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Cells ; 12(4)2023 02 11.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36831256

RESUMO

Muscle-invasive bladder cancer (MIBC) is associated with limited response rates to systemic therapy leading to a significant risk of recurrence and death. A recently discovered histone methyltransferase KMT9, acts as an epigenetic regulator of carcinogenesis in different tumor entities. In this study, we investigated the presence and association of histological and molecular subtypes and their impact on the survival of KMT9α in MIBC. We performed an immunohistochemical (IHC) analysis of KMT9α in 135 MIBC patients undergoing radical cystectomy. KMT9α was significantly overexpressed in the nucleus in MIBC compared to normal urothelium and low-grade urothelial cancer. Using the HTG transcriptome panel, we assessed mRNA expression profiles to determine molecular subtypes and identify differentially expressed genes. Patients with higher nuclear and nucleolar KMT9α expression showed basal/squamous urothelial cancer characteristics confirmed by IHC and differentially upregulated KRT14 expression. We identified a subset of patients with nucleolar expression of KMT9α, which was associated with an increased risk of death in uni- and multivariate analyses (HR 2.28, 95%CI 1.28-4.03, p = 0.005). In conclusion, basal-like MIBC and the squamous histological subtype are associated with high nuclear KMT9α expression. The association with poor survival makes it a potential target for the treatment of bladder cancer.


Assuntos
Carcinoma de Células Escamosas , Carcinoma de Células de Transição , Neoplasias da Bexiga Urinária , Humanos , Biomarcadores Tumorais/metabolismo , Neoplasias da Bexiga Urinária/patologia , Carcinoma de Células de Transição/genética , Carcinoma de Células de Transição/metabolismo , Carcinoma de Células de Transição/patologia , Carcinoma de Células Escamosas/patologia , Músculos/metabolismo
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Cancer Res ; 76(21): 6382-6395, 2016 11 01.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-27543603

RESUMO

Hypofertility is a risk factor for the development of testicular germ cell tumors (TGCT), but the initiating event linking these pathologies is unknown. We hypothesized that excessive planar division of undifferentiated germ cells promotes their self-renewal and TGCT development. However, our results obtained from mouse models and seminoma patients demonstrated the opposite. Defective planar divisions of undifferentiated germ cells caused their premature exit from the seminiferous tubule niche, resulting in germ cell depletion, hypofertility, intratubular germ cell neoplasias, and seminoma development. Oriented divisions of germ cells, which determine their fate, were regulated by spindle-associated RHAMM-a function we found to be abolished in 96% of human seminomas. Mechanistically, RHAMM expression is regulated by the testis-specific polyadenylation protein CFIm25, which is downregulated in the human seminomas. These results suggested that spindle misorientation is oncogenic, not by promoting self-renewing germ cell divisions within the niche, but by prematurely displacing proliferating cells from their normal epithelial milieu. Furthermore, they suggested RHAMM loss-of-function and spindle misorientation as an initiating event underlying both hypofertility and TGCT initiation. These findings identify spindle-associated RHAMM as an intrinsic regulator of male germ cell fate and as a gatekeeper preventing initiation of TGCTs. Cancer Res; 76(21); 6382-95. ©2016 AACR.


Assuntos
Proteínas da Matriz Extracelular/fisiologia , Fertilidade , Receptores de Hialuronatos/fisiologia , Neoplasias Embrionárias de Células Germinativas/etiologia , Seminoma/etiologia , Fuso Acromático/química , Neoplasias Testiculares/etiologia , Testículo/citologia , Animais , Apoptose , Divisão Celular , Proteínas da Matriz Extracelular/análise , Células HeLa , Humanos , Receptores de Hialuronatos/análise , Masculino , Camundongos , Neoplasias Embrionárias de Células Germinativas/patologia , Seminoma/patologia , Neoplasias Testiculares/patologia , Proteína Supressora de Tumor p53/fisiologia
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Curr Protoc Cytom ; 77: 12.43.1-12.43.44, 2016 07 01.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-27367288

RESUMO

High-content analysis (HCA) converts raw light microscopy images to quantitative data through the automated extraction, multiparametric analysis, and classification of the relevant information content. Combined with automated high-throughput image acquisition, HCA applied to the screening of chemicals or RNAi-reagents is termed high-content screening (HCS). Its power in quantifying cell phenotypes makes HCA applicable also to routine microscopy. However, developing effective HCA and bioinformatic analysis pipelines for acquisition of biologically meaningful data in HCS is challenging. Here, the step-by-step development of an HCA assay protocol and an HCS bioinformatics analysis pipeline are described. The protocol's power is demonstrated by application to focal adhesion (FA) detection, quantitative analysis of multiple FA features, and functional annotation of signaling pathways regulating FA size, using primary data of a published RNAi screen. The assay and the underlying strategy are aimed at researchers performing microscopy-based quantitative analysis of subcellular features, on a small scale or in large HCS experiments. © 2016 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.


Assuntos
Adesões Focais/metabolismo , Ensaios de Triagem em Larga Escala/métodos , Animais , Automação , Células COS , Contagem de Células , Chlorocebus aethiops , Processamento de Imagem Assistida por Computador , Interferência de RNA , Software , Coloração e Rotulagem , Frações Subcelulares/metabolismo
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Biol Open ; 4(4): 562-71, 2015 Mar 06.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25750434

RESUMO

The postnatal mammalian ovary contains the primary follicles, each comprising an immature oocyte surrounded by a layer of somatic granulosa cells. Oocytes reach meiotic and developmental competence via folliculogenesis. During this process, the granulosa cells proliferate massively around the oocyte, form an extensive extracellular matrix (ECM) and differentiate into cumulus cells. As the ECM component hyaluronic acid (HA) is thought to form the backbone of the oocyte-granulosa cell complex, we deleted the relevant domain of the Receptor for HA Mediated Motility (RHAMM) gene in the mouse. This resulted in folliculogenesis defects and female hypofertility, although HA-induced signalling was not affected. We report that wild-type RHAMM localises at the mitotic spindle of granulosa cells, surrounding the oocyte. Deletion of the RHAMM C-terminus in vivo abolishes its spindle association, resulting in impaired spindle orientation in the dividing granulosa cells, folliculogenesis defects and subsequent female hypofertility. These data reveal the first identified physiological function for RHAMM, during oogenesis, and the importance of this spindle-associated function for female fertility.

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