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van der Deen M, Taipaleenmäki H, Zhang Y, Teplyuk NM, Gupta A, Cinghu S, Shogren K, Maran A, Yaszemski MJ, Ling L, Cool SM, Leong DT, Dierkes C, Zustin J, Salto-Tellez M, Ito Y, Bae SC, Zielenska M, Squire JA, Lian JB, Stein JL, Zambetti GP, Jones SN, Galindo M, Hesse E, Stein GS, van Wijnen AJ. MicroRNA-34c inversely couples the biological functions of the runt-related transcription factor RUNX2 and the tumor suppressor p53 in osteosarcoma. J Biol Chem 2013; 288:21307-21319. [PMID: 23720736 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m112.445890] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
Abstract
Osteosarcoma (OS) is a primary bone tumor that is most prevalent during adolescence. RUNX2, which stimulates differentiation and suppresses proliferation of osteoblasts, is deregulated in OS. Here, we define pathological roles of RUNX2 in the etiology of OS and mechanisms by which RUNX2 expression is stimulated. RUNX2 is often highly expressed in human OS biopsies and cell lines. Small interference RNA-mediated depletion of RUNX2 inhibits growth of U2OS OS cells. RUNX2 levels are inversely linked to loss of p53 (which predisposes to OS) in distinct OS cell lines and osteoblasts. RUNX2 protein levels decrease upon stabilization of p53 with the MDM2 inhibitor Nutlin-3. Elevated RUNX2 protein expression is post-transcriptionally regulated and directly linked to diminished expression of several validated RUNX2 targeting microRNAs in human OS cells compared with mesenchymal progenitor cells. The p53-dependent miR-34c is the most significantly down-regulated RUNX2 targeting microRNAs in OS. Exogenous supplementation of miR-34c markedly decreases RUNX2 protein levels, whereas 3'-UTR reporter assays establish RUNX2 as a direct target of miR-34c in OS cells. Importantly, Nutlin-3-mediated stabilization of p53 increases expression of miR-34c and decreases RUNX2. Thus, a novel p53-miR-34c-RUNX2 network controls cell growth of osseous cells and is compromised in OS.
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- Margaretha van der Deen
- From the Department of Cell Biology and Cancer Center, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts 01655-0106
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- From the Department of Cell Biology and Cancer Center, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts 01655-0106,; Heisenberg-Group for Molecular Skeletal Biology, Department of Trauma, Hand, and Reconstructive Surgery, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistrasse 52, 20246 Hamburg, Germany
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- From the Department of Cell Biology and Cancer Center, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts 01655-0106
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- From the Department of Cell Biology and Cancer Center, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts 01655-0106
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- From the Department of Cell Biology and Cancer Center, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts 01655-0106
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- From the Department of Cell Biology and Cancer Center, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts 01655-0106
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- Departments of Orthopedic Surgery and Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota 55905
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- Departments of Orthopedic Surgery and Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota 55905
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- Departments of Orthopedic Surgery and Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota 55905
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- Institute of Medical Biology, Agency for Science, Technology, and Research, 8A Biomedical Grove, #06-06, Immunos, Singapore 138648
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- Institute of Medical Biology, Agency for Science, Technology, and Research, 8A Biomedical Grove, #06-06, Immunos, Singapore 138648,; Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, National University Hospital of Singapore, 1E Kent Ridge Road, NUHS Tower Block Level 11, Singapore 119228
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore, 4 Engineering Drive 4, Singapore 117576
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- Medical Care Unit for Histology, Cytology, and Molecular Diagnostics, 54296 Trier, Germany
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- Department of Pathology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistrasse 52, 20246 Hamburg, Germany
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- Centre for Cancer Research and Cell Biology, Queen's University Belfast, 97 Lisburn Road, Belfast BT9 7BL, United Kingdom,; Cancer Science Institute of Singapore, National University of Singapore, 14 Medical Drive, 12-01, Centre for Translational Medicine, Singapore 117599
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- Cancer Science Institute of Singapore, National University of Singapore, 14 Medical Drive, 12-01, Centre for Translational Medicine, Singapore 117599
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- Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju 361-763, South Korea
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- Department of Paediatric Laboratory Medicine, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario M5G 1X8, Canada
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- Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, Kingston General Hospital, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario K7L 3N6 Canada
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- From the Department of Cell Biology and Cancer Center, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts 01655-0106,; Department of Biochemistry, HSRF 326, Vermont Cancer Center for Basic and Translational Research, University of Vermont Medical School, Burlington, Vermont 05405
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- From the Department of Cell Biology and Cancer Center, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts 01655-0106,; Department of Biochemistry, HSRF 326, Vermont Cancer Center for Basic and Translational Research, University of Vermont Medical School, Burlington, Vermont 05405
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- Department of Biochemistry, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee 38105, and
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- From the Department of Cell Biology and Cancer Center, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts 01655-0106
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- Millennium Institute on Immunology and Immunotherapy and Program of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Heisenberg-Group for Molecular Skeletal Biology, Department of Trauma, Hand, and Reconstructive Surgery, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistrasse 52, 20246 Hamburg, Germany
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- From the Department of Cell Biology and Cancer Center, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts 01655-0106,; Department of Biochemistry, HSRF 326, Vermont Cancer Center for Basic and Translational Research, University of Vermont Medical School, Burlington, Vermont 05405,.
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- From the Department of Cell Biology and Cancer Center, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts 01655-0106,; Departments of Orthopedic Surgery and Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota 55905,; Institute of Medical Biology, Agency for Science, Technology, and Research, 8A Biomedical Grove, #06-06, Immunos, Singapore 138648,; Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, National University Hospital of Singapore, 1E Kent Ridge Road, NUHS Tower Block Level 11, Singapore 119228,.
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Lucero CMJ, Vega OA, Osorio MM, Tapia JC, Antonelli M, Stein GS, van Wijnen AJ, Galindo MA. The cancer-related transcription factor Runx2 modulates cell proliferation in human osteosarcoma cell lines. J Cell Physiol 2013; 228:714-23. [PMID: 22949168 DOI: 10.1002/jcp.24218] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2012] [Accepted: 03/14/2012] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
Abstract
Runx2 regulates osteogenic differentiation and bone formation, but also suppresses pre-osteoblast proliferation by affecting cell cycle progression in the G(1) phase. The growth suppressive potential of Runx2 is normally inactivated in part by protein destabilization, which permits cell cycle progression beyond the G(1)/S phase transition, and Runx2 is again up-regulated after mitosis. Runx2 expression also correlates with metastasis and poor chemotherapy response in osteosarcoma. Here we show that six human osteosarcoma cell lines (SaOS, MG63, U2OS, HOS, G292, and 143B) have different growth rates, which is consistent with differences in the lengths of the cell cycle. Runx2 protein levels are cell cycle-regulated with respect to the G(1)/S phase transition in U2OS, HOS, G292, and 143B cells. In contrast, Runx2 protein levels are constitutively expressed during the cell cycle in SaOS and MG63 cells. Forced expression of Runx2 suppresses growth in all cell lines indicating that accumulation of Runx2 in excess of its pre-established levels in a given cell type triggers one or more anti-proliferative pathways in osteosarcoma cells. Thus, regulatory mechanisms controlling Runx2 expression in osteosarcoma cells must balance Runx2 protein levels to promote its putative oncogenic functions, while avoiding suppression of bone tumor growth.
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- Claudia M J Lucero
- Millennium Institute on Immunology and Immunotherapy, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile
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Li Y, Zhou B, Dai J, Liu R, Han ZG. Aberrant upregulation of LRRC1 contributes to human hepatocellular carcinoma. Mol Biol Rep 2013; 40:4543-51. [PMID: 23645086 DOI: 10.1007/s11033-013-2549-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2012] [Accepted: 04/29/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
Abstract
Loss of apico-basal polarity often results in a malignant phenotype in epithelial tissues. Aberrant expression of polarity mediator proteins is closely associated with this process. LRRC1/LANO, a putative cell polarity regulator, was previously screened from our gene expression profiling in which its expression was significantly upregulated in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). In the present study, we provide evidences that LRRC1 plays a potential oncogenic function in HCC. Consistent with the microarray data, quantitative real-time PCR results showed LRRC1 was aberrantly upregulated in 37/56 (66.1 %, more than twofolds) of HCC specimens compared with adjacent non-cancerous livers. Furthermore, the cellular expression of LRRC1 in all HCC cell lines examined exhibited much higher level than that in normal adult liver tissue. Functional analyses revealed that overexpression of LRRC1 promoted, while knockdown of LRRC1 by RNA interference inhibited the growth and colony formation of HCC cells. Importantly, enhanced expression of LRRC1 conferred NIH3T3 cells the ability of cell transformation. In a xenograft tumor model, we found LRRC1 overexpression increased the tumorigenicity of HCC cells. Thus, our collective findings suggest that LRRC1 contributes to HCC development, and may be a potential target for therapeutic intervention in this disease.
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- Yandong Li
- Key Laboratory of Systems Biomedicine (Ministry of Education) of Rui-Jin Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, 197 Rui-Jin II Road, Shanghai, 200025, China
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van der Deen M, Akech J, Lapointe D, Gupta S, Young DW, Montecino MA, Galindo M, Lian JB, Stein JL, Stein GS, van Wijnen AJ. Genomic promoter occupancy of runt-related transcription factor RUNX2 in Osteosarcoma cells identifies genes involved in cell adhesion and motility. J Biol Chem 2011; 287:4503-17. [PMID: 22158627 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m111.287771] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
Abstract
Runt-related transcription factors (RUNX1, RUNX2, and RUNX3) are key lineage-specific regulators of progenitor cell growth and differentiation but also function pathologically as cancer genes that contribute to tumorigenesis. RUNX2 attenuates growth and stimulates maturation of osteoblasts during bone formation but is also robustly expressed in a subset of osteosarcomas, as well as in metastatic breast and prostate tumors. To assess the biological function of RUNX2 in osteosarcoma cells, we examined human genomic promoter interactions for RUNX2 using chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP)-microarray analysis in SAOS-2 cells. Promoter binding of both RUNX2 and RNA polymerase II was compared with gene expression profiles of cells in which RUNX2 was depleted by RNA interference. Many RUNX2-bound loci (1550 of 2339 total) exhibit promoter occupancy by RNA polymerase II and contain the RUNX consensus motif 5'-((T/A/C)G(T/A/C)GG(T/G). Gene ontology analysis indicates that RUNX2 controls components of multiple signaling pathways (e.g. WNT, TGFβ, TNFα, and interleukins), as well as genes linked to cell motility and adhesion (e.g. the focal adhesion-related genes FAK/PTK2 and TLN1). Our results reveal that siRNA depletion of RUNX2, PTK2, or TLN1 diminishes motility of U2OS osteosarcoma cells. Thus, RUNX2 binding to diverse gene loci may support the biological properties of osteosarcoma cells.
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- Margaretha van der Deen
- Dept. of Cell Biology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, 55 Lake Ave. North, Worcester, MA 01655-0106, USA
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