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OBJECTIVE: Kappa opioid receptor (KOR) signaling is involved in joint development and inflammation in Osteoarthritis (OA), while the biochemical mechanism remains unclarified. This study aims to investigate downstream molecular events of KOR activation, to provide novel perspectives in OA pathology. METHODS: U50,488H, a selective KOR agonist, was intra-articularly injected in mice upon destabilization of the medial meniscus (DMM) as OA models, with PBS injection as control. The behavioral and histological evaluation was assessed by hot plate test and red solid green staining, respectively. Alterations in mRNA and protein expression were assessed by RNA-seq, RT-qPCR, immunohistochemistry and western blotting (WB) in chondrocytes treated with TNF-α or TNF-α + U50,488H. Proteins interacted with KOR were explored using proximity labeling followed by mass spectrometry and then testified by co-immunoprecipitation (Co-IP) assay and immunofluorescence (IF). RESULTS: OA-induced pain was reduced and cartilage degeneration was alleviated upon KOR activation in DMM mice. In chondrocytes, activation of KOR reversed the upregulation of MMPs, IL-6, IL-1ß and phosphorylated(p-) STAT3, stimulated by TNF-α, while the expression of NF-κB, MAPKs and AKT signaling weren't reversed. RNA-seq and IF results presented that KOR activation evidently reduced STAT3 nuclear translocation in chondrocytes upon TNF-α stimuli. The reduction may be resulted from the binding of KOR and STAT3 in the plasma membrane, revealed by proximity labeling and Co-IP results. CONCLUSIONS: KOR activation protects cartilage from OA, and this protective effect is mainly exerted via sequestering STAT3 on the plasma membrane, resulting in inactivation of STAT3-dependent immune responses which otherwise contributes to OA.
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Membrana Celular , Condrocitos , Osteoartritis , Receptores Opioides kappa , Factor de Transcripción STAT3 , Animales , Masculino , Ratones , 3,4-Dicloro-N-metil-N-(2-(1-pirrolidinil)-ciclohexil)-bencenacetamida, (trans)-Isómero/farmacología , Membrana Celular/metabolismo , Membrana Celular/efectos de los fármacos , Condrocitos/metabolismo , Condrocitos/patología , Condrocitos/efectos de los fármacos , Ratones Endogámicos C57BL , Osteoartritis/patología , Osteoartritis/metabolismo , Receptores Opioides kappa/metabolismo , Receptores Opioides kappa/genética , Transducción de Señal/efectos de los fármacos , Factor de Transcripción STAT3/metabolismoRESUMEN
Porphyromonas gingivalis (P. gingivalis), a Gram-negative oral anaerobe, was demonstrated to facilitate colonization and progression in colonic tumor, while the underlying mechanism still remains to be clarified. Here, we identified the proteome profile changed by P. gingivalis infection in HCT116 cells through label-free quantitative proteomics, and found that deubiquitinase UCHL3 was a key protein that response for P. gingivalis infection. By CCK8, colony formation, wound healing assays, and in vivo subcutaneous tumor mouse moudle, we proved that P. gingivalis could promote the proliferation and migration of colon cancer, while the process was inhibited by UCHL3 knock down. Through IP-MS, we identified GNG12 as the UCHL3 interacting protein. The protein level of GNG12 was significantly reduced when knock out UCHL3. Thus we propose that GNG12 is a substrate protein of UCHL3. Furthermore, we demonstrated that overexpression of GNG12 could restore the tumor inhibition effect caused by UCHL3 knock down, and UCHL3-GNG12 axis promote colon cancer progression via the NF-κB signal pathway. Collectively, this study unveiled that P. gingivalis infection up-regulated UCHL3 and stabilized its substrate protein GNG12 to activate the NF-κB signal pathway to promote colon cancer progression. Our study indicate that UCHL3 is a potential biomarker and therapeutic target for colon cancer which infected with P. gingivalis.
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Elevated Wnt/ß-catenin signaling has been commonly associated with tumorigenesis especially colorectal cancer (CRC). Here, an MST4-pß-cateninThr40 signaling axis essential for intestinal stem cell (ISC) homeostasis and CRC development is uncovered. In response to Wnt3a stimulation, the kinase MST4 directly phosphorylates ß-catenin at Thr40 to block its Ser33 phosphorylation by GSK3ß. Thus, MST4 mediates an active process that prevents ß-catenin from binding to and being degraded by ß-TrCP, leading to accumulation and full activation of ß-catenin. Depletion of MST4 causes loss of ISCs and inhibits CRC growth. Mice bearing either MST4T178E mutation with constitutive kinase activity or ß-cateninT40D mutation mimicking MST4-mediated phosphorylation show overly increased ISCs/CSCs and exacerbates CRC. Furthermore, the MST4-pß-cateninThr40 axis is upregulated and correlated with poor prognosis of human CRC. Collectively, this work establishes a previously undefined machinery for ß-catenin activation, and further reveals its function in stem cell and tumor biology, opening new opportunities for targeted therapy of CRC.
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Carcinogénesis/genética , Neoplasias Colorrectales/metabolismo , Proteínas Serina-Treonina Quinasas/metabolismo , Vía de Señalización Wnt/genética , beta Catenina/metabolismo , Animales , Neoplasias Colorrectales/genética , Modelos Animales de Enfermedad , Femenino , Humanos , Intestinos/metabolismo , Masculino , Ratones , Ratones Endogámicos BALB C , Ratones Endogámicos C57BL , Proteínas Serina-Treonina Quinasas/genética , Células Madre/metabolismo , beta Catenina/genéticaRESUMEN
Transgelin (TAGLN, also named SM22) is an actin-associated protein and affects dynamics of actin filaments. Deregulation of TAGLN contributes to the development of different cancers, and it is commonly considered to be a tumor suppressor. TAGLN is usually downregulated in prostate cancer; however, the detailed functions of TAGLN in prostate cancer and how TAGLN is regulated remains unclear. In this study, we confirmed that TAGLN is downregulated in prostate cancer tissues and demonstrated that the downregulation of TAGLN occurs through proteasomal degradation. Next, we found that the expression level of TAGLN is inversely correlated with TRAF6. We screened more than 20 E2-E3 pairs by in vitro ubiquitination assay and found that the E2A-TRAF6 pair catalyzed mono ubiquitination of TAGLN. We then identified the ubiquitination sites of TAGLN to be on K89 or K108 residues and demonstrated that ubiquitination of TAGLN on K89/K108 are important for TRAF6-mediated proteasomal degradation. Furthermore, we investigated the function of TAGLN in prostate cancer cells. We found that ablation of TAGLN promoted prostate cancer cell proliferation and suppressed their migration via activation of NF-κB and Myc signaling pathways. Overall, our study provided new insights into the mechanisms underlying TAGLN expression and activity in prostate cancer. IMPLICATIONS: E3 ligase TRAF6 mediate mono-ubiquitination and degradation of TAGLN, which leads to activation of NF-κB and Myc signaling pathways in prostate cancer cells.
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Regulación hacia Abajo , Regulación Neoplásica de la Expresión Génica , Proteínas de Microfilamentos/genética , Proteínas Musculares/genética , Neoplasias de la Próstata/genética , Complejo de la Endopetidasa Proteasomal/metabolismo , Factor 6 Asociado a Receptor de TNF/genética , Línea Celular , Línea Celular Tumoral , Perfilación de la Expresión Génica/métodos , Humanos , Masculino , Proteínas de Microfilamentos/metabolismo , Proteínas Musculares/metabolismo , Células PC-3 , Neoplasias de la Próstata/metabolismo , Neoplasias de la Próstata/patología , Unión Proteica , Proteolisis , RNA-Seq/métodos , Transducción de Señal/genética , Factor 6 Asociado a Receptor de TNF/metabolismo , Ubiquitina/metabolismo , UbiquitinaciónRESUMEN
Most primary liver cancer (PLC) cases progress mainly due to underlying chronic liver inflammation, yet the underlying mechanisms of inflammation-mediated PLC remain unclear. Here we uncover a TNF receptor II (TNFR2)-hnRNPK-YAP signaling axis in hepatic progenitor cells (HPC) essential for PLC development. TNFR2, but not TNF receptor I (TNFR1), was required for TNFα-induced activation of YAP during malignant transformation of HPCs and liver tumorigenesis. Mechanistically, heterogeneous nuclear ribonuclear protein K (hnRNPK) acted downstream of TNFα-TNFR2 signaling to directly interact with and stabilize YAP on target gene promoters genome-wide, therefore coregulating the expression of YAP target genes. Single-cell RNA sequencing confirmed the association of TNFR2-hnRNPK with YAP expression and the pathologic importance of HPC. Accordingly, expressions of TNFR2, hnRNPK, and YAP were all upregulated in PLC tissues and were strongly associated with poor prognosis of PLC including patient survival. Collectively, this study clarifies the differential roles of TNFRs in HPC-mediated tumorigenesis, uncovering a TNFR2-hnRNPK-centered mechanistic link between the TNFα-mediated inflammatory milieu and YAP activation in HPCs during PLC development. SIGNIFICANCE: This work defines how hnRNPK links TNFα signaling and Hippo pathway transcription coactivator YAP in hepatic progenitor cells during primary liver tumorigenesis.
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Proteínas de Ciclo Celular/metabolismo , Regulación Neoplásica de la Expresión Génica , Ribonucleoproteína Heterogénea-Nuclear Grupo K/metabolismo , Neoplasias Hepáticas/tratamiento farmacológico , Neoplasias Hepáticas/patología , Receptores Tipo II del Factor de Necrosis Tumoral/metabolismo , Células Madre/patología , Factores de Transcripción/metabolismo , Animales , Apoptosis , Biomarcadores de Tumor/genética , Biomarcadores de Tumor/metabolismo , Proteínas de Ciclo Celular/genética , Proliferación Celular , Femenino , Ribonucleoproteína Heterogénea-Nuclear Grupo K/genética , Humanos , Neoplasias Hepáticas/genética , Pronóstico , Ratas , Ratas Sprague-Dawley , Receptores Tipo II del Factor de Necrosis Tumoral/genética , Transducción de Señal , Células Madre/metabolismo , Factores de Transcripción/genética , Células Tumorales Cultivadas , Factor de Necrosis Tumoral alfa/genética , Factor de Necrosis Tumoral alfa/metabolismoRESUMEN
Rationale: Constitutive activation of the NF-κB signalling pathway plays a pivotal role in the pathogenesis of activated B cell-like diffuse large B-cell lymphomas (ABC-DLBCLs), the most aggressive and chemoresistant form of DLBCL. In ABC-DLBCLs, the CARMA1-BCL10 (CB) complex forms a filamentous structure and functions as a supramolecular organizing centre (CB-SMOC) that is required for constitutive NF-κB activation, making it an attractive drug target for ABC-DLBCL treatment. However, a pharmaceutical approach targeting CB-SMOC has been lacking. Here, we developed Bcl10 peptide inhibitors (BPIs) that specifically target the BCL10 filamentation process. Methods: Electron microscopy and immunofluorescence imaging were used to visualize the effect of the BPIs on the BCL10 filamentation process. The cytotoxicity of the tested BPIs was evaluated in DLBCL cell lines according to cell proliferation assays. Different in vitro experiments (pharmacokinetics, immunoprecipitation, western blotting, annexin V and PI staining) were conducted to determine the functional mechanisms of the BPIs. The in vivo therapeutic effect of the BPIs was examined in different xenograft DLBCL mouse models. Finally, Ki67 and TUNEL staining and histopathology analysis were used to evaluate the antineoplastic mechanisms and systemic toxicity of the BPIs. Results: We showed that these BPIs can effectively disrupt the BCL10 filamentation process, destabilize BCL10 and suppress NF-κB signalling in ABC-DLBCL cells. By examining a panel of DLBCL cell lines, we found that these BPIs selectively repressed the growth of CB-SMOC-dependent DLBCL cells by inducing apoptosis and cell cycle arrest. Moreover, by converting the BPIs to acquire a D-retro inverso (DRI) configuration, we developed DRI-BPIs with significantly improved intracellular stability and unimpaired BPI activity. These DRI-BPIs selectively repressed the growth of CB-SMOC-dependent DLBCL tumors in mouse xenograft models without eliciting discernible adverse effects. Conclusion: We developed novel BPIs to target the BCL10 filamentation process and demonstrated that targeting BCL10 by BPIs is a potentially safe and effective pharmaceutical approach for the treatment of ABC-DLBCL and other CB-SMOC-dependent malignancies.
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Antineoplásicos/farmacología , Proteína 10 de la LLC-Linfoma de Células B/antagonistas & inhibidores , Linfoma de Células B Grandes Difuso/tratamiento farmacológico , Péptidos/farmacología , Animales , Antineoplásicos/uso terapéutico , Apoptosis/efectos de los fármacos , Proteína 10 de la LLC-Linfoma de Células B/metabolismo , Proteína 10 de la LLC-Linfoma de Células B/ultraestructura , Proteínas Adaptadoras de Señalización CARD/metabolismo , Línea Celular Tumoral , Proliferación Celular/efectos de los fármacos , Ensayos de Selección de Medicamentos Antitumorales , Femenino , Guanilato Ciclasa/metabolismo , Humanos , Linfoma de Células B Grandes Difuso/patología , Ratones , Microscopía Electrónica , Proteína 1 de la Translocación del Linfoma del Tejido Linfático Asociado a Mucosas/metabolismo , FN-kappa B/metabolismo , Péptidos/uso terapéutico , Multimerización de Proteína/efectos de los fármacos , Estabilidad Proteica/efectos de los fármacos , Transducción de Señal/efectos de los fármacos , Ensayos Antitumor por Modelo de XenoinjertoRESUMEN
Meiosis is a specific type of cell division that is essential for sexual reproduction in most eukaryotes. Mitochondria are crucial cellular organelles that play important roles in reproduction, though the detailed mechanism by which the mitochondrial respiratory chain functions during meiosis remains elusive. Here, we show that components of the respiratory chain (Complexes I-V) play essential roles in meiosis initiation during the sporulation of budding yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae Any functional defects in the Complex I component Ndi1p resulted in the abolishment of sporulation. Further studies revealed that respiratory deficiency resulted in the failure of premeiotic DNA replication due to insufficient IME1 expression. In addition, respiration promoted the expression of RIM101, whose product inhibits Smp1p, a negative transcriptional regulator of IME1, to promote meiosis initiation. In summary, our studies unveiled the close relationship between mitochondria and sporulation, and uncover a novel meiosis initiation pathway that is regulated by the respiratory chain.
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Transporte de Electrón , Meiosis , Saccharomyces cerevisiae/fisiología , Adenosina Trifosfato/metabolismo , Complejo I de Transporte de Electrón/metabolismo , Regulación Fúngica de la Expresión Génica , Modelos Biológicos , Proteínas Represoras/metabolismo , Proteínas de Saccharomyces cerevisiae/química , Proteínas de Saccharomyces cerevisiae/genética , Proteínas de Saccharomyces cerevisiae/metabolismo , Eliminación de Secuencia , Esporas Fúngicas , Transcripción GenéticaRESUMEN
The prostate specific antigen (PSA) test is widely used for early diagnosis of prostate cancer (PCa). However, its limited sensitivity has led to over-diagnosis and over-treatment of PCa. Glycosylation alteration is a common phenomenon in cancer development. Different PSA glycan subforms have been proposed as diagnostic markers to better differentiate PCa from benign prostate hyperplasia (BPH). In this study, we purified PSA from expressed prostate secretions (EPS)-urine samples from 32 BPH and 30 PCa patients and provided detailed PSA glycan profiles in Chinese population. We found that most of the PSA glycans from EPS-urine were complex type biantennary glycans. We observed two major patterns in PSA glycan profiles. Overall there was no distinct separation of PSA glycan profiles between BPH and PCa patients. However, we detected a significant increase of glycan FA2 and FM5A2G2S1 in PCa when compared with BPH patients. Furthermore, we observed that the composition of FA2 glycan increased significantly in advanced PCa with Gleason score ≥8, which potentially could be translated to clinic as a marker for aggressive PCa.
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Meiosis is a special type of cellular renovation that involves 2 successive cell divisions and a single round of DNA replication. Two major degradation systems, the autophagy-lysosome and the ubiquitin-proteasome, are involved in meiosis, but their roles have yet to be elucidated. Here we show that autophagy mainly affects the initiation of meiosis but not the nuclear division. Autophagy works not only by serving as a dynamic recycling system but also by eliminating some negative meiotic regulators such as Ego4 (Ynr034w-a). In a quantitative proteomics study, the proteasome was found to be significantly upregulated during meiotic divisions. We found that proteasomal activity is essential to the 2 successive meiotic nuclear divisions but not for the initiation of meiosis. Our study defines the roles of autophagy and the proteasome in meiosis: Autophagy mainly affects the initiation of meiosis, whereas the proteasome mainly affects the 2 successive meiotic divisions.
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Autofagia , Meiosis , Complejo de la Endopetidasa Proteasomal/metabolismo , Saccharomyces cerevisiae/citología , Saccharomyces cerevisiae/metabolismo , Replicación del ADN , Regulación hacia Abajo , Fase Paquiteno , Profase , Unión Proteica , Proteómica , Reproducibilidad de los Resultados , Ribosomas/metabolismo , Proteínas de Saccharomyces cerevisiae/metabolismo , Factores de TiempoRESUMEN
Dicer participates in heterochromatin formation in fission yeast and plants. However, whether it has a similar role in mammals remains controversial. Here we showed that the human Dicer protein interacts with SIRT7, an NAD(+)-dependent H3K18Ac (acetylated lysine 18 of histone H3) deacetylase, and holds a proportion of SIRT7 in the cytoplasm. Dicer knockdown led to an increase of chromatin-associated SIRT7 and simultaneously a decrease of cytoplasmic SIRT7, while its overexpression induced SIRT7 reduction in the chromatin-associated fraction and increment in the cytoplasm. Furthermore, DNA damaging agents promoted Dicer expression, leading to decreased level of chromatin-associated SIRT7 and increased level of H3K18Ac, which can be alleviated by Dicer knockdown. Taken together with that H3K18Ac was exclusively associated with the chromatin, our findings suggest that Dicer induction by DNA damaging treatments prevents H3K18Ac deacetylation, probably by trapping more SIRT7 in the cytoplasm.