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Sanz-Villafruela J, Bermejo-Casadesus C, Zafon E, Martínez-Alonso M, Durá G, Heras A, Soriano-Díaz I, Giussani A, Ortí E, Tebar F, Espino G, Massaguer A. Insights into the anticancer photodynamic activity of Ir(III) and Ru(II) polypyridyl complexes bearing β-carboline ligands. Eur J Med Chem 2024; 276:116618. [PMID: 38972079 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2024.116618] [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: 01/24/2024] [Revised: 05/31/2024] [Accepted: 06/22/2024] [Indexed: 07/09/2024]
Abstract
Ir(III) and Ru(II) polypyridyl complexes are promising photosensitizers (PSs) for photodynamic therapy (PDT) due to their outstanding photophysical properties. Herein, one series of cyclometallated Ir(III) complexes and two series of Ru(II) polypyridyl derivatives bearing three different thiazolyl-β-carboline N^N' ligands have been synthesized, aiming to evaluate the impact of the different metal fragments ([Ir(C^N)2]+ or [Ru(N^N)2]2+) and N^N' ligands on the photophysical and biological properties. All the compounds exhibit remarkable photostability under blue-light irradiation and are emissive (605 < λem < 720 nm), with the Ru(II) derivatives displaying higher photoluminescence quantum yields and longer excited state lifetimes. The Ir PSs display pKa values between 5.9 and 7.9, whereas their Ru counterparts are less acidic (pKa > 9.3). The presence of the deprotonated form in the Ir-PSs favours the generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) since, according to theoretical calculations, it features a low-lying ligand-centered triplet excited state (T1 = 3LC) with a long lifetime. All compounds have demonstrated anticancer activity. Ir(III) complexes 1-3 exhibit the highest cytotoxicity in dark conditions, comparable to cisplatin. Their activity is notably enhanced by blue-light irradiation, resulting in nanomolar IC50 values and phototoxicity indexes (PIs) between 70 and 201 in different cancer cell lines. The Ir(III) PSs are also activated by green (with PI between 16 and 19.2) and red light in the case of complex 3 (PI = 8.5). Their antitumor efficacy is confirmed by clonogenic assays and using spheroid models. The Ir(III) complexes rapidly enter cells, accumulating in mitochondria and lysosomes. Upon photoactivation, they generate ROS, leading to mitochondrial dysfunction and lysosomal damage and ultimately cell apoptosis. Additionally, they inhibit cancer cell migration, a crucial step in metastasis. In contrast, Ru(II) complex 6 exhibits moderate mitochondrial activity. Overall, Ir(III) complexes 1-3 show potential for selective light-controlled cancer treatment, providing an alternative mechanism to chemotherapy and the ability to inhibit lethal cancer cell dissemination.
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- Juan Sanz-Villafruela
- Universidad de Burgos, Departamento de Química, Facultad de Ciencias, Plaza Misael Bañuelos S/n, 09001, Burgos, Spain
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- Universitat de Girona, Departament de Biologia, Facultat de Ciències, Maria Aurelia Capmany 40, 17003, Girona, Spain
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- Universitat de Girona, Departament de Biologia, Facultat de Ciències, Maria Aurelia Capmany 40, 17003, Girona, Spain
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- Universidad de Burgos, Departamento de Química, Facultad de Ciencias, Plaza Misael Bañuelos S/n, 09001, Burgos, Spain
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- Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Departamento de Química Inorgánica, Orgánica y Bioquímica. Facultad de Químicas, Avda. Camilo J. Cela 10, 13071, Ciudad Real, Spain
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- Universidad de Burgos, Departamento de Química, Facultad de Ciencias, Plaza Misael Bañuelos S/n, 09001, Burgos, Spain
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- Instituto de Ciencia Molecular, Universidad de Valencia, Catedrático José Beltrán 2, 46980, Paterna, Spain
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- Instituto de Ciencia Molecular, Universidad de Valencia, Catedrático José Beltrán 2, 46980, Paterna, Spain
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- Instituto de Ciencia Molecular, Universidad de Valencia, Catedrático José Beltrán 2, 46980, Paterna, Spain.
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- Departament de Biomedicina, Unitat de Biologia Cel·lular, Facultat de Medicina i Ciències de la Salut, Centre de Recerca Biomèdica CELLEX, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Universitat de Barcelona, 08036, Barcelona, Spain.
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- Universidad de Burgos, Departamento de Química, Facultad de Ciencias, Plaza Misael Bañuelos S/n, 09001, Burgos, Spain.
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- Universitat de Girona, Departament de Biologia, Facultat de Ciències, Maria Aurelia Capmany 40, 17003, Girona, Spain.
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Ishikawa S, Umemura M, Nakakaji R, Nagasako A, Nagao K, Mizuno Y, Sugiura K, Kioi M, Mitsudo K, Ishikawa Y. EP4-induced mitochondrial localization and cell migration mediated by CALML6 in human oral squamous cell carcinoma. Commun Biol 2024; 7:567. [PMID: 38745046 PMCID: PMC11093972 DOI: 10.1038/s42003-024-06231-4] [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: 10/03/2023] [Accepted: 04/22/2024] [Indexed: 05/16/2024] Open
Abstract
Lymph node metastasis, primarily caused by the migration of oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) cells, stands as a crucial prognostic marker. We have previously demonstrated that EP4, a subtype of the prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) receptor, orchestrates OSCC cell migration via Ca2+ signaling. The exact mechanisms by which EP4 influences cell migration through Ca2+ signaling, however, is unclear. Our study aims to clarify how EP4 controls OSCC cell migration through this pathway. We find that activating EP4 with an agonist (ONO-AE1-473) increased intracellular Ca2+ levels and the migration of human oral cancer cells (HSC-3), but not human gingival fibroblasts (HGnF). Further RNA sequencing linked EP4 to calmodulin-like protein 6 (CALML6), whose role remains undefined in OSCC. Through protein-protein interaction network analysis, a strong connection is identified between CALML6 and calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase kinase 2 (CaMKK2), with EP4 activation also boosting mitochondrial function. Overexpressing EP4 in HSC-3 cells increases experimental lung metastasis in mice, whereas inhibiting CaMKK2 with STO-609 markedly lowers these metastases. This positions CaMKK2 as a potential new target for treating OSCC metastasis. Our findings highlight CALML6 as a pivotal regulator in EP4-driven mitochondrial respiration, affecting cell migration and metastasis via the CaMKK2 pathway.
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- Soichiro Ishikawa
- Cardiovascular Research Institute, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan
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- Cardiovascular Research Institute, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan.
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- Cardiovascular Research Institute, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan
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- Cardiovascular Research Institute, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Cardiovascular Research Institute, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Cardiovascular Research Institute, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan
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- Cardiovascular Research Institute, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
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Lee J, Han Y, Kim S, Jo H, Wang W, Cho U, Kim SI, Kim B, Song YS. Mitochondrial fission enhances IL-6-induced metastatic potential in ovarian cancer via ERK1/2 activation. Cancer Sci 2024; 115:1536-1550. [PMID: 38433313 PMCID: PMC11093201 DOI: 10.1111/cas.16064] [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: 05/02/2023] [Revised: 11/22/2023] [Accepted: 12/18/2023] [Indexed: 03/05/2024] Open
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Ovarian cancer is a lethal gynecologic cancer mostly diagnosed in an advanced stage with an accumulation of ascites. Interleukin-6 (IL-6), a pro-inflammatory cytokine is highly elevated in malignant ascites and plays a pleiotropic role in cancer progression. Mitochondria are dynamic organelles that undergo fission and fusion in response to external stimuli and dysregulation in their dynamics has been implicated in cancer progression and metastasis. Here, we investigate the effect of IL-6 on mitochondrial dynamics in ovarian cancer cells (OVCs) and its impact on metastatic potential. Treatment with IL-6 on ovarian cancer cell lines (SKOV3 and PA-1) led to an elevation in the metastatic potential of OVCs. Interestingly, a positive association was observed between dynamin-related protein 1 (Drp1), a regulator of mitochondrial fission, and IL-6R in metastatic ovarian cancer tissues. Additionally, IL-6 treatment on OVCs was linked to the activation of Drp1, with a notable increase in the ratio of the inhibitory form p-Drp1(S637) to the active form p-Drp1(S616), indicating enhanced mitochondrial fission. Moreover, IL-6 treatment triggered the activation of ERK1/2, and inhibiting ERK1/2 mitigated IL-6-induced mitochondrial fission. Suppressing mitochondrial fission through siRNA transfection and a pharmacological inhibitor reduced the IL-6-induced migration and invasion of OVCs. This was further supported by 3D invasion assays using patient-derived spheroids. Altogether, our study suggests the role of mitochondrial fission in the metastatic potential of OVCs induced by IL-6. The inhibition of mitochondrial fission could be a potential therapeutic approach to suppress the metastasis of ovarian cancer.
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- Juwon Lee
- WCU Biomodulation, Department of Agricultural BiotechnologySeoul National UniversitySeoulKorea
- Cancer Research Institute, College of MedicineSeoul National UniversitySeoulKorea
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- Cancer Research Institute, College of MedicineSeoul National UniversitySeoulKorea
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- Department of Neurology and Neurological SciencesStanford University School of MedicineStanfordCaliforniaUSA
- Paul F. Glenn Laboratories for the Biology of AgingStanford University School of MedicineStanfordCaliforniaUSA
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- WCU Biomodulation, Department of Agricultural BiotechnologySeoul National UniversitySeoulKorea
- Cancer Research Institute, College of MedicineSeoul National UniversitySeoulKorea
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- Department of Medical Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital, College of MedicineZhejiang UniversityHangzhouChina
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- Cancer Research Institute, College of MedicineSeoul National UniversitySeoulKorea
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, College of MedicineSeoul National UniversitySeoulKorea
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- Department of SmartBio, College of Life and Health ScienceKyungsung UniversityBusanKorea
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- WCU Biomodulation, Department of Agricultural BiotechnologySeoul National UniversitySeoulKorea
- Cancer Research Institute, College of MedicineSeoul National UniversitySeoulKorea
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, College of MedicineSeoul National UniversitySeoulKorea
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Lee R, Lee WY, Park HJ. Anticancer Effects of Mitoquinone via Cell Cycle Arrest and Apoptosis in Canine Mammary Gland Tumor Cells. Int J Mol Sci 2024; 25:4923. [PMID: 38732133 PMCID: PMC11084895 DOI: 10.3390/ijms25094923] [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: 03/26/2024] [Revised: 04/29/2024] [Accepted: 04/29/2024] [Indexed: 05/13/2024] Open
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Treating female canine mammary gland tumors is crucial owing to their propensity for rapid progression and metastasis, significantly impacting the overall health and well-being of dogs. Mitoquinone (MitoQ), an antioxidant, has shown promise in inhibiting the migration, invasion, and clonogenicity of human breast cancer cells. Thus, we investigated MitoQ's potential anticancer properties against canine mammary gland tumor cells, CMT-U27 and CF41.Mg. MitoQ markedly suppressed the proliferation and migration of both CMT-U27 and CF41.Mg cells and induced apoptotic cell death in a dose-dependent manner. Furthermore, treatment with MitoQ led to increased levels of pro-apoptotic proteins, including cleaved-caspase3, BAX, and phospho-p53. Cell cycle analysis revealed that MitoQ hindered cell progression in the G1 and S phases in CMT-U27 and CF41.Mg cells. These findings were supported using western blot analysis, demonstrating elevated levels of cleaved caspase-3, a hallmark of apoptosis, and decreased expression of cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK) 2 and cyclin D4, pivotal regulators of the cell cycle. In conclusion, MitoQ exhibits in vitro antitumor effects by inducing apoptosis and arresting the cell cycle in canine mammary gland tumors, suggesting its potential as a preventive or therapeutic agent against canine mammary cancer.
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- Ran Lee
- Department of Livestock, Korea National University of Agriculture and Fisheries, Jeonju-si 54874, Republic of Korea; (R.L.); (W.-Y.L.)
- Department of Animal Biotechnology, College of Life Science, Sangji University, Wonju-si 26339, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Livestock, Korea National University of Agriculture and Fisheries, Jeonju-si 54874, Republic of Korea; (R.L.); (W.-Y.L.)
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- Department of Animal Biotechnology, College of Life Science, Sangji University, Wonju-si 26339, Republic of Korea
- Department Smart Life Science, College of Life Science, Sangji University, Wonju-si 26339, Republic of Korea
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Lv Q, Zhang J, Cai J, Chen L, Liang J, Zhang T, Lin J, Chen R, Zhang Z, Guo P, Hong Y, Pan L, Ji H. Design, synthesis and mechanism study of coumarin-sulfonamide derivatives as carbonic anhydrase IX inhibitors with anticancer activity. Chem Biol Interact 2024; 393:110947. [PMID: 38479716 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbi.2024.110947] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2023] [Revised: 01/27/2024] [Accepted: 03/07/2024] [Indexed: 03/21/2024]
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In this study, twenty-nine coumarin-3-sulfonamide derivatives, twenty-seven of which are original were designed and synthesized. Cytotoxicity assay indicated that most of these derivatives exhibited moderated to good potency against A549 cells. Among them, compound 8q showed potent inhibition against the four tested cancer cell lines, especially A549 cells with IC50 value of 6.01 ± 0.81 μM, and much lower cytotoxicity on the normal cells was observed compared to the reference compounds. Bioinformatics analysis revealed human carbonic anhydrase IX (CAIX) was highly expressed in lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD) and associated with poor prognosis. The inhibitory activity of compound 8q against CAIX was assessed by using molecular docking and molecular dynamics simulations, which revealed prominent interactions of both compound 8q and CAIX at the active site and their high affinity. The results of ELISA assays verified that compound 8q possessed strong inhibitory activity against CAIX and high subtype selectivity, and could also down-regulate the expression of CAIX in A549 cells. Furthermore, the significant inhibitory effects of compound 8q on the migration and invasion of A549 cells were also found. After treatment with compound 8q, intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS) levels increased and mitochondrial membrane potential (MMP) decreased. Mechanistic investigation using western blotting revealed compound 8q exerted the anti-migrative and anti-invasive effects probably through mitochondria-mediated PI3K/AKT pathway by targeting CAIX. In summary, coumarin-3-sulfonamide derivatives were developed as potential and effective CAIX inhibitors, which were worthy of further investigation.
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- Qianqian Lv
- Guangzhou Municipal and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Molecular Target & Clinical Pharmacology, the NMPA and State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences and the Fifth Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangzhou Municipal and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Molecular Target & Clinical Pharmacology, the NMPA and State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences and the Fifth Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine, School of Pharmacy, Macau University of Science and Technology, Taipa, Macau, China
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- Guangzhou Municipal and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Molecular Target & Clinical Pharmacology, the NMPA and State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences and the Fifth Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangzhou Municipal and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Molecular Target & Clinical Pharmacology, the NMPA and State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences and the Fifth Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangzhou Municipal and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Molecular Target & Clinical Pharmacology, the NMPA and State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences and the Fifth Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangzhou Municipal and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Molecular Target & Clinical Pharmacology, the NMPA and State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences and the Fifth Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangzhou Municipal and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Molecular Target & Clinical Pharmacology, the NMPA and State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences and the Fifth Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangzhou Municipal and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Molecular Target & Clinical Pharmacology, the NMPA and State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences and the Fifth Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangzhou Municipal and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Molecular Target & Clinical Pharmacology, the NMPA and State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences and the Fifth Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangzhou Municipal and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Molecular Target & Clinical Pharmacology, the NMPA and State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences and the Fifth Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangzhou Municipal and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Molecular Target & Clinical Pharmacology, the NMPA and State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences and the Fifth Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangzhou Municipal and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Molecular Target & Clinical Pharmacology, the NMPA and State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences and the Fifth Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
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Coleman JC, Tattersall L, Yianni V, Knight L, Yu H, Hallett SR, Johnson P, Caetano AJ, Cosstick C, Ridley AJ, Gartland A, Conte MR, Grigoriadis AE. The RNA binding proteins LARP4A and LARP4B promote sarcoma and carcinoma growth and metastasis. iScience 2024; 27:109288. [PMID: 38532886 PMCID: PMC10963253 DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2024.109288] [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: 05/01/2023] [Revised: 11/01/2023] [Accepted: 02/16/2024] [Indexed: 03/28/2024] Open
Abstract
RNA-binding proteins (RBPs) are emerging as important regulators of cancer pathogenesis. We reveal that the RBPs LARP4A and LARP4B are differentially overexpressed in osteosarcoma and osteosarcoma lung metastases, as well as in prostate cancer. Depletion of LARP4A and LARP4B reduced tumor growth and metastatic spread in xenografts, as well as inhibiting cell proliferation, motility, and migration. Transcriptomic profiling and high-content multiparametric analyses unveiled a central role for LARP4B, but not LARP4A, in regulating cell cycle progression in osteosarcoma and prostate cancer cells, potentially through modulating key cell cycle proteins such as Cyclins B1 and E2, Aurora B, and E2F1. This first systematic comparison between LARP4A and LARP4B assigns new pro-tumorigenic functions to LARP4A and LARP4B in bone and prostate cancer, highlighting their similarities while also indicating distinct functional differences. Uncovering clear biological roles for these paralogous proteins provides new avenues for identifying tissue-specific targets and potential druggable intervention.
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- Jennifer C. Coleman
- Centre for Craniofacial & Regenerative Biology, King’s College London, London, SE1 9RT UK
- Randall Centre for Cell and Molecular Biophysics, King’s College London, London, SE1 1UL UK
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- The Mellanby Centre for Musculoskeletal Research, Department of Oncology and Metabolism, The University of Sheffield, Sheffield, S10 2RX UK
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- Centre for Craniofacial & Regenerative Biology, King’s College London, London, SE1 9RT UK
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- Centre for Craniofacial & Regenerative Biology, King’s College London, London, SE1 9RT UK
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- Centre for Craniofacial & Regenerative Biology, King’s College London, London, SE1 9RT UK
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- Randall Centre for Cell and Molecular Biophysics, King’s College London, London, SE1 1UL UK
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- Centre for Craniofacial & Regenerative Biology, King’s College London, London, SE1 9RT UK
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- Centre for Craniofacial & Regenerative Biology, King’s College London, London, SE1 9RT UK
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- Centre for Craniofacial & Regenerative Biology, King’s College London, London, SE1 9RT UK
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- School of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, BS8 1TD UK
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- The Mellanby Centre for Musculoskeletal Research, Department of Oncology and Metabolism, The University of Sheffield, Sheffield, S10 2RX UK
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- Randall Centre for Cell and Molecular Biophysics, King’s College London, London, SE1 1UL UK
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Lee G, Wong C, Cho A, West JJ, Crawford AJ, Russo GC, Si BR, Kim J, Hoffner L, Jang C, Jung M, Leone RD, Konstantopoulos K, Ewald AJ, Wirtz D, Jeong S. Serine synthesis pathway upregulated by E-cadherin is essential for the proliferation and metastasis of breast cancers. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2024:2023.05.24.541452. [PMID: 37292712 PMCID: PMC10245808 DOI: 10.1101/2023.05.24.541452] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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The loss of E-cadherin (E-cad), an epithelial cell adhesion molecule, has been implicated in the epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT), promoting invasion and migration of cancer cells and, consequently, metastasis. However, recent studies have demonstrated that E-cad supports the survival and proliferation of metastatic cancer cells, suggesting that our understanding of E-cad in metastasis is far from comprehensive. Here, we report that E-cad upregulates the de novo serine synthesis pathway (SSP) in breast cancer cells. The SSP provides metabolic precursors for biosynthesis and resistance to oxidative stress, critically beneficial for E-cad-positive breast cancer cells to achieve faster tumor growth and more metastases. Inhibition of PHGDH, a rate-limiting enzyme in the SSP, significantly and specifically hampered the proliferation of E-cad-positive breast cancer cells and rendered them vulnerable to oxidative stress, inhibiting their metastatic potential. Our findings reveal that E-cad adhesion molecule significantly reprograms cellular metabolism, promoting tumor growth and metastasis of breast cancers.
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Mathur S, Srivastava P, Srivastava A, Rai NK, Abbas S, Kumar A, Tiwari M, Sharma LK. Regulation of metastatic potential by drug repurposing and mitochondrial targeting in colorectal cancer cells. BMC Cancer 2024; 24:323. [PMID: 38459456 PMCID: PMC10921801 DOI: 10.1186/s12885-024-12064-5] [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: 12/16/2023] [Accepted: 02/27/2024] [Indexed: 03/10/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND Increased mitochondrial activities contributing to cancer cell proliferation, invasion, and metastasis have been reported in different cancers; however, studies on the therapeutic targeting of mitochondria in regulating cell proliferation and invasiveness are limited. Because mitochondria are believed to have evolved through bacterial invasion in mammalian cells, antibiotics could provide an alternative approach to target mitochondria, especially in cancers with increased mitochondrial activities. In this study, we investigated the therapeutic potential of bacteriostatic antibiotics in regulating the growth potential of colorectal cancer (CRC) cells, which differ in their metastatic potential and mitochondrial functions. METHODS A combination of viability, cell migration, and spheroid formation assays was used to measure the effect on metastatic potential. The effect on mitochondrial mechanisms was investigated by measuring mitochondrial DNA copy number by qPCR, biogenesis (by qPCR and immunoblotting), and functions by measuring reactive oxygen species, membrane potential, and ATP using standard methods. In addition, the effect on assembly and activities of respiratory chain (RC) complexes was determined using blue native gel electrophoresis and in-gel assays, respectively). Changes in metastatic and cell death signaling were measured by immunoblotting with specific marker proteins and compared between CRC cells. RESULTS Both tigecycline and tetracycline effectively reduced the viability, migration, and spheroid-forming capacity of highly metastatic CRC cells. This increased sensitivity was attributed to reduced mtDNA content, mitochondrial biogenesis, ATP content, membrane potential, and increased oxidative stress. Specifically, complex I assembly and activity were significantly inhibited by these antibiotics in high-metastatic cells. Significant down-regulation in the expression of mitochondrial-mediated survival pathways, such as phospho-AKT, cMYC, phospho-SRC, and phospho-FAK, and upregulation in cell death (apoptosis and autophagy) were observed, which contributed to the enhanced sensitivity of highly metastatic CRC cells toward these antibiotics. In addition, the combined treatment of the CRC chemotherapeutic agent oxaliplatin with tigecycline/tetracycline at physiological concentrations effectively sensitized these cells at early time points. CONCLUSION Altogether, our study reports that bacterial antibiotics, such as tigecycline and tetracycline, target mitochondrial functions specifically mitochondrial complex I architecture and activity and would be useful in combination with cancer chemotherapeutics for high metastatic conditions.
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- Shashank Mathur
- Department of Molecular Medicine and Biotechnology, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Rae Bareli Road, (U.P.), Lucknow, 226014, India
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- Department of Molecular Medicine and Biotechnology, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Rae Bareli Road, (U.P.), Lucknow, 226014, India
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- Department of Molecular Medicine and Biotechnology, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Rae Bareli Road, (U.P.), Lucknow, 226014, India
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- Department of Molecular Medicine and Biotechnology, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Rae Bareli Road, (U.P.), Lucknow, 226014, India
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- Department of Molecular Medicine and Biotechnology, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Rae Bareli Road, (U.P.), Lucknow, 226014, India
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- Department of Surgical Gastroenterology, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Rae Bareli Road, (U.P.), Lucknow, 226014, India
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- Department of Biochemistry, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Patna Bihar, 801507, India
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- Department of Molecular Medicine and Biotechnology, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Rae Bareli Road, (U.P.), Lucknow, 226014, India.
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Motahari Z, Lepe JJ, Bautista MR, Hoerig C, Plant-Fox AS, Das B, Fowler CD, Magge SN, Bota DA. Preclinical assessment of MAGMAS inhibitor as a potential therapy for pediatric medulloblastoma. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2024:2024.02.29.582709. [PMID: 38464047 PMCID: PMC10925277 DOI: 10.1101/2024.02.29.582709] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/12/2024]
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Medulloblastoma, the most common pediatric brain malignancy, has Sonic Hedgehog (SHH) and non-SHH group3 subtypes. MAGMAS (Mitochondrial Associated Granulocyte Macrophage colony-stimulating factor Signaling molecules) encode for mitochondrial import inner membrane translocase subunit and is responsible for translocation of matrix proteins across the inner membrane. We previously reported that a small molecule MAGMAS inhibitor, BT9, decreases cell proliferation, migration, and oxidative phosphorylation in adult glioblastoma cell lines. The aim of our study was to investigate whether the chemotherapeutic effect of BT9 can be extended to pediatric medulloblastoma. Methods Multiple in vitro assays were performed using human DAOY (SHH activated tp53 mutant) and D425 (non-SHH group 3) cells. The impact of BT9 on cellular growth, death, migration, invasion, and metabolic activity were quantified using MTT assay, TUNEL staining, scratch wound assay, Matrigel invasion chambers, and seahorse assay, respectively. Survival following 50mg/kg BT9 treatment was assessed in vivo in immunodeficient mice intracranially implanted with D425 cells. Results Compared to control, BT9 treatment led to a significant reduction in medulloblastoma cell growth (DAOY, 24hrs IC50: 3.6uM, 48hrs IC50: 2.3uM, 72hrs IC50: 2.1uM; D425 24hrs IC50: 3.4uM, 48hrs IC50: 2.2uM, 72hrs IC50: 2.1uM) and a significant increase in cell death (DAOY, 24hrs p=0.0004, 48hrs p<0.0001; D425, 24hrs p=0.0001, 48hrs p=0.02). In DAOY cells, 3uM BT9 delayed migration, and significantly decreased DAOY and D425 cells invasion (p < 0.0001). Our in vivo study, however, did not extend survival in xenograft mouse model of group3 medulloblastoma compared to vehicle-treated controls. Conclusions Our in vitro data showed BT9 antitumor efficacy in DAOY and D425 cell lines suggesting that BT9 may represent a promising targeted therapeutic in pediatric medulloblastoma. These data, however, need to be further validated in animal models.
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- Zahra Motahari
- CHOC Neuroscience Institute, Children's Hospital of Orange County, Orange, CA, USA
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Irvine, CA, USA
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- Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, University of Irvine, CA, USA
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- Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, School of Biological Sciences, University of California, Irvine, CA, USA
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- Department of Pediatric Oncology, Children's Hospital of Orange County, Orange, CA, USA
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Department of Pediatric Oncology, Children's Hospital of Orange County, Orange, CA, USA
- Department of Pediatric Oncology, Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Arnold and Marie Schwartz College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Long Island University, Brooklyn, NY, USA
- Department of Medicine and Pharmacological Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA
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- Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, School of Biological Sciences, University of California, Irvine, CA, USA
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- CHOC Neuroscience Institute, Children's Hospital of Orange County, Orange, CA, USA
- Department of Neurosurgery, Children's Hospital of Orange County, Orange, CA, USA
- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, University of Irvine, CA, USA
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Bhadane D, Kamble D, Deval M, Das S, Sitasawad S. NOX4 alleviates breast cancer cell aggressiveness by co-ordinating mitochondrial turnover through PGC1α/Drp1 axis. Cell Signal 2024; 115:111008. [PMID: 38092301 DOI: 10.1016/j.cellsig.2023.111008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2023] [Revised: 11/27/2023] [Accepted: 12/08/2023] [Indexed: 12/29/2023]
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Triple Negative Breast Cancer (TNBC) is a highly aggressive form of breast cancer, with few treatment options. This study investigates the complex molecular mechanism by which NADPH oxidase 4 (NOX4), a major ROS producer in mitochondria, affects the aggressiveness of luminal and triple-negative breast cancer cells (TNBCs). We found that NOX4 expression was differentially regulated in luminal and TNBC cells, with a positive correlation to their epithelial characteristics. Time dependent analysis revealed that TNBCs exhibits higher steady-state ROS levels than luminal cells, but NOX4 silencing increased ROS levels in luminal breast cancer cells and enhanced their ability to migrate and invade. In contrast, NOX4 over expression in TNBCs had the opposite effect. The mouse tail-vein experiment showed that the group injected with NOX4 silenced luminal cells had a higher number of lung metastases compared to the control group. Mechanistically, NOX4 enhanced PGC1α dependent mitochondrial biogenesis and attenuated Drp1-mediated mitochondrial fission in luminal breast cancer cells, leading to an increased mitochondrial mass and elongated mitochondrial morphology. Interestingly, NOX4 silencing increased mitochondrial ROS (mtROS) levels without affecting mitochondrial (Δψm) and cellular integrity. Inhibition of Drp1-dependent fission with Mdivi1 reversed the effect of NOX4-dependent mitochondrial biogenesis, dynamics, and migration of breast cancer cells. Our findings suggest that NOX4 expression diminishes from luminal to a triple negative state, accompanied by elevated ROS levels, which may modulate mitochondrial turnover to attain an aggressive phenotype. The study provides potential insights for targeted therapies for TNBCs.
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- Deepali Bhadane
- Redox Biology Laboratory, National Centre for Cell Science (NCCS), Pune 411007, India
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- Redox Biology Laboratory, National Centre for Cell Science (NCCS), Pune 411007, India
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- Redox Biology Laboratory, National Centre for Cell Science (NCCS), Pune 411007, India
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- Redox Biology Laboratory, National Centre for Cell Science (NCCS), Pune 411007, India
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- Redox Biology Laboratory, National Centre for Cell Science (NCCS), Pune 411007, India.
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Patyal P, Zhang X, Verma A, Azhar G, Wei JY. Inhibitors of Rho/MRTF/SRF Transcription Pathway Regulate Mitochondrial Function. Cells 2024; 13:392. [PMID: 38474356 PMCID: PMC10931493 DOI: 10.3390/cells13050392] [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: 12/30/2023] [Revised: 02/19/2024] [Accepted: 02/20/2024] [Indexed: 03/14/2024] Open
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RhoA-regulated gene transcription by serum response factor (SRF) and its transcriptional cofactor myocardin-related transcription factors (MRTFs) signaling pathway has emerged as a promising therapeutic target for pharmacological intervention in multiple diseases. Altered mitochondrial metabolism is one of the major hallmarks of cancer, therefore, this upregulation is a vulnerability that can be targeted with Rho/MRTF/SRF inhibitors. Recent advances identified a novel series of oxadiazole-thioether compounds that disrupt the SRF transcription, however, the direct molecular target of these compounds is unclear. Herein, we demonstrate the Rho/MRTF/SRF inhibition mechanism of CCG-203971 and CCG-232601 in normal cell lines of human lung fibroblasts and mouse myoblasts. Further studies investigated the role of these molecules in targeting mitochondrial function. We have shown that these molecules hyperacetylate histone H4K12 and H4K16 and regulate the genes involved in mitochondrial function and dynamics. These small molecule inhibitors regulate mitochondrial function as a compensatory mechanism by repressing oxidative phosphorylation and increasing glycolysis. Our data suggest that these CCG molecules are effective in inhibiting all the complexes of mitochondrial electron transport chains and further inducing oxidative stress. Therefore, our present findings highlight the therapeutic potential of CCG-203971 and CCG-232601, which may prove to be a promising approach to target aberrant bioenergetics.
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- Donald W. Reynolds Department of Geriatrics and Institute on Aging, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR 72205, USA; (P.P.); (X.Z.); (A.V.); (G.A.)
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Liu L, Xiao H, Yang G. SPARC Controls Migration and Invasion of Hepatocellular Carcinoma Cells Via Regulating GPD2-Mediated Mitochondrial Respiration. Biochem Genet 2024:10.1007/s10528-024-10682-z. [PMID: 38334876 DOI: 10.1007/s10528-024-10682-z] [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: 09/15/2023] [Accepted: 01/03/2024] [Indexed: 02/10/2024]
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Mitochondrial respiration and metabolism play a pivotal role in facilitating the migratory and invasive capacities of cancer cells. In this study, we aimed to explore the potential influence of glycoprotein SPARC on mitochondrial respiration and its subsequent influence on the migration and invasion of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) cells. Lentivirus-mediated shRNA delivery was employed to deplete SPARC in HCC cell lines. The mitochondria localization of SPARC was validated using cellular fractionation followed by Western blot analysis, as well as immunofluorescence staining and Proteinase K protection assay. Co-immunoprecipitation was employed to investigate the interaction between SPARC and GPD2. Seahorse XF Cell Mito Stress Test was conducted to assess the mitochondrial respiration and functionality of HCC cells. Our study identifies an active pool of SPARC within the mitochondria of HCC cells, with the mitochondrial subset proving crucial for the regulation of migration and invasion. The mitochondrial SPARC interacts with GPD2, influencing its expression levels and subsequently modulating GPD2-mediated mitochondrial respiration. This regulatory mechanism orchestrates the migratory and invasive phenotypes of HCC cells. Notably, SPARC and GPD2 exhibit upregulated expression in HCC tissues compared to normal liver tissues. High expression levels of both SPARC and GPD2 in HCC patients are associated with a poorer prognosis. Our study unveils a novel role for SPARC in governing HCC cell migration and invasion through regulating GPD2-mediated mitochondrial respiration. These findings underscore the importance of mitochondrial processes in cancer progression and propose the SPARC/GPD2 axis as a promising target for HCC interventions.
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- Lei Liu
- Department of Medical Oncology, Yantaishan Hospital, Yantai, Shandong Province, China
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Yantaishan Hospital, Yantai, Shandong Province, China
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Yantai Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, Yantai, Shandong Province, China.
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sofi S, Mehraj U, Jan N, Almilaibary A, Ahmad I, Ahmad F, Ahmad Mir M. Clinicopathological Significance and Expression Pattern of Bcl2 in Breast Cancer: A Comprehensive in silico and in vitro Study. Saudi J Biol Sci 2024; 31:103916. [PMID: 38223131 PMCID: PMC10787292 DOI: 10.1016/j.sjbs.2023.103916] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2023] [Revised: 12/14/2023] [Accepted: 12/22/2023] [Indexed: 01/16/2024] Open
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B-cell lymphoma/leukemia gene-2 (Bcl-2) is the primary proto-oncogene that has been shown to work by preventing apoptosis/programmed cell death. Bcl-2 combines a variety of cell-generated signals associated to the survival and death of cells. In glioma, lung, and breast cancer, Bcl-2 over-expression has been linked to an increase in invasion and migration. Many treatment regimens that target Bcl2 have been established and approved, and thus increasing the survival rates of the patients. The primary goal of this research was to recognize new therapeutic compounds that target Bcl2 and assess Bcl2 expression pattern in BC patients. We used various bioinformatic tools as well as several in vitro assays to look out the expression and inhibition of Bcl2 in BC. Our study depicted that Bcl2 had a strong connection with tumour stroma, notably with suppressor cells originating from myeloid tissues. Moreover, in vitro and in silico research identified Paclitaxel as a promising natural substance that targets Bcl2. Overall, this work shows that Bcl2 overexpression accelerates the development of BC, and that targeting Bcl2 in combination with other drugs will dramatically improve BC patient's response to treatment and prevent the emergence of drug resistance.
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- Shazia sofi
- Department of Bioresources, School of Biological Sciences, University of Kashmir, Srinagar 190006, India
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- Department of pathology, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, United States
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- Department of Bioresources, School of Biological Sciences, University of Kashmir, Srinagar 190006, India
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- Department of Family & Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Al Baha University, Albaha 65511, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Medical Rehabilitation Sciences, CAMS, King Khalid University, Abha, Saudi Arabia
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- College of Applied Sciences, Almaarefa University, Diriya, Riyadh 13713, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Bioresources, School of Biological Sciences, University of Kashmir, Srinagar 190006, India
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Paredes F, Navarro-Marquez M, Quiroga C, Jiménez-Gallegos D, Yeligar SM, Parra V, Müller M, Chiong M, Quest AFG, San Martin A, Lavandero S. HERPUD1 governs tumor cell mitochondrial function via inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptor-mediated calcium signaling. Free Radic Biol Med 2024; 211:24-34. [PMID: 38043868 DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2023.11.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2023] [Revised: 11/10/2023] [Accepted: 11/23/2023] [Indexed: 12/05/2023]
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The intricate relationship between calcium (Ca2+) homeostasis and mitochondrial function is crucial for cellular metabolic adaptation in tumor cells. Ca2+-initiated signaling maintains mitochondrial respiratory capacity and ATP synthesis, influencing critical cellular processes in cancer development. Previous studies by our group have shown that the homocysteine-inducible ER Protein with Ubiquitin-Like Domain 1 (HERPUD1) regulates inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptor (ITPR3) levels and intracellular Ca2+ signals in tumor cells. This study explores the role of HERPUD1 in regulating mitochondrial function and tumor cell migration by controlling ITPR3-dependent Ca2+ signals. We found HERPUD1 levels correlated with mitochondrial function in tumor cells, with HERPUD1 deficiency leading to enhanced mitochondrial activity. HERPUD1 knockdown increased intracellular Ca2+ release and mitochondrial Ca2+ influx, which was prevented using the ITPR3 antagonist xestospongin C or the Ca2+ chelator BAPTA-AM. Furthermore, HERPUD1 expression reduced tumor cell migration by controlling ITPR3-mediated Ca2+ signals. HERPUD1-deficient cells exhibited increased migratory capacity, which was attenuated by treatment with xestospongin C or BAPTA-AM. Additionally, HERPUD1 deficiency led to reactive oxygen species-dependent activation of paxillin and FAK proteins, which are associated with enhanced cell migration. Our findings highlight the pivotal role of HERPUD1 in regulating mitochondrial function and cell migration by controlling intracellular Ca2+ signals mediated by ITPR3. Understanding the interplay between HERPUD1 and mitochondrial Ca2+ regulation provides insights into potential therapeutic targets for cancer treatment and other pathologies involving altered energy metabolism.
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- Felipe Paredes
- Advanced Center for Chronic Diseases, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas y Farmacéuticas & Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile; Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Advanced Center for Chronic Diseases, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas y Farmacéuticas & Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile; Escuela de Química y Farmacia, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Andres Bello, Santiago, Chile
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- Advanced Center for Chronic Diseases, Division de Enfermedades Cardiovasculares, Facultad de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Advanced Center for Chronic Diseases, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas y Farmacéuticas & Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA; Atlanta Veterans Affairs Health Care System, Decatur, GA, USA
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- Advanced Center for Chronic Diseases, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas y Farmacéuticas & Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile; Centro de Estudios en Ejercicio, Metabolismo y Cáncer (CEMC), Instituto de Ciencias Biomédicas (ICBM), Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Advanced Center for Chronic Diseases, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas y Farmacéuticas & Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile; Departamento de Tecnología Médica, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Advanced Center for Chronic Diseases, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas y Farmacéuticas & Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile; Centro de Estudios en Ejercicio, Metabolismo y Cáncer (CEMC), Instituto de Ciencias Biomédicas (ICBM), Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Advanced Center for Chronic Diseases, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas y Farmacéuticas & Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile; Centro de Estudios en Ejercicio, Metabolismo y Cáncer (CEMC), Instituto de Ciencias Biomédicas (ICBM), Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA; Instituto de Ciencias Biomédicas, Facultad de Medicina y Facultad Ciencias de la Vida, Universidad Andres Bello, Santiago, Chile.
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- Advanced Center for Chronic Diseases, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas y Farmacéuticas & Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile; Centro de Estudios en Ejercicio, Metabolismo y Cáncer (CEMC), Instituto de Ciencias Biomédicas (ICBM), Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile; Department of Internal Medicine (Cardiology Division), University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.
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Kejík Z, Koubková N, Krčová L, Sýkora D, Abramenko N, Veselá K, Kaplánek R, Hajduch J, Houdová Megová M, Bušek P, Šedo A, Lacina L, Smetana K, Martásek P, Jakubek M. Combination of quinoxaline with pentamethinium system: Mitochondrial staining and targeting. Bioorg Chem 2023; 141:106816. [PMID: 37716274 DOI: 10.1016/j.bioorg.2023.106816] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2023] [Revised: 08/15/2023] [Accepted: 08/26/2023] [Indexed: 09/18/2023]
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Pentamethinium indolium salts are promising fluorescence probes and anticancer agents with high mitochondrial selectivity. We synthesized two indolium pentamethinium salts: a cyclic form with quinoxaline directly incorporated in the pentamethinium chain (cPMS) and an open form with quinoxaline substitution in the γ-position (oPMS). To better understand their properties, we studied their interaction with mitochondrial phospholipids (cardiolipin and phosphatidylcholine) by spectroscopic methods (UV-Vis, fluorescence, and NMR spectroscopy). Both compounds displayed significant affinity for cardiolipin and phosphatidylcholine, which was associated with a strong change in their UV-Vis spectra. Nevertheless, we surprisingly observed that fluorescence properties of cPMS changed in complex with both cardiolipin and phosphatidylcholine, whereas those of oPMS only changed in complex with cardiolipin. Both salts, especially cPMS, display high usability in mitochondrial imaging and are cytotoxic for cancer cells. The above clearly indicates that conjugates of pentamethinium and quinoxaline group, especially cPMS, represent promising structural motifs for designing mitochondrial-specific agents.
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- Zdeněk Kejík
- BIOCEV, Biotechnology and Biomedicine Center of the Academy of Sciences and Charles University in Vestec, Prumyslová 595, 252 50 Vestec, Czech Republic; Department of Paediatrics and Inherited Metabolic Disorders, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and General University Hospital in Prague, Ke Karlovu 455/2, 128 08 Prague, Czech Republic; Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemical Engineering, University of Chemistry and Technology, Technická 6, 166 28 Prague, Czech Republic
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- BIOCEV, Biotechnology and Biomedicine Center of the Academy of Sciences and Charles University in Vestec, Prumyslová 595, 252 50 Vestec, Czech Republic; Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemical Engineering, University of Chemistry and Technology, Technická 6, 166 28 Prague, Czech Republic
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- BIOCEV, Biotechnology and Biomedicine Center of the Academy of Sciences and Charles University in Vestec, Prumyslová 595, 252 50 Vestec, Czech Republic; Department of Paediatrics and Inherited Metabolic Disorders, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and General University Hospital in Prague, Ke Karlovu 455/2, 128 08 Prague, Czech Republic; Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemical Engineering, University of Chemistry and Technology, Technická 6, 166 28 Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemical Engineering, University of Chemistry and Technology, Technická 6, 166 28 Prague, Czech Republic
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- BIOCEV, Biotechnology and Biomedicine Center of the Academy of Sciences and Charles University in Vestec, Prumyslová 595, 252 50 Vestec, Czech Republic; Department of Paediatrics and Inherited Metabolic Disorders, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and General University Hospital in Prague, Ke Karlovu 455/2, 128 08 Prague, Czech Republic
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- BIOCEV, Biotechnology and Biomedicine Center of the Academy of Sciences and Charles University in Vestec, Prumyslová 595, 252 50 Vestec, Czech Republic; Department of Paediatrics and Inherited Metabolic Disorders, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and General University Hospital in Prague, Ke Karlovu 455/2, 128 08 Prague, Czech Republic
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- BIOCEV, Biotechnology and Biomedicine Center of the Academy of Sciences and Charles University in Vestec, Prumyslová 595, 252 50 Vestec, Czech Republic; Department of Chemistry of Natural Compounds, Faculty of Food and Biochemical Technology, University of Chemistry and Technology, Technická 6, 166 28 Prague, Czech Republic
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- BIOCEV, Biotechnology and Biomedicine Center of the Academy of Sciences and Charles University in Vestec, Prumyslová 595, 252 50 Vestec, Czech Republic; Department of Chemistry of Natural Compounds, Faculty of Food and Biochemical Technology, University of Chemistry and Technology, Technická 6, 166 28 Prague, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Experimental Oncology, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague 2, CZ-120 00 Prague, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Experimental Oncology, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague 2, CZ-120 00 Prague, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Experimental Oncology, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague 2, CZ-120 00 Prague, Czech Republic
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- BIOCEV, Biotechnology and Biomedicine Center of the Academy of Sciences and Charles University in Vestec, Prumyslová 595, 252 50 Vestec, Czech Republic; Department of Dermatovenerology, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and General University Hospital, CZ-128 08 Prague, Czech Republic; Institute of Anatomy, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague 2, CZ-120 00 Prague, Czech Republic
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- BIOCEV, Biotechnology and Biomedicine Center of the Academy of Sciences and Charles University in Vestec, Prumyslová 595, 252 50 Vestec, Czech Republic; Institute of Anatomy, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague 2, CZ-120 00 Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Paediatrics and Inherited Metabolic Disorders, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and General University Hospital in Prague, Ke Karlovu 455/2, 128 08 Prague, Czech Republic
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- BIOCEV, Biotechnology and Biomedicine Center of the Academy of Sciences and Charles University in Vestec, Prumyslová 595, 252 50 Vestec, Czech Republic; Department of Paediatrics and Inherited Metabolic Disorders, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and General University Hospital in Prague, Ke Karlovu 455/2, 128 08 Prague, Czech Republic; Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemical Engineering, University of Chemistry and Technology, Technická 6, 166 28 Prague, Czech Republic.
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Wang Y, Troughton LD, Xu F, Chatterjee A, Ding C, Zhao H, Cifuentes LP, Wagner RB, Wang T, Tan S, Chen J, Li L, Umulis D, Kuang S, Suter DM, Yuan C, Chan D, Huang F, Oakes PW, Deng Q. Atypical peripheral actin band formation via overactivation of RhoA and nonmuscle myosin II in mitofusin 2-deficient cells. eLife 2023; 12:e88828. [PMID: 37724949 PMCID: PMC10550287 DOI: 10.7554/elife.88828] [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: 04/21/2023] [Accepted: 09/19/2023] [Indexed: 09/21/2023] Open
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Cell spreading and migration play central roles in many physiological and pathophysiological processes. We have previously shown that MFN2 regulates the migration of human neutrophil-like cells via suppressing Rac activation. Here, we show that in mouse embryonic fibroblasts, MFN2 suppresses RhoA activation and supports cell polarization. After initial spreading, the wild-type cells polarize and migrate, whereas the Mfn2-/- cells maintain a circular shape. Increased cytosolic Ca2+ resulting from the loss of Mfn2 is directly responsible for this phenotype, which can be rescued by expressing an artificial tether to bring mitochondria and endoplasmic reticulum to close vicinity. Elevated cytosolic Ca2+ activates Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II, RhoA, and myosin light-chain kinase, causing an overactivation of nonmuscle myosin II, leading to a formation of a prominent F-actin ring at the cell periphery and increased cell contractility. The peripheral actin band alters cell physics and is dependent on substrate rigidity. Our results provide a novel molecular basis to understand how MFN2 regulates distinct signaling pathways in different cells and tissue environments, which is instrumental in understanding and treating MFN2-related diseases.
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- Yueyang Wang
- Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University West LafayetteWest LafayetteUnited States
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- Cell and Molecular Physiology, Loyola University ChicagoChicagoUnited States
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- Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University West LafayetteWest LafayetteUnited States
- Advanced Research Institute of Multidisciplinary Science, Beijing Institute of TechnologyBeijingChina
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- Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University West LafayetteWest LafayetteUnited States
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University West LafayetteWest LafayetteUnited States
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- Davidson School of Chemical Engineering, Purdue University West LafayetteWest LafayetteUnited States
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University West LafayetteWest LafayetteUnited States
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- School of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University West LafayetteWest LafayetteUnited States
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University West LafayetteWest LafayetteUnited States
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University West LafayetteWest LafayetteUnited States
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- Department of Animal Sciences, Purdue University West LafayetteWest LafayetteUnited States
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- Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University West LafayetteWest LafayetteUnited States
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- Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University West LafayetteWest LafayetteUnited States
- Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Purdue University West LafayetteWest LafayetteUnited States
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- Department of Animal Sciences, Purdue University West LafayetteWest LafayetteUnited States
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University West LafayetteWest LafayetteUnited States
- Purdue Institute for Integrative Neuroscience, Purdue University West LafayetteWest LafayetteUnited States
- Purdue Institute for Inflammation, Immunology & Infectious Disease, Purdue University West LafayetteWest LafayetteUnited States
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- Davidson School of Chemical Engineering, Purdue University West LafayetteWest LafayetteUnited States
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- Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University West LafayetteWest LafayetteUnited States
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- Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University West LafayetteWest LafayetteUnited States
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- Cell and Molecular Physiology, Loyola University ChicagoChicagoUnited States
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University West LafayetteWest LafayetteUnited States
- Purdue Institute for Inflammation, Immunology & Infectious Disease, Purdue University West LafayetteWest LafayetteUnited States
- Purdue University Center for Cancer Research, Purdue University West LafayetteWest LafayetteUnited States
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Ghosh D, Pakhira S, Ghosh DD, Roychoudhury S, Roy SS. Ets1 facilitates EMT/invasion through Drp1-mediated mitochondrial fragmentation in ovarian cancer. iScience 2023; 26:107537. [PMID: 37664613 PMCID: PMC10469980 DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2023.107537] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2023] [Revised: 06/03/2023] [Accepted: 07/28/2023] [Indexed: 09/05/2023] Open
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Ovarian cancer has sustained as a major cause of cancer-related female mortality owing to its aggressive nature and a dearth of early detection markers. Ets1 oncoprotein, a transcription factor belonging to the Ets family, is a well-established promoter of epithelial to mesenchymal transition (EMT) and a prospective malignancy marker in ovarian cancer. Our study establishes Ets1 as a regulator of mitochondrial fission-fusion dynamics through Drp1 augmentation via direct binding at DNM1L (DRP1) promoter. Ets1 overexpression-mediated Drp1 increment resulted in mitochondrial load reduction and compromised OXPHOS Complex 5 (ATP synthase) expression, facilitating a greater reliance on glycolysis over OXPHOS. Furthermore, our work demonstrates that inhibition of mitochondrial fission through molecular or pharmacological inhibition of Drp1 successfully mitigates Ets1-associated EMT in both in vitro and in vivo syngeneic mice model. Collectively, our data highlight the role of Drp1-mediated mitochondrial fragmentation in driving Ets1-mediated bioenergetic alterations and EMT/invasion in ovarian cancer.
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- Deepshikha Ghosh
- Cell Biology and Physiology Division, CSIR Indian Institute of Chemical Biology (CSIR IICB), 4, Raja S.C. Mullick Road, Kolkata 700032, India
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- Cell Biology and Physiology Division, CSIR Indian Institute of Chemical Biology (CSIR IICB), 4, Raja S.C. Mullick Road, Kolkata 700032, India
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- Molecular and Diagnostics Laboratory, Basic and Translational Research, Saroj Gupta Cancer Centre & Research Institute, Thakurpukur, Kolkata 700063, India
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- Cell Biology and Physiology Division, CSIR Indian Institute of Chemical Biology (CSIR IICB), 4, Raja S.C. Mullick Road, Kolkata 700032, India
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- Cell Biology and Physiology Division, CSIR Indian Institute of Chemical Biology (CSIR IICB), 4, Raja S.C. Mullick Road, Kolkata 700032, India
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad 201002, India
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Zhao Y, Ye X, Xiong Z, Ihsan A, Ares I, Martínez M, Lopez-Torres B, Martínez-Larrañaga MR, Anadón A, Wang X, Martínez MA. Cancer Metabolism: The Role of ROS in DNA Damage and Induction of Apoptosis in Cancer Cells. Metabolites 2023; 13:796. [PMID: 37512503 PMCID: PMC10383295 DOI: 10.3390/metabo13070796] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2023] [Revised: 06/21/2023] [Accepted: 06/23/2023] [Indexed: 07/30/2023] Open
Abstract
Cancer is a huge challenge for people worldwide. High reactive oxygen species (ROS) levels are a recognized hallmark of cancer and an important aspect of cancer treatment research. Abnormally elevated ROS levels are often attributable to alterations in cellular metabolic activities and increased oxidative stress, which affects both the development and maintenance of cancer. Moderately high levels of ROS are beneficial to maintain tumor cell genesis and development, while toxic levels of ROS have been shown to be an important force in destroying cancer cells. ROS has become an important anticancer target based on the proapoptotic effect of toxic levels of ROS. Therefore, this review summarizes the role of increased ROS in DNA damage and the apoptosis of cancer cells caused by changes in cancer cell metabolism, as well as various anticancer therapies targeting ROS generation, in order to provide references for cancer therapies based on ROS generation.
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- Yongxia Zhao
- National Reference Laboratory of Veterinary Drug Residues (HZAU) and MAO Key Laboratory for Detection of Veterinary Drug Residues, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- National Reference Laboratory of Veterinary Drug Residues (HZAU) and MAO Key Laboratory for Detection of Veterinary Drug Residues, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- Department of Animal Nutrition and Feed Science, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- Department of Biosciences, COMSATS University Islamabad, Sahiwal Campus, Sahiwal 57000, Pakistan
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM), and Research Institute Hospital 12 de Octubre (i+12), 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM), and Research Institute Hospital 12 de Octubre (i+12), 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM), and Research Institute Hospital 12 de Octubre (i+12), 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM), and Research Institute Hospital 12 de Octubre (i+12), 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM), and Research Institute Hospital 12 de Octubre (i+12), 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- National Reference Laboratory of Veterinary Drug Residues (HZAU) and MAO Key Laboratory for Detection of Veterinary Drug Residues, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM), and Research Institute Hospital 12 de Octubre (i+12), 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM), and Research Institute Hospital 12 de Octubre (i+12), 28040 Madrid, Spain
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Boese AC, Kang J, Hwang JS, Kim J, Eun K, Malin CM, Magliocca KR, Pan C, Jin L, Kang S. Succinyl-CoA ligase ADP-forming subunit beta promotes stress granule assembly to regulate redox and drive cancer metastasis. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2023; 120:e2217332120. [PMID: 37253003 PMCID: PMC10266061 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2217332120] [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: 10/10/2022] [Accepted: 05/01/2023] [Indexed: 06/01/2023] Open
Abstract
Although recent studies demonstrate active mitochondrial metabolism in cancers, the precise mechanisms through which mitochondrial factors contribute to cancer metastasis remain elusive. Through a customized mitochondrion RNAi screen, we identified succinyl-CoA ligase ADP-forming subunit beta (SUCLA2) as a critical anoikis resistance and metastasis driver in human cancers. Mechanistically, SUCLA2, but not the alpha subunit of its enzyme complex, relocates from mitochondria to the cytosol upon cell detachment where SUCLA2 then binds to and promotes the formation of stress granules. SUCLA2-mediated stress granules facilitate the protein translation of antioxidant enzymes including catalase, which mitigates oxidative stress and renders cancer cells resistant to anoikis. We provide clinical evidence that SUCLA2 expression correlates with catalase levels as well as metastatic potential in lung and breast cancer patients. These findings not only implicate SUCLA2 as an anticancer target, but also provide insight into a unique, noncanonical function of SUCLA2 that cancer cells co-opt to metastasize.
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- Austin C. Boese
- Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Winship Cancer Institute of Emory, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA30322
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- Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Winship Cancer Institute of Emory, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA30322
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- Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Winship Cancer Institute of Emory, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA30322
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- Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Winship Cancer Institute of Emory, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA30322
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- Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Winship Cancer Institute of Emory, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA30322
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- Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Winship Cancer Institute of Emory, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA30322
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA30322
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- Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Winship Cancer Institute of Emory, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA30322
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, University of Texas Health San Antonio, San Antonio, TX78229
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- Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Winship Cancer Institute of Emory, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA30322
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Foti A, Calì L, Petralia S, Satriano C. Green Nanoformulations of Polyvinylpyrrolidone-Capped Metal Nanoparticles: A Study at the Hybrid Interface with Biomimetic Cell Membranes and In Vitro Cell Models. NANOMATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2023; 13:nano13101624. [PMID: 37242040 DOI: 10.3390/nano13101624] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2023] [Revised: 05/06/2023] [Accepted: 05/11/2023] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Noble metal nanoparticles (NP) with intrinsic antiangiogenic, antibacterial, and anti-inflammatory properties have great potential as potent chemotherapeutics, due to their unique features, including plasmonic properties for application in photothermal therapy, and their capability to slow down the migration/invasion speed of cancer cells and then suppress metastasis. In this work, gold (Au), silver (Ag), and palladium (Pd) NP were synthesized by a green redox chemistry method with the reduction of the metal salt precursor with glucose in the presence of polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) as stabilizing and capping agent. The physicochemical properties of the PVP-capped NP were investigated by UV-visible (UV-vis) and attenuated total reflection Fourier transform infrared (ATR-FTIR) spectroscopies, dynamic light scattering (DLS), and atomic force microscopy (AFM), to scrutinize the optical features and the interface between the metal surface and the capping polymer, the hydrodynamic size, and the morphology, respectively. Biophysical studies with model cell membranes were carried out by using laser scanning confocal microscopy (LSM) with fluorescence recovery after photobleaching (FRAP) and fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) techniques. To this purpose, artificial cell membranes of supported lipid bilayers (SLBs) made with 1-palmitoyl-2-oleoyl-sn-glycerol-3-phosphocholine (POPC) dye-labeled with 7-nitro-2-1,3-benzoxadiazol-4-yl (NBD, FRET donor) and/or lissamine rhodamine B sulfonyl (Rh, FRET acceptor) were prepared. Proof-of-work in vitro cellular experiments were carried out with prostate cancer cells (PC-3 line) in terms of cytotoxicity, cell migration (wound scratch assay), NP cellular uptake, and cytoskeleton actin perturbation.
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- Alice Foti
- Nano Hybrid Biointerfaces Laboratory (NHBIL), Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Catania, Viale Andrea Doria 6, 95125 Catania, Italy
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- Nano Hybrid Biointerfaces Laboratory (NHBIL), Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Catania, Viale Andrea Doria 6, 95125 Catania, Italy
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- Department of Drug and Health Sciences, University of Catania, Viale Andrea Doria 6, 95125 Catania, Italy
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- Nano Hybrid Biointerfaces Laboratory (NHBIL), Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Catania, Viale Andrea Doria 6, 95125 Catania, Italy
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Malekpour K, Hazrati A, Soudi S, Hashemi SM. Mechanisms behind therapeutic potentials of mesenchymal stem cell mitochondria transfer/delivery. J Control Release 2023; 354:755-769. [PMID: 36706838 DOI: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2023.01.059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2022] [Revised: 01/21/2023] [Accepted: 01/22/2023] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Mesenchymal stromal/stem cells (MSCs) perform their therapeutic effects through various mechanisms, including their ability to differentiate, producing different growth factors, immunomodulatory factors, and extracellular vesicles (EVs). In addition to the mentioned mechanisms, a new aspect of the therapeutic potential of MSCs has recently been noticed, which occurs through mitochondrial transfer. Various methods of MSCs mitochondria transfer have been used in studies to benefit from their therapeutic potential. Among these methods, mitochondrial transfer after MSCs transplantation in cell-to-cell contact, EVs-mediated transfer of mitochondria, and the use of MSCs isolated mitochondria (MSCs-mt) are well studied. Pathological conditions can affect the cells in the damaged microenvironment and lead to cells mitochondrial damage. Since the defect in the mitochondrial function of the cell leads to a decrease in ATP production and the subsequent cell death, restoring the mitochondrial content, functions, and hemostasis can affect the functions of the damaged cell. Various studies show that the transfer of MSCs mitochondria to other cells can affect vital processes such as proliferation, differentiation, cell metabolism, inflammatory responses, cell senescence, cell stress, and cell migration. These changes in cell attributes and behavior are very important for therapeutic purposes. For this reason, their investigation can play a significant role in the direction of the researchers'.
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- Kosar Malekpour
- Department of Immunology, School of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Immunology, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Immunology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran.
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- Medical Nanotechnology and Tissue Engineering Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; Department of Immunology, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran..
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Ghatak S, Khanna S, Roy S, Thirunavukkarasu M, Pradeep SR, Wulff BC, El Masry MS, Sharma A, Palakurti R, Ghosh N, Xuan Y, Wilgus TA, Maulik N, Yoder MC, Sen CK. Driving adult tissue repair via re-engagement of a pathway required for fetal healing. Mol Ther 2023; 31:454-470. [PMID: 36114673 PMCID: PMC9931555 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymthe.2022.09.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2022] [Revised: 08/16/2022] [Accepted: 09/06/2022] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Fetal cutaneous wound closure and repair differ from that in adulthood. In this work, we identify an oxidant stress sensor protein, nonselenocysteine-containing phospholipid hydroperoxide glutathione peroxidase (NPGPx), that is abundantly expressed in normal fetal epidermis (and required for fetal wound closure), though not in adult epidermis, but is variably re-induced upon adult tissue wounding. NPGPx is a direct target of the miR-29 family. Following injury, abundance of miR-29 is lowered, permitting a prompt increase in NPGPx transcripts and protein expression in adult wound-edge tissue. NPGPx expression was required to mediate increased keratinocyte migration induced by miR-29 inhibition in vitro and in vivo. Increased NPGPx expression induced increased SOX2 expression and β-catenin nuclear localization in keratinocytes. Augmenting physiologic NPGPx expression via experimentally induced miR-29 suppression, using cutaneous tissue nanotransfection or targeted lipid nanoparticle delivery of anti-sense oligonucleotides, proved to be sufficient to overcome the deleterious effects of diabetes on this specific pathway to enhance tissue repair.
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- Subhadip Ghatak
- Indiana Center for Regenerative Medicine & Engineering, Indiana University Health Comprehensive Wound Center, Department of Surgery, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
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- Indiana Center for Regenerative Medicine & Engineering, Indiana University Health Comprehensive Wound Center, Department of Surgery, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
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- Indiana Center for Regenerative Medicine & Engineering, Indiana University Health Comprehensive Wound Center, Department of Surgery, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Molecular Cardiology and Angiogenesis Laboratory, University of Connecticut Health, Farmington, CT 06030, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Molecular Cardiology and Angiogenesis Laboratory, University of Connecticut Health, Farmington, CT 06030, USA
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- Department of Pathology, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
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- Indiana Center for Regenerative Medicine & Engineering, Indiana University Health Comprehensive Wound Center, Department of Surgery, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA; Department of Plastic Surgery, Zagazig University, Zagazig 44519, Egypt
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- Indiana Center for Regenerative Medicine & Engineering, Indiana University Health Comprehensive Wound Center, Department of Surgery, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
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- Indiana Center for Regenerative Medicine & Engineering, Indiana University Health Comprehensive Wound Center, Department of Surgery, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
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- Indiana Center for Regenerative Medicine & Engineering, Indiana University Health Comprehensive Wound Center, Department of Surgery, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
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- Indiana Center for Regenerative Medicine & Engineering, Indiana University Health Comprehensive Wound Center, Department of Surgery, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA; Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
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- Department of Pathology, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Molecular Cardiology and Angiogenesis Laboratory, University of Connecticut Health, Farmington, CT 06030, USA
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- Indiana Center for Regenerative Medicine & Engineering, Indiana University Health Comprehensive Wound Center, Department of Surgery, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
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- Indiana Center for Regenerative Medicine & Engineering, Indiana University Health Comprehensive Wound Center, Department of Surgery, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA; Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA.
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Kim H, Ahn Y, Moon CM, Kang JL, Woo M, Kim M. Lethal effects of mitochondria via microfluidics. Bioeng Transl Med 2022; 8:e10461. [DOI: 10.1002/btm2.10461] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2021] [Revised: 09/25/2022] [Accepted: 11/23/2022] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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- Hyueyun Kim
- Department of Pharmacology College of Medicine, Ewha Womans University Seoul Republic of Korea
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- Department of Molecular Medicine College of Medicine, Ewha Womans University Seoul Republic of Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine College of Medicine, Ewha Womans University Seoul Republic of Korea
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- Department of Physiology and Inflammation‐Cancer Microenvironment Research Center College of Medicine, Ewha Womans University Seoul Republic of Korea
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- Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine Toronto General Hospital, Research Institute, University Health Network, University of Toronto Toronto Ontario Canada
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- Department of Pharmacology College of Medicine, Ewha Womans University Seoul Republic of Korea
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The Role of IL-6 in Cancer Cell Invasiveness and Metastasis-Overview and Therapeutic Opportunities. Cells 2022; 11:cells11223698. [PMID: 36429126 PMCID: PMC9688109 DOI: 10.3390/cells11223698] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2022] [Revised: 11/14/2022] [Accepted: 11/18/2022] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Interleukin 6 (IL-6) belongs to a broad class of cytokines involved in the regulation of various homeostatic and pathological processes. These activities range from regulating embryonic development, wound healing and ageing, inflammation, and immunity, including COVID-19. In this review, we summarise the role of IL-6 signalling pathways in cancer biology, with particular emphasis on cancer cell invasiveness and metastasis formation. Targeting principal components of IL-6 signalling (e.g., IL-6Rs, gp130, STAT3, NF-κB) is an intensively studied approach in preclinical cancer research. It is of significant translational potential; numerous studies strongly imply the remarkable potential of IL-6 signalling inhibitors, especially in metastasis suppression.
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Kim H, Choi JH, Moon CM, Kang JL, Woo M, Kim M. Shrimp miR-965 transfers tumoricidal mitochondria. Biol Proced Online 2022; 24:16. [PMID: 36289539 PMCID: PMC9598032 DOI: 10.1186/s12575-022-00178-8] [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: 07/04/2022] [Accepted: 10/19/2022] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Background Micro RNA of Marsupenaeus japonicas has been known to promote apoptosis of tumor cells. However, the detailed mechanisms are not well understood. Results Using tomographic microscope, which can detect the internal structure of cells, we observed breast tumor cells following treatment of the miRNA. Intriguingly, we found that mitochondria migrate to an adjacent tumor cells through a tunneling nanotube. To recapitulate this process, we engineered a microfluidic device through which mitochondria were transferred. We show that this mitochondrial transfer process released endonuclease G (Endo G) into tumor cells, which we referred to herein as unsealed mitochondria. Importantly, Endo G depleted mitochondria alone did not have tumoricidal effects. Moreover, unsealed mitochondria had synergistic apoptotic effects with subtoxic dose of doxorubicin thereby mitigating cardiotoxicity. Conclusions Together, we show that the mitochondrial transfer through microfluidics can provide potential novel strategies towards tumor cell death. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s12575-022-00178-8.
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- Hyueyun Kim
- grid.255649.90000 0001 2171 7754Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, Ewha Womans University, Magokdong-Ro 2-Gil, Gangseogu, Seoul, 07804 Republic of Korea
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- grid.255649.90000 0001 2171 7754Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, Ewha Womans University, Magokdong-Ro 2-Gil, Gangseogu, Seoul, 07804 Republic of Korea
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- grid.255649.90000 0001 2171 7754Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- grid.255649.90000 0001 2171 7754Department of Physiology and Tissue Injury Defense Research Center, College of Medicine, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- grid.17063.330000 0001 2157 2938Toronto General Hospital Research Institute and Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON Canada
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- grid.255649.90000 0001 2171 7754Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, Ewha Womans University, Magokdong-Ro 2-Gil, Gangseogu, Seoul, 07804 Republic of Korea
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Targeting metabolic rewiring might decrease spread of tumor cells: Mitochondrial tRNA modifications promote cancer metastasis. Signal Transduct Target Ther 2022; 7:360. [PMID: 36209139 PMCID: PMC9547974 DOI: 10.1038/s41392-022-01205-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2022] [Revised: 08/20/2022] [Accepted: 09/18/2022] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Fialova JL, Hönigova K, Raudenska M, Miksatkova L, Zobalova R, Navratil J, Šmigová J, Moturu TR, Vicar T, Balvan J, Vesela K, Abramenko N, Kejik Z, Kaplanek R, Gumulec J, Rosel D, Martasek P, Brábek J, Jakubek M, Neuzil J, Masarik M. Pentamethinium salts suppress key metastatic processes by regulating mitochondrial function and inhibiting dihydroorotate dehydrogenase respiration. Biomed Pharmacother 2022; 154:113582. [DOI: 10.1016/j.biopha.2022.113582] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2022] [Revised: 08/16/2022] [Accepted: 08/17/2022] [Indexed: 11/02/2022] Open
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Groenendyk J, Stoletov K, Paskevicius T, Li W, Dai N, Pujol M, Busaan E, Ng HH, Boukouris AE, Saleme B, Haromy A, Cui K, Hu M, Yan Y, Zhang R, Michelakis E, Chen XZ, Lewis JD, Tang J, Agellon LB, Michalak M. Loss of the fructose transporter SLC2A5 inhibits cancer cell migration. Front Cell Dev Biol 2022; 10:896297. [PMID: 36268513 PMCID: PMC9578049 DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2022.896297] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2022] [Accepted: 09/09/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Metastasis is the primary cause of cancer patient death and the elevation of SLC2A5 gene expression is often observed in metastatic cancer cells. Here we evaluated the importance of SLC2A5 in cancer cell motility by silencing its gene. We discovered that CRISPR/Cas9-mediated inactivation of the SLC2A5 gene inhibited cancer cell proliferation and migration in vitro as well as metastases in vivo in several animal models. Moreover, SLC2A5-attenuated cancer cells exhibited dramatic alterations in mitochondrial architecture and localization, uncovering the importance of SLC2A5 in directing mitochondrial function for cancer cell motility and migration. The direct association of increased abundance of SLC2A5 in cancer cells with metastatic risk in several types of cancers identifies SLC2A5 as an important therapeutic target to reduce or prevent cancer metastasis.
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- Jody Groenendyk
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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- Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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- Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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- Wuxi Cancer Institute, Affiliated Hospital of Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu, China
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- National “111” Center for Cellular Regulation and Molecular Pharmaceutics, Hubei University of Technology, Wuhan, China
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- National “111” Center for Cellular Regulation and Molecular Pharmaceutics, Hubei University of Technology, Wuhan, China
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- National “111” Center for Cellular Regulation and Molecular Pharmaceutics, Hubei University of Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Physiology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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- Department of Oncology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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- National “111” Center for Cellular Regulation and Molecular Pharmaceutics, Hubei University of Technology, Wuhan, China
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- School of Human Nutrition, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
- *Correspondence: Luis B. Agellon, ; Marek Michalak,
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
- *Correspondence: Luis B. Agellon, ; Marek Michalak,
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Rosa N, Speelman-Rooms F, Parys JB, Bultynck G. Modulation of Ca 2+ signaling by antiapoptotic Bcl-2 versus Bcl-xL: From molecular mechanisms to relevance for cancer cell survival. Biochim Biophys Acta Rev Cancer 2022; 1877:188791. [PMID: 36162541 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbcan.2022.188791] [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: 06/08/2022] [Revised: 08/29/2022] [Accepted: 08/29/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Members of the Bcl-2-protein family are key controllers of apoptotic cell death. The family is divided into antiapoptotic (including Bcl-2 itself, Bcl-xL, Mcl-1, etc.) and proapoptotic members (Bax, Bak, Bim, Bim, Puma, Noxa, Bad, etc.). These proteins are well known for their canonical role in the mitochondria, where they control mitochondrial outer membrane permeabilization and subsequent apoptosis. However, several proteins are recognized as modulators of intracellular Ca2+ signals that originate from the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), the major intracellular Ca2+-storage organelle. More than 25 years ago, Bcl-2, the founding member of the family, was reported to control apoptosis through Ca2+ signaling. Further work elucidated that Bcl-2 directly targets and inhibits inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptors (IP3Rs), thereby suppressing proapoptotic Ca2+ signaling. In addition to Bcl-2, Bcl-xL was also shown to impact cell survival by sensitizing IP3R function, thereby promoting prosurvival oscillatory Ca2+ release. However, new work challenges this model and demonstrates that Bcl-2 and Bcl-xL can both function as inhibitors of IP3Rs. This suggests that, depending on the cell context, Bcl-xL could support very distinct Ca2+ patterns. This not only raises several questions but also opens new possibilities for the treatment of Bcl-xL-dependent cancers. In this review, we will discuss the similarities and divergences between Bcl-2 and Bcl-xL regarding Ca2+ homeostasis and IP3R modulation from both a molecular and a functional point of view, with particular emphasis on cancer cell death resistance mechanisms.
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- Nicolas Rosa
- KU Leuven, Laboratory of Molecular & Cellular Signaling, Department of Cellular & Molecular Medicine, Campus Gasthuisberg O/N-I bus 802, Herestraat 49, BE-3000 Leuven, Belgium
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- KU Leuven, Laboratory of Molecular & Cellular Signaling, Department of Cellular & Molecular Medicine, Campus Gasthuisberg O/N-I bus 802, Herestraat 49, BE-3000 Leuven, Belgium
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- KU Leuven, Laboratory of Molecular & Cellular Signaling, Department of Cellular & Molecular Medicine, Campus Gasthuisberg O/N-I bus 802, Herestraat 49, BE-3000 Leuven, Belgium
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- KU Leuven, Laboratory of Molecular & Cellular Signaling, Department of Cellular & Molecular Medicine, Campus Gasthuisberg O/N-I bus 802, Herestraat 49, BE-3000 Leuven, Belgium.
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Passaniti A, Kim MS, Polster BM, Shapiro P. Targeting mitochondrial metabolism for metastatic cancer therapy. Mol Carcinog 2022; 61:827-838. [PMID: 35723497 PMCID: PMC9378505 DOI: 10.1002/mc.23436] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2021] [Revised: 05/18/2022] [Accepted: 05/27/2022] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Primary tumors evolve metabolic mechanisms favoring glycolysis for adenosine triphosphate (ATP) generation and antioxidant defenses. In contrast, metastatic cells frequently depend on mitochondrial respiration and oxidative phosphorylation (OxPhos). This reliance of metastatic cells on OxPhos can be exploited using drugs that target mitochondrial metabolism. Therefore, therapeutic agents that act via diverse mechanisms, including the activation of signaling pathways that promote the production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and/or a reduction in antioxidant defenses may elevate oxidative stress and inhibit tumor cell survival. In this review, we will provide (1) a mechanistic analysis of function-selective extracellular signal-regulated kinase-1/2 (ERK1/2) inhibitors that inhibit cancer cells through enhanced ROS, (2) a review of the role of mitochondrial ATP synthase in redox regulation and drug resistance, (3) a rationale for inhibiting ERK signaling and mitochondrial OxPhos toward the therapeutic goal of reducing tumor metastasis and treatment resistance. Recent reports from our laboratories using metastatic melanoma and breast cancer models have shown the preclinical efficacy of novel and rationally designed therapeutic agents that target ERK1/2 signaling and mitochondrial ATP synthase, which modulate ROS events that may prevent or treat metastatic cancer. These findings and those of others suggest that targeting a tumor's metabolic requirements and vulnerabilities may inhibit metastatic pathways and tumor growth. Approaches that exploit the ability of therapeutic agents to alter oxidative balance in tumor cells may be selective for cancer cells and may ultimately have an impact on clinical efficacy and safety. Elucidating the translational potential of metabolic targeting could lead to the discovery of new approaches for treatment of metastatic cancer.
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- Antonino Passaniti
- Research Health Scientist, The Veteran's Health Administration Research & Development Service (VAMHCS), VA Maryland Health Care System (VAMHCS), Baltimore VA Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
- Department of Pathology and Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, the Program in Molecular Medicine and the Marlene & Stewart Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland USA
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- Department of Pathology and Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, the Program in Molecular Medicine and the Marlene & Stewart Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Maryland School of Pharmacy, Baltimore Maryland, USA
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Dissecting Molecular Heterogeneity of Circulating Tumor Cells (CTCs) from Metastatic Breast Cancer Patients through Copy Number Aberration (CNA) and Single Nucleotide Variant (SNV) Single Cell Analysis. Cancers (Basel) 2022; 14:cancers14163925. [PMID: 36010918 PMCID: PMC9405921 DOI: 10.3390/cancers14163925] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2022] [Revised: 08/04/2022] [Accepted: 08/11/2022] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Circulating tumor cells' (CTCs) heterogeneity contributes to counteract their introduction in clinical practice. Through single-cell sequencing we aim at exploring CTC heterogeneity in metastatic breast cancer (MBC) patients. Single CTCs were isolated using DEPArray NxT. After whole genome amplification, libraries were prepared for copy number aberration (CNA) and single nucleotide variant (SNV) analysis and sequenced using Ion GeneStudio S5 and Illumina MiSeq, respectively. CTCs demonstrate distinctive mutational signatures but retain molecular traces of their common origin. CNA profiling identifies frequent aberrations involving critical genes in pathogenesis: gains of 1q (CCND1) and 11q (WNT3A), loss of 22q (CHEK2). The longitudinal single-CTC analysis allows tracking of clonal selection and the emergence of resistance-associated aberrations, such as gain of a region in 12q (CDK4). A group composed of CTCs from different patients sharing common traits emerges. Further analyses identify losses of 15q and enrichment of terms associated with pseudopodium formation as frequent and exclusive events. CTCs from MBC patients are heterogeneous, especially concerning their mutational status. The single-cell analysis allows the identification of aberrations associated with resistance, and is a candidate tool to better address treatment strategy. The translational significance of the group populated by similar CTCs should be elucidated.
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Suppressive Effects of Siegesbeckia orientalis Ethanolic Extract on Proliferation and Migration of Hepatocellular Carcinoma Cells through Promoting Oxidative Stress, Apoptosis and Inflammatory Responses. Pharmaceuticals (Basel) 2022; 15:ph15070826. [PMID: 35890125 PMCID: PMC9351687 DOI: 10.3390/ph15070826] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2022] [Revised: 07/01/2022] [Accepted: 07/01/2022] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Previous studies have demonstrated that Siegesbeckia orientalis (SO) has a suppressive effect on the growth and migration of endometrial and cervical cancer cells. The present study examined the effect of SO ethanolic extract (SOE) on the proliferation and migration of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and examined the effects of SOE on non-cancerous cells using HaCaT keratinocytes as a model. The SOE effectively inhibited the proliferation of Hepa1-6 (IC50 = 282.4 μg/mL) and HepG2 (IC50 = 344.3 μg/mL) hepatoma cells, whereas it has less cytotoxic effect on HaCaT cells (IC50 = 892.4 μg/mL). The SOE treatment increased the generation of ROS in HCC, but decreased the expression of antioxidant enzymes such as superoxide dismutase, glutathione peroxidase and catalase. In contrast, it reduced intracellular ROS formation and upregulated the expression of the related antioxidant enzymes in the H2O2-stimulated HaCaT cells. The SOE intervention also down-regulated the anti-apoptotic Bcl-2 and the migration-related proteins including matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) and β-catenin in the HCC, suggesting that SOE could promote HCC apoptosis and inhibit HCC migration. On the contrary, it reduced apoptosis and promoted the migration of the keratinocytes. Additionally, the SOE treatment significantly up-regulated the pro-inflammatory cytokines, including TNF-α, IL-6 and IL-1β, in Hepa1-6 and HepG2 cells. Conversely, it significantly decreased the expression of these cytokines in the H2O2-induced HaCaT cells. These findings indicated that SOE treatment can delay the progression of HCC by increasing oxidative stress, promoting inflammatory response, inducing cancer cell apoptosis and inhibiting their migration. It also has protective effects from pro-oxidant H2O2 in non-cancerous cells. Therefore, SOE may provide a potential treatment for liver cancer.
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Delaunay S, Pascual G, Feng B, Klann K, Behm M, Hotz-Wagenblatt A, Richter K, Zaoui K, Herpel E, Münch C, Dietmann S, Hess J, Benitah SA, Frye M. Mitochondrial RNA modifications shape metabolic plasticity in metastasis. Nature 2022; 607:593-603. [PMID: 35768510 PMCID: PMC9300468 DOI: 10.1038/s41586-022-04898-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 99] [Impact Index Per Article: 49.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2020] [Accepted: 05/24/2022] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Aggressive and metastatic cancers show enhanced metabolic plasticity1, but the precise underlying mechanisms of this remain unclear. Here we show how two NOP2/Sun RNA methyltransferase 3 (NSUN3)-dependent RNA modifications—5-methylcytosine (m5C) and its derivative 5-formylcytosine (f5C) (refs.2–4)—drive the translation of mitochondrial mRNA to power metastasis. Translation of mitochondrially encoded subunits of the oxidative phosphorylation complex depends on the formation of m5C at position 34 in mitochondrial tRNAMet. m5C-deficient human oral cancer cells exhibit increased levels of glycolysis and changes in their mitochondrial function that do not affect cell viability or primary tumour growth in vivo; however, metabolic plasticity is severely impaired as mitochondrial m5C-deficient tumours do not metastasize efficiently. We discovered that CD36-dependent non-dividing, metastasis-initiating tumour cells require mitochondrial m5C to activate invasion and dissemination. Moreover, a mitochondria-driven gene signature in patients with head and neck cancer is predictive for metastasis and disease progression. Finally, we confirm that this metabolic switch that allows the metastasis of tumour cells can be pharmacologically targeted through the inhibition of mitochondrial mRNA translation in vivo. Together, our results reveal that site-specific mitochondrial RNA modifications could be therapeutic targets to combat metastasis.
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- Sylvain Delaunay
- German Cancer Research Center - Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST), Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.,Department of Otorhinolaryngology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China
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- Institute of Biochemistry II, University Hospital, Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- German Cancer Research Center - Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
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- German Cancer Research Center - Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
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- German Cancer Research Center - Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institute of Pathology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.,NCT Tissue Bank, National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry II, University Hospital, Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- German Cancer Research Center - Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany.,Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST), Barcelona, Spain.,Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies (ICREA), Barcelona, Spain
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- German Cancer Research Center - Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany.
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Bandopadhyay S, Prasad P, Ray U, Das Ghosh D, Roy SS. SIRT6 promotes mitochondrial fission and subsequent cellular invasion in ovarian cancer. FEBS Open Bio 2022; 12:1657-1676. [PMID: 35686673 PMCID: PMC9433826 DOI: 10.1002/2211-5463.13452] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2022] [Accepted: 05/31/2022] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Ovarian cancer ranks fifth in terms of cancer mortality in women due to lack of early diagnosis and poor clinical management. Characteristics like high cellular proliferation, EMT and metabolic alterations contribute to oncogenicity. Cancer, being a "metabolic disorder," is governed by various key regulatory factors like metabolic enzymes, oncogenes, and tumor suppressors. Sirtuins (SIRT1-SIRT7) belong to the group of NAD+ deacetylase and ADP-ribosylation enzymes that function as NAD+ sensors and metabolic regulators. Among sirtuin orthologs, SIRT6 emerges as an important oncogenic player, although its possible mechanistic involvement in ovarian cancer advancement is still elusive. Our data indicated a higher expression of SIRT6 in ovarian cancer tissues compared with the non-malignant ovarian tissue. Further, we observed that overexpression of SIRT6 enhances glycolysis and oxidative phosphorylation in ovarian cancer cells. The energy derived from these processes facilitates migration and invasion through invadopodia formation by reorganization of actin fibers. Mechanistically, SIRT6 has been shown to promote ERK1/2-driven activatory phosphorylation of DRP1 at serine-616, which has an obligatory role in inducing mitochondrial fission. These fragmented mitochondria facilitate cell movement important for metastases. siRNA-mediated downregulation of SIRT6 was found to decrease cellular invasion through compromised mitochondrial fragmentation and subsequent reduction in stress fiber formation in ovarian cancer cells. Thus, the present report establishes the impact of SIRT6 in the regulation of morphological and functional aspects of mitochondria that modulates invasion in ovarian cancer cells.
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- Shreya Bandopadhyay
- Cell Biology and Physiology Division, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, Kolkata, India
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- Cell Biology and Physiology Division, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, Kolkata, India
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Basic and Translational Research, Saroj Gupta Cancer Centre and Research Institute, Kolkata, India
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- Cell Biology and Physiology Division, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, Kolkata, India
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Ho WT, Chang JS, Chen TC, Wang JK, Chang SW, Yang MH, Jou TS, Wang IJ. Inhibition of Rho-associated protein kinase activity enhances oxidative phosphorylation to support corneal endothelial cell migration. FASEB J 2022; 36:e22397. [PMID: 35661268 DOI: 10.1096/fj.202101442rr] [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: 09/14/2021] [Revised: 05/21/2022] [Accepted: 05/24/2022] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Corneal endothelial cell (CEC) dysfunction causes corneal edema and severe visual impairment that require transplantation to restore vision. To address the unmet need of organ shortage, descemetorhexis without endothelial keratoplasty has been specifically employed to treat early stage Fuchs endothelial corneal dystrophy, which is pathophysiologically related to oxidative stress and exhibits centrally located corneal guttae. After stripping off central Descemet's membrane, rho-associated protein kinase (ROCK) inhibitor has been found to facilitate CEC migration, an energy-demanding task, thereby achieving wound closure. However, the correlation between ROCK inhibition and the change in bioenergetic status of CECs remained to be elucidated. Through transcriptomic profiling, we found that the inhibition of ROCK activity by the selective inhibitor, ripasudil or Y27632, promoted enrichment of oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS) gene set in bovine CECs (BCECs). Functional analysis revealed that ripasudil, a clinically approved anti-glaucoma agent, enhanced mitochondrial respiration, increased spare respiratory capacity, and induced overexpression of electron transport chain components through upregulation of AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) pathway. Accelerated BCEC migration and in vitro wound healing by ripasudil were diminished by OXPHOS and AMPK inhibition, but not by glycolysis inhibition. Correspondingly, lamellipodial protrusion and actin assembly that were augmented by ripasudil became reduced with additional OXPHOS or AMPK inhibition. These results indicate that ROCK inhibition induces metabolic reprogramming toward OXPHOS to support migration of CECs.
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- Wei-Ting Ho
- Department of Ophthalmology, Far Eastern Memorial Hospital, New Taipei City, Taiwan.,School of Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan
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- Department of Ophthalmology, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Far Eastern Memorial Hospital, New Taipei City, Taiwan
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Far Eastern Memorial Hospital, New Taipei City, Taiwan.,Department of Electrical Engineering, Yuan Ze University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Far Eastern Memorial Hospital, New Taipei City, Taiwan.,College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan.,Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Oncology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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- College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.,Center of Precision Medicine, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taiwan.,Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Ophthalmology, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.,College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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Rajagopal V, Arumugam S, Hunter PJ, Khadangi A, Chung J, Pan M. The Cell Physiome: What Do We Need in a Computational Physiology Framework for Predicting Single-Cell Biology? Annu Rev Biomed Data Sci 2022; 5:341-366. [PMID: 35576556 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-biodatasci-072018-021246] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Modern biology and biomedicine are undergoing a big data explosion, needing advanced computational algorithms to extract mechanistic insights on the physiological state of living cells. We present the motivation for the Cell Physiome project: a framework and approach for creating, sharing, and using biophysics-based computational models of single-cell physiology. Using examples in calcium signaling, bioenergetics, and endosomal trafficking, we highlight the need for spatially detailed, biophysics-based computational models to uncover new mechanisms underlying cell biology. We review progress and challenges to date toward creating cell physiome models. We then introduce bond graphs as an efficient way to create cell physiome models that integrate chemical, mechanical, electromagnetic, and thermal processes while maintaining mass and energy balance. Bond graphs enhance modularization and reusability of computational models of cells at scale. We conclude with a look forward at steps that will help fully realize this exciting new field of mechanistic biomedical data science. Expected final online publication date for the Annual Review of Biomedical Data Science, Volume 5 is August 2022. Please see http://www.annualreviews.org/page/journal/pubdates for revised estimates.
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- Vijay Rajagopal
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia;
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- Cellular Physiology Lab, Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences; European Molecular Biological Laboratory (EMBL) Australia; and Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Advanced Molecular Imaging, Monash University, Clayton/Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Auckland Bioengineering Institute, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia;
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia;
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- School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Uchenunu O, Zhdanov AV, Hutton P, Jovanovic P, Wang Y, Andreev DE, Hulea L, Papadopoli DJ, Avizonis D, Baranov PV, Pollak MN, Papkovsky DB, Topisirovic I. Mitochondrial complex IV defects induce metabolic and signaling perturbations that expose potential vulnerabilities in HCT116 cells. FEBS Open Bio 2022; 12:959-982. [PMID: 35302710 PMCID: PMC9063438 DOI: 10.1002/2211-5463.13398] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2021] [Revised: 01/28/2022] [Accepted: 03/16/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Mutations in genes encoding cytochrome c oxidase (mitochondrial complex IV) subunits and assembly factors [e.g., synthesis of cytochrome c oxidase 2 (SCO2)] are linked to severe metabolic syndromes. Notwithstanding that SCO2 is under transcriptional control of tumor suppressor p53, the role of mitochondrial complex IV dysfunction in cancer metabolism remains obscure. Herein, we demonstrate that the loss of SCO2 in HCT116 colorectal cancer cells leads to significant metabolic and signaling perturbations. Specifically, abrogation of SCO2 increased NAD+ regenerating reactions and decreased glucose oxidation through citric acid cycle while enhancing pyruvate carboxylation. This was accompanied by a reduction in amino acid levels and the accumulation of lipid droplets. In addition, SCO2 loss resulted in hyperactivation of the insulin-like growth factor 1 receptor (IGF1R)/AKT axis with paradoxical downregulation of mTOR signaling, which was accompanied by increased AMP-activated kinase activity. Accordingly, abrogation of SCO2 expression appears to increase the sensitivity of cells to IGF1R and AKT, but not mTOR inhibitors. Finally, the loss of SCO2 was associated with reduced proliferation and enhanced migration of HCT116 cells. Collectively, herein we describe potential adaptive signaling and metabolic perturbations triggered by mitochondrial complex IV dysfunction.
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- Oro Uchenunu
- Lady Davis Institute for Medical ResearchJewish General HospitalMontréalCanada
- Department of Experimental MedicineMcGill UniversityMontrealCanada
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- Lady Davis Institute for Medical ResearchJewish General HospitalMontréalCanada
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- Lady Davis Institute for Medical ResearchJewish General HospitalMontréalCanada
- Department of Experimental MedicineMcGill UniversityMontrealCanada
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- Lady Davis Institute for Medical ResearchJewish General HospitalMontréalCanada
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- Shemyakin‐Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic ChemistryMoscowRussia
- Belozersky Institute of Physico‐Chemical BiologyLomonosov Moscow State UniversityRussia
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- Département de MédecineDépartement de Biochimie et Médecine MoléculaireUniversité de MontréalMaisonneuve‐Rosemont Hospital Research CentreCanada
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- Lady Davis Institute for Medical ResearchJewish General HospitalMontréalCanada
- Gerald Bronfman Department of OncologyMcGill UniversityMontrealCanada
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- Goodman Cancer Research CentreMcGill UniversityMontrealCanada
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- School of Biochemistry and Cell BiologyUniversity College CorkIreland
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- Lady Davis Institute for Medical ResearchJewish General HospitalMontréalCanada
- Department of Experimental MedicineMcGill UniversityMontrealCanada
- Gerald Bronfman Department of OncologyMcGill UniversityMontrealCanada
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- Lady Davis Institute for Medical ResearchJewish General HospitalMontréalCanada
- Department of Experimental MedicineMcGill UniversityMontrealCanada
- Gerald Bronfman Department of OncologyMcGill UniversityMontrealCanada
- Department of BiochemistryMcGill UniversityMontrealCanada
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Desler C, Durhuus JA, Hansen TLL, Anugula S, Zelander NT, Bøggild S, Rasmussen LJ. Partial inhibition of mitochondrial-linked pyrimidine synthesis increases tumorigenic potential and lysosome accumulation. Mitochondrion 2022; 64:73-81. [PMID: 35346867 DOI: 10.1016/j.mito.2022.03.005] [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: 08/27/2021] [Revised: 03/02/2022] [Accepted: 03/23/2022] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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The correlation between mitochondrial function and oncogenesis is complex and is not fully understood. Here we determine the importance of mitochondrial-linked pyrimidine synthesis for the aggressiveness of cancer cells. The enzyme dihydroorotate dehydrogenase (DHODH) links oxidative phosphorylation to de novo synthesis of pyrimidines. We demonstrate that an inhibition of DHODH results in a respiration-independent significant increase of anchorage-independent growth but does not affect DNA repair ability. Instead, we show an autophagy-independent increase of lysosomes. The results of this study suggest that inhibition of mitochondrial-linked pyrimidine synthesis in cancer cells results in a more aggressive tumor phenotype.
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- Claus Desler
- Center for Healthy Aging, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Center for Healthy Aging, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Denmark; Department of Clinical Research, Copenhagen University Hospital - Amager and Hvidovre, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Center for Healthy Aging, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Center for Healthy Aging, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Center for Healthy Aging, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Center for Healthy Aging, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
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Chowdhary S, Rikhy R. Labeling and Tracking Mitochondria with Photoactivation in Drosophila Embryos. Bio Protoc 2022; 12:e4347. [PMID: 35592607 PMCID: PMC8918217 DOI: 10.21769/bioprotoc.4347] [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: 01/13/2022] [Revised: 10/18/2021] [Accepted: 01/18/2022] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Mitochondria are relatively small, fragmented, and abundant in the large embryos of Drosophila, Xenopus and zebrafish. It is essential to study their distribution and dynamics in these embryos to understand the mechanistic role of mitochondrial function in early morphogenesis events. Photoactivation of mitochondrially tagged GFP (mito-PA-GFP) is an attractive method to highlight a specific population of mitochondria in living embryos and track their distribution during development. Drosophila embryos contain large numbers of maternally inherited mitochondria, which distribute differently at specific stages of early embryogenesis. They are enriched basally in the syncytial division cycles and move apically during cellularization. Here, we outline a method for highlighting a population of mitochondria in discrete locations using mito-PA-GFP in the Drosophila blastoderm embryo, to follow their distribution across syncytial division cycles and cellularization. Photoactivation uses fluorophores, such as PA-GFP, that can change their fluorescence state upon exposure to ultraviolet light. This enables marking a precise population of fluorescently tagged molecules of organelles at selected regions, to visualize and systematically follow their dynamics and movements. Photoactivation followed by live imaging provides an effective way to pulse label a population of mitochondria and follow them through the dynamic morphogenetic events during Drosophila embryogenesis.
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- Sayali Chowdhary
- Biology, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Homi Bhabha Road, Pashan, Pune, India
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- Biology, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Homi Bhabha Road, Pashan, Pune, India,
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Zhang X, Dai X, Zhao X, Wang J, Dou J, Zhuang H, Chen N, Zhao H. MiR-874-3p represses the migration and invasion yet promotes the apoptosis and cisplatin sensitivity via being sponged by long intergenic non-coding RNA 00922 (LINC00922) and targeting Glycerophosphodiester Phosphodiesterase Domain Containing 5 (GDPD5) in gastric cancer cells. Bioengineered 2022; 13:7082-7104. [PMID: 35282764 PMCID: PMC9208458 DOI: 10.1080/21655979.2022.2045831] [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] [Indexed: 11/02/2022] Open
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Our study mainly reports the specific mechanisms of microRNA (miR)-874-3p on drug resistance in gastric cancer (GC). Clinical specimen was collected. The upstream long non-coding RNA (lncRNA) and the downstream gene of miR-874-3p were predicted using bioinformatic analysis with the results being ascertained with dual-luciferase reporter assay. The viability, apoptosis, migration and invasion of transfected GC cells with or without cisplatin (DDP) treatment were evaluated by Cell Counting Kit-8 (CCK-8), flow cytometric, Scratch, and Transwell assays. An animal xenograft model was constructed. Expressions of long intergenic non-coding RNA 00922 (LINC00922), miR-874-3p and potential target genes were quantified by quantitative real-time polymerase-chain reaction (qRT-PCR) and Western blot. MiR-874-3p, which was lower-expressed in drug-resistant GC tissues and cells, was upregulated to repress the viability, migration and invasion but enhance the apoptosis and sensitivity in GC cells with or without DDP resistance. Downregulation of miR-874-3p eliminated the effects of silenced LINC00922, a upstream lncRNA of miR-874-3p, on cell viability, apoptosis, migration and invasion, as well as the expressions of Glycerophosphodiester Phosphodiesterase Domain Containing 5 (GDPD5) and the downstream gene of miR-874-3p in DDP-resistant GC cells. GDPD5 silencing diminished the effects of miR-874-3p downregulation on GDPD5 expression, viability, migration and invasion of DDP-resistant GC cells. Additionally, LINC00922 silencing enhanced the inhibitory effect of DDP on tumor growth, whereas reversing the effects of DDP on LINC00922, miR-874-3p and GDPD5 expressions in tumors. MiR-874-3p, an miRNA, which is sponged by LINC00922 and targets GDPD5, inhibits the GC progression yet enhances the DDP sensitivity in GC.
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- Xiaoyu Zhang
- Division of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Department of General Surgery, The Affiliated Huai'an Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University, Huaian, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of General Surgery, Lianshui People's Hospital Affiliated to Kangda College of Nanjing Medical University, Huaian, Jiangsu, China
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- Division of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Department of General Surgery, The Affiliated Huai'an Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University, Huaian, Jiangsu, China
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- Division of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Department of General Surgery, The Affiliated Huai'an Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University, Huaian, Jiangsu, China
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- Division of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Department of General Surgery, The Affiliated Huai'an Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University, Huaian, Jiangsu, China
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- Division of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Department of General Surgery, The Affiliated Huai'an Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University, Huaian, Jiangsu, China
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- Division of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Department of General Surgery, The Affiliated Huai'an Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University, Huaian, Jiangsu, China
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- Division of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Department of General Surgery, The Affiliated Huai'an Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University, Huaian, Jiangsu, China
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Cavalcante GC, Ribeiro-Dos-Santos Â, de Araújo GS. Mitochondria in tumour progression: a network of mtDNA variants in different types of cancer. BMC Genom Data 2022; 23:16. [PMID: 35183124 PMCID: PMC8857862 DOI: 10.1186/s12863-022-01032-2] [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: 07/19/2021] [Accepted: 02/14/2022] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Background Mitochondrial participation in tumorigenesis and metastasis has been studied for many years, but several aspects of this mechanism remain unclear, such as the association of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) with different cancers. Here, based on two independent datasets, we modelled an mtDNA mutation-cancer network by systematic integrative analysis including 37 cancer types to identify the mitochondrial variants found in common among them. Results Our network showed mtDNA associations between gastric cancer and other cancer types, particularly kidney, liver, and prostate cancers, which is suggestive of a potential role of such variants in the metastatic processes among these cancer types. A graph-based interactive web tool was made available at www2.lghm.ufpa.br/mtdna. We also highlighted that most shared variants were in the MT-ND4, MT-ND5 and D-loop, and that some of these variants were nonsynonymous, indicating a special importance of these variants and regions regarding cancer progression, involving genomic and epigenomic alterations. Conclusions This study reinforces the importance of studying mtDNA in cancer and offers new perspectives on the potential involvement of different mitochondrial variants in cancer development and metastasis.
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- Giovanna C Cavalcante
- Laboratory of Human and Medical Genetics, Graduate Program in Genetics and Molecular Biology, Federal University of Pará, Av. Augusto Correa, 01, Belém, PA, 66075-110, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Human and Medical Genetics, Graduate Program in Genetics and Molecular Biology, Federal University of Pará, Av. Augusto Correa, 01, Belém, PA, 66075-110, Brazil.,Graduate Program in Oncology and Medical Sciences, Center of Oncology Research, Federal University of Pará, Rua dos Mundurucus, Belém, PA, 4487, 66073-005, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Human and Medical Genetics, Graduate Program in Genetics and Molecular Biology, Federal University of Pará, Av. Augusto Correa, 01, Belém, PA, 66075-110, Brazil.
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Madan S, Uttekar B, Chowdhary S, Rikhy R. Mitochondria Lead the Way: Mitochondrial Dynamics and Function in Cellular Movements in Development and Disease. Front Cell Dev Biol 2022; 9:781933. [PMID: 35186947 PMCID: PMC8848284 DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2021.781933] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2021] [Accepted: 12/16/2021] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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The dynamics, distribution and activity of subcellular organelles are integral to regulating cell shape changes during various physiological processes such as epithelial cell formation, cell migration and morphogenesis. Mitochondria are famously known as the powerhouse of the cell and play an important role in buffering calcium, releasing reactive oxygen species and key metabolites for various activities in a eukaryotic cell. Mitochondrial dynamics and morphology changes regulate these functions and their regulation is, in turn, crucial for various morphogenetic processes. In this review, we evaluate recent literature which highlights the role of mitochondrial morphology and activity during cell shape changes in epithelial cell formation, cell division, cell migration and tissue morphogenesis during organism development and in disease. In general, we find that mitochondrial shape is regulated for their distribution or translocation to the sites of active cell shape dynamics or morphogenesis. Often, key metabolites released locally and molecules buffered by mitochondria play crucial roles in regulating signaling pathways that motivate changes in cell shape, mitochondrial shape and mitochondrial activity. We conclude that mechanistic analysis of interactions between mitochondrial morphology, activity, signaling pathways and cell shape changes across the various cell and animal-based model systems holds the key to deciphering the common principles for this interaction.
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Wang YC, Tsai SH, Chen MH, Hsieh FY, Chang YC, Tung FI, Liu TY. Mineral Nanomedicine to Enhance the Efficacy of Adjuvant Radiotherapy for Treating Osteosarcoma. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2022; 14:5586-5597. [PMID: 35050587 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.1c21729] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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It is vital to remove residual tumor cells after resection to avoid the recurrence and metastasis of osteosarcoma. In this study, a mineral nanomedicine, europium-doped calcium fluoride (CaF2:Eu) nanoparticles (NPs), is developed to enhance the efficacy of adjuvant radiotherapy (i.e., surgical resection followed by radiotherapy) for tumor cell growth and metastasis of osteosarcoma. In vitro studies show that CaF2:Eu NPs (200 μg/mL) exert osteosarcoma cell (143B)-selective toxicity and migration-inhibiting effects at a Eu dopant amount of 2.95 atomic weight percentage. These effects are further enhanced under X-ray irradiation (6 MeV, 4 Gy). Furthermore, in vivo tests show that intraosseous injection of CaF2:Eu NPs and X-ray irradiation have satisfactory therapeutic efficacy in controlling primary tumor size and inhibiting primary tumor metastasis. Overall, our results suggest that CaF2:Eu NPs with their osteosarcoma cell (143B)-selective toxicity and migration-inhibiting effects combined with radiotherapy might be nanomedicines for treating osteosarcoma after tumor resection.
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- Yu-Chi Wang
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei 112304, Taiwan
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- Department of Urology, Cheng Hsin General Hospital, Taipei 112401, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Taipei Municipal Wanfang Hospital, Taipei 116079, Taiwan
- Graduate Institute of Nanomedicine and Medical Engineering, Taipei Medical University, Taipei 110301, Taiwan
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- Franz Biotech Incorporation, Taipei 105065, Taiwan
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei 112304, Taiwan
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- Department of Orthopaedics, Yang-Ming Branch, Taipei City Hospital, Taipei 111024, Taiwan
- Department of Health and Welfare, College of City Management, University of Taipei, Taipei 111036, Taiwan
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei 112304, Taiwan
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Yan X, Yao C, Fang C, Han M, Gong C, Hu D, Shen W, Wang L, Li S, Zhu S. Rocaglamide promotes the infiltration and antitumor immunity of NK cells by activating cGAS-STING signaling in non-small cell lung cancer. Int J Biol Sci 2022; 18:585-598. [PMID: 35002511 PMCID: PMC8741839 DOI: 10.7150/ijbs.65019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2021] [Accepted: 11/28/2021] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Background: Natural killer (NK) cell-based immunotherapy is clinically limited due to insufficient tumor infiltration in solid tumors. We have previously found that the natural product rocaglamide (RocA) can enhance NK cell-mediated killing of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) cells by inhibiting autophagy, and autophagic inhibition has been shown to increase NK cell tumor infiltration in melanoma. Therefore, we hypothesized that RocA could increase NK cell infiltration in NSCLC by autophagy inhibition. Methods: Flow cytometry, RNA-sequencing, real-time PCR, Western blotting analysis, and xenograft tumor model were utilized to assess the infiltration of NK cells and the underlying mechanism. Results: RocA significantly increased the infiltration of NK cells and the expressions of CCL5 and CXCL10 in NSCLC cells, which could not be reversed by the inhibitions of autophagy/ULK1, JNK and NF-κB. However, such up-regulation could be suppressed by the inhibitions of TKB1 and STING. Furthermore, RocA dramatically activated the cGAS (cyclic GMP-AMP synthase)-STING (stimulator of interferon genes) signaling pathway, and the inhibition/depletion of STING ablated the up-regulation of CCL5 and CXCL10, NK cell infiltration, and tumor regression induced by RocA. Besides, RocA damaged mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) and promoted the cytoplasmic release of mtDNA. The mPTP inhibitor cyclosporin A could reverse RocA-induced cytoplasmic release of mtDNA. Conclusions: RocA could promote NK cell infiltration by activating cGAS-STING signaling via targeting mtDNA, but not by inhibiting autophagy. Taken together, our current findings suggested that RocA was a potent cGAS-STING agonist and had a promising potential in cancer immunotherapy, especially in NK cell-based immunotherapy.
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- Xuewei Yan
- Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine and Immunology Research; School of Basic Medical Sciences, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 1200 Cai Lun Rd. Shanghai 201203, P. R. China.,Department of Immunology and Pathogenic Biology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 1200 Cai Lun Rd. Shanghai 201203, P. R. China
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- Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine and Immunology Research; School of Basic Medical Sciences, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 1200 Cai Lun Rd. Shanghai 201203, P. R. China.,Department of Immunology and Pathogenic Biology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 1200 Cai Lun Rd. Shanghai 201203, P. R. China
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- Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine and Immunology Research; School of Basic Medical Sciences, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 1200 Cai Lun Rd. Shanghai 201203, P. R. China.,Department of Immunology and Pathogenic Biology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 1200 Cai Lun Rd. Shanghai 201203, P. R. China
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- Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine and Immunology Research; School of Basic Medical Sciences, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 1200 Cai Lun Rd. Shanghai 201203, P. R. China
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- Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine and Immunology Research; School of Basic Medical Sciences, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 1200 Cai Lun Rd. Shanghai 201203, P. R. China
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- School of Acupuncture, Moxibustion and Tuina, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 1200 Cai Lun Rd. Shanghai 201203, P. R. China
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- Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine and Immunology Research; School of Basic Medical Sciences, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 1200 Cai Lun Rd. Shanghai 201203, P. R. China.,Department of Immunology and Pathogenic Biology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 1200 Cai Lun Rd. Shanghai 201203, P. R. China
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- Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine and Immunology Research; School of Basic Medical Sciences, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 1200 Cai Lun Rd. Shanghai 201203, P. R. China.,Department of Immunology and Pathogenic Biology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 1200 Cai Lun Rd. Shanghai 201203, P. R. China
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- Department of Pathology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 1200 Cai Lun Rd. Shanghai 201203, P. R. China
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- Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine and Immunology Research; School of Basic Medical Sciences, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 1200 Cai Lun Rd. Shanghai 201203, P. R. China.,Department of Immunology and Pathogenic Biology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 1200 Cai Lun Rd. Shanghai 201203, P. R. China
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Liu Z, Tian J, Peng F, Wang J. Hypermethylation of mitochondrial DNA facilitates bone metastasis of renal cell carcinoma. J Cancer 2022; 13:304-312. [PMID: 34976191 PMCID: PMC8692697 DOI: 10.7150/jca.62278] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2021] [Accepted: 10/19/2021] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Kidney cancers including clear cell carcinoma (RCC) are identified with very vulnerable mitochondria DNA (mtDNA) and frequent epigenetic aberrations. Bone metastasis from RCC is prevalent and destructive. Bone marrow contains a quite hypoxic microenvironment that usually insitigate 50% of hypermethylation events in conferring a selective advantage for tumor growth. We hypothesized that hypermethylation of mtDNA in RCC cells would significantly contribute to bone metastatic tumor progression. Methylation-specific polymerase chain reaction assay (MSP) was adopted to measure the methylation status of D-loop region of mtDNA in 15 pairs of bone metastatic and primary RCC as well as tumor adjescent normal kidney tissues. mtDNA copy number was examined by the real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR). Western blotting analysis was used to measure the accumulation of several DNA methyltransferases (DNMTs) in the mitochondria and nucleus fractions of bone metastatic RCC cells. mRNA expression of mitochondria encoded genes was examined by RT-PCR. Reactive oxygen species (ROS), mitochondrial membrane potential and ATP content were measured using in vitro cells treated with de-methylation drug 5-Azacytidine (5-Aza). Non-invasive bioluminescent imaging was performed to monitor tumor occurrence in skeleton in mice. Our results showed that the D-loop region in bone metastatic tumor cells was markedly hypermethylated than those in primary RCC tumor cells, that is associated with a decreased mtDNA copy number and accumulation of DNMT1 in the mitochondria. The bone-tropism tumor colonization and progression of RCC cells was significantly suppressed by demethylating the D-loop region of mtDNA and reducing the intracellular level of ROS and ATP by 5-Aza treatment. In conclusion, our study provided a direct association between hypermethylation of mtDNA in RCC with bone metastastic tumor growth.
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- Zheng Liu
- Department of Oncology, People's hospital of Dongxihu District, Wuhan, Hubei 430040, P.R.China
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- Department of Orthopedics, People's hospital of Dongxihu District, Wuhan, Hubei 430040, P.R.China
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- Department of Orthopedics, Tongji hospital of Tongji Medical College, Hua Zhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430030, P.R. China
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- Department of Orthopedics, Tongji hospital of Tongji Medical College, Hua Zhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430030, P.R. China
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Chen X, Liu J, Li Y, Pandey NK, Chen T, Wang L, Amador EH, Chen W, Liu F, Xiao E, Chen W. Study of copper-cysteamine based X-ray induced photodynamic therapy and its effects on cancer cell proliferation and migration in a clinical mimic setting. Bioact Mater 2022; 7:504-514. [PMID: 34466749 PMCID: PMC8385117 DOI: 10.1016/j.bioactmat.2021.05.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2021] [Revised: 04/26/2021] [Accepted: 05/08/2021] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Copper-cysteamine as a new generation of sensitizers can be activated by light, X-rays, microwaves, or ultrasound to produce reactive oxygen species. X-ray induced photodynamic therapy (X-PDT) has been studied extensively; however, most of the studies reported so far were conducted in the laboratory, which is not conducive to the clinical translation conditions. In this contribution, for the first time, we investigated the treatment efficiency of copper-cysteamine (Cu-Cy) based X-PDT by mimicking the clinical conditions with a clinical linear accelerator and building deep-seated tumor models to study not only the effectiveness but also its effects on the cell migration and proliferation in the level of the cell, tissue, and animal. The results showed that, without X-ray irradiation, Cu-Cy nanoparticles (NPs) had a low toxicity in HepG2, SK-HEP-1, Li-7, and 4T1 cells at a concentration below 100 mg/L. Interestingly, for the first time, it was observed that Cu-Cy mediated X-PDT can inhibit the proliferation and migration of these cell lines in a dose-dependent manner. Antigen markers of migration and cell proliferation, proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) and E-cadherin, from tumor tissue in the X-PDT group were remarkably different from that of the control group. Furthermore, the MRI assessment showed that the Cu-Cy based X-PDT inhibited the growth of deeply located tumors in mice and rabbits (p < 0.05) without any obvious toxicities in vivo. Overall, these new findings demonstrate that Cu-Cy NPs have a safe and promising clinical application prospect in X-PDT to improve the efficiency of radiotherapy (RT) for deep-seated tumors and effectively inhibit tumor cell proliferation and migration.
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- Xiangyu Chen
- Department of Radiology, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Department of Radiology, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Department of Radiology, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Department of Physics, The University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX, 76019, USA
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- Department of Oncology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan Province, 410011, China
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- Department of Physics, The University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX, 76019, USA
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- Department of Physics, The University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX, 76019, USA
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- Department of Oncology, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Department of Oncology, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Department of Radiology, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China
- Department of Oncology, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Department of Physics, The University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX, 76019, USA
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Lu J, Zhen S, Tuo X, Chang S, Yang X, Zhou Y, Chen W, Zhao L, Li X. Downregulation of DNMT3A Attenuates the Warburg Effect, Proliferation, and Invasion via Promoting the Inhibition of miR-603 on HK2 in Ovarian Cancer. Technol Cancer Res Treat 2022; 21:15330338221110668. [PMID: 35770296 PMCID: PMC9251974 DOI: 10.1177/15330338221110668] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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Background: Ovarian cancer is a highly malignant gynecological cancer. Aerobic glycolysis is one of the features of cancer cell metabolism. Studying the molecular modulation of the Warburg effect in ovarian cancer is significantly valuable for understanding the progression mechanism of ovarian cancer. Materials and Methods: The expression level and prognostic significance of DNMT3A were analyzed using public databases. DNMT3A was overexpressed by plasmid transfection, and DNMT3A was interfered with specific siRNAs transfection. miR-603 was overexpressed by mimic transfection or inhibited by inhibitor transfection. The expression of the molecules was detected by qPCR or western blotting. CCK-8 and transwell assays were used to determine the cell proliferation, migration, and invasion abilities of ovarian cancer. Results: We found that the DNMT3A protein level was higher in ovarian cancer tissues than in normal ovary tissues, but the mRNA level had no significant difference in ovarian cancer tissues and normal ovary tissues. The higher the RNA level of DNMT3A, the poorer prognosis of patients. DNMT3A knocking down impeded the Warburg effect, cell proliferation, migration, and invasion of ovarian cancer cells. Further investigations discovered that DNMT3A promoted ovarian cancer cell malignancy via silencing miR-603. Conclusion: We found that patients who overexpressed DNMT3A showed a poor prognosis. DNMT3A was found to promote the Warburg effect, cell proliferation, migration, and invasion of ovarian cancer by inhibiting the expression of miR-603. As a result, the research revealed that DNMT3A/miR-603/HK2 axis contributed to the Warburg effect of ovarian cancer and DNMT3A may be a potential therapeutic target for ovarian cancer.
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- Jiaojiao Lu
- Department of Radiology, 162798The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China
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- Center of Medical Genetics, The Northwest Women and Children's Hospital, Xi'an, China
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- Center for Translational Medicine, 162798The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
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- Center for Translational Medicine, 162798The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
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- Center for Translational Medicine, 162798The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
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- Department of Pathology, 162798The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China
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- Center for Translational Medicine, 162798The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
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- Center for Translational Medicine, 162798The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
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- Center for Translational Medicine, 162798The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
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Multiple targeted doxorubicin-lonidamine liposomes modified with p-hydroxybenzoic acid and triphenylphosphonium to synergistically treat glioma. Eur J Med Chem 2021; 230:114093. [PMID: 35007860 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2021.114093] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2021] [Revised: 12/23/2021] [Accepted: 12/26/2021] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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A type of pH-sensitive multi-targeted brain tumor site-specific liposomes (Lip-CTPP) co-modified with p-hydroxybenzoic acid (p-HA) and triphenylphosphonium (TPP) were designed and prepared to co-load doxorubicin (DOX) and lonidamine (LND). Lip-CTPP are promising potential carriers to exert the anti-glioma effect of DOX and LND collaboratively given the following features: 1) Lip-CTPP have a good pharmacokinetic behavior; 2) Lip-CTPP can cross the blood-brain barrier (BBB) and recognize tumor cells through the affinity of p-HA and dopamine/sigma receptors; 3) Lip-CTPP are highly positive charged once the acid-sensitive amide bonds are cleaved in endo/lysosomes to expose TPP and protonate amine groups; 4) the positive charged Lip-CTPP escape from endo/lysosomes and accumulate in mitochondria through electrostatic adsorption; 5) DOX and LND are released and synergistically increase anti-tumor efficacy. Our in vitro and in vivo results confirmed that Lip-CTPP could greatly elevate the inhibition rate of tumor cell proliferation, migration and invasion, promote apoptosis and necrosis, and interfere with mitochondrial function. In addition, Lip-CTPP could significantly prolong the survival time of glioma bearing mice, narrow the tumor region and inhibit the infiltration and metastasis capability of glioma cells. Collectively, Lip-CTPP are promising nano formulations to enhance the synergistic effect of DOX and LND in glioma treatment.
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Jewell BE, Xu A, Zhu D, Huang MF, Lu L, Liu M, Underwood EL, Park JH, Fan H, Gingold JA, Zhou R, Tu J, Huo Z, Liu Y, Jin W, Chen YH, Xu Y, Chen SH, Rainusso N, Berg NK, Bazer DA, Vellano C, Jones P, Eltzschig HK, Zhao Z, Kaipparettu BA, Zhao R, Wang LL, Lee DF. Patient-derived iPSCs link elevated mitochondrial respiratory complex I function to osteosarcoma in Rothmund-Thomson syndrome. PLoS Genet 2021; 17:e1009971. [PMID: 34965247 PMCID: PMC8716051 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1009971] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [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: 06/23/2021] [Accepted: 11/29/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Rothmund-Thomson syndrome (RTS) is an autosomal recessive genetic disorder characterized by poikiloderma, small stature, skeletal anomalies, sparse brows/lashes, cataracts, and predisposition to cancer. Type 2 RTS patients with biallelic RECQL4 pathogenic variants have multiple skeletal anomalies and a significantly increased incidence of osteosarcoma. Here, we generated RTS patient-derived induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) to dissect the pathological signaling leading to RTS patient-associated osteosarcoma. RTS iPSC-derived osteoblasts showed defective osteogenic differentiation and gain of in vitro tumorigenic ability. Transcriptome analysis of RTS osteoblasts validated decreased bone morphogenesis while revealing aberrantly upregulated mitochondrial respiratory complex I gene expression. RTS osteoblast metabolic assays demonstrated elevated mitochondrial respiratory complex I function, increased oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS), and increased ATP production. Inhibition of mitochondrial respiratory complex I activity by IACS-010759 selectively suppressed cellular respiration and cell proliferation of RTS osteoblasts. Furthermore, systems analysis of IACS-010759-induced changes in RTS osteoblasts revealed that chemical inhibition of mitochondrial respiratory complex I impaired cell proliferation, induced senescence, and decreased MAPK signaling and cell cycle associated genes, but increased H19 and ribosomal protein genes. In summary, our study suggests that mitochondrial respiratory complex I is a potential therapeutic target for RTS-associated osteosarcoma and provides future insights for clinical treatment strategies.
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- Brittany E. Jewell
- Department of Integrative Biology and Pharmacology, McGovern Medical School, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America
- The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center UTHealth Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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- Department of Integrative Biology and Pharmacology, McGovern Medical School, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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- Department of Integrative Biology and Pharmacology, McGovern Medical School, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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- Department of Integrative Biology and Pharmacology, McGovern Medical School, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America
- The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center UTHealth Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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- Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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- Department of Integrative Biology and Pharmacology, McGovern Medical School, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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- Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, McGovern Medical School, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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- Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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- Center for Precision Health, School of Biomedical Informatics, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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- Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Women’s Health, Einstein/Montefiore Medical Center, New York City, New York, United States of America
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- Department of Integrative Biology and Pharmacology, McGovern Medical School, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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- Department of Integrative Biology and Pharmacology, McGovern Medical School, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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- Department of Integrative Biology and Pharmacology, McGovern Medical School, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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- Department of Integrative Biology and Pharmacology, McGovern Medical School, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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- Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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- Department and Institute of Pharmacology, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Center for Immunotherapy Research, Cancer Center of Excellence, Houston Methodist Research Institute, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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- Center for Immunotherapy Research, Cancer Center of Excellence, Houston Methodist Research Institute, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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- Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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- The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center UTHealth Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Houston, Texas, United States of America
- Department of Anesthesiology, McGovern Medical School, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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- Department of Neurology, Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, United States of America
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- TRACTION Platform, Therapeutics Discovery Division, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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- TRACTION Platform, Therapeutics Discovery Division, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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- The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center UTHealth Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Houston, Texas, United States of America
- Department of Anesthesiology, McGovern Medical School, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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- The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center UTHealth Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Houston, Texas, United States of America
- Center for Precision Health, School of Biomedical Informatics, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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- Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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- Department of Integrative Biology and Pharmacology, McGovern Medical School, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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- Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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- Department of Integrative Biology and Pharmacology, McGovern Medical School, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America
- The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center UTHealth Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Houston, Texas, United States of America
- Center for Precision Health, School of Biomedical Informatics, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America
- Center for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine, The Brown Foundation Institute of Molecular Medicine for the Prevention of Human Diseases, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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Ohshima K, Oi R, Okuzaki D, Motooka D, Shinohara M, Nojima S, Morii E. Mitochondrial matrix protein C14orf159 attenuates colorectal cancer metastasis by suppressing Wnt/β-catenin signalling. Br J Cancer 2021; 125:1699-1711. [PMID: 34689171 PMCID: PMC8651639 DOI: 10.1038/s41416-021-01582-9] [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: 03/25/2021] [Revised: 09/25/2021] [Accepted: 10/04/2021] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND The mechanisms underlying metastasis of colorectal cancer (CRC) remain unclear. C14orf159 is a mitochondrial matrix protein converting D-glutamate to 5-oxo-D-proline. Other metabolic functions of C14orf159, especially on mitochondrial metabolism, and its contribution to CRC metastasis, are not elucidated. METHODS Metabolome analysis by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry, RNA-sequencing analysis, flow cytometry, migration and invasion assay, sphere-formation assay using C14orf159-knockout and -stable expressing cells, immunohistochemistry of C14orf159 in human CRC specimens, and xenograft experiments using Balb/c nude mice were conducted. RESULTS C14orf159 maintained the mitochondrial membrane potential of human CRC cells, and its involvement in amino acid and glutathione metabolism was demonstrated. In human CRC specimens, a decrease in C14orf159 expression at the invasive front of the tumour and in metastasis was determined. C14orf159 was also shown to attenuate the migration, invasion, and spheroid growth of CRC cells in vitro and colorectal tumour growth and metastasis in vivo. Mechanistically, C14orf159 reduced the expression of genes involved in CRC metastasis, including members of the Wnt and MMP family, by maintaining the mitochondrial membrane potential. CONCLUSIONS Our findings link mitochondrial membrane potential to Wnt/β-catenin signalling and reveal a previously unrecognised function of the mitochondrial matrix protein C14orf159 as a suppressor of CRC metastasis.
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- Kenji Ohshima
- Department of Pathology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka, Japan.
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- Department of Pathology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka, Japan
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- Genome Information Research Center, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan
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- Genome Information Research Center, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan
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- Division of Epidemiology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan
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- Department of Pathology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Pathology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka, Japan.
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