scholarly journals Suppression of CPSF6 Enhances Apoptosis Through Alternative Polyadenylation-Mediated Shortening of the VHL 3′UTR in Gastric Cancer Cells

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xinglong Shi ◽  
Keshuo Ding ◽  
Qiang Zhao ◽  
Pengxiao Li ◽  
Yani Kang ◽  
...  

Alternative polyadenylation (APA) is an important RNA post-transcriptional process, which can generate diverse mRNA isoforms. Increasing evidence shows that APA is involved in cell self-renewal, development, immunity, and cancer. CPSF6 is one of the core proteins of CFIm complex and can modulate the APA process. Although it has been reported to play oncogenic roles in cancer, the underlying mechanisms remain unclear. The aim of the present study was to characterize CPSF6 in human gastric cancer (GC). We observed that CPSF6 was upregulated in GC. Knockdown of CPSF6 inhibited proliferation and enhanced apoptosis of GC cells both in vitro and in vivo. Global APA site profiling analysis revealed that knockdown of CPSF6 induced widespread 3′UTR shortening of genes in GC cells, including VHL. We also found CPSF6 negatively regulated the expression of VHL through APA and VHL short-3′UTR isoform enhanced apoptosis and inhibited cell growth in GC cells. Our data suggested that CPSF6-induced cell proliferation and inhibition of apoptosis were mediated by the preferential usage of poly(A) in VHL. Our data provide insights into the function of CPSF6 and may imply potential therapeutic targets against GC.

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
LiJun Tian ◽  
Hong-Zhi Liu ◽  
Qiang Zhang ◽  
Dian-Zhong Geng ◽  
Jing Yang ◽  
...  

Abstract Background: Apelin is an emerging endogenous ligand, which is involved in proliferation and angiogenesis in certain cancers. However, few studies have reported its functions and underlying mechanisms in human gastric cancer (GC). Therefore, the present study aimed to investigate the effect of Apelin expression in human GC and the underlying mechanisms of Apelin in the promotion of proliferation both in vitro and in vivo.Methods: A total of 178 patients diagnosed with GC under postoperative care were enrolled for the study to investigate clinicopathological and immunohistochemical factors of Apelin expression. Survival of patients was analyzed using the Kaplan-Meier method and Cox regression model. We adopted quantitative real-time reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR), western blot and ELISA to analyze human GC specimens and cell lines. The role and mechanisms of Apelin were evaluated by performing in vitro and in vivo experiments to analyze exogenous Apelin and its overexpression in human GC cells. Results: The expression of Apelin was higher in human gastric cancer cells than in adjacent normal tissues. Apelin, which was overexpressed in vessel invasion (P <0.01), lymph node metastasis (P <0.01), late-staged tumor (T) status (P <0.05), pathological type (P <0.05) and nerve invasion (P <0.05), also exhibited a positive correlation with vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF). Apelin overexpression or exogenous Apelin activated downstream of ERK/Cyclin D1/MMP-9 signaling pathway to promote MGC-803 cell proliferation and invasion in vitro. Apelin overexpression promoted angiogenesis aiming at accelerating growth of subcutaneous xenograft in vivo.Conclusions: This study has elucidated the relationship between Apelin and its clinicopathological features in human GC, and the role of Apelin in tumor cell proliferation in human GC cell lines. This is the first study to elucidate underlying mechanisms of Apelin in the proliferation of GC. Apelin can be a potential therapeutic target for human GC.


2016 ◽  
Vol 40 (7) ◽  
pp. 770-778 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hao Nie ◽  
Yu Wang ◽  
Yong Qin ◽  
Xing-Guo Gong

Author(s):  
Chongyang Li ◽  
Chaowei Deng ◽  
Guangzhao Pan ◽  
Xue Wang ◽  
Kui Zhang ◽  
...  

Abstract Background Lycorine hydrochloride (LH), an alkaloid extracted from the bulb of the Lycoris radiata, is considered to have anti-viral, anti-malarial, and anti-tumorous effects. At present, the underlying mechanisms of LH in gastric cancer remain unclear. MCL1, an anti-apoptotic protein of BCL2 family, is closely related to drug resistance of tumor. Therefore, MCL1 is considered as a potential target for cancer treatment. Methods The effect of LH on gastric cancer was assessed in vitro (by MTT, BrdU, western blotting…) and in vivo (by immunohistochemistry). Results In this study, we showed that LH has an anti-tumorous effect by down-regulating MCL1 in gastric cancer. Besides, we unveiled that LH reduced the protein stability of MCL1 by up-regulating ubiquitin E3 ligase FBXW7, arrested cell cycle at S phase and triggered apoptosis of gastric cancer cells. Meanwhile, we also demonstrated that LH could induce apoptosis of the BCL2-drug-resistant-cell-lines. Moreover, PDX (Patient-Derived tumor xenograft) model experiment proved that LH combined with HA14–1 (inhibitor of BCL2), had a more significant therapeutic effect on gastric cancer. Conclusions The efficacy showed in our data suggests that lycorine hydrochloride is a promising anti-tumor compound for gastric cancer.


Gut ◽  
1999 ◽  
Vol 44 (3) ◽  
pp. 366-371 ◽  
Author(s):  
M Ohashi ◽  
F Kanai ◽  
H Ueno ◽  
T Tanaka ◽  
K Tateishi ◽  
...  

BACKGROUND/AIMSGastric cancer is one of the most prevalent forms of cancer in East Asia. Point mutation of the p53 gene has been reported in more than 60% of cases of gastric cancer and can lead to genetic instability and uncontrolled cell proliferation. The purpose of this investigation was to evaluate the potential of p53 gene therapy for gastric cancer.METHODSThe responses of human gastric cancer cell lines, MKN1, MKN7, MKN28, MKN45, and TMK-1, to recombinant adenoviruses encoding wild type p53 (AdCAp53) were analysed in vitro. The efficacy of the AdCAp53 treatment for MKN1 and MKN45 subcutaneous tumours in nude mice was assessed in vivo.RESULTSp53-specific growth inhibition was observed in vitro in two of four gastric cancer cell lines with mutated p53, but not in the wild type p53 cell line. The mechanism of the killing of gastric cancer cells by AdCAp53 was found, by flow cytometric analysis and detection of DNA fragmentation, to be apoptosis. In vivo studies showed that the growth of subcutaneous tumours of p53 mutant MKN1 cells was significantly inhibited by direct injection of AdCAp53, but no significant growth inhibition was detected in the growth of p53 wild type MKN45 tumours.CONCLUSIONSAdenovirus mediated reintroduction of wild type p53 is a potential clinical utility in gene therapy for gastric cancers.


2010 ◽  
Vol 9 (9) ◽  
pp. 710-716 ◽  
Author(s):  
Weijie Yuan ◽  
Shaobin Wu ◽  
Jianwu Guo ◽  
Zhikang Chen ◽  
Jie Ge ◽  
...  

Author(s):  
Xin Chen ◽  
Zhenyao Chen ◽  
Hao Wu ◽  
Xianghua Liu ◽  
Fengqi Nie ◽  
...  

Background: Gastrointestinal Cancer (GICs) is the most common group of malignancies, and many of its types are the leading causes of cancer related death worldwide. Pseudogenes have been revealed to have critical regulatory roles in human cancers. The objective of this study is to comprehensive characterize the pseudogenes expression profiling and identify key pseudogenes in the development of gastric cancer (GC).Methods: The pseudogenes expression profiling was analyzed in six types of GICs cancer from The Cancer Genome Atlas RNA-seq data to identify GICs cancer related pseudogenes. Meanwhile, the genomic characterization including somatic alterations of pseudogenes was analyzed. Then, CCK8 and colony formation assays were performed to evaluate the biological function of RP11-3543B.1 and miR-145 in gastric cancer cells. The mechanisms of pseudogene RP11-3543B.1 in GC cells were explored via using bioinformatics analysis, next generation sequencing and lucifarese reporter assay.Results: We identified a great number of pseudogenes with significantly altered expression in GICs, and some of these pseudogenes expressed differently among the six cancer types. The amplification or deletion in the pseudogenes-containing loci involved in the alterations of pseudogenes expression in GICs. Among these altered pseudogenes, RP11-3543B.1 is significantly upregulated in gastric cancer. Down-regulation of RP11-3543B.1 expression impaired GC cells proliferation both in vitro and in vivo. RP11-3543B.1 exerts oncogene function via targeting miR-145-5p to regulate MAPK4 expression in gastric cancer cells.Conclusion: Our study reveals the potential of pseudogenes expression as a new paradigm for investigating GI cancer tumorigenesis and discovering prognostic biomarkers for patients.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chongyang Li ◽  
Chaowei Deng ◽  
Guangzhao Pan ◽  
Xue Wang ◽  
Kui Zhang ◽  
...  

Abstract Background: Lycorine hydrochloride (LH), an alkaloid extracted from the bulb of the Lycoris radiata, is considered to have anti-viral, anti-malarial, and anti-tumorous effects. At present, the underlying mechanisms of LH in gastric cancer remain unclear. MCL1, an anti-apoptotic protein of BCL2 family, is closely related to drug resistance of tumor. Therefore, MCL1 is considered as a potential target for cancer treatment. Methods: The effect of LH on gastric cancer was assessed in vitro (by MTT, BrdU, western blotting…) and in vivo (by immunohistochemistry).Results: In this study, we showed that LH has an anti-tumorous effect by down-regulating MCL1 in gastric cancer. Besides, we unveiled that LH reduced the protein stability of MCL1 by up-regulating ubiquitin E3 ligase FBXW7, arrested cell cycle at S phase and triggered apoptosis of gastric cancer cells. Meanwhile, we also demonstrated that LH could induce apoptosis of the BCL2-drug-resistant-cell-lines. Moreover, PDX (Patient-Derived tumor xenograft) model experiment proved that LH combined with HA14-1 (inhibitor of BCL2), had a more significant therapeutic effect on gastric cancer. Conclusions: Together, the efficacy showed in our data suggests that lycorine hydrochloride is a promising anti-tumorous compound for gastric cancer.


2018 ◽  
Vol 107 ◽  
pp. 738-745 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dan Li ◽  
Tengyang Ni ◽  
Li Tao ◽  
Feng Jin ◽  
Haibo Wang ◽  
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