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1.
Oncogene ; 35(35): 4611-22, 2016 09 01.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26853468

RESUMEN

The omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) has anti-inflammatory and anti-cancer properties. Among pro-inflammatory mediators, tumor necrosis factor α (TNFα) plays a paradoxical role in cancer biology with induction of cancer cell death or survival depending on the cellular context. The objective of the study was to evaluate the role of TNFα in DHA-mediated tumor growth inhibition and colon cancer cell death. The treatment of human colorectal cancer cells, HCT-116 and HCT-8 cells, with DHA triggered apoptosis in autocrine TNFα-dependent manner. We demonstrated that DHA-induced increased content of TNFα mRNA occurred through a post-transcriptional regulation via the down-regulation of microRNA-21 (miR-21) expression. Treatment with DHA led to nuclear accumulation of Foxo3a that bounds to the miR-21 promoter triggering its transcriptional repression. Moreover, inhibition of RIP1 kinase and AMP-activated protein kinase α reduced Foxo3a nuclear-cytoplasmic shuttling and subsequent increase of TNFα expression through a decrease of miR-21 expression in DHA-treated colon cancer cells. Finally, we were able to show in HCT-116 xenograft tumor-bearing nude mice that a DHA-enriched diet induced a decrease of human miR-21 expression and an increase of human TNFα mRNA expression limiting tumor growth in a cancer cell-derived TNFα dependent manner. Altogether, the present work highlights a novel mechanism for anti-cancer action of DHA involving colon cancer cell death mediated through autocrine action of TNFα.


Asunto(s)
Neoplasias del Colon/tratamiento farmacológico , Ácidos Docosahexaenoicos/administración & dosificación , MicroARNs/biosíntesis , Factor de Necrosis Tumoral alfa/biosíntesis , Animales , Apoptosis/efectos de los fármacos , Comunicación Autocrina , Neoplasias del Colon/genética , Neoplasias del Colon/patología , Proteína Forkhead Box O3/genética , Regulación Neoplásica de la Expresión Génica/efectos de los fármacos , Células HCT116 , Humanos , Ratones , Ensayos Antitumor por Modelo de Xenoinjerto
2.
Genes Nutr ; 7(2): 209-16, 2012 Apr.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-22057664

RESUMEN

Consumption of trans fatty acids is positively correlated with cardiovascular diseases and with atherogenic risk factors. Trans fatty acids might play their atherogenic effects through lipid metabolism alteration of vascular cells. Accumulation of lipids in vascular smooth muscle cells is a feature of atherosclerosis and a consequence of lipid metabolism alteration. Stearoyl-CoA desaturase 1 (scd1) catalyses the production of monounsaturated fatty acids (e.g. oleic acid) and its expression is associated with lipogenesis induction and with atherosclerosis development. We were interested in analysing the regulation of delta-9 desaturation rate and scd1 expression in human aortic smooth muscle cells (HASMC) exposed to cis and trans C18:1 fatty acid isomers (cis-9 oleic acid, trans-11 vaccenic acid or trans-9 elaidic acid) for 48 h at 100 µM. Treatment of HASMC with these C18:1 fatty acid isomers led to differential effects on delta-9 desaturation; oleic acid repressed the desaturation rate more potently than trans-11 vaccenic acid, whereas trans-9 elaidic acid increased the delta-9 desaturation rate. We then correlated the delta-9 desaturation rate with the expression of scd1 protein and mRNA. We showed that C18:1 fatty acids controlled the expression of scd1 at the transcriptional level in HASMC, leading to an increase in scd1 mRNA content by trans-9 elaidic acid treatment, whereas a decrease in scd1 mRNA content was observed with cis-9 oleic acid and trans-11 vaccenic acid treatments. Altogether, this work highlights a differential capability of C18:1 fatty acid isomers to control scd1 gene expression, which presumes of different consequent effects on cell functions.

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Toxicol Lett ; 206(3): 289-99, 2011 Oct 30.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-21872649

RESUMEN

1-Nitropyrene (1-NP) is a nitro-polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (nitro-PAH) present in diesel exhaust and bound to particular matter in urban air. We show that 1-NP and the referent PAH benzo(a)pyrene (BP) induce apoptosis and a lipid accumulation dependent on cytochrome P450 1A1-metabolites in mouse hepatoma cells, whereas 1-amino-pyrene had no effect. The caspase inhibitor, N-benzyloxycarbonyl-Val-Ala-Asp(O-Me) fluoromethyl ketone (Z-VAD-fmk), inhibits 1-NP-induced apoptosis, but failed to alter 1-NP-triggered lipid accumulation determined by Nile red staining. We further show that cholesterol and fatty acid contents are modified after nitro-PAH exposure and that 1-NP-induced cholesterol level is partially involved in related apoptosis. In parallel, the activity of the stearoyl-CoA desaturase 1 (SCD1), determined by fatty acid analysis, and its expression are reduced by 1-NP. The role of SCD1 in 1-NP-induced apoptosis is demonstrated in cells down-expressing SCD1, in which an increased apoptosis is observed, whereas the SCD1 overexpression elicits the opposite effects. In contrast, changes in SCD1 gene expression have no effect on the induced lipid accumulation. Moreover, 1-NP increases the activity of the AMP-dependent protein kinase (AMPK) leading to a caspase-independent apoptosis. Overall, our study demonstrates that the 1-NP-induced apoptosis is caspase- and AMPK-dependent, and is associated to a decrease of SCD1 expression which results in an alteration of lipid homeostasis.


Asunto(s)
Apoptosis/efectos de los fármacos , Metabolismo de los Lípidos/efectos de los fármacos , Pirenos/toxicidad , Proteínas Quinasas Activadas por AMP/fisiología , Animales , Benzo(a)pireno/toxicidad , Caspasas/fisiología , Línea Celular Tumoral , Colesterol/metabolismo , Neoplasias Hepáticas Experimentales/metabolismo , Neoplasias Hepáticas Experimentales/patología , Ratones , Estearoil-CoA Desaturasa/fisiología
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EMBO J ; 21(12): 3171-81, 2002 Jun 17.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-12065429

RESUMEN

Studies in model organisms have contributed to elucidate multiple levels at which regulation of eukaryotic DNA replication occurs. Cdc7, an evolutionarily conserved serine-threonine kinase, plays a pivotal role in linking cell cycle regulation to genome duplication, being essential for the firing of DNA replication origins. Binding of the cell cycle-regulated subunit Dbf4 to Cdc7 is necessary for in vitro kinase activity. This binding is also thought to be the key regulatory event that controls Cdc7 activity in cells. Here, we describe a novel human protein, Drf1, related to both human and yeast Dbf4. Drf1 is a nuclear cell cycle-regulated protein, it binds to Cdc7 and activates the kinase. Therefore, human Cdc7, like cyclin-dependent kinases, can be activated by alternative regulatory subunits. Since the Drf1 gene is either absent or not yet identified in the genome of model organisms such as yeast and Drosophila, these findings introduce a new level of complexity in the regulation of DNA replication of the human genome.


Asunto(s)
Proteínas Adaptadoras Transductoras de Señales , Proteínas de Ciclo Celular/metabolismo , Proteínas Nucleares/metabolismo , Proteínas Serina-Treonina Quinasas/metabolismo , Secuencia de Aminoácidos , Ciclo Celular/fisiología , Proteínas de Ciclo Celular/química , Proteínas de Ciclo Celular/genética , Línea Celular , Forminas , Proteínas Fúngicas/genética , Proteínas Fúngicas/metabolismo , Humanos , Datos de Secuencia Molecular , Proteínas Nucleares/química , Proteínas Nucleares/genética , Filogenia , Unión Proteica , Proteínas Serina-Treonina Quinasas/química , Subunidades de Proteína , Proteínas Recombinantes de Fusión/genética , Proteínas Recombinantes de Fusión/metabolismo
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Genomics ; 67(1): 40-7, 2000 Jul 01.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-10945468

RESUMEN

F-box proteins are critical components of the SCF ubiquitin-protein ligase complex and are involved in substrate recognition and recruitment for ubiquitination and consequent degradation by the proteasome. We have isolated cDNAs encoding a further 10 mammalian F-box proteins. Five of them (FBL3 to FBL7) share structural similarities with Skp2 and contain C-terminal leucine-rich repeats. The other 5 proteins have different putative protein-protein interaction motifs. Specifically, FBS and FBWD4 proteins contain Sec7 and WD40-repeat domains, respectively. The C-terminal region of FBA shares similarity with bacterial protein ApaG while FBG2 shows homology with the F-box protein NFB42. The marked differences in F-box gene expression in human tissues suggest their distinct role in ubiquitin-dependent protein degradation.


Asunto(s)
Familia de Multigenes/genética , Péptido Sintasas/genética , Secuencias de Aminoácidos , Secuencia de Aminoácidos , Animales , Caenorhabditis elegans , Clonación Molecular , Bases de Datos Factuales , Humanos , Leucina Zippers , Datos de Secuencia Molecular , Familia de Multigenes/fisiología , Péptido Sintasas/clasificación , Péptido Sintasas/metabolismo , Proteínas/química , Proteínas/clasificación , Proteínas/genética , Ratas , Reacción en Cadena de la Polimerasa de Transcriptasa Inversa , Homología de Secuencia de Aminoácido , Distribución Tisular , Ubiquitinas/metabolismo , Levaduras
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Cytokine ; 12(7): 951-9, 2000 Jul.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-10880240

RESUMEN

Fetal liver is the main site of haematopoiesis during mid-gestation. The adult liver still provides a favourable environment for extramedullary haematopoiesis. Nevertheless, regulation of liver haematopoiesis by cell-cell contacts or by cytokines remains poorly understood. Recently, we have shown that rat liver epithelial cells (RLECs) support long-term survival and multilineage differentiation of adult human CD34(+)and CD34(+)/CD38(-)haematopoietic cells obtained from granulocyte-colony stimulating factor mobilized peripheral blood and from bone marrow respectively. In addition, the importance of physical proximity between haematopoietic cells and RLECs was clearly demonstrated. Here, our findings give evidence that RLECs belonging to the epithelial but non-parenchymal liver compartment also sustain the long-term production of progenitors from human CD34(+)umbilical cord blood cells. Moreover, to better analyse the regulation of haematopoiesis in this RLEC coculture model, we have investigated the cytokine expression by RLECs alone and by RLECs coming from coculture with CD34(+)cells from umbilical cord blood. We demonstrated that a broad spectrum of cytokines acting at different stages of haematopoiesis is produced by RLECs. Interestingly, an upregulation of leukemia inhibitory factor expression by RLECs in presence of CD34(+)haematopoietic cells was observed. These data suggest an important role of cell-cell interactions in the regulation of haematopoiesis.


Asunto(s)
Antígenos CD34 , Citocinas/genética , Sangre Fetal/citología , Interleucina-6 , Hígado/metabolismo , Animales , Células Cultivadas , Técnicas de Cocultivo/métodos , Citocinas/biosíntesis , Células Epiteliales/citología , Células Epiteliales/metabolismo , Expresión Génica , Inhibidores de Crecimiento/genética , Hematopoyesis/fisiología , Células Madre Hematopoyéticas/citología , Células Madre Hematopoyéticas/metabolismo , Humanos , Factor Inhibidor de Leucemia , Hígado/citología , Hígado/embriología , Linfocinas/genética , Factor Estimulante de Colonias de Macrófagos/metabolismo , Ratas , Ratas Sprague-Dawley , Factores de Tiempo , Regulación hacia Arriba
7.
FEBS Lett ; 459(1): 75-9, 1999 Oct 01.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-10508920

RESUMEN

The F-box protein Skp2 is important for S phase entry and binds to Skp1 and the cyclin A-Cdk2 complex. Here we report the cloning, analysis of genomic organization and characterization of a novel gene product related to Skp2 named FBL2. The human FBL2 gene was found to be a highly interrupted gene of at least 126.6 kb located on chromosome 17 in close proximity to the TRAP220 gene in a head-to-tail orientation. The predicted protein contains an F-box and six perfect C-terminal leucine-rich repeats. Similar to Skp2, this protein interacts with Skp1 and deletion of the F-box inhibits this association. However, in contrast to Skp2, FBL2 was detected in non-proliferating hepatocytes and its expression increased in growth-arrested liver epithelial cells. In addition, FBL2 was localized primarily in the cytoplasm concentrated around the nucleus. Overall, our data indicate that although FBL2 shares strong structural homology with Skp2 as well as having a similar ability to associate with Skp1, these proteins likely play distinct roles and target different substrates to the SCF complex.


Asunto(s)
Proteínas de Ciclo Celular/genética , Proteínas F-Box , Leucina/química , Secuencia de Aminoácidos , Animales , Sitios de Unión , Proteínas de Ciclo Celular/química , Proteínas de Ciclo Celular/metabolismo , Clonación Molecular , Secuencia Conservada , ADN Complementario/análisis , Exones , Humanos , Intrones , Proteínas Repetidas Ricas en Leucina , Masculino , Datos de Secuencia Molecular , Unión Proteica , Conformación Proteica , Proteínas/química , Proteínas/genética , Ratas , Ratas Sprague-Dawley , Proteínas Quinasas Asociadas a Fase-S , Homología de Secuencia de Aminoácido
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Br J Haematol ; 98(3): 560-8, 1997 Sep.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-9332308

RESUMEN

In this study we report the supportive activity of rat liver epithelial cells (RLEC) on human haemopoiesis in the absence of exogeneously supplied growth factors. RLEC is a rat cell line derived from primitive biliary cells with epithelial characteristics which induce the long-term differentiation of hepatocytes through cell-cell contacts. We have established the ability of these cells to sustain long-term survival and multilineage differentiation of human haemopoietic progenitors from unfractionated bone marrow and growth-factor mobilized peripheral blood cells, and from human CD34+ and CD34+ CD38- haemopoietic cells, with a higher efficiency than the murine MS-5 stromal cell line: the numbers of committed progenitors recovered from RLEC cocultures after 8 weeks were 3-fold higher than from MS-5 cocultures, with an unusually high BFU-E production. Furthermore, using diffusible insert cultures, we demonstrated that, despite the lack of strong adhesive interaction between haemopoietic cells and RLEC, physical proximity was absolutely required for optimum stimulation of LTC-IC by RLEC. Taken together, these results show that biliary epithelial cells support human haemopoiesis and cause speculation that common mechanisms might be used by RLEC to regulate both the hepatocyte and the haemopoietic progenitors differentiation.


Asunto(s)
Antígenos CD , Sistema Biliar/citología , Células Epiteliales/fisiología , Hematopoyesis/fisiología , Células Madre Hematopoyéticas/citología , ADP-Ribosil Ciclasa , ADP-Ribosil Ciclasa 1 , Animales , Antígenos CD34 , Antígenos de Diferenciación , Comunicación Celular/fisiología , División Celular/fisiología , Células Cultivadas , Factor Estimulante de Colonias de Granulocitos/farmacología , Humanos , Glicoproteínas de Membrana , NAD+ Nucleosidasa , Ratas , Ratas Sprague-Dawley , Células del Estroma/fisiología
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