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He K, Nie Z. System analysis based on the lysosome-related genes identifies HPS4 as a novel therapy target for liver hepatocellular carcinoma. Front Oncol 2023; 13:1221498. [PMID: 37781184 PMCID: PMC10535104 DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2023.1221498] [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: 05/12/2023] [Accepted: 08/21/2023] [Indexed: 10/03/2023] Open
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Background Liver cancer is a leading cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide. Lysosomal dysfunction is implicated in cancer progression; however, prognostic prediction models based on lysosome-related genes (LRGs) are lacking in liver cancer. This study aimed to establish an LRG-based model to improve prognosis prediction and explore potential therapeutic targets in liver cancer. Methods Expression profiles of 61 LRGs were analyzed in The Cancer Genome Atlas liver cancer cohorts. There were 14 LRGs identified, and their association with clinical outcomes was evaluated. Unsupervised clustering, Cox regression, and functional assays were performed. Results Patients were classified into high-risk and low-risk subgroups based on the 14 LRGs. The high-risk group had significantly worse overall survival. Aberrant immune infiltration and checkpoint expression were observed in the high-risk group. Furthermore, HPS4 was identified as an independent prognostic indicator. Knockdown of HPS4 suppressed liver cancer cell proliferation and induced apoptosis. Conclusion This study developed an LRG-based prognostic model to improve risk stratification in liver cancer. The potential value of HPS4 as a therapeutic target and biomarker was demonstrated. Regulation of HPS4 may offer novel strategies for precision treatment in liver cancer patients.
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- Ke‐Jie He
- The Quzhou Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Quzhou People’s Hospital, Quzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Global Health Research Center, Guangdong Cardiovascular Institute, Guangdong Provincial People’s Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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de la Cruz-Ojeda P, Flores-Campos R, Navarro-Villarán E, Muntané J. The Role of Non-Coding RNAs in Autophagy During Carcinogenesis. Front Cell Dev Biol 2022; 10:799392. [PMID: 35309939 PMCID: PMC8926078 DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2022.799392] [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] [Received: 10/21/2021] [Accepted: 01/18/2022] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Macroautophagy (autophagy herein) is a cellular stress response and a survival pathway involved in self-renewal and quality control processes to maintain cellular homeostasis. The alteration of autophagy has been implicated in numerous diseases such as cancer where it plays a dual role. Autophagy serves as a tumor suppressor in the early phases of cancer formation with the restoration of homeostasis and eliminating cellular altered constituents, yet in later phases, autophagy may support and/or facilitate tumor growth, metastasis and may contribute to treatment resistance. Key components of autophagy interact with either pro- and anti-apoptotic factors regulating the proximity of tumor cells to apoptotic cliff promoting cell survival. Autophagy is regulated by key cell signaling pathways such as Akt (protein kinase B, PKB), mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) and AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) involved in cell survival and metabolism. The expression of critical members of upstream cell signaling, as well as those directly involved in the autophagic and apoptotic machineries are regulated by microRNAs (miRNAs) and long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs). Consequently, non-coding RNAs play a relevant role in carcinogenesis and treatment response in cancer. The review is an update of the current knowledge in the regulation by miRNA and lncRNA of the autophagic components and their functional impact to provide an integrated and comprehensive regulatory network of autophagy in cancer.
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- Patricia de la Cruz-Ojeda
- Institute of Biomedicine of Seville (IBiS), Hospital University "Virgen del Rocío"/CSIC/University of Seville, Seville, Spain.,Department of Medical Physiology and Biophysics, University of Seville, Seville, Spain.,Networked Biomedical Research Center Hepatic and Digestive Diseases (CIBEREHD o Ciberehd), Institute of Health Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- Institute of Biomedicine of Seville (IBiS), Hospital University "Virgen del Rocío"/CSIC/University of Seville, Seville, Spain
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- Institute of Biomedicine of Seville (IBiS), Hospital University "Virgen del Rocío"/CSIC/University of Seville, Seville, Spain.,Department of Medical Physiology and Biophysics, University of Seville, Seville, Spain.,Networked Biomedical Research Center Hepatic and Digestive Diseases (CIBEREHD o Ciberehd), Institute of Health Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- Institute of Biomedicine of Seville (IBiS), Hospital University "Virgen del Rocío"/CSIC/University of Seville, Seville, Spain.,Department of Medical Physiology and Biophysics, University of Seville, Seville, Spain.,Networked Biomedical Research Center Hepatic and Digestive Diseases (CIBEREHD o Ciberehd), Institute of Health Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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Lu H, Wei Y, Jiang Z, Zhang J, Wang T, Huang S, Zeng P. Integrative eQTL-weighted hierarchical Cox models for SNP-set based time-to-event association studies. J Transl Med 2021; 19:418. [PMID: 34627275 PMCID: PMC8502405 DOI: 10.1186/s12967-021-03090-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2021] [Accepted: 09/26/2021] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Integrating functional annotations into SNP-set association studies has been proven a powerful analysis strategy. Statistical methods for such integration have been developed for continuous and binary phenotypes; however, the SNP-set integrative approaches for time-to-event or survival outcomes are lacking. METHODS We here propose IEHC, an integrative eQTL (expression quantitative trait loci) hierarchical Cox regression, for SNP-set based survival association analysis by modeling effect sizes of genetic variants as a function of eQTL via a hierarchical manner. Three p-values combination tests are developed to examine the joint effects of eQTL and genetic variants after a novel decorrelated modification of statistics for the two components. An omnibus test (IEHC-ACAT) is further adapted to aggregate the strengths of all available tests. RESULTS Simulations demonstrated that the IEHC joint tests were more powerful if both eQTL and genetic variants contributed to association signal, while IEHC-ACAT was robust and often outperformed other approaches across various simulation scenarios. When applying IEHC to ten TCGA cancers by incorporating eQTL from relevant tissues of GTEx, we revealed that substantial correlations existed between the two types of effect sizes of genetic variants from TCGA and GTEx, and identified 21 (9 unique) cancer-associated genes which would otherwise be missed by approaches not incorporating eQTL. CONCLUSION IEHC represents a flexible, robust, and powerful approach to integrate functional omics information to enhance the power of identifying association signals for the survival risk of complex human cancers.
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- Haojie Lu
- Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, 221004, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 211166, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, 221004, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, 221004, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, 221004, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, 221004, Jiangsu, China
- Center for Medical Statistics and Data Analysis, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, 221004, Jiangsu, China
- Key Laboratory of Human Genetics and Environmental Medicine, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, 221004, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, 221004, Jiangsu, China.
- Center for Medical Statistics and Data Analysis, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, 221004, Jiangsu, China.
- Key Laboratory of Human Genetics and Environmental Medicine, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, 221004, Jiangsu, China.
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Role of the V1G1 subunit of V-ATPase in breast cancer cell migration. Sci Rep 2021; 11:4615. [PMID: 33633298 PMCID: PMC7907067 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-84222-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2020] [Accepted: 01/18/2021] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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V-ATPase is a large multi-subunit complex that regulates acidity of intracellular compartments and of extracellular environment. V-ATPase consists of several subunits that drive specific regulatory mechanisms. The V1G1 subunit, a component of the peripheral stalk of the pump, controls localization and activation of the pump on late endosomes and lysosomes by interacting with RILP and RAB7. Deregulation of some subunits of the pump has been related to tumor invasion and metastasis formation in breast cancer. We observed a decrease of V1G1 and RAB7 in highly invasive breast cancer cells, suggesting a key role of these proteins in controlling cancer progression. Moreover, in MDA-MB-231 cells, modulation of V1G1 affected cell migration and matrix metalloproteinase activation in vitro, processes important for tumor formation and dissemination. In these cells, characterized by high expression of EGFR, we demonstrated that V1G1 modulates EGFR stability and the EGFR downstream signaling pathways that control several factors required for cell motility, among which RAC1 and cofilin. In addition, we showed a key role of V1G1 in the biogenesis of endosomes and lysosomes. Altogether, our data describe a new molecular mechanism, controlled by V1G1, required for cell motility and that promotes breast cancer tumorigenesis.
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Yammine L, Zablocki A, Baron W, Terzi F, Gallazzini M. Lipocalin-2 Regulates Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Intracellular Trafficking. Cell Rep 2020; 29:2067-2077.e6. [PMID: 31722218 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2019.10.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2018] [Revised: 08/02/2019] [Accepted: 10/03/2019] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) activation and lipocalin-2 (Lcn2) expression are frequently observed in the same pathological contexts, such as cancers or chronic kidney disease (CKD). However, the significance of this association is unknown. Here, we describe the role of Lcn2 in regulating EGFR trafficking. We show that Lcn2 increases EGFR cell surface abundance and is required for transforming growth factor α (TGF-α)-induced EGFR recycling to the plasma membrane and sustained activation. Lcn2 binds to the intracellular domain of EGFR in late endosomal compartments and inhibits its lysosomal degradation. Consistently, Lcn2 enhances EGFR-induced cell migration after TGF-α stimulation. In vivo, Lcn2 gene inactivation prevents EGFR recycling to the plasma membrane in an experimental model of CKD. Remarkably, this is associated with a dramatic decrease of renal lesions. Together, our data identify Lcn2 as a key mediator of EGFR trafficking processes. Hence, therapeutic inhibition of Lcn2 may counteract the deleterious effect of EGFR activation.
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- Lucie Yammine
- Mechanisms and Therapeutic Strategies of Chronic Kidney Disease, INSERM U1151-CNRS UMR 8253, Institut Necker Enfants Malades, Département "Croissance et Signalisation," Hôpital Necker Enfants Malades, Université Paris Descartes, 149 Rue de Sèvres, Paris 75015, France
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- Mechanisms and Therapeutic Strategies of Chronic Kidney Disease, INSERM U1151-CNRS UMR 8253, Institut Necker Enfants Malades, Département "Croissance et Signalisation," Hôpital Necker Enfants Malades, Université Paris Descartes, 149 Rue de Sèvres, Paris 75015, France
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- Mechanisms and Therapeutic Strategies of Chronic Kidney Disease, INSERM U1151-CNRS UMR 8253, Institut Necker Enfants Malades, Département "Croissance et Signalisation," Hôpital Necker Enfants Malades, Université Paris Descartes, 149 Rue de Sèvres, Paris 75015, France
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- Mechanisms and Therapeutic Strategies of Chronic Kidney Disease, INSERM U1151-CNRS UMR 8253, Institut Necker Enfants Malades, Département "Croissance et Signalisation," Hôpital Necker Enfants Malades, Université Paris Descartes, 149 Rue de Sèvres, Paris 75015, France
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- Mechanisms and Therapeutic Strategies of Chronic Kidney Disease, INSERM U1151-CNRS UMR 8253, Institut Necker Enfants Malades, Département "Croissance et Signalisation," Hôpital Necker Enfants Malades, Université Paris Descartes, 149 Rue de Sèvres, Paris 75015, France.
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Mughees M, Samim M, Sharma Y, Wajid S. Identification of protein targets and the mechanism of the cytotoxic action of Ipomoea turpethum extract loaded nanoparticles against breast cancer cells. J Mater Chem B 2020; 7:6048-6063. [PMID: 31549130 DOI: 10.1039/c9tb00824a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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The shortcomings of the currently available anti-breast cancer agents compel the development of the safer targeted drug delivery for the treatment of breast cancer. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the anti-breast cancer potential of Ipomoea turpethum extract loaded nanoparticles (NIPAAM-VP-AA) against breast cancer, together with the identification of the key proteins responsible for the caused cytotoxicity. For this, we explored the tumor microenvironment for targeted drug delivery and synthesized (temperature and pH responsive) double triggered polymeric nanoparticles by the free radical mechanism and characterized them by DLS and TEM. The extract which emerged as the best extract, i.e. root extract, was loaded on the nanoparticles and the cytotoxicity was evaluated in breast cancer cell lines (MCF-7 and MDA-MB-231) by various cytotoxic assays like MTT assay, CFSE cell proliferation assay, apoptosis assay, cell cycle study and DAPI nuclear staining. The key protein targets responsible for the caused cytotoxicity were identified by nano-LC-MS/MS analysis. The proteome analysis revealed that most of the significantly differentially expressed proteins have a role in proliferation, vesicular trafficking, apoptosis and tumor suppression. Finally, the interaction among the highly differentially expressed proteins was identified by using the STRING online tool, which showed that I. turpethum nanoparticles caused apoptosis in MCF-7 and MDA MB-231 cells by targeting nucleolysin TIAR, serine/threonine-protein phosphatase PP1 and ubiquitin-60S ribosomal protein L40.
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- Mohd Mughees
- Department of Biotechnology, School of Chemical and Life Sciences, Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi-110062, India.
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Matthew-Onabanjo AN, Janusis J, Mercado-Matos J, Carlisle AE, Kim D, Levine F, Cruz-Gordillo P, Richards R, Lee MJ, Shaw LM. Beclin 1 Promotes Endosome Recruitment of Hepatocyte Growth Factor Tyrosine Kinase Substrate to Suppress Tumor Proliferation. Cancer Res 2019; 80:249-262. [PMID: 31744816 DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-19-1555] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2019] [Revised: 10/01/2019] [Accepted: 11/13/2019] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Beclin 1 has nonautophagic functions that include its ability to regulate endocytic receptor trafficking. However, the contribution of this function to tumor suppression is poorly understood. Here, we provide in vivo evidence that Beclin 1 suppresses tumor proliferation by regulating the endocytic trafficking and degradation of the EGFR and transferrin (TFR1) receptors. Beclin 1 promoted endosomal recruitment of hepatocyte growth factor tyrosine kinase substrate (HRS), which was necessary for sorting surface receptors to intraluminal vesicles for signal silencing and lysosomal degradation. In tumors with low Beclin 1 expression, endosomal HRS recruitment was diminished and receptor function was sustained. Collectively, our results demonstrate a novel role for Beclin 1 in impeding tumor growth by coordinating the regulation of key growth factor and nutrient receptors. These data provide an explanation for how low levels of Beclin 1 facilitate tumor proliferation and contribute to poor cancer outcomes. SIGNIFICANCE: Beclin 1 controls the trafficking fate of growth regulatory receptors to suppress tumor proliferation.
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- Asia N Matthew-Onabanjo
- Department of Molecular, Cell and Cancer Biology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts.,Medical Scientist Training Program, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts
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- Department of Molecular, Cell and Cancer Biology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts
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- Department of Molecular, Cell and Cancer Biology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts.,Medical Scientist Training Program, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts
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- Department of Molecular, Cell and Cancer Biology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts
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- Department of Molecular, Cell and Cancer Biology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts
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- Department of Molecular, Cell and Cancer Biology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts
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- Medical Scientist Training Program, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts.,Program in Systems Biology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts
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- Program in Systems Biology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts
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- Program in Systems Biology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts
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- Department of Molecular, Cell and Cancer Biology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts.
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Hu A, Li X, He J, Gong X, Wu Z, Ning P. Classical swine fever virus-Shimen infection upregulates SH3GLB1 expression in porcine alveolar macrophages. BIOTECHNOL BIOTEC EQ 2019. [DOI: 10.1080/13102818.2018.1552839] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022] Open
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- Aoxue Hu
- School of Life Science and Technology, Xidian University, Xi’an, Shaanxi, PR China
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- School of Life Science and Technology, Xidian University, Xi’an, Shaanxi, PR China
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- School of Life Science and Technology, Xidian University, Xi’an, Shaanxi, PR China
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- School of Life Science and Technology, Xidian University, Xi’an, Shaanxi, PR China
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- School of Life Science and Technology, Xidian University, Xi’an, Shaanxi, PR China
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- School of Life Science and Technology, Xidian University, Xi’an, Shaanxi, PR China
- Engineering Research Center of Molecular and Neuro Imaging, Ministry of Education, Xi’an, Shaanxi, PR China
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Wechman SL, Pradhan AK, DeSalle R, Das SK, Emdad L, Sarkar D, Fisher PB. New Insights Into Beclin-1: Evolution and Pan-Malignancy Inhibitor Activity. Adv Cancer Res 2017; 137:77-114. [PMID: 29405978 DOI: 10.1016/bs.acr.2017.11.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Autophagy is a functionally conserved self-degradation process that facilitates the survival of eukaryotic life via the management of cellular bioenergetics and maintenance of the fidelity of genomic DNA. The first known autophagy inducer was Beclin-1. Beclin-1 is expressed in multicellular eukaryotes ranging throughout plants to animals, comprising a nonmonophyllic group, as shown in this report via aggressive BLAST searches. In humans, Beclin-1 is a haploinsuffient tumor suppressor as biallelic deletions have not been observed in patient tumors clinically. Therefore, Beclin-1 fails the Knudson hypothesis, implicating expression of at least one Beclin-1 allele is essential for cancer cell survival. However, Beclin-1 is frequently monoallelically deleted in advanced human cancers and the expression of two Beclin-1 allelles is associated with greater anticancer effects. Overall, experimental evidence suggests that Beclin-1 inhibits tumor formation, angiogenesis, and metastasis alone and in cooperation with the tumor suppressive molecules UVRAG, Bif-1, Ambra1, and MDA-7/IL-24 via diverse mechanisms of action. Conversely, Beclin-1 is upregulated in cancer stem cells (CSCs), portending a role in cancer recurrence, and highlighting this molecule as an intriguing molecular target for the treatment of CSCs. Many aspects of Beclin-1's biological effects remain to be studied. The consequences of these BLAST searches on the molecular evolution of Beclin-1, and the eukaryotic branches of the tree of life, are discussed here in greater detail with future inquiry focused upon protist taxa. Also in this review, the effects of Beclin-1 on tumor suppression and cancer malignancy are discussed. Beclin-1 holds significant promise for the development of novel targeted cancer therapeutics and is anticipated to lead to a many advances in our understanding of eukaryotic evolution, multicellularity, and even the treatment of CSCs in the coming decades.
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- Stephen L Wechman
- Virginia Commonwealth University, School of Medicine, Richmond, VA, United States
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- Virginia Commonwealth University, School of Medicine, Richmond, VA, United States
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- Sackler Institute for Comparative Genomics, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY, United States
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- Virginia Commonwealth University, School of Medicine, Richmond, VA, United States; VCU Institute of Molecular Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, School of Medicine, Richmond, VA, United States; VCU Massey Cancer Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, School of Medicine, Richmond, VA, United States
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- Virginia Commonwealth University, School of Medicine, Richmond, VA, United States; VCU Institute of Molecular Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, School of Medicine, Richmond, VA, United States; VCU Massey Cancer Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, School of Medicine, Richmond, VA, United States
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- Virginia Commonwealth University, School of Medicine, Richmond, VA, United States; VCU Institute of Molecular Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, School of Medicine, Richmond, VA, United States; VCU Massey Cancer Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, School of Medicine, Richmond, VA, United States
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- Virginia Commonwealth University, School of Medicine, Richmond, VA, United States; VCU Institute of Molecular Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, School of Medicine, Richmond, VA, United States; VCU Massey Cancer Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, School of Medicine, Richmond, VA, United States.
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Regulation of the Tumor-Suppressor BECLIN 1 by Distinct Ubiquitination Cascades. Int J Mol Sci 2017; 18:ijms18122541. [PMID: 29186924 PMCID: PMC5751144 DOI: 10.3390/ijms18122541] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2017] [Revised: 11/22/2017] [Accepted: 11/24/2017] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Autophagy contributes to cellular homeostasis through the degradation of various intracellular targets such as proteins, organelles and microbes. This relates autophagy to various diseases such as infections, neurodegenerative diseases and cancer. A central component of the autophagy machinery is the class III phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K-III) complex, which generates the signaling lipid phosphatidylinositol 3-phosphate (PtdIns3P). The catalytic subunit of this complex is the lipid-kinase VPS34, which associates with the membrane-targeting factor VPS15 as well as the multivalent adaptor protein BECLIN 1. A growing list of regulatory proteins binds to BECLIN 1 and modulates the activity of the PI3K-III complex. Here we discuss the regulation of BECLIN 1 by several different types of ubiquitination, resulting in distinct polyubiquitin chain linkages catalyzed by a set of E3 ligases. This contribution is part of the Special Issue “Ubiquitin System”.
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Li J, Barylko B, Eichorst JP, Mueller JD, Albanesi JP, Chen Y. Association of Endophilin B1 with Cytoplasmic Vesicles. Biophys J 2017; 111:565-576. [PMID: 27508440 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2016.06.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2015] [Revised: 06/14/2016] [Accepted: 06/16/2016] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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Endophilins are SH3- and BAR domain-containing proteins implicated in membrane remodeling and vesicle formation. Endophilins A1 and A2 promote the budding of endocytic vesicles from the plasma membrane, whereas endophilin B1 has been implicated in vesicle budding from intracellular organelles, including the trans-Golgi network and late endosomes. We previously reported that endophilins A1 and A2 exist almost exclusively as soluble dimers in the cytosol. Here, we present results of fluorescence fluctuation spectroscopy analyses indicating that, in contrast, the majority of endophilin B1 is present in multiple copies on small, highly mobile cytoplasmic vesicles. Formation of these vesicles was enhanced by overexpression of wild-type dynamin 2, but suppressed by expression of a catalytically inactive dynamin 2 mutant. Using dual-color heterospecies partition analysis, we identified the epidermal growth factor receptor on endophilin B1 vesicles. Moreover, a proportion of endophilin B1 vesicles also contained caveolin, whereas clathrin was almost undetectable on those vesicles. These results raise the possibility that endophilin B1 participates in dynamin 2-dependent formation of a population of transport vesicles distinct from those generated by A-type endophilins.
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- Jinhui Li
- Department of Physics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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- Department of Physics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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- Department of Physics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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Serfass JM, Takahashi Y, Zhou Z, Kawasawa YI, Liu Y, Tsotakos N, Young MM, Tang Z, Yang L, Atkinson JM, Chroneos ZC, Wang HG. Endophilin B2 facilitates endosome maturation in response to growth factor stimulation, autophagy induction, and influenza A virus infection. J Biol Chem 2017; 292:10097-10111. [PMID: 28455444 PMCID: PMC5473216 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m117.792747] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2017] [Revised: 04/27/2017] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Endocytosis, and the subsequent trafficking of endosomes, requires dynamic physical alterations in membrane shape that are mediated in part by endophilin proteins. The endophilin B family of proteins contains an N-terminal Bin/amphiphysin/Rvs (N-BAR) domain that induces membrane curvature to regulate intracellular membrane dynamics. Whereas endophilin B1 (SH3GLB1/Bif-1) is known to be involved in a number of cellular processes, including apoptosis, autophagy, and endocytosis, the cellular function of endophilin B2 (SH3GLB2) is not well understood. In this study, we used genetic approaches that revealed that endophilin B2 is not required for embryonic development in vivo but that endophilin B2 deficiency impairs endosomal trafficking in vitro, as evidenced by suppressed endosome acidification, EGFR degradation, autophagic flux, and influenza A viral RNA nuclear entry and replication. Mechanistically, although the loss of endophilin B2 did not affect endocytic internalization and lysosomal function, endophilin B2 appeared to regulate the trafficking of endocytic vesicles and autophagosomes to late endosomes or lysosomes. Moreover, we also found that despite having an intracellular localization and tissue distribution similar to endophilin B1, endophilin B2 is dispensable for mitochondrial apoptosis. Taken together, our findings suggest that endophilin B2 positively regulates the endocytic pathway in response to growth factor signaling, autophagy induction, and viral entry.
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- the Department of Pediatrics
- the College of Life Science and Bioengineering, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China
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- From the Department of Pharmacology
- the Institute for Personalized Medicine, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and
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- From the Department of Pharmacology
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- the Department of Pediatrics
- the Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania 17033 and
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- From the Department of Pharmacology,
- the Department of Pediatrics
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Lima S, Milstien S, Spiegel S. Sphingosine and Sphingosine Kinase 1 Involvement in Endocytic Membrane Trafficking. J Biol Chem 2017; 292:3074-3088. [PMID: 28049734 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m116.762377] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2016] [Revised: 12/22/2016] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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The balance between cholesterol and sphingolipids within the plasma membrane has long been implicated in endocytic membrane trafficking. However, in contrast to cholesterol functions, little is still known about the roles of sphingolipids and their metabolites. Perturbing the cholesterol/sphingomyelin balance was shown to induce narrow tubular plasma membrane invaginations enriched with sphingosine kinase 1 (SphK1), the enzyme that converts the bioactive sphingolipid metabolite sphingosine to sphingosine-1-phosphate, and suggested a role for sphingosine phosphorylation in endocytic membrane trafficking. Here we show that sphingosine and sphingosine-like SphK1 inhibitors induced rapid and massive formation of vesicles in diverse cell types that accumulated as dilated late endosomes. However, much smaller vesicles were formed in SphK1-deficient cells. Moreover, inhibition or deletion of SphK1 prolonged the lifetime of sphingosine-induced vesicles. Perturbing the plasma membrane cholesterol/sphingomyelin balance abrogated vesicle formation. This massive endosomal influx was accompanied by dramatic recruitment of the intracellular SphK1 and Bin/Amphiphysin/Rvs domain-containing proteins endophilin-A2 and endophilin-B1 to enlarged endosomes and formation of highly dynamic filamentous networks containing endophilin-B1 and SphK1. Together, our results highlight the importance of sphingosine and its conversion to sphingosine-1-phosphate by SphK1 in endocytic membrane trafficking.
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- Santiago Lima
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Massey Cancer Center, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Richmond, Virginia 23298.
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Massey Cancer Center, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Richmond, Virginia 23298
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Massey Cancer Center, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Richmond, Virginia 23298.
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Xu L, Wang Z, He SY, Zhang SF, Luo HJ, Zhou K, Li XF, Qiu SP, Cao KY. Bax-interacting factor-1 inhibits cell proliferation and promotes apoptosis in prostate cancer cells. Oncol Rep 2016; 36:3513-3521. [PMID: 27748942 DOI: 10.3892/or.2016.5172] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2016] [Accepted: 08/16/2016] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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Prostate cancer (PCa) is one of the most common malignant tumors and the second leading cause of cancer-related death among males. Bax-interacting factor-1 (Bif-1) is a member of Endophilin family, which binds to and activates the BAX protein in response to the apoptosis signaling pathway. Loss of Bif-1 may suppress the intrinsic pathway of apoptosis and promote tumorigenesis, but there is also converse evidence that Bif-1 could in part be responsible for the tumorigenesis and the role of Bif-1 in PCa development is not clear. In the present study, we aimed to understand the relationships between Bif-1 expression and PCa development. The mRNA and protein expression levels of Bif-1 in PCa cell lines, benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) (n=100) and PCa tissues (n=100, including low Gleason-scored PCa n=43 and high Gleason-scored PCa n=57) were detected and the effects of Bif-1 overexpression on the apoptosis, proliferation and migration in LNCaP cells were explored. Bif-1 mRNA levels of PCa cell lines were analyzed by real-time PCR and the protein levels were detected by western blotting. Bif-1 expression in BPH and PCa samples was detected by immunohistochemistry. To build Bif-1 overexpression PCa cells, Bif-1 gene was transfected into LNCaP cells by pcDNA3.1(+)‑Bif-1 vector. Cell apoptosis was detected by flow cytometric analysis, cell proliferation measured by 3‑(4,5‑dimethylthiazol‑2‑yl)‑2,5‑diphenyltetrazolium bromide (MTT) assay and cell migration was analyzed by wound‑healing assay. The results proved that Bif-1 is downregulated in both PCa cell lines (P<0.01) and clinical samples (P<0.05), and Bif-1 expression is suppressed with the cancer progression (BPH vs. PCa P<0.01, and low Gleason-scored PCa vs. high Gleason-scored PCa P<0.05). Overexpression of Bif-1 could significantly inhibit cell proliferation (P<0.05) and enhancing PCa cell apoptosis (P<0.05), but it did not affect the migration ability (P>0.05). Our findings give strong evidence that Bif-1 is involved in PCa tumorigenesis and acts as a suppressor in PCa progression, and may have significance in understanding the process of PCa development.
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- Lin Xu
- Research Center for Clinical Laboratory Standard, Zhongshan School of Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510080, P.R. China
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- Research Center for Clinical Laboratory Standard, Zhongshan School of Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510080, P.R. China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510700, P.R. China
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- Research Center for Clinical Laboratory Standard, Zhongshan School of Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510080, P.R. China
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- Research Center for Clinical Laboratory Standard, Zhongshan School of Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510080, P.R. China
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- Research Center for Clinical Laboratory Standard, Zhongshan School of Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510080, P.R. China
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- Department of Urology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510080, P.R. China
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- Department of Urology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510080, P.R. China
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- Research Center for Clinical Laboratory Standard, Zhongshan School of Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510080, P.R. China
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Bif-1 promotes tumor cell migration and metastasis via Cdc42 expression and activity. Clin Exp Metastasis 2016; 34:11-23. [PMID: 27730394 DOI: 10.1007/s10585-016-9825-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2016] [Accepted: 09/30/2016] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
Abstract
Tumor metastasis is the process by which tumor cells disseminate from tumors and enter nearby and distant microenvironments for new colonization. Bif-1 (BAX-interacting factor 1), which has a BAR domain and an SH3 domain, has been reported to be involved in cell growth, apoptosis and autophagy. However, the influence of Bif-1 on metastasis has been less studied. To understand the role of Bif-1 in metastasis, we studied the expression levels of Bif-1 in human HCC specimens using immunohistochemistry, a tissue microarray and quantitative PCR. The function of Bif-1 was assessed in migration and translocation assays and the pulmonary metastatic animal model. The relationship between Bif-1 and the Rho family was determined using immunoblot analyses and chromatin immunoprecipitation. The results showed that the expression of Bif-1 was higher in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) than matched adjacent non-tumor liver tissues. Increased Bif-1 expression was associated with tumor size and the intercellular spread and metastasis of HCC. Analysis of the relationship between Bif-1 expression and patients' clinical characteristics revealed that patients with higher levels of Bif-1 had shorter disease-free and overall survival rates. Knockdown of Bif-1 with RNAi suppressed the migration of HCC cells and pulmonary metastasis and decreased the expression of Cdc42, a member of the Rho family. Bif-1 localized to the cytosol and nucleus and interacted with the promoter transcription region of Cdc42, which may regulate Cdc42 expression. Our results demonstrate a novel role of Bif-1 in HCC, in which Bif-1 promotes cell metastasis by regulating Cdc42 expression and activity.
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Wild F, Khan MM, Straka T, Rudolf R. Progress of endocytic CHRN to autophagic degradation is regulated by RAB5-GTPase and T145 phosphorylation of SH3GLB1 at mouse neuromuscular junctions in vivo. Autophagy 2016; 12:2300-2310. [PMID: 27715385 DOI: 10.1080/15548627.2016.1234564] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022] Open
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Endocytosed nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (CHRN) are degraded via macroautophagy/autophagy during atrophic conditions and are accompanied by the autophagic regulator protein SH3GLB1. The present study addressed the functional role of SH3GLB1 on CHRN trafficking and its implementation. We found an augmented ratio of total SH3GLB1 to threonine-145 phosphorylated SH3GLB1 (SH3GLB1:p-SH3GLB1) under conditions of increased CHRN vesicle numbers. Overexpression of T145 phosphomimetic (T145E) and phosphodeficient (T145A) mutants of SH3GLB1, was found to either slow down or augment the processing of endocytic CHRN vesicles, respectively. Co-expression of the early endosomal orchestrator RAB5 largely rescued the slow processing of endocytic CHRN vesicles induced by T145E. SH3GLB1 phosphomutants did not modulate the expression or colocalization of RAB5 with CHRN vesicles, but instead altered the expression of RAB5 activity regulators. In summary, these findings suggest that SH3GLB1 controls CHRN endocytic trafficking in a phosphorylation- and RAB5-dependent manner at steps upstream of autophagosome formation.
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- Franziska Wild
- a Interdisciplinary Center for Neurosciences, University of Heidelberg , Heidelberg , Germany.,b Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Mannheim University of Applied Sciences , Mannheim , Germany.,c Institute of Toxicology and Genetics, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology , Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen , Germany
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- a Interdisciplinary Center for Neurosciences, University of Heidelberg , Heidelberg , Germany.,b Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Mannheim University of Applied Sciences , Mannheim , Germany.,c Institute of Toxicology and Genetics, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology , Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen , Germany
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- a Interdisciplinary Center for Neurosciences, University of Heidelberg , Heidelberg , Germany.,b Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Mannheim University of Applied Sciences , Mannheim , Germany
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- a Interdisciplinary Center for Neurosciences, University of Heidelberg , Heidelberg , Germany.,b Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Mannheim University of Applied Sciences , Mannheim , Germany.,c Institute of Toxicology and Genetics, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology , Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen , Germany
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Han MR, Long J, Choi JY, Low SK, Kweon SS, Zheng Y, Cai Q, Shi J, Guo X, Matsuo K, Iwasaki M, Shen CY, Kim MK, Wen W, Li B, Takahashi A, Shin MH, Xiang YB, Ito H, Kasuga Y, Noh DY, Matsuda K, Park MH, Gao YT, Iwata H, Tsugane S, Park SK, Kubo M, Shu XO, Kang D, Zheng W. Genome-wide association study in East Asians identifies two novel breast cancer susceptibility loci. Hum Mol Genet 2016; 25:3361-3371. [PMID: 27354352 DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddw164] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2016] [Revised: 05/04/2016] [Accepted: 05/20/2016] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Breast cancer is one of the most common malignancies among women worldwide. Genetic factors have been shown to play an important role in breast cancer aetiology. We conducted a two-stage genome-wide association study (GWAS) including 14 224 cases and 14 829 controls of East Asian women to search for novel genetic susceptibility loci for breast cancer. Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in two loci were found to be associated with breast cancer risk at the genome-wide significance level. The first locus, represented by rs12118297 at 1p22.3 (near the LMO4 gene), was associated with breast cancer risk with odds ratio (OR) and (95% confidence interval (CI)) of 0.91 (0.88-0.94) and a P-value of 4.48 × 10- 8 This association was replicated in another study, DRIVE GAME-ON Consortium, including 16 003 cases and 41 335 controls of European ancestry (OR = 0.95, 95% CI = 0.91-0.99, P-value = 0.019). The second locus, rs16992204 at 21q22.12 (near the LINC00160 gene), was associated with breast cancer risk with OR (95% CI) of 1.13 (1.07-1.18) and a P-value of 4.63 × 10 - 8 The risk allele frequency for this SNP is zero in European-ancestry populations in 1000 Genomes Project and thus its association with breast cancer risk cannot be assessed in DRIVE GAME-ON Consortium. Functional annotation using the ENCODE data indicates that rs12118297 might be located in a repressed element and locus 21q22.12 may affect breast cancer risk through regulating LINC00160 expressions and interaction with oestrogen receptor signalling. Our findings provide additional insights into the genetics of breast cancer.
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- Mi-Ryung Han
- Department of Medicine, Division of Epidemiology, Vanderbilt Epidemiology Center, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37203, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Epidemiology, Vanderbilt Epidemiology Center, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37203, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul 03080, South Korea.,Cancer Research Institute, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul 03080, South Korea
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- Laboratory for Statistical Analysis, Center for Integrative Medical Sciences, RIKEN, Yokohama 351-0198, Japan
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju 61469, South Korea.,Jeonnam Regional Cancer Center, Chonnam National University Hwasun Hospital, Hwasun 58128, South Korea
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- Shanghai Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Shanghai 200336, China
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Epidemiology, Vanderbilt Epidemiology Center, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37203, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Epidemiology, Vanderbilt Epidemiology Center, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37203, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Epidemiology, Vanderbilt Epidemiology Center, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37203, USA
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- Division of Molecular Medicine, Aichi Cancer Center Research Institute, Nagoya 464-8681, Japan.,Department of Epidemiology, Nagoya University Graduates School of Medicine, Nagoya 464-8681, Japan
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- Epidemiology Division, Research Center for Cancer Prevention and Screening, National Cancer Center, Tokyo 104-0045, Japan
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- Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei 115, Taiwan.,Taiwan Biobank, Academia Sinica, Taipei 115, Taiwan.,College of Public Health, China Medical University, Taichung 404, Taiwan
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- Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Management, National Cancer Center, Gyeonggi-do 10408, South Korea
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Epidemiology, Vanderbilt Epidemiology Center, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37203, USA
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- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232, USA
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- Laboratory for Statistical Analysis, Center for Integrative Medical Sciences, RIKEN, Yokohama 351-0198, Japan
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju 61469, South Korea
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- Department of Epidemiology, Shanghai Cancer Institute, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Division of Epidemiology and Prevention, Aichi Cancer Center Research Institute, Nagoya 464-8681, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Nagano Matsushiro General Hospital, Nagano 381-1231, Japan
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- Cancer Research Institute, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul 03080, South Korea.,Department of Surgery, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul 03080, South Korea
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- Laboratory of Molecular Medicine, Human Genome Center, Institute of Medical Science, the University of Tokyo, Tokyo 108-8639, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju 61469, South Korea
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- Department of Epidemiology, Shanghai Cancer Institute, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Department of Breast Oncology, Aichi Cancer Center Central Hospital, Nagoya 464-8681, Japan
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- Research Center for Cancer Prevention and Screening, National Cancer Center, Tokyo 104-0045, Japan
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul 03080, South Korea.,Cancer Research Institute, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul 03080, South Korea.,Department of Preventive Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul 03080, South Korea
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- Laboratory for Genotyping Development, Center for Integrative Medical Sciences, RIKEN, Yokohama 351-0198, Japan
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Epidemiology, Vanderbilt Epidemiology Center, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37203, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul 03080, South Korea.,Cancer Research Institute, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul 03080, South Korea.,Department of Preventive Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul 03080, South Korea
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Epidemiology, Vanderbilt Epidemiology Center, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37203, USA
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Lanciotti A, Brignone MS, Visentin S, De Nuccio C, Catacuzzeno L, Mallozzi C, Petrini S, Caramia M, Veroni C, Minnone G, Bernardo A, Franciolini F, Pessia M, Bertini E, Petrucci TC, Ambrosini E. Megalencephalic leukoencephalopathy with subcortical cysts protein-1 regulates epidermal growth factor receptor signaling in astrocytes. Hum Mol Genet 2016; 25:1543-58. [DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddw032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2015] [Accepted: 02/03/2016] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Liu Y, Takahashi Y, Desai N, Zhang J, Serfass JM, Shi YG, Lynch CJ, Wang HG. Bif-1 deficiency impairs lipid homeostasis and causes obesity accompanied by insulin resistance. Sci Rep 2016; 6:20453. [PMID: 26857140 PMCID: PMC4746598 DOI: 10.1038/srep20453] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2015] [Accepted: 01/04/2016] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
Abstract
Bif-1 is a membrane-curvature inducing protein that is implicated in the regulation of autophagy and tumorigenesis. Here, we report that Bif-1 plays a critical role in regulating lipid catabolism to control the size of lipid droplets and prevent the development of obesity and insulin resistance upon aging or dietary challenge. Our data show that Bif-1 deficiency promotes the expansion of adipose tissue mass without altering food intake or physical activities. While Bif-1 is dispensable for adipose tissue development, its deficiency reduces the basal rate of adipose tissue lipolysis and results in adipocyte hypertrophy upon aging. The importance of Bif-1 in lipid turnover is not limited to adipose tissue since fasting and refeeding-induced lipid droplet clearance is also attenuated by Bif-1 loss in the liver. Interestingly, obesity induced by a high fat-diet or Bif-1 deficiency downregulates the expression of proteins involved in the autophagy-lysosomal pathway, including Atg9a and Lamp1 in the adipose tissue. These findings thus identify Bif-1 as a novel regulator of lipid homeostasis to prevent the pathogenesis of obesity and its associated metabolic complications.
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- Ying Liu
- Department of Pharmacology, Penn State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA 17033, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Penn State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA 17033, USA
- Penn State Cancer Institute, Penn State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA 17033, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Penn State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA 17033, USA
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- Department of Molecular Physiology, Penn State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA 17033, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, Penn State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA 17033, USA
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- Department of Molecular Physiology, Penn State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA 17033, USA
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- Department of Molecular Physiology, Penn State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA 17033, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, Penn State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA 17033, USA
- Department of Pediatrics, Penn State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA 17033, USA
- Penn State Cancer Institute, Penn State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA 17033, USA
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Kulshrestha A, Katara GK, Ginter J, Pamarthy S, Ibrahim SA, Jaiswal MK, Sandulescu C, Periakaruppan R, Dolan J, Gilman-Sachs A, Beaman KD. Selective inhibition of tumor cell associated Vacuolar-ATPase 'a2' isoform overcomes cisplatin resistance in ovarian cancer cells. Mol Oncol 2016; 10:789-805. [PMID: 26899534 DOI: 10.1016/j.molonc.2016.01.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2015] [Revised: 01/07/2016] [Accepted: 01/09/2016] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
Abstract
Development of resistance to platinum compounds significantly hinders successful ovarian cancer (OVCA) treatment. In tumor cells, dysregulated pH gradient across cell membranes is a key physiological mechanism of metastasis/chemo-resistance. These pH alterations are mediated by aberrant activation of key multi-subunit proton pumps, Vacuolar-ATPases (V-ATPases). In tumor cells, its 'a2' isoform (V-ATPase-V0a2) is a component of functional plasma-membrane complex and promotes tumor invasion through tumor-acidification and immuno-modulation. Its involvement in chemo-resistance has not been studied. Here, we show that V-ATPase-V0a2 is over-expressed in acquired-cisplatin resistant OVCA cells (cis-A2780/cis-TOV112D). Of all the 'a' subunit isoforms, V-ATPase-V0a2 exhibited an elevated expression on plasma membrane of cisplatin-resistant cells compared to sensitive counterparts. Immuno-histochemistry revealed V-ATPase-V0a2 expression in both low grade (highly drug-resistant) and high grade (highly recurrent) human OVCA tissues indicating its role in a centralized mechanism of tumor resistance. In cisplatin resistant cells, shRNA mediated inhibition of V-ATPase-V0a2 enhanced sensitivity towards both cisplatin and carboplatin. This improved cytotoxicity was mediated by enhanced cisplatin-DNA-adduct formation and suppressed DNA-repair pathway, leading to enhanced apoptosis. Suppression of V0a2 activity strongly reduced cytosolic pH in resistant tumor cells, which is known to enhance platinum-associated DNA-damage. As an indicator of reduced metastasis and chemo-resistance, in contrast to plasma membrane localization, a diffused cytoplasmic localization of acidic vacuoles was observed in V0a2-knockdown resistant cells. Interestingly, pre-treatment with monoclonal V0a2-inhibitory antibody enhanced cisplatin cytotoxicity in resistant cells. Taken together, our findings suggest that the isoform specific inhibition of V-ATPase-V0a2 could serve as a therapeutic strategy for chemo-resistant ovarian carcinoma and improve efficacy of platinum drugs.
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- Arpita Kulshrestha
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, North Chicago, IL, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, North Chicago, IL, USA
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- Chicago Medical School, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, North Chicago, IL, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, North Chicago, IL, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, North Chicago, IL, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, North Chicago, IL, USA
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- Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Advocate Lutheran General Hospital, Park Ridge, IL, USA
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- Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Advocate Lutheran General Hospital, Park Ridge, IL, USA
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- Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Advocate Lutheran General Hospital, Park Ridge, IL, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, North Chicago, IL, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, North Chicago, IL, USA.
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Porther N, Barbieri MA. The role of endocytic Rab GTPases in regulation of growth factor signaling and the migration and invasion of tumor cells. Small GTPases 2015; 6:135-44. [PMID: 26317377 PMCID: PMC4601184 DOI: 10.1080/21541248.2015.1050152] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2014] [Revised: 05/04/2015] [Accepted: 05/07/2015] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
Abstract
Metastasis is characterized pathologically by uncontrolled cell invasion, proliferation, migration and angiogenesis. It is a multistep process that encompasses the modulation of membrane permeability and invasion, cell spreading, cell migration and proliferation of the extracellular matrix, increase in cell adhesion molecules and interaction, decrease in cell attachment and induced survival signals and propagation of nutrient supplies (blood vessels). In cancer, a solid tumor cannot expand and spread without a series of synchronized events. Changes in cell adhesion receptor molecules (e.g., integrins, cadherin-catenins) and protease expressions have been linked to tumor invasion and metastasis. It has also been determined that ligand-growth factor receptor interactions have been associated with cancer development and metastasis via the endocytic pathway. Specifically, growth factors, which include IGF-1 and IGF-2 therapy, have been associated with most if not all of the features of metastasis. In this review, we will revisit some of the key findings on perhaps one of the most important hallmarks of cancer metastasis: cell migration and cell invasion and the role of the endocytic pathway in mediating this phenomenon.
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- N Porther
- Department of Biological Sciences; Florida International University; Miami, FL USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences; Florida International University; Miami, FL USA
- Biomolecular Sciences Institute; Florida International University; Miami, FL USA
- Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden; Coral Gables, FL USA
- International Center of Tropical Botany; Florida International University; Miami, FL USA
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Maritzen T, Schachtner H, Legler DF. On the move: endocytic trafficking in cell migration. Cell Mol Life Sci 2015; 72:2119-34. [PMID: 25681867 PMCID: PMC11113590 DOI: 10.1007/s00018-015-1855-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2014] [Revised: 02/06/2015] [Accepted: 02/09/2015] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Directed cell migration is a fundamental process underlying diverse physiological and pathophysiological phenomena ranging from wound healing and induction of immune responses to cancer metastasis. Recent advances reveal that endocytic trafficking contributes to cell migration in multiple ways. (1) At the level of chemokines and chemokine receptors: internalization of chemokines by scavenger receptors is essential for shaping chemotactic gradients in tissue, whereas endocytosis of chemokine receptors and their subsequent recycling is key for maintaining a high responsiveness of migrating cells. (2) At the level of integrin trafficking and focal adhesion dynamics: endosomal pathways do not only modulate adhesion by delivering integrins to their site of action, but also by supplying factors for focal adhesion disassembly. (3) At the level of extracellular matrix reorganization: endosomal transport contributes to tumor cell migration not only by targeting integrins to invadosomes but also by delivering membrane type 1 matrix metalloprotease to the leading edge facilitating proteolysis-dependent chemotaxis. Consequently, numerous endocytic and endosomal factors have been shown to modulate cell migration. In fact key modulators of endocytic trafficking turn out to be also key regulators of cell migration. This review will highlight the recent progress in unraveling the contribution of cellular trafficking pathways to cell migration.
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- Tanja Maritzen
- Leibniz Institute for Molecular Pharmacology, Robert-Roessle-Str. 10, 13125 Berlin, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute for Molecular Pharmacology, Robert-Roessle-Str. 10, 13125 Berlin, Germany
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- Biotechnology Institute Thurgau (BITg) at the University of Konstanz, Unterseestrasse 47, 8280 Kreuzlingen, Switzerland
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Dynamins and BAR proteins are crucial in a wide variety of cellular processes for their ability to mediate membrane remodeling, such as membrane curvature and membrane fission and fusion. In this review, we highlight dynamins and BAR proteins and the cellular mechanisms that are involved in the initiation and progression of cancer. We specifically discuss the roles of the seproteinsin endocytosis, endo-lysosomal trafficking, autophagy, and apoptosis as these processes are all tightly linked to membrane remodeling and cancer.
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- Anna C. Sundborger
- Laboratory of Cell and Molecular Biology, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
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- Laboratory of Cell and Molecular Biology, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
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Reidick C, El Magraoui F, Meyer HE, Stenmark H, Platta HW. Regulation of the Tumor-Suppressor Function of the Class III Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase Complex by Ubiquitin and SUMO. Cancers (Basel) 2014; 7:1-29. [PMID: 25545884 PMCID: PMC4381249 DOI: 10.3390/cancers7010001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2014] [Accepted: 12/08/2014] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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The occurrence of cancer is often associated with a dysfunction in one of the three central membrane-involution processes—autophagy, endocytosis or cytokinesis. Interestingly, all three pathways are controlled by the same central signaling module: the class III phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K-III) complex and its catalytic product, the phosphorylated lipid phosphatidylinositol 3-phosphate (PtdIns3P). The activity of the catalytic subunit of the PI3K-III complex, the lipid-kinase VPS34, requires the presence of the membrane-targeting factor VPS15 as well as the adaptor protein Beclin 1. Furthermore, a growing list of regulatory proteins associates with VPS34 via Beclin 1. These accessory factors define distinct subunit compositions and thereby guide the PI3K-III complex to its different cellular and physiological roles. Here we discuss the regulation of the PI3K-III complex components by ubiquitination and SUMOylation. Especially Beclin 1 has emerged as a highly regulated protein, which can be modified with Lys11-, Lys48- or Lys63-linked polyubiquitin chains catalyzed by distinct E3 ligases from the RING-, HECT-, RBR- or Cullin-type. We also point out other cross-links of these ligases with autophagy in order to discuss how these data might be merged into a general concept.
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- Christina Reidick
- Biochemie Intrazellulärer Transportprozesse, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum 44801, Germany.
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- Biomedical Research, Human Brain Proteomics II, Leibniz-Institut für Analytische Wissenschaften-ISAS, Dortmund 44139, Germany.
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- Biomedical Research, Human Brain Proteomics II, Leibniz-Institut für Analytische Wissenschaften-ISAS, Dortmund 44139, Germany.
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- Department of Biochemistry, Institute for Cancer Research, Oslo University Hospital, Montebello, Oslo 0310, Norway.
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- Biochemie Intrazellulärer Transportprozesse, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum 44801, Germany.
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Gallaher AM, Das S, Xiao Z, Andresson T, Kieffer-Kwon P, Happel C, Ziegelbauer J. Proteomic screening of human targets of viral microRNAs reveals functions associated with immune evasion and angiogenesis. PLoS Pathog 2013; 9:e1003584. [PMID: 24039573 PMCID: PMC3764211 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1003584] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2013] [Accepted: 07/14/2013] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
Abstract
Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) is caused by infection with Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV). The virus expresses unique microRNAs (miRNAs), but the targets and functions of these miRNAs are not completely understood. In order to identify human targets of viral miRNAs, we measured protein expression changes caused by multiple KSHV miRNAs using pulsed stable labeling with amino acids in cell culture (pSILAC) in primary endothelial cells. This led to the identification of multiple human genes that are repressed at the protein level, but not at the miRNA level. Further analysis also identified that KSHV miRNAs can modulate activity or expression of upstream regulatory factors, resulting in suppressed activation of a protein involved in leukocyte recruitment (ICAM1) following lysophosphatidic acid treatment, as well as up-regulation of a pro-angiogenic protein (HIF1α), and up-regulation of a protein involved in stimulating angiogenesis (HMOX1). This study aids in our understanding of miRNA mechanisms of repression and miRNA contributions to viral pathogenesis.
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MESH Headings
- HEK293 Cells
- Herpesvirus 8, Human/genetics
- Herpesvirus 8, Human/metabolism
- Human Umbilical Vein Endothelial Cells
- Humans
- MicroRNAs/genetics
- MicroRNAs/metabolism
- Neoplasm Proteins/genetics
- Neoplasm Proteins/metabolism
- Neovascularization, Pathologic/genetics
- Neovascularization, Pathologic/metabolism
- Neovascularization, Pathologic/pathology
- Neovascularization, Pathologic/virology
- RNA, Neoplasm/genetics
- RNA, Neoplasm/metabolism
- RNA, Viral/genetics
- RNA, Viral/metabolism
- Sarcoma, Kaposi/genetics
- Sarcoma, Kaposi/metabolism
- Sarcoma, Kaposi/pathology
- Sarcoma, Kaposi/virology
- Tumor Escape
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- Amelia M. Gallaher
- HIV and AIDS Malignancy Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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- Laboratory of Proteomics and Analytical Technologies, Advanced Technology Program, SAIC-Frederick Inc., National Cancer Institute at Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
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- Laboratory of Proteomics and Analytical Technologies, Advanced Technology Program, SAIC-Frederick Inc., National Cancer Institute at Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
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- Laboratory of Proteomics and Analytical Technologies, Advanced Technology Program, SAIC-Frederick Inc., National Cancer Institute at Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
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- HIV and AIDS Malignancy Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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- HIV and AIDS Malignancy Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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- HIV and AIDS Malignancy Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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Potentially functional polymorphisms in ATG10 are associated with risk of breast cancer in a Chinese population. Gene 2013; 527:491-5. [DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2013.06.067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2013] [Revised: 06/11/2013] [Accepted: 06/21/2013] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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