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(-)-Tulipalin B and (+)-6-tuliposide B were confirmed to inhibit MurA in vitro. However, contrary to fosfomycin, these compounds showed potent inhibitory activities against MurA overexpressing Escherichia coli, especially in the presence of UDP-GlcNAc. These observations suggest that these compounds induced bacterial cell death not through a MurA malfunction, but in such a MurA-mediated indirect manner as the inhibition of other Mur enzymes.
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4-Butyrolactone/analogs & derivatives , Alkyl and Aryl Transferases/antagonists & inhibitors , Enzyme Inhibitors/pharmacology , Glucosides/pharmacology , Hydroxybutyrates/pharmacology , 4-Butyrolactone/pharmacology , Alkyl and Aryl Transferases/genetics , Escherichia coli/genetics , Escherichia coli/metabolismABSTRACT
We initiated the present study to identify new genes associated with colorectal cancer. In a previously published microarray study an EST (W80763), later identified as the gene hFKBP10 (NM_021939), was found to be strongly expressed in tumors while absent in the normal mucosa. Here we describe this gene hFKBP10 together with its encoded protein hFKBP65 as a novel marker associated with colorectal cancer. Analysis of 31 colorectal adenocarcinomas and 14 normal colorectal mucosa by RealTime PCR for hFKBP10 showed a significant up-regulation in tumors, when compared with normal mucosa. Immunohistochemical analysis of 26 adenocarcinomas and matching normal mucosa, as well as benign hyperplastic polyps and adenomas, using a monoclonal anti-hFKBP65 antibody, showed that the protein was not present in normal colorectal epithelial cells, but strongly expressed in the tumor cells of colorectal cancer. The protein was also expressed in fibroblasts of both normal mucosa and tumor tissue. Western blot analysis of matched tumors and normal mucosa supported the finding of increased hFKBP65 expression in tumors compared with normal mucosa, in addition to identifying the molecular mass of hFKBP65 to approximately 72 kDa. Cellular localization and glycosylation studies revealed the hFKBP65 protein to be localized in the endoplasmic reticulum, and to be N-glycosylated. In conclusion, the protein hFKBP65 is associated with colorectal cancer, and we hypothesize the protein to be involved in fibroblast and transformed epithelial cell-specific protein synthesis in the endoplasmic reticulum.
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Adenocarcinoma/metabolism , Colorectal Neoplasms/metabolism , Tacrolimus Binding Proteins/metabolism , Adenocarcinoma/pathology , Adenoma/pathology , Aged , Aged, 80 and over , Amino Acid Sequence , Animals , Antibodies, Monoclonal/metabolism , Binding Sites , Blotting, Western , COS Cells , Chlorocebus aethiops , Colonic Polyps/pathology , Colorectal Neoplasms/pathology , Electrophoresis, Gel, Two-Dimensional , Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel , Female , Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic , Humans , Hyperplasia , Immunohistochemistry , Intestinal Mucosa/cytology , Isoelectric Point , Male , Microscopy, Fluorescence , Middle Aged , Molecular Sequence Data , Molecular Weight , Polymerase Chain Reaction , Protein Binding , Tacrolimus Binding Proteins/analysis , Tacrolimus Binding Proteins/chemistry , TransfectionABSTRACT
Understanding molecular alterations in colorectal cancer (CRC) is needed to define new biomarkers and treatment targets. We used oligonucleotide microarrays to monitor gene expression of about 6,800 known genes and 35,000 expressed sequence tags (ESTs) on five pools (four to six samples in each pool) of total RNA from left-sided sporadic colorectal carcinomas. We compared normal tissue to carcinoma tissue from Dukes' stages A-D (noninvasive to distant metastasis) and identified 908 known genes and 4,155 ESTs that changed remarkably from normal to tumor tissue. Based on intensive filtering 226 known genes and 157 ESTs were found to be highly relevant for CRC. The alteration of known genes was confirmed in >70% of the cases by array analysis of 25 single samples. Two-way hierarchical average linkage cluster analysis clustered normal tissue together with Dukes' A, clustered Dukes' B with Dukes' C, and clustered Dukes' D separately. Real-time PCR of 10 known genes and 5 ESTs demonstrated excellent reproducibility of the array-based findings. The most frequently altered genes belonged to functional categories of metabolism (22%), transcription and translation (11%), and cellular processes (9%). Fifteen nuclear encoded mitochondrial proteins were all down-regulated in CRC. We identified several chromosomal locations with clusters of either potential oncogenes or potential tumor suppressors. Some of these, such as aminopeptidase N/CD13 and sigma B3 protein on chromosome 15q25, coincided with a high frequency of loss of heterozygosity. The genes and ESTs presented in this study encode new potential tumor markers as well as potential novel therapeutic targets for prevention or therapy of CRC.
