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Changphasuk P, Inpad C, Horpaopan S, Khunchai S, Phimsen S, Surangkul D, Janvilisri T, Silsirivanit A, Kaewkong W. SRPK Inhibitors Reduce the Phosphorylation and Translocation of SR Protein Splicing Factors, thereby Correcting BIN1, MCL-1 and BCL2 Splicing Errors and Enabling Apoptosis of Cholangiocarcinoma Cells. Front Biosci (Schol Ed) 2024; 16:17. [PMID: 39344395 DOI: 10.31083/j.fbs1603017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2024] [Revised: 09/05/2024] [Accepted: 09/12/2024] [Indexed: 10/01/2024]
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BACKGROUND Cholangiocarcinoma (CCA) is a malignancy of the bile duct epithelium that is commonly found in the Thai population. CCA has poor prognosis and a low survival rate due to the lack of early diagnosis methods and the limited effectiveness of current treatments. A number of oncogenic spliced-transcripts resulting from mRNA splicing errors have been reported in CCA, and aberrant mRNA splicing is suspected to be a key driver of this cancer type. The hyperphosphorylation of serine/arginine rich-splicing factors (SRSFs) by serine/arginine protein kinases (SRPKs) causes them to translocate to the nucleus where they facilitate gene splicing errors that generate cancer-related mRNA/protein isoforms. METHODS The correlation between SRPK expression and the survival of CCA patients was analyzed using data from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) dataset. The effect of SRPK inhibitors (SRPIN340 and SPHINX31) on two CCA cell lines (KKU-213A and TFK-1) was also investigated. The induction of cell death was studied by Calcein-AM/PI staining, AnnexinV/7AAD staining, immunofluorescence (IF), and Western blotting (WB). The phosphorylation and nuclear translocation of SRSFs was tracked by WB and IF, and the repair of splicing errors was examined by Reverse Transcription-Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR). RESULTS High levels of SRPK1 and SRPK2 transcripts, and in particular SRPK1, correlated with shorter survival in CCA patients. SRPIN340 and SPHINX31 increased the number of dead and apoptotic cells in a dose-dependent manner. CCA also showed diffuse expression of cytoplasmic cytochrome C and upregulation of cleaved caspase-3. Moreover, SRSFs showed low levels of phosphorylation, resulting in the accumulation of cytoplasmic SRSF1. To link these phenotypes with aberrant gene splicing, the apoptosis-associated genes Bridging Integrator 1 (BIN1), Myeloid cell leukemia factor 1 (MCL-1) and B-cell lymphoma 2 (BCL2) were selected for further investigation. Treatment with SRPIN340 and SPHINX31 decreased anti-apoptotic BIN1+12A and increased pro-apoptotic MCL-1S and BCL-xS. CONCLUSIONS The SRPK inhibitors SRPIN340 and SPHINX31 can suppress the phosphorylation of SRSFs and their nuclear translocation, thereby producing BIN1, MCL-1 and BCL2 isoforms that favor apoptosis and facilitate CCA cell death.
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- Preenapan Changphasuk
- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medical Science, Naresuan University, 65000 Phitsanulok, Thailand
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medical Science, Naresuan University, 65000 Phitsanulok, Thailand
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- Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, 50200 Chiang Mai, Thailand
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- Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medical Science, Naresuan University, 65000 Phitsanulok, Thailand
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medical Science, Naresuan University, 65000 Phitsanulok, Thailand
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medical Science, Naresuan University, 65000 Phitsanulok, Thailand
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, 10400 Bangkok, Thailand
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, 4002 Khon Kaen, Thailand
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medical Science, Naresuan University, 65000 Phitsanulok, Thailand
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Manabile MA, Hull R, Khanyile R, Molefi T, Damane BP, Mongan NP, Bates DO, Dlamini Z. Alternative Splicing Events and Their Clinical Significance in Colorectal Cancer: Targeted Therapeutic Opportunities. Cancers (Basel) 2023; 15:3999. [PMID: 37568815 PMCID: PMC10417810 DOI: 10.3390/cancers15153999] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2023] [Revised: 07/28/2023] [Accepted: 08/04/2023] [Indexed: 08/13/2023] Open
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Colorectal cancer (CRC) ranks as one of the top causes of cancer mortality worldwide and its incidence is on the rise, particularly in low-middle-income countries (LMICs). There are several factors that contribute to the development and progression of CRC. Alternative splicing (AS) was found to be one of the molecular mechanisms underlying the development and progression of CRC. With the advent of genome/transcriptome sequencing and large patient databases, the broad role of aberrant AS in cancer development and progression has become clear. AS affects cancer initiation, proliferation, invasion, and migration. These splicing changes activate oncogenes or deactivate tumor suppressor genes by producing altered amounts of normally functional or new proteins with different, even opposing, functions. Thus, identifying and characterizing CRC-specific alternative splicing events and variants might help in designing new therapeutic splicing disrupter drugs. CRC-specific splicing events can be used as diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers. In this review, alternatively spliced events and their role in CRC development will be discussed. The paper also reviews recent research on alternatively spliced events that might be exploited as prognostic, diagnostic, and targeted therapeutic indicators. Of particular interest is the targeting of protein arginine methyltransferase (PMRT) isoforms for the development of new treatments and diagnostic tools. The potential challenges and limitations in translating these discoveries into clinical practice will also be addressed.
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- Mosebo Armstrong Manabile
- SAMRC Precision Oncology Research Unit (PORU), DSI/NRF SARChI Chair in Precision Oncology and Cancer Prevention (POCP), Pan African Cancer Research Institute (PACRI), University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0028, South Africa; (M.A.M.); (R.H.); (R.K.); (T.M.); (D.O.B.)
- Department of Medical Oncology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Steve Biko Academic Hospital, University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0028, South Africa
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- SAMRC Precision Oncology Research Unit (PORU), DSI/NRF SARChI Chair in Precision Oncology and Cancer Prevention (POCP), Pan African Cancer Research Institute (PACRI), University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0028, South Africa; (M.A.M.); (R.H.); (R.K.); (T.M.); (D.O.B.)
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- SAMRC Precision Oncology Research Unit (PORU), DSI/NRF SARChI Chair in Precision Oncology and Cancer Prevention (POCP), Pan African Cancer Research Institute (PACRI), University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0028, South Africa; (M.A.M.); (R.H.); (R.K.); (T.M.); (D.O.B.)
- Department of Medical Oncology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Steve Biko Academic Hospital, University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0028, South Africa
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- SAMRC Precision Oncology Research Unit (PORU), DSI/NRF SARChI Chair in Precision Oncology and Cancer Prevention (POCP), Pan African Cancer Research Institute (PACRI), University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0028, South Africa; (M.A.M.); (R.H.); (R.K.); (T.M.); (D.O.B.)
- Department of Medical Oncology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Steve Biko Academic Hospital, University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0028, South Africa
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- Department of Surgery, Steve Biko Academic Hospital, University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0028, South Africa;
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- School of Veterinary Medicine and Science, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2QL, UK;
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- SAMRC Precision Oncology Research Unit (PORU), DSI/NRF SARChI Chair in Precision Oncology and Cancer Prevention (POCP), Pan African Cancer Research Institute (PACRI), University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0028, South Africa; (M.A.M.); (R.H.); (R.K.); (T.M.); (D.O.B.)
- Centre for Cancer Sciences, Division of Cancer and Stem Cells, Biodiscovery Institute, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2RD, UK
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- SAMRC Precision Oncology Research Unit (PORU), DSI/NRF SARChI Chair in Precision Oncology and Cancer Prevention (POCP), Pan African Cancer Research Institute (PACRI), University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0028, South Africa; (M.A.M.); (R.H.); (R.K.); (T.M.); (D.O.B.)
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Wodi C, Belali T, Morse R, Porazinski S, Ladomery M. SPHINX-Based Combination Therapy as a Potential Novel Treatment Strategy for Acute Myeloid Leukaemia. Br J Biomed Sci 2023; 80:11041. [PMID: 36895328 PMCID: PMC9988938 DOI: 10.3389/bjbs.2023.11041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2022] [Accepted: 02/08/2023] [Indexed: 02/23/2023]
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Introduction: Dysregulated alternative splicing is a prominent feature of cancer. The inhibition and knockdown of the SR splice factor kinase SRPK1 reduces tumour growth in vivo. As a result several SPRK1 inhibitors are in development including SPHINX, a 3-(trifluoromethyl)anilide scaffold. The objective of this study was to treat two leukaemic cell lines with SPHINX in combination with the established cancer drugs azacitidine and imatinib. Materials and Methods: We selected two representative cell lines; Kasumi-1, acute myeloid leukaemia, and K562, BCR-ABL positive chronic myeloid leukaemia. Cells were treated with SPHINX concentrations up to 10μM, and in combination with azacitidine (up to 1.5 μg/ml, Kasumi-1 cells) and imatinib (up to 20 μg/ml, K562 cells). Cell viability was determined by counting the proportion of live cells and those undergoing apoptosis through the detection of activated caspase 3/7. SRPK1 was knocked down with siRNA to confirm SPHINX results. Results: The effects of SPHINX were first confirmed by observing reduced levels of phosphorylated SR proteins. SPHINX significantly reduced cell viability and increased apoptosis in Kasumi-1 cells, but less prominently in K562 cells. Knockdown of SRPK1 by RNA interference similarly reduced cell viability. Combining SPHINX with azacitidine augmented the effect of azacitidine in Kasumi-1 cells. In conclusion, SPHINX reduces cell viability and increases apoptosis in the acute myeloid leukaemia cell line Kasumi-1, but less convincingly in the chronic myeloid leukaemia cell line K562. Conclusion: We suggest that specific types of leukaemia may present an opportunity for the development of SRPK1-targeted therapies to be used in combination with established chemotherapeutic drugs.
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- Chigeru Wodi
- Centre for Research in Bioscience, Faculty of Health and Applied Sciences, University of the West of England, Bristol, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Research in Bioscience, Faculty of Health and Applied Sciences, University of the West of England, Bristol, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Research in Bioscience, Faculty of Health and Applied Sciences, University of the West of England, Bristol, United Kingdom
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- Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Darlinghurst, NSW, Australia.,St Vincent's Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Centre for Research in Bioscience, Faculty of Health and Applied Sciences, University of the West of England, Bristol, United Kingdom
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Gong Y, Wei ZR. MiR-659-3p inhibits osteosarcoma progression and metastasis by inhibiting cell proliferation and invasion via targeting SRPK1. BMC Cancer 2022; 22:934. [PMID: 36038837 PMCID: PMC9425973 DOI: 10.1186/s12885-022-10029-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2021] [Accepted: 08/24/2022] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE Osteosarcoma is the most common primary bone cancer that affects mostly children and young adults. Despite the advances in osteosarcoma treatment, the long-term survival rate of metastatic patients has not significantly improved in the past few decades, thus demonstrating the need for novel therapeutic targets or methods to improve metastatic osteosarcoma treatment. In this study we aimed to elucidate the role of miR-659-3p and SRPK1 in osteosarcoma. METHODS We evaluated miR-659-3p and SRPK1 function in osteosarcoma cell proliferation, migration, and cell cycle progression in vitro by using gain- and loss-of-function strategies. The effect of miR-659-3p in tumor progression and metastasis was determined by in vivo mouse model. RESULTS We revealed that expression of miR-659-3p was significantly downregulated in osteosarcoma compared with normal bone cells and was inversely correlated with serine-arginine protein kinase 1 (SRPK1) expression. We proved that miR-659-3p targets 3' UTR of SRPK1 and negatively regulates SRPK1 expression in osteosarcoma cells via luciferase assay. In vitro studies revealed that gain of miR-659-3p function inhibited osteosarcoma cells growth, migration, and invasion by down-regulating SRPK1 expression. Inversely, inhibiting miR-659-3p in osteosarcoma cells promoted cell growth, migration, and invasion. Cell cycle profile analysis revealed that miR-659-3p inhibited osteosarcoma cells' G1/G0 phase exit by down-regulating SRPK1 expression. By using an in vivo mouse model, we demonstrated that miR-659-3p inhibits osteosarcoma tumor progression and lung metastasis by inhibiting SRPK1 expression and potentially downstream cell proliferation, and epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition genes. CONCLUSIONS This study demonstrated that miR-659-3p is a potential therapeutic method and SRPK1 is a potential therapeutic target for osteosarcoma treatment.
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- Yubao Gong
- Department of Orthopaedics, the First Hospital of Jilin University, 1 Xinmin Street, Changchun, 130021, China.
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- Department of Pharmacology, Basic Medical School, Jilin University, 126 Xinmin Street, Changchun, 130021, China
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Supradit K, Boonsri B, Duangdara J, Thitiphatphuvanon T, Suriyonplengsaeng C, Kangsamaksin T, Janvilisri T, Tohtong R, Yacqub-Usman K, Grabowska AM, Bates DO, Wongprasert K. Inhibition of serine/arginine-rich protein kinase-1 (SRPK1) prevents cholangiocarcinoma cells induced angiogenesis. Toxicol In Vitro 2022; 82:105385. [PMID: 35568131 DOI: 10.1016/j.tiv.2022.105385] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2021] [Revised: 03/31/2022] [Accepted: 05/09/2022] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The serine/arginine-rich protein kinase-1 (SRPK1) is an enzyme that has an essential role in regulating numerous aspects of mRNA splicing. SRPK1 has been reported to be overexpressed in multiple cancers, suggesting it as a promising therapeutic target in oncology. No previous studies reported the role of SRPK1 in cholangiocarcinoma (CCA) cells. This study aimed to examine the expression of SRPK1 and the effects of SRPK1 inhibition on the viability and angiogenesis activity of CCA cells using a selective SRPK1 inhibitor, SPHINX31. Here, we demonstrate that SPHINX31 (0.3-10 μM) had no inhibitory effects on CCA cells' viability and proliferation. However, SPHINX31 decreased the mRNA expression of pro-angiogenic VEGF-A165a isoform. In addition, SPHINX31 attenuated SRSF1 phosphorylation and nuclear localization, and increased the ratio of VEGF-A165b/total VEGF-A proteins. Moreover, when HUVECs were grown in conditioned medium from SPHINX31-treated CCA cells, migration slowed, and tube formation decreased. The present study demonstrates that targeting SRPK1 in CCA cells effectively attenuates angiogenesis by suppressing pro-angiogenic VEGF-A isoform splicing. These findings suggest a potential therapeutic treatment using SRPK1 inhibitors for the inhibition of angiogenesis in cholangiocarcinoma.
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- Kittiya Supradit
- Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Division of Health and Applied Sciences, Faculty of Science, Prince of Songkla University, Songkhla, Thailand
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- Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Division of Cancer and Stem Cells, Centre for Cancer Sciences, Biodiscovery Institute, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.
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Serine-Arginine Protein Kinase 1 (SRPK1): a systematic review of its multimodal role in oncogenesis. Mol Cell Biochem 2022; 477:2451-2467. [PMID: 35583632 PMCID: PMC9499919 DOI: 10.1007/s11010-022-04456-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2021] [Accepted: 04/27/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Alternative splicing is implicated in each of the hallmarks of cancer, and is mechanised by various splicing factors. Serine-Arginine Protein Kinase 1 (SRPK1) is an enzyme which moderates the activity of splicing factors rich in serine/arginine domains. Here we review SRPK1’s relationship with various cancers by performing a systematic review of all relevant published data. Elevated SRPK1 expression correlates with advanced disease stage and poor survival in many epithelial derived cancers. Numerous pre-clinical studies investigating a host of different tumour types; have found increased SRPK1 expression to be associated with proliferation, invasion, migration and apoptosis in vitro as well as tumour growth, tumourigenicity and metastasis in vivo. Aberrant SRPK1 expression is implicated in various signalling pathways associated with oncogenesis, a number of which, such as the PI3K/AKT, NF-КB and TGF-Beta pathway, are implicated in multiple different cancers. SRPK1-targeting micro RNAs have been identified in a number of studies and shown to have an important role in regulating SRPK1 activity. SRPK1 expression is also closely related to the response of various tumours to platinum-based chemotherapeutic agents. Future clinical applications will likely focus on the role of SRPK1 as a biomarker of treatment resistance and the potential role of its inhibition.
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O'Connell E, Reynolds IS, Salvucci M, McNamara DA, Burke JP, Prehn JHM. Mucinous and non-mucinous colorectal cancers show differential expression of chemotherapy metabolism and resistance genes. THE PHARMACOGENOMICS JOURNAL 2021; 21:510-519. [PMID: 33731881 DOI: 10.1038/s41397-021-00229-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2020] [Revised: 01/22/2021] [Accepted: 02/18/2021] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Previous research has identified differences in mutation frequency in genes implicated in chemotherapy resistance between mucinous and non-mucinous colorectal cancers (CRC). We hypothesized that outcomes in mucinous and non-mucinous CRC may be influenced by expression of genes responsible for chemotherapy resistance. Gene expression data from primary tumor samples were extracted from The Cancer Genome Atlas PanCancer Atlas. The distribution of clinical, pathological, and gene expression variables was compared between 74 mucinous and 521 non-mucinous CRCs. Predictors of overall survival (OS) were assessed in a multivariate analysis. Kaplan-Meier curves were constructed to compare survival according to gene expression using the log rank test. The median expression of 5-FU-related genes TYMS, TYMP, and DYPD was significantly higher in mucinous CRC compared to non-mucinous CRC (p < 0.001, p = 0.003, p < 0.001, respectively). The median expression of oxaliplatin-related genes ATP7B and SRPK1 was significantly reduced in mucinous versus non-mucinous CRC (p = 0.004, p = 0.007, respectively). At multivariate analysis, age (odds ratio (OR) = 0.96, p < 0.001), node positive disease (OR = 0.49, p = 0.005), and metastatic disease (OR = 0.32, p < 0.001) remained significant negative predictors of OS, while high SRPK1 remained a significant positive predictor of OS (OR = 1.59, p = 0.037). Subgroup analysis of rectal cancers demonstrated high SRPK1 expression was associated with significantly longer OS compared to low SRPK1 expression (p = 0.011). This study highlights that the molecular differences in mucinous CRC and non-mucinous CRC extend to chemotherapy resistance gene expression. SRPK1 gene expression was associated with OS, with a prognostic role identified in rectal cancers.
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- E O'Connell
- Department of Colorectal Surgery, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9, Ireland.,Department of Surgery, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin 2, Ireland
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- Department of Colorectal Surgery, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9, Ireland.,Department of Surgery, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin 2, Ireland
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- Department of Surgery, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin 2, Ireland
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- Department of Colorectal Surgery, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9, Ireland.,Department of Physiology and Medical Physics, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin 2, Ireland
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- Department of Colorectal Surgery, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9, Ireland
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- Department of Surgery, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin 2, Ireland. .,Centre for Systems Medicine, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin 2, Ireland.
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WT1 activates transcription of the splice factor kinase SRPK1 gene in PC3 and K562 cancer cells in the absence of corepressor BASP1. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-GENE REGULATORY MECHANISMS 2020; 1863:194642. [PMID: 33017668 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagrm.2020.194642] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2020] [Revised: 09/14/2020] [Accepted: 09/24/2020] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Dysregulated alternative splicing plays a prominent role in all hallmarks of cancer. The splice factor kinase SRPK1 drives the activity of oncogenic splice factors such as SRSF1. SRSF1 in turn promotes the expression of splice isoforms that favour tumour growth, including proangiogenic VEGF. Knockdown (with siRNA) or chemical inhibition (using SPHINX) of SRPK1 in K562 leukemia and PC3 prostate cancer cell lines reduced cell proliferation, invasion and migration. In glomerular podocytes, the Wilms tumour suppressor zinc-finger transcription factor WT1 represses SRPK1 transcription. Here we show that in cancer cells WT1 activates SRPK1 transcription, unless a canonical WT1 binding site adjacent to the transcription start site is mutated. The ability of WT1 to activate SRPK1 transcription was reversed by the transcriptional corepressor BASP1, and both WT1 and BASP1 co-precipitated with the SRPK1 promoter. BASP1 significantly increased the expression of the antiangiogenic VEGF165b splice isoform. We propose that by upregulating SRPK1 transcription WT1 can direct an alternative splicing landscape that facilitates tumour growth.
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LIMK2 promotes the metastatic progression of triple-negative breast cancer by activating SRPK1. Oncogenesis 2020; 9:77. [PMID: 32859889 PMCID: PMC7455732 DOI: 10.1038/s41389-020-00263-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2020] [Revised: 08/10/2020] [Accepted: 08/17/2020] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is a highly metastatic breast cancer subtype and due to the lack of hormone receptors and HER2 expression, TNBC has limited therapeutic options with chemotherapy being the primary choice for systemic therapy. LIM Domain Kinase 2 (LIMK2) is a serine/threonine kinase that plays an important role in the regulation of actin filament dynamics. Here, we show that LIM domain kinase 2 (LIMK2) is overexpressed in TNBC, and short-hairpin RNA (shRNA)-mediated LIMK2 knockdown or its pharmacological inhibition blocks metastatic attributes of TNBC cells. To determine the mechanism by which LIMK2 promotes TNBC metastatic progression, we performed stable isotope labeling by amino acids in cell culture (SILAC) based unbiased large-scale phosphoproteomics analysis. This analysis identified 258 proteins whose phosphorylation was significantly reduced due to LIMK2 inhibition. Among these proteins, we identified SRSF protein kinase 1 (SRPK1), which encodes for a serine/arginine protein kinase specific for the SR (serine/arginine-rich domain) family of splicing factors. We show that LIMK2 inhibition blocked SRPK1 phosphorylation and consequentially its activity. Furthermore, similar to LIMK2, genetic inhibition of SRPK1 by shRNAs or its pharmacological inhibition blocked the metastatic attributes of TNBC cells. Moreover, the pharmacological inhibition of LIMK2 blocked metastatic progression in mice without affecting primary tumor growth. In sum, these results identified LIMK2 as a facilitator of distal TNBC metastasis and a potential target for preventing TNBC metastatic progression.
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Wang C, Zhou Z, Subhramanyam CS, Cao Q, Heng ZSL, Liu W, Fu X, Hu Q. SRPK1 acetylation modulates alternative splicing to regulate cisplatin resistance in breast cancer cells. Commun Biol 2020; 3:268. [PMID: 32461560 PMCID: PMC7253463 DOI: 10.1038/s42003-020-0983-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2019] [Accepted: 05/04/2020] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Cisplatin and other platinum-based compounds are frequently used to treat breast cancer, but their utility is severely compromised by drug resistance. Many genes dictating drug responsiveness are subject to pre-mRNA alternative splicing which is regulated by key kinases such as the serine-arginine protein kinase 1 (SRPK1). However, its contribution to drug resistance remains controversial. In this study, we have identified that Tip60-mediated acetylation of SRPK1 is closely associated with chemotherapy sensitivity. In breast cancer cells, cisplatin induced SRPK1 acetylation but in the corresponding resistant cells, it reduced acetylation yet increased phosphorylation and kinase activity of SRPK1, favouring the splicing of some anti-apoptotic variants. Significantly, the cisplatin-resistant cells could be re-sensitized by enhancing SRPK1 acetylation or inhibiting its kinase activity. Hence, our study reveals a key role of SRPK1 in the development of cisplatin resistance in breast cancer cells and suggests a potential therapeutic avenue for overcoming chemotherapy resistance. Wang et al. find that the therapeutic agent cisplatin has opposite effect on acetylation of serine-arginine protein kinase 1 (SRPK1) in cisplatin-resistant versus – sensitive breast cancer cells. Inhibiting SRPK1 activity or enhancing its acetylation re-sensitises cells to cisplatin, suggesting a potential strategy to treat cancers resistant to platinum-based therapy.
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- Cheng Wang
- Department of Anatomy, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, 4 Medical Drive, Singapore, Singapore, 117594
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- Department of Physiology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, 2 Medical Drive, Singapore, Singapore, 117593
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- Department of Anatomy, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, 4 Medical Drive, Singapore, Singapore, 117594
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- Department of Anatomy, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, 4 Medical Drive, Singapore, Singapore, 117594
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Innovative Drug Target Research, Xiamen University, Xiang'an South Road, Xiamen, Fujian, 361102, China
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA, 92093-0651, USA
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- Department of Anatomy, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, 4 Medical Drive, Singapore, Singapore, 117594.
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Nikas IP, Themistocleous SC, Paschou SA, Tsamis KI, Ryu HS. Serine-Arginine Protein Kinase 1 (SRPK1) as a Prognostic Factor and Potential Therapeutic Target in Cancer: Current Evidence and Future Perspectives. Cells 2019; 9:cells9010019. [PMID: 31861708 PMCID: PMC7017105 DOI: 10.3390/cells9010019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2019] [Revised: 12/16/2019] [Accepted: 12/17/2019] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Cancer, a heterogeneous disease composed of tumor cells and microenvironment, is driven by deregulated processes such as increased proliferation, invasion, metastasis, angiogenesis, and evasion of apoptosis. Alternative splicing, a mechanism led by splicing factors, is implicated in carcinogenesis by affecting any of the processes above. Accumulating evidence suggests that serine-arginine protein kinase 1 (SRPK1), an enzyme that phosphorylates splicing factors rich in serine/arginine domains, has a prognostic and potential predictive role in various cancers. Its upregulation is correlated with higher tumor staging, grading, and shorter survival. SRPK1 is also highly expressed in the premalignant changes of some cancers, showing a potential role in the early steps of carcinogenesis. Of interest, its downregulation in preclinical models has mostly been tumor-suppressive and affected diverse processes heterogeneously, depending on the oncogenic context. In addition, targeting SRPK1 has enhanced sensitivity to platinum-based chemotherapy in some cancers. Lastly, its aberrant function has been noted not only in cancer cells but also in the endothelial cells of the microenvironment. Although the aforementioned evidence seems promising, more studies are needed to reinforce the use of SRPK1 inhibitors in clinical trials.
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- Ilias P. Nikas
- School of Medicine, European University Cyprus, 2404 Nicosia, Cyprus; (S.C.T.); (S.A.P.); (K.I.T.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +357-22559633
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- School of Medicine, European University Cyprus, 2404 Nicosia, Cyprus; (S.C.T.); (S.A.P.); (K.I.T.)
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- School of Medicine, European University Cyprus, 2404 Nicosia, Cyprus; (S.C.T.); (S.A.P.); (K.I.T.)
- Division of Endocrinology and Diabetes, “Aghia Sophia” Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 11527 Athens, Greece
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- School of Medicine, European University Cyprus, 2404 Nicosia, Cyprus; (S.C.T.); (S.A.P.); (K.I.T.)
- Neurosurgical Institute, Medical School, University of Ioannina, 45500 Ioannina, Greece
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- Department of Pathology, Seoul National University Hospital, 03080 Seoul, Korea;
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Prattapong P, Ngernsombat C, Aimjongjun S, Janvilisri T. CRISPR/Cas9-mediated double knockout of SRPK1 and SRPK2 in a nasopharyngeal carcinoma cell line. Cancer Rep (Hoboken) 2019; 3:e1224. [PMID: 32671994 DOI: 10.1002/cnr2.1224] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2019] [Revised: 09/22/2019] [Accepted: 10/03/2019] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Serine-arginine protein kinase (SRPK) is a regulator of alternative splicing events via phosphorylation of splicing factor proteins. Oncogenic roles of SRPK1 and SRPK2 have been reported in various types of cancer. To date, only SRPK1/2 specific inhibitors and small interfering RNA (siRNA) have been used for halting their function momentarily; however, there is no attempt to generate SRPK1/2 stable knockout cancer cells as a tool to investigate their roles in tumorigenesis. AIM Our objective is therefore to establish a nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) cell line with stable SRPK1 or SRPK2 knockout and SRPK1/2 double knockout as a model to investigate their potential roles in NPC. METHODS AND RESULTS CNE1 was selected as a representative of NPC cell lines to create single and double knockout of SRPK1/2 proteins. SRPK1/2 KO plasmid with cas9, green fluorescent protein (GFP), and gRNA expression was cotransfected with SRPK1/2 homology-directed repair (HDR) plasmid containing puromycin resistance, red fluorescent protein (RFP), and 5' and 3' arm sequence for homologous recombination to CNE1 cells. The transfected CNE1 cells with GFP and RFP expression were sorted through fluorescence-activated cell sorting for further treatment with puromycin containing medium. This step generated stable single knockout of SRPK1 and SRPK2. The SRPK2 knockout NPC cells were used as a precursor for double knockout generation via transfection with Cre plasmid for excision of inserted material to generate puromycin-sensitive SRPK2 knockout clone. The puromycin-sensitive SRPK2 knockout cells were transfected with SRPK1 KO/HDR plasmid and treated with puromycin-containing medium. The puromycin-resistant cells of SRPK1/2 stable double knockout were expanded, and the corresponding protein expression was confirmed by western immunoblotting analysis. CONCLUSION Single and double knockout of SRPK1/2 were established using clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR)/ CRISPR-associated 9 (Cas9) system in an NPC cell line as a model for investigation of their splicing mechanism in NPC.
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- Pongphol Prattapong
- Graduate Program in Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Graduate Program in Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Graduate Program in Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
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Patel M, Sachidanandan M, Adnan M. Serine arginine protein kinase 1 (SRPK1): a moonlighting protein with theranostic ability in cancer prevention. Mol Biol Rep 2018; 46:1487-1497. [PMID: 30535769 DOI: 10.1007/s11033-018-4545-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2018] [Accepted: 11/30/2018] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Serine/arginine protein kinase 1 (SRPK1); a versatile functional moonlighting protein involved in varied cellular activities comprised of cell cycle progression, innate immune response, chromatin reorganization, negative and positive regulation of viral genome replication, protein amino acid phosphorylation, regulation of numerous mRNA-processing pathways, germ cell development as well as inflammation due to acquaintances with many transcription factors and signaling pathways. Several diseases including cancer have been associated with dysregulation of SRPK1. The function of SRPK1 in cancer is contradictory and inexplicable because it acts as both tumor suppressor and promoter based on the type of cell and locale. Over expression of SRPK1 including its role has been recently narrated and associated with several cancers, which includes, lung, glioma, prostate and breast via dysregulated signals from the Akt/eIF4E/HIF-1/VEGF, Erk or MAPK, PI3K/AKT/mTOR, TGF-β, and Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathways. Therefore, SRPK1 has occurred as a promising and possible curative target in cancer. In recent years, few natural and synthetic SRPK1 inhibitors have been discovered. This review emphasizes and highlights the complicated connections between SRPK1 and oncogenic signaling circuits together with the possibility of aiming SRPK1 in the treatment of cancer.
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- Mitesh Patel
- Department of Biosciences, Bapalal Vaidya Botanical Research Centre, Veer Narmad South Gujarat University, Surat, Gujarat, India
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- Department of Oral Radiology, College of Dentistry, University of Hail, P O Box 2440, Hail, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Hail, P O Box 2440, Hail, Saudi Arabia.
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