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Wang H, Gan X, Tang Y. Mechanisms of Heavy Metal Cadmium (Cd)-Induced Malignancy. Biol Trace Elem Res 2024:10.1007/s12011-024-04189-2. [PMID: 38683269 DOI: 10.1007/s12011-024-04189-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2023] [Accepted: 04/16/2024] [Indexed: 05/01/2024]
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The environmental pollution of cadmium is worsening, and its significant carcinogenic effects on humans have been confirmed. Cadmium can induce cancer through various signaling pathways, including the ERK/JNK/p38MAPK, PI3K/AKT/mTOR, NF-κB, and Wnt. It can also cause cancer by directly damaging DNA and inhibiting DNA repair systems, or through epigenetic mechanisms such as abnormal DNA methylation, LncRNA, and microRNA. However, the detailed mechanisms of Cd-induced cancer are still not fully understood and require further investigation.
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- Hairong Wang
- School of Public Health, Southwest Medical University, No. 1, Section 1, Xianglin Road, Longmatan District, Luzhou, 646000, China
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- School of Public Health, Southwest Medical University, No. 1, Section 1, Xianglin Road, Longmatan District, Luzhou, 646000, China
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- School of Public Health, Southwest Medical University, No. 1, Section 1, Xianglin Road, Longmatan District, Luzhou, 646000, China.
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Ali Hussein M, Kamalakkannan A, Valinezhad K, Kannan J, Paleati N, Saad R, Kajdacsy-Balla A, Munirathinam G. The dynamic face of cadmium-induced Carcinogenesis: Mechanisms, emerging trends, and future directions. Curr Res Toxicol 2024; 6:100166. [PMID: 38706786 PMCID: PMC11068539 DOI: 10.1016/j.crtox.2024.100166] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2023] [Revised: 03/18/2024] [Accepted: 04/03/2024] [Indexed: 05/07/2024] Open
Abstract
Cadmium (Cd) is a malleable element with odorless, tasteless characteristics that occurs naturally in the earth's crust, underground water, and soil. The most common reasons for the anthropological release of Cd to the environment include industrial metal mining, smelting, battery manufacturing, fertilizer production, and cigarette smoking. Cadmium-containing products may enter the environment as soluble salts, vapor, or particle forms that accumulate in food, soil, water, and air. Several epidemiological studies have highlighted the association between Cd exposure and adverse health outcomes, especially renal toxicity, and the impact of Cd exposure on the development and progression of carcinogenesis. Also highlighted is the evidence for early-life and even maternal exposure to Cd leading to devastating health outcomes, especially the risk of cancer development in adulthood. Several mechanisms have been proposed to explain how Cd mediates carcinogenic transformation, including epigenetic alteration, DNA methylation, histone posttranslational modification, dysregulated non-coding RNA, DNA damage in the form of DNA mutation, strand breaks, and chromosomal abnormalities with double-strand break representing the most common DNA form of damage. Cd induces an indirect genotoxic effect by reducing p53's DNA binding activity, eventually impairing DNA repair, inducing downregulation in the expression of DNA repair genes, which might result in carcinogenic transformation, enhancing lipid peroxidation or evasion of antioxidant interference such as catalase, superoxide dismutase, and glutathione. Moreover, Cd mediates apoptosis evasion, autophagy activation, and survival mechanisms. In this review, we decipher the role of Cd mediating carcinogenic transformation in different models and highlight the interaction between various mechanisms. We also discuss diagnostic markers, therapeutic interventions, and future perspectives.
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- Mohamed Ali Hussein
- Department of Pharmaceutical Services, Children’s Cancer Hospital Egypt, 57357 Cairo, Egypt
- Institute of Global Health and Human Ecology (IGHHE), School of Sciences and Engineering, The American University in Cairo, New Cairo 11835, Egypt
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Illinois, Rockford, IL 61107, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Illinois, Rockford, IL 61107, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Illinois, Rockford, IL 61107, USA
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- Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, College of Undergraduate Studies, Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33328, USA
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- Department of Hematology/Oncology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Illinois, Rockford, IL 61107, USA
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Wang D, Chen S, Shao Y, Deng Y, Huang L. EIF4A3 modulated circ_000999 promotes epithelial-mesenchymal transition in cadmium-induced malignant transformation through the miR-205-5p/ZEB1 axis. ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL 2024; 186:108656. [PMID: 38621321 DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2024.108656] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2023] [Revised: 03/07/2024] [Accepted: 04/10/2024] [Indexed: 04/17/2024]
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Cadmium (Cd) is an accumulative toxic metal which poses a serious threat to human health, even in trace amounts. One of the most important steps in the pathophysiology of lung cancer (LC) is the epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT). In this investigation, a cell malignant transformation model was established by exposing human bronchial epithelial cells (16HBE) to a low dose of Cd for 30 weeks, after which a highly expressed circular RNA (circ_000999) was identified. Cd-induced EMT was clearly observed in rat lungs and 16HBE cells, which was further enhanced following circ_000999-overexpression. Furthermore, upregulated EIF4A3 interacted with the parental gene AGTPBP1 to promote high expression of circ_000999. Subsequent experiments confirmed that circ_000999 could regulate the EMT process by competitively binding miR-205-5p and inhibiting its activity, consequently upregulating expression of zinc finger E-box binding protein 1 (ZEB1). Importantly, the circ_000999 expression level in LC tissues was significantly increased, exhibiting a strong correlation with EMT indicators. Overall, these findings provide a new objective and research direction for reversing lung EMT and subsequent treatment and prevention of LC.
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- Donglei Wang
- School of Public Health, Baotou Medical College, Baotou 014030, Inner Mongolia, China
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- School of Public Health, Baotou Medical College, Baotou 014030, Inner Mongolia, China
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- School of Public Health, Baotou Medical College, Baotou 014030, Inner Mongolia, China
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- School of Public Health, Baotou Medical College, Baotou 014030, Inner Mongolia, China
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- School of Public Health, Baotou Medical College, Baotou 014030, Inner Mongolia, China.
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Wang Z, Liu Z, Wang PS, Lin HP, Rea M, Kondo K, Yang C. Epigenetic downregulation of O 6-methylguanine-DNA methyltransferase contributes to chronic hexavalent chromium exposure-caused genotoxic effect and cell transformation. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2024; 341:122978. [PMID: 37995958 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2023.122978] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2023] [Revised: 10/07/2023] [Accepted: 11/15/2023] [Indexed: 11/25/2023]
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Hexavalent chromium [Cr(VI)] is a common environmental pollutant and chronic exposure to Cr(VI) causes lung cancer and other types of cancer in humans, although the mechanism of Cr(VI) carcinogenesis remains elusive. Cr(VI) has been considered as a genotoxic carcinogen, but accumulating evidence indicates that Cr(VI) also causes various epigenetic toxic effects that play important roles in Cr(VI) carcinogenesis. However, it is not clear how Cr(VI)-caused epigenetic dysregulations contributes to Cr(VI) carcinogenesis. This study investigates whether Cr(VI) epigenetic toxic effect has an impact on its genotoxic effect. It was found that chronic low dose of Cr(VI) exposure time-dependently down-regulates the expression of a critical DNA damage repair protein O6-methylguanine-DNA methyltransferase (MGMT), leading to the increases of the levels of the highly mutagenic and carcinogenic DNA lesion O6-methylguanine (O6-MeG) in human bronchial epithelial BEAS-2B cells. Moreover, the levels of MGMT and O6-MeG in chronic Cr(VI) exposure-caused human lung cancer tissues are also significantly lower and higher than that in the adjacent normal lung tissues, respectively. It was further determined that chronic low dose of Cr(VI) exposure-transformed BEAS-2B cells display impaired DNA damage repair capacity and a high sensitivity to the toxicity of the alkylating chemotherapeutic drug Temozolomide. In contrast, stably overexpressing MGMT in parental BEAS-2B cells reverses chronic low dose of Cr(VI) exposure-caused DNA damage repair deficiency and significantly reduces cell transformation by Cr(VI). Further mechanistical studies revealed that chronic low dose of Cr(VI) exposure down-regulates MGMT expression through epigenetic mechanisms by increasing DNA methylation and histone H3 repressive modifications. Taken together, these findings suggest that epigenetic down-regulation of a crucial DNA damage repair protein MGMT contributes significantly to the genotoxic effect and cell transformation caused by chronic low dose of Cr(VI) exposure.
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- Zhishan Wang
- Stony Brook Cancer Center, Stony Brook University, Lauterbur Drive, Stony Brook, NY 11794, USA; Department of Pathology, Renaissance School of Medicine, Stony Brook University, 101 Nicolls Road, Stony Brook, NY 11794, USA.
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- Stony Brook Cancer Center, Stony Brook University, Lauterbur Drive, Stony Brook, NY 11794, USA
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- Stony Brook Cancer Center, Stony Brook University, Lauterbur Drive, Stony Brook, NY 11794, USA
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- Department of Toxicology and Cancer Biology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40536, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40536, USA
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- Department of Oncological Medical Services, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Tokushima University Graduate School, Tokushima City 770-8509, Japan
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- Stony Brook Cancer Center, Stony Brook University, Lauterbur Drive, Stony Brook, NY 11794, USA; Department of Pathology, Renaissance School of Medicine, Stony Brook University, 101 Nicolls Road, Stony Brook, NY 11794, USA
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Ma Y, Liu H, Shi L. Progress of epigenetic modification of SATB2 gene in the pathogenesis of non-syndromic cleft lip and palate. Asian J Surg 2024; 47:72-76. [PMID: 37852859 DOI: 10.1016/j.asjsur.2023.09.113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2023] [Accepted: 09/22/2023] [Indexed: 10/20/2023] Open
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Non-syndromic Cleft Lip and Palate (NSCLP) is one of the most common congenital craniofacial malformations. However, there is no enough knowledge about its mechanism, even through many relevant studies verify that cleft lip and palate is caused by interactions between environmental and genetic factors. SATB2 gene is one of the most common candidate genes of NSCLP, and the development of epigenetics provides a new direction on pathogenesis of cleft lip and palate. This review summarizes SATB2 gene in the pathogenesis of non-syndromic cleft lip and palate, expecting to provide strategies to prevent and treat cleft and palate in the future.
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- Yang Ma
- Department of Plastic Surgery, Meizhou Clinical Institute of Shantou University Medical College, No 63 Huangtang Road, Meizhou, 514031, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Plastic Surgery and Burn Center, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Shantou University Medical College, North Dongxia Road, Shantou, 515041, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Plastic Surgery, Meizhou Clinical Institute of Shantou University Medical College, No 63 Huangtang Road, Meizhou, 514031, Guangdong, China; Department of Plastic Surgery and Burn Center, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Shantou University Medical College, North Dongxia Road, Shantou, 515041, Guangdong, China.
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Cadmium Activates EGFR/STAT5 Signaling to Overcome Calcium Chelation and Promote Epithelial to Mesenchymal Transition. Biomolecules 2023; 13:biom13010116. [PMID: 36671501 PMCID: PMC9855692 DOI: 10.3390/biom13010116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2022] [Revised: 12/31/2022] [Accepted: 01/04/2023] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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Cadmium (Cd) is a heavy metal found in cigarette smoke, as well as in air and drinking water due to agricultural and industrial activities, and it poses a health risk to the general population. Prolonged low-dose Cd exposure via inhalation or ingestion causes lung and kidney cancers in humans and in animal models. While high doses of Cd exposure are correlated with the occupational setting and are cytotoxic, low doses of Cd are mainly correlated with exposure in the general population and induce carcinogenesis. The mechanism by which Cd-exposed cells overcome calcium chelation and induce malignant transformation remains unclear. This study examines how cells exposed to low doses of Cd survive loss of E-cadherin cell-cell adhesion via activation of the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) and signal transducer and activator of transcription 5 (STAT5), which work to upregulate genes associated with survival and proliferation. To demonstrate the role of Cd in EGFR/STAT5 activation, we exposed two epithelial cell lines, BEAS-2B and HEK293, to two different doses (0.4 µM and 1.6 µM) of Cadmium chloride hemipentahydrate (CdCl2·2.5H2O) that are environmentally relevant to levels of Cd found in food and cigarettes for 24 h (hours) and 9 weeks (wks). When comparing cells treated with Cd with control cells, the Cd treated cells exhibited faster proliferation; therefore, we studied activation of EGFR via the STAT5 pathway using immunofluorescence (IF) for protein expression and localization and, in addition, RT-qPCR to examine changes in EGFR/STAT5 inducible genes. Our results showed an increase in EGFR and phosphorylated EGFR (p-EGFR) protein, with 1.6 µM of Cadmium having the highest expression at both 24-hour (hr) and 9-week (wk) exposures. Moreover, the IF analysis also demonstrated an increase of STAT5 and phosphorylated STAT5 (pSTAT5) in both short-term and long-term exposure, with 0.4 µM having the highest expression at 24 h. Finally, via Western blot analysis, we showed that there was a dose-dependent decrease in E-cadherin protein expression and increased N-cadherin in cells treated with low doses of Cd. These data demonstrate that epithelial cells can overcome Cd-mediated toxicity via activation of EGFR pathway to induce cell proliferation and survival and promote epithelial to mesenchymal transition.
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Zhao L, Islam R, Wang Y, Zhang X, Liu LZ. Epigenetic Regulation in Chromium-, Nickel- and Cadmium-Induced Carcinogenesis. Cancers (Basel) 2022; 14:cancers14235768. [PMID: 36497250 PMCID: PMC9737485 DOI: 10.3390/cancers14235768] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2022] [Revised: 11/17/2022] [Accepted: 11/18/2022] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Environmental and occupational exposure to heavy metals, such as hexavalent chromium, nickel, and cadmium, are major health concerns worldwide. Some heavy metals are well-documented human carcinogens. Multiple mechanisms, including DNA damage, dysregulated gene expression, and aberrant cancer-related signaling, have been shown to contribute to metal-induced carcinogenesis. However, the molecular mechanisms accounting for heavy metal-induced carcinogenesis and angiogenesis are still not fully understood. In recent years, an increasing number of studies have indicated that in addition to genotoxicity and genetic mutations, epigenetic mechanisms play critical roles in metal-induced cancers. Epigenetics refers to the reversible modification of genomes without changing DNA sequences; epigenetic modifications generally involve DNA methylation, histone modification, chromatin remodeling, and non-coding RNAs. Epigenetic regulation is essential for maintaining normal gene expression patterns; the disruption of epigenetic modifications may lead to altered cellular function and even malignant transformation. Therefore, aberrant epigenetic modifications are widely involved in metal-induced cancer formation, development, and angiogenesis. Notably, the role of epigenetic mechanisms in heavy metal-induced carcinogenesis and angiogenesis remains largely unknown, and further studies are urgently required. In this review, we highlight the current advances in understanding the roles of epigenetic mechanisms in heavy metal-induced carcinogenesis, cancer progression, and angiogenesis.
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Albano GD, Montalbano AM, Gagliardo R, Anzalone G, Profita M. Impact of Air Pollution in Airway Diseases: Role of the Epithelial Cells (Cell Models and Biomarkers). Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:2799. [PMID: 35269941 PMCID: PMC8911203 DOI: 10.3390/ijms23052799] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2022] [Revised: 02/18/2022] [Accepted: 02/26/2022] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
Abstract
Biomedical research is multidisciplinary and often uses integrated approaches performing different experimental models with complementary functions. This approach is important to understand the pathogenetic mechanisms concerning the effects of environmental pollution on human health. The biological activity of the substances is investigated at least to three levels using molecular, cellular, and human tissue models. Each of these is able to give specific answers to experimental problems. A scientific approach, using biological methods (wet lab), cell cultures (cell lines or primary), isolated organs (three-dimensional cell cultures of primary epithelial cells), and animal organisms, including the human body, aimed to understand the effects of air pollution on the onset of diseases of the respiratory system. Biological methods are divided into three complementary models: in vitro, ex vivo, and in vivo. In vitro experiments do not require the use of whole organisms (in vivo study), while ex vivo experiments use isolated organs or parts of organs. The concept of complementarity and the informatic support are useful tools to organize, analyze, and interpret experimental data, with the aim of discussing scientific notions with objectivity and rationality in biology and medicine. In this scenario, the integrated and complementary use of different experimental models is important to obtain useful and global information that allows us to identify the effect of inhaled pollutants on the incidence of respiratory diseases in the exposed population. In this review, we focused our attention on the impact of air pollution in airway diseases with a rapid and descriptive analysis on the role of epithelium and on the experimental cell models useful to study the effect of toxicants on epithelial cells.
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- Giusy Daniela Albano
- Institute of Translational Pharmacology, National Research Council of Italy (CNR), 00133 Rome, Italy; (G.D.A.); (A.M.M.); (R.G.)
- Institute for Biomedical Research and Innovation (IRIB), National Research Council of Italy (CNR), 90100 Palermo, Italy;
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- Institute of Translational Pharmacology, National Research Council of Italy (CNR), 00133 Rome, Italy; (G.D.A.); (A.M.M.); (R.G.)
- Institute for Biomedical Research and Innovation (IRIB), National Research Council of Italy (CNR), 90100 Palermo, Italy;
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- Institute of Translational Pharmacology, National Research Council of Italy (CNR), 00133 Rome, Italy; (G.D.A.); (A.M.M.); (R.G.)
- Institute for Biomedical Research and Innovation (IRIB), National Research Council of Italy (CNR), 90100 Palermo, Italy;
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- Institute for Biomedical Research and Innovation (IRIB), National Research Council of Italy (CNR), 90100 Palermo, Italy;
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- Institute of Translational Pharmacology, National Research Council of Italy (CNR), 00133 Rome, Italy; (G.D.A.); (A.M.M.); (R.G.)
- Institute for Biomedical Research and Innovation (IRIB), National Research Council of Italy (CNR), 90100 Palermo, Italy;
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Pan S, Wang Q, Zhang Q, Zhou M, Li L, Zhou X. A novel circular RNA, circPUS7 promotes cadmium-induced transformation of human bronchial epithelial cells by regulating Kirsten rat sarcoma viral oncogene homolog expression via sponging miR-770. Metallomics 2021; 13:6316787. [PMID: 34232319 DOI: 10.1093/mtomcs/mfab043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2021] [Revised: 06/26/2021] [Accepted: 07/03/2021] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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Cadmium is a human carcinogen, which induces cancers by mechanisms that are not fully understood. Induction of oxidative stress, apoptosis resistance, genotoxic effects, and epigenetic modulations have been indicated to regulate cadmium-induced carcinogenesis. Circular RNAs are epigenetic regulators that have been recognized to play essential roles in carcinogenesis. Yet, the involvement of circular RNAs in cadmium carcinogenesis remains unclear. In this study, a novel circular RNA, circPUS7, was identified and described for the first time. CircPUS7 was significantly upregulated at week 12, 16, and 20 during the cadmium-induced transformation of human bronchial epithelial BEAS-2B cells. Knockdown of circPUS7 in cadmium-transformed BEAS-2B (T-BEAS-2B) cells significantly attenuated transformation markers including cell proliferation, migration, invasion, and anchorage-independent growth. Moreover, circPUS7 promoted malignant phenotypes by competitively binding with miR-770. Overexpression of miR-770 significantly inhibited the transformation properties of T-BEAS-2B cells while inhibition of miR-770 potently reversed the inhibitory effects of circPUS7 knockdown in proliferation, migration, invasion, and anchorage-independent growth of the T-BEAS-2B cells. Kirsten rat sarcoma viral oncogene homolog (KRAS), which was increased synchronically with circPUS7 during cadmium-induced cell transformation, was regulated by circPUS7 through sponging miR-770. In summary, our findings demonstrate that circPUS7 promotes cadmium-induced cell transformation through sponging miR-770 to regulate KRAS expression, providing a new perspective with the involvement of circular RNAs to further understand the mechanisms of cadmium carcinogenesis.
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- Shuya Pan
- Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, Key Laboratory of Environment and Health, Ministry of Education, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430030, PR China
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- Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, Key Laboratory of Environment and Health, Ministry of Education, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430030, PR China
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- Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, Key Laboratory of Environment and Health, Ministry of Education, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430030, PR China
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- Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, Key Laboratory of Environment and Health, Ministry of Education, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430030, PR China
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- Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, Key Laboratory of Environment and Health, Ministry of Education, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430030, PR China
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- Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, Key Laboratory of Environment and Health, Ministry of Education, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430030, PR China
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Zhu Y, Chen QY, Jordan A, Sun H, Roy N, Costa M. RUNX2/miR‑31/SATB2 pathway in nickel‑induced BEAS‑2B cell transformation. Oncol Rep 2021; 46:154. [PMID: 34109987 DOI: 10.3892/or.2021.8105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2021] [Accepted: 05/05/2021] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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Nickel (Ni) compounds are classified as Group 1 carcinogens by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) and are known to be carcinogenic to the lungs. In our previous study, special AT‑rich sequence‑binding protein 2 (SATB2) was required for Ni‑induced BEAS‑2B cell transformation. In the present study, a pathway that regulates the expression of SATB2 protein was investigated in Ni‑transformed BEAS‑2B cells using western blotting and RT‑qPCR for expression, and soft agar, migration and invasion assays for cell transformation. Runt‑related transcription factor 2 (RUNX2), a master regulator of osteogenesis and an oncogene, was identified as an upstream regulator for SATB2. Ni induced RUNX2 expression and initiated BEAS‑2B transformation and metastatic potential. Previously, miRNA‑31 was identified as a negative regulator of SATB2 during arsenic‑induced cell transformation, and in the present study it was identified as a downstream target of RUNX2 during carcinogenesis. miR‑31 expression was reduced in Ni‑transformed BEAS‑2B cells, which was required to maintain cancer hallmarks. The expression level of miR‑31 was suppressed by RUNX2 in BEAS‑2B cells, and this increased the expression level of SATB2, initiating cell transformation. Ni caused the repression of miR‑31 by placing repressive marks at its promoter, which in turn increased the expression level of SATB2, leading to cell transformation.
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- Yusha Zhu
- Department of Environmental Medicine, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY 10100, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology and Genetics, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Xi'an Jiaotong University Health Science Center, Xi'an, Shanxi 710000, P.R. China
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- Department of Environmental Medicine, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY 10100, USA
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- Department of Environmental Medicine, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY 10100, USA
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- Department of Environmental Medicine, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY 10100, USA
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- Department of Environmental Medicine, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY 10100, USA
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Choi YH, Huh DA, Moon KW. Joint Effect of Alcohol Drinking and Environmental Cadmium Exposure on Hypertension in Korean Adults: Analysis of Data from the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2008 to 2013. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 2021; 45:548-560. [PMID: 33635568 DOI: 10.1111/acer.14551] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2020] [Accepted: 01/06/2021] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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BACKGROUND Hypertension is a common disease found in 1.13 billion adults worldwide. Several animal studies have provided evidence of the joint effect of alcohol drinking and cadmium exposure on hypertension. However, no epidemiologic study has examined the association between these 2 risk factors and hypertension. Therefore, we examined the individual effects of alcohol drinking and cadmium and the joint effect of their coexposure on hypertension in the general population. METHODS We analyzed data from 8,403 South Korean adults who had been randomly assigned to the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey from 2008 to 2013. Multiple linear and logistic regression analyses were conducted to estimate the association of alcohol drinking and blood cadmium concentration with blood pressure and the odds ratio (OR) for hypertension. RESULTS The weighted prevalence of hypertension and high-risk drinking was 25.7 and 13.6%, respectively. The weighted geometric mean of blood cadmium levels was 0.94 μg/L (95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.93 to 0.96). After adjusting for demographic characteristics, anthropometric measurements, health-related behaviors, and dietary and disease variables, the OR for hypertension in the group with the high-risk alcohol drinking was 1.67 (95% CI: 1.34 to 2.06) compared with the group without high-risk alcohol drinking. When the highest and the lowest blood cadmium quartiles were compared, the OR for hypertension was 1.46 (95% CI: 1.15 to 1.86). The positive joint effect of high-risk drinking and blood cadmium levels was statistically significant for systolic blood pressure (SBP; p = 0.037) and diastolic blood pressure (DBP; p < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS Our results show that heavy alcohol drinking had a joint effect with cadmium exposure to increase the risk of hypertension. Future efforts are needed to reduce alcohol drinking and environmental cadmium exposure to prevent hypertension in the general population.
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- Yun-Hee Choi
- Department of Health and Safety Convergence Science, Korea University, Seoul, Korea.,BK21 FOUR R&E Center for Learning Health System, Korea University, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Health Science, Korea University, Seoul, Korea
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- BK21 FOUR R&E Center for Learning Health System, Korea University, Seoul, Korea.,Department of Health and Environmental Science, Korea University, Seoul, Korea
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Zhou Z, Huang Z, Chen B, Lu Q, Cao L, Chen W. LncRNA-ENST00000446135 is a novel biomarker of cadmium toxicity in 16HBE cells, rats, and Cd-exposed workers and regulates DNA damage and repair. Toxicol Res (Camb) 2020; 9:823-834. [PMID: 33447366 DOI: 10.1093/toxres/tfaa088] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2020] [Revised: 10/07/2020] [Accepted: 10/25/2020] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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Cadmium (Cd) and its compounds are well-known human carcinogens, but the mechanisms underlying the carcinogenesis are not well understood. This study aimed to investigate whether long noncoding RNA (LncRNA)-ENST00000446135 could serve as a novel biomarker of Cd toxicity in cells, animals, and Cd-exposed workers and regulate DNA damage and repair. LncRNA-ENST00000446135 expression increased gradually in cadmium chloride-transformed 16HBE cells. Small interfering RNA-mediated knockdown of LncRNA-ENST00000446135 inhibited the growth of DNA-damaged cells and decreased the expressions of DNA damage-related genes (ATM, ATR, and ATRIP), whereas increased the expressions of DNA repair-related genes (DDB1, DDB2, OGG1, ERCC1, MSH2, XRCC1, and BARD1). Chromatin immunoprecipitation-sequencing showed that MSH2 is a direct transcriptional target of lncRNA-ENST00000446135. Cadmium increased lncRNA-ENST00000446135 expression in the lung of Cd-exposed rats in a dose-dependent manner. A significant positive correlation was observed between blood ENST00000446135 expression and urinary/blood Cd concentrations, and there were significant correlations of LncRNA-ENST00000446135 expression with the DNA damage cell and the expressions of target genes in the lung of Cd-exposed rats and the blood of Cd-exposed workers and significantly correlated with liver and renal function in Cd-exposed workers. These results indicate that the expression of LncRNA-ENST00000446135 is upregulated and may serve as a signature for DNA damage and repair related to the epigenetic mechanisms underlying the cadmium toxicity and become a novel biomarker of cadmium toxicity.
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- Zhiheng Zhou
- Department of General Practice, Shenzhen Futian Second People's Hospital, Shenzhen 518040, China
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- Department of Health Management, Guangzhou Huali Science and Technology Vocational College, Guangzhou 511325, China
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- Department of Chronic Non-communicable Disease Prevention and Control, Futian Hospital for Prevention and Treatment of Chronic Disease, Shenzhen 518048, China
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- Department of Disinsecticidal, Shenzhen Longang District Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Shenzhen 518172, P.R. China
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- Department of Psychology, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, MN 55455, USA
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- Department of General Practice, Shenzhen Futian Second People's Hospital, Shenzhen 518040, China
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Wongsurawat T, Jenjaroenpun P, De Loose A, Alkam D, Ussery DW, Nookaew I, Leung YK, Ho SM, Day JD, Rodriguez A. A novel Cas9-targeted long-read assay for simultaneous detection of IDH1/2 mutations and clinically relevant MGMT methylation in fresh biopsies of diffuse glioma. Acta Neuropathol Commun 2020; 8:87. [PMID: 32563269 PMCID: PMC7305623 DOI: 10.1186/s40478-020-00963-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2020] [Accepted: 06/11/2020] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Molecular biomarkers provide both diagnostic and prognostic results for patients with diffuse glioma, the most common primary brain tumor in adults. Here, we used a long-read nanopore-based sequencing technique to simultaneously assess IDH mutation status and MGMT methylation level in 4 human cell lines and 8 fresh human brain tumor biopsies. Currently, these biomarkers are assayed separately, and results can take days to weeks. We demonstrated the use of nanopore Cas9-targeted sequencing (nCATS) to identify IDH1 and IDH2 mutations within 36 h and compared this approach against currently used clinical methods. nCATS was also able to simultaneously provide high-resolution evaluation of MGMT methylation levels not only at the promoter region, as with currently used methods, but also at CpGs across the proximal promoter region, the entirety of exon 1, and a portion of intron 1. We compared the methylation levels of all CpGs to MGMT expression in all cell lines and tumors and observed a positive correlation between intron 1 methylation and MGMT expression. Finally, we identified single nucleotide variants in 3 target loci. This pilot study demonstrates the feasibility of using nCATS as a clinical tool for cancer precision medicine.
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- Thidathip Wongsurawat
- Department of Biomedical Informatics, College of Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, 72205, USA.
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- Department of Biomedical Informatics, College of Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, 72205, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, College of Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, 72205, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Informatics, College of Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, 72205, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Informatics, College of Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, 72205, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Informatics, College of Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, 72205, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, 72205, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, 72205, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, College of Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, 72205, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, College of Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, 72205, USA.
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Comparative X-ray, vibrational, theoretical and biological studies of new in situ formed [CoLSX]2[CdX4] halogenocadmate(II) complexes containing N-scorpionate ligand. Polyhedron 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.poly.2019.114229] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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The roles of TG-interacting factor in cadmium exposure-promoted invasion and migration of lung cancer cells. Toxicol In Vitro 2019; 61:104630. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tiv.2019.104630] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2019] [Revised: 08/09/2019] [Accepted: 08/18/2019] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Zhang F, Ren L, Zhou S, Duan P, Xue J, Chen H, Feng Y, Yue X, Yuan P, Liu Q, Yang P, Lei Y. Role of B-Cell Lymphoma 2 Ovarian Killer (BOK) in Acute Toxicity of Human Lung Epithelial Cells Caused by Cadmium Chloride. Med Sci Monit 2019; 25:5356-5368. [PMID: 31323016 PMCID: PMC6660808 DOI: 10.12659/msm.913706] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Background B-cell lymphoma 2 (BCL-2) ovarian killer (BOK) is a Bcl-2 family member with sequence homology to pro-apoptotic BAX and BAK, but its physiological and pathological roles remain largely unclear. Exposure of cells to cadmium may cause DNA damage, decrease DNA repair capacity, and increase genomic instability. Material/Methods The present study investigated the effects of BOK on the toxicity of cadmium chloride (CdCl2) to human bronchial epithelial (16HBE) cells. We constructed BOK over-expressing (16HBE-BOK) cells and BOK knockdown (16HBE-shBOK) cells using the BOK-ORF plasmid and BOK-siRNA. qRT-PCR for BOK mRNA expression. We used Trypan blue exclusion assay for cell growth, MTT colorimetric assays for cells inhibition rate, and Comet assays for detecting damaged DNA. Results CdCl2, at various concentrations and exposure times, increased BOK mRNA. 16HBE-BOK cells (BOK over-expressing) proliferated more than 16HBE cells after 72 h; 16HBE-shBOK (BOK knockdown) cells proliferated less. In addition, BOK deficiency enhanced cell death induced by CdCl2. Similarly, CdCl2- and H2O2-induced DNA damage was greater in BOK-deficient cells. Conclusions These findings support a role for BOK in CdCl2-induced DNA damage and cell death.
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- Fang Zhang
- Institute for Chemical Carcinogenesis, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China (mainland)
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- Institute for Chemical Carcinogenesis, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China (mainland)
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- Institute for Chemical Carcinogenesis, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China (mainland)
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- Institute for Chemical Carcinogenesis, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China (mainland)
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- Institute of Toxicology, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China (mainland)
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- Institute for Chemical Carcinogenesis, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China (mainland)
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- Institute for Chemical Carcinogenesis, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China (mainland)
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- Institute for Chemical Carcinogenesis, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China (mainland)
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- Institute for Chemical Carcinogenesis, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China (mainland)
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- Institute of Toxicology, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China (mainland)
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- Institute for Chemical Carcinogenesis, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China (mainland)
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- Institute for Chemical Carcinogenesis, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China (mainland)
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Zhang RK, Wang P, Lu YC, Lang L, Wang L, Lee SC. Cadmium induces cell centrosome amplification via reactive oxygen species as well as endoplasmic reticulum stress pathway. J Cell Physiol 2019; 234:18230-18248. [DOI: 10.1002/jcp.28455] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2018] [Revised: 02/06/2019] [Accepted: 02/14/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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- Rui Kai Zhang
- Department of Biology, School of Life Sciences Shanxi University Taiyuan Shanxi People's Republic of China
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- Department of Biology, School of Life Sciences Shanxi University Taiyuan Shanxi People's Republic of China
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- Department of Biology, School of Life Sciences Shanxi University Taiyuan Shanxi People's Republic of China
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- Department of Biology, School of Life Sciences Shanxi University Taiyuan Shanxi People's Republic of China
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- Department of Biology, School of Life Sciences Shanxi University Taiyuan Shanxi People's Republic of China
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- Department of Biology, School of Life Sciences Shanxi University Taiyuan Shanxi People's Republic of China
- Department of Biology, School of Life Sciences Jiangsu Normal University Xuzhou Jiangsu People's Republic of China
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Zhang L, Huang Y, Ling J, Zhuo W, Yu Z, Luo Y, Zhu Y. Is Integrin Subunit Alpha 2 Expression a Prognostic Factor for Liver Carcinoma? A Validation Experiment Based on Bioinformatics Analysis. Pathol Oncol Res 2018; 25:1545-1552. [PMID: 30515639 DOI: 10.1007/s12253-018-0551-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2017] [Accepted: 11/16/2018] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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ITGA2 (Integrin alpha-2) has been detected to be over-expressed in a number of cancers and has been suggested to be involved in cell adhesion and cell-surface mediated signaling. Our previous study using bioinformatic analyses has shown that ITGA2 might be a key gene being involved in the Cadmium-induced malignant transformation of liver cells. In the present study, we firstly aimed to learn the possible functions of ITGA2 via bioinformatics analysis, and then test its expression and clinical significance in liver carcinoma specimens through laboratory experiments. Gene ontology (GO) and pathway enrichment analysis, as well as protein-protein interaction (PPI) analysis has been conducted in Genecards. Then, a tissue microarray containing 90 cases of liver cancer and 90 paired adjacent non-cancerous samples was used for detection of ITGA2 expression by immunohistochemistry assay. Consequently, ITGA2 may be enriched in pathways regarding cell adhesion and migration. PPI analysis suggests that ITGA1, ITGB2, FLT4, LAMB1 and AGRN may have a close relationship with ITGA2. No association between ITGA2 expression and clinical parameters was observed. However, the data showed that ITGA2 might be an independent prognostic factor for liver cancer patients. In conclusion, the data suggest that ITGA2 over-expression might be a potential unfavorable prognostic factor and a potential therapeutic target for liver carcinoma.
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- Liang Zhang
- College of food science and nutritional engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China.,Institute of Cancer, Xinqiao Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Affiliated hospital of Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, China
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- Institute of Cancer, Xinqiao Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China
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- Institute of Cancer, Xinqiao Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China
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- College of food science and nutritional engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- College of food science and nutritional engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- College of food science and nutritional engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China.
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Chen QY, Li J, Sun H, Wu F, Zhu Y, Kluz T, Jordan A, DesMarais T, Zhang X, Murphy A, Costa M. Role of miR-31 and SATB2 in arsenic-induced malignant BEAS-2B cell transformation. Mol Carcinog 2018; 57:968-977. [PMID: 29603397 DOI: 10.1002/mc.22817] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2017] [Revised: 03/22/2018] [Accepted: 03/27/2018] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Arsenic is a naturally occurring and highly potent metalloid known to elicit serious public health concerns. Today, approximately 200 million people around the globe are exposed to arsenic-contaminated drinking water at levels greater than the World Health Organization's recommended limit of 10 parts per billion. As a class I human carcinogen, arsenic exposure is known to elicit various cancers, including lung, skin, liver, and kidney. Current evidence suggests that arsenic is capable of inducing both genotoxic and cytotoxic injury, as well as activating epigenetic pathways to induce carcinogenesis. Our study identifies a novel pathway that is implicated in arsenic-induced carcinogenesis. Arsenic down-regulated miRNA-31 and the release of this inhibition caused overexpression of special AT-rich sequence-binding protein 2 (SATB2). Arsenic is known to disrupt miRNA expression, and here we report for the first time that arsenic is capable of inhibiting miR-31 expression. As a direct downstream target of miR-31, SATB2 is a prominent transcription factor, and nuclear matrix binding protein implicated in many types of human diseases including lung cancer. Results from this study show that arsenic induces the overexpressing SATB2 by inhibiting miR-31 expression, which blocks the translation of SATB2 mRNA, since levels of SATB2 mRNA remain the same but protein levels decrease. Overexpression of SATB2 induces malignant transformation of human bronchial epithelial (BEAS-2B) cells indicating the importance of the expression of miR-31 in preventing carcinogenesis by suppressing SATB2 protein levels.
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- Qiao Yi Chen
- Department of Environmental Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York
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- Brain and Cognitive Dysfunction Research Center, School of Medicine, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.,Hubei Province Key Laboratory of Occupational Hazard Identification and Control, Medical college, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Environmental Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York
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- Department of Environmental Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York
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- Department of Environmental Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York
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- Department of Environmental Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York
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- Department of Environmental Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York
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- Department of Environmental Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York
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- Department of Environmental Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York
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- Department of Environmental Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York
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- Department of Environmental Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York
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Chen QY, Costa M. Oncogenic and tumor suppressive roles of special AT-rich sequence-binding protein. J Carcinog 2018; 17:2. [PMID: 30123095 PMCID: PMC6071479 DOI: 10.4103/jcar.jcar_8_17] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2017] [Accepted: 12/28/2017] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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In recent years, research efforts have been centered on the functional roles of special AT-rich sequence-binding protein (SATB2) in cancer development. Existing studies differ in the types of tumor tissues and cell lines used, resulting in mixed results, which hinder the clear understanding of whether SATB2 acts as a tumor suppressor or promoter. Literature search for this review consisted of a basic search on PubMed using keywords "SATB2" and "special AT-rich sequence-binding protein 2." Each article was then selected for further examination based on relevance of the title. In consideration to possible missing data from a primary PubMed search, after coding for relevant information, articles listed in the references section were filtered for further review. The current literature suggests that SATB2 can act both as a tumor suppressor and as a promoter since it can be regulated by multiple factors and is able to target different downstream genes in various types of cancer cell lines as well as tissues. Future studies should focus on its contradictory roles in different types of tumors. This paper provides a comprehensive review of currently available research on the role of SATB2 in different cancer cells and tissues and may provide some insight into the contradictory roles of SATB2 in cancer development.
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- Qiao Yi Chen
- Department of Environmental Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, NY, USA
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- Department of Environmental Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, NY, USA
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In vitro studies on the tumorigenic potential of the halonitromethanes trichloronitromethane and bromonitromethane. Toxicol In Vitro 2017; 45:72-80. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tiv.2017.08.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2017] [Revised: 06/22/2017] [Accepted: 08/21/2017] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Chen QY, Costa M. A comprehensive review of metal-induced cellular transformation studies. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 2017; 331:33-40. [DOI: 10.1016/j.taap.2017.05.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2017] [Revised: 04/30/2017] [Accepted: 05/05/2017] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Single-cell RNA sequencing reveals an altered gene expression pattern as a result of CRISPR/cas9-mediated deletion of Gene 33/Mig6 and chronic exposure to hexavalent chromium in human lung epithelial cells. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 2017; 330:30-39. [PMID: 28688920 DOI: 10.1016/j.taap.2017.07.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2017] [Revised: 06/30/2017] [Accepted: 07/04/2017] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Gene 33 (Mig6, ERRFI1) is an adaptor protein with multiple cellular functions. We recently reported that depletion of this protein promotes lung epithelial cell transformation induced by hexavalent chromium [Cr(VI)]. However, the early molecular events that mediate this process are not clear. In the present study, we used single-cell RNA sequencing to compare gene expression profiles between BEAS-2B lung epithelial cells chronically exposed to a sublethal dose of Cr(VI) with or without CRISPR/cas9-mediated deletion of Gene 33. Our data reveal 83 differentially expressed genes. The most notable changes are genes associated with cell adhesion, oxidative stresses, protein ubiquitination, epithelial-mesenchymal transition/metastasis, and WNT signaling. Up-regulation of some neuro-specific genes is also evident, particularly ubiquitin carboxyl-terminal hydrolase L1 (UCHL1), a deubiquitinase and potential biomarker for lung cancer. Gene 33 deletion and/or Cr(VI) exposure did not cause discernable changes in cell morphology. However, Gene 33 deletion led to a modest but significant reduction of cells in the G2/M phase of the cell cycle regardless of Cr(VI) exposure. Gene 33 deletion also significantly reduced cell proliferation. Interestingly, Cr(VI) exposure eliminated the difference in cell proliferation between the two genotypes. Gene 33 deletion also significantly elevated cell migration. Our data indicate that combined Gene 33 deletion and chronic Cr(VI) exposure produces a gene expression pattern and a phenotype resemble those of the transformed lung epithelial cells. Given the known association of UCHL1 with lung cancer, we propose that UCHL1 is an important player in the early stage of lung epithelial cell transformation and tumorigenesis.
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Pal D, Suman S, Kolluru V, Sears S, Das TP, Alatassi H, Ankem MK, Freedman JH, Damodaran C. Inhibition of autophagy prevents cadmium-induced prostate carcinogenesis. Br J Cancer 2017; 117:56-64. [PMID: 28588318 PMCID: PMC5520206 DOI: 10.1038/bjc.2017.143] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2017] [Revised: 04/20/2017] [Accepted: 04/25/2017] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Cadmium, an established carcinogen, is a risk factor for prostate cancer. Induction of autophagy is a prerequisite for cadmium-induced transformation and metastasis. The ability of Psoralidin (Pso), a non-toxic, orally bioavailable compound to inhibit cadmium-induced autophagy to prevent prostate cancer was investigated. METHODS Psoralidin was studied using cadmium-transformed prostate epithelial cells (CTPE), which exhibit high proliferative, invasive and colony forming abilities. Gene and protein expression were evaluated by qPCR, western blot, immunohistochemistry and immunofluorescence. Xenograft models were used to study the chemopreventive effects in vivo. RESULTS Cadmium-transformed prostate epithelial cells were treated with Pso resulting in growth inhibition, without causing toxicity to normal prostate epithelial cells (RWPE-1). Psoralidin-treatment of CTPE cells inhibited the expression of Placenta Specific 8, a lysosomal protein essential for autophagosome and autolysosome fusion, which resulted in growth inhibition. Additionally, Pso treatment caused decreased expression of pro-survival signalling proteins, NFκB and Bcl2, and increased expression of apoptotic genes. In vivo, Pso effectively suppressed CTPE xenografts growth, without any observable toxicity. Tumours from Pso-treated animals showed decreased autophagic morphology, mesenchymal markers expression and increased epithelial protein expression. CONCLUSIONS These results confirm that inhibition of autophagy by Pso plays an important role in the chemoprevention of cadmium-induced prostate carcinogenesis.
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- Deeksha Pal
- Department of Urology, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY 40202, USA
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- Department of Urology, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY 40202, USA
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- Department of Urology, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY 40202, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology &Toxicology, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY 40202, USA
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- Department of Urology, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY 40202, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY 40202, USA
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- Department of Urology, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY 40202, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology &Toxicology, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY 40202, USA
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- Department of Urology, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY 40202, USA
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A Tox21 Approach to Altered Epigenetic Landscapes: Assessing Epigenetic Toxicity Pathways Leading to Altered Gene Expression and Oncogenic Transformation In Vitro. Int J Mol Sci 2017; 18:ijms18061179. [PMID: 28587163 PMCID: PMC5486002 DOI: 10.3390/ijms18061179] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2017] [Revised: 05/19/2017] [Accepted: 05/22/2017] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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An emerging vision for toxicity testing in the 21st century foresees in vitro assays assuming the leading role in testing for chemical hazards, including testing for carcinogenicity. Toxicity will be determined by monitoring key steps in functionally validated molecular pathways, using tests designed to reveal chemically-induced perturbations that lead to adverse phenotypic endpoints in cultured human cells. Risk assessments would subsequently be derived from the causal in vitro endpoints and concentration vs. effect data extrapolated to human in vivo concentrations. Much direct experimental evidence now shows that disruption of epigenetic processes by chemicals is a carcinogenic mode of action that leads to altered gene functions playing causal roles in cancer initiation and progression. In assessing chemical safety, it would therefore be advantageous to consider an emerging class of carcinogens, the epigenotoxicants, with the ability to change chromatin and/or DNA marks by direct or indirect effects on the activities of enzymes (writers, erasers/editors, remodelers and readers) that convey the epigenetic information. Evidence is reviewed supporting a strategy for in vitro hazard identification of carcinogens that induce toxicity through disturbance of functional epigenetic pathways in human somatic cells, leading to inactivated tumour suppressor genes and carcinogenesis. In the context of human cell transformation models, these in vitro pathway measurements ensure high biological relevance to the apical endpoint of cancer. Four causal mechanisms participating in pathways to persistent epigenetic gene silencing were considered: covalent histone modification, nucleosome remodeling, non-coding RNA interaction and DNA methylation. Within these four interacting mechanisms, 25 epigenetic toxicity pathway components (SET1, MLL1, KDM5, G9A, SUV39H1, SETDB1, EZH2, JMJD3, CBX7, CBX8, BMI, SUZ12, HP1, MPP8, DNMT1, DNMT3A, DNMT3B, TET1, MeCP2, SETDB2, BAZ2A, UHRF1, CTCF, HOTAIR and ANRIL) were found to have experimental evidence showing that functional perturbations played “driver” roles in human cellular transformation. Measurement of epigenotoxicants presents challenges for short-term carcinogenicity testing, especially in the high-throughput modes emphasized in the Tox21 chemicals testing approach. There is need to develop and validate in vitro tests to detect both, locus-specific, and genome-wide, epigenetic alterations with causal links to oncogenic cellular phenotypes. Some recent examples of cell-based high throughput chemical screening assays are presented that have been applied or have shown potential for application to epigenetic endpoints.
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Miura S, Himaki T, Takahashi J, Iwahashi H. THE ROLE OF TRANSCRIPTOMICS: PHYSIOLOGICAL EQUIVALENCE BASED ON GENE EXPRESSION PROFILES. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2017. [DOI: 10.7831/ras.5.21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Shiori Miura
- The United Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Gifu University
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- The United Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Gifu University
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- Biomedical Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
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- The United Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Gifu University
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