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Joan Frigola Alejandro Navarro Caterina Carbonell Ana Callejo Patricia Iranzo Susana Cedrs Alex MartinezMarti Nuria Pardo Nadia SaoudiGonzalez Debora Martinez Jose Jimenez Irene Sansano Francesco M. Mancuso Paolo Nuciforo Luis M. Montuenga Montse SnchezCespedes Aleix Prat Ana Vivancos Enriqueta Felip Ramon Amat 《Molecular oncology》2021,15(4):887
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Leptin, a hormone predominantly derived from adipose tissue, is well known to induce growth of breast cancer cells. However, its underlying mechanisms remain unclear. In this study, we examined the role of reprogramming of lipid metabolism and autophagy in leptin‐induced growth of breast cancer cells. Herein, leptin induced significant increase in fatty acid oxidation‐dependent ATP production in estrogen receptor‐positive breast cancer cells. Furthermore, leptin induced both free fatty acid release and intracellular lipid accumulation, indicating a multifaceted effect of leptin in fatty acid metabolism. These findings were further validated in an MCF‐7 tumor xenograft mouse model. Importantly, all the aforementioned metabolic effects of leptin were mediated via autophagy activation. In addition, SREBP‐1 induction driven by autophagy and fatty acid synthase induction, which is mediated by SREBP‐1, plays crucial roles in leptin‐stimulated metabolic reprogramming and are required for growth of breast cancer cell, suggesting a pivotal contribution of fatty acid metabolic reprogramming to tumor growth by leptin. Taken together, these results highlighted a crucial role of autophagy in leptin‐induced cancer cell‐specific metabolism, which is mediated, at least in part, via SREBP‐1 induction.
Abbreviations
- 2‐DG
- 2‐deoxyglucose
- 3‐MA
- 3‐methyladenine
- ACC‐1
- acetyl‐CoA carboxylase 1
- ACLY
- ATP citrate lyase
- ER
- estrogen receptor
- FADS1
- fatty acid desaturase 1
- FADS2
- fatty acid desaturase 2
- FAO
- fatty acid oxidation
- FAS
- fatty acid synthesis
- FASN
- fatty acid synthase
- FFA
- free fatty acid
- IHC
- immunohistochemistry
- SCD‐1
- stearoyl‐CoA desaturase‐1
- SREBP‐1
- sterol regulatory element‐binding protein 1
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Kazuko Sakai Takayuki Takahama Mototsugu Shimokawa Koichi Azuma Masayuki Takeda Terufumi Kato Haruko Daga Isamu Okamoto Hiroaki Akamatsu Shunsuke Teraoka Akira Ono Tatsuo Ohira Toshihide Yokoyama Nobuyuki Yamamoto Kazuhiko Nakagawa Kazuto Nishio 《Molecular oncology》2021,15(1):126
The WJOG8815L phase II clinical study involves patients with non‐small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) that harbored the EGFR T790M mutation, which confers resistance to EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs). The purpose of this study was to assess the predictive value of monitoring EGFR genomic alterations in circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) from patients with NSCLC that undergo treatment with the third‐generation EGFR‐TKI osimertinib. Plasma samples of 52 patients harboring the EGFR T790M mutation were obtained pretreatment (Pre), on day 1 of treatment cycle 4 (C4) or cycle 9 (C9), and at diagnosis of disease progression or treatment discontinuation (PD/stop). CtDNA was screened for EGFR‐TKI‐sensitizing mutations, the EGFR T790M mutation, and other genomic alterations using the cobas EGFR Mutation Test v2 (cobas), droplet digital PCR (ddPCR), and targeted deep sequencing. Analysis of the sensitizing—and T790M—EGFR mutant fractions (MFs) was used to determine tumor mutational burden. Both MFs were found to decrease during treatment, whereas rebound of the sensitizing EGFR MF was observed at PD/stop, suggesting that osimertinib targeted both T790M mutation‐positive tumors and tumors with sensitizing EGFR mutations. Significant differences in the response rates and progression‐free survival were observed between the sensitizing EGFR MF‐high and sensitizing EGFR MF‐low groups (cutoff: median) at C4. In conclusion, ctDNA monitoring for sensitizing EGFR mutations at C4 is suitable for predicting the treatment outcomes in NSCLC patients receiving osimertinib (Clinical Trial Registration No.: UMIN000022076).
Abbreviations
- CIs
- confidence intervals
- ctDNA
- circulating tumor DNA
- ddPCR
- droplet digital PCR
- EGFR
- epidermal growth factor receptor
- MFs
- mutant fractions
- NGS
- next‐generation sequencing
- NSCLC
- non‐small cell lung cancer
- ORR
- overall response rate
- OS
- overall survival
- PD
- progressive disease
- PFS
- progression‐free survival
- PR
- partial response
- SD
- stable disease
- TKI
- tyrosine kinase inhibitor
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《Molecular oncology》2021,15(1):43
Several platforms for noninvasive EGFR testing are currently used in the clinical setting with sensitivities ranging from 30% to 100%. Prospective studies evaluating agreement and sources for discordant results remain lacking. Herein, seven methodologies including two next‐generation sequencing (NGS)‐based methods, three high‐sensitivity PCR‐based platforms, and two FDA‐approved methods were compared using 72 plasma samples, from EGFR‐mutant non‐small‐cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients progressing on a first‐line tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI). NGS platforms as well as high‐sensitivity PCR‐based methodologies showed excellent agreement for EGFR‐sensitizing mutations (K = 0.80–0.89) and substantial agreement for T790M testing (K = 0.77 and 0.68, respectively). Mutant allele frequencies (MAFs) obtained by different quantitative methods showed an excellent reproducibility (intraclass correlation coefficients 0.86–0.98). Among other technical factors, discordant calls mostly occurred at mutant allele frequencies (MAFs) ≤ 0.5%. Agreement significantly improved when discarding samples with MAF ≤ 0.5%. EGFR mutations were detected at significantly lower MAFs in patients with brain metastases, suggesting that these patients risk for a false‐positive result. Our results support the use of liquid biopsies for noninvasive EGFR testing and highlight the need to systematically report MAFs.
Abbreviations
- BEAMing
- beads, emulsion, amplification, and magnetics
- cfDNA
- circulating free DNA, cell‐free DNA
- cobas
- cobas® EGFR Mutation Test v2 (Roche Diagnostics)
- ctDNA
- circulating tumor DNA
- CUSUM
- cumulative sum
- ddPCR
- droplet digital polymerase chain reaction
- dPCR
- digital polymerase chain reaction
- EGFR
- epidermal growth factor receptor
- FFPE
- formalin‐fixed, paraffin‐embedded
- ICC
- intraclass correlation coefficient
- MAF
- mutant allele frequency
- NGS platforms
- Ion S5™ XL and GeneRead™
- NGS
- next‐generation sequencing
- NSCLC
- non‐small‐cell lung cancer
- PNA‐Q‐PCR
- peptic nucleic acid probe‐based real‐time polymerase chain reaction
- Therascreen
- Therascreen EGFR Plasma RGQ PCR Kit (QIAgen)
- TKI
- tyrosine kinase inhibitor
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Sofia Mastoraki Ioanna Balgkouranidou Emily Tsaroucha Apostolos Klinakis Vassilis Georgoulias Evi Lianidou 《Molecular oncology》2021,15(9):2412
MLL3 histone methyltransferase, encoded by the KMT2C gene, is a tumor suppressor that has an essential role in cell‐type‐specific gene expression. We evaluated the prognostic significance of KMT2C promoter methylation as a circulating epigenetic biomarker in plasma cell‐free DNA (cfDNA) in non‐small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). We examined the methylation status of KMT2C promoter using a novel highly specific and sensitive real‐time methylation‐specific PCR (MSP) assay in (a) operable NSCLC: 48 fresh‐frozen NSCLC tissues, their corresponding adjacent non‐neoplastic tissues, and 48 matched plasma samples; (b) metastatic NSCLC: 91 plasma samples; and (c) 60 plasma samples from healthy donors (HD). KMT2C promoter methylation in plasma cfDNA was detected in 7/48 (14.6%) patients with operable and in 18/91 (19.8%) patients with advanced NSCLC but in none (0/60, 0%) of the plasma samples from HD. In operable NSCLC, in corresponding adjacent non‐neoplastic tissue samples, KMT2C promoter methylation was detected in 3/48 (6.3%) cases. Moreover, in operable NSCLC, KMT2C promoter methylation in plasma cfDNA was related to reduced disease‐free survival (ΗR = 0.239; P = 0.001) and worse overall survival (OS; HR = 0.342, P = 0.023). In metastatic NSCLC, KMT2C promoter methylation in plasma cfDNA was related to worse progression‐free survival (PFS; HR = 0.431; P = 0.005) and worse OS (HR = 0.306; P < 0.001). Our data strongly suggest that the detection of KMT2C promoter methylation in plasma cfDNA predicts poor prognosis in patients with both operable and metastatic NSCLCs. KMT2C promoter methylation in plasma cfDNA therefore merits further evaluation and validation as a noninvasive circulating epigenetic biomarker.
Abbreviations
- cfDNA
- cell‐free DNA
- CTCs
- circulating tumor cells
- gDNA
- genomic DNA
- HD
- healthy donors
- MSP
- methylation‐specific PCR
- NSCLC
- non‐small cell lung cancer
- SB
- sodium bisulfite
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Danmei Zhou Kehan Ren Meili Wang Jigang Wang Ermin Li Chenjian Hou Ying Su Yiting Jin Qiang Zou Ping Zhou Xiuping Liu 《Molecular oncology》2021,15(2):543
Long non‐coding RNAs (lncRNAs) are emerging as key molecules in various cancers, yet their potential roles in the pathogenesis of breast cancer are not fully understood. Herein, using microarray analysis, we revealed that the lncRNA RACGAP1P, the pseudogene of Rac GTPase activating protein 1 (RACGAP1), was up‐regulated in breast cancer tissues. Its high expression was confirmed in 25 pairs of breast cancer tissues and 8 breast cell lines by qRT‐PCR. Subsequently, we found that RACGAP1P expression was positively correlated with lymph node metastasis, distant metastasis, TNM stage, and shorter survival time in 102 breast cancer patients. Then, in vitro and in vivo experiments were designed to investigate the biological function and regulatory mechanism of RACGAP1P in breast cancer cell lines. Overexpression of RACGAP1P in MDA‐MB‐231 and MCF7 breast cell lines increased their invasive ability and enhanced their mitochondrial fission. Conversely, inhibition of mitochondrial fission by Mdivi‐1 could reduce the invasive ability of RACGAP1P‐overexpressing cell lines. Furthermore, the promotion of mitochondrial fission by RACGAP1P depended on its competitive binding with miR‐345‐5p against its parental gene RACGAP1, leading to the activation of dynamin‐related protein 1 (Drp1). In conclusion, lncRNA RACGAP1P promotes breast cancer invasion and metastasis via miR‐345‐5p/RACGAP1 pathway‐mediated mitochondrial fission.
Abbreviations
- CDS
- coding sequence
- ceRNAs
- competitive endogenous RNAs
- Drp1
- dynamin‐related protein 1
- FFPE
- formalin‐fixed paraffin‐embedded
- lncRNAs
- long non‐coding RNAs
- miRNAs
- microRNAs
- RACGAP1
- Rac GTPase activating protein 1
- TCGA
- The Cancer Genome Atlas
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Abril Marcela HerreraSolorio Irlanda PeraltaArrieta Leonel Armas Lpez Nallely HernndezCigala Criselda Mendoza Milla Blanca Ortiz Quintero Rodrigo Cataln Crdenas Priscila Pineda Villegas Evelyn Rodríguez Villanueva Cynthia G. Trejo Iriarte Joaquín Zúiga Oscar Arrieta Federico vilaMoreno 《Molecular oncology》2021,15(4):1110
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PengXiang Wang YunFan Sun WeiXiang Jin JianWen Cheng HaiXiang Peng Yang Xu KaiQian Zhou LiMeng Chen Kai Huang SuiYi Wu Bo Hu ZeFan Zhang Wei Guo Ya Cao Jian Zhou Jia Fan XinRong Yang 《Molecular oncology》2021,15(9):2345
Circulating tumor cell (CTC) analysis holds great potential to be a noninvasive solution for clinical cancer management. A complete workflow that combined CTC detection and single‐cell molecular analysis is required. We developed the ChimeraX®‐i120 platform to facilitate negative enrichment, immunofluorescent labeling, and machine learning‐based identification of CTCs. Analytical performances were evaluated, and a total of 477 participants were enrolled to validate the clinical feasibility of ChimeraX®‐i120 CTC detection. We analyzed copy number alteration profiles of isolated single cells. The ChimeraX®‐i120 platform had high sensitivity, accuracy, and reproducibility for CTC detection. In clinical samples, an average value of > 60% CTC‐positive rate was found for five cancer types (i.e., liver, biliary duct, breast, colorectal, and lung), while CTCs were rarely identified in blood from healthy donors. In hepatocellular carcinoma patients treated with curative resection, CTC status was significantly associated with tumor characteristics, prognosis, and treatment response (all P < 0.05). Single‐cell sequencing analysis revealed that heterogeneous genomic alteration patterns resided in different cells, patients, and cancers. Our results suggest that the use of this ChimeraX®‐i120 platform and the integrated workflow has validity as a tool for CTC detection and downstream genomic profiling in the clinical setting.
Abbreviations
- ADABOOST
- AdaBoost classification trees
- AFP
- alpha‐fetoprotein
- AUC
- areas under the curve
- BC
- breast cancer
- BCLC
- barcelona clinic liver cancer
- BHL
- benign hepatic lesion
- CCD
- charge‐coupled device
- CHB
- chronic hepatitis B
- CK
- cytokeratin
- CNA
- copy number alteration
- CNLC
- Chinese staging for liver cancer
- CRC
- colorectal cancer
- CTC
- circulating tumor cell
- CTM
- circulating tumor microemboli
- CV
- coefficient of variation
- DAPI
- 4’,6‐diamidine‐2’‐phenylindole dihydrochloride
- EpCAM
- epithelial cell adhesion molecule
- FPR
- false‐positive rate
- GBM
- stochastic gradient boosting
- HCC
- hepatocellular carcinoma
- HD
- healthy donor
- ICC
- intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma
- LC
- liver cirrhosis
- LCA
- lung cancer
- LOD
- limit of detection
- PBS
- phosphate‐buffered saline
- PCR
- polymerase chain reaction
- RF
- random forest
- ROC
- receiver operating characteristic
- SVM
- support vector machines
- TCGA
- The Cancer Genome Atlas
- TPR
- true‐positive rate
- TTR
- time to recurrence
- WBC
- white blood cell
- WGA
- whole‐genome amplification
- WGS
- whole‐genome sequencing
- XGB
- extreme gradient boosting
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Dongwei Dou Xiaoyang Ren Mingli Han Xiaodong Xu Xin Ge Yuanting Gu Xinxing Wang Song Zhao 《Molecular oncology》2021,15(2):697
Circular RNAs (circRNAs) have been shown to modulate gene expression and participate in the development of multiple malignancies. The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of circ_0008039 in breast cancer (BC). The expression of circ_0008039, miR‐140‐3p, and spindle and kinetochore‐associated protein 2 (SKA2) was detected by qRT‐PCR. Cell viability, colony formation, migration, and invasion were evaluated using methylthiazolyldiphenyl‐tetrazolium bromide (MTT) assay, colony formation assay, and transwell assay, respectively. Glucose consumption and lactate production were measured using commercial kits. Protein levels of hexokinase II (HK2) and SKA2 were determined by western blot. The interaction between miR‐140‐3p and circ_0008039 or SKA2 was verified by dual‐luciferase reporter assay. Finally, a mouse xenograft model was established to investigate the roles of circ_0008039 in BC in vivo. We found that circ_0008039 and SKA2 were upregulated in BC tissues and cells, while miR‐140‐3p was downregulated. Knockdown of circ_0008039 suppressed BC cell proliferation, migration, invasion, and glycolysis. Moreover, miR‐140‐3p could bind to circ_0008039 and its inhibition reversed the inhibitory effect of circ_0008039 interference on proliferation, migration, invasion, and glycolysis in BC cells. SKA2 was verified as a direct target of miR‐140‐3p and its overexpression partially inhibited the suppressive effect of miR‐140‐3p restoration in BC cells. Additionally, circ_0008039 positively regulated SKA2 expression by sponging miR‐140‐3p. Consistently, silencing circ_0008039 restrained tumor growth via increasing miR‐140‐3p and decreasing SKA2. In conclusion, circ_0008039 downregulation suppressed BC cell proliferation, migration, invasion, and glycolysis partially through regulating the miR‐140‐3p/SKA2 axis, providing an important theoretical basis for treatment of BC.
Abbreviations
- ANOVA
- analysis of variance
- BC
- breast cancer
- circRNAs
- circular RNAs
- DMSO
- dimethyl sulfoxide
- ECAR
- extracellular acidification rate
- ECL
- enhanced chemiluminescence
- FBS
- fetal bovine serum
- HK2
- hexokinase II
- MEGM
- mammary epithelial growth medium
- miR‐140‐3p
- microRNA‐140‐3p
- MTT
- methylthiazolyldiphenyl‐tetrazolium bromide
- PBS
- phosphate‐buffered saline
- PRKAR1B
- protein kinase A regulatory subunit R1‐beta
- SD
- standard ± deviation
- SKA2
- spindle and kinetochore‐associated protein 2
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Shixing Zheng Liudmila Matskova Xiaoying Zhou Xue Xiao Guangwu Huang Zhe Zhang Ingemar Ernberg 《Molecular oncology》2020,14(12):3234
Epstein–Barr virus (EBV)‐associated nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) is one of the most common human cancers in South‐East Asia exhibiting typical features of lipid accumulation. EBV‐encoded latent membrane protein 2A (LMP2A) is expressed in most NPCs enhancing migration and invasion. We recently showed an increased accumulation of lipid droplets in NPC, compared with normal nasopharyngeal epithelium. It is important to uncover the mechanism behind this lipid metabolic shift to better understand the pathogenesis of NPC and provide potential therapeutic targets. We show that LMP2A increased lipid accumulation in NPC cells. LMP2A could block lipid degradation by downregulating the lipolytic gene adipose triglycerol lipase (ATGL). This is in contrast to lipid accumulation due to enhanced lipid biosynthesis seen in many cancers. Suppression of ATGL resulted in enhanced migration in vitro, and ATGL was found downregulated in NPC biopsies. The reduced expression level of ATGL correlated with poor overall survival in NPC patients. Our findings reveal a new role of LMP2A in lipid metabolism, correlating with NPC patient survival depending on ATGL downregulation.
Abbreviations
- ATGL
- adipose triglycerol lipase
- EBV
- Epstein–Barr virus
- ECAR
- extracellular acidification rate
- EIF4E
- eukaryotic translation initiation factor 4E gene
- FASN
- fatty acid synthase
- FCCP
- carbonyl cyanide 4‐(trifluoromethoxy) phenylhydrazone
- HSL
- hormone‐sensitive lipase
- IHC
- immunohistochemistry
- LC‐MC
- liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry
- LMP2A
- latent membrane protein 2A
- MGLL
- monoglycerol lipase
- NNE
- normal nasopharyngeal epithelium
- NPC
- nasopharyngeal carcinoma
- OCR
- oxygen consumption rate
- PEDF
- pigment epithelium‐derived factor
- PLS‐DA
- partial least squares discriminant analysis
- ROS
- reactive oxygen species
- siRNA
- small interfering RNA
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Geertje van der Horst Arjanneke F. van de Merbel Eline Ruigrok Maaike H. van der Mark Emily Ploeg Laura Appelman Siri Tvingsholm Marja Jtel Janneke van Uhm Marianna Kruithofde Julio George N. Thalmann Rob C. M. Pelger Chris H. Bangma Joost L. Boormans Gabri van der Pluijm Ellen C. Zwarthoff 《Molecular oncology》2020,14(12):3121
More effective therapy for patients with either muscle‐invasive or high‐risk non‐muscle‐invasive urothelial carcinoma of the bladder (UCB) is an unmet clinical need. For this, drug repositioning of clinically approved drugs represents an interesting approach. By repurposing existing drugs, alternative anticancer therapies can be introduced in the clinic relatively fast, because the safety and dosing of these clinically approved pharmacological agents are generally well known. Cationic amphiphilic drugs (CADs) dose‐dependently decreased the viability of a panel of human UCB lines in vitro. CADs induced lysosomal puncta formation, a hallmark of lysosomal leakage. Intravesical instillation of the CAD penfluridol in an orthotopic mouse xenograft model of human UCB resulted in significantly reduced intravesical tumor growth and metastatic progression. Furthermore, treatment of patient‐derived ex vivo cultured human UCB tissue caused significant partial or complete antitumor responses in 97% of the explanted tumor tissues. In conclusion, penfluridol represents a promising treatment option for bladder cancer patients and warrants further clinical evaluation.
Abbreviations
- CAD
- cationic amphiphilic drug
- MIBC
- muscle‐invasive bladder carcinoma
- NMIBC
- non‐muscle‐invasive bladder carcinoma
- TS
- explanted tumor tissue slices
- TURBT
- transurethral resection of the bladder tumor
- UCB
- urothelial carcinoma of the bladder
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RongZong Liu WonShik Choi Saket Jain Deepak Dinakaran Xia Xu Woo Hyun Han XiaoHong Yang Darryl D. Glubrecht Ronald B. Moore Hlne Lemieux Roseline Godbout 《Molecular oncology》2020,14(12):3100
Early stage localized prostate cancer (PCa) has an excellent prognosis; however, patient survival drops dramatically when PCa metastasizes. The molecular mechanisms underlying PCa metastasis are complex and remain unclear. Here, we examine the role of a new member of the fatty acid‐binding protein (FABP) family, FABP12, in PCa progression. FABP12 is preferentially amplified and/or overexpressed in metastatic compared to primary tumors from both PCa patients and xenograft animal models. We show that FABP12 concurrently triggers metastatic phenotypes (induced epithelial‐to‐mesenchymal transition (EMT) leading to increased cell motility and invasion) and lipid bioenergetics (increased fatty acid uptake and accumulation, increased ATP production from fatty acid β‐oxidation) in PCa cells, supporting increased reliance on fatty acids for energy production. Mechanistically, we show that FABP12 is a driver of PPARγ activation which, in turn, regulates FABP12''s role in lipid metabolism and PCa progression. Our results point to a novel role for a FABP‐PPAR pathway in promoting PCa metastasis through induction of EMT and lipid bioenergetics.
Abbreviations
- AR
- androgen receptor
- ATP
- adenosine triphosphate
- CN
- copy number
- CPT1
- carnitine palmitoyltransferase I
- CS
- citrate synthase
- EMT
- epithelial–mesenchymal transition
- ET
- electron transfer‐state
- FABP
- fatty acid‐binding protein
- LD
- lipid droplet
- OA
- oleic acid
- PCa
- prostate cancer
- PPAR
- peroxisome proliferator‐activated receptor
- PPRE
- peroxisome proliferator‐activated receptor response element
- TZD
- thiazolidinediones
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Xiaoping Li Yiling Feng Bo Yang Ting Xiao Haixia Ren Xi Yu Lei Li Mingjiang Li Weidong Zhang 《Molecular oncology》2021,15(8):2235
Circular RNAs (circRNAs) are single‐stranded RNAs which form a covalently closed continuous loop. Although originally shown to be non‐protein‐coding, some circRNAs can give rise to micropeptides. circRNAs have also been shown to play essential regulatory roles in a variety of developmental and disease processes. In a previous study, hsa_circ_0030998 was identified as a circRNA downregulated in lung cancer, but its potential implications and mechanisms in lung cancer were not addressed. Here, we showed that overexpressing circ_0030998 decreased proliferation, migration, and invasion of lung cancer cells, while also dampening resistance to Taxol, a classical antitumor drug. Depleting circ_0030998 reversed these phenotypic effects. A high circ_0030998 expression was correlated with a high survival rate in lung cancer patients. Additionally, we found circ_0030998 could downregulate miR‐558 expression, serving as a microRNA sponge. In conclusion, our data support that hsa_circ_0030998 can slow down the progression of lung cancer by targeting miR‐558 and suppress malignant phenotypes such as proliferation, migration, and invasion progression of lung cancer cells. Therefore, we highlight that circ_0030998 could be a novel tumor suppressor of lung cancer.
Abbreviations
- circRNA
- circular RNA
- IP
- immunoprecipitation
- LAMP1
- lysosomal‐associated membrane protein 1
- miRNA
- microRNA
- MMP
- matrix metalloproteinase
- NC
- negative control
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The oncogenic fusion protein nucleophosmin‐anaplastic lymphoma kinase (NPM‐ALK), found in anaplastic large‐cell lymphoma (ALCL), localizes to the cytosol, nucleoplasm, and nucleolus. However, the relationship between its localization and transforming activity remains unclear. We herein demonstrated that NPM‐ALK localized to the nucleolus by binding to nucleophosmin 1 (NPM1), a nucleolar protein that exhibits shuttling activity between the nucleolus and cytoplasm, in a manner that was dependent on its kinase activity. In the nucleolus, NPM‐ALK interacted with Epstein–Barr virus nuclear antigen 1‐binding protein 2 (EBP2), which is involved in rRNA biosynthesis. Moreover, enforced expression of NPM‐ALK induced tyrosine phosphorylation of EBP2. Knockdown of EBP2 promoted the activation of the tumor suppressor p53, leading to G0/G1‐phase cell cycle arrest in Ba/F3 cells transformed by NPM‐ALK and ALCL patient‐derived Ki‐JK cells, but not ALCL patient‐derived SUDH‐L1 cells harboring p53 gene mutation. In Ba/F3 cells transformed by NPM‐ALK and Ki‐JK cells, p53 activation induced by knockdown of EBP2 was significantly inhibited by Akt inhibitor GDC‐0068, mTORC1 inhibitor rapamycin, and knockdown of Raptor, an essential component of mTORC1. These results suggest that the knockdown of EBP2 triggered p53 activation through the Akt‐mTORC1 pathway in NPM‐ALK‐positive cells. Collectively, the present results revealed the critical repressive mechanism of p53 activity by EBP2 and provide a novel therapeutic strategy for the treatment of ALCL.
Abbreviations
- ALCL
- anaplastic large‐cell lymphoma
- EBP2
- EBNA1‐binding protein 2
- IMT
- inflammatory myofibroblastic tumors
- mTOR
- mechanistic target of rapamycin
- mTORC1
- mTOR complex 1
- NoLS
- nucleolar localization signal
- NPM1
- nucleophosmin 1
- NPM‐ALK
- nucleophosmin‐anaplastic lymphoma kinase
- NSCLC
- non‐small cell lung cancer
- TPM3
- tropomyosin 3
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《Molecular oncology》2021,15(5):1412
The cellular receptor Notch1 is a central regulator of T‐cell development, and as a consequence, Notch1 pathway appears upregulated in > 65% of the cases of T‐cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (T‐ALL). However, strategies targeting Notch1 signaling render only modest results in the clinic due to treatment resistance and severe side effects. While many investigations reported the different aspects of tumor cell growth and leukemia progression controlled by Notch1, less is known regarding the modifications of cellular metabolism induced by Notch1 upregulation in T‐ALL. Previously, glutaminolysis inhibition has been proposed to synergize with anti‐Notch therapies in T‐ALL models. In this work, we report that Notch1 upregulation in T‐ALL induced a change in the metabolism of the important amino acid glutamine, preventing glutamine synthesis through the downregulation of glutamine synthetase (GS). Downregulation of GS was responsible for glutamine addiction in Notch1‐driven T‐ALL both in vitro and in vivo. Our results also confirmed an increase in glutaminolysis mediated by Notch1. Increased glutaminolysis resulted in the activation of the mammalian target of rapamycin complex 1 (mTORC1) pathway, a central controller of cell growth. However, glutaminolysis did not play any role in Notch1‐induced glutamine addiction. Finally, the combined treatment targeting mTORC1 and limiting glutamine availability had a synergistic effect to induce apoptosis and to prevent Notch1‐driven leukemia progression. Our results placed glutamine limitation and mTORC1 inhibition as a potential therapy against Notch1‐driven leukemia.
Abbreviations
- 7‐AAD
- 7‐Aminoactinomycin D
- BPTES
- bis‐2‐(5‐phenylacetamido‐1,2,4‐thiadiazol‐2‐yl)ethyl sulfide
- DON
- diazo‐5‐oxo‐L‐norleucine
- ECAR
- extracellular acidification rate
- GDH
- glutamate dehydrogenase
- GLS
- glutaminase
- GS
- glutamine synthetase
- GSI
- γ‐secretase inhibitor
- MSO
- L‐methionine sulfoximine
- mTORC1
- mammalian target of rapamycin complex 1
- NICD
- Notch intracellular domain
- PI
- propidium iodide
- RAP
- rapamycin
- T‐ALL
- T‐cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia
- TCA
- tricarboxylic acid
- αKG
- α‐ketoglutarate
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The study of extracellular vesicles (EVs), especially in the liquid biopsy field, has rapidly evolved in recent years. However, most EV studies have focused on RNA or protein content and DNA in EVs (EV‐DNA) has largely been unnoticed. In this review, we compile current evidence regarding EV‐DNA and provide an extensive discussion on EV‐DNA biology. We look into EV‐DNA biogenesis and mechanisms of DNA loading into EVs, as well as describe the particularly significant function of DNA‐carrying EVs in the maintenance of cellular homeostasis, intracellular communication, and immune response modulation. We also examine the current role of EV‐DNA in the clinical setting, specifically in cancer, infections, pregnancy, and prenatal diagnosis.
Abbreviations
- BBB
- blood–brain barrier
- cfDNA
- cell‐free DNA
- cGAS
- cyclic GMP‐AMP synthase
- ctDNA
- circulating tumor DNA
- ds
- double‐stranded
- EGFR
- epidermal growth factor receptor
- EV‐DNA
- DNA in extracellular vesicles
- EV‐mtDNA
- mtDNA in extracellular vesicles
- EVs
- extracellular vesicles
- gDNA
- genomic DNA
- HBV
- hepatitis B virus
- HPV
- human papillomavirus
- IFN1
- interferon type 1
- ILVs
- intraluminal vesicles
- MAFs
- mean frequencies
- MN
- micronuclei
- mtDNA
- mitochondrial DNA
- MVBs
- multivesicular bodies
- NGS
- next‐generation sequencing
- NSCLC
- non‐small‐cell lung cancer
- PCR
- polymerase chain reaction
- PDAC
- pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma
- ss
- single‐stranded
- STING
- stimulator of interferon genes