@article{KuaiGongDingetal.2018,
  author    = {Kuai, Yue and Gong, Xin and Ding, Liya and Li, Fang and Lei, Lizhen and Gong, Yuqi and Liu, Qingmeng and Tan, Huajiao and Zhang, Xinxia and Liu, Dongyu and Ren, Guoping and Pan, Hongyang and Shi, Yaoyao and Berberich-Siebelt, Friederike and Ma, Zhengrong and Zhou, Ren},
  title     = {Wilms' tumor 1-associating protein plays an aggressive role in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma and forms a complex with BCL6 via Hsp90},
  series = {Cell Communication and Signaling},
  volume    = {16},
  journal   = {Cell Communication and Signaling},
  doi       = {10.1186/s12964-018-0258-6},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-230168},
  year      = {2018},
  abstract  = {Background Wilms' tumor 1-associating protein (WTAP) is a nuclear protein, which is ubiquitously expressed in many tissues. Furthermore, in various types of malignancies WTAP is overexpressed and plays a role as an oncogene. The function of WTAP in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL), however, remains unclear. Methods Immunohistochemistry was applied to evaluate the levels of WTAP expression in DLBCL tissues and normal lymphoid tissues. Overexpression and knock-down of WTAP in DLBCL cell lines, verified on mRNA and protein level served to analyze cell proliferation and apoptosis in DLBCL cell lines by flow cytometry. Finally, co-immunoprecipitation (Co-IP), IP, and GST-pull down assessed the interaction of WTAP with Heat shock protein 90 (Hsp90) and B-cell lymphoma 6 (BCL6) as well as determined the extend of its ubiquitinylation. Results WTAP protein levels were consistently upregulated in DLBCL tissues. WTAP promoted DLBCL cell proliferation and improved the ability to confront apoptosis, while knockdown of WTAP in DLBCL cell lines allowed a significant higher apoptosis rate after treatment with Etoposide, an anti-tumor drug. The stable expression of WTAP was depended on Hsp90. In line, we demonstrated that WTAP could form a complex with BCL6 via Hsp90 in vivo and in vitro. Conclusion WTAP is highly expressed in DLBCL, promoting growth and anti-apoptosis in DLBCL cell lines. WTAP is a client protein of Hsp90 and can appear in a complex with BCL6 and Hsp90 in DLBCL. Down-regulation of WTAP could improve the chemotherapeutic treatments in DLBCL.},
  language  = {en}
}