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Sci Adv ; 8(45): eabo1461, 2022 Nov 11.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36351022

ABSTRACT

Mechanosensing is an integral part of many physiological processes including stem cell differentiation, fibrosis, and cancer progression. Two major mechanosensing systems-focal adhesions and mechanosensitive ion channels-can convert mechanical features of the microenvironment into biochemical signals. We report here unexpectedly that the mechanosensitive calcium-permeable channel Piezo1, previously perceived to be diffusive on plasma membranes, binds to matrix adhesions in a force-dependent manner, promoting cell spreading, adhesion dynamics, and calcium entry in normal but not in most cancer cells tested except some glioblastoma lines. A linker domain in Piezo1 is needed for binding to adhesions, and overexpression of the domain blocks Piezo1 binding to adhesions, decreasing adhesion size and cell spread area. Thus, we suggest that Piezo1 is a previously unidentified component of focal adhesions in nontransformed cells that catalyzes adhesion maturation and growth through force-dependent calcium signaling, but this function is absent in most cancer cells.

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Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A ; 119(10): e2113233119, 2022 03 08.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35235448

ABSTRACT

SignificanceOur work focuses on the critical longstanding question of the nontranscriptional role of p53 in tumor suppression. We demonstrate here that poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP)-dependent modification of p53 enables rapid recruitment of p53 to damage sites, where it in turn directs early repair pathway selection. Specifically, p53-mediated recruitment of 53BP1 at early time points promotes nonhomologous end joining over the more error-prone microhomology end-joining. Similarly, p53 directs nucleotide excision repair by mediating DDB1 recruitment. This property of p53 also correlates with tumor suppression in vivo. Our study provides mechanistic insight into how certain transcriptionally deficient p53 mutants may retain tumor-suppressive functions through regulating the DNA damage response.


Subject(s)
DNA Damage , DNA End-Joining Repair , Tumor Suppressor Protein p53/metabolism , Tumor Suppressor p53-Binding Protein 1/metabolism , Cell Cycle Proteins/genetics , Cell Cycle Proteins/metabolism , Cell Line, Tumor , DNA-Binding Proteins , Humans , Mutation , Nuclear Proteins/genetics , Nuclear Proteins/metabolism , Protein Domains , Tumor Suppressor Protein p53/genetics , Tumor Suppressor p53-Binding Protein 1/genetics
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Biomaterials ; 275: 120866, 2021 08.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34044258

ABSTRACT

Cancer cells differ from normal cells in several important features like anchorage independence, Warburg effect and mechanosensing. Further, in recent studies, they respond aberrantly to external mechanical distortion. Consistent with altered mechano-responsiveness, we find that cyclic stretching of tumor cells from many different tissues reduces growth rate and causes apoptosis on soft surfaces. Surprisingly, normal cells behave similarly when transformed by depletion of the rigidity sensor protein (Tropomyosin 2.1). Restoration of rigidity sensing in tumor cells promotes rigidity dependent mechanical behavior, i.e. cyclic stretching enhances growth and reduces apoptosis on soft surfaces. The mechanism of mechanical apoptosis (mechanoptosis) of transformed cells involves calcium influx through the mechanosensitive channel, Piezo1 that activates calpain 2 dependent apoptosis through the BAX molecule and subsequent mitochondrial activation of caspase 3 on both fibronetin and collagen matrices. Thus, it is possible to selectively kill tumor cells by mechanical perturbations, while stimulating the growth of normal cells.


Subject(s)
Apoptosis , Calcium , Stress, Mechanical , Collagen , Cytoskeletal Proteins , Humans , Tumor Cells, Cultured
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Nat Commun ; 8(1): 2118, 2017 12 14.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29242514

ABSTRACT

Phosphoinositide lipids (PPIs) are enriched in the nucleus and are accumulated at DNA damage sites. Here, we investigate roles of nuclear PPIs in DNA damage response by sequestering specific PPIs with the expression of nuclear-targeted PH domains, which inhibits recruitment of Ataxia telangiectasia and Rad3-related protein (ATR) and reduces activation of Chk1. PPI-binding domains rapidly (< 1 s) accumulate at damage sites with local enrichment of PPIs. Accumulation of PIP3 in complex with the nuclear receptor protein, SF1, at damage sites requires phosphorylation by inositol polyphosphate multikinase (IPMK) and promotes nuclear actin assembly that is required for ATR recruitment. Suppressed ATR recruitment/activation is confirmed with latrunculin A and wortmannin treatment as well as IPMK or SF1 depletion. Other DNA repair pathways involving ATM and DNA-PKcs are unaffected by PPI sequestration. Together, these findings reveal that nuclear PPI metabolism mediates an early damage response through the IPMK-dependent pathway to specifically recruit ATR.


Subject(s)
DNA Damage , Phosphatidylinositols/metabolism , Signal Transduction , Animals , Ataxia Telangiectasia Mutated Proteins/genetics , Ataxia Telangiectasia Mutated Proteins/metabolism , Cell Line , Cell Line, Tumor , Checkpoint Kinase 1/genetics , Checkpoint Kinase 1/metabolism , DNA Repair , Humans , Mice , Phosphotransferases (Alcohol Group Acceptor)/genetics , Phosphotransferases (Alcohol Group Acceptor)/metabolism , RNA Interference , Steroidogenic Factor 1/genetics , Steroidogenic Factor 1/metabolism
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Chemphyschem ; 17(16): 2489-95, 2016 Aug 18.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-27146419

ABSTRACT

The structural characteristics of the seed-mediated synthesis of heterostructured CuS-ZnS nanocrystals (NCs) and Cu-doped ZnS (ZnS:Cu) NCs synthesized by two different protocols are compared and analyzed. At high Cu dopant concentrations, segregated subclusters of ZnS and CuS are observed. The photoluminescence quantum yield of ZnS:Cu NCs is about 50-80 %; a value much higher than that of ZnS NCs (6 %). Finally, these NCs are coated with a thin silica shell by using (3-mercaptopropyl)triethoxysilane in a reverse microemulsion to make them water soluble. Cytotoxicity experiments show that these silica-coated NCs have greatly reduced toxicity on both cancerous HeLa and noncancerous Chinese hamster ovary cells. The labeling of cancerous HeLa cells is also demonstrated.


Subject(s)
Copper/pharmacology , Luminescence , Nanoparticles/chemistry , Neoplasms/diagnosis , Silicon Dioxide/pharmacology , Sulfides/pharmacology , Zinc Compounds/pharmacology , Animals , CHO Cells , Cell Survival/drug effects , Copper/chemistry , Cricetulus , Dose-Response Relationship, Drug , HeLa Cells , Humans , Molecular Structure , Neoplasms/pathology , Particle Size , Silicon Dioxide/chemistry , Sulfides/chemistry , Surface Properties , Zinc Compounds/chemistry
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ACS Nano ; 7(8): 6796-805, 2013 Aug 27.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-23869722

ABSTRACT

The fluorescent probes having complete spectral separation between absorption and emission spectra (large Stokes shift) are highly useful for solar concentrators and bioimaging. In bioimaging application, NIR fluorescent dyes have a greater advantage in tissue penetration depth compared to visible-emitting organic dyes or inorganic quantum dots. Here we report the design, synthesis, and characterization of an amphiphilic polymer, poly(isobutylene-alt-maleic anhyride)-functionalized near-infrared (NIR) IR-820 dye and its conjugates with iron oxide (Fe3O4) magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) for optical and magnetic resonance (MR) imaging. Our results demonstrate that the Stokes shift of unmodified dye can be tuned (from ~106 to 208 nm) by the functionalization of the dye with polymer and MNPs. The fabrication of bimodal probes involves (i) the synthesis of NIR fluorescent dye (IR-820 cyanine) functionalized with ethylenediamine linker in high yield, >90%, (ii) polymer conjugation to the functionalized NIR fluorescent dye, and (iii) grafting the polymer-conjugated dyes on iron oxide MNPs. The resulting uniform, small-sized (ca. 6 nm) NIR fluorescent dye-magnetic hybrid nanoparticles (NPs) exhibit a wider emissive range (800-1000 nm) and minimal cytotoxicity. Our preliminary studies demonstrate the potential utility of these NPs in bioimaging by means of direct labeling of cancerous HeLa cells via NIR fluorescence microscopy and good negative contrast enhancement in T2-weighted MR imaging of a murine model.


Subject(s)
Indocyanine Green/analogs & derivatives , Magnetics , Nanoparticles/chemistry , Animals , Biocompatible Materials/chemistry , Coloring Agents/chemistry , Contrast Media/chemistry , Fluorescent Dyes/chemistry , HeLa Cells , Humans , Indocyanine Green/chemistry , Mice , Microscopy, Fluorescence , Nanotechnology/methods , Polymers/chemistry , Spectrophotometry , Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet , Spectroscopy, Near-Infrared
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