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Clin Cancer Res ; 27(15): 4410-4421, 2021 08 01.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34031055

RESUMO

PURPOSE: Gemcitabine-based chemotherapy regimens are first-line for several advanced cancers. Because of better tolerability, gemcitabine + cisplatin is a preferred neoadjuvant, adjuvant, and/or palliative chemotherapy regimen for advanced bladder cancer. Nevertheless, predicting treatment failure and overcoming resistance remain unmet clinical needs. We discovered that splice variant (V1) of HYAL-4 is a first-in-class eukaryotic chondroitinase (Chase), and CD44 is its major substrate. V1 is upregulated in bladder cancer and drives a malignant phenotype. In this study, we investigated whether V1 drives chemotherapy resistance. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN: V1 expression was measured in muscle-invasive bladder cancer (MIBC) specimens by qRT-PCR and IHC. HYAL-4 wild-type (Wt) and V1 were stably expressed or silenced in normal urothelial and three bladder cancer cell lines. Transfectants were analyzed for chemoresistance and associated mechanism in preclinical models. RESULTS: V1 levels in MIBC specimens of patients who developed metastasis, predicted response to gemcitabine + cisplatin adjuvant/salvage treatment and disease-specific mortality. V1-expressing bladder cells were resistant to gemcitabine but not to cisplatin. V1 expression neither affected gemcitabine influx nor the drug-efflux transporters. Instead, V1 increased gemcitabine metabolism and subsequent efflux of difluorodeoxyuridine, by upregulating cytidine deaminase (CDA) expression through increased CD44-JAK2/STAT3 signaling. CDA inhibitor tetrahydrouridine resensitized V1-expressing cells to gemcitabine. While gemcitabine (25-50 mg/kg) inhibited bladder cancer xenograft growth, V1-expressing tumors were resistant. Low-dose combination of gemcitabine and tetrahydrouridine abrogated the growth of V1 tumors with minimal toxicity. CONCLUSIONS: V1/Chase drives gemcitabine resistance and potentially predicts gemcitabine + cisplatin failure. CDA inhibition resensitizes V1-expressing tumors to gemcitabine. Because several chemotherapy regimens include gemcitabine, our study could have broad significance.


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Antígenos de Neoplasias/fisiologia , Antimetabólitos Antineoplásicos/uso terapêutico , Condroitinases e Condroitina Liases/fisiologia , Desoxicitidina/análogos & derivados , Resistencia a Medicamentos Antineoplásicos/fisiologia , Histona Acetiltransferases/fisiologia , Hialuronoglucosaminidase/fisiologia , Neoplasias da Bexiga Urinária/tratamento farmacológico , Animais , Desoxicitidina/uso terapêutico , Humanos , Camundongos , Prognóstico , Falha de Tratamento , Gencitabina
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Dermatol Surg ; 44(8): 1075-1083, 2018 08.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29659410

RESUMO

BACKGROUND: An advantage of hyaluronic acid (HA)-based fillers is reversibility. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the ability of 2 hyaluronidases to degrade 3 HA-based fillers using a novel in vivo model. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Rats were injected with 3 HA fillers (HYC-24L+, VYC-20L, and RES-L) to create a projecting bolus. After 4 days, recombinant human hyaluronidase (HX) or ovine hyaluronidase (VIT) was administered at (1) varying doses (5 U, 10 U, or 30 U per 0.1 mL filler) or (2) different dilutions (10 U diluted 3-fold). The impact of tissue integration was assessed by administering 10 U/0.1 mL filler 4 weeks after filler injection. Three-dimensional images quantified projection loss over 72 hours. RESULTS: Complete loss of projection was achieved for all fillers with the highest HX and VIT doses; lower doses achieved less degradation. No difference in degradation was observed between HYC-24L+ and VYC-20L using HX or VIT. RES-L was slightly more degraded with 10 U VIT but not with 10 U HX. Enzyme dilution resulted in less degradation. Tissue integration did not impact the degree of degradation. CONCLUSION: This model incorporates the biological system while controlling variables including filler depth and volume and location of hyaluronidase delivery. Hyaluronic acid filler degradation by exogenous hyaluronidase was not hindered by differences among fillers.


Assuntos
Preenchedores Dérmicos/química , Ácido Hialurônico/metabolismo , Hialuronoglucosaminidase/fisiologia , Animais , Ratos , Ratos Sprague-Dawley
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Reprod Fertil Dev ; 28(7): 936-947, 2016 Jun.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25562384

RESUMO

We investigated the local modulation of some histochemical properties of oviducts of the dromedary (Camelus dromedarius), focusing on the immnolocalisation of hyaluronic acid (HA) synthases (HAS2 and HAS3), hyaluronidases (HYAL2 and HYAL1) and the HA receptor CD44 in the ampulla and isthmus. Abundant acidic mucopolysaccharides (glycosaminoglycans) were detected by Alcian blue staining along the luminal surface of both ciliated and non-ciliated epithelial cells (LE). Staining for HAS2 was higher in the primary epithelial folds of the ampulla compared with the isthmus, especially in secretory cells, adluminal epithelial surface and supranuclear cell domain. HAS3 staining was stronger in the LE of the isthmus than ampulla. HYAL2 was detected in the LE in the ampulla and isthmus and was more intense in the adluminal projections of secretory cells. HYAL1 was weakly detected in the LE with no difference between the ampulla and isthmus. Strong CD44 immunostaining was present in the LE of the ampulla and isthmus. CD44 staining was higher in secretory cells than in ciliated epithelial cells and was higher in the supranuclear region than the basal region of the cytoplasm. In conclusion, we provide evidence that HA synthesis and turnover occur in the camel oviduct. Differences in HAS2 and HAS3 expression suggest regional differences in the molecular size of HA secreted in oviductal fluid that may influence oviduct-gamete interaction in the camel.


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Camelus , Hialuronan Sintases/fisiologia , Hialuronoglucosaminidase/fisiologia , Oviductos/enzimologia , Animais , Células Epiteliais , Feminino
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Adv Cancer Res ; 123: 1-34, 2014.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25081524

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Hyaluronidases are a family of five human enzymes that have been differentially implicated in the progression of many solid tumor types, both clinically and in functional studies. Advances in the past 5 years have clarified many apparent contradictions: (1) by demonstrating that specific hyaluronidases have alternative substrates to hyaluronan (HA) or do not exhibit any enzymatic activity, (2) that high-molecular weight HA polymers elicit signaling effects that are opposite those of the hyaluronidase-digested HA oligomers, and (3) that it is actually the combined overexpression of HA synthesizing enzymes with hyaluronidases that confers tumorigenic potential. This review examines the literature supporting these conclusions and discusses novel mechanisms by which hyaluronidases impact invasive tumor cell processes. In addition, a detailed structural and functional comparison of the hyaluronidases is presented with insights into substrate selectivity and potential for therapeutic targeting. Finally, technological advances in targeting hyaluronidase for tumor imaging and cancer therapy are summarized.


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Hialuronoglucosaminidase/fisiologia , Neoplasias/tratamento farmacológico , Processamento Alternativo , Animais , Movimento Celular , Progressão da Doença , Fibroblastos/metabolismo , Humanos , Ácido Hialurônico/química , Hialuronoglucosaminidase/metabolismo , Ratos-Toupeira , Conformação Molecular , Peso Molecular , Metástase Neoplásica , Neoplasias/patologia , Polímeros/química , Prognóstico , Ratos
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Infect Immun ; 82(6): 2615-25, 2014 Jun.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24711564

RESUMO

Streptococcus agalactiae is the causative agent of septicemia and meningitis in fish. Previous studies have shown that hyaluronidase (Hyl) is an important virulence factor in many Gram-positive bacteria. To investigate the role of S. agalactiae Hyl during interaction with macrophages, we inactivated the gene encoding extracellular hyaluronidase, hylB, in a clinical Hyl(+) isolate. The isogenic hylb mutant (Δhylb) displayed reduced survival in macrophages compared to the wild type and stimulated a significantly higher release of proinflammatory cytokines, such as interleukin-1ß (IL-1ß), IL-6, and tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α), than the wild type in macrophages as well as in mice. Furthermore, only Hyl(+) strains could grow utilizing hyaluronic acid (HA) as the sole carbon source, suggesting that Hyl permits the organism to utilize host HA as an energy source. Fifty percent lethal dose (LD50) determinations in zebrafish demonstrated that the hylb mutant was highly attenuated relative to the wild-type strain. Experimental infection of BALB/c mice revealed that bacterial loads in the blood, spleen, and brain at 16 h postinfection were significantly reduced in the ΔhylB mutant compared to those in wild-type-infected mice. In conclusion, hyaluronidase has a strong influence on the intracellular survival of S. agalactiae and proinflammatory cytokine expression, suggesting that it plays a key role in S. agalactiae pathogenicity.


Assuntos
Citocinas/metabolismo , Hialuronoglucosaminidase/fisiologia , Infecções Estreptocócicas/microbiologia , Streptococcus agalactiae/fisiologia , Análise de Variância , Animais , Encéfalo/microbiologia , Células Cultivadas , Contagem de Colônia Microbiana , Modelos Animais de Doenças , Feminino , Doenças dos Peixes/microbiologia , Regulação Bacteriana da Expressão Gênica , Inativação Gênica , Hialuronoglucosaminidase/genética , Macrófagos/metabolismo , Macrófagos/microbiologia , Camundongos , Camundongos Endogâmicos BALB C , Baço/microbiologia , Infecções Estreptocócicas/metabolismo , Streptococcus agalactiae/genética , Streptococcus agalactiae/crescimento & desenvolvimento , Streptococcus agalactiae/patogenicidade , Peixe-Zebra
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Exp Biol Med (Maywood) ; 235(7): 796-804, 2010 Jul.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-20542955

RESUMO

The family of WW domain-containing proteins contains over 2000 members. The small WW domain module is responsible, in part, for protein/protein binding interactions and signaling. Many of these proteins are located at the membrane/cytoskeleton area, where they act as adaptors to receive signals from the cell surface. In this review, we provide molecular insights regarding recent novel findings on signaling from the cell surface toward WW domain-containing oxidoreductase, known as WWOX, FOR or WOX1. More specifically, transforming growth factor beta 1 utilizes cell surface hyaluronidase Hyal-2 (hyaluronoglucosaminidase 2) as a cognate receptor for signaling with WWOX and Smad4 to control gene transcription, growth and death. Complement C1q alone, bypassing the activation of classical pathway, signals a novel event of apoptosis by inducing microvillus formation and WWOX activation. Deficiency in these signaling events appears to favorably support cancer growth.


Assuntos
Oxirredutases/fisiologia , Receptores Citoplasmáticos e Nucleares/fisiologia , Transdução de Sinais/fisiologia , Proteínas Supressoras de Tumor/fisiologia , Animais , Moléculas de Adesão Celular/fisiologia , Complemento C1q/fisiologia , Proteínas Ligadas por GPI , Humanos , Hialuronoglucosaminidase/fisiologia , Neoplasias/metabolismo , Neoplasias/fisiopatologia , Proteína Smad4/fisiologia , Fator de Crescimento Transformador beta/fisiologia , Oxidorredutase com Domínios WW
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Curr Med Chem ; 16(18): 2261-88, 2009.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-19519390

RESUMO

The hyaluronidases (HAases) are a group of less extensively studied glycosidases distributed throughout the animal kingdom and are popularly known as 'spreading factors'. In recent years, HAases received much attention due to their ability to abruptly alter the hyaluronic acid (HA) homeostasis. HAases preferentially degrade HA, which is a megadalton acidic structural polysaccharide found exclusively in the extracellular matrix (ECM) of animals. The HA-HAase system has been suggested to participate in many pathophysiological conditions. The HA degradation in ECM, crack down the structural integrity with an eventual increased tissue permeability that is attributed for the spreading property. The spreading property has been widely accepted in functions including envenomation, acrosomal reaction/ovum fertilization, cancer progression, microbial pathogenesis such as wound infections, pneumonia, and other sepses like, bacteremia and meningitis. HA fragmentation has dual effects; generation of a wide molecular range bioactive oligosaccharides of angiogenic, pro-inflammatory, and immunostimulatory properties; and impairment in the reservoir capacity of ECM that holds metal ions, growth factors, cytokines and various enzymes for signal transduction. Hence, inhibition of HA degradation appears critical and imperative in HAase mediated pathological conditions. HAase inhibitors are thus potent regulators that maintain HA homeostasis and they might serve as anti-inflammatory, anti-aging, anti-microbial, anticancer and anti-venom/toxin and contraceptive agents. In addition, HAase inhibitors may serve as tools to understand several unexplained and complex functions of HAases in HA metabolism. Therefore, this review is expected to provide an integrated update as of 2008 on the HAase inhibitors and their possible role as therapeutics in the management of a wide range of pathological conditions.


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Desenho de Fármacos , Inibidores Enzimáticos , Ácido Hialurônico/metabolismo , Hialuronoglucosaminidase/antagonistas & inibidores , Hialuronoglucosaminidase/fisiologia , Animais , Inibidores Enzimáticos/química , Inibidores Enzimáticos/farmacologia , Homeostase , Humanos , Modelos Moleculares , Estrutura Molecular
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J Biol Chem ; 284(23): 16049-59, 2009 Jun 05.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-19366691

RESUMO

Transforming growth factor beta (TGF-beta) initiates multiple signal pathways and activates many downstream kinases. Here, we determined that TGF-beta1 bound cell surface hyaluronidase Hyal-2 on microvilli in type II TGF-beta receptor-deficient HCT116 cells, as determined by immunoelectron microscopy. This binding resulted in recruitment of proapoptotic WOX1 (also named WWOX or FOR) and formation of Hyal-2.WOX1 complexes for relocation to the nuclei. TGF-beta1 strengthened the binding of the catalytic domain of Hyal-2 with the N-terminal Tyr-33-phosphorylated WW domain of WOX1, as determined by time lapse fluorescence resonance energy transfer analysis in live cells, co-immunoprecipitation, and yeast two-hybrid domain/domain mapping. In promoter activation assay, ectopic WOX1 or Hyal-2 alone increased the promoter activity driven by Smad. In combination, WOX1 and Hyal-2 dramatically enhanced the promoter activation (8-9-fold increases), which subsequently led to cell death (>95% of promoter-activated cells). TGF-beta1 supports L929 fibroblast growth. In contrast, transiently overexpressed WOX1 and Hyal-2 sensitized L929 to TGF-beta1-induced apoptosis. Together, TGF-beta1 invokes a novel signaling by engaging cell surface Hyal-2 and recruiting WOX1 for regulating the activation of Smad-driven promoter, thereby controlling cell growth and death.


Assuntos
Moléculas de Adesão Celular/fisiologia , Membrana Celular/fisiologia , Hialuronoglucosaminidase/fisiologia , Oxirredutases/fisiologia , Proteínas Serina-Treonina Quinases/fisiologia , Receptores de Fatores de Crescimento Transformadores beta/fisiologia , Proteínas Supressoras de Tumor/fisiologia , Animais , Apoptose , Moléculas de Adesão Celular/genética , Neoplasias Colorretais , Primers do DNA , Transferência Ressonante de Energia de Fluorescência , Proteínas Ligadas por GPI , Regulação da Expressão Gênica , Células HCT116 , Humanos , Hialuronoglucosaminidase/genética , Células L , Camundongos , Regiões Promotoras Genéticas , Proteínas Serina-Treonina Quinases/deficiência , Ratos , Receptor do Fator de Crescimento Transformador beta Tipo I , Receptor do Fator de Crescimento Transformador beta Tipo II , Receptores de Fatores de Crescimento Transformadores beta/deficiência , Oxidorredutase com Domínios WW
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Eur Respir J ; 34(3): 616-28, 2009 Sep.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-19282346

RESUMO

Glycosaminoglycans (GAG) are essential extracellular matrix molecules which regulate tissue flexibility, a parameter that is reduced in airways of patients with asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). We investigated the expression of GAG and their metabolising enzymes in primary human airway smooth muscle cells (ASMC) obtained from healthy donors (controls) and patients with asthma or COPD. Total GAG synthesis was assessed by [(3)H]-glucosamine incorporation. GAG were isolated, purified, fractionated by electrophoresis and characterised using specific GAG-degrading enzymes. Secretion of hyaluronic acid (HA) by ASMC from patients with asthma or COPD was significantly decreased compared with controls. RT-PCR analysis and western blotting revealed that this decrease was associated with a significant reduction in the expression of HA synthase-1 and -2 and a significant increase of hyaluronidase-1. Furthermore, the expression of the HA receptor CD44 was significantly decreased, whereas the receptor for HA-mediated motility was not expressed in asthma or COPD. Our results indicate that there is a decreased expression of HA in asthma and COPD associated with a synergistic regulation of HA metabolising enzymes that may regulate the pathological airway remodelling in these lung diseases.


Assuntos
Asma/metabolismo , Asma/patologia , Ácido Hialurônico/metabolismo , Miócitos de Músculo Liso/metabolismo , Doença Pulmonar Obstrutiva Crônica/metabolismo , Doença Pulmonar Obstrutiva Crônica/patologia , Adulto , Asma/etiologia , Estudos de Casos e Controles , Técnicas de Cultura de Células , Feminino , Glucuronosiltransferase/fisiologia , Humanos , Hialuronan Sintases , Hialuronoglucosaminidase/fisiologia , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Doença Pulmonar Obstrutiva Crônica/etiologia , Adulto Jovem
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J Biol Chem ; 283(43): 29215-27, 2008 Oct 24.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-18718911

RESUMO

HYAL-1 (hyaluronoglucosaminidase-1) belongs to the hyaluronidase family of enzymes that degrade hyaluronic acid. HYAL-1 is a marker for cancer diagnosis and a molecular determinant of tumor growth, invasion, and angiogenesis. The regulation of HYAL-1 expression is unknown. Real time reverse transcription-PCR using 11 bladder and prostate cancer cells and 69 bladder tissues showed that HYAL-1 mRNA levels are elevated 10-30-fold in cells/tissues that express high hyaluronidase activity. Although multiple transcription start sites (TSS) for HYAL-1 mRNA were detected in various tissues, the major TSS in many tissues, including bladder and prostate, was at nucleotide 27274 in the cosmid clone LUCA13 (AC002455). By analyzing the 1532 base sequence 5' to this TSS, using cloning and luciferase reporter assays, we identified a TACAAA sequence at position -31 and the minimal promoter region between nucleotides -93 and -38. Mutational analysis identified that nucleotides -73 to -50 (which include overlapping binding consensus sites for SP1, Egr-1, and AP-2), bases C(-71) and C(-59), and an NFkappaB-binding site (at position -15) are necessary for promoter activity. The chromatin immunoprecipitation assay identified that Egr-1, AP-2, and NFkappaB bind to the promoter in HYAL-1-expressing cells, whereas SP1 binds to the promoter in non-HYAL-1-expressing cells. 5-Aza-2'-deoxycytidine treatment, bisulfite DNA sequencing, and methylation-specific PCR revealed that HYAL-1 expression is regulated by methylation at C(-71) and C(-59); both Cs are part of the SP1/Egr-1-binding sites. Thus, HYAL-1 expression is epigenetically regulated by the binding of different transcription factors to the methylated and unmethylated HYAL-1 promoter.


Assuntos
Epigênese Genética , Hialuronoglucosaminidase/biossíntese , Hialuronoglucosaminidase/genética , Hialuronoglucosaminidase/fisiologia , Regiões Promotoras Genéticas , Sítios de Ligação , Linhagem Celular Tumoral , Clonagem Molecular , DNA/química , Primers do DNA/química , Humanos , Hialuronoglucosaminidase/química , Luciferases/metabolismo , Modelos Biológicos , NF-kappa B/metabolismo , RNA Mensageiro/metabolismo , Distribuição Tecidual
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Semin Cancer Biol ; 18(4): 281-7, 2008 Aug.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-18448355

RESUMO

Originally termed as the "spreading factor", hyaluronidases (HAases) are present in a variety of toxins and venoms. For example, HAase is the virulent factor of beta-hemolytic Streptococci and it is also present in the venoms of snake, bee, wasp, scorpion, etc, where it aids in the spread of these venoms in the body. In mammals, testicular HAase present in the sperm acrosome is necessary for the fertilization of the ovum. Despite a lot of work on bacterial, invertebrate and testicular HAases, a connection between HAase and cancer was unequivocally established just over a decade ago and the functional significance of HAases in cancer was demonstrated just about a year ago. In this part of the review, we will focus on the recent advances in our understanding of the role of HAases in cancer.


Assuntos
Genes Supressores de Tumor/fisiologia , Hialuronoglucosaminidase/fisiologia , Neoplasias/enzimologia , Oncogenes/fisiologia , Animais , Apoptose/fisiologia , Ciclo Celular/fisiologia , Humanos
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Semin Cancer Biol ; 18(4): 275-80, 2008 Aug.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-18485730

RESUMO

Hyaluronan is a megadalton glycosaminoglycan polymer critical for maintaining the integrity of the extracellular matrix. It can exist in a protein-bound state with aggregating proteoglycans, where it expands the extracellular matrix and modulates cell-cell interactions. It also exists in lower molecular weight forms that participate in a myriad of biological functions. It is unique in that much of it is degraded within hours of its synthesis. High molecular weight hyaluronan, a reflection of intact healthy tissues, is normally produced by hyaluronan synthases at the plasma membrane. It is catabolized by the action of an extracellular plasma membrane-tethered hyaluronidase that is coordinated with intracellular lysosomal hyaluronidases and exoglycosidases. This occurs in local tissues and lymph, with the remainder being cleared by the sinusoidal liver endothelium upon entering the vascular compartment. Elevated extracellular levels of hyaluronan and its partially catabolized oligomers are found in certain malignancies, potentially due to decoupled synthesis and degradation. Furthermore, partially depolymerized hyaluronan in the extracellular environment may have properties not found in the multivalent high molecular weight polymer in malignancies. Functional perturbations of hyaluronan synthesis and degradation have revealed active roles of the synthases and hyaluronidases in epithelial mesenchymal conversion, stroma and vascular formation, interstitial fluid pressure and chemosensitivity. While at least three confirmed hyaluronidases exist in the human genome (HYAL1, HYALl2 and PH20), functional perturbation of these genes in mice have failed to identify a simple linear catabolic circuit. The family of enzymes responsible for the synthesis and degradation of hyaluronan are being characterized. The fragmented forms of hyaluronan, largely a sign of cellular distress, occur in abundance in many malignancies. These small hyaluronan oligomers are assumed to be largely a result of hyaluronidase activity. Precisely how particular-sized fragments are generated and maintained is not known. Presumably, hyaluronan-binding proteins, in addition to the proteoglycans, participate in this process. Hyaluronidase inhibitors are now recognized, as well as growth factors that enhance the synthetic enzymes. A complete understanding of the anabolic and catabolic systems for hyaluronan may provide new dimensions into our understanding of cancer progression, as well as new opportunities for therapeutic intervention.


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Ácido Hialurônico/metabolismo , Hialuronoglucosaminidase/fisiologia , Neoplasias/enzimologia , Animais , Humanos , Hialuronoglucosaminidase/antagonistas & inibidores , Neoplasias/patologia
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Semin Cancer Biol ; 18(4): 296-301, 2008 Aug.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-18485731

RESUMO

Jaagsiekte sheep retrovirus (JSRV) causes lung adenocarcinoma in sheep and goats, while the closely related enzootic nasal tumor virus (ENTV) causes nasal tumors in the same species. The envelope (Env) protein from either virus can transform fibroblasts and epithelial cells in culture, indicating that the Env proteins are responsible for tumorigenesis. However, the primary function of retroviral Env proteins is to mediate virus entry into cells by interacting with specific cell-surface receptors, suggesting that the virus receptor might be a key player in transformation as well. Thus, identification of Hyaluronidase-2 (Hyal2) as the cell-entry receptor for both JSRV and ENTV suggested a role for Hyal2 in oncogenesis. Furthermore, Hyal2 is located in a key lung cancer tumor suppressor locus on chromosome 3p21.3, suggesting that Hyal2 might have a tumor suppressor activity that was disrupted by Env thereby leading to tumorigenesis. However, recent experiments showing that expression of the JSRV or ENTV Env protein in mouse lung can induce lung tumors, even though the viral Env proteins cannot bind to or utilize mouse Hyal2 as a receptor for virus entry into cells, indicate that Hyal2 plays no role in cancer induction by these retroviruses. Hyal2 remains an enigmatic member of the hyaluronidase family given its very low hyaluronidase activity in purified form or when expressed in cultured cells, suggesting that it may have evolved to perform some other as yet unknown function.


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Transformação Celular Viral , Hialuronoglucosaminidase/fisiologia , Retrovirus Jaagsiekte de Ovinos/fisiologia , Animais , Humanos , Ovinos
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Life Sci ; 80(21): 1921-43, 2007 May 01.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-17408700

RESUMO

Hyaluronan (HA) is a multifunctional high molecular weight polysaccharide found throughout the animal kingdom, especially in the extracellular matrix (ECM) of soft connective tissues. HA is thought to participate in many biological processes, and its level is markedly elevated during embryogenesis, cell migration, wound healing, malignant transformation, and tissue turnover. The enzymes that degrade HA, hyaluronidases (HAases) are expressed both in prokaryotes and eukaryotes. These enzymes are known to be involved in physiological and pathological processes ranging from fertilization to aging. Hyaluronidase-mediated degradation of HA increases the permeability of connective tissues and decreases the viscosity of body fluids and is also involved in bacterial pathogenesis, the spread of toxins and venoms, acrosomal reaction/ovum fertilization, and cancer progression. Furthermore, these enzymes may promote direct contact between pathogens and the host cell surfaces. Depolymerization of HA also adversely affects the role of ECM and impairs its activity as a reservoir of growth factors, cytokines and various enzymes involved in signal transduction. Inhibition of HA degradation therefore may be crucial in reducing disease progression and spread of venom/toxins and bacterial pathogens. Hyaluronidase inhibitors are potent, ubiquitous regulating agents that are involved in maintaining the balance between the anabolism and catabolism of HA. Hyaluronidase inhibitors could also serve as contraceptives and anti-tumor agents and possibly have antibacterial and anti-venom/toxin activities. Additionally, these molecules can be used as pharmacological tools to study the physiological and pathophysiological role of HA and hyaluronidases.


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Matriz Extracelular/metabolismo , Receptores de Hialuronatos/metabolismo , Ácido Hialurônico/metabolismo , Hialuronoglucosaminidase/antagonistas & inibidores , Hialuronoglucosaminidase/metabolismo , Peçonhas/metabolismo , Animais , Sistemas de Liberação de Medicamentos , Humanos , Ácido Hialurônico/fisiologia , Ácido Hialurônico/uso terapêutico , Hialuronoglucosaminidase/fisiologia , Fatores de Virulência/metabolismo
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Placenta ; 27 Suppl A: S135-40, 2006 Apr.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-16533524

RESUMO

Endogenous retroviruses (ERVs) account for a substantial portion of the genetic pool of every animal species (e.g. approximately 8% of the human genome). Despite their overwhelming abundance in nature, many questions on the basic biology of ERVs are unanswered. The most important question derives from the observations in many animal species, including humans, of abundant ERVs expressed in the female genital tract. Sheep harbor approximately 20 copies of endogenous betaretroviruses (enJSRVs), which are related to an exogenous oncogenic virus, Jaagsiekte sheep retrovirus (JSRV). enJSRVs are abundantly expressed in the ovine placenta and uterine endometrium throughout gestation. Hyaluronidase 2 (HYAL2), which can serve as a cellular receptor for JSRV and enJSRVs envelope (Env), is expressed by the trophoblast giant binucleate cells and multinucleated syncytia of the placenta. Little is known about the cellular and molecular mechanisms that regulate trophoblast differentiation and syncytia formation during synepitheliochorial placentation in sheep. The temporal and spatial alterations in enJSRVs expression in the ovine uterus and placenta support the hypothesis that trophoblast growth and differentiation into binucleate cells and formation of multinucleated syncytiotrophoblast involves enJSRVs Env and possibly their cellular receptor, HYAL2.


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Regulação da Expressão Gênica no Desenvolvimento , Hialuronoglucosaminidase/fisiologia , Retrovirus Jaagsiekte de Ovinos/fisiologia , Placentação , Prenhez , Ovinos/virologia , Animais , Blastômeros/fisiologia , Desenvolvimento Embrionário , Feminino , Desenvolvimento Fetal , Modelos Biológicos , Morfogênese , Placenta/fisiologia , Gravidez
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Curr Drug Targets ; 6(6): 665-82, 2005 Sep.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-16178800

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The heterogeneity of proteoglycans (PG)s contributes to their functional diversity. Many functions depend on their ability to bind and modulate the activity of components of the extracellular matrix (ECM). The ability of PGs to interact with other molecules, such as growth factors, is largely determined by the fine structure of the glycosaminoglycan (GAG) chains. Tumorigenesis is associated with changes in the PG synthesis. Heparan sulfate (HS) PGs are involved in several aspects of cancer biology including tumor progression, angiogenesis, and metastasis. PGs can have both tumor promoting and tumor suppressing activities depending on the protein core, the GAG attached, molecules they associate with, localization, the tumor subtype, stages, and degree of tumor differentiation. Perlecan is an angiogenic factor involved in tumor invasiveness. The C-terminal domain V of perlecan, named endorepellin, has however been shown to inhibit angiogenesis. Another angiogenic factor is endostatin, the COOH-terminal domain of the part-time PG collagen XVIII. Glypicans and syndecans may promote local cancer cell growth in some cancer tissues, but inhibit tissue invasion and metastasis in others. The GAG hyaluronan (HA) promotes cancer growth by providing a loose matrix for migrating tumor cells and mediates adhesion of cancer cells. HSPG degrading enzymes like heparanase, heparitinase, and other enzymes such as hyaluronidase and MMP are also important in tumor metastasis. Several different treatment strategies that target PGs have been developed. They have the potential to be effective in reducing tumor growth and inhibit the formation of metastases. PGs are also valuable tumor markers in several cancers.


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Proteoglicanas de Heparan Sulfato/fisiologia , Metástase Neoplásica/prevenção & controle , Inibidores da Angiogênese/uso terapêutico , Animais , Biomarcadores Tumorais/análise , Endostatinas/fisiologia , Inibidores Enzimáticos/uso terapêutico , Glucuronidase/antagonistas & inibidores , Glucuronidase/fisiologia , Humanos , Receptores de Hialuronatos/fisiologia , Hialuronoglucosaminidase/fisiologia , Glicoproteínas de Membrana/fisiologia , Neovascularização Patológica/etiologia , Neovascularização Patológica/prevenção & controle , Fragmentos de Peptídeos/fisiologia , Proteoglicanas/fisiologia , Sindecanas
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Cancer Res ; 65(17): 7782-9, 2005 Sep 01.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-16140946

RESUMO

Hyaluronidases degrade hyaluronic acid, which promotes metastasis. HYAL1 type hyaluronidase is an independent prognostic indicator of prostate cancer progression and a biomarker for bladder cancer. However, it is controversial whether hyaluronidase (e.g., HYAL1) functions as a tumor promoter or as a suppressor. We stably transfected prostate cancer cells, DU145 and PC-3 ML, with HYAL1-sense (HYAL1-S), HYAL1-antisense (HYAL1-AS), or vector DNA. HYAL1-AS transfectants were not generated for PC-3 ML because it expresses little HYAL1. HYAL1-S transfectants produced < or = 42 milliunits (moderate overproducers) or > or = 80 milliunits hyaluronidase activity (high producers). HYAL1-AS transfectants produced <10% hyaluronidase activity when compared with vector transfectants (18-24 milliunits). Both blocking HYAL1 expression and high HYAL1 production resulted in a 4- to 5-fold decrease in prostate cancer cell proliferation. HYAL1-AS transfectants had a G2-M block due to decreased cyclin B1, cdc25c, and cdc2/p34 expression and cdc2/p34 kinase activity. High HYAL1 producers had a 3-fold increase in apoptotic activity and mitochondrial depolarization when compared with vector transfectants and expressed activated proapoptotic protein WOX1. Blocking HYAL1 expression inhibited tumor growth by 4- to 7-fold, whereas high HYAL1 producing transfectants either did not form tumors (DU145) or grew 3.5-fold slower (PC-3 ML). Whereas vector and moderate HYAL1 producers generated muscle and blood vessel infiltrating tumors, HYAL1-AS tumors were benign and contained smaller capillaries. Specimens of high HYAL1 producers were 99% free of tumor cells. This study shows that, depending on the concentration, HYAL1 functions as a tumor promoter and as a suppressor and provides a basis for anti-hyaluronidase and high-hyaluronidase treatments for cancer.


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Hialuronoglucosaminidase/fisiologia , Neoplasias da Próstata/enzimologia , Animais , Apoptose/fisiologia , Ciclo Celular/fisiologia , Processos de Crescimento Celular/fisiologia , Linhagem Celular Tumoral , DNA Antissenso/genética , Humanos , Ácido Hialurônico/biossíntese , Hialuronoglucosaminidase/biossíntese , Hialuronoglucosaminidase/genética , Isoenzimas , Masculino , Camundongos , Camundongos Nus , Transplante de Neoplasias , Neovascularização Patológica/enzimologia , Neoplasias da Próstata/irrigação sanguínea , Neoplasias da Próstata/genética , Neoplasias da Próstata/patologia , Transfecção , Transplante Heterólogo
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