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Exosomes from Nischarin-Expressing Cells Reduce Breast Cancer Cell Motility and Tumor Growth
Author Manuscript Published OnlineFirst on January 11, 2019; DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-18-0842 Author manuscripts have been peer reviewed and accepted for publication but have not yet been edited. Exosomes from Nischarin-Expressing Cells Reduce Breast Cancer Cell Motility and tumor growth Mazvita Maziveyi1,7, Shengli Dong1, Somesh Baranwal2, Ali Mehrnezhad3, Rajamani Rathinam4, Thomas M. Huckaba5, Donald E. Mercante6, Kidong Park3, Suresh K. Alahari1 1Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, LSUHSC School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA, USA 2Center of Biochemistry and Microbial Science, Central University of Punjab, Bathinda-151001, India 3Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Engineering, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, USA 4Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA 5Department of Biology, Xavier University of Louisiana, New Orleans, LA, USA 6School of Public Health, LSUHSC School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA, USA 7Department of Cell Biology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas *Corresponding author; Suresh K. Alahari, PhD; Fred G. Brazda Professor of Biochemistry, LSUHSC School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA; Tel: 504-568-4734 [email protected] Running Title: Nischarin regulates exosome production Conflicts of Interest No potential conflicts of interest were disclosed. Downloaded from cancerres.aacrjournals.org on September 29, 2021. © 2019 American Association for Cancer Research. Author Manuscript Published OnlineFirst on January 11, 2019; DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-18-0842 Author manuscripts have been peer reviewed and accepted for publication but have not yet been edited. Abstract: Exosomes are small extracellular microvesicles that are secreted by cells when intracellular multivesicular bodies (MVB) fuse with the plasma membrane. -
Differential Expression Profiling of Gene Response to Ionizing Radiation in Two Endometrial Cancer Cell Lines with Distinct Radiosensitivities
625-634 28/1/2009 12:32 ÌÌ ™ÂÏ›‰·625 ONCOLOGY REPORTS 21: 625-634, 2009 625 Differential expression profiling of gene response to ionizing radiation in two endometrial cancer cell lines with distinct radiosensitivities XUE-LIAN DU1,2, TAO JIANG2, ZE-QING WEN1, QING-SHUI LI2, RONG GAO2 and FEI WANG1 1Department of Gynecologic Oncology, Shandong Tumor Hospital, Shandong University, Jinan 250117; 2Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan 250021, P.R. China Received November 4, 2008; Accepted December 17, 2008 DOI: 10.3892/or_00000265 Abstracts. Although radiotherapy is routinely administered Introduction to high-risk endometrial carcinoma and offer a significant disease-free survival advantage, the therapeutic effect is Endometrial cancer is one of the most common gynecological sometimes limited by the occurrence of radioresistance. To malignancies worldwide. Surgery is the preferred initial determine the patterns of gene expression responsible for treatment and most women with early-stage, low-risk disease the radioresistance and to search for potential target genes for will do well without adjuvant radiotherapy. However, both radiotherapy, we selected two cell lines with distinct radio- intermediate-risk and high-risk patients are at risk for local- sensitivities using colony-formation assay from four endo- regional relapse and therefore adjuvant radiotherapy, such as metrial cancer cell lines. The cell cycle distribution showed pelvic radiation, vaginal brachytherapy, and whole-abdomen higher fractions of G2/M phase cells in the radiosensitive cell radiation, is essential for local control (1). Johnson and line KLE after radiation compared with the radioresistant cell colleagues reported that adjuvant external-beam pelvic radio- line ISK. -
Vps8 Overexpression Inhibits HOPS- Dependent Trafficking Routes By
RESEARCH ADVANCE Vps8 overexpression inhibits HOPS- dependent trafficking routes by outcompeting Vps41/Lt Pe´ ter Lo˝ rincz1,2*, Lili Anna Kene´ z1, Sarolta To´ th1, Vikto´ ria Kiss3,A´ gnes Varga1, Tama´ s Csizmadia1, Zso´ fia Simon-Vecsei1, Ga´ bor Juha´ sz1,3* 1Department of Anatomy, Cell and Developmental Biology, Eo¨ tvo¨ s Lora´nd University, Budapest, Hungary; 2Premium Postdoctoral Research Program, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary; 3Institute of Genetics, Biological Research Centre, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Szeged, Hungary Abstract Two related multisubunit tethering complexes promote endolysosomal trafficking in all eukaryotes: Rab5-binding CORVET that was suggested to transform into Rab7-binding HOPS. We have previously identified miniCORVET, containing Drosophila Vps8 and three shared core proteins, which are required for endosome maturation upstream of HOPS in highly endocytic cells (Lo˝rincz et al., 2016a). Here, we show that Vps8 overexpression inhibits HOPS-dependent trafficking routes including late endosome maturation, autophagosome-lysosome fusion, crinophagy and lysosome-related organelle formation. Mechanistically, Vps8 overexpression abolishes the late endosomal localization of HOPS-specific Vps41/Lt and prevents HOPS assembly. Proper ratio of Vps8 to Vps41 is thus critical because Vps8 negatively regulates HOPS by outcompeting Vps41. Endosomal recruitment of miniCORVET- or HOPS-specific subunits requires proper complex assembly, and Vps8/miniCORVET is dispensable for autophagy, crinophagy and lysosomal biogenesis. These data together indicate the recruitment of these complexes to target membranes independent of each other in Drosophila, rather than their transformation during *For correspondence: vesicle maturation. [email protected] (PL); DOI: https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.45631.001 [email protected] (GJ) Competing interests: The authors declare that no competing interests exist. -
New Approaches to Functional Process Discovery in HPV 16-Associated Cervical Cancer Cells by Gene Ontology
Cancer Research and Treatment 2003;35(4):304-313 New Approaches to Functional Process Discovery in HPV 16-Associated Cervical Cancer Cells by Gene Ontology Yong-Wan Kim, Ph.D.1, Min-Je Suh, M.S.1, Jin-Sik Bae, M.S.1, Su Mi Bae, M.S.1, Joo Hee Yoon, M.D.2, Soo Young Hur, M.D.2, Jae Hoon Kim, M.D.2, Duck Young Ro, M.D.2, Joon Mo Lee, M.D.2, Sung Eun Namkoong, M.D.2, Chong Kook Kim, Ph.D.3 and Woong Shick Ahn, M.D.2 1Catholic Research Institutes of Medical Science, 2Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul; 3College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea Purpose: This study utilized both mRNA differential significant genes of unknown function affected by the display and the Gene Ontology (GO) analysis to char- HPV-16-derived pathway. The GO analysis suggested that acterize the multiple interactions of a number of genes the cervical cancer cells underwent repression of the with gene expression profiles involved in the HPV-16- cancer-specific cell adhesive properties. Also, genes induced cervical carcinogenesis. belonging to DNA metabolism, such as DNA repair and Materials and Methods: mRNA differential displays, replication, were strongly down-regulated, whereas sig- with HPV-16 positive cervical cancer cell line (SiHa), and nificant increases were shown in the protein degradation normal human keratinocyte cell line (HaCaT) as a con- and synthesis. trol, were used. Each human gene has several biological Conclusion: The GO analysis can overcome the com- functions in the Gene Ontology; therefore, several func- plexity of the gene expression profile of the HPV-16- tions of each gene were chosen to establish a powerful associated pathway, identify several cancer-specific cel- cervical carcinogenesis pathway. -
High Throughput Circrna Sequencing Analysis Reveals Novel Insights Into
Xiong et al. Cell Death and Disease (2019) 10:658 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41419-019-1890-9 Cell Death & Disease ARTICLE Open Access High throughput circRNA sequencing analysis reveals novel insights into the mechanism of nitidine chloride against hepatocellular carcinoma Dan-dan Xiong1, Zhen-bo Feng1, Ze-feng Lai2,YueQin2, Li-min Liu3,Hao-xuanFu2, Rong-quan He4,Hua-yuWu5, Yi-wu Dang1, Gang Chen 1 and Dian-zhong Luo1 Abstract Nitidine chloride (NC) has been demonstrated to have an anticancer effect in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). However, the mechanism of action of NC against HCC remains largely unclear. In this study, three pairs of NC-treated and NC-untreated HCC xenograft tumour tissues were collected for circRNA sequencing analysis. In total, 297 circRNAs were differently expressed between the two groups, with 188 upregulated and 109 downregulated, among which hsa_circ_0088364 and hsa_circ_0090049 were validated by real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction. The in vitro experiments showed that the two circRNAs inhibited the malignant biological behaviour of HCC, suggesting that they may play important roles in the development of HCC. To elucidate whether the two circRNAs function as “miRNA sponges” in HCC, we identified circRNA-miRNA and miRNA-mRNA interactions by using the CircInteractome and miRwalk, respectively. Subsequently, 857 miRNA-associated differently expressed genes in HCC were selected for weighted gene co-expression network analysis. Module Eigengene turquoise with 423 genes was found to be significantly related to the survival time, pathology grade and TNM stage of HCC patients. Gene functional enrichment 1234567890():,; 1234567890():,; 1234567890():,; 1234567890():,; analysis showed that the 423 genes mainly functioned in DNA replication- and cell cycle-related biological processes and signalling cascades. -
A Computational Approach for Defining a Signature of Β-Cell Golgi Stress in Diabetes Mellitus
Page 1 of 781 Diabetes A Computational Approach for Defining a Signature of β-Cell Golgi Stress in Diabetes Mellitus Robert N. Bone1,6,7, Olufunmilola Oyebamiji2, Sayali Talware2, Sharmila Selvaraj2, Preethi Krishnan3,6, Farooq Syed1,6,7, Huanmei Wu2, Carmella Evans-Molina 1,3,4,5,6,7,8* Departments of 1Pediatrics, 3Medicine, 4Anatomy, Cell Biology & Physiology, 5Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, the 6Center for Diabetes & Metabolic Diseases, and the 7Herman B. Wells Center for Pediatric Research, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202; 2Department of BioHealth Informatics, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN, 46202; 8Roudebush VA Medical Center, Indianapolis, IN 46202. *Corresponding Author(s): Carmella Evans-Molina, MD, PhD ([email protected]) Indiana University School of Medicine, 635 Barnhill Drive, MS 2031A, Indianapolis, IN 46202, Telephone: (317) 274-4145, Fax (317) 274-4107 Running Title: Golgi Stress Response in Diabetes Word Count: 4358 Number of Figures: 6 Keywords: Golgi apparatus stress, Islets, β cell, Type 1 diabetes, Type 2 diabetes 1 Diabetes Publish Ahead of Print, published online August 20, 2020 Diabetes Page 2 of 781 ABSTRACT The Golgi apparatus (GA) is an important site of insulin processing and granule maturation, but whether GA organelle dysfunction and GA stress are present in the diabetic β-cell has not been tested. We utilized an informatics-based approach to develop a transcriptional signature of β-cell GA stress using existing RNA sequencing and microarray datasets generated using human islets from donors with diabetes and islets where type 1(T1D) and type 2 diabetes (T2D) had been modeled ex vivo. To narrow our results to GA-specific genes, we applied a filter set of 1,030 genes accepted as GA associated. -
Sox2-RNA Mechanisms of Chromosome Topological Control in Developing Forebrain
bioRxiv preprint doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.09.22.307215; this version posted September 22, 2020. The copyright holder for this preprint (which was not certified by peer review) is the author/funder. All rights reserved. No reuse allowed without permission. Title: Sox2-RNA mechanisms of chromosome topological control in developing forebrain Ivelisse Cajigas1, Abhijit Chakraborty2, Madison Lynam1, Kelsey R Swyter1, Monique Bastidas1, Linden Collens1, Hao Luo1, Ferhat Ay2,3, Jhumku D. Kohtz1,4 1Department of Pediatrics, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Human Molecular Genetics, Stanley Manne Children's Research Institute 2430 N Halsted, Chicago, IL 60614 2Centers for Autoimmunity and Cancer Immunotherapy, La Jolla Institute for Immunology, 9420 Athena Circle, La Jolla, CA, 92037, USA 3School of Medicine, University of California San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA 4To whom correspondence should be addressed: [email protected] 1 bioRxiv preprint doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.09.22.307215; this version posted September 22, 2020. The copyright holder for this preprint (which was not certified by peer review) is the author/funder. All rights reserved. No reuse allowed without permission. Summary Precise regulation of gene expression networks requires the selective targeting of DNA enhancers. The Evf2 long non-coding RNA regulates Dlx5/6 ultraconserved enhancer(UCE) interactions with long-range target genes, controlling gene expression over a 27Mb region in mouse developing forebrain. Here, we show that Evf2 long range gene repression occurs through multi-step mechanisms involving the transcription factor Sox2, a component of the Evf2 ribonucleoprotein complex (RNP). -
Proteomics Provides Insights Into the Inhibition of Chinese Hamster V79
www.nature.com/scientificreports OPEN Proteomics provides insights into the inhibition of Chinese hamster V79 cell proliferation in the deep underground environment Jifeng Liu1,2, Tengfei Ma1,2, Mingzhong Gao3, Yilin Liu4, Jun Liu1, Shichao Wang2, Yike Xie2, Ling Wang2, Juan Cheng2, Shixi Liu1*, Jian Zou1,2*, Jiang Wu2, Weimin Li2 & Heping Xie2,3,5 As resources in the shallow depths of the earth exhausted, people will spend extended periods of time in the deep underground space. However, little is known about the deep underground environment afecting the health of organisms. Hence, we established both deep underground laboratory (DUGL) and above ground laboratory (AGL) to investigate the efect of environmental factors on organisms. Six environmental parameters were monitored in the DUGL and AGL. Growth curves were recorded and tandem mass tag (TMT) proteomics analysis were performed to explore the proliferative ability and diferentially abundant proteins (DAPs) in V79 cells (a cell line widely used in biological study in DUGLs) cultured in the DUGL and AGL. Parallel Reaction Monitoring was conducted to verify the TMT results. γ ray dose rate showed the most detectable diference between the two laboratories, whereby γ ray dose rate was signifcantly lower in the DUGL compared to the AGL. V79 cell proliferation was slower in the DUGL. Quantitative proteomics detected 980 DAPs (absolute fold change ≥ 1.2, p < 0.05) between V79 cells cultured in the DUGL and AGL. Of these, 576 proteins were up-regulated and 404 proteins were down-regulated in V79 cells cultured in the DUGL. KEGG pathway analysis revealed that seven pathways (e.g. -
Supporting Information
Supporting Information Edgar et al. 10.1073/pnas.1601895113 SI Methods (Actimetrics), and recordings were analyzed using LumiCycle Mice. Sample size was determined using the resource equation: Data Analysis software (Actimetrics). E (degrees of freedom in ANOVA) = (total number of exper- – Cell Cycle Analysis of Confluent Cell Monolayers. NIH 3T3, primary imental animals) (number of experimental groups), with −/− sample size adhering to the condition 10 < E < 20. For com- WT, and Bmal1 fibroblasts were sequentially transduced − − parison of MuHV-4 and HSV-1 infection in WT vs. Bmal1 / with lentiviral fluorescent ubiquitin-based cell cycle indicators mice at ZT7 (Fig. 2), the investigator did not know the genotype (FUCCI) mCherry::Cdt1 and amCyan::Geminin reporters (32). of the animals when conducting infections, bioluminescence Dual reporter-positive cells were selected by FACS (Influx Cell imaging, and quantification. For bioluminescence imaging, Sorter; BD Biosciences) and seeded onto 35-mm dishes for mice were injected intraperitoneally with endotoxin-free lucif- subsequent analysis. To confirm that expression of mCherry:: Cdt1 and amCyan::Geminin correspond to G1 (2n DNA con- erin (Promega E6552) using 2 mg total per mouse. Following < ≤ anesthesia with isofluorane, they were scanned with an IVIS tent) and S/G2 (2 n 4 DNA content) cell cycle phases, Lumina (Caliper Life Sciences), 15 min after luciferin admin- respectively, cells were stained with DNA dye DRAQ5 (abcam) and analyzed by flow cytometry (LSR-Fortessa; BD Biosci- istration. Signal intensity was quantified using Living Image ences). To examine dynamics of replicative activity under ex- software (Caliper Life Sciences), obtaining maximum radiance perimental confluent conditions, synchronized FUCCI reporter for designated regions of interest (photons per second per − − − monolayers were observed by time-lapse live cell imaging over square centimeter per Steradian: photons·s 1·cm 2·sr 1), relative 3 d (Nikon Eclipse Ti-E inverted epifluorescent microscope). -
Mapping of Leptin and Its Syntenic Genes to Chicken Chromosome
Edinburgh Research Explorer Mapping of leptin and its syntenic genes to chicken chromosome 1p Citation for published version: Seroussi, E, Pitel, F, Leroux, S, Morisson, M, Bornelöv, S, Miyara, S, Yosefi, S, Cogburn, LA, Burt, DW, Anderson, L & Friedman-Einat, M 2017, 'Mapping of leptin and its syntenic genes to chicken chromosome 1p', BMC Genetics, vol. 18, no. 1, pp. 77. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12863-017-0543-1 Digital Object Identifier (DOI): 10.1186/s12863-017-0543-1 Link: Link to publication record in Edinburgh Research Explorer Document Version: Publisher's PDF, also known as Version of record Published In: BMC Genetics General rights Copyright for the publications made accessible via the Edinburgh Research Explorer is retained by the author(s) and / or other copyright owners and it is a condition of accessing these publications that users recognise and abide by the legal requirements associated with these rights. Take down policy The University of Edinburgh has made every reasonable effort to ensure that Edinburgh Research Explorer content complies with UK legislation. If you believe that the public display of this file breaches copyright please contact [email protected] providing details, and we will remove access to the work immediately and investigate your claim. Download date: 07. Oct. 2021 Seroussi et al. BMC Genetics (2017) 18:77 DOI 10.1186/s12863-017-0543-1 RESEARCHARTICLE Open Access Mapping of leptin and its syntenic genes to chicken chromosome 1p Eyal Seroussi1*, Frédérique Pitel2, Sophie Leroux2, Mireille Morisson2, Susanne Bornelöv3, Shoval Miyara1, Sara Yosefi1, Larry A. Cogburn4, David W. Burt5, Leif Anderson3,6,7 and Miriam Friedman-Einat1* Abstract Background: Misidentification of the chicken leptin gene has hampered research of leptin signaling in this species for almost two decades. -
Roles of TBC1D1 and TBC1D4 in Insulin- and Exercise-Stimulated Glucose Transport of Skeletal Muscle
Diabetologia (2015) 58:19–30 DOI 10.1007/s00125-014-3395-5 REVIEW Roles of TBC1D1 and TBC1D4 in insulin- and exercise-stimulated glucose transport of skeletal muscle Gregory D. Cartee Received: 30 June 2014 /Accepted: 7 August 2014 /Published online: 4 October 2014 # Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2014 Abstract This review focuses on two paralogue Rab GTPase mechanism for greater TBC1D4 phosphorylation in insulin- activating proteins known as TBC1D1 Tre-2/BUB2/cdc 1 stimulated muscles after acute exercise is uncertain, and a domain family (TBC1D) 1 and TBC1D4 (also called Akt causal link between enhanced TBC1D4 phosphorylation and Substrate of 160 kDa, AS160) and their roles in controlling increased post-exercise insulin sensitivity has yet to be skeletal muscle glucose transport in response to the indepen- established. In summary, TBC1D1 and TBC1D4 have impor- dent and combined effects of insulin and exercise. Convincing tant, but distinct roles in regulating muscle glucose transport evidence implicates Akt2-dependent TBC1D4 phosphoryla- in response to insulin and exercise. tion on T642 as a key part of the mechanism for insulin- stimulated glucose uptake by skeletal muscle. TBC1D1 phos- Keywords Akt substrate of 160 kDa . Diabetes . Glucose phorylation on several insulin-responsive sites (including transport .High-fatdiet .Insulinresistance .Obesity .Physical T596, a site corresponding to T642 in TBC1D4) does not activity . Review appear to be essential for in vivo insulin-stimulated glucose uptake by skeletal muscle. In vivo exercise or ex vivo con- Abbreviations traction of muscle result in greater TBC1D1 phosphorylation AMPK 5' AMP-activated kinase on S237 that is likely to be secondary to increased AMP- APPL2 Adaptor protein containing PH domain, activated protein kinase activity and potentially important for PTB domain and leucine zipper motif 2 contraction-stimulated glucose uptake. -
Diversification of CORVET Tethers Facilitates Transport Complexity in Tetrahymena Thermophila Daniela Sparvoli1,*, Martin Zoltner2,3, Chao-Yin Cheng1, Mark C
© 2020. Published by The Company of Biologists Ltd | Journal of Cell Science (2020) 133, jcs238659. doi:10.1242/jcs.238659 RESEARCH ARTICLE Diversification of CORVET tethers facilitates transport complexity in Tetrahymena thermophila Daniela Sparvoli1,*, Martin Zoltner2,3, Chao-Yin Cheng1, Mark C. Field2 and Aaron P. Turkewitz1,‡ ABSTRACT Key determinants for ensuring productive membrane interactions In endolysosomal networks, two hetero-hexameric tethers called are SNARE proteins, with distinct paralogs present at each HOPS and CORVET are found widely throughout eukaryotes. The compartment (Gerst, 1999). SNARE complex assembly drives unicellular ciliate Tetrahymena thermophila possesses elaborate formation of a fusion pore, together with complexes called tethers endolysosomal structures, but curiously both it and related protozoa that act upstream of SNAREs (Baker and Hughson, 2016). The lack the HOPS tether and several other trafficking proteins, while homotypic-fusion-and-protein-sorting (HOPS) and class-C-core- retaining the related CORVET complex. Here, we show that vacuole/endosome-tethering (CORVET) complexes are cytoplasmic Tetrahymena encodes multiple paralogs of most CORVET hetero-hexamers that bridge compartments by binding Rab GTPases at subunits, which assemble into six distinct complexes. Each two membranes, and subsequently chaperoning SNARE assembly complex has a unique subunit composition and, significantly, shows (Baker and Hughson, 2016; Horazdovsky et al., 1996; Nickerson unique localization, indicating participation