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Mol Ther Nucleic Acids ; 31: 398-410, 2023 Mar 14.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36817727

ABSTRACT

Alternative splicing of microexons (3-30 base pairs [bp]) is involved in important biological processes in brain development and human cancers. However, understanding a splicing process of non-3x bp microexons is scarce. We showed that 4 bp microexon of mitochondrial pyruvate carrier1 (MPC1) is constitutively included in mRNA. Based on our studies with minigene and exon island constructs, we found the strong exon definition region in the proximal introns bordering MPC1 microexon. Ultimately, we defined a nucleotide fragment from the 3'ss 67 bp of MPC1 microexon to the 5'ss consensus sequence, as a core exon island, which can concatenate its microexon and neighboring exons by splicing. Furthermore, we showed that insertion of the core exon island into a target exon or intron induced skip the target exon or enhance the splicing of an adjacent exon, respectively. Collectively, we suggest that the exon island derived from MPC1 microexon modifies genuine splicing patterns depending on its position, thereby providing insights on strategies for splicing-mediated gene correction.

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Biochem J ; 475(10): 1687-1699, 2018 05 18.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29669911

ABSTRACT

Mitochondrial pyruvate carrier (MPC), which is essential for mitochondrial pyruvate usage, mediates the transport of cytosolic pyruvate into mitochondria. Low MPC expression is associated with various cancers, and functionally associated with glycolytic metabolism and stemness. However, the mechanism by which MPC expression is regulated is largely unknown. In this study, we showed that MPC1 is down-regulated in human renal cell carcinoma (RCC) due to strong suppression of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma co-activator (PGC)-1 alpha (PGC-1α). We also demonstrated that overexpression of PGC-1α stimulates MPC1 transcription, while depletion of PGC-1α by siRNA suppresses MPC expression. We found that PGC-1α interacts with estrogen-related receptor-alpha (ERR-α) and recruits it to the ERR-α response element motif located in the proximal MPC1 promoter, resulting in efficient activation of MPC1 expression. Furthermore, the MPC inhibitor, UK5099, blocked PGC-1α-induced pyruvate-dependent mitochondrial oxygen consumption. Taken together, our results suggest that MPC1 is a novel target gene of PGC-1α. In addition, low expression of PGC-1α in human RCC might contribute to the reduced expression of MPC, resulting in impaired mitochondrial respiratory capacity in RCC by limiting the transport of pyruvate into the mitochondrial matrix.


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Carcinoma, Renal Cell/metabolism , Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic , Mitochondria/physiology , Mitochondrial Membrane Transport Proteins/genetics , Oxygen Consumption , Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor Gamma Coactivator 1-alpha/metabolism , Carcinoma, Renal Cell/genetics , Carcinoma, Renal Cell/pathology , Energy Metabolism , Humans , Kidney Neoplasms/genetics , Kidney Neoplasms/metabolism , Kidney Neoplasms/pathology , Mitochondrial Membrane Transport Proteins/metabolism , Monocarboxylic Acid Transporters , Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor Gamma Coactivator 1-alpha/genetics , Promoter Regions, Genetic , Pyruvic Acid/metabolism , Response Elements , Transcription Factors , Tumor Cells, Cultured
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Oncotarget ; 8(4): 6819-6832, 2017 Jan 24.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28036279

ABSTRACT

Calgranulin B is released from immune cells and can be internalized into colon cancer cells to prevent proliferation. The present study aimed to identify proteins that interact with calgranulin B to suppress the proliferation of colon cancer cells, and to obtain information on the underlying anti-tumor mechanism(s) of calgranulin B. Calgranulin B expression was induced in colon cancer cell line HCT-116 by infection with calgranulin B-FLAG expressing lentivirus, and it led to a significant suppression of cell proliferation. Proteins that interacted with calgranulin B were obtained by immunoprecipitation using whole homogenate of lentivirus-infected HCT-116 cells which expressing calgranulin B-FLAG, and identified using liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry/mass spectrometry analysis. A total of 454 proteins were identified that potentially interact with calgranulin B, and most identified proteins were associated with RNA processing, post-transcriptional modifications and the EIF2 signaling pathway. Direct interaction of calgranulin B with flotillin-1, dynein intermediate chain 1, and CD59 glycoprotein has been confirmed, and the molecules N-myc proto-oncogene protein, rapamycin-insensitive companion of mTOR, and myc proto-oncogene protein were shown to regulate calgranulin B-interacting proteins. Our results provide new insight and useful information to explain the possible mechanism(s) underlying the role of calgranulin B as an anti-tumor effector in colon cancer cells.


Subject(s)
Calgranulin B/metabolism , Colonic Neoplasms/metabolism , Protein Interaction Maps , CD59 Antigens/metabolism , Calgranulin B/genetics , Cell Proliferation , Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid , Colonic Neoplasms/genetics , Colonic Neoplasms/pathology , Cytoplasmic Dyneins/metabolism , HCT116 Cells , Humans , Membrane Proteins/metabolism , N-Myc Proto-Oncogene Protein/metabolism , Proteomics/methods , Proto-Oncogene Mas , Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-myc/metabolism , Signal Transduction , TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases/metabolism , Tandem Mass Spectrometry , Time Factors , Transfection
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Oncotarget ; 7(48): 79854-79868, 2016 Nov 29.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-27821801

ABSTRACT

TRIM71 (tripartite motif-containing 71) belongs to the TRIM-NHL protein family, which plays a conserved role in regulating early development and differentiation. However, the molecular functions of TRIM71 have remained largely unknown. Here, we explored the role of TRIM71 together with modulation of Lin28B-let-7-HMGA2 (high-mobility group AT-hook 2) signaling in tumorigenesis. TRIM71 overexpression opposed Lin28B-induced transformation in primary cells and inhibited tumor formation in a mouse model. Specific knockdown of TRIM71 expression increased cancer cell proliferation and invasion. Conversely, overexpression of wild-type TRIM71 in non-small cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC) cells in which Lin28B-let-7-HMGA2 signaling was conserved decreased both cancer cell phenotypes. More importantly, overexpression of an ubiquitin transfer activity-deficient TRIM71 mutant in NSCLC cells had no effect on proliferation or invasion, regardless of the conservation status of Lin28B-let-7-HMGA2 signaling. The tumorigenic inhibitory action of TRIM71 was antagonized by overexpression of the TRIM71 downstream targets, Lin28B and HMGA2. Furthermore, a bioinformatics analysis revealed that TRIM71 expression was downregulated in various types of cancer tissue from patients. Taken together, these data indicate that TRIM71 acts through post-transcriptional repression of Lin28B and subsequent modulation of let-7-HMGA2 signaling during tumorigenesis to potentially function as a tumor suppressor.


Subject(s)
Carcinogenesis/genetics , HMGA2 Protein/genetics , MicroRNAs/genetics , RNA-Binding Proteins/genetics , Tripartite Motif Proteins/physiology , Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases/physiology , Animals , Caco-2 Cells , Cells, Cultured , Female , Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic , Genes, Tumor Suppressor , HEK293 Cells , HMGA2 Protein/metabolism , Humans , Mice , Mice, Inbred BALB C , Mice, Nude , MicroRNAs/metabolism , NIH 3T3 Cells , RNA-Binding Proteins/metabolism , Signal Transduction
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Brain ; 138(Pt 9): 2553-70, 2015 Sep.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26121981

ABSTRACT

Upregulation of microRNA-21 (miR-21) is known to be strongly associated with the proliferation, invasion, and radio-resistance of glioma cells. However, the regulatory mechanism that governs the biogenesis of miR-21 in glioma is still unclear. Here, we demonstrate that the DEAD-box RNA helicase, DDX23, promotes miR-21 biogenesis at the post-transcriptional level. The expression of DDX23 was enhanced in glioma tissues compared to normal brain, and expression level of DDX23 was highly associated with poor survival of glioma patients. Specific knockdown of DDX23 expression suppressed glioma cell proliferation and invasion in vitro and in vivo, which is similar to the function of miR-21. We found that DDX23 increased the level of miR-21 by promoting primary-to-precursor processing of miR-21 through an interaction with the Drosha microprocessor. Mutagenesis experiments critically demonstrated that the helicase activity of DDX23 was essential for the processing (cropping) of miR-21, and we further found that ivermectin, a RNA helicase inhibitor, decreased miR-21 levels by potentially inhibiting DDX23 activity and blocked invasion and cell proliferation. Moreover, treatment of ivermectin decreased glioma growth in mouse xenografts. Taken together, these results suggest that DDX23 plays an essential role in glioma progression, and might thus be a potential novel target for the therapeutic treatment of glioma.


Subject(s)
Brain Neoplasms/metabolism , DEAD-box RNA Helicases/metabolism , Glioma/metabolism , MicroRNAs/biosynthesis , Animals , Antiparasitic Agents/pharmacology , Brain Neoplasms/genetics , Cell Line , Cell Proliferation/drug effects , Cell Proliferation/genetics , DEAD-box RNA Helicases/genetics , Databases, Factual/statistics & numerical data , Glioma/genetics , Green Fluorescent Proteins/genetics , Green Fluorescent Proteins/metabolism , Humans , Immunoprecipitation , In Situ Nick-End Labeling , Ivermectin/pharmacology , Mice , MicroRNAs/genetics , RNA, Small Interfering/pharmacology , Transduction, Genetic , Up-Regulation/drug effects , Up-Regulation/genetics , Xenograft Model Antitumor Assays
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