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BACKGROUND: Vascular endothelial growth factor inhibitors (VEGFIs) are used to treat malignant neoplasms and ocular diseases by inhibiting angiogenesis. Systemic use of VEGFIs has various side effects, including hypertension, proteinuria, and thrombotic microangiopathy, but adverse events due to intravitreal injection of VEGFIs have not been fully clarified. Although age-related macular degeneration was initially the most common target of intravitreal injection of VEGFIs, it has also been applied sporadically for diabetic macular edema in recent years. Proteinuria following intravitreal injection of VEGFIs would be reversible. In patients with diabetes mellitus (DM), however, it would be difficult to determine whether kidney damage arises from the clinical course of DM or from intravitreal injection of VEGFIs for diabetic macular edema. CASE PRESENTATION: A 55-year-old woman with a 20-year history of type 2 DM began intravitreal injection of VEGFI (aflibercept, 2 mg every 4 weeks) for treatment of diabetic macular edema 2 years previously. She presented with leg edema, hypertension, and nephrotic-range proteinuria 14 months after the first injection. Histological examination of renal biopsy specimens revealed diabetic nephropathy with renal thrombotic microangiopathy probably associated with intravitreal injection of VEGFI. The patient's nephrotic syndrome completely improved at 6 months after simply discontinuing aflibercept. CONCLUSIONS: This is a precious report of pathologically investigated renal thrombotic microangiopathy leading to nephrotic syndrome due to intravitreal injection of aflibercept for diabetic macular edema in a patient with type 2 DM. Renal function and proteinuria should be monitored in diabetic patients who receive intravitreal injection of a VEGFI. If kidney damage develops independent of the clinical course of DM during intravitreal injection of a VEGFI, renal biopsy should be performed and intravitreal VEGFI injection discontinued.
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Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 2 , Retinopatía Diabética , Hipertensión , Edema Macular , Síndrome Nefrótico , Microangiopatías Trombóticas , Femenino , Humanos , Persona de Mediana Edad , Edema Macular/inducido químicamente , Edema Macular/tratamiento farmacológico , Inyecciones Intravítreas , Retinopatía Diabética/complicaciones , Retinopatía Diabética/tratamiento farmacológico , Factor A de Crecimiento Endotelial Vascular , Síndrome Nefrótico/complicaciones , Inhibidores de la Angiogénesis , Tomografía de Coherencia Óptica , Proteínas Recombinantes de Fusión/efectos adversos , Proteinuria/inducido químicamente , Proteinuria/tratamiento farmacológico , Proteinuria/complicaciones , Riñón/metabolismo , Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 2/complicaciones , Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 2/tratamiento farmacológico , Microangiopatías Trombóticas/inducido químicamente , Microangiopatías Trombóticas/tratamiento farmacológico , Microangiopatías Trombóticas/complicaciones , Hipertensión/complicaciones , Resultado del TratamientoRESUMEN
Renal and bone marrow involvements in sarcoidosis are rare. We experienced the case of a 67-year-old man with systemic sarcoidosis, with bone marrow involvement, hepatic involvement and a unique constellation of renal lesion with cellular crescent formation. Immunosuppressive therapy was helpful for maintaining the stability of his pancytopenia, hepatic function and renal function. To the best of our knowledge, the association between sarcoidosis, bone marrow involvement and crescentic glomerulonephritis has been reported in only few cases in literature.
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Undaria pinnatifida is an annual brown kelp growing naturally in coastal areas as a major primary producer in temperate regions and is cultivated on an industrial scale. Kelps have a heteromorphic life cycle characterized by a macroscopic sporophyte and microscopic sexual gametophytes. The sex-dependent effects of different environmental factors on the growth and maturation characteristics of the gametophyte stage were investigated using response surface methodology. Gametophytes were taken from three sites in Japan: Iwate Prefecture, Tokushima Prefecture, and Kagoshima Prefecture in order to confirm the sexual differences in three independent lines. Optimum temperature and light intensity were higher for males (20.7-20.9 °C and 28.6-33.7 µmol m-2 s-1, respectively) than females (16.5-19.8 °C and 26.9-32.5 µmol m-2 s-1), and maturity progressed more quickly in males than females. Optimum wavelengths of light for growth and maturation of the gametophytes were observed for both blue (400-500 nm, λmax 453 nm) and green (500-600 nm; λmax 525 nm) lights and were sex-independent. These characteristics were consistent among the three regional lines. Slower growth optima and progress of maturation could be important for female gametophytes to restrict fertilization and sporophyte germination to the lower water temperatures of autumn and winter, and suggest that the female gametophyte may be more sensitive to temperature than the male. The sexual differences in sensitivity to environmental factors improved the synchronicity of sporeling production.
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Ambiente , Células Germinativas de las Plantas/fisiología , Desarrollo de la Planta , Undaria/fisiología , Geografía , Fenotipo , TemperaturaRESUMEN
The antigenic heterogeneity of the reticular framework of the white pulp and marginal zone is well documented in the human adult spleen. Immunostaining of α-smooth muscle actin characterizes the heterogeneity of the reticular framework of the white pulp and marginal zone. In the human spleen, the blood cells flow in an open circulation. T and B lymphocytes flow out from the arterial terminal, and migrate in the reticular framework. Homing of lymphocytes to lymphoid tissues is regulated by selective interactions between cell surface homing receptors and tissue vascular addressins at sites of lymphocyte recruitment from the blood. In the present study, mucosal addressin cell adhesion molecule-1 was selectively expressed on α-smooth muscle actin-positive reticular framework. The reticular framework may function in lymphocyte homing and segregation into the periarteriolar lymphoid sheath, lymph follicle and marginal zone.
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Actinas/biosíntesis , Linfocitos B/metabolismo , Moléculas de Adhesión Celular/biosíntesis , Regulación de la Expresión Génica , Mucoproteínas/biosíntesis , Bazo/metabolismo , Linfocitos T/metabolismo , Linfocitos B/ultraestructura , Humanos , Bazo/ultraestructura , Linfocitos T/ultraestructuraRESUMEN
Although vemurafenib has been shown to improve the overall survival of patients with metastatic melanoma harboring the BRAF V600E mutation, its efficacy is often hampered by drug resistance acquired within a relatively short period through several distinct mechanisms. In the present study, we investigated the effect of fluvastatin as a possible strategy to overcome such acquired resistance using a cultured cell line model. We established vemurafenib-resistant (VR) cells from three BRAF (V600E)-mutated melanoma lines (C32, HMY-1, and SK-MEL-28) and evaluated the mechanism of acquired resistance of VR cells by water-soluble tetrazolium salts assay, western blot, real-time quantitative PCR, and immunofluorescent microscopy. The efficacy of the combination of growth inhibitory effect of vemurafenib and fluvastatin on respective parental and VR cells were assessed by calculating combination index and western blot. IC50 values of three VR cells were ~5-100-fold higher than those for the respective parental cells. The VR cells derived from HMY-1 and SK-MEL-28 showed constitutive activation of AKT kinase, and the specific AKT inhibitor MK-2208 or the PI3K inhibitor wortmannin increased the cellular sensitivity to vemurafenib. Intriguingly, application of a statin-related drug, fluvastatin, also resulted in a synergistic increase of sensitivity to vemurafenib in the VR cells (combination index: 0.73-0.86) probably by alleviating constitutive AKT activation, whereas the same treatment did not notably alter the vemurafenib sensitivity of the parental cells. Our results suggest the possible usefulness of statin-related drugs for overcoming vemurafenib resistance acquired through constitutive activation of the PI3K-AKT axis.
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Protocolos de Quimioterapia Combinada Antineoplásica/farmacología , Biomarcadores de Tumor/metabolismo , Proliferación Celular , Resistencia a Antineoplásicos/efectos de los fármacos , Regulación Neoplásica de la Expresión Génica/efectos de los fármacos , Melanoma/tratamiento farmacológico , Aciltransferasas , Proteínas Adaptadoras Transductoras de Señales/genética , Proteínas Adaptadoras Transductoras de Señales/metabolismo , Apoptosis , Biomarcadores de Tumor/genética , Fluvastatina/administración & dosificación , Humanos , Melanoma/metabolismo , Melanoma/patología , Fosfatidilinositol 3-Quinasas/genética , Fosfatidilinositol 3-Quinasas/metabolismo , Proteínas Proto-Oncogénicas c-akt/genética , Proteínas Proto-Oncogénicas c-akt/metabolismo , Serina-Treonina Quinasas TOR/genética , Serina-Treonina Quinasas TOR/metabolismo , Factores de Transcripción/genética , Factores de Transcripción/metabolismo , Células Tumorales Cultivadas , Vemurafenib/administración & dosificación , Proteínas Señalizadoras YAPRESUMEN
A 37-year-old male with chief complaints of vomiting, abdominal pain, and diarrhea presented to our hospital in June 2017. A blood test detected increased inflammatory response, and a computed tomography scan showed that wall thickening extended from the terminal ileum to the entire large intestine. Bacterial enteritis was suspected because his household members developed infectious enteritis; however, his symptoms did not improve after antibiotic treatment. High fever and peritoneal signs were observed on the 10th day of admission, and palpable purpura appeared on the lower extremities. The patient was administered methylprednisolone because Henoch-Schönlein purpura was also suspected. Subsequently, his symptoms improved, and the purpura disappeared.
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Enteritis , Vasculitis por IgA/diagnóstico , Metilprednisolona/uso terapéutico , Dolor Abdominal , Adulto , Diagnóstico Diferencial , Humanos , Vasculitis por IgA/tratamiento farmacológico , Íleon/patología , MasculinoRESUMEN
We designed a mushroom-shaped Al test cavity for measurement of the critical magnetic field at a radio frequency microwave with a frequency of 5.2 GHz. The characteristics of the Al test cavity are characterized toward the evaluation of the superconducting multilayer thin films under high-power radio frequency microwaves at cryogenic temperatures by the Nb-based cavity. We evaluated a target resonant frequency, the separations of neighboring modes, and the electromagnetic field distribution of the target mode. The calculated frequency change was in good agreement with that obtained experimentally.
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BACKGROUND: We have previously reported the synthesis of a novel polyethyleneglycol (PEG) lipid, 1,2-distearoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphoethanolamine-PEG (DDA-PEG). This study aimed to clarify the anti-metastatic effect and localization of DDA-PEG-modified liposomes on a murine hepatic metastasis model. METHODS: M5076 ovarian sarcoma cells were inoculated for hepatic metastasis model mice. The accumulation of liposomes in the tumor and metastatic sites was detected by fluorescent imaging device. In metastasis study, doxorubicin (DOX) loaded DDA-PEG-modified liposome (DDA-LDOX) was injected. Alexa Fluor 790 NHS Ester loaded DDA-PEG-modified liposomes were used to detect fluorescence intensity at metastatic sites when visualized topically using a fluorescence imaging device. RESULTS: DDA-PEG-modified liposomes accumulated at the sites of hepatic metastasis but not in the normal hepatocytes. Furthermore, the DDA-LDOX inhibited metastasis in this model. The survival time of M5076 ovarian sarcoma bearing mice in DDA-LDOX group was longer than those in control, DOX solution and the other PEG-modified liposomal DOX groups, and the survival ratio in DDALDOX group remained 66.7% until 60 days after treatment. CONCLUSION: It is expected that the DDA-PEG-modified liposomes will extensively contribute in clinical practice as a superior drug carrier because this liposomes proved to be effective against metastasis.
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Portadores de Fármacos , Liposomas , Neoplasias Hepáticas/tratamiento farmacológico , Metástasis de la Neoplasia/tratamiento farmacológico , Animales , Línea Celular Tumoral , Femenino , Fluorescencia , Colorantes Fluorescentes , Lípidos , Neoplasias Hepáticas/secundario , Masculino , Ratones , Trasplante de Neoplasias , Neoplasias Ováricas/patología , PolietilenglicolesRESUMEN
A flat-field grazing incidence spectrometer operating on the spectral region from 1 to 10 nm was built for research on physics of high temperature and high energy density plasmas. It consists of a flat-field grating with 2400 lines/mm as a dispersing element and an x-ray charged coupled device (CCD) camera as the detector. The diffraction efficiency of the grating and the sensitivity of the CCD camera were directly measured by use of synchrotron radiation at the BL-11D beamline of the Photon Factory (PF). The influence of contamination to the spectrometer also was characterized. This result enables us to evaluate the absolute number of photons in a wide range wavelength between 1 and 10 nm within an acquisition. We obtained absolutely calibrated spectra from highly charged ion plasmas of Gd, from which a maximum energy conversion efficiency of 0.26% was observed at a Nd:YAG laser intensity of 3 × 1012 W/cm2.
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The roles of myocardin-related transcription factor A (MRTF-A) and MRTF-B in vascular endothelial cells are not completely understood. Here, we found a novel regulatory mechanism for MRTF-A/B function. MRTF-A/B tend to accumulate in the nucleus in arterial endothelial cells in vivo and human aortic endothelial cells (HAoECs) in vitro. In HAoECs, nuclear localization of MRTF-A/B was not significantly affected by Y27632 or latrunculin B, primarily due to the reduced binding of MRTF-A/B to G-actin and in part, to the low level of MRTF-A phosphorylation by ERK. MRTF-A/B downregulation by serum depletion or transfection of siRNA against MRTF-A and/or MRTF-B induced ICAM-1 expression in HAoECs. It is known that nuclear import of nuclear factor-κB (NF-κB) plays a key role in ICAM-1 gene transcription. However, nuclear accumulation of NF-κB p65 was not observed in MRTF-A/B-depleted HAoECs. Our present findings suggest that MRTF-A/B inhibit ICAM-1 mRNA expression by forming a complex with NF-κB p65 in the nucleus. Conversely, downregulation of MRTF-A/B alleviates this negative regulation without further translocation of NF-κB p65 into the nucleus. These results reveal the novel roles of MRTF-A/B in the homeostasis of vascular endothelium.
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Células Endoteliales/metabolismo , Regulación de la Expresión Génica , Molécula 1 de Adhesión Intercelular/genética , Transactivadores/metabolismo , Factores de Transcripción/metabolismo , Amidas/farmacología , Animales , Comunicación Celular , Línea Celular , Núcleo Celular/metabolismo , Quinasas MAP Reguladas por Señal Extracelular/metabolismo , Regulación de la Expresión Génica/efectos de los fármacos , Humanos , Molécula 1 de Adhesión Intercelular/metabolismo , Espacio Intracelular/metabolismo , Leucocitos/efectos de los fármacos , Leucocitos/metabolismo , Lipopolisacáridos/farmacología , Ratones , Modelos Biológicos , FN-kappa B/metabolismo , Transporte de Proteínas/efectos de los fármacos , Piridinas/farmacología , Transactivadores/genética , Factores de Transcripción/genética , Transcripción Genética , Factor de Necrosis Tumoral alfa/farmacologíaRESUMEN
Nucleus accumbens associated 1 (NACC1) is a cancer-associated BTB/POZ (pox virus and zinc finger/bric-a-brac tramtrack broad complex) gene, and is involved in several cellular functions in neurons, cancer and stem cells. Some of the BTB/POZ proteins associated with cancer biology are SUMOylated, which appears to play an important role in transcription regulation. We show that NACC1 is SUMOylated on a phylogenetically conserved lysine (K167) out of three consensus SUMOylation motif sites. Amino acid substitution in the SIM sequence (SIM/M) within the BTB/POZ domain partially reduced K167 SUMOylation activity of NACC1. Overexpression of GFP-NACC1 fusion protein leads to formation of discrete nuclear foci similar to promyelocytic leukemia nuclear bodies (PML-NB), which colocalized with SUMO paralogues (SUMO1/2/3). Both NACC1 nuclear body formation and colocalization with SUMO paralogues were completely suppressed in the GFP-NACC1-SIM/M mutant, whereas they were partially maintained in the NACC1 K167R mutant. Confocal immunofluorescence analysis showed that endogenous and exogenous NACC1 proteins colocalized with endogenous PML protein. A pull-down assay revealed that the consensus motifs of the SUMO acceptor site at K167 and the SIM within the BTB/POZ domain were both necessary for efficient binding to PML protein. Our study demonstrates that NACC1 can be modified by SUMO paralogues, and cooperates with PML protein.
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Proteínas de Neoplasias/metabolismo , Proteínas Nucleares/metabolismo , Proteínas Represoras/metabolismo , Sumoilación , Factores de Transcripción/metabolismo , Proteínas Supresoras de Tumor/metabolismo , Enzimas Ubiquitina-Conjugadoras/metabolismo , Secuencia de Aminoácidos , Células HeLa , Humanos , Espacio Intranuclear/metabolismo , Leucemia Promielocítica Aguda/metabolismo , Leucemia Promielocítica Aguda/patología , Células MCF-7 , Datos de Secuencia Molecular , Proteína de la Leucemia Promielocítica , Transporte de ProteínasRESUMEN
Cellular fibrous histiocytoma, a variant of fibrous histiocytoma, is a designation used for lesions showing increased cellularity with a fascicular growth pattern and frequent extension into the subcutis. Here we describe a case of cellular fibrous histiocytoma showing repeated recurrence in a 36-year-old woman who initially presented with a 2-cm cutaneous tumor on her right elbow. Histopathologically, the first resected specimen demonstrated irregularly arranged collagen fibers mixed with scattered proliferating plump to spindle-shaped fibrohistiocytes. However, examination of the resected specimens obtained after recurrence showed that the cellularity had increased, the spindle-shaped cells showing monomorphic proliferation with a fascicular and storiform growth pattern extending into the subcutis, as well as an increase of Ki-67 positivity. Since the lesion showed repeated relapse within a short period, we performed wide-field resection of the tumor with a 3-cm margin. Currently, 48 months after surgery, there has been no local recurrence or metastasis, but continuous strict follow-up will be necessary.
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Vectorial vortex analysis is used to determine the polarization states of an arbitrarily polarized terahertz (0.1-1.6 THz) beam using THz achromatic axially symmetric wave (TAS) plates, which have a phase retardance of Δ = 163° and are made of polytetrafluorethylene. Polarized THz beams are converted into THz vectorial vortex beams with no spatial or wavelength dispersion, and the unknown polarization states of the incident THz beams are reconstructed. The polarization determination is also demonstrated at frequencies of 0.16 and 0.36â THz. The results obtained by solving the inverse source problem agree with the values used in the experiments. This vectorial vortex analysis enables a determination of the polarization states of the incident THz beam from the THz image. The polarization states of the beams are estimated after they pass through the TAS plates. The results validate this new approach to polarization detection for intense THz sources. It could find application in such cutting edge areas of physics as nonlinear THz photonics and plasmon excitation, because TAS plates not only instantaneously elucidate the polarization of an enclosed THz beam but can also passively control THz vectorial vortex beams.
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BACKGROUND: Although it is known that in-stent restenosis (ISR) patterns appear homogeneous or nonhomogeneous by optical coherence tomography (OCT), interpretations of the ISR inflammatory response, of the OCT image, and its pathological implications are unclear. The aim of this study was to use OCT to characterize ISR and its inflammatory index in patients after coronary stenting. METHODS: OCT was performed at follow-up in 100 angiographic ISR lesions. ISR lesions were divided into two groups: (a) homogeneous (n=48) and (b) nonhomogeneous (n=52) image groups. We assessed the ISR images produced by OCT for tissue heterogeneity and neo-intimal hyperplasia using the normalized standard deviation of OCT signal-intensity (OCT-NSD) observed in neo-intimal hyperplasia tissue. In some patients with a nonhomogeneous OCT image, we collected pathological tissue. RESULTS: The prevalence of drug-eluting stents was 48% in the nonhomogeneous group and 29% in the homogeneous group (P=0.05). The OCT-NSD value in the nonhomogeneous group (0.223±0.019) was significantly higher than that in the homogeneous group (0.203±0.025; P<0.0001). Pathological tissue showed fibrin thrombi with infiltrating macrophage in 12 cases of nonhomogeneous ISR. The area under the receiver operating characteristic curve for the prediction of a nonhomogeneous image was 0.73 for OCT-NSD (95% confidence interval: 0.62-0.83: P<0.0001). The odds ratio for the prediction of a nonhomogeneous image was 3.47 (95% confidence interval: 1.18-10.2: P=0.02) for smoking by logistic regression analysis. CONCLUSION: Nonhomogeneous ISR visualized by OCT showed a high OCT-NSD value, which was a useful predictor for nonhomogeneous images. Moreover, the nonhomogeneous ISR image visualized by OCT may show chronic inflammation and fibrin thrombi.
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Reestenosis Coronaria/patología , Vasos Coronarios/patología , Stents Liberadores de Fármacos , Inflamación/patología , Intervención Coronaria Percutánea/efectos adversos , Intervención Coronaria Percutánea/instrumentación , Tomografía de Coherencia Óptica , Anciano , Área Bajo la Curva , Biomarcadores/análisis , Biopsia , Distribución de Chi-Cuadrado , Angiografía Coronaria , Reestenosis Coronaria/diagnóstico por imagen , Reestenosis Coronaria/etiología , Reestenosis Coronaria/metabolismo , Trombosis Coronaria/etiología , Trombosis Coronaria/patología , Vasos Coronarios/química , Vasos Coronarios/diagnóstico por imagen , Femenino , Fibrina/análisis , Humanos , Hiperplasia , Inmunohistoquímica , Inflamación/diagnóstico por imagen , Inflamación/etiología , Inflamación/metabolismo , Modelos Logísticos , Masculino , Persona de Mediana Edad , Análisis Multivariante , Neointima , Variaciones Dependientes del Observador , Oportunidad Relativa , Valor Predictivo de las Pruebas , Diseño de Prótesis , Curva ROC , Reproducibilidad de los Resultados , Factores de Riesgo , Fumar/efectos adversos , Resultado del TratamientoRESUMEN
AIMS: Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) transactivation induced by angiotensin II (Ang II) participates in the progression of various diseases. A disintegrin and metalloproteinase 17 (ADAM17) is thought to promote renal fibrosis, cardiac hypertrophy with fibrosis and atherosclerosis by activation of the EGFR through secretion of EGFR ligands. The purpose of this study was to investigate whether Ang II-induced EGFR transactivation occurs on hepatic stellate cells (HSCs) and whether the reaction is mediated via ADAM17. MAIN METHODS: Ang II-induced EGFR transactivation and cellular proliferation of the human HSC line LI90 were investigated using Western blotting and ATP assay, respectively. Ang II-induced secretion of mature amphiregulin into the cell culture medium was evaluated by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). KEY FINDINGS: An inhibitor of ADAM17, TAPI-1, as well as antagonists of EGFR and angiotensin II type-1 receptor (AT1), attenuated Ang II-induced EGFR transactivation and proliferation of LI90 cells. Furthermore, silencing of ADAM17 inhibited Ang II-induced secretion of mature amphiregulin in addition to EGFR transactivation. SIGNIFICANCE: These results indicate that ADAM17 mediates Ang II-induced EGFR transactivation on HSCs, and that this process may participate in the progression of liver fibrosis.
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Proteínas ADAM/metabolismo , Angiotensina II/metabolismo , Receptores ErbB/metabolismo , Células Estrelladas Hepáticas/metabolismo , Proteínas ADAM/genética , Proteína ADAM17 , Anfirregulina , Western Blotting , Línea Celular , Proliferación Celular , Dipéptidos/farmacología , Progresión de la Enfermedad , Familia de Proteínas EGF , Ensayo de Inmunoadsorción Enzimática , Silenciador del Gen , Glicoproteínas/metabolismo , Humanos , Ácidos Hidroxámicos/farmacología , Péptidos y Proteínas de Señalización Intercelular/metabolismo , Cirrosis Hepática/fisiopatologíaAsunto(s)
Antígenos CD/análisis , Antígenos de Diferenciación Mielomonocítica/análisis , Histiocitoma Fibroso Benigno/inmunología , Receptores de Hialuranos/análisis , Receptores de Superficie Celular/análisis , Neoplasias Cutáneas/inmunología , Piel/inmunología , Biopsia , Femenino , Histiocitoma Fibroso Benigno/diagnóstico , Histiocitoma Fibroso Benigno/cirugía , Humanos , Inmunohistoquímica , Persona de Mediana Edad , Piel/patología , Neoplasias Cutáneas/diagnóstico , Neoplasias Cutáneas/cirugíaRESUMEN
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small non-coding RNAs whose aberrations are involved in the initiation and progression of human cancers. To seek unique miRNAs contributing to melanoma tumorigenesis, we investigated the global miRNA expression profile of 7 melanoma cell lines and 3 primary cultures of neonatal human epidermal melanocytes (NHEMs) using the stem-loop real-time PCR method. We found 7 miRNAs that were commonly downregulated and 18 that were upregulated in all of the melanoma cell lines in comparison with the 3 primary cultures of NHEMs. We focused on one commonly downregulated miRNA (miR-211), and analyzed its relationship to the expression of preferentially expressed antigen of melanoma (PRAME) protein, which is a potential target of miR-211. We found that all melanoma cell lines exhibited marked down--regulation of miR-211 and upregulation of PRAME mRNA/protein expression in comparison with NHEMs (P<0.05). A significant inverse correlation between miR-211 and PRAME protein expression was found in melanoma cell lines and primary cultures of NHEMs (correlation coefficient of -0.733, P<0.05). We demonstrated that overexpression of miR-211 induced a reduction of PRAME protein levels, and confirmed the target specificity between miR-211 and PRAME by luciferase reporter assay. These results suggest that downregulation of miR-211 may be partly involved in aberrant expression of the PRAME protein in melanoma cells.
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Antígenos de Neoplasias/biosíntesis , Melanoma/metabolismo , MicroARNs/biosíntesis , Antígenos de Neoplasias/genética , Línea Celular Tumoral , Regulación hacia Abajo , Células HEK293 , Humanos , Melanoma/genética , Melanoma/inmunología , Melanoma/patología , MicroARNs/genética , Especificidad por Sustrato , TransfecciónRESUMEN
We investigated the prognostic significance and post-transcriptional acetylation-modification of cortactin (CTTN) via the nucleus accumbens-associated 1 (NACC1)-histone deacetylase 6 (HDAC6) deacetylation system in primary melanomas and melanoma cell lines. Overexpression of CTTN protein was observed in 56 (73%) of 77 stage I-IV melanomas, and was significantly correlated with tumor thickness, lymph node metastasis, distant metastasis, and disease outcome. The patients whose tumors exhibited CTTN overexpression had a poorer outcome than patients without this feature (P=0.028, log-rank test). NACC1 and CTTN proteins, but not HDAC6, were overexpressed in four melanoma cell lines in comparison with a primary culture of normal human epidermal melanocytes. Knockdown of both NACC1 and HDAC6 markedly downregulated the migration activity of all melanoma cell lines (P<0.05), and induced a gain of CTTN protein acetylation status. Confocal microscopy showed that hyperacetylation of CTTN modulated by depletion of both NACC1 and HDAC6 induced disappearance of CTTN protein at the leading edge of migrating cells, resulting in stabilization of the focal adhesion structure and development of actin stress fibers. These data suggest that the acetylation status of CTTN modulated by the NACC1-HDAC6 deacetylation system induces acceleration of melanoma cell migration activity via an actin-dependent cellular process, possibly contributing to aggressive behavior (invasion/metastasis) of the melanoma cells.