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RNA-binding proteins emerge as effectors of the DNA damage response (DDR). The multifunctional non-POU domain-containing octamer-binding protein NONO/p54\(^{nrb}\) marks nuclear paraspeckles in unperturbed cells, but also undergoes re-localization to the nucleolus upon induction of DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs). However, NONO nucleolar re-localization is poorly understood. Here we show that the topoisomerase II inhibitor etoposide stimulates the production of RNA polymerase II-dependent, DNA damage-inducible antisense intergenic non-coding RNA (asincRNA) in human cancer cells. Such transcripts originate from distinct nucleolar intergenic spacer regions and form DNA–RNA hybrids to tether NONO to the nucleolus in an RNA recognition motif 1 domain-dependent manner. NONO occupancy at protein-coding gene promoters is reduced by etoposide, which attenuates pre-mRNA synthesis, enhances NONO binding to pre-mRNA transcripts and is accompanied by nucleolar detention of a subset of such transcripts. The depletion or mutation of NONO interferes with detention and prolongs DSB signalling. Together, we describe a nucleolar DDR pathway that shields NONO and aberrant transcripts from DSBs to promote DNA repair.
The transcription factor SPT5 physically interacts with MYC oncoproteins and is essential for efficient transcriptional activation of MYC targets in cultured cells. Here, we use Drosophila to address the relevance of this interaction in a living organism. Spt5 displays moderate synergy with Myc in fast proliferating young imaginal disc cells. During later development, Spt5-knockdown has no detectable consequences on its own, but strongly enhances eye defects caused by Myc overexpression. Similarly, Spt5-knockdown in larval type 2 neuroblasts has only mild effects on brain development and survival of control flies, but dramatically shrinks the volumes of experimentally induced neuroblast tumors and significantly extends the lifespan of tumor-bearing animals. This beneficial effect is still observed when Spt5 is knocked down systemically and after tumor initiation, highlighting SPT5 as a potential drug target in human oncology.
Background
Adrenocortical carcinoma (ACC) is a rare endocrine malignancy. Tumor-related glucocorticoid excess is present in similar to 60% of patients and associated with particularly poor prognosis. Results of first clinical trials using immune checkpoint inhibitors were heterogeneous. Here we characterize tumor-infiltrating T lymphocytes (TILs) in ACC in association with glucocorticoids as potential explanation for resistance to immunotherapy.
Methods
We performed immunofluorescence analysis to visualize tumor-infiltrating T cells (CD3\(^+\)), T helper cells (CD3\(^+\)CD4\(^+\)), cytotoxic T cells (CD3\(^+\)CD8\(^+\)) and regulatory T cells (Tregs; CD3\(^+\)CD4\(^+\)FoxP3\(^+\)) in 146 ACC tissue specimens (107 primary tumors, 16 local recurrences, 23 metastases). Quantitative data of immune cell infiltration were correlated with clinical data (including glucocorticoid excess).
Results
86.3% of ACC specimens showed tumor infiltrating T cells (7.7 cells/high power field (HPF)), including T helper (74.0%, 6.7 cells/HPF), cytotoxic T cells (84.3%, 5.7 cells/HPF) and Tregs (49.3%, 0.8 cells/HPF). The number of TILs was associated with better overall survival (HR for death: 0.47, 95% CI 0.25 to 0.87), which was true for CD4\(^+\)- and CD8\(^+\) subpopulations as well. In localized, non-metastatic ACC, the favorable impact of TILs on overall and recurrence-free survival was manifested even independently of ENSAT (European Network for the Study of Adrenal Tumors) stage, resection status and Ki67 index. T helper cells were negatively correlated with glucocorticoid excess (Phi=-0.290, p=0.009). Patients with glucocorticoid excess and low TILs had a particularly poor overall survival (27 vs. 121 months in patients with TILs without glucocorticoid excess).
Conclusion
Glucocorticoid excess is associated with T cell depletion and unfavorable prognosis. To reactivate the immune system in ACC by checkpoint inhibitors, an inhibition of adrenal steroidogenesis might be pivotal and should be tested in prospective studies.
In Brassicaceae, tissue damage triggers the mustard oil bomb i.e., activates the degradation of glucosinolates by myrosinases leading to a rapid accumulation of isothiocyanates at the site of damage. Isothiocyanates are reactive electrophilic species (RES) known to covalently bind to thiols in proteins and glutathione, a process that is not only toxic to herbivores and microbes but can also cause cell death of healthy plant tissues. Previously, it has been shown that subtoxic isothiocyanate concentrations can induce transcriptional reprogramming in intact plant cells. Glutathione depletion by RES leading to breakdown of the redox potential has been proposed as a central and common RES signal transduction mechanism. Using transcriptome analyses, we show that after exposure of Arabidopsis seedlings (grown in liquid culture) to subtoxic concentrations of sulforaphane hundreds of genes were regulated without depletion of the cellular glutathione pool. Heat shock genes were among the most highly up-regulated genes and this response was found to be dependent on the canonical heat shock factors A1 (HSFA1). HSFA1-deficient plants were more sensitive to isothiocyanates than wild type plants. Moreover, pretreatment of Arabidopsis seedlings with subtoxic concentrations of isothiocyanates increased resistance against exposure to toxic levels of isothiocyanates and, hence, may reduce the autotoxicity of the mustard oil bomb by inducing cell protection mechanisms.
Background: In infarcted heart, improper clearance of dying cells by activated neighboring phagocytes may precipitate the transition to heart failure. We analyzed the coordinated role of 2 major mediators of efferocytosis, the myeloid-epithelial-reproductive protein tyrosine kinase (Mertk) and the milk fat globule epidermal growth factor (Mfge8), in directing cardiac remodeling by skewing the inflammatory response after myocardial infarction.
Methods and Results: We generated double-deficient mice for Mertk and Mfge8 (Mertk\(^{-/-}\)/Mfge8\(^{-/-}\)) and challenged them with acute coronary ligature. Compared with wild-type, Mertk-deficient (Mertk\(^{-/-}\)), or Mfge8-deficient (Mfge8\(^{-/-}\)) animals, Mertk\(^{-/-}\)/Mfge8\(^{-/-}\) mice displayed greater alteration in cardiac function and remodeling. Mertk and Mfge8 were expressed mainly by cardiac Ly6C\(^{High and Low}\) monocytes and macrophages. In parallel, Mertk\(^{-/-}\)/Mfge8\(^{-/-}\) bone marrow chimeras manifested increased accumulation of apoptotic cells, enhanced fibrotic area, and larger infarct size, as well as reduced angiogenesis. We found that the abrogation of efferocytosis affected neither the ability of circulating monocytes to infiltrate cardiac tissue nor the number of resident Ly6C\(^{High}\) and Ly6C\(^{Low}\) monocytes/macrophages populating the infarcted milieu. In contrast, combined Mertk and Mfge8 deficiency in Ly6C\(^{High}\)/Ly6C\(^{Low}\) monocytes/macrophages either obtained from in vitro differentiation of bone marrow cells or isolated from infarcted hearts altered their capacity of efferocytosis and subsequently blunted vascular endothelial growth factor A (VEGFA) release. Using LysMCre\(^+\)/VEGFA\(^{fl/fl}\) mice, we further identified an important role for myeloid-derived VEGFA in improving cardiac function and angiogenesis.
Conclusions: After myocardial infarction, Mertk- and Mfge8-expressing monocyte/macrophages synergistically engage the clearance of injured cardiomyocytes, favoring the secretion of VEGFA to locally repair the dysfunctional heart.
Background
While hypercholesterolemia plays a causative role for the development of ischemic stroke in large vessels, its significance for cerebral small vessel disease (CSVD) remains unclear. We thus aimed to understand the detailed relationship between hypercholesterolemia and CSVD using the well described Ldlr\(^{−/-}\) mouse model.
Methods
We used Ldlr\(^{−/-}\) mice (n = 16) and wild-type (WT) mice (n = 15) at the age of 6 and 12 months. Ldlr\(^{−/-}\) mice develop high plasma cholesterol levels following a high fat diet. We analyzed cerebral capillaries and arterioles for intravascular erythrocyte accumulations, thrombotic vessel occlusions, blood-brain barrier (BBB) dysfunction and microbleeds.
Results
We found a significant increase in the number of erythrocyte stases in 6 months old Ldlr\(^{−/-}\) mice compared to all other groups (P < 0.05). Ldlr\(^{−/-}\) animals aged 12 months showed the highest number of thrombotic occlusions while in WT animals hardly any occlusions could be observed (P < 0.001). Compared to WT mice, Ldlr\(^{−/-}\) mice did not display significant gray matter BBB breakdown. Microhemorrhages were observed in one Ldlr\(^{−/-}\) mouse that was 6 months old. Results did not differ when considering subcortical and cortical regions.
Conclusions
In Ldlr\(^{−/-}\) mice, hypercholesterolemia is related to a thrombotic CSVD phenotype, which is different from hypertension-related CSVD that associates with a hemorrhagic CSVD phenotype. Our data demonstrate a relationship between hypercholesterolemia and the development of CSVD. Ldlr\(^{−/-}\) mice appear to be an adequate animal model for research into CSVD.
A central question to biology is how pathogenic bacteria initiate acute or chronic infections. Here we describe a genetic program for cell-fate decision in the opportunistic human pathogen Staphylococcus aureus, which generates the phenotypic bifurcation of the cells into two genetically identical but different cell types during the course of an infection. Whereas one cell type promotes the formation of biofilms that contribute to chronic infections, the second type is planktonic and produces the toxins that contribute to acute bacteremia. We identified a bimodal switch in the agr quorum sensing system that antagonistically regulates the differentiation of these two physiologically distinct cell types. We found that extracellular signals affect the behavior of the agr bimodal switch and modify the size of the specialized subpopulations in specific colonization niches. For instance, magnesium-enriched colonization niches causes magnesium binding to S. aureusteichoic acids and increases bacterial cell wall rigidity. This signal triggers a genetic program that ultimately downregulates the agr bimodal switch. Colonization niches with different magnesium concentrations influence the bimodal system activity, which defines a distinct ratio between these subpopulations; this in turn leads to distinct infection outcomes in vitro and in an in vivo murine infection model. Cell differentiation generates physiological heterogeneity in clonal bacterial infections and helps to determine the distinct infection types.
Monocytes are key players in atherosclerotic. Human monocytes display a considerable heterogeneity and at least three subsets can be distinguished. While the role of monocyte subset heterogeneity has already been well investigated in coronary artery disease (CAD), the knowledge about monocytes and their heterogeneity in peripheral artery occlusive disease (PAOD) still is limited. Therefore, we aimed to investigate monocyte subset heterogeneity in patients with PAOD. Peripheral blood was obtained from 143 patients suffering from PAOD (Rutherford stage I to VI) and three monocyte subsets were identified by flow cytometry: CD14\(^{++}\)CD16\(^{-}\) classical monocytes, CD14\(^{+}\)CD16\(^{++}\) non-classical monocytes and CD14\(^{++}\)CD16\(^{+}\) intermediate monocytes. Additionally the expression of distinct surface markers (CD106, CD162 and myeloperoxidase MPO) was analyzed. Proportions of CD14\(^{++}\)CD16\(^{+}\) intermediate monocyte levels were significantly increased in advanced stages of PAOD, while classical and non-classical monocytes displayed no such trend. Moreover, CD162 and MPO expression increased significantly in intermediate monocyte subsets in advanced disease stages. Likewise, increased CD162 and MPO expression was noted in CD14\(^{++}\)CD16\(^{-}\) classical monocytes. These data suggest substantial dynamics in monocyte subset distributions and phenotypes in different stages of PAOD, which can either serve as biomarkers or as potential therapeutic targets to decrease the inflammatory burden in advanced stages of atherosclerosis.
The gene encoding the LIM and SH3 domain protein (LASP1) was cloned two decades ago from a cDNA library of breast cancer metastases. As the first protein of a class comprising one N-terminal LIM and one C-terminal SH3 domain, LASP1 founded a new LIM-protein subfamily of the nebulin group. Since its discovery LASP1 proved to be an extremely versatile protein because of its exceptional structure allowing interaction with various binding partners, its ubiquitous expression in normal tissues, albeit with distinct expression patterns, and its ability to transmit signals from the cytoplasm into the nucleus. As a result, LASP1 plays key roles in cell structure, physiological processes, and cell signaling. Furthermore, LASP1 overexpression contributes to cancer aggressiveness hinting to a potential value of LASP1 as a cancer biomarker. In this review we summarize published data on structure, regulation, function, and expression pattern of LASP1, with a focus on its role in human cancer and as a biomarker protein. In addition, we provide a comprehensive transcriptome analysis of published microarrays (n=2,780) that illustrates the expression profile of LASP1 in normal tissues and its overexpression in a broad range of human cancer entities.
Immunoassays are routinely used as research tools to measure intracellular cAMP and cGMP concentrations. Ideally, this application requires antibodies with high sensitivity and specificity. The present work evaluates the cross-reactivity of commercially available cyclic nucleotide analogs with two non-radioactive and one radioactive cAMP and cGMP immunoassay. Most of the tested cyclic nucleotide analogs showed low degree competition with the antibodies; however, with Rp-cAMPS, 8-Br-cGMP and 8-pCPT-cGMP, a strong cross-reactivity with the corresponding cAMP and cGMP, respectively, immunoassays was observed. The determined EIA-binding constants enabled the measurement of the intracellular cyclic nucleotide concentrations and revealed a time- and lipophilicity-dependent cell membrane permeability of the compounds in the range of 10–30% of the extracellular applied concentration, thus allowing a more accurate prediction of the intracellular analog levels in a given experiment.
Two sons of a consanguineous marriage developed biventricular cardiomyopathy. One boy died of severe heart failure at the age of 6 years, the other was transplanted because of severe heart failure at the age of 10 years. In addition, focal palmoplantar keratoderma and woolly hair were apparent in both boys. As similar phenotypes have been described in Naxos disease and Carvajal syndrome, respectively, the genes for plakoglobin (JUP) and desmoplakin (DSP) were screened for mutations using direct genomic sequencing. A novel homozygous 2 bp deletion was identified in an alternatively spliced region of DSP. The deletion 5208_5209delAG led to a frameshift downstream of amino acid 1,736 with a premature truncation of the predominant cardiac isoform DSP-1. This novel homozygous truncating mutation in the isoform-1 specific region of the DSP C-terminus caused Carvajal syndrome comprising severe early-onset heart failure with features of non-compaction cardiomyopathy, woolly hair and an acantholytic form of palmoplantar keratoderma in our patient. Congenital hair abnormality and manifestation of the cutaneous phenotype in toddler age can help to identify children at risk for cardiac death.
Tumors are characterized by a rigid, highly cross-linked extracellular matrix (ECM), which impedes homogeneous drug distribution and potentially protects malignant cells from exposure to therapeutics. Lysyl oxidases are major contributors to tissue stiffness and the elevated expression of these enzymes observed in most cancers might influence drug distribution and efficacy. We examined the effect of lysyl oxidases on drug distribution and efficacy in 3D in vitro assay systems. In our experiments elevated lysyl oxidase activity was responsible for reduced drug diffusion under hypoxic conditions and consequently impaired cytotoxicity of various chemotherapeutics. This effect was only observed in 3D settings but not in 2D-cell culture, confirming that lysyl oxidases affect drug efficacy by modification of the ECM and do not confer a direct desensitizing effect. Both drug diffusion and efficacy were strongly enhanced by inhibition of lysyl oxidases. The results from the in vitro experiments correlated with tumor drug distribution in vivo, and predicted response to therapeutics in murine tumor models. Our results demonstrate that lysyl oxidase activity modulates the physical barrier function of ECM for small molecule drugs influencing their therapeutic efficacy. Targeting this process has the potential to significantly enhance therapeutic efficacy in the treatment of malignant diseases.
Background
Direct interaction between Red blood cells (RBCs) and platelets is known for a long time. The bleeding time is prolonged in anemic patients independent of their platelet count and could be corrected by transfusion of RBCs, which indicates that RBCs play an important role in hemostasis and platelet activation. However, in the last few years, opposing mechanisms of platelet inhibition by RBCs derived nitric oxide (NO) were proposed. The aim of our study was to identify whether RBCs could produce NO and activate soluble guanylate cyclase (sGC) in platelets.
Methods
To test whether RBCs could activate sGC under different conditions (whole blood, under hypoxia, or even loaded with NO), we used our well-established and highly sensitive models of NO-dependent sGC activation in platelets and activation of purified sGC. The activation of sGC was monitored by detecting the phosphorylation of Vasodilator Stimulated Phosphoprotein (VASPS239) by flow cytometry and Western blot. ANOVA followed by Bonferroni’s test and Student’s t-test were used as appropriate.
Results
We show that in the whole blood, RBCs prevent NO-mediated inhibition of ADP and TRAP6-induced platelet activation. Likewise, coincubation of RBCs with platelets results in strong inhibition of NO-induced sGC activation. Under hypoxic conditions, incubation of RBCs with NO donor leads to Hb-NO formation which inhibits sGC activation in platelets. Similarly, RBCs inhibit activation of purified sGC, even under conditions optimal for RBC-mediated generation of NO from nitrite.
Conclusions
All our experiments demonstrate that RBCs act as strong NO scavengers and prevent NO-mediated inhibition of activated platelets. In all tested conditions, RBCs were not able to activate platelet or purified sGC.
Background
40–50% of patients with colorectal cancer (CRC) will develop liver metastases (CRLM) during the course of the disease. One third of these patients will additionally develop pulmonary metastases.
Methods
137 consecutive patients with CRLM, were analyzed regarding survival data, clinical, histological data and treatment. Results were stratified according to the occurrence of pulmonary metastases and metastases resection.
Results
39% of all patients with liver resection due to CRLM developed additional lung metastases. 44% of these patients underwent subsequent pulmonary resection. Patients undergoing pulmonary metastasectomy showed a significantly better five-year survival compared to patients not qualified for curative resection (5-year survival 71.2% vs. 28.0%; p = 0.001). Interestingly, the 5-year survival of these patients was even superior to all patients with CRLM, who did not develop pulmonary metastases (77.5% vs. 63.5%; p = 0.015). Patients, whose pulmonary metastases were not resected, were more likely to redevelop liver metastases (50.0% vs 78.6%; p = 0.034). However, the rate of distant metastases did not differ between both groups (54.5 vs.53.6; p = 0.945).
Conclusion
The occurrence of colorectal lung metastases after curative liver resection does not impact patient survival if pulmonary metastasectomy is feasible. Those patients clearly benefit from repeated resections of the liver and the lung metastases.
Eukaryotic cells form a variety of adhesive structures to connect with their environment and to regulate cell motility. In contrast to classical focal adhesions, podosomes, highly dynamic structures of different cell types, are actively engaged in matrix remodelling and degradation. Podosomes are composed of an actin-rich core region surrounded by a ring-like structure containing signalling molecules, motor proteins as well as cytoskeleton-associated proteins. Lasp-1 is a ubiquitously expressed, actin-binding protein that is known to regulate cytoskeleton architecture and cell migration. This multidomain protein is predominantely present at focal adhesions, however, a second pool of Lasp-1 molecules is also found at lamellipodia and vesicle-like microdomains in the cytosol. In this report, we show that Lasp-1 is a novel component and regulator of podosomes. Immunofluorescence studies reveal a localization of Lasp-1 in the podosome ring structure, where it colocalizes with zyxin and vinculin. Life cell imaging experiments demonstrate that Lasp-1 is recruited in early steps of podosome assembly. A siRNA-mediated Lasp-1 knockdown in human macrophages affects podosome dynamics as well as their matrix degradation capacity. In summary, our data indicate that Lasp-1 is a novel component of podosomes and is involved in the regulation of podosomal function.
PTH1R Mutants Found in Patients with Primary Failure of Tooth Eruption Disrupt G-Protein Signaling
(2016)
Aim
Primary failure of tooth eruption (PFE) is causally linked to heterozygous mutations of the parathyroid hormone receptor (PTH1R) gene. The mutants described so far lead to exchange of amino acids or truncation of the protein that may result in structural changes of the expressed PTH1R. However, functional effects of these mutations have not been investigated yet.
Materials and Methods
In HEK293 cells, PTH1R wild type was co-transfected with selected PTH1R mutants identified in patients with PFE. The effects on activation of PTH-regulated intracellular signaling pathways were analyzed by ELISA and Western immunoblotting. Differential effects of wild type and mutated PTH1R on TRESK ion channel regulation were analyzed by electrophysiological recordings in Xenopus laevis oocytes.
Results
In HEK293 cells, activation of PTH1R wild type increases cAMP and in response activates cAMP-stimulated protein kinase as detected by phosphorylation of the vasodilator stimulated phosphoprotein (VASP). In contrast, the PTH1R mutants are functionally inactive and mutant PTH1R/Gly452Glu has a dominant negative effect on the signaling of PTH1R wild type. Confocal imaging revealed that wild type PTH1R is expressed on the cell surface, whereas PTH1R/Gly452Glu mutant is mostly retained inside the cell. Furthermore, in contrast to wild type PTH1R which substantially augmented K+ currents of TRESK channels, coupling of mutated PTH1R to TRESK channels was completely abolished.
Conclusions
PTH1R mutations affect intracellular PTH-regulated signaling in vitro. In patients with primary failure of tooth eruption defective signaling of PTH1R mutations is suggested to occur in dento-alveolar cells and thus may lead to impaired tooth movement.
Background
The vascular type represents a very rare, yet the clinically most fatal entity of Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS). Patients are often admitted due to arterial bleedings and the friable tissue and the altered coagulation contribute to the challenge in treatment strategies. Until now there is little information about clotting characteristics that might influence hemostasis decisively and eventually worsen emergency situations.
Results
22 vascular type EDS patients were studied for hemoglobin, platelet volume and count, Quick and activated partial thromboplastin time, fibrinogen, factor XIII, von Willebrand disease, vitamin D and platelet aggregation by modern standard laboratory methods. Results show a high prevalence of over 50 % for platelet aggregation disorders in vascular type EDS patients, especially for collagen and epinephrine induced tests, whereas the plasmatic cascade did not show any alterations. Additionally, more than half of the tested subjects showed low vitamin D serum levels, which might additionally affect vascular wall integrity.
Conclusion
The presented data underline the importance of detailed laboratory screening methods in vascular type EDS patients in order to allow for targeted application of platelet-interacting substances that might be of decisive benefit in the emergency setting.
Ziel dieser Arbeit ist es, weitere Einblicke in die Aktivierung von FGF19 und
FXR durch diverse nukleäre Agonisten und deren spezifischer Rezeptoren zu
gewinnen. Hierbei soll im humanen Zellmodell versucht und mittels DNA-Analyse
untersucht werden, welche messbaren molekularbiologischen
Auswirkungen eine Behandlung mit unterschiedlichen Substanzen in
variierenden Konzentrationen bewirkt. Genauer soll betrachtet werden, ob sich
Vitamin A und Vitamin D als Induktoren von FGF19 in menschlichen
Darmzelllinien eignen, da dies bereits im Mausmodel demonstriert werden
konnte.
Dieser initialen Vermutung folgend, sollen auch die möglichen
Wechselwirkungen und Synergismen untersucht werden – welche
Mechanismen liegen diese zu Grunde und über welche molekularen
Signalwege werden dies vermuteten Effekte vermittelt.
Hierdurch soll ein besseres Verständnis für die Rezeptor und Agonistenabhängigen
Abläufe ermöglicht werden, um mögliche Rückschlüsse auf weitere
Funktionen bereits bekannter Vertreter zu erlauben.
Aufgrund der bereits oben beschriebenen Tiermodelle und der daraus
gewonnenen Einsichten würde sich durch ein noch besseres Verständnis des
FGF15/19 und des Farnesoid X Rezeptors in menschlichen Zellen, auf eine
zukünftige Anwendung in analytischen und/oder therapeutischen Bereichen
hoffen lassen.
Diese Arbeit soll sich deshalb den Fragen widmen, ob eine FGF19 Induktion in
humanen Darmzellen durch die nukleären Agonisten VD3, 9-cis RA und CDCA,
ähnlich dem Mausmodel, möglich ist und welche Faktoren dabei Einflüsse auf
die beschriebenen Effekte haben.
Medulloblastome (MB) gehören zu den häufigsten Tumorerkrankungen des Kindes- und Jugendalters, in der Gruppe der intrakraniell und intraspinal gelegenen Tumoren stellen sie gar die häufigste Entität in dieser Altersgruppe dar. Die Einteilung der nach WHO Grad IV klassifizierten Medulloblastome erfolgt derzeit hauptsächlich in vier Subgruppen entsprechend der jeweils vorherrschenden molekulargenetischen Veränderungen. Aberrationen der Chromosomen 7 und 17 sind dabei die häufigsten molekulargenetischen Veränderungen der als Hochrisiko-MB eingestuften Tumoren der Gruppe 3 und 4.
Das LIM- und SH3-Domänen-Protein „LASP-1“ ist auf Chromosom 17 in der Region q11 – q21.3 codiert und wird im humanen Organismus ubiquitär exprimiert. LASP-1 wurde in vergleichenden mRNA-Analysen als eines der am stärksten hochregulierten Transkripte in MB mit Chromosom 17q – Zugewinn identifiziert. Als ein Aktin – bindendes Gerüstprotein spielt LASP-1 eine wichtige Rolle in der Zytoskelettorganisation humaner Zellen. Die pathophysiologische Bedeutung einer LASP-1-Überexpression wurde bereits unter anderem in Brustkrebs- und Ovarialkrebszellen demonstriert, in denen ein LASP-1-silencing die Migration und Proliferation der Zellen hemmte.
Die Ergebnisse dieser Dissertation unterstreichen bisherige Annahmen, dass eine LASP-1-Überexpression eine wichtige Rolle in der Tumorigenese und Metastasenbildung humaner Tumoren spielt. Mittels Immunfluoreszenz konnte die Ko-Lokalisation von LASP-1 und F-Aktin in MB bestätigt werden. Aufgefallen ist dabei eine besonders starke Akkumulation der phosphorylierten Variante von LASP-1 in MB-Zellkernen. Funktionelle Untersuchungen zu LASP-1 in MB erbrachten zudem folgende Ergebnisse: ein LASP-1 silencing mittels small-interfering-RNA (siRNA) führte zu einer signifikant verringerten Proliferations- und Migrationsfähigkeit der untersuchten Tumorzellen. Die Adhäsionsfähigkeit der MB-Zellen konnte durch ein LASP-1-silencing hingegen signifikant gesteigert werden – ein erstmaliger direkter Nachweis des möglichen Einflusses von LASP-1 auf die Adhäsionsfähigkeit humaner Tumorzellen.
Die Ergebnisse der vorliegenden Arbeit bestätigen bisherige Erkenntnisse zur Funktion von LASP-1 in humanen Tumorzellen und übertragen diese auf das humane Medulloblastom. Parallel zu dieser Dissertation durchgeführte immunhistochemische Untersuchungen (DKFZ, Heidelberg) stellten eine signifikante Korrelation einer hohen LASP-1-Expression in humanen MB und einem Zugewinn auf Chromosom 17q, einer fortgeschrittenen Metastasierung sowie schlechterem progressfreien und schlechterem Gesamtüberleben her. Nicht zuletzt im Kontext individualisierter Therapieansätze, basierend auf jeweiligen molekulargenetischen Veränderungen der Tumoren, könnte LASP-1 somit als ein prognostischer Marker in humanen Medulloblastomen dienen und zum Beispiel eine Therapie-(De)Eskalation stützen.
LASP1 reguliert die Genexpression und Sekretion von Matrix-Metalloproteasen in Brustkrebszellen
(2016)
Migration und Tumorzellinvasion erfordern die vorhergehende Degradation der umliegenden Extrazellulärmartrix (EZM). Dieser Umbauprozess erfolgt primär durch proteolytische Endopeptidasen, sog. Matrix-Metalloproteasen (MMPs). Damit diese ihre funktionelle Aktivität ausüben können, müssen sie zunächst rekrutiert und mit Hilfe podosomaler bzw. invadopodialer Strukturen in die EZM sezerniert werden.
Das LIM und SH3 Domänen Protein 1 (LASP1), ein neu in Podosomen von Makrophagen identifiziertes regulatorisches Gerüstprotein, beeinflusst, neben Größe, Anzahl und Beständigkeit von Podosomen, in hohem Maße die Matrixdegradationskapazität der Zelle.
Auch in invasiven Brustkrebszellen wurde eine Lokalisation von LASP1 an Invadopodien, den Podosomen-äquivalenten Strukturen, detektiert.
Das primäre Ziel der vorliegenden Arbeit war daher die funktionelle Charakterisierung von LASP1 in Invadopodien. Unter Etablierung eines Matrix-Degradations-Assays konnte gezeigt werden, dass eine Herunterregulation von LASP1 auch in der humanen Brustkrebszelllinie MDA-MB-231, die zuvor schon für Makrophagen gezeigte Matrixdegradation nachhaltig beeinträchtig.
Durch Analyse und Verifikation von zugänglichen Mikroarraydaten mittels qRT-PCR und Western Blot konnte ferner belegt werden, dass LASP1 in den Brustkrebszellen die Genexpression und Proteintranslation von MMP1, -3 und -9 positiv moduliert und somit das gesamt-invasive Potential der Zelle steigert. Darüber hinaus deuten Zymogramme und die Analyse des konditionierten Mediums darauf hin, dass LASP1 als Strukturprotein die vesikuläre Sekretion der inaktiven Zymogene (proMMPs) in die EZM fördert. Demzufolge modifiziert LASP1 während der Krebsprogression die zelluläre Mikroumgebung zugunsten einer erhöhten Metastasierungsrate.
Die neu identifizierte regulatorische Funktion von LASP1 auf die Transkription sowie Sekretion von Matrix-Metalloproteasen erklärt die in früheren Arbeiten beobachtete Korrelation zwischen einer erhöhten LASP1 Konzentration im Gewebe und dem vermehrten Auftreten von Metastasen, und damit einhergehend, schlechteren Überleben der Patientinnen.