/2010] [Accepted: 09/27/2010] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Adaptor proteins with multimodular structures can participate in the regulation of various cellular functions. We have cloned a novel adaptor protein, XB130, which binds the p85α subunit of phosphatidyl inositol 3-kinase and subsequently mediates signaling through RET/PTC in TPC-1 thyroid cancer cells. In the present study, we sought to determine the role of XB130 in the tumorigenesis in vivo and in related molecular mechanisms. In WRO thyroid cancer cells, knockdown of XB130 using small interfering RNA inhibited G(1)-S phase progression, induced spontaneous apoptosis, and enhanced intrinsic and extrinsic apoptotic stimulus-induced cell death. Growth of tumors in nude mice formed from XB130 shRNA stably transfected WRO cells were significantly reduced, with decreased cell proliferation and increased apoptosis. Microarray analysis identified 246 genes significantly changed in XB130 shRNA transfected cells. Among them, 57 genes are related to cell proliferation or survival, including many transcription regulators. Ingenuity Pathway Analysis showed that the top-ranked disease related to XB130 is cancer, and the top molecular and cellular functions are cellular growth and proliferation and cell cycle. A human thyroid tissue microarray study identified expression of XB130 in normal thyroid tissue as well as in human thyroid carcinomas. These observations suggest that the expression of XB130 in these cancer cells may affect cell proliferation and survival by controlling the expression of multiple genes, especially transcription regulators.
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- Atsushi Shiozaki
- Latner Thoracic Surgery Research Laboratories, University Health Network, Toronto General Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Lodyga M, Bai XH, Kapus A, Liu M. Adaptor protein XB130 is a Rac-controlled component of lamellipodia that regulates cell motility and invasion. J Cell Sci 2010; 123:4156-69. [DOI: 10.1242/jcs.071050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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XB130 is a newly described cytosolic adaptor protein and tyrosine kinase substrate, involved in Src- and RET/PTC-dependent signaling. Although XB130 has been cloned as a homologue of actin-filament-associated protein (AFAP-110), its potential regulation by the actin skeleton and its putative roles in cytoskeleton regulation have not been addressed. Here, we show that XB130 (in contrast to AFAP-110) exhibited robust translocation to the cell periphery in response to various stimuli (including epidermal growth factor, wounding and expression of constitutively active Rac) that elicit lamellipodium formation. In stimulated cells, XB130 localized to the lamellipodial F-actin meshwork. Genetic and pharmacological data suggest that the key trigger for XB130 recruitment is the formation of the branched F-actin itself. Structure-function analysis revealed that both the XB130 N-terminus (167 amino acids) and C-terminus (63 amino acids) harbor crucial regions for its translocation to lamellipodia, whereas the PH domains and Src-targeted tyrosines are dispensable. Importantly, in TPC1 thyroid papillary carcinoma cells, silencing endogenous XB130 decreased the rate of wound closure, inhibited matrigel invasion, reduced lamellipodial persistence and slowed down spreading. Thus, XB130 is a novel Rac- and cytoskeleton-regulated and cytoskeleton-regulating adaptor protein that exhibits high affinity to lamellipodial (branched) F-actin and impacts motility and invasiveness of tumor cells.
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- Monika Lodyga
- Toronto General Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, M5G 1L7, Canada
- Keenan Research Centre in the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario M5B 1W8, Canada
- Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Toronto, Ontario M5G 1X8, Canada
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- Toronto General Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, M5G 1L7, Canada
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- Keenan Research Centre in the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario M5B 1W8, Canada
- Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Toronto, Ontario M5G 1X8, Canada
- Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Ontario M5G 1X8, Canada
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- Toronto General Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, M5G 1L7, Canada
- Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Toronto, Ontario M5G 1X8, Canada
- Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Ontario M5G 1X8, Canada
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Kariuki SN, Franek BS, Kumar AA, Arrington J, Mikolaitis RA, Utset TO, Jolly M, Crow MK, Skol AD, Niewold TB. Trait-stratified genome-wide association study identifies novel and diverse genetic associations with serologic and cytokine phenotypes in systemic lupus erythematosus. Arthritis Res Ther 2010; 12:R151. [PMID: 20659327 PMCID: PMC2945049 DOI: 10.1186/ar3101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2009] [Revised: 05/24/2010] [Accepted: 07/26/2010] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Introduction Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a highly heterogeneous disorder, characterized by differences in autoantibody profile, serum cytokines, and clinical manifestations. SLE-associated autoantibodies and high serum interferon alpha (IFN-α) are important heritable phenotypes in SLE which are correlated with each other, and play a role in disease pathogenesis. These two heritable risk factors are shared between ancestral backgrounds. The aim of the study was to detect genetic factors associated with autoantibody profiles and serum IFN-α in SLE. Methods We undertook a case-case genome-wide association study of SLE patients stratified by ancestry and extremes of phenotype in serology and serum IFN-α. Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in seven loci were selected for follow-up in a large independent cohort of 538 SLE patients and 522 controls using a multi-step screening approach based on novel metrics and expert database review. The seven loci were: leucine-rich repeat containing 20 (LRRC20); protein phosphatase 1 H (PPM1H); lysophosphatidic acid receptor 1 (LPAR1); ankyrin repeat and sterile alpha motif domain 1A (ANKS1A); protein tyrosine phosphatase, receptor type M (PTPRM); ephrin A5 (EFNA5); and V-set and immunoglobulin domain containing 2 (VSIG2). Results SNPs in the LRRC20, PPM1H, LPAR1, ANKS1A, and VSIG2 loci each demonstrated strong association with a particular serologic profile (all odds ratios > 2.2 and P < 3.5 × 10-4). Each of these serologic profiles was associated with increased serum IFN-α. SNPs in both PTPRM and LRRC20 were associated with increased serum IFN-α independent of serologic profile (P = 2.2 × 10-6 and P = 2.6 × 10-3 respectively). None of the SNPs were strongly associated with SLE in case-control analysis, suggesting that the major impact of these variants will be upon subphenotypes in SLE. Conclusions This study demonstrates the power of using serologic and cytokine subphenotypes to elucidate genetic factors involved in complex autoimmune disease. The distinct associations observed emphasize the heterogeneity of molecular pathogenesis in SLE, and the need for stratification by subphenotypes in genetic studies. We hypothesize that these genetic variants play a role in disease manifestations and severity in SLE.
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- Silvia N Kariuki
- University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, Chicago, IL 60637, USA.
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