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Soliman SE, Abouelenin MAH, Samy NI, Omar MM, Alrefai AA. Various Expressions of PIK3C2A and TXNIP Genes and Their Potential Role as Independent Risk Factors for Chronic Stable Angina and Acute Coronary Syndrome. Biomolecules 2023; 13:biom13020302. [PMID: 36830671 PMCID: PMC9953287 DOI: 10.3390/biom13020302] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2022] [Revised: 01/23/2023] [Accepted: 02/01/2023] [Indexed: 02/10/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND AND AIM Genetic factors play a significant role in the onset and progression of coronary artery disease (CAD). PIK3C2A may contribute to the development of acute coronary syndrome (ACS) by affecting blood glucose levels and oxidative stress. The expression levels of TXNIP were significantly higher in patients with unstable angina pectoris. However, the situation is different in ACS. In the current study, we aim to investigate the role of PIK3C2A and TXNIP as independent risk factors for chronic stable angina (CSA) and ACS. SUBJECTS AND METHODS This study involved 215 subjects (60 patients with CSA, 55 patients with ACS, and 100 controls). All subjects were exposed for assaying gene expressions of PIK3C2A and TXNIP by quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction. RESULTS It was found that TXNIP was upregulated, whereas PIK3C2A was downregulated in patients with CAD compared to the control group. PIK3C2A was significantly downregulated in patients with ACS compared to that in patients with CSA (p < 0.001), but TXNIP was not (p = 0.7). TXNIP was significantly upregulated in STEMI-ACS patients compared to CSA (p = 0.045) and NSTEMI ACS (p = 0.046), among non-diabetic (p = 0.023) smokers (p = 0.036) with hypertension (p = 0.005) and hypercholesterolemia (p = 0.001). ROC (receiver operating characteristic) curve analysis revealed that PIK3C2A (0.981; p < 0.001; 98.18) was the most sensitive mRNA for discriminating ACS from control, followed by TXNIP (0.775; p < 0.001; 70.91). However, for discriminating ACS from CSA combined mRNAs, (PIK3C2A + TXNIP) (0.893; p < 0.001; 98.18) and PIK3C2A (0.892; p < 0.001; 81.82) are promising biomarkers. On the other hand, the most sensitive mRNA for differentiating CSA from control is mRNAs (PIK3C2A + TXNIP) (0.963; p < 0.001; 95), then TXINP (81.3; p < 0.001; 93.33), and finally, PIK3C2A (0.782; p < 0.001; 81.67). In the multivariate regression model, PIK3C2A ((p = 0.002), 0.118 (0.031-0.445)) and smoking status ((p = 0.034); 0.151 (0.026-0.866)) were independent variables for ACS. Moreover, PIK3C2A ((p < 0.013); 0.706 (0.614-0.812)), Hb ((p = 0.013); 0.525 (0.317-0.871)), and total cholesterol ((p = 0.04); 0.865 (0.784-0.955)) were significantly (p < 0.05) and independently related to the prognosis of CSA. Furthermore, PIK3C2A ((p = 0.002), 0.923 (0.877-0.971)), TXNIP ((p = 0.001); 2.809 (1.558-5.064)) the body weight ((p = 0.033); 1.254 (1.018-1.544)) were independently associated with CSA. CONCLUSIONS Our study concluded that the dysregulated mRNA PIK3C2A and TXNIP gene expressions may be useful in diagnosis of CAD and prediction of ACS development.
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- Shimaa E. Soliman
- Medical Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Menoufia University, Shebin el Kom 32511, Egypt
- Medical Biochemistry Unit, Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, Qassim University, Buraydah 51452, Saudi Arabia
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- Medical Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Menoufia University, Shebin el Kom 32511, Egypt
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- Cardiovascular Department, Faculty of Medicine, Menoufia University, Shebin el Kom 32511, Egypt
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- Clinical Pathology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Menoufia University, Shebin el Kom 32511, Egypt
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- Medical Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Menoufia University, Shebin el Kom 32511, Egypt
- Biochemistry Department, Faculty of Medicine, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah 21955, Saudi Arabia
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Qin C, Liu S, Zhou S, Wang Q, Xia X, Hu J, Yuan X, Wang Z, Yu Y, Ma D. PIK3C2A is a prognostic biomarker that is linked to immune infiltrates in kidney renal clear cell carcinoma. Front Immunol 2023; 14:1114572. [PMID: 37063922 PMCID: PMC10098324 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2023.1114572] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2022] [Accepted: 03/20/2023] [Indexed: 04/18/2023] Open
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Background Phosphoinositide 3-kinases (PI3Ks) are lipid enzymes that regulate a wide range of intracellular functions. In contrast to Class I and Class III PI3K, which have more detailed descriptions, Class II PI3K has only recently become the focus of functional research. PIK3C2A is a classical member of the PI3Ks class II. However, the role of PIK3C2A in cancer prognosis and progression remains unknown. Methods The expression pattern and prognostic significance of PIK3C2A in human malignancies were investigated using multiple datasets and scRNA-seq data. The PIK3C2A expression in renal clear cell carcinoma (KIRC) was then validated utilizing Western blot. The functional role of PIK3C2A in KIRC was assessed using combined function loss experiments with in vitro experiments. Furthermore, the correlation of PIK3C2A expression with tumor immunity was investigated in KIRC. The TCGA database was employed to investigate PIK3C2A functional networks. Results Significant decrease in PIK3C2A expression in KIRC, demonstrated that it potentially influences the prognosis of diverse tumors, particularly KIRC. In addition, PIK3C2A was significantly correlated with the T stage, M stage, pathologic stage, and histologic grade of KIRC. Nomogram models were constructed and used to predict patient survival based on the results of multivariate Cox regression analysis. PIK3C2A knockdown resulted in significantly increased KIRC cell proliferation. Of note, PIK3C2A expression demonstrated a significant correlation with the infiltrating levels of primary immune cells in KIRC. Conclusion These findings support the hypothesis that PIK3C2A is a novel biomarker for tumor progression and indicates dynamic shifts in immune infiltration in KIRC. Furthermore, aberrant PIK3C2A expression can influence the biological activity of cancer cells.
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- Chengdong Qin
- Department of Breast Surgery, Zhejiang Cancer Hospital, Institute of Basic Medicine and Cancer (IBMC), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Breast Surgery, Zhejiang Cancer Hospital, Institute of Basic Medicine and Cancer (IBMC), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Colorectal Surgery, Zhejiang Cancer Hospital, Institute of Basic Medicine and Cancer (IBMC), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Urology Surgery, Zhejiang Cancer Hospital, Institute of Basic Medicine and Cancer (IBMC), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Breast Surgery, Zhejiang Cancer Hospital, Institute of Basic Medicine and Cancer (IBMC), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Breast Surgery, Zhejiang Cancer Hospital, Institute of Basic Medicine and Cancer (IBMC), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Zhejiang Cancer Hospital, Institute of Basic Medicine and Cancer (IBMC), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Urology Surgery, Zhejiang Cancer Hospital, Institute of Basic Medicine and Cancer (IBMC), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Breast Surgery, Zhejiang Cancer Hospital, Institute of Basic Medicine and Cancer (IBMC), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
- *Correspondence: Dening Ma, ; Yang Yu,
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- Department of Colorectal Surgery, Zhejiang Cancer Hospital, Institute of Basic Medicine and Cancer (IBMC), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
- Key Laboratory of Prevention, Diagnosis and Therapy of Upper Gastrointestinal Cancer of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, China
- *Correspondence: Dening Ma, ; Yang Yu,
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Galarreta CI, Kennedy C, Blair DR, Slavotinek A. Expanding the phenotype of PIK3C2A related syndrome: Report of two siblings with novel features and genotype. Am J Med Genet A 2022; 188:2724-2731. [PMID: 35770347 DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.62881] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2022] [Revised: 04/05/2022] [Accepted: 04/15/2022] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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A pair of siblings was ascertained due to multiple congenital anomalies, including strikingly similar facial, skeletal, and ocular abnormalities. Exome sequencing of both the children and their mother revealed two novel PIK3C2A variants in the siblings, c.4381delC (p.Arg1461Glufs*31) and c.1555C > T (p.Arg519Ter). PIK3C2A belongs to the Class IIa family of Phosphatidylinositol-3-kinases, which create second messenger lipids that regulate a wide range of downstream signaling pathways involved in cell growth, survival and migration. Tiosano et al. (2019) identified the first monogenic disorder associated with biallelic PIK3C2A loss-of-function variants (oculoskeletodental syndrome). The novel syndrome was characterized by short stature, coarse facial features, ocular and skeletal abnormalities. This report describes two additional siblings affected by the PIK3C2A-related syndrome, confirms core clinical features, establishes intrafamilial variability and expands the phenotype to include proteinuria.
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- Carolina I Galarreta
- Medical Genetics and Metabolism Department, Valley Children's Hospital, Madera, California, USA
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- Medical Genetics and Metabolism Department, Valley Children's Hospital, Madera, California, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Genetics, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Genetics, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA
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Baines K, Yoshioka K, Takuwa Y, Lane JD. The ATG5 interactome links clathrin-mediated vesicular trafficking with the autophagosome assembly machinery. Autophagy Rep 2022; 1:88-118. [PMID: 35449600 PMCID: PMC9015699 DOI: 10.1080/27694127.2022.2042054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/05/2022]
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Autophagosome formation involves the sequential actions of conserved ATG proteins to coordinate the lipidation of the ubiquitin-like modifier Atg8-family proteins at the nascent phagophore membrane. Although the molecular steps driving this process are well understood, the source of membranes for the expanding phagophore and their mode of delivery are only now beginning to be revealed. Here, we have used quantitative SILAC-based proteomics to identify proteins that associate with the ATG12-ATG5 conjugate, a crucial player during Atg8-family protein lipidation. Our datasets reveal a strong enrichment of regulators of clathrin-mediated vesicular trafficking, including clathrin heavy and light chains, and several clathrin adaptors. Also identified were PIK3C2A (a phosphoinositide 3-kinase involved in clathrin-mediated endocytosis) and HIP1R (a component of clathrin vesicles), and the absence of either of these proteins alters autophagic flux in cell-based starvation assays. To determine whether the ATG12-ATG5 conjugate reciprocally influences trafficking within the endocytic compartment, we captured the cell surface proteomes of autophagy-competent and autophagy-incompetent mouse embryonic fibroblasts under fed and starved conditions. We report changes in the relative proportions of individual cell surface proteins and show that cell surface levels of the SLC7A5-SLC3A2 amino acid transporter are influenced by autophagy capability. Our data provide evidence for direct regulatory coupling between the ATG12-ATG5 conjugate and the clathrin membrane trafficking system and suggest candidate membrane proteins whose trafficking within the cell may be modulated by the autophagy machinery. Abbreviations: ATG, autophagy related; BafA1, bafilomycin A1; GFP, green fluorescent protein; HIP1R, huntingtin interacting protein 1 related; MEF, mouse embryo fibroblast; PIK3C2A, phosphatidylinositol-4-phosphate 3-kinase catalytic subunit type 2 alpha; SILAC, stable isotope labelling with amino acids in culture; SQSTM1, sequestosome 1; STRING, search tool for the retrieval of interacting genes/proteins.
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- Kiren Baines
- Cell Biology Laboratories, School of Biochemistry, University of Bristol, University Walk, Bristol, BS81TD, UK
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- Department of Physiology, Kanazawa University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, 13-1 Takara-machi, Kanazawa Ishikawa920-8640, Japan
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- Department of Physiology, Kanazawa University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, 13-1 Takara-machi, Kanazawa Ishikawa920-8640, Japan
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- Cell Biology Laboratories, School of Biochemistry, University of Bristol, University Walk, Bristol, BS81TD, UK
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Liu Y, Zhao D, Wang X, Dong Y, Ding F. LncRNA KCNQ1OT1 attenuates osteoarthritic chondrocyte dysfunction via the miR-218-5p/ PIK3C2A axis. Cell Tissue Res 2021; 385:115-26. [PMID: 33783609 DOI: 10.1007/s00441-021-03441-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2020] [Accepted: 03/01/2021] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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The occurrence of osteoarthritis is closely related to chondrocyte dysfunction caused by cellular inflammatory response and matrix degradation, which seriously affect the quality of life of patients. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the role of potassium voltage-gated channel subfamily Q member 1 overlapping transcript 1 (KCNQ1OT1), a member of the lncRNA voltage-gated channel subfamily Q, in the development of osteoarthritis. In this study, RT-qPCR results showed that KCNQ1OT1 expression was downregulated in osteoarthritic chondrocytes compared with normal chondrocytes. In addition, upregulation of KCNQ1OT1 significantly enhanced the viability of osteoarthritic chondrocytes, inhibited cell apoptosis, and reduced the release of inflammatory cytokines and metal matrix enzymes. Next, bioinformatics analysis and luciferase reporter gene analysis predicted and validated the targeting relationship between KCNQ1OT1 and miR-218-5p. We found that the expression of miR-218-5p was significantly upregulated in osteoarthritic chondrocytes, and knockdown of miR-218-5p significantly enhanced the viability of osteoarthritic chondrocytes, inhibited apoptosis, and decreased the abundance of inflammatory cytokines and metal matrix enzymes. Furthermore, the targeting relationship between miR-218-5p and recombinant phosphoinositide-3-kinase class-2-alpha polypeptide (PIK3C2A) was identified, and overexpression of PIK3C2A enhanced cell viability, and reduced apoptosis and secretion of inflammatory factors. Finally, we found that miR-218-5p overexpression reversed the protective effect of overexpression of KCNQ1OT1 or PIK3C2A on osteoarthritic chondrocytes. In conclusion, our results demonstrated that KCNQ1OT1 upregulated PIK3C2A and activated the PI3K/AKT/mTOR pathway to reduce chondrocyte dysfunction by targeting miR-218-5p, providing new insights into the pathogenesis of osteoarthritis.
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Boukhalfa A, Nascimbeni AC, Dupont N, Codogno P, Morel E. Primary cilium-dependent autophagy drafts PIK3C2A to generate PtdIns3P in response to shear stress. Autophagy 2020; 16:1143-1144. [PMID: 32102612 DOI: 10.1080/15548627.2020.1732687] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022] Open
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Primary cilium-dependent macroautophagy/autophagy is induced by the urinary flow in epithelial cells of the kidney proximal tubule. A major physiological outcome of this cascade is the control of cell size. Some components of the ATG machinery are recruited at the primary cilium to generate autophagic structures. Shear stress induced by the liquid flow promotes PtdIns3P synthesis at the primary cilium, and this lipid is required both for ciliogenesis and initiation of autophagy. We showed that PtdIns3P is generated by PIK3C2A, but not by PIK3C3/VPS34, during flow-associated primary cilium-dependent autophagy, in a ULK1-independent manner. Along the same line BECN1 (beclin 1), a partner of PIK3C3 in starvation-induced autophagy, is not recruited at the primary cilium under shear stress. Thus, kidney epithelial cells mobilize different PtdIns 3-kinases, i.e., PIK3C2A or PIK3C3, to produce PtdIns3P in order to initiate autophagy depending on the stimuli (shear stress or starvation). ABBREVIATIONS PtdIns3P: phosphatidylinositol-3-phosphate; PIK3C2A: class two alpha phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase; PIK3C3/VPS34: class three phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase; ATG: autophagy associated genes.
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- Asma Boukhalfa
- Institute Necker-Enfants Malades (INEM), INSERM U1151-CNRS UMR 8253, Université de Paris , Paris, France
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- Institute Necker-Enfants Malades (INEM), INSERM U1151-CNRS UMR 8253, Université de Paris , Paris, France
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- Institute Necker-Enfants Malades (INEM), INSERM U1151-CNRS UMR 8253, Université de Paris , Paris, France
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- Institute Necker-Enfants Malades (INEM), INSERM U1151-CNRS UMR 8253, Université de Paris , Paris, France
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- Institute Necker-Enfants Malades (INEM), INSERM U1151-CNRS UMR 8253, Université de Paris , Paris, France
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Margaria JP, Campa CC, De Santis MC, Hirsch E, Franco I. The PI3K/Akt/mTOR pathway in polycystic kidney disease: A complex interaction with polycystins and primary cilium. Cell Signal 2019; 66:109468. [PMID: 31715259 DOI: 10.1016/j.cellsig.2019.109468] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2019] [Revised: 11/08/2019] [Accepted: 11/08/2019] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Over-activation of the PI3K/Akt/mTOR network is a well-known pathogenic event that leads to hyper-proliferation. Pharmacological targeting of this pathway has been developed for the treatment of multiple diseases, including cancer. In polycystic kidney disease (PKD), the mTOR cascade promotes cyst growth by boosting proliferation, size and metabolism of kidney tubule epithelial cells. Therefore, mTOR inhibition has been tested in pre-clinical and clinical studies, but only the former showed positive results. This review reports recent discoveries describing the activity and molecular mechanisms of mTOR activation in tubule epithelial cells and cyst formation and discusses the evidence of an upstream regulation of mTOR by the PI3K/Akt axis. In particular, the complex interconnections of the PI3K/Akt/mTOR network with the principal signaling routes involved in the suppression of cyst formation are dissected. These interactions include the antagonism and the reciprocal negative regulation between mTOR complex 1 and the proteins whose deletion causes Autosomal Dominant PKD, the polycystins. In addition, the emerging role of phopshoinositides, membrane components modulated by PI3K, will be presented in the context of primary cilium signaling, cell polarization and protection from cyst formation. Overall, studies demonstrate that the activity of various members of the PI3K/Akt/mTOR network goes beyond the classical transduction of mitogenic signals and can impact several aspects of kidney tubule homeostasis and morphogenesis. These properties might be useful to guide the establishment of more effective treatment protocols to be tested in clinical trials.
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- Jean Piero Margaria
- Molecular Biotechnology Center, Department of Molecular Biotechnology and Health Sciences, University of Torino, Torino 10126, Italy
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- Department of Biosystems Science and Engineering, ETH Zurich, 4058 Basel, Switzerland
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- Molecular Biotechnology Center, Department of Molecular Biotechnology and Health Sciences, University of Torino, Torino 10126, Italy
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- Molecular Biotechnology Center, Department of Molecular Biotechnology and Health Sciences, University of Torino, Torino 10126, Italy
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- Department of Biosciences and Nutrition, Center for Innovative Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, 14157 Huddinge, Sweden.
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Lin Y, Zhu S, Hu C, Wang J, Jiang P, Zhu L, Li Z, Wang S, Zhang Y, Xu X, Pan W. Cross-Species Suppression of Hepatoma Cell Growth and Migration by a Schistosoma japonicum MicroRNA. Mol Ther Nucleic Acids 2019; 18:400-412. [PMID: 31655260 PMCID: PMC6831938 DOI: 10.1016/j.omtn.2019.09.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2018] [Revised: 05/12/2019] [Accepted: 09/08/2019] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Schistosoma japonicum eggs trapped in host liver secretes microRNA (miRNA)-containing extracellular vesicles (EVs) that can be transferred to host cells. Recent studies demonstrated that miRNAs derived from plants can modulate gene expression and phenotype of mammalian cells in a cross-kingdom manner. In this study, we identified a Schistosoma japonicum miRNA (e.g., Sja-miR-3096) that is present in the hepatocytes of mice infected with the parasite and has notable antitumor effects in both in vitro and in vivo models. The Sja-miR-3096 mimics suppressed cell proliferation and migration of both murine and human hepatoma cell lines by targeting phosphoinositide 3-kinase class II alpha (PIK3C2A). We generated a murine hepatoma cell line that stably expressed the pri-Sja-miR-3096 gene and demonstrated cross-species processing of the schistosome pri-miRNA to the mature Sja-miR-3096 in the mammalian cell. Importantly, inoculation of this cell line into the scapula and livers of mice led to a complete suppression of tumorigenesis of the hepatoma cells. Moreover, tumor weight was significantly reduced on intravenous administration of Sja-miR-3096 mimics. Thus, the schistosome miRNA-mediated antitumor activity occurs in host liver cells during schistosome infection, which may strengthen resistance of host to liver cancer, and discovery and development of such miRNAs may present promising interventions for cancer therapy.
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- Yu Lin
- Institute for Infectious Diseases and Vaccine Development, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Institute for Infectious Diseases and Vaccine Development, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Institute for Infectious Diseases and Vaccine Development, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Institute for Infectious Diseases and Vaccine Development, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Institute for Infectious Diseases and Vaccine Development, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Institute for Infectious Diseases and Vaccine Development, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Institute for Infectious Diseases and Vaccine Development, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Institute for Infectious Diseases and Vaccine Development, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Institute for Infectious Diseases and Vaccine Development, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Institute for Infectious Diseases and Vaccine Development, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Institute for Infectious Diseases and Vaccine Development, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China; Department of Tropical Diseases, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China.
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Margaria JP, Ratto E, Gozzelino L, Li H, Hirsch E. Class II PI3Ks at the Intersection between Signal Transduction and Membrane Trafficking. Biomolecules 2019; 9:E104. [PMID: 30884740 PMCID: PMC6468456 DOI: 10.3390/biom9030104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2019] [Revised: 03/01/2019] [Accepted: 03/11/2019] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Phosphorylation of inositol phospholipids by the family of phosphoinositide 3-kinases (PI3Ks) is crucial in controlling membrane lipid composition and regulating a wide range of intracellular processes, which include signal transduction and vesicular trafficking. In spite of the extensive knowledge on class I PI3Ks, recent advances in the study of the three class II PI3Ks (PIK3C2A, PIK3C2B and PIK3C2G) reveal their distinct and non-overlapping cellular roles and localizations. By finely tuning membrane lipid composition in time and space among different cellular compartments, this class of enzymes controls many cellular processes, such as proliferation, survival and migration. This review focuses on the recent developments regarding the coordination of membrane trafficking and intracellular signaling of class II PI3Ks through the confined phosphorylation of inositol phospholipids.
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- Jean Piero Margaria
- Department of Molecular Biotechnology and Health Sciences, Molecular Biotechnology Center, University of Turin, 10126 Turin, Italy.
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- Department of Molecular Biotechnology and Health Sciences, Molecular Biotechnology Center, University of Turin, 10126 Turin, Italy.
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- Department of Molecular Biotechnology and Health Sciences, Molecular Biotechnology Center, University of Turin, 10126 Turin, Italy.
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- Department of Molecular Biotechnology and Health Sciences, Molecular Biotechnology Center, University of Turin, 10126 Turin, Italy.
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- Department of Molecular Biotechnology and Health Sciences, Molecular Biotechnology Center, University of Turin, 10126 Turin, Italy.
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Liu T, Zu CH, Wang SS, Song HL, Wang ZL, Xu XN, Liu HS, Wang YL, Shen ZY. PIK3C2A mRNA functions as a miR-124 sponge to facilitate CD151 expression and enhance malignancy of hepatocellular carcinoma cells. Oncotarget 2016; 7:43376-89. [PMID: 27270320 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.9716] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2015] [Accepted: 05/09/2016] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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Competing endogenous RNAs (ceRNAs) are RNA transcripts that can crosstalk with each other by competing for shared microRNAs (miRNAs) through miRNA response elements (MREs). Involved in ceRNA networks, the RNA transcripts may be in a balance, disruption of which could lead to tumorigenesis. Here we reveal a ceRNA interaction between PIK3C2A and CD151 mRNAs in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) cells. PIK3C2A is a candidate ceRNA of CD151 because mRNA 3' untranslated regions (3'UTRs) of these two genes contain miR-124 binding sites. miR-124 is downregulated, while PIK3C2A and CD151 are upregulated in HCC cells compared with normal hepatocytes. Direct and negative regulation of PIK3C2A and CD151 by miR-124 was confirmed in HCC cells. miR-124 and the two potential ceRNAs are all recruited to the RNA-induced silencing complex (RISC). In HCC cell lines QGY- 7703 and SMMC-7721, and normal hepatic cell line HL-7702, miR-124 plays a tumor suppressor role by targeting PIK3C2A and CD151. The MREs within PIK3C2A 3'UTR can independently stimulate CD151 expression level by acting as miR-124 decoys. PIK3C2A MREs enhance HCC cell malignancy by absorbing endogenous miR-124 and activating CD151 in HCC cells. We conclude that PIK3C2A 3'UTR functions as a trans activator to stimulate CD151 by competing for miR-124 binding in HCC cells. The collaboration of PIK3C2A and CD151 through ceRNA mechanism may be implicated in HCC initiation and development.
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