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Liu S, Chen X, Zhang L, Lu B. CPT1A mediates the succinylation of SP5 which activates transcription of PDPK1 to promote the viability and glycolysis of prostate cancer cells. Cancer Biol Ther 2024; 25:2329372. [PMID: 38494680 PMCID: PMC10950282 DOI: 10.1080/15384047.2024.2329372] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2023] [Accepted: 03/07/2024] [Indexed: 03/19/2024] Open
Abstract
Succinylation modification involves in the progression of human cancers. The present study aimed to investigate the role of CPT1A, which is a succinyltransferase in the progression of prostate cancer (PCa). CCK-8 was used to detect the cell viability. Seahorse was performed to evaluate the cell glycolysis. Luciferase assay was used to detect the transcriptional regulation. ChIP was performed to assess the binding between transcriptional factors with the promoters. Co-IP was used to assess the binding between proteins. We found that CPT1A was highly expressed in PCa tissues and cell lines. Silencing of CPT1A inhibited the viability and glycolysis of PCa cells. Mechanistically, CPT1A promoted the succinylation of SP5, which strengthened the binding between SP5 and the promoter of PDPK1. SP5 activated PDPK1 transcription and PDPK1 activated the AKT/mTOR signal pathway. These findings might provide novel targets for the diagnosis or therapy of prostate cancer.
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- Shufeng Liu
- Medical Department, Xiangyang Integrated Traditional and Western Medicine Hospital, Xiangyang, Hubei, China
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- Urology Department, Xiangyang Integrated Traditional and Western Medicine Hospital, Xiangyang, Hubei, China
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- Laboratory Department, Xiangyang Integrated Traditional and Western Medicine Hospital, Xiangyang, Hubei, China
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- Laboratory Department, Xiangyang Integrated Traditional and Western Medicine Hospital, Xiangyang, Hubei, China
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Streeter SA, Williams AG, Evans JR, Wang J, Guarnaccia AD, Florian AC, Al-Tobasei R, Liu Q, Tansey WP, Weissmiller AM. Mitotic gene regulation by the N-MYC-WDR5-PDPK1 nexus. BMC Genomics 2024; 25:360. [PMID: 38605297 PMCID: PMC11007937 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-024-10282-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 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: 10/15/2023] [Accepted: 04/03/2024] [Indexed: 04/13/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND During mitosis the cell depends on proper attachment and segregation of replicated chromosomes to generate two identical progeny. In cancers defined by overexpression or dysregulation of the MYC oncogene this process becomes impaired, leading to genomic instability and tumor evolution. Recently it was discovered that the chromatin regulator WDR5-a critical MYC cofactor-regulates expression of genes needed in mitosis through a direct interaction with the master kinase PDPK1. However, whether PDPK1 and WDR5 contribute to similar mitotic gene regulation in MYC-overexpressing cancers remains unclear. Therefore, to characterize the influence of WDR5 and PDPK1 on mitotic gene expression in cells with high MYC levels, we performed a comparative transcriptomic analysis in neuroblastoma cell lines defined by MYCN-amplification, which results in high cellular levels of the N-MYC protein. RESULTS Using RNA-seq analysis, we identify the genes regulated by N-MYC and PDPK1 in multiple engineered CHP-134 neuroblastoma cell lines and compare them to previously published gene expression data collected in CHP-134 cells following inhibition of WDR5. We find that as expected N-MYC regulates a multitude of genes, including those related to mitosis, but that PDPK1 regulates specific sets of genes involved in development, signaling, and mitosis. Analysis of N-MYC- and PDPK1-regulated genes reveals a small group of commonly controlled genes associated with spindle pole formation and chromosome segregation, which overlap with genes that are also regulated by WDR5. We also find that N-MYC physically interacts with PDPK1 through the WDR5-PDPK1 interaction suggesting regulation of mitotic gene expression may be achieved through a N-MYC-WDR5-PDPK1 nexus. CONCLUSIONS Overall, we identify a small group of genes highly enriched within functional gene categories related to mitotic processes that are commonly regulated by N-MYC, WDR5, and PDPK1 and suggest that a tripartite interaction between the three regulators may be responsible for setting the level of mitotic gene regulation in N-MYC amplified cell lines. This study provides a foundation for future studies to determine the exact mechanism by which N-MYC, WDR5, and PDPK1 converge on cell cycle related processes.
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- Sarah A Streeter
- Department of Biology, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN, 37132, USA
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- Department of Biology, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN, 37132, USA
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- Department of Biology, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN, 37132, USA
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- Center for Quantitative Sciences, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, 37232, USA
- Department of Biostatistics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, 37203, USA
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, 37240, USA
- Department of Discovery Oncology, Genentech Inc, South San Francisco, CA, 94080, USA
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, 37240, USA
- Department of Biology, Belmont University, Nashville, TN, 37212, USA
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- Department of Computer Science, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN, 32132, USA
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- Center for Quantitative Sciences, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, 37232, USA
- Department of Biostatistics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, 37203, USA
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, 37240, USA
- Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, 37240, USA
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- Department of Biology, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN, 37132, USA.
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Wu K, Wu B, Yan K, Ding Q, Miao Z. KLK10 promotes the progression of KRAS mutant colorectal cancer via PAR1-PDK1-AKT signaling pathway. Cell Biol Int 2024; 48:440-449. [PMID: 38115179 DOI: 10.1002/cbin.12113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2023] [Revised: 12/05/2023] [Accepted: 12/09/2023] [Indexed: 12/21/2023]
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Kirsten rat sarcoma virus (KRAS) gene mutation is common in colorectal cancer (CRC) and is often predictive of treatment failure and poor prognosis. To understand the mechanism, we compared the transcriptome of CRC patients with wild-type and mutant KRAS and found that KRAS mutation is associated with the overexpression of a secreted serine protease, kallikrein-related peptidase 10 (KLK10). Moreover, using in vitro and in vivo models, we found that KLK10 overexpression favors the rapid growth and liver metastasis of KRAS mutant CRC and can also impair the efficacy of KRAS inhibitors, leading to drug resistance and poor survival. Further functional assays revealed that the oncogenic role of KLK10 is mediated by protease-activated receptor 1 (PAR1). KLK10 cleaves and activates PAR1, which further activates 3-phosphoinositide-dependent kinase 1 (PDK1)-AKT oncogenic pathway. Notably, suppressing PAR1-PDK1-AKT cascade via KLK10 knockdown can effectively inhibit CRC progression and improve the sensitivity to KRAS inhibitor, providing a promising therapeutic strategy. Taken together, our study showed that KLK10 promotes the progression of KRAS mutant CRC via activating PAR1-PDK1-AKT signaling pathway. These findings expanded our knowledge of CRC development, especially in the setting of KRAS mutation, and also provided novel targets for clinical intervention.
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- Kun Wu
- Department of Abdominal Surgery, Jiangxi Cancer Hospital, Nanchang, Jiangxi, China
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- Department of General Surgery, Shangrao Municipal Hospital, Shangrao, Jiangxi, China
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- Department of Abdominal Surgery, Jiangxi Cancer Hospital, Nanchang, Jiangxi, China
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- Department of Abdominal Surgery, Jiangxi Cancer Hospital, Nanchang, Jiangxi, China
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- Department of Abdominal Surgery, Jiangxi Cancer Hospital, Nanchang, Jiangxi, China
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Xu L, Ding R, Song S, Liu J, Li J, Ju X, Ju B. Single-cell RNA sequencing reveals the mechanism of PI3K/AKT/mTOR signaling pathway activation in lung adenocarcinoma by KRAS mutation. J Gene Med 2024; 26:e3658. [PMID: 38282149 DOI: 10.1002/jgm.3658] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 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: 09/21/2023] [Revised: 11/17/2023] [Accepted: 12/05/2023] [Indexed: 01/30/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND Aberrant activation of the phosphatidlinositol 3-kinase (PI3K)/protein kinase B (AKT)/mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) signaling pathway has been shown to play an important role in lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD). The effect of KRAS mutations, one of the important signatures of LUAD, on the PI3K/AKT/mTOR pathway in LUAD remains unclear. METHODS The Seurat package and principal component analysis were used for cell categorization of single-cell RNA sequencing data of LUAD. The AUCell score was used to assess the activity of the PI3K/AKT/mTOR pathway. Meanwhile, using the gene expression profiles and mutation profiles in the The Cancer Genome Atlas dataset, LUAD patients were categorized into KRAS-mutant (KRAS-MT) and KRAS-wild-types (KRAS-WT), and the corresponding enrichment scores were calculated using gene set enrichment analysis analysis. Finally, the subpopulation of cells with the highest pathway activity was identified, the copy number variation profile of this subpopulation was inscribed using the inferCNV package and the CMap database was utilized to make predictions for drugs targeting this subpopulation. RESULTS There is higher PI3K/AKT/mTOR pathway activity in LUAD epithelial cells with KRAS mutations, and high expression of KRAS, PIK3CA, AKT1 and PDPK1. In particular, we found significantly higher levels of pathway activity and associated gene expression in KRAS-MT than in KRAS-WT. We identified the highest pathway activity on a subpopulation of GRB2+ epithelial cells and the presence of amplified genes within its pathway. Finally, drugs were able to target GRB2+ epithelial cell subpopulations, such as wortmannin, palbociclib and angiogenesis inhibitor. CONCLUSIONS The present study provides a basic theory for the activation of the PI3K/AKT/mTOR signaling pathway as a result of KRAS mutations.
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- Long Xu
- School of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Liaoning University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shenyang, China
- Department of Oncology, General Hospital of Northern Theater Command, Shenyang, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, General Hospital of Northern Theater Command, Shenyang, China
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- Department of Oncology, General Hospital of Northern Theater Command, Shenyang, China
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- Department of Oncology, General Hospital of Northern Theater Command, Shenyang, China
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- Department of Oncology, General Hospital of Northern Theater Command, Shenyang, China
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- TCM Innovation Engineering Technology Center, Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education for TCM Viscera-State Theory and Applications, Liaoning University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shenyang, China
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- School of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Liaoning University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shenyang, China
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Yang M, Li L. Remimazolam attenuates inflammation in bronchopneumonia through the inhibition of NLRP3 activity by PDPK1 ubiquitination. Chem Biol Drug Des 2024; 103:e14438. [PMID: 38230783 DOI: 10.1111/cbdd.14438] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2023] [Revised: 12/12/2023] [Accepted: 12/18/2023] [Indexed: 01/18/2024]
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Bronchopneumonia is the most common pneumonia in childhood. Therefore, we tested the effects of Remimazolam presented Bronchopneumonia and its possible mechanisms. Phillygenin increased survival rate, reduced W/D ratio, and lung injury score, and inhibited IL-1β, IL-6, TNF-α, and INF-γ levels in mice model of bronchopneumonia. Remimazolam induced PDPK1 and p-AKT protein expressions, and suppressed NLRP3 protein expression in lung tissue of mice model. In vitro model, Remimazolam also induced PDPK1 and p-AKT protein expressions, and suppressed NLRP3 protein expression. Remimazolam also inhibited inflammation levels in vitro model. PDPK1 inhibitor, PHT-427 (100 mg/kg) reduced survival rate, increased W/D ratio and lung injury score, and promoted inflammation levels in mice model of bronchopneumonia by treated with Remimazolam. PHT-427 suppressed PDPK1 and p-AKT protein expressions and induced NLRP3 protein expression in mice model of bronchopneumonia by treated with Remimazolam. Remimazolam interlinked PDPK1 protein. Remimazolam increased the expressions of PDPK1 and p-AKT in vitro model. Remimazolam reduced PDPK1 ubiquitination in vitro model.
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- Min Yang
- Department of Anesthesiology, The Central Hospital of Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, Enshi City, China
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- Department of Pediatrics, The Central Hospital of Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, Enshi City, China
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Katsuragawa‐Taminishi Y, Mizutani S, Kawaji‐Kanayama Y, Onishi A, Okamoto H, Isa R, Mizuhara K, Muramatsu A, Fujino T, Tsukamoto T, Shimura Y, Taniwaki M, Miyagawa‐Hayashino A, Konishi E, Kuroda J. Triple targeting of RSK, AKT, and S6K as pivotal downstream effectors of PDPK1 by TAS0612 in B-cell lymphomas. Cancer Sci 2023; 114:4691-4705. [PMID: 37840379 PMCID: PMC10728023 DOI: 10.1111/cas.15995] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 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: 05/30/2023] [Revised: 09/09/2023] [Accepted: 10/03/2023] [Indexed: 10/17/2023] Open
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B-cell lymphomas (BCLs) are the most common disease entity among hematological malignancies and have various genetically and molecularly distinct subtypes. In this study, we revealed that the blockade of phosphoinositide-dependent kinase-1 (PDPK1), the master kinase of AGC kinases, induces a growth inhibition via cell cycle arrest and the induction of apoptosis in all eight BCL-derived cell lines examined, including those from activated B-cell-like diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL), double expressor DLBCL, Burkitt lymphoma, and follicular lymphoma. We also demonstrated that, in these cell lines, RSK2, AKT, and S6K, but not PLK1, SGK, or PKC, are the major downstream therapeutic target molecules of PDPK1 and that RSK2 plays a central role and AKT and S6K play subsidiary functional roles as the downstream effectors of PDPK1 in cell survival and proliferation. Following these results, we confirmed the antilymphoma efficacy of TAS0612, a triple inhibitor for total RSK, including RSK2, AKT, and S6K, not only in these cell lines, regardless of disease subtypes, but also in all 25 patient-derived B lymphoma cells of various disease subtypes. At the molecular level, TAS0612 caused significant downregulation of MYC and mTOR target genes while inducing the tumor suppressor TP53INP1 protein in these cell lines. These results prove that the simultaneous blockade of RSK2, AKT, and S6K, which are the pivotal downstream substrates of PDPK1, is a novel therapeutic target for the various disease subtypes of BCLs and line up TAS0612 as an attractive candidate agent for BCLs for future clinical development.
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- Yoko Katsuragawa‐Taminishi
- Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of MedicineKyoto Prefectural University of MedicineKyotoJapan
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- Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of MedicineKyoto Prefectural University of MedicineKyotoJapan
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- Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of MedicineKyoto Prefectural University of MedicineKyotoJapan
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- Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of MedicineKyoto Prefectural University of MedicineKyotoJapan
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- Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of MedicineKyoto Prefectural University of MedicineKyotoJapan
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- Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of MedicineKyoto Prefectural University of MedicineKyotoJapan
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- Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of MedicineKyoto Prefectural University of MedicineKyotoJapan
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- Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of MedicineKyoto Prefectural University of MedicineKyotoJapan
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- Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of MedicineKyoto Prefectural University of MedicineKyotoJapan
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- Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of MedicineKyoto Prefectural University of MedicineKyotoJapan
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- Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of MedicineKyoto Prefectural University of MedicineKyotoJapan
- Department of Blood TransfusionKyoto Prefectural University of MedicineKyotoJapan
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- Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of MedicineKyoto Prefectural University of MedicineKyotoJapan
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- Department of Surgical PathologyKyoto Prefectural University of MedicineKyotoJapan
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- Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of MedicineKyoto Prefectural University of MedicineKyotoJapan
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Ding Y, Shao J, Shi T, Yu H, Wang X, Chi H, Wang X. Leukemia inhibitory factor receptor homodimerization mediated by acetylation of extracellular lysine promotes prostate cancer progression through the PDPK1/AKT/GCN5 axis. Clin Transl Med 2022; 12:e676. [PMID: 35172032 PMCID: PMC8849371 DOI: 10.1002/ctm2.676] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2021] [Revised: 11/19/2021] [Accepted: 11/25/2021] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Prostate cancer (PCa), an inert tumour, has a long progression period, but valid biomarkers and methods for effectively and sensitively monitoring PCa progression are lacking, prompting us to identify new predictors for diagnosis and prognosis. Posttranslational modifications characterizing receptor activation are considered potentially strong indicators of disease progression. METHODS The posttranscriptional regulation of leukaemia inhibitory factor receptor (LIFR) and its novel downstream signalling activity in PCa were studied using liquid mass spectrometry, genetically engineered mouse (GEM) models, organoid assays, lentivirus packaging, infection and stable cell line construction. RESULTS In this study, the level of acetylated K620 on LIFR in its extracellular domain was shown to predict the progression and prognosis of PCa. In PCa cells, LIFR-K620 acetylation is reversibly mediated by GCN5 and SIRT2. GEM experiments and organoid assays confirmed that the loss of LIFR-K620 acetylation inhibits PCa progression. Mechanistically, K620 acetylation facilitates LIFR homodimerization and subsequently promotes LIFR-S1044 phosphorylation and activation, which further recruits PDPK1 to activate AKT signalling and sequentially enhances the GCN5 protein level to sustain the protumour level of LIFR-K620 acetylation by preventing GCN5 degradation via CRL4Cdt2 E3 ligase. CONCLUSIONS Acetylation of extracellular K620 on LIFR reinforces its homodimerization and integrates the activities of PDPK1, AKT, GSK3β and GCN5 to form a novel positive feedback loop in PCa; this modification is thus a promising biomarker for monitoring PCa progression.
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- Yufeng Ding
- School of Life SciencesGuangzhou UniversityGuangzhouChina
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- Department of UrologyShanghai General HospitalShanghai Jiaotong UniversityShanghaiChina
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- Department of UrologyShanghai General HospitalShanghai Jiaotong UniversityShanghaiChina
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- School of Life SciencesGuangzhou UniversityGuangzhouChina
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- Department of UrologyShanghai General HospitalShanghai Jiaotong UniversityShanghaiChina
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- Department of Traditional Chinese MedicineThe First Dongguan Affiliated Hospital of Guangdong Medical UniversityDongguanChina
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- School of Life SciencesGuangzhou UniversityGuangzhouChina
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Querfurth H, Marshall J, Parang K, Rioult-Pedotti MS, Tiwari R, Kwon B, Reisinger S, Lee HK. A PDK-1 allosteric agonist neutralizes insulin signaling derangements and beta-amyloid toxicity in neuronal cells and in vitro. PLoS One 2022; 17:e0261696. [PMID: 35061720 PMCID: PMC8782417 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0261696] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2021] [Accepted: 12/08/2021] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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The Alzheimer’s brain is affected by multiple pathophysiological processes, which include a unique, organ-specific form of insulin resistance that begins early in its course. An additional complexity arises from the four-fold risk of Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) in type 2 diabetics, however there is no definitive proof of causation. Several strategies to improve brain insulin signaling have been proposed and some have been clinically tested. We report findings on a small allosteric molecule that reverses several indices of insulin insensitivity in both cell culture and in vitro models of AD that emphasize the intracellular accumulation of β-amyloid (Aβi). PS48, a chlorophenyl pentenoic acid, is an allosteric activator of PDK-1, which is an Akt-kinase in the insulin/PI3K pathway. PS48 was active at 10 nM to 1 μM in restoring normal insulin-dependent Akt activation and in mitigating Aβi peptide toxicity. Synaptic plasticity (LTP) in prefrontal cortical slices from normal rat exposed to Aβ oligomers also benefited from PS48. During these experiments, neither overstimulation of PI3K/Akt signaling nor toxic effects on cells was observed. Another neurotoxicity model producing insulin insensitivity, utilizing palmitic acid, also responded to PS48 treatment, thus validating the target and indicating that its therapeutic potential may extend outside of β-amyloid reliance. The described in vitro and cell based-in vitro coupled enzymatic assay systems proved suitable platforms to screen a preliminary library of new analogs.
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- Henry Querfurth
- Department of Neurology, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA, United States of America
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- Department of Molecular Pharmacology, Physiology, and Biotechnology, Brown University, Providence, RI, United States of America
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- Center for Targeted Drug Delivery, Chapman University, School of Pharmacology, Irvine, CA United States of America
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- Department of Molecular Pharmacology, Physiology, and Biotechnology, Brown University, Providence, RI, United States of America
- Department of Neurology, Clinical Neurorehabilitation, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Center for Targeted Drug Delivery, Chapman University, School of Pharmacology, Irvine, CA United States of America
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- Department of Neurology, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI, United States of America
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- Department of Neurology, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA, United States of America
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Hitz E, Wiedemar N, Passecker A, Graça BAS, Scheurer C, Wittlin S, Brancucci NMB, Vakonakis I, Mäser P, Voss TS. The 3-phosphoinositide-dependent protein kinase 1 is an essential upstream activator of protein kinase A in malaria parasites. PLoS Biol 2021; 19:e3001483. [PMID: 34879056 PMCID: PMC8687544 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3001483] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2021] [Revised: 12/20/2021] [Accepted: 11/12/2021] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
Abstract
Cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP)-dependent protein kinase A (PKA) signalling is essential for the proliferation of Plasmodium falciparum malaria blood stage parasites. The mechanisms regulating the activity of the catalytic subunit PfPKAc, however, are only partially understood, and PfPKAc function has not been investigated in gametocytes, the sexual blood stage forms that are essential for malaria transmission. By studying a conditional PfPKAc knockdown (cKD) mutant, we confirm the essential role for PfPKAc in erythrocyte invasion by merozoites and show that PfPKAc is involved in regulating gametocyte deformability. We furthermore demonstrate that overexpression of PfPKAc is lethal and kills parasites at the early phase of schizogony. Strikingly, whole genome sequencing (WGS) of parasite mutants selected to tolerate increased PfPKAc expression levels identified missense mutations exclusively in the gene encoding the parasite orthologue of 3-phosphoinositide-dependent protein kinase-1 (PfPDK1). Using targeted mutagenesis, we demonstrate that PfPDK1 is required to activate PfPKAc and that T189 in the PfPKAc activation loop is the crucial target residue in this process. In summary, our results corroborate the importance of tight regulation of PfPKA signalling for parasite survival and imply that PfPDK1 acts as a crucial upstream regulator in this pathway and potential new drug target.
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- Eva Hitz
- Department of Medical Parasitology and Infection Biology, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland
- University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Medical Parasitology and Infection Biology, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland
- University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Medical Parasitology and Infection Biology, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland
- University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Medical Parasitology and Infection Biology, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland
- University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Medical Parasitology and Infection Biology, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland
- University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Medical Parasitology and Infection Biology, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland
- University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Medical Parasitology and Infection Biology, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland
- University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Department of Medical Parasitology and Infection Biology, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland
- University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Medical Parasitology and Infection Biology, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland
- University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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Feng P, Yang Q, Luo L, Sun Y, Lv W, Wan S, Guan Z, Xiao Z, Liu F, Li Z, Dong Z, Yang M. The kinase PDK1 regulates regulatory T cell survival via controlling redox homeostasis. Theranostics 2021; 11:9503-9518. [PMID: 34646383 PMCID: PMC8490516 DOI: 10.7150/thno.63992] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2021] [Accepted: 08/29/2021] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
Abstract
Rationale: Regulatory T cells (Treg cells) play an important role in maintaining peripheral tolerance by suppressing over-activation of effector T cells. The kinase PDK1 plays a pivotal role in conventional T cell development. However, whether PDK1 signaling affects the homeostasis and function of Treg cells remains elusive. Methods: In order to evaluate the role of PDK1 in Treg cells from a genetic perspective, mice carrying the floxed PDK1 allele were crossbred with Foxp3Cre mice to efficiently deleted PDK1 in Foxp3+ Treg cells. Flow cytometry was used to detect the immune cell homeostasis of WT and PDK1fl/flFoxp3Cre mice. RNA-seq was used to assess the differences in transcriptional expression profile of WT and PDK1-deficient Treg cells. The metabolic profiles of WT and PDK1-deficient Treg cells were tested using the Glycolysis Stress Test and Mito Stress Test Kits by the Seahorse XFe96 Analyser. Results: PDK1 was essential for the establishment and maintenance of Treg cell homeostasis and function. Disruption of PDK1 in Treg cells led to a spontaneous fatal systemic autoimmune disorder and multi-tissue inflammatory damage, accompanied by a reduction in the number and function of Treg cells. The deletion of PDK1 in Treg cells destroyed the iron ion balance through regulating MEK-ERK signaling and CD71 expression, resulting in excessive production of intracellular ROS, which did not depend on the down-regulation of mTORC1 signaling. Inhibition of excessive ROS, activated MEK-Erk signaling or overload Fe2+ could partially rescue the survival of PDK1-deficient Treg cells. Conclusion: Our results defined a key finding on the mechanism by which PDK1 regulates Treg cell survival via controlling redox homeostasis.
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- Peiran Feng
- Zhuhai Institute of Translational Medicine, Zhuhai People's Hospital (Zhuhai Hospital Affiliated with Jinan University), Jinan University, Zhuhai, Guangdong, 519000, China
- The Biomedical Translational Research Institute, Faculty of Medical Science, Jinan University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510632, China
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- Zhuhai Institute of Translational Medicine, Zhuhai People's Hospital (Zhuhai Hospital Affiliated with Jinan University), Jinan University, Zhuhai, Guangdong, 519000, China
- The Biomedical Translational Research Institute, Faculty of Medical Science, Jinan University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510632, China
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- Zhuhai Institute of Translational Medicine, Zhuhai People's Hospital (Zhuhai Hospital Affiliated with Jinan University), Jinan University, Zhuhai, Guangdong, 519000, China
- The Biomedical Translational Research Institute, Faculty of Medical Science, Jinan University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510632, China
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- Zhuhai Institute of Translational Medicine, Zhuhai People's Hospital (Zhuhai Hospital Affiliated with Jinan University), Jinan University, Zhuhai, Guangdong, 519000, China
- The Biomedical Translational Research Institute, Faculty of Medical Science, Jinan University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510632, China
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- Zhuhai Institute of Translational Medicine, Zhuhai People's Hospital (Zhuhai Hospital Affiliated with Jinan University), Jinan University, Zhuhai, Guangdong, 519000, China
- The Biomedical Translational Research Institute, Faculty of Medical Science, Jinan University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510632, China
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- Zhuhai Institute of Translational Medicine, Zhuhai People's Hospital (Zhuhai Hospital Affiliated with Jinan University), Jinan University, Zhuhai, Guangdong, 519000, China
- The Biomedical Translational Research Institute, Faculty of Medical Science, Jinan University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510632, China
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- Zhuhai Institute of Translational Medicine, Zhuhai People's Hospital (Zhuhai Hospital Affiliated with Jinan University), Jinan University, Zhuhai, Guangdong, 519000, China
- The Biomedical Translational Research Institute, Faculty of Medical Science, Jinan University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510632, China
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- Zhuhai Institute of Translational Medicine, Zhuhai People's Hospital (Zhuhai Hospital Affiliated with Jinan University), Jinan University, Zhuhai, Guangdong, 519000, China
- The Biomedical Translational Research Institute, Faculty of Medical Science, Jinan University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510632, China
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- Zhuhai Institute of Translational Medicine, Zhuhai People's Hospital (Zhuhai Hospital Affiliated with Jinan University), Jinan University, Zhuhai, Guangdong, 519000, China
- The Biomedical Translational Research Institute, Faculty of Medical Science, Jinan University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510632, China
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- School of Medicine and Institute for Immunology, Tsinghua University, Beijing Key Lab for Immunological Research on Chronic Diseases, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- School of Medicine and Institute for Immunology, Tsinghua University, Beijing Key Lab for Immunological Research on Chronic Diseases, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- Zhuhai Institute of Translational Medicine, Zhuhai People's Hospital (Zhuhai Hospital Affiliated with Jinan University), Jinan University, Zhuhai, Guangdong, 519000, China
- The Biomedical Translational Research Institute, Faculty of Medical Science, Jinan University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510632, China
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Guo J, Cheng J, Zheng N, Zhang X, Dai X, Zhang L, Hu C, Wu X, Jiang Q, Wu D, Okada H, Pandolfi PP, Wei W. Copper Promotes Tumorigenesis by Activating the PDK1-AKT Oncogenic Pathway in a Copper Transporter 1 Dependent Manner. Adv Sci (Weinh) 2021; 8:e2004303. [PMID: 34278744 PMCID: PMC8456201 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202004303] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2020] [Revised: 05/25/2021] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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Copper plays pivotal roles in metabolic homoeostasis, but its potential role in human tumorigenesis is not well defined. Here, it is revealed that copper activates the phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K)-protein kinase B (PKB, also termed AKT) oncogenic signaling pathway to facilitate tumorigenesis. Mechanistically, copper binds 3-phosphoinositide dependent protein kinase 1 (PDK1), in turn promotes PDK1 binding and subsequently activates its downstream substrate AKT to facilitate tumorigenesis. Blocking the copper transporter 1 (CTR1)-copper axis by either depleting CTR1 or through the use of copper chelators diminishes the AKT signaling and reduces tumorigenesis. In support of an oncogenic role for CTR1, the authors find that CTR1 is abnormally elevated in breast cancer, and is subjected by NEDD4 like E3 ubiquitin protein ligase (Nedd4l)-mediated negative regulation through ubiquitination and subsequent degradation. Accordingly, Nedd4l displays a tumor suppressive function by suppressing the CTR1-AKT signaling. Thus, the findings identify a novel regulatory crosstalk between the Nedd4l-CTR1-copper axis and the PDK1-AKT oncogenic signaling, and highlight the therapeutic relevance of targeting the CTR1-copper node for the treatment of hyperactive AKT-driven cancers.
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- Jianping Guo
- Department of PathologyBeth Israel Deaconess Medical CenterHarvard Medical SchoolBostonMA02215USA
- Institute of Precision Medicinethe First Affiliated HospitalSun Yat‐sen UniversityGuangzhouGuangdong510275China
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- Department of PathologyBeth Israel Deaconess Medical CenterHarvard Medical SchoolBostonMA02215USA
- Department of Gastrointestinal SurgeryUnion HospitalTongji Medical CollegeHuazhong University of Science and TechnologyWuhanHubei430022China
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- National Clinical Research Center for Hematologic DiseasesJiangsu Institute of HematologyThe First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow UniversitySuzhouJiangsu215000China
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- Institute of Precision Medicinethe First Affiliated HospitalSun Yat‐sen UniversityGuangzhouGuangdong510275China
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- Department of PathologyBeth Israel Deaconess Medical CenterHarvard Medical SchoolBostonMA02215USA
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- Department of OncologyTongji Hospital, Tongji Medical CollegeHuazhong University of Science and TechnologyWuhanHubei430030China
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- Department of PathologyBeth Israel Deaconess Medical CenterHarvard Medical SchoolBostonMA02215USA
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- Institute of Precision Medicinethe First Affiliated HospitalSun Yat‐sen UniversityGuangzhouGuangdong510275China
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- Institute of Precision Medicinethe First Affiliated HospitalSun Yat‐sen UniversityGuangzhouGuangdong510275China
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- National Clinical Research Center for Hematologic DiseasesJiangsu Institute of HematologyThe First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow UniversitySuzhouJiangsu215000China
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- Department of BiochemistryKindai University Faculty of Medicine377‐2 Ohno‐HigashiOsaka‐SayamaOsaka589‐8511Japan
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- Division of GeneticsDepartment of MedicineBeth Israel Deaconess Medical CenterHarvard Medical SchoolBostonMA02215USA
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- Department of PathologyBeth Israel Deaconess Medical CenterHarvard Medical SchoolBostonMA02215USA
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Liu X, Gao S, Gao H, Jiang X, Wei Q. Mitochondrial Disruption Is Involved in the Effect of Nuclear Factor of Activated T cells, Cytoplasmic 4 on Aggravating Cardiomyocyte Hypertrophy. J Cardiovasc Pharmacol 2021; 77:557-569. [PMID: 33951694 DOI: 10.1097/fjc.0000000000000986] [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] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2020] [Accepted: 01/14/2021] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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ABSTRACT Nuclear factor of activated T cells, cytoplasmic 4 (NFATc4), a nuclear transcription factor, has been implicated in cardiac hypertrophy through the enhancement of hypertrophic gene expression. However, the role of NFATc4 in mitochondrial modulation is mostly unknown. The current study aimed to investigate the role of NFATc4 in regulating mitochondrial function during phenylephrine (PE)-induced cardiac hypertrophy. Our results showed that overexpression of NFATc4 aggravated the PE-induced decrease in mitochondrial genesis, membrane potential, and mitochondrial gene expression as well as impaired mitochondrial respiration. However, knockdown of NFATc4 relieved PE-induced perturbations in mitochondria and cardiomyocyte hypertrophy. Mechanistically, by activating phosphoinositide-dependent kinase 1 and promoting a combination of AKT and phosphoinositide-dependent kinase 1, phosphorylation and sequential acetylation of PGC-1α were aggravated by NFATc4 and suppressed the activity of PGC-1α. In conclusion, NFATc4-regulated factors were shown to be associated with mitochondrial function and exacerbated PE-induced mitochondrial dysfunction. These findings revealed new roles of NFATc4 in cardiac hypertrophy.
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- Xueping Liu
- Department of Pharmacy, School of Medicine, Guangxi University of Science and Technology, Liuzhou, Guangxi, People's Republic of China ; and
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- Department of Pharmacy, School of Medicine, Guangxi University of Science and Technology, Liuzhou, Guangxi, People's Republic of China ; and
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- Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Shaoxing University, Shaoxing, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Pharmacy, School of Medicine, Guangxi University of Science and Technology, Liuzhou, Guangxi, People's Republic of China ; and
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- Department of Pharmacy, School of Medicine, Guangxi University of Science and Technology, Liuzhou, Guangxi, People's Republic of China ; and
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Kuramoto N, Nomura K, Kohno D, Kitamura T, Karsenty G, Hosooka T, Ogawa W. Role of PDK1 in skeletal muscle hypertrophy induced by mechanical load. Sci Rep 2021; 11:3447. [PMID: 33568757 PMCID: PMC7876046 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-83098-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2020] [Accepted: 01/22/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K) plays an important role in protein metabolism and cell growth. We here show that mice (M-PDK1KO mice) with skeletal muscle-specific deficiency of 3'-phosphoinositide-dependent kinase 1 (PDK1), a key component of PI3K signaling pathway, manifest a reduced skeletal muscle mass under the static condition as well as impairment of mechanical load-induced muscle hypertrophy. Whereas mechanical load-induced changes in gene expression were not affected, the phosphorylation of ribosomal protein S6 kinase (S6K) and S6 induced by mechanical load was attenuated in skeletal muscle of M-PDK1KO mice, suggesting that PDK1 regulates muscle hypertrophy not through changes in gene expression but through stimulation of kinase cascades such as the S6K-S6 axis, which plays a key role in protein synthesis. Administration of the β2-adrenergic receptor (AR) agonist clenbuterol activated the S6K-S6 axis in skeletal muscle and induced muscle hypertrophy in mice. These effects of clenbuterol were attenuated in M-PDK1KO mice, and mechanical load-induced activation of the S6K-S6 axis and muscle hypertrophy were inhibited in mice with skeletal muscle-specific deficiency of β2-AR. Our results suggest that PDK1 regulates skeletal muscle mass under the static condition and that it contributes to mechanical load-induced muscle hypertrophy, at least in part by mediating signaling from β2-AR.
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- Naoki Kuramoto
- Division of Diabetes and Endocrinology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, 7-5-1 Kusunoki-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe, 650-0017, Japan
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- Division of Diabetes and Endocrinology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, 7-5-1 Kusunoki-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe, 650-0017, Japan
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- Metabolic Signal Research Center, Institute for Molecular and Cellular Regulation, Gunma University, Maebashi, Japan
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- Metabolic Signal Research Center, Institute for Molecular and Cellular Regulation, Gunma University, Maebashi, Japan
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- Department of Genetics and Development, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Division of Diabetes and Endocrinology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, 7-5-1 Kusunoki-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe, 650-0017, Japan
- Division of Development of Advanced Therapy for Metabolic Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan
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- Division of Diabetes and Endocrinology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, 7-5-1 Kusunoki-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe, 650-0017, Japan.
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Wei Y, Chen J, Cai GE, Lu W, Xu W, Wang R, Lin Y, Yang C. Rosmarinic Acid Regulates Microglial M1/M2 Polarization via the PDPK1/Akt/HIF Pathway Under Conditions of Neuroinflammation. Inflammation 2021; 44:129-147. [PMID: 32940818 DOI: 10.1007/s10753-020-01314-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [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] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Microglia are resident macrophage-like cells in the central nervous system (CNS). The induction of microglial activation dampens neuroinflammation-related diseases by promoting microglial (re)polarization to the anti-inflammatory (M2) phenotype and can serve as a potential therapeutic approach. Mitochondrial respiration and metabolic reprogramming are required for the anti-inflammatory response of M2 macrophages. However, whether these mitochondrial-dependent pathways are involved in microglial (re)polarization to the anti-inflammatory (M2) phenotype under conditions of lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced neuroinflammation remains unclear. Moreover, the mechanisms that coordinate mitochondrial respiration and the functional reprogramming of microglial cells have not been fully elucidated. Rosmarinic acid (RA) possesses antioxidative and anti-inflammatory activities, and we previously reported that RA markedly suppresses LPS-stimulated M1 microglial activation in mice. In this study, we found that RA suppresses M1 microglial polarization and promotes microglial polarization to the M2 phenotype under conditions of neuroinflammation. We identified an increase in mitochondrial respiration and found that metabolic reprogramming is required for the RA-mediated promotion of microglial polarization to the M2 phenotype under LPS-induced neuroinflammation conditions. Hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF) subunits are the key effector molecules responsible for the effects of RA on the restoration of mitochondrial function, metabolic reprogramming, and phenotypic polarization to M2 microglia. The phosphoinositide-dependent protein kinase 1 (PDPK1)/Akt/mTOR pathway is involved in the RA-mediated regulation of HIF expression and increase in M2 marker expression. We propose that the inhibition of PDPK1/Akt/HIFs by RA might be a potential therapeutic approach for inhibiting neuroinflammation through the regulation of microglial M1/M2 polarization. Graphical abstract Schematic of the mechanism through which RA suppresses LPS-induced neuroinflammation by promoting microglial polarization to the M2 phenotype via PDPK1/Akt/HIFs. The bold arrows indicate the direction of the effects of RA (i.e., inhibitory or promoting effects on cytokines or mediators).
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- Yicong Wei
- College of Pharmacy, Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Fuzhou, 350122, China
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- College of Pharmacy, Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Fuzhou, 350122, China
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- Department of Neurology, Fujian Medical University Union Hospital, Fuzhou, 350001, China
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- College of Pharmacy, Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Fuzhou, 350122, China
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- College of Pharmacy, Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Fuzhou, 350122, China
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- College of Pharmacy, Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Fuzhou, 350122, China
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- College of Pharmacy, Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Fuzhou, 350122, China.
- Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, No. 1 Qiuyang Road, Minhou Shangjie, Fuzhou, China.
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- College of Pharmacy, Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Fuzhou, 350122, China.
- Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, No. 1 Qiuyang Road, Minhou Shangjie, Fuzhou, China.
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Zhu F, Li Q, Li J, Li B, Li D. Long noncoding Mirt2 reduces apoptosis to alleviate myocardial infarction through regulation of the miR-764/PDK1 axis. J Transl Med 2021; 101:165-176. [PMID: 33199822 DOI: 10.1038/s41374-020-00504-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2020] [Revised: 10/13/2020] [Accepted: 10/16/2020] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is a common clinical cardiovascular disease, which is the leading cause of death and disability worldwide. Abnormal expression of long noncoding RNAs (lncRNA) is reported to be related to myocardial dysfunctions such as myocardial infarction (MI). In this study, we aimed to investigate the role of lncRNA myocardial infarction-related transcription factors 2 (Mirt2) in AMI and the underlying molecular mechanisms in vivo and in vitro. In vivo AMI model was established by occlusion of the left anterior descending coronary artery. Rats were randomly divided into two groups (five rats per group): the sham group and the AMI group. H9c2 cells were cultured under hypoxia for 4 h and then cultured under normoxia to establish the in vitro hypoxia reoxygenation (H/R) model. Our study shows that the myocardial infarct size and the apoptosis in AMI rats were both significantly increased, indicating that the AMI rat model was successfully established. Additionally, the levels of Mirt2 in AMI rats were increased significantly. Knockdown of Mirt2 by shRNA (shMirt2) had no significant effect on apoptosis and MI in sham rats, but significantly promoted apoptosis and MI in AMI rats. In vitro experiments showed that shMirt2 significantly decreased the level of Mirt2 in H9c2 cells and H9c2 cells treated with H/R. It is worth noting that shMirt2 had no significant effect on H9c2 cells, but significantly increased the levels of oxidative stress markers (malondialdehyde and lactate dehydrogenase), and also increased the number of apoptosis of H/R-treated H9c2 cells. Further mechanistic analysis showed that Mirt2 could protect MI and apoptosis in AMI rats by competitively adsorbing miR-764 and reducing the inhibitory effect of miR-764 on 3-phosphoinositide-dependent kinase 1 (PDK1). More importantly, after overexpression of Mirt2, MI and apoptosis were significantly improved in AMI rats, indicating that Mirt2 showed a protective effect in AMI rats. In summary, these findings suggest that that Mirt2 participated in the regulation of MI through the miR-764/PDK1 axis. Therefore, the current findings provide a theoretical basis for the diagnosis and treatment of clinical MI with changes in Mirt2 levels.
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- Fen Zhu
- Department of Cardiology, Wuhan Third Hospital & Tongren Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430060, Hubei, China.
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- Department of Cardio-Pulmonary Function, Wuhan Third Hospital & Tongren Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430060, Hubei, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Wuhan Third Hospital & Tongren Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430060, Hubei, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Wuhan Third Hospital & Tongren Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430060, Hubei, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Wuhan Third Hospital & Tongren Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430060, Hubei, China
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An S, Cho SY, Kang J, Lee S, Kim HS, Min DJ, Son E, Cho KH. Inhibition of 3-phosphoinositide-dependent protein kinase 1 (PDK1) can revert cellular senescence in human dermal fibroblasts. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2020; 117:31535-31546. [PMID: 33229519 PMCID: PMC7733858 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1920338117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Cellular senescence is defined as a stable, persistent arrest of cell proliferation. Here, we examine whether senescent cells can lose senescence hallmarks and reenter a reversible state of cell-cycle arrest (quiescence). We constructed a molecular regulatory network of cellular senescence based on previous experimental evidence. To infer the regulatory logic of the network, we performed phosphoprotein array experiments with normal human dermal fibroblasts and used the data to optimize the regulatory relationships between molecules with an evolutionary algorithm. From ensemble analysis of network models, we identified 3-phosphoinositide-dependent protein kinase 1 (PDK1) as a promising target for inhibitors to convert the senescent state to the quiescent state. We showed that inhibition of PDK1 in senescent human dermal fibroblasts eradicates senescence hallmarks and restores entry into the cell cycle by suppressing both nuclear factor κB and mTOR signaling, resulting in restored skin regeneration capacity. Our findings provide insight into a potential therapeutic strategy to treat age-related diseases associated with the accumulation of senescent cells.
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- Sugyun An
- Department of Bio and Brain Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon 34141, Republic of Korea
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- R&D Unit, Amorepacific Corporation, 17074 Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Bio and Brain Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon 34141, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Bio and Brain Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon 34141, Republic of Korea
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- R&D Unit, Amorepacific Corporation, 17074 Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea
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- R&D Unit, Amorepacific Corporation, 17074 Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea
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- R&D Unit, Amorepacific Corporation, 17074 Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Bio and Brain Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon 34141, Republic of Korea;
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Pataki E, Simhaev L, Engel H, Cohen A, Kupiec M, Weisman R. TOR Complex 2- independent mutations in the regulatory PIF pocket of Gad8AKT1/SGK1 define separate branches of the stress response mechanisms in fission yeast. PLoS Genet 2020; 16:e1009196. [PMID: 33137119 PMCID: PMC7660925 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1009196] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2020] [Revised: 11/12/2020] [Accepted: 10/14/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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The Target of rapamycin (TOR) protein kinase forms part of TOR complex 1 (TORC1) and TOR complex 2 (TORC2), two multi-subunit protein complexes that regulate growth, proliferation, survival and developmental processes by phosphorylation and activation of AGC-family kinases. In the fission yeast, Schizosaccharomyces pombe, TORC2 and its target, the AGC kinase Gad8 (an orthologue of human AKT or SGK1) are required for viability under stress conditions and for developmental processes in response to starvation cues. In this study, we describe the isolation of gad8 mutant alleles that bypass the requirement for TORC2 and reveal a separation of function of TORC2 and Gad8 under stress conditions. In particular, osmotic and nutritional stress responses appear to form a separate branch from genotoxic stress responses downstream of TORC2-Gad8. Interestingly, TORC2-independent mutations map into the regulatory PIF pocket of Gad8, a highly conserved motif in AGC kinases that regulates substrate binding in PDK1 (phosphoinositide dependent kinase-1) and kinase activity in several AGC kinases. Gad8 activation is thought to require a two-step mechanism, in which phosphorylation by TORC2 allows further phosphorylation and activation by Ksg1 (an orthologue of PDK1). We focus on the Gad8-K263C mutation and demonstrate that it renders the Gad8 kinase activity independent of TORC2 in vitro and independent of the phosphorylation sites of TORC2 in vivo. Molecular dynamics simulations of Gad8-K263C revealed abnormal high flexibility at T387, the phosphorylation site for Ksg1, suggesting a mechanism for the TORC2-independent Gad8 activity. Significantly, the K263 residue is highly conserved in the family of AGC-kinases, which may suggest a general way of keeping their activity in check when acting downstream of TOR complexes. Protein kinases catalyze the transfer of phosphate from high-energy, phosphate-donating molecules, such as ATP, to their substrates. This process is pivotal for regulation of almost any aspect of cellular biology. Many human diseases are associated with aberrant functions of protein kinases due to mutations. Accordingly, there is a growing number of kinase inhibitors that have been approved for clinical use. A better understanding of how protein kinases become active and how their activity is relayed to regulate their cellular functions is much needed for rational design of kinase inhibitors and for their optimal use in the clinic. The AGC-family of protein kinases play key roles in regulating cellular growth, proliferation and survival. In human cells, as well as in the fission yeast, our cellular model system, a subgroup of the AGC kinases is activated by the TOR protein kinases. Here we report the isolation of mutations in the AGC kinase Gad8 (AKT or SGK1 in human) that bypass the requirement for activation by TOR. Analyses of how these mutations affect cellular growth revealed separate branches of stress response mechanisms downstream of Gad8, while computer simulation methods suggested a molecular mechanism that keeps the activity of Gad8 in check.
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- Emese Pataki
- Department of Natural and Life Sciences, The Open University of Israel, Ra'anana, Israel
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- Blavatnik Center for Drug Discovery, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Blavatnik Center for Drug Discovery, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Department of Natural and Life Sciences, The Open University of Israel, Ra'anana, Israel
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- The Shmunis School of Biomedicine & Cancer Research, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Department of Natural and Life Sciences, The Open University of Israel, Ra'anana, Israel
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Gao W, Guo N, Zhao S, Chen Z, Zhang W, Yan F, Liao H, Chi K. HTR2A promotes the development of cardiac hypertrophy by activating PI3K-PDK1-AKT-mTOR signaling. Cell Stress Chaperones 2020; 25:899-908. [PMID: 32519137 PMCID: PMC7591670 DOI: 10.1007/s12192-020-01124-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [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: 03/06/2020] [Revised: 05/16/2020] [Accepted: 05/20/2020] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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5-Hydroxytryptamine receptor 2A (HTR2A) is a central regulator of fetal brain development and cognitive function in adults. However, the roles of HTR2A in the cardiovascular system are not fully understood. Here in this study, we explored the function of HTR2A in cardiac hypertrophy. Significantly, the expression levels of HTR2A mRNA and protein levels were upregulated in hypertrophic hearts of human patients. Besides, the expression of HTR2A was also upregulated in isoproterenol (ISO)-induced cardiac hypertrophy in the mouse. Next, the expression of HTR2A was knocked down with shRNA or overexpressed with adenovirus in neonatal rat cardiomyocytes, and ISO was used to induce cardiomyocyte hypertrophy. We showed that HTR2A knockdown repressed ISO-induced cardiomyocyte hypertrophy, which was demonstrated by decreased cardiomyocyte size and repressed expression of hypertrophic fetal genes (e.g., myosin heavy chain beta (β-Mhc), atrial natriuretic peptide (Anp), and brain natriuretic peptide (Bnp)). By contrast, HTR2A overexpression promoted cardiomyocyte hypertrophy. Of note, we observed that HTR2A promoted the activation (phosphorylation) of AKT-mTOR (mammalian target of rapamycin) signaling in cardiomyocytes, and repression of AKT-mTOR with perifosine or rapamycin blocked the effects of HTR2A on cardiomyocyte hypertrophy. Finally, we showed that HTR2A regulated AKT-mTOR signaling through activating the PI3K-PDK1 pathway, and inhibition of either PI3K or PDK1 blocked the roles of HTR2A in regulating AKT-mTOR signaling and cardiomyocyte hypertrophy. Altogether, these findings demonstrated that HTR2A activated PI3K-PDK1-AKT-mTOR signaling and promoted cardiac hypertrophy.
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MESH Headings
- 3-Phosphoinositide-Dependent Protein Kinases/metabolism
- Animals
- Animals, Newborn
- Cardiomegaly/genetics
- Cardiomegaly/metabolism
- Cardiomegaly/pathology
- Humans
- Isoproterenol
- Male
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Models, Biological
- Myocytes, Cardiac/metabolism
- Myocytes, Cardiac/pathology
- Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases/metabolism
- Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt/metabolism
- Rats, Sprague-Dawley
- Receptor, Serotonin, 5-HT2A/genetics
- Receptor, Serotonin, 5-HT2A/metabolism
- Signal Transduction
- TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases/metabolism
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- Weinian Gao
- Department of Cardiac Macrovascular Surgery, The Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, 050000, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Shijiazhuang Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, Shijiazhuang, 050000, China
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- Department of Cardiac Macrovascular Surgery, The Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, 050000, China.
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- Department of Cardiac Macrovascular Surgery, The Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, 050000, China
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- Department of Cardiac Macrovascular Surgery, The Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, 050000, China
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- Department of Cardiac Macrovascular Surgery, The Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, 050000, China
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- Department of Cardiac Macrovascular Surgery, The Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, 050000, China
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- Department of Vascular Surgery, The Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, 050000, China
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Nalairndran G, Hassan Abdul Razack A, Mai C, Fei‐Lei Chung F, Chan K, Hii L, Lim W, Chung I, Leong C. Phosphoinositide-dependent Kinase-1 (PDPK1) regulates serum/glucocorticoid-regulated Kinase 3 (SGK3) for prostate cancer cell survival. J Cell Mol Med 2020; 24:12188-12198. [PMID: 32926495 PMCID: PMC7578863 DOI: 10.1111/jcmm.15876] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2020] [Revised: 08/19/2020] [Accepted: 08/27/2020] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Prostate cancer (PCa) is the most common malignancy and is the second leading cause of cancer among men globally. Using a kinome-wide lentiviral small-hairpin RNA (shRNA) library screen, we identified phosphoinositide-dependent kinase-1 (PDPK1) as a potential mediator of cell survival in PCa cells. We showed that knock-down of endogenous human PDPK1 induced significant tumour-specific cell death in PCa cells (DU145 and PC3) but not in the normal prostate epithelial cells (RWPE-1). Further analyses revealed that PDPK1 mediates cancer cell survival predominantly via activation of serum/glucocorticoid-regulated kinase 3 (SGK3). Knock-down of endogenous PDPK1 in DU145 and PC3 cells significantly reduced SGK3 phosphorylation while ectopic expression of a constitutively active SGK3 completely abrogated the apoptosis induced by PDPK1. In contrast, no such effect was observed in SGK1 and AKT phosphorylation following PDPK1 knock-down. Importantly, PDPK1 inhibitors (GSK2334470 and BX-795) significantly reduced tumour-specific cell growth and synergized docetaxel sensitivity in PCa cells. In summary, our results demonstrated that PDPK1 mediates PCa cells' survival through SGK3 signalling and suggest that inactivation of this PDPK1-SGK3 axis may potentially serve as a novel therapeutic intervention for future treatment of PCa.
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- Geetha Nalairndran
- Department of PharmacologyFaculty of MedicineUniversity of MalayaKuala LumpurMalaysia
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- Center for Cancer and Stem Cell ResearchInstitute for ResearchDevelopment and Innovation (IRDI)International Medical UniversityKuala LumpurMalaysia
- School of PharmacyInternational Medical UniversityKuala LumpurMalaysia
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- Mechanisms of Carcinogenesis Section (MCA)Epigenetics Group (EGE)International Agency for Research on Cancer World Health OrganizationLyonFrance
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- School of MedicineInternational Medical UniversityKuala LumpurMalaysia
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- Center for Cancer and Stem Cell ResearchInstitute for ResearchDevelopment and Innovation (IRDI)International Medical UniversityKuala LumpurMalaysia
- School of PharmacyInternational Medical UniversityKuala LumpurMalaysia
- School of Postgraduate StudiesInternational Medical UniversityKuala LumpurMalaysia
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- Center for Cancer and Stem Cell ResearchInstitute for ResearchDevelopment and Innovation (IRDI)International Medical UniversityKuala LumpurMalaysia
- School of PharmacyInternational Medical UniversityKuala LumpurMalaysia
- School of Postgraduate StudiesInternational Medical UniversityKuala LumpurMalaysia
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- Department of PharmacologyFaculty of MedicineUniversity of MalayaKuala LumpurMalaysia
- Faculty of MedicineUniversity of Malaya Cancer Research InstituteUniversity of MalayaKuala LumpurMalaysia
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- Center for Cancer and Stem Cell ResearchInstitute for ResearchDevelopment and Innovation (IRDI)International Medical UniversityKuala LumpurMalaysia
- School of PharmacyInternational Medical UniversityKuala LumpurMalaysia
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Han Z, Wu X, Gao Y, Liu X, Bai J, Gu R, Lan R, Xu B, Xu W. PDK1-AKT signaling pathway regulates the expression and function of cardiac hyperpolarization-activated cyclic nucleotide-modulated channels. Life Sci 2020; 250:117546. [PMID: 32184125 DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2020.117546] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2020] [Revised: 03/03/2020] [Accepted: 03/11/2020] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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AIM The enzyme 3-phosphoinositide-dependent protein kinase-1 (PDK1) is associated with cardiac and pathological remodeling and ion channel function regulation. However, whether it regulates hyperpolarization-activated cyclic nucleotide-modulated channels (HCNs) remains unclear. MAIN METHODS In the atrial myocytes of heart-specific PDK1 "knockout" mouse model and neonatal mice, protein kinase B (AKT)-related inhibitors or agonists as well as knockdown or overexpression plasmids were used to study the relationship between PDK1 and HCNs. KEY FINDINGS HCN1 expression and AKT phosphorylation at the Thr308 site were significantly decreased in atrial myocytes after PDK1 knockout or inhibition; in contrast, HCN2 and HCN4 levels were significantly increased. Also, a similar trend of HCNs expression has been observed in cultured atrial myocytes after PDK1 inhibition, as further demonstrated via immunofluorescence and patch-clamp experiments. Moreover, these results of PDK1 overexpression indicate an opposite trend compared with the previous experimental results. However, the results of PDK1 inhibition or overexpression could be reversed by activating or inhibiting AKT, respectively. SIGNIFICANCE These results indicate that the PDK1-AKT signaling pathway is involved in the regulation of HCN mRNA transcription, protein expression, HCN current density, and cell membrane location.
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- Zhonglin Han
- Department of Cardiology, Nanjing University Medical School Affiliated Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Nanjing University Medical School Affiliated Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Nanjing University Medical School Affiliated Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Nanjing University Medical School Affiliated Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Nanjing University Medical School Affiliated Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Nanjing University Medical School Affiliated Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Nanjing University Medical School Affiliated Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Nanjing University Medical School Affiliated Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Nanjing University Medical School Affiliated Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, Nanjing, China.
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Gao W, Guo N, Zhao S, Chen Z, Zhang W, Yan F, Liao H, Chi K. Carboxypeptidase A4 promotes cardiomyocyte hypertrophy through activating PI3K-AKT-mTOR signaling. Biosci Rep 2020; 40:BSR20200669. [PMID: 32347291 PMCID: PMC7214395 DOI: 10.1042/bsr20200669] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2020] [Revised: 04/22/2020] [Accepted: 04/27/2020] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Carboxypeptidase A4 (CPA4) is a member of the metallocarboxypeptidase family. Current studies have identified the roles of CPA4 in cancer biology and insulin sensitivity. However, the roles of CPA4 in other diseases are not known. In the present study, we investigated the roles of CPA4 in cardiac hypertrophy. The expression of CPA4 was significantly increased in the hypertrophic heart tissues of human patients and isoproterenol (ISO)-induced hypertrophic heart tissues of mice. We next knocked down Cpa4 with shRNA or overexpressed Cpa4 using adenovirus in neonatal rat cardiomyocytes and induced cardiomyocyte hypertrophy with ISO. We observed that Cpa4 overexpression promoted whereas Cpa4 knockdown reduced ISO-induced growth of cardiomyocyte size and overexpression of hypertrophy marker genes, such as myosin heavy chain β (β-Mhc), atrial natriuretic peptide (Anp), and brain natriuretic peptide (Bnp). Our further mechanism study revealed that the mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) signaling was activated by Cpa4 in cardiomyocytes, which depended on the phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K)-AKT signaling. Besides, we showed that the PI3K-AKT-mTOR signaling was critically involved in the roles of Cpa4 during cardiomyocyte hypertrophy. Collectively, these results demonstrated that CPA4 is a regulator of cardiac hypertrophy by activating the PI3K-AKT-mTOR signaling, and CPA4 may serve as a promising target for the treatment of hypertrophic cardiac diseases.
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- Weinian Gao
- Department of Cardiac Macrovascular Surgery, The Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang 050000, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Shijiazhuang Translational Chinese Medicine Hospital, Shijiazhuang 050000, China
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- Department of Cardiac Macrovascular Surgery, The Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang 050000, China
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- Department of Cardiac Macrovascular Surgery, The Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang 050000, China
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- Department of Cardiac Macrovascular Surgery, The Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang 050000, China
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- Department of Cardiac Macrovascular Surgery, The Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang 050000, China
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- Department of Cardiac Macrovascular Surgery, The Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang 050000, China
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- Department of Vascular Surgery, The Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang 050000, China
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Hosooka T, Hosokawa Y, Matsugi K, Shinohara M, Senga Y, Tamori Y, Aoki C, Matsui S, Sasaki T, Kitamura T, Kuroda M, Sakaue H, Nomura K, Yoshino K, Nabatame Y, Itoh Y, Yamaguchi K, Hayashi Y, Nakae J, Accili D, Yokomizo T, Seino S, Kasuga M, Ogawa W. The PDK1-FoxO1 signaling in adipocytes controls systemic insulin sensitivity through the 5-lipoxygenase-leukotriene B 4 axis. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2020; 117:11674-11684. [PMID: 32393635 PMCID: PMC7261087 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1921015117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [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] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Although adipocytes are major targets of insulin, the influence of impaired insulin action in adipocytes on metabolic homeostasis remains unclear. We here show that adipocyte-specific PDK1 (3'-phosphoinositide-dependent kinase 1)-deficient (A-PDK1KO) mice manifest impaired metabolic actions of insulin in adipose tissue and reduction of adipose tissue mass. A-PDK1KO mice developed insulin resistance, glucose intolerance, and hepatic steatosis, and this phenotype was suppressed by additional ablation of FoxO1 specifically in adipocytes (A-PDK1/FoxO1KO mice) without an effect on adipose tissue mass. Neither circulating levels of adiponectin and leptin nor inflammatory markers in adipose tissue differed between A-PDK1KO and A-PDK1/FoxO1KO mice. Lipidomics and microarray analyses revealed that leukotriene B4 (LTB4) levels in plasma and in adipose tissue as well as the expression of 5-lipoxygenase (5-LO) in adipose tissue were increased and restored in A-PDK1KO mice and A-PDK1/FoxO1KO mice, respectively. Genetic deletion of the LTB4 receptor BLT1 as well as pharmacological intervention to 5-LO or BLT1 ameliorated insulin resistance in A-PDK1KO mice. Furthermore, insulin was found to inhibit LTB4 production through down-regulation of 5-LO expression via the PDK1-FoxO1 pathway in isolated adipocytes. Our results indicate that insulin signaling in adipocytes negatively regulates the production of LTB4 via the PDK1-FoxO1 pathway and thereby maintains systemic insulin sensitivity.
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- Tetsuya Hosooka
- Division of Diabetes and Endocrinology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, 650-0017 Kobe, Japan
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- Division of Diabetes and Endocrinology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, 650-0017 Kobe, Japan
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- Division of Diabetes and Endocrinology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, 650-0017 Kobe, Japan
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- Division of Epidemiology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, 650-0017 Kobe, Japan
- The Integrated Center for Mass Spectrometry, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, 650-0017 Kobe, Japan
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- Division of Diabetes and Endocrinology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, 650-0017 Kobe, Japan
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- Division of Diabetes and Endocrinology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, 650-0017 Kobe, Japan
- Department of Internal Medicine, Chibune General Hospital, 555-0001 Osaka, Japan
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- Division of Diabetes and Endocrinology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, 650-0017 Kobe, Japan
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- Metabolic Signal Research Center, Institute for Molecular and Cellular Regulation, Gunma University, 371-8512 Maebashi, Japan
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- Metabolic Signal Research Center, Institute for Molecular and Cellular Regulation, Gunma University, 371-8512 Maebashi, Japan
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- Metabolic Signal Research Center, Institute for Molecular and Cellular Regulation, Gunma University, 371-8512 Maebashi, Japan
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- Department of Nutrition and Metabolism, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Tokushima University Graduate School, 770-8503 Tokushima, Japan
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- Department of Nutrition and Metabolism, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Tokushima University Graduate School, 770-8503 Tokushima, Japan
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- Division of Diabetes and Endocrinology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, 650-0017 Kobe, Japan
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- Division of Diabetes and Endocrinology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, 650-0017 Kobe, Japan
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- Division of Diabetes and Endocrinology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, 650-0017 Kobe, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, 602-8566 Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, 602-8566 Kyoto, Japan
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- Division of Molecular Medicine and Medical Genetics, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, 650-0017 Kobe, Japan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine, 160-8582 Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Medicine and Naomi Berrie Diabetes Center, Columbia University, NY 10032
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- Department of Biochemistry, Juntendo University School of Medicine, 113-8421 Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Molecular and Metabolic Medicine, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, 650-0017 Kobe, Japan
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- The Institute for Adult Diseases, Asahi Life Foundation, 103-0002 Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Diabetes and Endocrinology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, 650-0017 Kobe, Japan;
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Xiao Y, Offringa R. PDK1 regulates auxin transport and Arabidopsis vascular development through AGC1 kinase PAX. Nat Plants 2020; 6:544-555. [PMID: 32393878 DOI: 10.1038/s41477-020-0650-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2019] [Accepted: 03/25/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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The 3-phosphoinositide-dependent protein kinase 1 (PDK1) is a conserved master regulator of AGC kinases in eukaryotic organisms. pdk1 loss of function causes a lethal phenotype in animals and yeasts, but only mild phenotypic defects in Arabidopsis thaliana (Arabidopsis). The Arabidopsis genome contains two PDK1-encoding genes, PDK1 and PDK2. Here, we used clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeat (CRISPR)/CRISPR-associated protein 9 (Cas9) to generate true loss-of-function pdk1 alleles, which, when combined with pdk2 alleles, showed severe developmental defects including fused cotyledons, a short primary root, dwarf stature and defects in male fertility. We obtained evidence that PDK1 is responsible for AGC1 kinase PROTEIN KINASE ASSOCIATED WITH BRX (PAX) activation by phosphorylation during vascular development, and that the PDK1 phospholipid-binding Pleckstrin Homology domain is not required for this process. Our data indicate that PDK1 regulates polar auxin transport by activating AGC1 clade kinases, resulting in PIN phosphorylation.
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- Yao Xiao
- Plant Developmental Genetics, Institute of Biology Leiden, Leiden University, Leiden, the Netherlands
- Plant Systems Biology, TUM School of Life Sciences Weihenstephan, Technical University of Munich, Freising, Germany
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- Plant Developmental Genetics, Institute of Biology Leiden, Leiden University, Leiden, the Netherlands.
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Iida M, Harari PM, Wheeler DL, Toulany M. Targeting AKT/PKB to improve treatment outcomes for solid tumors. Mutat Res 2020; 819-820:111690. [PMID: 32120136 DOI: 10.1016/j.mrfmmm.2020.111690] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [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: 12/05/2019] [Revised: 01/31/2020] [Accepted: 02/11/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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The serine/threonine kinase AKT, also known as protein kinase B (PKB), is the major substrate to phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K) and consists of three paralogs: AKT1 (PKBα), AKT2 (PKBβ) and AKT3 (PKBγ). The PI3K/AKT pathway is normally activated by binding of ligands to membrane-bound receptor tyrosine kinases (RTKs) as well as downstream to G-protein coupled receptors and integrin-linked kinase. Through multiple downstream substrates, activated AKT controls a wide variety of cellular functions including cell proliferation, survival, metabolism, and angiogenesis in both normal and malignant cells. In human cancers, the PI3K/AKT pathway is most frequently hyperactivated due to mutations and/or overexpression of upstream components. Aberrant expression of RTKs, gain of function mutations in PIK3CA, RAS, PDPK1, and AKT itself, as well as loss of function mutation in AKT phosphatases are genetic lesions that confer hyperactivation of AKT. Activated AKT stimulates DNA repair, e.g. double strand break repair after radiotherapy. Likewise, AKT attenuates chemotherapy-induced apoptosis. These observations suggest that a crucial link exists between AKT and DNA damage. Thus, AKT could be a major predictive marker of conventional cancer therapy, molecularly targeted therapy, and immunotherapy for solid tumors. In this review, we summarize the current understanding by which activated AKT mediates resistance to cancer treatment modalities, i.e. radiotherapy, chemotherapy, and RTK targeted therapy. Next, the effect of AKT on response of tumor cells to RTK targeted strategies will be discussed. Finally, we will provide a brief summary on the clinical trials of AKT inhibitors in combination with radiochemotherapy, RTK targeted therapy, and immunotherapy.
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- M Iida
- Department of Human Oncology, University of Wisconsin in Madison, Madison, WI, USA.
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- Department of Human Oncology, University of Wisconsin in Madison, Madison, WI, USA
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- Department of Human Oncology, University of Wisconsin in Madison, Madison, WI, USA
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- Division of Radiobiology and Molecular Environmental Research, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany; German Cancer Consortium (DKTK), Partner Site Tuebingen, and German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany.
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Borreguero-Muñoz N, Fletcher GC, Aguilar-Aragon M, Elbediwy A, Vincent-Mistiaen ZI, Thompson BJ. The Hippo pathway integrates PI3K-Akt signals with mechanical and polarity cues to control tissue growth. PLoS Biol 2019; 17:e3000509. [PMID: 31613895 PMCID: PMC6814241 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3000509] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2018] [Revised: 10/25/2019] [Accepted: 10/03/2019] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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The Hippo signalling pathway restricts cell proliferation in animal tissues by inhibiting Yes-associated protein (YAP or YAP1) and Transcriptional Activator with a PDZ domain (TAZ or WW-domain-containing transcriptional activator [WWTR1]), coactivators of the Scalloped (Sd or TEAD) DNA-binding transcription factor. Drosophila has a single YAP/TAZ homolog named Yorkie (Yki) that is regulated by Hippo pathway signalling in response to epithelial polarity and tissue mechanics during development. Here, we show that Yki translocates to the nucleus to drive Sd-mediated cell proliferation in the ovarian follicle cell epithelium in response to mechanical stretching caused by the growth of the germline. Importantly, mechanically induced Yki nuclear localisation also requires nutritionally induced insulin/insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1) signalling (IIS) via phosphatidyl inositol-3-kinase (PI3K), phosphoinositide-dependent kinase 1 (PDK1 or PDPK1), and protein kinase B (Akt or PKB) in the follicular epithelium. We find similar results in the developing Drosophila wing, where Yki becomes nuclear in the mechanically stretched cells of the wing pouch during larval feeding, which induces IIS, but translocates to the cytoplasm upon cessation of feeding in the third instar stage. Inactivating Akt prevents nuclear Yki localisation in the wing disc, while ectopic activation of the insulin receptor, PI3K, or Akt/PKB is sufficient to maintain nuclear Yki in mechanically stimulated cells of the wing pouch even after feeding ceases. Finally, IIS also promotes YAP nuclear localisation in response to mechanical cues in mammalian skin epithelia. Thus, the Hippo pathway has a physiological function as an integrator of epithelial cell polarity, tissue mechanics, and nutritional cues to control cell proliferation and tissue growth in both Drosophila and mammals.
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- Epithelial Biology Laboratory, The Francis Crick Institute, London, United Kingdom
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- Epithelial Biology Laboratory, The Francis Crick Institute, London, United Kingdom
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- Epithelial Biology Laboratory, The Francis Crick Institute, London, United Kingdom
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- Epithelial Biology Laboratory, The Francis Crick Institute, London, United Kingdom
- EMBL Australia, Department of Cancer Biology & Therapeutics, The John Curtin School of Medical Research, The Australian National University, Acton, Australia
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Obata A, Kimura T, Obata Y, Shimoda M, Kinoshita T, Kohara K, Okauchi S, Hirukawa H, Kamei S, Nakanishi S, Mune T, Kaku K, Kaneto H. Vascular endothelial PDPK1 plays a pivotal role in the maintenance of pancreatic beta cell mass and function in adult male mice. Diabetologia 2019; 62:1225-1236. [PMID: 31055616 PMCID: PMC6560212 DOI: 10.1007/s00125-019-4878-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2019] [Accepted: 03/15/2019] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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AIMS/HYPOTHESIS The aim of this study was to elucidate the impact of 3'-phosphoinositide-dependent protein kinase-1 (PDPK1) in vascular endothelial cells on the maintenance of pancreatic beta cell mass and function. METHODS Male vascular endothelial cell-specific Pdpk1-knockout mice (Tie2+/-/Pdpk1flox/flox mice) and their wild-type littermates (Tie2-/-/Pdpk1flox/flox mice; control) were used for this study. At 12 weeks of age, an IPGTT and OGTT were conducted. Pancreatic blood flow was measured under anaesthesia. Thereafter, islet blood flow was measured by the microsphere method. Mice were killed for islet isolation and further functional study and mRNA was extracted from islets. Pancreases were sampled for immunohistochemical analyses. RESULTS During the IPGTT, the blood glucose level was comparable between knockout mice and control flox mice, although serum insulin level was significantly lower in knockout mice. During the OGTT, glucose tolerance deteriorated slightly in knockout mice, accompanied by a decreased serum insulin level. During an IPGTT after pre-treatment with exendin-4 (Ex-4), glucose tolerance was significantly impaired in knockout mice. In fact, glucose-stimulated insulin secretion of isolated islets from knockout mice was significantly reduced compared with control flox mice, and addition of Ex-4 revealed impaired sensitivity to incretin hormones in islets of knockout mice. In immunohistochemical analyses, both alpha and beta cell masses were significantly reduced in knockout mice. In addition, the CD31-positive area was significantly decreased in islets of knockout mice. The proportion of pimonidazole-positive islets was significantly increased in knockout mice. mRNA expression levels related to insulin biosynthesis (Ins1, Ins2, Mafa, Pdx1 and Neurod [also known as Neurod1]) and beta cell function (such as Gck and Slc2a2) were significantly decreased in islets of knockout mice. Microsphere experiments revealed remarkably reduced islet blood flow. In addition, mRNA expression levels of Hif1α (also known as Hif1a) and its downstream factors such as Adm, Eno1, Tpi1 (also known as Ets1), Hmox1 and Vegfa, were significantly increased in islets of knockout mice, indicating that islets of knockout mice were in a more hypoxic state than those of control flox mice. As a result, mRNA expression levels related to adaptive unfolded protein response and endoplasmic reticulum stress-related apoptotic genes were significantly elevated in islets of knockout mice. In addition, inflammatory cytokine levels were increased in islets of knockout mice. Electron microscopy revealed reduced endothelial fenestration and thickening of basal membrane of vascular endothelium in islets of knockout mice. CONCLUSIONS/INTERPRETATION Vascular endothelial PDPK1 plays an important role in the maintenance of pancreatic beta cell mass and function by maintaining vascularity of pancreas and islets and protecting them from hypoxia, hypoxia-related endoplasmic reticulum stress, inflammation and distortion of capillary structure.
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- Atsushi Obata
- Department of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Kawasaki Medical School, 577 Matsushima, Kurashiki, 701-0192, Japan.
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- Department of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Kawasaki Medical School, 577 Matsushima, Kurashiki, 701-0192, Japan
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- Department of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Kawasaki Medical School, 577 Matsushima, Kurashiki, 701-0192, Japan
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- Department of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Kawasaki Medical School, 577 Matsushima, Kurashiki, 701-0192, Japan
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- Department of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Kawasaki Medical School, 577 Matsushima, Kurashiki, 701-0192, Japan
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- Department of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Kawasaki Medical School, 577 Matsushima, Kurashiki, 701-0192, Japan
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- Department of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Kawasaki Medical School, 577 Matsushima, Kurashiki, 701-0192, Japan
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- Department of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Kawasaki Medical School, 577 Matsushima, Kurashiki, 701-0192, Japan
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- Department of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Kawasaki Medical School, 577 Matsushima, Kurashiki, 701-0192, Japan
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- Department of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Kawasaki Medical School, 577 Matsushima, Kurashiki, 701-0192, Japan
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- Department of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Kawasaki Medical School, 577 Matsushima, Kurashiki, 701-0192, Japan
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- Department of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Kawasaki Medical School, 577 Matsushima, Kurashiki, 701-0192, Japan
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- Department of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Kawasaki Medical School, 577 Matsushima, Kurashiki, 701-0192, Japan
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Song J, Baer LA, Threlkeld MRS, Geng C, Wade CE, Wolf SE. Insulin and exercise improved muscle function in rats with severe burns and hindlimb unloading. Physiol Rep 2019; 7:e14158. [PMID: 31353827 PMCID: PMC6661272 DOI: 10.14814/phy2.14158] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2019] [Accepted: 06/11/2019] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Prior work established that exercise alleviates muscle function loss in a clinically relevant rodent model mimicking the clinical sequelae of severely burned patients. On the basis of these data, we posit that pharmacologic treatment with insulin combined with exercise further mitigates loss of muscle function following severe burn with immobilization. Twenty-four Sprague-Dawley rats were assessed and trained to complete a climbing exercise. All rats followed a standardized protocol to mimic severe burn patients (40% total body surface area scald burn); all rats were immediately placed into a hindlimb unloading apparatus to simulate bedrest. The rats were then randomly assigned to four treatment groups: saline vehicle injection without exercise (VEH/NEX), insulin (5 U/kg) injection without exercise (INS/NEX), saline vehicle with daily exercise (VEH/EX), and insulin with daily exercise (INS/EX). The animals were assessed for 14 days following injury. The groups were compared for multiple variables. Isometric tetanic (Po) and twitch (Pt) forces were significantly elevated in the plantaris and soleus muscles of the INS/EX rats (P < 0.05). Genomic analysis revealed mechanistic causes with specific candidate changes. Molecular analysis of INS/EX rats revealed Akt phosphorylated by PDPK1 was increased with this treatment, and it further activated downstream signals mTOR, eEF2, and GSK3-β (P < 0.05). Furthermore, muscle RING-finger protein-1 (MuRF-1), an E3 ubiquitin ligase, was reduced in the INS/EX group (P < 0.05). Insulin and resistance exercise have a positive combined effect on the muscle function recovery in this clinically relevant rodent model of severe burn. Both treatments altered signaling pathways of increasing protein synthesis and decreasing protein degradation.
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- Juquan Song
- Department of SurgeryUniversity of Texas Medical Branch and Shriners Hospitals for ChildrenGalvestonTexas
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- Department of SurgeryUniversity of Texas Health Science Center at HoustonHoustonTexas
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- Department of SurgeryUniversity of Texas Southwestern Medical CenterDallasTexas
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- Department of SurgeryUniversity of Texas Health Science Center at HoustonHoustonTexas
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- Department of SurgeryUniversity of Texas Medical Branch and Shriners Hospitals for ChildrenGalvestonTexas
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Liu R, Chen Z, Yi X, Huang F, Hu G, Liu D, Li X, Zhou H, Liu Z. 9za plays cytotoxic and proapoptotic roles and induces cytoprotective autophagy through the PDK1/Akt/mTOR axis in non-small-cell lung cancer. J Cell Physiol 2019; 234:20728-20741. [PMID: 31004362 DOI: 10.1002/jcp.28679] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2018] [Revised: 03/24/2019] [Accepted: 04/02/2019] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is an aggressive subtype of pulmonary carcinomas with high mortality. However, chemotherapy drug resistance and high recurrence rates hinder the curative effect of platinum-based first-line chemotherapy, which makes it urgent to develop new antitumor drugs for NSCLC. 9za, a new candidate drug synthesized by our research group, has been verified with potent antilung cancer activity in preliminary experiments. However, the underlying molecular mechanism of 9za remains largely vague. This work revealed that 9za could play important cytotoxic and proapoptotic roles in NSCLC cells. Moreover, 9za could induce autophagy and promote autophagy flux. Interestingly, the cytotoxic and proapoptotic roles were significantly dependent on 9za-induced cytoprotective autophagy. That is, the coadministration of 9za with an autophagy inhibitor such as chloroquine or 3-methyladenine exhibited increased cytotoxic and proapoptotic effects compared with 9za treatment alone. In addition, 9za exposure suppressed the phosphorylation of phosphoinositide-dependent protein kinase 1 (PDK1), protein kinase B (Akt), mammalian targets of rapamycin (mTOR), p70 S6 kinase, and 4E binding protein 1 by a dose-dependent way, manifesting that the Akt/mTOR axis was implicated in 9za-induced autophagy. In addition, the overexpression of PDK1 resulted in increased phosphorylation of PDK1 and Akt and blocking of 9za-mediated autophagy. These data showed that the PDK1/Akt/mTOR pathway was involved in 9za-induced autophagy. Hence, this work provides a theoretical basis for exploiting 9za as a new antilung cancer candidate drug and hints that the combination of 9za with an autophagy inhibitor is a feasible alternative approach for the therapy of NSCLC.
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- Rangru Liu
- Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China
- Hunan Key Laboratory of Pharmacogenetics, National Clinical Research Center of Geriatric Disorders, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China
- Key Laboratory of Tropical Diseases and Translational Medicine of the Ministry of Education, Hainan Provincial Key Laboratory of Tropical Medicine, Hainan Medical University, Haikou, Hainan, China
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Xiangya School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- The United Laboratory for Neurosciences of Hainan Medical University and the Fourth Military Medical University, Haikou, Hainan, China
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- Key Laboratory of Tropical Diseases and Translational Medicine of the Ministry of Education, Hainan Provincial Key Laboratory of Tropical Medicine, Hainan Medical University, Haikou, Hainan, China
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Xiangya School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Xiangya Hospital, Department of Pharmacy, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China
- Hunan Key Laboratory of Pharmacogenetics, National Clinical Research Center of Geriatric Disorders, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China
- Hunan Key Laboratory of Pharmacogenetics, National Clinical Research Center of Geriatric Disorders, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China
- Hunan Key Laboratory of Pharmacogenetics, National Clinical Research Center of Geriatric Disorders, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China
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Scholz S, Pleßmann J, Enugutti B, Hüttl R, Wassmer K, Schneitz K. The AGC protein kinase UNICORN controls planar growth by attenuating PDK1 in Arabidopsis thaliana. PLoS Genet 2019; 15:e1007927. [PMID: 30742613 PMCID: PMC6386418 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1007927] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2018] [Revised: 02/22/2019] [Accepted: 01/02/2019] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Tissue morphogenesis critically depends on the coordination of cellular growth patterns. In plants, many organs consist of clonally distinct cell layers, such as the epidermis, whose cells undergo divisions that are oriented along the plane of the layer. The developmental control of such planar growth is poorly understood. We have previously identified the Arabidopsis AGCVIII-class protein kinase UNICORN (UCN) as a central regulator of this process. Plants lacking UCN activity show spontaneous formation of ectopic multicellular protrusions in integuments and malformed petals indicating that UCN suppresses uncontrolled growth in those tissues. In the current model UCN regulates planar growth of integuments in part by directly repressing the putative transcription factor ABERRANT TESTA SHAPE (ATS). Here we report on the identification of 3-PHOSPHOINOSITIDE-DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE 1 (PDK1) as a novel factor involved in UCN-mediated growth control. PDK1 constitutes a basic component of signaling mediated by AGC protein kinases throughout eukaryotes. Arabidopsis PDK1 is implied in stress responses and growth promotion. Here we show that loss-of-function mutations in PDK1 suppress aberrant growth in integuments and petals of ucn mutants. Additional genetic, in vitro, and cell biological data support the view that UCN functions by repressing PDK1. Furthermore, our data indicate that PDK1 is indirectly required for deregulated growth caused by ATS overexpression. Our findings support a model proposing that UCN suppresses ectopic growth in integuments through two independent processes: the attenuation of the protein kinase PDK1 in the cytoplasm and the repression of the transcription factor ATS in the nucleus.
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- Sebastian Scholz
- Entwicklungsbiologie der Pflanzen, Wissenschaftszentrum Weihenstephan, Technische Universität München, Freising, Germany
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- Entwicklungsbiologie der Pflanzen, Wissenschaftszentrum Weihenstephan, Technische Universität München, Freising, Germany
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- Entwicklungsbiologie der Pflanzen, Wissenschaftszentrum Weihenstephan, Technische Universität München, Freising, Germany
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- Entwicklungsbiologie der Pflanzen, Wissenschaftszentrum Weihenstephan, Technische Universität München, Freising, Germany
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- Entwicklungsbiologie der Pflanzen, Wissenschaftszentrum Weihenstephan, Technische Universität München, Freising, Germany
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- Entwicklungsbiologie der Pflanzen, Wissenschaftszentrum Weihenstephan, Technische Universität München, Freising, Germany
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Zhou WM, Wu GL, Huang J, Li JG, Hao C, He QM, Chen XD, Wang GX, Tu XH. Low expression of PDK1 inhibits renal cell carcinoma cell proliferation, migration, invasion and epithelial mesenchymal transition through inhibition of the PI3K-PDK1-Akt pathway. Cell Signal 2018; 56:1-14. [PMID: 30465826 DOI: 10.1016/j.cellsig.2018.11.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2018] [Revised: 11/16/2018] [Accepted: 11/19/2018] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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As the most commonly occurring form of primary renal tumor, renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is a malignancy accompanied by a high mortality rate. 3-phosphoinositide-dependent protein kinase 1 (PDK1) has been established as a protein target and generated considerable interest in both the pharmaceutical and academia industry. The aim of the current study was to investigate the effect of si-PDK1 on the RCC cell apoptosis, proliferation, migration, invasion and epithelial mesenchymal transition (EMT) in connection with the PI3K-PDK1-Akt pathway. Microarray analysis from the GEO database was adopted to identify differentially expressed genes (DEGs) related to RCC, after which the positive expression of the PDK1 protein in tissue was determined accordingly. The optimal silencing si-RNA was subsequently selected and RCC cell lines 786-O and A498 were selected and transfected with either a si-PDK1 or activator of the PI3K-PDK1-Akt pathway for grouping purposes. The mRNA and protein expressions of PDK1, the PI3K-PDK1-Akt pathway-, EMT- and apoptosis-related genes were then evaluated. The effect of si-PDK1 on cell proliferation, apoptosis, invasion and migration was then analyzed. Through microarray analysis of GSE6344, GSE53757, GSE14762 and GSE781, PDK1 was examined. PDK1 was determined to be highly expressed in RCC tissues. Si-PDK1 exhibited marked reductions in relation to the mRNA and protein expression of PDK1, PI3K, AKT as well as Vimentin while elevated mRNA and protein expressions of E-cadherin were detected, which ultimately suggested that cell migration, proliferation and invasion had been inhibited coupled with enhanced levels of cell apoptosis. While a notable observation was made highlighting that the PI3K-PDK1-Akt pathway antagonized the effect of PDK1 silencing. Taken together, the key observations of this study provide evidence suggesting that high expressions of PDK1 are found in RCC, while highlighting that silencing PDK1 could inhibit RCC cell proliferation, migration, invasion and EMT by repressing the PI3K-PDK1-Akt pathway.
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- Wei-Min Zhou
- Jiangxi Medical College, Nanchang University, Nanchang 330006, PR China; Department of Urology, Jiangxi Cancer Hospital, Nanchang 330029, PR China
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- Department of Urology, Jiangxi Cancer Hospital, Nanchang 330029, PR China
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- Department of Urology, Jiangxi Cancer Hospital, Nanchang 330029, PR China
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- Department of Radiotherapy, Jiangxi Cancer Hospital, Nanchang 330029, PR China
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- Department of Urology, Jiangxi Cancer Hospital, Nanchang 330029, PR China
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- Department of Urology, Jiangxi Cancer Hospital, Nanchang 330029, PR China
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- Department of Science and Education, Jiangxi Cancer Hospital, Nanchang 330029, PR China
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- Jiangxi Medical College, Nanchang University, Nanchang 330006, PR China; Department of Urology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang 330006, PR China.
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- Department of Urology, Jiangxi Cancer Hospital, Nanchang 330029, PR China.
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Li D, Guo L, Deng B, Li M, Yang T, Yang F, Yang Z. Long non‑coding RNA HR1 participates in the expression of SREBP‑1c through phosphorylation of the PDK1/AKT/FoxO1 pathway. Mol Med Rep 2018; 18:2850-2856. [PMID: 30015961 PMCID: PMC6102743 DOI: 10.3892/mmr.2018.9278] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2018] [Accepted: 06/20/2018] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Sterol regulatory element binding protein‑1c (SREBP‑1c), which serves an essential role in the process of fat synthesis, is a key adjustment factor that regulates the dynamic balance of lipid metabolism. SREBP‑1c activates the transcription of multiple genes encoding for enzymes involved in the synthesis of triglycerides (TG) and fatty acids (FA) and accelerates lipid synthesis. Previous analysis indicated that long non‑coding RNA HCV regulated 1 (lncHR1) participates in lipid metabolism in vivo and regulates the level of SREBP‑1c protein. However, the mechanism of lncHR1 in regulating SREBP‑1c levels has not been revealed. In the present study, a fatty degeneration cell model was used to study how lncHR1 regulates the SREBP‑1c protein at the cellular level. Furthermore TG accumulation was assessed according to morphological analysis. Reverse transcription‑quantitative polymerase chain reaction and western blotting were used to detected the expression of SREBP‑1c. An activator and an inhibitor of phosphoinositide 3‑kinase/AKT phosphorylation (IGF‑1 and LY294002, respectively) were used to study the effect of lncHR1 on this pathway. It was verified that lncHR1 regulated SREBP‑1c levels and the phosphorylation of AKT in the steatosis cell model. Detailed molecular mechanisms mediated by lncHR1 were associated with the phosphorylation AKT/FoxO1 in Huh7 cell lines. Simultaneously, lncHR1 affected the location of FoxO1 inside and outside of the nucleus. Furthermore, the phosphorylation of PDK1 upstream of AKT was regulated through overexpression or knockdown lncHR1, as determined by western blotting. Taken together, these data show that lncHR1 inhibits SREBP‑1c levels through the phosphorylation of the PDK1/AKT/FoxO1 axis.
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- Duan Li
- Department of Microbiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang, Henan 453003, P.R. China
- Department of Psychiatry, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang, Henan 453002, P.R. China
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- School of Forensic Medicine, Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang, Henan 453003, P.R. China
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- Department of Microbiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang, Henan 453003, P.R. China
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- Department of Microbiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang, Henan 453003, P.R. China
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- Department of Microbiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang, Henan 453003, P.R. China
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- Department of Microbiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang, Henan 453003, P.R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang, Henan 453003, P.R. China
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Li D, Mullinax JE, Aiken T, Xin H, Wiegand G, Anderson A, Thorgeirsson S, Avital I, Rudloff U. Loss of PDPK1 abrogates resistance to gemcitabine in label-retaining pancreatic cancer cells. BMC Cancer 2018; 18:772. [PMID: 30064387 PMCID: PMC6069886 DOI: 10.1186/s12885-018-4690-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2018] [Accepted: 07/23/2018] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Label-retaining cancer cells (LRCC) have been proposed as a model of slowly cycling cancer stem cells (CSC) which mediate resistance to chemotherapy, tumor recurrence, and metastasis. The molecular mechanisms of chemoresistance in LRCC remain to-date incompletely understood. This study aims to identify molecular targets in LRCC that can be exploited to overcome resistance to gemcitabine, a standard chemotherapy agent for the treatment of pancreas cancer. METHODS LRCC were isolated following Cy5-dUTP staining by flow cytometry from pancreatic cancer cell lines. Gene expression profiles obtained from LRCC, non-LRCC (NLRCC), and bulk tumor cells were used to generate differentially regulated pathway networks. Loss of upregulated targets in LRCC on gemcitabine sensitivity was assessed via RNAi experiments and pharmacological inhibition. Expression patterns of PDPK1, one of the upregulated targets in LRCC, was studied in patients' tumor samples and correlated with pathological variables and clinical outcome. RESULTS LRCC are significantly more resistant to gemcitabine than the bulk tumor cell population. Non-canonical EGF (epidermal growth factor)-mediated signal transduction emerged as the top upregulated network in LRCC compared to non-LRCC, and knock down of EGF signaling effectors PDPK1 (3-phosphoinositide dependent protein kinase-1), BMX (BMX non-receptor tyrosine kinase), and NTRK2 (neurotrophic receptor tyrosine kinase 2) or treatment with PDPK1 inhibitors increased growth inhibition and induction of apoptosis in response to gemcitabine. Knockdown of PDPK1 preferentially increased growth inhibition and reduced resistance to induction of apoptosis upon gemcitabine treatment in the LRCC vs non-LRCC population. These findings are accompanied by lower expression levels of PDPK1 in tumors compared to matched uninvolved pancreas in surgical resection specimens and a negative association of membranous localization on IHC with high nuclear grade (p < 0.01). CONCLUSION Pancreatic cancer cell-derived LRCC are relatively resistant to gemcitabine and harbor a unique transcriptomic profile compared to bulk tumor cells. PDPK1, one of the members of an upregulated EGF-signaling network in LRCC, mediates resistance to gemcitabine, is found to be dysregulated in pancreas cancer specimens, and might be an attractive molecular target for combination therapy studies.
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- Dandan Li
- Rare Tumor Initiative, Cancer for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Building 10, Room 2B-38E, Bethesda, MD USA
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- Thoracic & GI Oncology Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD USA
- Department of Surgery, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI USA
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- Laboratory of Oncology, Center for Molecular Medicine and Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, School of Basic Medicine, Yangtze University, Jingzhou, Hubei China
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- Flow Cytometry Core, Hollings Cancer Center, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC USA
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- Laboratory of Experimental Carcinogenesis, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, USA
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- St. Peter’s Hospital, Rutgers University, Robert Wood Johnson School of Medicine, New Brunswick, NJ USA
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- Rare Tumor Initiative, Cancer for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Building 10, Room 2B-38E, Bethesda, MD USA
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Fang S, Yu X, Ding H, Han J, Feng J. Effects of intracellular iron overload on cell death and identification of potent cell death inhibitors. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2018; 503:297-303. [PMID: 29890135 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2018.06.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2018] [Accepted: 06/07/2018] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Iron overload causes many diseases, while the underlying etiologies of these diseases are unclear. Cell death processes including apoptosis, necroptosis, cyclophilin D-(CypD)-dependent necrosis and a recently described additional form of regulated cell death called ferroptosis, are dependent on iron or iron-dependent reactive oxygen species (ROS). However, whether the accumulation of intracellular iron itself induces ferroptosis or other forms of cell death is largely elusive. In present study, we study the role of intracellular iron overload itself-induced cell death mechanisms by using ferric ammonium citrate (FAC) and a membrane-permeable Ferric 8-hydroxyquinoline complex (Fe-8HQ) respectively. We show that FAC-induced intracellular iron overload causes ferroptosis. We also identify 3-phosphoinositide-dependent kinase 1 (PDK1) inhibitor GSK2334470 as a potent ferroptosis inhibitor. Whereas, Fe-8HQ-induced intracellular iron overload causes unregulated necrosis, but partially activates PARP-1 dependent parthanatos. Interestingly, we identify many phenolic compounds as potent inhibitors of Fe-8HQ-induced cell death. In conclusion, intracellular iron overload-induced cell death form might be dependent on the intracellular iron accumulation rate, newly identified cell death inhibitors in our study that target ferroptosis and unregulated oxidative cell death represent potential therapeutic strategies against iron overload related diseases.
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- Shenglin Fang
- Key Laboratory of Molecular Animal Nutrition, Ministry of Education, College of Animal Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Animal Nutrition, Ministry of Education, College of Animal Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Animal Nutrition, Ministry of Education, College of Animal Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Animal Nutrition, Ministry of Education, College of Animal Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Animal Nutrition, Ministry of Education, College of Animal Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
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Manne BK, Münzer P, Badolia R, Walker-Allgaier B, Campbell RA, Middleton E, Weyrich AS, Kunapuli SP, Borst O, Rondina MT. PDK1 governs thromboxane generation and thrombosis in platelets by regulating activation of Raf1 in the MAPK pathway. J Thromb Haemost 2018; 16:1211-1225. [PMID: 29575487 PMCID: PMC5984143 DOI: 10.1111/jth.14005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [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: 09/27/2017] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Essentials Phosphoinositide 3-kinase and MAPK pathways crosstalk via PDK1. PDK1 is required for adenosine diphosphate-induced platelet activation and thromboxane generation. PDK1 regulates RAF proto-oncogene Ser/Thr kinase (Raf1) activation in the MAPK pathway. Genetic ablation of PDK1 protects against platelet-dependent thrombosis in vivo. SUMMARY Background Platelets are dynamic effector cells with functions that span hemostatic, thrombotic and inflammatory continua. Phosphoinositide-dependent protein kinase 1 (PDK1) regulates protease-activated receptor 4-induced platelet activation and thrombus formation through glycogen synthase kinase3β. However, whether PDK1 also signals through the ADP receptor and its functional importance in vivo remain unknown. Objective To establish the mechanism of PDK1 in ADP-induced platelet activation and thrombosis. Methods We assessed the role of PDK1 on 2MeSADP-induced platelet activation by measuring aggregation, thromboxane generation and phosphorylation events in the presence of BX-795, which inhibits PDK1, or by using platelet-specific PDK1 knockout mice and performing western blot analysis. PDK1 function in thrombus formation was assessed with an in vivo pulmonary embolism model. Results PDK1 inhibition with BX-795 reduced 2-methylthio-ADP (2MeSADP)-induced aggregation of human and murine platelets by abolishing thromboxane generation. Similar results were observed in pdk1-/- mice. PDK1 was also necessary for the phosphorylation of mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase 1/2 (MEK1/2), extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1/2, and cytosolic phospholipase A2, indicating that PDK1 regulates an upstream kinase in the mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathway. We next determined that this upstream kinase is Raf-1, a serine/threonine kinase that is necessary for the phosphorylation of MEK1/2, as pharmacological inhibition and genetic ablation of PDK1 were sufficient to prevent Raf1 phosphorylation. Furthermore, in vivo inhibition or genetic ablation of PDK1 protected mice from collagen/epinephrine-induced pulmonary embolism. Conclusion PDK1 governs thromboxane generation and thrombosis in platelets that are stimulated with 2MeSADP by regulating activation of the MAPK pathway.
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- Bhanu Kanth Manne
- Department of Internal Medicine, Molecular Medicine Program, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, 84112 USA
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- Department of Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, 72076 Germany
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- Sol Sherry Thrombosis Research Center, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, 19140 USA
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- Department of Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, 72076 Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Molecular Medicine Program, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, 84112 USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Molecular Medicine Program, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, 84112 USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Molecular Medicine Program, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, 84112 USA
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- Sol Sherry Thrombosis Research Center, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, 19140 USA
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- Department of Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, 72076 Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Molecular Medicine Program, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, 84112 USA
- Department of Internal Medicine, GRECC, George E. Wahlen VAMC, Salt Lake City, UT, 84148
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Xia H, Dai X, Yu H, Zhou S, Fan Z, Wei G, Tang Q, Gong Q, Bi F. EGFR-PI3K-PDK1 pathway regulates YAP signaling in hepatocellular carcinoma: the mechanism and its implications in targeted therapy. Cell Death Dis 2018; 9:269. [PMID: 29449645 PMCID: PMC5833379 DOI: 10.1038/s41419-018-0302-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2017] [Revised: 12/21/2017] [Accepted: 01/08/2018] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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The epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) pathway and Hippo signaling play an important role in the carcinogenesis of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). However, the crosstalk between these two pathways and its implications in targeted therapy remains unclear. We found that the activated EGFR signaling could bypass RhoA to promote the expression of YAP(Yes-associated protein), the core effector of the Hippo signaling, and its downstream target Cyr61. Further studies indicated that EGFR signaling mainly acted through the PI3K-PDK1 (Phosphoinositide 3-kinase-Phosphoinositide-dependent kinase-1) pathway to activate YAP, but not the AKT and MAPK pathways. While YAP knockdown hardly affected the EGFR signaling. In addition, EGF could promote the proliferation of HCC cells in a YAP-independent manner. Combined targeting of YAP and EGFR signaling by simvastatin and the EGFR signaling inhibitors, including the EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) gefitinib, the RAF inhibitor sorafenib and the MEK inhibitor trametinib, presented strong synergistic cytotoxicities in HCC cells. Therefore, the EGFR-PI3K-PDK1 pathway could activate the YAP signaling, and the activated EGFR signaling could promote the HCC cell growth in a YAP-independent manner. Combined use of FDA-approved inhibitors to simultaneously target YAP and EGFR signaling presented several promising therapeutic approaches for HCC treatment.
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- Hongwei Xia
- Laboratory of Molecular Targeted Therapy in Oncology, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, 610041, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China
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- Department of Medical Oncology and Cancer Center, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, 610041, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China
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- Department of Medical Oncology and Cancer Center, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, 610041, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China
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- Department of Medical Oncology and Cancer Center, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, 610041, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China
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- Department of Medical Oncology and Cancer Center, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, 610041, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China
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- Laboratory of Molecular Targeted Therapy in Oncology, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, 610041, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China
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- Laboratory of Molecular Targeted Therapy in Oncology, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, 610041, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China
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- Department of Radiology, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, 610041, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China
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- Laboratory of Molecular Targeted Therapy in Oncology, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, 610041, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China.
- Department of Medical Oncology and Cancer Center, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, 610041, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China.
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Al-Zeer MA, Xavier A, Abu Lubad M, Sigulla J, Kessler M, Hurwitz R, Meyer TF. Chlamydia trachomatis Prevents Apoptosis Via Activation of PDPK1-MYC and Enhanced Mitochondrial Binding of Hexokinase II. EBioMedicine 2017; 23:100-110. [PMID: 28803120 PMCID: PMC5605330 DOI: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2017.08.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2017] [Revised: 08/02/2017] [Accepted: 08/03/2017] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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The intracellular human bacterial pathogen Chlamydia trachomatis pursues effective strategies to protect infected cells against death-inducing stimuli. Here, we show that Chlamydia trachomatis infection evokes 3-phosphoinositide-dependent protein kinase-1 (PDPK1) signaling to ensure the completion of its developmental cycle, further leading to the phosphorylation and stabilization of MYC. Using biochemical approaches and imaging we demonstrate that Chlamydia-induced PDPK1-MYC signaling induces host hexokinase II (HKII), which becomes enriched and translocated to the mitochondria. Strikingly, preventing the HKII interaction with mitochondria using exogenous peptides triggers apoptosis of infected cells as does inhibiting either PDPK1 or MYC, which also disrupts intracellular development of Chlamydia trachomatis. These findings identify a previously unknown pathway activated by Chlamydia infection, which exhibits pro-carcinogenic features. Targeting the PDPK1-MYC-HKII-axis may provide a strategy to overcome therapeutic resistance of infection.
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- Munir A Al-Zeer
- Department of Molecular Biology, Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology, Berlin, Germany.
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology, Berlin, Germany; The Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology, Berlin, Germany; Mu'tah University, Faculty of Medicine, Al-Karak, Jordan
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology, Berlin, Germany
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- Protein Purification Core Facility, Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology, Berlin, Germany.
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Wu N, He C, Zhu B, Jiang J, Chen Y, Ma T. 3-Phosphoinositide Dependent Protein Kinase-1 (PDK-1) Promotes Migration and Invasion in Gastric Cancer Cells Through Activating the NF-κB Pathway. Oncol Res 2017; 25:1153-1159. [PMID: 28109078 PMCID: PMC7841078 DOI: 10.3727/096504017x14845839228545] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Gastric cancer (GC) is one of the most common cancers and the second leading cause of cancer deaths in the world. Many factors have been reported regarding the progression and development of GC. In this study, we aimed to investigate the correlation of 3-phosphoinositide dependent protein kinase-1 (PDK-1) with cell viability, migration, and invasion of GC. The expression of PDK-1 was measured in different GC cell lines. Thereafter, the expression of PDK-1 was interfered by small hairpin RNA (shRNA) and then incubated with or without the inhibitor of nuclear factor-κB (NF-κB) pyrrolidine dithiocarbamate (PDTC). We then investigated the effects of PDK-1 aberrant expression on GC cell viability, migration, invasion, and the epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) progress. The results showed that PDK-1 was highly expressed in GC cells, and PDK-1 promoted cell viability, migration, invasion, and EMT in GC. Moreover, we confirmed that PDK-1 activated the phosphatidylinositol 3-hydroxy kinase (PI3K)/AKT and NF-κB signaling pathways. However, administration of PDTC reversed the effects of overexpression of PDK-1 on cell migration and invasion. All these findings suggest that PDK-1 may be involved in progression of GC and could be a new therapeutic target for this disease.
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- Ning Wu
- *Department of Oncology, Shanghai Pudong New Area Gongli Hospital, Shanghai, P.R. China
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- †Department of Oncology, Ruijin Hospital Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, P.R. China
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- *Department of Oncology, Shanghai Pudong New Area Gongli Hospital, Shanghai, P.R. China
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- †Department of Oncology, Ruijin Hospital Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, P.R. China
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- *Department of Oncology, Shanghai Pudong New Area Gongli Hospital, Shanghai, P.R. China
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- †Department of Oncology, Ruijin Hospital Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, P.R. China
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Chen S, Liu W, Wang K, Fan Y, Chen J, Ma J, Wang X, He D, Zeng J, Li L. Tetrandrine inhibits migration and invasion of human renal cell carcinoma by regulating Akt/NF-κB/MMP-9 signaling. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0173725. [PMID: 28288190 PMCID: PMC5348026 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0173725] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2016] [Accepted: 02/24/2017] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is known as one of the most lethal malignancies in the urological system because of its high incidence of metastasis. Tetrandrine (Tet), a traditional Chinese herbal medicine, exerts a potent anti-cancer effect in a variety of cancer cells. However, the anti-metastatic effect of Tet and its possible mechanism in RCC is still unclear. The present study revealed that Tet significantly suppressed the migration and invasion of RCC 786-O and 769-P cells in vitro. Mechanistically, the protein levels of matrix metalloproteinases 9 (MMP-9), phosphorylated PI3K, PDK1, Akt and NF-κB were markedly reduced after Tet treatment. Moreover, co-treatment with LY294002 (PI3K inhibitor) could further enhance the Tet-inhibited migration and invasion, and the NF-κB and MMP-9 protein levels were further decreased. Similar results were observed after PDTC (NF-κB inhibitor) co-treatment. Conversely, SC79, an Akt activator, could partially reverse the anti-metastatic effects of Tet, accompanied by the restoration of NF-κB and MMP-9 protein levels. In conclusion, the current results indicated that Tet inhibited migration and invasion of RCC partially by regulating Akt/NF-κB/MMP-9 signaling pathway, suggesting that Tet may be a potential therapeutic candidate against metastatic RCC.
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- Shurui Chen
- Department of Urology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, PR China
- Department of Science and Technology, Jinzhou Medical University, Jinzhou, PR China
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- Department of Urology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, PR China
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- Department of Urology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, PR China
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- Department of Urology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, PR China
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- Department of Urology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, PR China
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- Department of Urology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, PR China
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- Department of Urology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, PR China
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- Department of Urology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, PR China
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- Department of Urology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, PR China
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- Department of Urology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, PR China
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Yahiaoui A, Meadows SA, Sorensen RA, Cui ZH, Keegan KS, Brockett R, Chen G, Quéva C, Li L, Tannheimer SL. PI3Kδ inhibitor idelalisib in combination with BTK inhibitor ONO/GS-4059 in diffuse large B cell lymphoma with acquired resistance to PI3Kδ and BTK inhibitors. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0171221. [PMID: 28178345 PMCID: PMC5298344 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0171221] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2016] [Accepted: 01/17/2017] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Activated B-cell-like diffuse large B-cell lymphoma relies on B-cell receptor signaling to drive proliferation and survival. Downstream of the B-cell receptor, the key signaling kinases Bruton’s tyrosine kinase and phosphoinositide 3-kinase δ offer opportunities for therapeutic intervention by agents such as ibrutinib, ONO/GS-4059, and idelalisib. Combination therapy with such targeted agents could provide enhanced efficacy due to complimentary mechanisms of action. In this study, we describe both the additive interaction of and resistance mechanisms to idelalisib and ONO/GS-4059 in a model of activated B-cell-like diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. Significant tumor regression was observed with a combination of PI3Kδ and Bruton’s tyrosine kinase inhibitors in the mouse TMD8 xenograft. Acquired resistance to idelalisib in the TMD8 cell line occurred by loss of phosphatase and tensin homolog and phosphoinositide 3-kinase pathway upregulation, but not by mutation of PIK3CD. Sensitivity to idelalisib could be restored by combining idelalisib and ONO/GS-4059. Further evaluation of targeted inhibitors revealed that the combination of idelalisib and the phosphoinositide-dependent kinase-1 inhibitor GSK2334470 or the AKT inhibitor MK-2206 could partially overcome resistance. Characterization of acquired Bruton’s tyrosine kinase inhibitor resistance revealed a novel tumor necrosis factor alpha induced protein 3 mutation (TNFAIP3 Q143*), which led to a loss of A20 protein, and increased p-IκBα. The combination of idelalisib and ONO/GS-4059 partially restored sensitivity in this resistant line. Additionally, a mutation in Bruton’s tyrosine kinase at C481F was identified as a mechanism of resistance. The combination activity observed with idelalisib and ONO/GS-4059, taken together with the ability to overcome resistance, could lead to a new therapeutic option in activated B-cell-like diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. A clinical trial is currently underway to evaluate the combination of idelalisib and ONO/GS-4059 (NCT02457598).
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- Anella Yahiaoui
- Gilead Sciences, Inc., Foster City, California, United States of America
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- Gilead Sciences, Inc., Foster City, California, United States of America
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- Gilead Sciences, Inc., Foster City, California, United States of America
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- Gilead Sciences, Inc., Foster City, California, United States of America
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- Gilead Sciences, Inc., Foster City, California, United States of America
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- Gilead Sciences, Inc., Foster City, California, United States of America
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- Gilead Sciences, Inc., Foster City, California, United States of America
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- Gilead Sciences, Inc., Foster City, California, United States of America
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- Gilead Sciences, Inc., Foster City, California, United States of America
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- Gilead Sciences, Inc., Foster City, California, United States of America
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Hossen MJ, Cho JY, Kim D. PDK1 in NF-κB signaling is a target of Xanthium strumarium methanolic extract-mediated anti-inflammatory activities. J Ethnopharmacol 2016; 190:251-260. [PMID: 27286918 DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2016.06.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2016] [Revised: 05/29/2016] [Accepted: 06/06/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE Xanthium strumarium L. (Asteraceae) has traditionally been used to treat bacterial infections, nasal sinusitis, urticaria, arthritis, chronic bronchitis and rhinitis, allergic rhinitis, edema, lumbago, and other ailments. However, the molecular mechanisms by which this plant exerts its anti-inflammatory effects are poorly characterized. Here we studied the immunopharmacological activities of the methanolic extract of the aerial parts of this plant (Xs-ME) and validated its pharmacological targets. MATERIALS AND METHODS To evaluate the anti-inflammatory activity of Xs-ME, we employed lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-treated macrophages and an HCl/EtOH-induced mouse model of gastritis. We also used HPLC to identify the potentially active anti-inflammatory components of this extract. The molecular mechanisms of its anti-inflammatory activity were studied by kinase assays, reporter gene assays, immunoprecipitation analysis, and overexpression of target enzymes. RESULTS The production of nitric oxide (NO) and prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) were both suppressed by Xs-ME. Moreover, orally administered Xs-ME ameliorated HCl/EtOH-induced gastric lesions. Furthermore, this extract downregulated the expression of inducible NO synthase (iNOS) and cyclooxygenase (COX)-2 and reduced the nuclear levels of NF-κB. Signaling events upstream of NF-κB translocation, such as phosphorylation of AKT and the formation of PDK1-AKT signaling complexes, were also inhibited by Xs-ME. Moreover, Xs-ME suppressed the enzymatic activity of PDK1. Additionally, PDK1-induced luciferase activity and Akt phosphorylation were both inhibited by Xs-ME. We also identified the polyphenol resveratrol as a likely active anti-inflammatory component in Xs-ME that targets PDK1. CONCLUSION Xs-ME exerts anti-inflammatory activity in vitro and in vivo by inhibiting PDK1 kinase activity and blocking signaling to its downstream transcription factor, NF-κB.
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- Muhammad Jahangir Hossen
- Department of Genetic Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Republic of Korea; Department of Animal Science, Patuakhali Science and Technology University, Dumki, Patuakhali 8602, Bangladesh
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- Department of Genetic Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Republic of Korea
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- Laboratory of Bio-informatics, Department of Multimedia Engineering, Dankook University, Republic of Korea.
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Budzko L, Marcinkowska-Swojak M, Jackowiak P, Kozlowski P, Figlerowicz M. Copy number variation of genes involved in the hepatitis C virus-human interactome. Sci Rep 2016; 6:31340. [PMID: 27510840 PMCID: PMC4980658 DOI: 10.1038/srep31340] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2016] [Accepted: 07/18/2016] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Copy number variation (CNV) is a newly discovered form of intra-species genetic polymorphism that is defined as deletions or duplications of genome segments ranging from 1 kbp to several Mbp. CNV accounts for the majority of the genetic variation observed in humans (CNV regions cover more than 10% of the human genome); therefore, it may significantly influence both the phenotype and susceptibility to various diseases. Unfortunately, the impact of CNV on a number of diseases, including hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, remains largely unexplored. Here, we analyzed 421 human genes encoding proteins that have been shown to interact with HCV proteins or genomic RNA (proteins from the HCV-human interactome). We found that 19 of the 421 candidate genes are located in putative CNV regions. For all of these genes, copy numbers were determined for European, Asiatic and African populations using the multiplex ligation-dependent amplification (MLPA) method. As a result, we identified 4 genes, IGLL1, MLLT4, PDPK1, PPP1R13L, for which the CN-genotype ranged from 1 to 6. All of these genes are involved in host-virus interaction; thus, their polymorphism has a potential impact on the development of HCV infection and/or therapy outcome.
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- Lucyna Budzko
- Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poznan, Poland
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- Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poznan, Poland
- Institute of Chemical Technology and Engineering, Poznan University of Technology, Poznan, Poland
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- Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poznan, Poland
- Institute of Chemical Technology and Engineering, Poznan University of Technology, Poznan, Poland
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- Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poznan, Poland
- Institute of Computing Science, Poznan University of Technology, Poznan, Poland
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Chen K, Lin G, Haelterman NA, Ho TSY, Li T, Li Z, Duraine L, Graham BH, Jaiswal M, Yamamoto S, Rasband MN, Bellen HJ. Loss of Frataxin induces iron toxicity, sphingolipid synthesis, and Pdk1/Mef2 activation, leading to neurodegeneration. eLife 2016; 5:e16043. [PMID: 27343351 PMCID: PMC4956409 DOI: 10.7554/elife.16043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2016] [Accepted: 06/24/2016] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Mutations in Frataxin (FXN) cause Friedreich's ataxia (FRDA), a recessive neurodegenerative disorder. Previous studies have proposed that loss of FXN causes mitochondrial dysfunction, which triggers elevated reactive oxygen species (ROS) and leads to the demise of neurons. Here we describe a ROS independent mechanism that contributes to neurodegeneration in fly FXN mutants. We show that loss of frataxin homolog (fh) in Drosophila leads to iron toxicity, which in turn induces sphingolipid synthesis and ectopically activates 3-phosphoinositide dependent protein kinase-1 (Pdk1) and myocyte enhancer factor-2 (Mef2). Dampening iron toxicity, inhibiting sphingolipid synthesis by Myriocin, or reducing Pdk1 or Mef2 levels, all effectively suppress neurodegeneration in fh mutants. Moreover, increasing dihydrosphingosine activates Mef2 activity through PDK1 in mammalian neuronal cell line suggesting that the mechanisms are evolutionarily conserved. Our results indicate that an iron/sphingolipid/Pdk1/Mef2 pathway may play a role in FRDA.
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- Kuchuan Chen
- Program in Developmental Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, United States
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- Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, United States
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- Program in Developmental Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, United States
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- Department of Neuroscience, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, United States
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- Program in Developmental Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, United States
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- Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, United States
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, United States
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- Program in Developmental Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, United States
- Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, United States
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- Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, United States
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, United States
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- Program in Developmental Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, United States
- Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, United States
- Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute, Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, United States
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- Program in Developmental Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, United States
- Department of Neuroscience, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, United States
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- Program in Developmental Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, United States
- Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, United States
- Department of Neuroscience, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, United States
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, United States
- Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute, Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, United States
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Watanabe S, Matsumoto T, Ando M, Adachi T, Kobayashi S, Iguchi M, Takeuchi M, Taguchi K, Kobayashi T. Multiple activation mechanisms of serotonin-mediated contraction in the carotid arteries obtained from spontaneously hypertensive rats. Pflugers Arch 2016; 468:1271-1282. [PMID: 27170312 DOI: 10.1007/s00424-016-1834-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2016] [Revised: 04/29/2016] [Accepted: 05/02/2016] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine, 5-HT) is an important endogenous substance that regulates the vascular tone, and the abnormal signaling of 5-HT has been observed in the arteries under several pathophysiological conditions such as diabetes and hypertension. However, signaling pathways of 5-HT-mediated vasocontraction in hypertension remain unclear. Therefore, we tested the hypothesis that 5-HT-mediated contraction and contributions of various kinases such as mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs), phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K), Rho kinase (ROCK), and 3-phosphoinositide-dependent kinase 1 (PDK1) to the contraction would be altered in the carotid arteries obtained from spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) compared to control Wistar Kyoto (WKY) rats. In the carotid arteries from SHR (vs. those from WKY), (1) the 5-HT-mediated contraction was increased, whereas the norepinephrine-mediated contraction was not; (2) 5-HT-mediated contractions were partly inhibited by each kinase (extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1/2 (ERK1/2), p38 MAPK, c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK), PI3K, ROCK, and PDK1) inhibitor; and (3) 5-HT-stimulated phosphorylation of ERK1/2, p38 MAPK, JNK, myosin phosphatase target subunit 1 (MYPT1), and PDK1 was increased. The expression of ROCK2 but not ROCK1 was increased in the carotid arteries from SHR compared to WKY. The expression of 5-HT2A receptor, a major receptor of 5-HT-mediated contraction in rat carotid artery, was similar in carotid arteries between the two groups. These results suggest that 5-HT-mediated contraction was utilized multiple signaling pathways such as ERK1/2, p38 MAPK, JNK, PI3K, ROCK, and PDK1. Although 5-HT-mediated contraction was increased in the carotid arteries obtained from SHR, further studies are necessary to clarify how each kinase may integrate in the vascular smooth muscles under hypertension.
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- Shun Watanabe
- Department of Physiology and Morphology, Institute of Medicinal Chemistry, Hoshi University, 2-4-41 Ebara, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, 142-8501, Japan
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- Department of Physiology and Morphology, Institute of Medicinal Chemistry, Hoshi University, 2-4-41 Ebara, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, 142-8501, Japan
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- Department of Physiology and Morphology, Institute of Medicinal Chemistry, Hoshi University, 2-4-41 Ebara, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, 142-8501, Japan
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- Department of Physiology and Morphology, Institute of Medicinal Chemistry, Hoshi University, 2-4-41 Ebara, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, 142-8501, Japan
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- Department of Physiology and Morphology, Institute of Medicinal Chemistry, Hoshi University, 2-4-41 Ebara, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, 142-8501, Japan
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- Department of Physiology and Morphology, Institute of Medicinal Chemistry, Hoshi University, 2-4-41 Ebara, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, 142-8501, Japan
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- Department of Physiology and Morphology, Institute of Medicinal Chemistry, Hoshi University, 2-4-41 Ebara, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, 142-8501, Japan
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- Department of Physiology and Morphology, Institute of Medicinal Chemistry, Hoshi University, 2-4-41 Ebara, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, 142-8501, Japan
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- Department of Physiology and Morphology, Institute of Medicinal Chemistry, Hoshi University, 2-4-41 Ebara, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, 142-8501, Japan.
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Sestito S, Daniele S, Nesi G, Zappelli E, Di Maio D, Marinelli L, Digiacomo M, Lapucci A, Martini C, Novellino E, Rapposelli S. Locking PDK1 in DFG-out conformation through 2-oxo-indole containing molecules: Another tools to fight glioblastoma. Eur J Med Chem 2016; 118:47-63. [PMID: 27123901 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2016.04.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2016] [Revised: 04/01/2016] [Accepted: 04/02/2016] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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The phosphoinositide-dependent kinase-1 (PDK1) is one of the main components of the PI3K/Akt pathway. Also named the "master kinase" of the AGC family, PDK1 plays a critical role in tumorigenesis, by enhancing cell proliferation and inhibiting apoptosis, as well as in cell invasion and metastasis formation. Although there have been done huge efforts in discovering specific compounds targeting PDK1, nowadays no PDK1 inhibitor has yet entered the clinic. With the aim to pick out novel and potent PDK1 inhibitors, herein we report the design and synthesis of a new class of molecules obtained by merging the 2-oxo-indole nucleus with the 2-oxo-pyridonyl fragment, two moieties with high affinity for the PDK1 hinge region and its DFG-out binding site, respectively. To this purpose, a small series of compounds were synthesised and a tandem application of docking and Molecular Dynamic (MD) was employed to get insight into their mode of binding. The OXID-pyridonyl hybrid 8, possessing the lower IC50 (IC50 = 112 nM), was also tested against recombinant kinases involved in the PI3K/PDK1/Akt pathway and was subjected to vitro studies to evaluate the cytotoxicity and the inhibition of tumour cell migration. All together the results let us to consider 8, as a lead compound of a new generation of PDK1 inhibitors and encourage us to further studies in this direction.
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- Simona Sestito
- Department of Pharmacy, University of Pisa, Via Bonanno, 6, 56126 Pisa, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacy, University of Pisa, Via Bonanno, 6, 56126 Pisa, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacy, University of Pisa, Via Bonanno, 6, 56126 Pisa, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacy, University of Pisa, Via Bonanno, 6, 56126 Pisa, Italy
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- Scuola Normale Superiore, Piazza dei Cavalieri 7, I-56126 Pisa, Italy; Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), Largo Bruno Pontecorvo 3, 56127 Pisa, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacy, University of Pisa, Via Bonanno, 6, 56126 Pisa, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacy, University of Pisa, Via Bonanno, 6, 56126 Pisa, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacy, University of Pisa, Via Bonanno, 6, 56126 Pisa, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacy, University of Pisa, Via Bonanno, 6, 56126 Pisa, Italy.
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Pastor-Flores D, Schulze JO, Bahí A, Süß E, Casamayor A, Biondi RM. Lipid regulators of Pkh2 in Candida albicans, the protein kinase ortholog of mammalian PDK1. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Cell Biol Lipids 2015; 1861:249-59. [PMID: 26743850 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbalip.2015.12.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2015] [Revised: 12/21/2015] [Accepted: 12/24/2015] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Pkh is the yeast ortholog of the mammalian 3-phosphoinositide-dependent protein kinase 1 (PDK1). Pkh phosphorylates the activation loop of Ypks, Tpks, Sch9 and also phosphorylates the eisosome components Lsp1 and Pil1, which play fundamental roles upstream of diverse signaling pathways, including the cell wall integrity and sphingosine/long-chain base (LCB) signaling pathways. In S. cerevisiae, two isoforms, ScPkh1 and ScPkh2, are required for cell viability, while only one ortholog exists in C. albicans, CaPkh2. In spite of the extensive information gathered on the role of Pkh in the LCB signaling, the yeast Pkh kinases are not known to bind lipids and previous studies did not identify PH domains in Pkh sequences. We now describe that the C-terminal region of CaPkh2 is required for its intrinsic kinase activity. In addition, we found that the C-terminal region of CaPkh2 enables its interaction with structural and signaling lipids. Our results further show that phosphatidylserine, phosphatidic acid, phosphatidylinositol (3,4 and 4,5)-biphosphates, and phosphatidylinositol (3,4,5)-trisphosphate inhibit Pkh activity, whereas sulfatide binds with high affinity but does not affect the intrinsic activity of CaPkh2. Interestingly, we identified that its human ortholog PDK1 also binds to sulfatide. We propose a mechanism by which lipids and dihydrosphingosine regulate CaPkh2 kinase activity by modulating the interaction of the C-terminal region with the kinase domain, while sulfatide-like lipids support localization CaPkh2 mediated by a C-terminal PH domain, without affecting kinase intrinsic activity.
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- Daniel Pastor-Flores
- Research Group PhosphoSites, Medizinische Klinik 1, Universitätsklinikum Frankfurt, Theodor-Stern-Kai 7, 60590 Frankfurt, Germany
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- Research Group PhosphoSites, Medizinische Klinik 1, Universitätsklinikum Frankfurt, Theodor-Stern-Kai 7, 60590 Frankfurt, Germany
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- Departament de Bioquímica i Biologia Molecular, Facultat de Veterinària, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Cerdanyola, 08193, Barcelona, Spain; Institut de Biotecnologia i Biomedicina, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Cerdanyola, 08193, Barcelona, Spain
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- Research Group PhosphoSites, Medizinische Klinik 1, Universitätsklinikum Frankfurt, Theodor-Stern-Kai 7, 60590 Frankfurt, Germany
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- Departament de Bioquímica i Biologia Molecular, Facultat de Veterinària, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Cerdanyola, 08193, Barcelona, Spain; Institut de Biotecnologia i Biomedicina, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Cerdanyola, 08193, Barcelona, Spain.
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- Research Group PhosphoSites, Medizinische Klinik 1, Universitätsklinikum Frankfurt, Theodor-Stern-Kai 7, 60590 Frankfurt, Germany.
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Calleja V, Laguerre M, de Las Heras-Martinez G, Parker PJ, Requejo-Isidro J, Larijani B. Acute regulation of PDK1 by a complex interplay of molecular switches. Biochem Soc Trans 2014; 42:1435-40. [PMID: 25233428 DOI: 10.1042/bst20140222] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Phosphoinositide-dependent kinase 1 (PDK1) is the master regulator of at least 23 other AGC kinases whose downstream signalling has often been implicated in various diseases and in particular in cancer. Therefore there has been great interest in determining how PDK1 is controlled and how it regulates its substrates spatially and temporally. The understanding of these mechanisms could offer new possibilities for therapeutic intervention. Over the years, a more comprehensive view of the mechanisms involved in the regulation of PDK1 has emerged and these comprise serine/threonine as well as tyrosine phosphorylation, subcellular localization, regulator binding and conformation status. In the present review, we discuss how various molecular mechanisms are together responsible for the conformational regulation behind the activation of PDK1 in cells.
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- ‡Institut Européen de Chimie et Biologie, Université de Bordeaux, UMR 5248, 2 rue Robert Escarpit, F-33607 Pessac, France
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- §Biophotonics Lab, Unidad de Biofísica CSIC-UPV/EHU, Barrio de Sarriena s/n, 48940 Leioa, Spain
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Pancreatic cancer is a highly aggressive tumour that is very resistant to treatments and it is rarely diagnosed early because of absence of specific symptoms. Therefore, the prognosis for this disease is very poor and it has the grim supremacy in terms of unfavourable survival rates. There have been great advances in survival rates for many types of cancers over the past few decades but hardly any change for pancreatic cancer. Mutations of the Ras oncogene are the most frequent oncogenic alterations in human cancers. The frequency of KRAS mutations in pancreatic cancer is around 90%. Given the well-established role of KRAS in cancer it is not surprising that it is one of the most attractive targets for cancer therapy. Nevertheless, during the last thirty years all attempts to target directly KRAS protein have failed. Therefore, it is crucial to identify downstream KRAS effectors in order to develop specific drugs able to counteract activation of this pathway. Among the different signalling pathways activated by oncogenic KRAS, the phosphoinositide 3-Kinase (PI3K) pathway is emerging as one of the most critical KRAS effector. In turn, PI3K activates several parallel pathways making the identification of the precise effectors activated by KRAS/PI3K more difficult. Recent data identify 3-phosphoinositide-dependent protein kinase 1 as a key tumour-initiating event downstream KRAS interaction with PI3K in pancreatic cancer.
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Zhou J, Song S, He S, Zhu X, Zhang Y, Yi B, Zhang B, Qin G, Li D. MicroRNA-375 targets PDK1 in pancreatic carcinoma and suppresses cell growth through the Akt signaling pathway. Int J Mol Med 2014; 33:950-6. [PMID: 24481267 DOI: 10.3892/ijmm.2014.1638] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2013] [Accepted: 01/24/2014] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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MicroRNAs (miRNAs or miRs) are believed to have great potential for use as molecular targets in the diagnosis and treatment of cancer. In this study, we demonstrate that miR-375 is downregulated in pancreatic carcinoma (PC) tissues and PC cell lines. We found that miR-375 negatively regulates the expression of 3-phosphoinositide-dependent protein kinase 1 (PDK1) by directly targeting the 3'UTR of the PDK1 transcript. To investigate the biological roles and the potential mechanisms of action of miR‑375, we induced either the up- or downregulation of miR-375 expression by transfecting various PC cells with miR-375 mimics or an inhibitor. Our results revealed that the upregulation of miR-375 inhibited cell growth and induced cell apoptosis, while the downregulation of miR-375 with the inhibitor had the opposite effect. In addition, our data demonstrate that miR-375 suppresses the malignant behavior of PC cells through the Akt signaling pathway rather than mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) signaling pathways. Taken together, our findings indicate that targeting miR-375 by a genetic approach may provide a novel strategy for the treatment of PC.
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- Jian Zhou
- Department of General Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215006, P.R. China
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- Department of General Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215006, P.R. China
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- Department of General Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215006, P.R. China
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- Department of General Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215006, P.R. China
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- Department of General Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215006, P.R. China
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- Department of General Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215006, P.R. China
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215006, P.R. China
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- Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Suzhou Municipal Hospital, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215003, P.R. China
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- Department of General Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215006, P.R. China
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Mirisola MG, Taormina G, Fabrizio P, Wei M, Hu J, Longo VD. Serine- and threonine/valine-dependent activation of PDK and Tor orthologs converge on Sch9 to promote aging. PLoS Genet 2014; 10:e1004113. [PMID: 24516402 PMCID: PMC3916422 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1004113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2013] [Accepted: 12/02/2013] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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Dietary restriction extends longevity in organisms ranging from bacteria to mice and protects primates from a variety of diseases, but the contribution of each dietary component to aging is poorly understood. Here we demonstrate that glucose and specific amino acids promote stress sensitization and aging through the differential activation of the Ras/cAMP/PKA, PKH1/2 and Tor/S6K pathways. Whereas glucose sensitized cells through a Ras-dependent mechanism, threonine and valine promoted cellular sensitization and aging primarily by activating the Tor/S6K pathway and serine promoted sensitization via PDK1 orthologs Pkh1/2. Serine, threonine and valine activated a signaling network in which Sch9 integrates TORC1 and Pkh signaling via phosphorylation of threonines 570 and 737 and promoted intracellular relocalization and transcriptional inhibition of the stress resistance protein kinase Rim15. Because of the conserved pro-aging role of nutrient and growth signaling pathways in higher eukaryotes, these results raise the possibility that similar mechanisms contribute to aging in mammals. Calorie restriction (CR), but also the restriction of specific components of the diet, has been known for decades to affect longevity. However, the understanding of how each component of the macronutrients affects longevity and stress resistance is poorly understood, in part because of the complexity of many of the model organisms studied. Here we studied how each amino acid and glucose cooperate to activate cell sensitizing pathways and promote aging. We identified specific amino acids in the diet that affect cellular protection and aging, describe how different pathways mediate these pro-aging effects, describe the effect of glucose and specific amino acids on the levels/activity of stress resistance kinases and transcription factors, and identify specific nutrient depletions capable of increasing longevity and stress resistance. Because of the conserved pro-aging role of orthologs of many of the genes in the signaling network described in this paper, these results are likely to serve as a foundation for the elucidation of similar nutrient-dependent pro-aging mechanisms in mammals.
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- Mario G. Mirisola
- Dipartimento di Biotecnologie Mediche e Forensi (DiBiMeF) Università di Palermo, Palermo, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Biotecnologie Mediche e Forensi (DiBiMeF) Università di Palermo, Palermo, Italy
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- Laboratoire de Biologie Moléculaire de la Cellule, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, Université de Lyon, Lyon, France
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- Longevity Institute and Dept. of Biological Sciences School of Gerontology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
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- Longevity Institute and Dept. of Biological Sciences School of Gerontology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
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- Longevity Institute and Dept. of Biological Sciences School of Gerontology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
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Pereira MG, Baptista IL, Carlassara EOC, Moriscot AS, Aoki MS, Miyabara EH. Leucine supplementation improves skeletal muscle regeneration after cryolesion in rats. PLoS One 2014; 9:e85283. [PMID: 24416379 PMCID: PMC3885703 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0085283] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2013] [Accepted: 11/25/2013] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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This study was undertaken in order to provide further insight into the role of leucine supplementation in the skeletal muscle regeneration process, focusing on myofiber size and strength recovery. Young (2-month-old) rats were subjected or not to leucine supplementation (1.35 g/kg per day) started 3 days prior to cryolesion. Then, soleus muscles were cryolesioned and continued receiving leucine supplementation until 1, 3 and 10 days later. Soleus muscles from leucine-supplemented animals displayed an increase in myofiber size and a reduction in collagen type III expression on post-cryolesion day 10. Leucine was also effective in reducing FOXO3a activation and ubiquitinated protein accumulation in muscles at post-cryolesion days 3 and 10. In addition, leucine supplementation minimized the cryolesion-induced decrease in tetanic strength and increase in fatigue in regenerating muscles at post-cryolesion day 10. These beneficial effects of leucine were not accompanied by activation of any elements of the phosphoinositide 3-kinase/Akt/mechanistic target of rapamycin signalling pathway in the regenerating muscles. Our results show that leucine improves myofiber size gain and strength recovery in regenerating soleus muscles through attenuation of protein ubiquitination. In addition, leucine might have therapeutic effects for muscle recovery following injury and in some muscle diseases.
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- Marcelo G. Pereira
- Department of Anatomy, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Anatomy, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Anatomy, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Anatomy, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- School of Arts, Sciences and Humanities, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Anatomy, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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