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La Cognata V, D’Amico AG, Maugeri G, Morello G, Guarnaccia M, Magrì B, Aronica E, Alkon DL, D’Agata V, Cavallaro S. The ε-Isozyme of Protein Kinase C (PKCε) Is Impaired in ALS Motor Cortex and Its Pulse Activation by Bryostatin-1 Produces Long Term Survival in Degenerating SOD1-G93A Motor Neuron-like Cells. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:12825. [PMID: 37629005 PMCID: PMC10454105 DOI: 10.3390/ijms241612825] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2023] [Revised: 08/12/2023] [Accepted: 08/14/2023] [Indexed: 08/27/2023] Open
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Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a rapidly progressive and ultimately fatal neurodegenerative disease, characterized by a progressive depletion of upper and lower motor neurons (MNs) in the brain and spinal cord. The aberrant regulation of several PKC-mediated signal transduction pathways in ALS has been characterized so far, describing either impaired expression or altered activity of single PKC isozymes (α, β, ζ and δ). Here, we detailed the distribution and cellular localization of the ε-isozyme of protein kinase C (PKCε) in human postmortem motor cortex specimens and reported a significant decrease in both PKCε mRNA (PRKCE) and protein immunoreactivity in a subset of sporadic ALS patients. We furthermore investigated the steady-state levels of both pan and phosphorylated PKCε in doxycycline-activated NSC-34 cell lines carrying the human wild-type (WT) or mutant G93A SOD1 and the biological long-term effect of its transient agonism by Bryostatin-1. The G93A-SOD1 cells showed a significant reduction of the phosphoPKCε/panPKCε ratio compared to the WT. Moreover, a brief pulse activation of PKCε by Bryostatin-1 produced long-term survival in activated G93A-SOD1 degenerating cells in two different cell death paradigms (serum starvation and chemokines-induced toxicity). Altogether, the data support the implication of PKCε in ALS pathophysiology and suggests its pharmacological modulation as a potential neuroprotective strategy, at least in a subgroup of sporadic ALS patients.
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Affiliation(s)
- Valentina La Cognata
- Institute for Biomedical Research and Innovation, National Research Council, 95126 Catania, Italy
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- Section of Human Anatomy and Histology, Department of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, University of Catania, 95123 Catania, Italy
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- Section of Human Anatomy and Histology, Department of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, University of Catania, 95123 Catania, Italy
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- Institute for Biomedical Research and Innovation, National Research Council, 95126 Catania, Italy
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- Institute for Biomedical Research and Innovation, National Research Council, 95126 Catania, Italy
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- Section of Human Anatomy and Histology, Department of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, University of Catania, 95123 Catania, Italy
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- Department of (Neuro) Pathology, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Meibergdreef 9, 1105 Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Section of Human Anatomy and Histology, Department of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, University of Catania, 95123 Catania, Italy
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- Institute for Biomedical Research and Innovation, National Research Council, 95126 Catania, Italy
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Pan X, Wu Y, Peng H, Cai X, Hu Z, Lin X, Peng XE. Genome-wide DNA methylation profiling in nonalcoholic fatty liver reveals predictive aberrant methylation in PRKCE and SEC14L3 promoters. Dig Liver Dis 2022; 54:521-528. [PMID: 34108094 DOI: 10.1016/j.dld.2021.05.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2021] [Revised: 05/06/2021] [Accepted: 05/07/2021] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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BACKGROUND Optimal non-invasive biomarkers for diagnosis and treatment of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) remain to be identified. AIMS To identify potential DNA methylation biomarkers for NAFLD. METHODS Genome-wide DNA methylation profiling was performed to identify differentially methylated CpG sites in peripheral blood leukocytes. Differentially methylated regions were validated using the MassCLEAVE assay. The expression levels of candidate genes were explored by Gene Expression Omnibus database. RESULTS The hypomethylation of PRKCE CpG 4.5 and CpG 18.19 was associated with nonalcoholic fatty liver (NAFL), the odds ratio (OR) and 95% confidence interval (CI) were 0.129 (0.026-0.639) and 0.231 (0.069-0.768). The methylation level of CpG 1.2 and average methylation level of SEC14L3 were correlated with NAFL, with OR (95% CI) being 0.283 (0.093-0.865) and 0.264 (0.087-0.799). PRKCE CpG 4.5 and cg17802464 of SEC14L3 were correlated with body mass index, waist circumference, total triglyceride, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, alanine aminotransferase and aspartate aminotransferase. All selected datasets showed high expression levels of PRKCE and SEC14L3 in patients with NAFLD. CONCLUSIONS Our findings suggest that the hypomethylation of PRKCE and SEC14L3 promoters represent attractive biomarkers for NAFLD. Further studies are warranted to validate these biomarkers as molecular tools for diagnosis of NAFLD and therapeutic targets.
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- Xinting Pan
- Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Environment Factors and Cancer, School of Public Health, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, PR China; The United Innovation of Mengchao Hepatobiliary Technology Key Laboratory of Fujian Province, Mengchao Hepatobiliary Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education for Gastrointestinal Cancer, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, PR China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Environment Factors and Cancer, School of Public Health, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, PR China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Environment Factors and Cancer, School of Public Health, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, PR China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Environment Factors and Cancer, School of Public Health, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education for Gastrointestinal Cancer, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, PR China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Environment Factors and Cancer, School of Public Health, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, PR China; Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education for Gastrointestinal Cancer, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, PR China.
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Liu Y, Wen C, Zhang Y, Liu Z, He Q, Cui M, Peng H, Wang Y, Zhang X, Li X, Wang Q. Aberrant expression of SNHG12 contributes to N, N-dimethylformamide-induced hepatic apoptosis both in short-term and long-term DMF exposure. Toxicol Res (Camb) 2021; 10:1022-1033. [PMID: 34733487 DOI: 10.1093/toxres/tfab088] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2021] [Revised: 07/20/2021] [Accepted: 08/08/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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N, N-Dimethylformamide (DMF) can cause liver damage in occupationally exposed workers, but the molecular mechanism of DMF-induced liver damage has not been fully elucidated. Researches have proved that lncRNA plays a major function in chemical-induced liver toxicity and can be used as a biomarker and therapeutic target for liver injury. In order to verify that lncRNA also participates in DMF-induced liver damage, we treated HL-7702 cells with 75 or 150 mM DMF, and obtained lncRNA expression profiles through high-throughput sequencing. Among the differentially expressed lncRNAs, lncRNA SNHG12 was proved to be significantly downregulated in DMF-treated HL-7702 cells and participate in DMF-mediated apoptosis, even under long-term low-dose DMF exposure (5-10 mM, 8 weeks). In addition, according to bioinformatics analysis, miR-218-5p is expected to be a potential target of SNHG12, which was verified by the dual luciferase reporter assay in HEK293FT cells. MiR-218-5p mimic can induce apoptosis in HL-7702 cells. Among the predicted targets of miR-218-5p, protein kinase C epsilon (PRKCE) was reported to be involved in apoptosis, and was indeed downregulated by miR-218-5p mimic in our study. Further experiments showed that changes of the expression of SNHG12 can affect the expression of PRKCE. In the epidemiological study of occupational population, we also found that SNHG12 was downregulated in the serum exosomes of workers exposed to DMF. These results indicated that SNHG12 can mediate DMF-induced apoptosis of HL-7702 cells through miR-218-5p/PRKCE pathway.
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- Ye Liu
- School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510080, China
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- Guangdong Province Hospital for Occupational Disease Prevention and Treatment, Guangzhou 510300, China
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- School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510080, China
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- School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510080, China
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- School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510080, China
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- School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510080, China
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- School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510080, China
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- School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510080, China
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- School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510080, China
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- Guangdong Province Hospital for Occupational Disease Prevention and Treatment, Guangzhou 510300, China
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- School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510080, China
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Zhang GF, Wu JC, Wang HY, Jiang WD, Qiu L. Overexpression of microRNA-205-5p exerts suppressive effects on stem cell drug resistance in gallbladder cancer by down-regulating PRKCE. Biosci Rep 2020; 40:BSR20194509. [PMID: 32869841 DOI: 10.1042/BSR20194509] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2020] [Revised: 08/06/2020] [Accepted: 08/13/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Some microRNAs (miRs or miRNAs) have been reported to function as tumor suppressors in gallbladder cancer (GBC). However, the specific effect of miR-205-5p on GBC remains unclear. The objective of the present study was to unravel the effects of miR-205-5p on the drug resistance in GBC. For this purpose, the expression of miR-205-5p and protein kinase C ϵ (PRKCE) was quantified in the peripheral blood sample harvested from GBC patients and healthy volunteers. Then the relationship between miR-205-5p and PRKCE was validated. After isolating the GBC stem cells, ectopic expression and depletion experiments were conducted to analyze the effect of miR-205-5p and PRKCE on cell proliferation, drug resistance, apoptosis, and colony formation rate as well as the expression of apoptotic factors (Bcl-2-associated X protein (Bax), B-cell lymphoma 2 (Bcl-2), and cleaved caspase 3). Finally, the mouse xenograft model of GBC was established to verify the function of miR-205-5p in vivo. Intriguingly, our results manifested that miR-205-5p was down-regulated, while PRKCE was up-regulated in peripheral blood samples and stem cells of patients with GBC. Moreover, miR-205-5p targeted PRKCE and negatively regulated its expression. The overexpression of miR-205-5p or silencing of PRKCE inhibited the drug resistance, proliferation, and colony formation rate while promoting apoptosis of GBC stem cells. Additionally, the overexpression of miR-205-5p attenuated drug resistance to gemcitabine but promoted the gemcitabine-induced cell apoptosis by inhibiting the PRKCE in vivo. Overall, an intimate correlation between miR-205-5p and PRKCE is a key determinant of drug resistance of GBC stem cells, thus, suggesting a novel miR-205-5p-based clinical intervention target for GBC patients.
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Zhang X, Li D, Li M, Ye M, Ding L, Cai H, Fu D, Lv Z. MicroRNA-146a targets PRKCE to modulate papillary thyroid tumor development. Int J Cancer 2013; 134:257-67. [PMID: 23457043 DOI: 10.1002/ijc.28141] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2012] [Accepted: 02/14/2013] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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MicroRNAs are single-stranded noncoding RNAs composed of approximately 22 nucleotides that suppress gene expression by selectively binding via base-pairing to the complementary 3'-untranslated region (3'-UTR) of messenger RNA transcripts. Protein kinase C epsilon (PKCε) is an important modulating member of the transducing Ras/Raf-1 signal pathway; a computational search revealed miR-146a putatively binds to the 3'-UTR of the PRKCE gene, and thus decreasing PKCε expression. Moreover, PKCε inhibits mitochondrial apoptosis and is associated with the Bcl family. However, it has been previously reported that miR-146a expression in papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) is slightly elevated. Thus, we hypothesized that because miR-146a expression depends on nuclear factor kappaB (NF-κB) activation and NF-κB expression is elevated in PTC, miR-146a is potentially upregulated in PTC via negative feedback of NF-κB, and thus suppressing PKCε expression. In our study, we investigated whether overexpression of miR-146a, a tumor-suppressing-miR, in PTC cells decreases cell survival and induces apoptosis. Luciferase reporter assay analysis confirmed the direct binding of miR-146a and PRKCE 3'-UTR. Specific overexpression of exogenous miR-146a significantly decreased PKCε levels in PTC cell line NPA-187 and increased apoptosis. Additionally, using stably expressing miR-146a thyroid carcinoma cells to establish subcutaneous tumors, the tumor growth exhibited significant inhibition. Our study confirmed the tumor-suppressing role of miR-146a in thyroid carcinoma cells and contributes to the knowledge regarding modulation of Ras/Raf-1 signal transduction and apoptosis via PKCε targeted by miR-146a in PTC; moreover, our findings confirmed that miR-146a is involved in the feedback system of the classical NF-κB signal pathway in PTC.
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- Xiaoping Zhang
- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Shanghai 10th People's Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
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