Isoprenylcysteine carboxy methyltransferase (ICMT) is associated with tumor aggressiveness and its expression is controlled by the p53 tumor suppressor
| Autor: | Silvio Bicciato, Mauricio Menacho-Márquez, Carla Borini Etichetti, Javier E. Girardini, Carolina Rossi, Carolina Di Benedetto, Giannino Del Sal, María Virginia Baglioni |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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0301 basic medicine
p53 Lung Neoplasms Methyltransferase breast cancer cell signaling cytoskeleton gene regulation lung cancer mutant p53 post-translational modification (PTM) protein carboxylation protein isoprenylation Mutant Breast Neoplasms Biochemistry purl.org/becyt/ford/1 [https] 03 medical and health sciences Prenylation Cell Line Tumor Neoplasms Humans Protein Methyltransferases purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6 [https] Molecular Biology Regulation of gene expression PROTEIN PRENILATION 030102 biochemistry & molecular biology Chemistry Promoter Cell Biology CANCER Cell biology Gene Expression Regulation Neoplastic HEK293 Cells 030104 developmental biology Tumor progression Mutation Cancer cell Disease Progression Protein carboxylation Female CARBOXYMETHYLATION Tumor Suppressor Protein p53 ICMT |
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| Popis: | Isoprenyl cysteine carboxyl methyltransferase (ICMT) plays a key role in post-translational regulation of prenylated proteins. On the basis of previous results, we hypothesized that the p53 pathway and ICMT expression may be linked in cancer cells. Here, we studied whether WT p53 and cancer-associated p53 point mutants regulate ICMT levels and whether ICMT overexpression affects tumor progression. Studying the effect of p53 variants on ICMT mRNA and protein levels in cancer cells, we found that WT p53 and p53 mutants differentially affect ICMT expression, indicating that p53 status influences ICMT levels in tumors. To investigate the underlying mechanisms, we constructed ICMT?luciferase reporters and found that WT p53 represses ICMT transcription. In contrast, p53 mutants showed a positive effect on ICMT expression. Promoter truncation analyses pinpointed the repressive effect of WT p53 to the 209 and 14 region on the ICMT promoter, and ChIP assays indicated that WT p53 is recruited to this region. Instead, a different promoter region was identified as responsible for the mutant p53 effect. Studying the effect of ICMT overexpression on tumor-associated phenotypes in vitro and in vivo, and analyzing breast and lung cancer databases, we identified a correlation between p53 status and ICMT expression in breast and lung cancers. Moreover, we observed that ICMT overexpression is correlated with negative clinical outcomes. Our work unveils a link between postprenylation protein processing and the p53 pathway, indicating that the functional interplay between WT and mutant p53 alters ICMT levels, thereby affecting tumor aggressiveness. Fil: Borini Etichetti, Carla Maria. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Rosario. Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Rosario. Universidad Nacional de Rosario. Facultad de Ciencias Bioquímicas y Farmacéuticas. Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Rosario; Argentina Fil: Di Benedetto, Carolina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Rosario. Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Rosario. Universidad Nacional de Rosario. Facultad de Ciencias Bioquímicas y Farmacéuticas. Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Rosario; Argentina Fil: Rossi, Carolina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Rosario. Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Rosario. Universidad Nacional de Rosario. Facultad de Ciencias Bioquímicas y Farmacéuticas. Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Rosario; Argentina Fil: Baglioni, María Virginia. Universidad Nacional de Rosario. Facultad de Ciencias Medicas. Instituto de Genetica Experimental; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Rosario; Argentina Fil: Bicciato, Silvio. Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia; Italia Fil: Del Sal, Giannino. Laboratorio Nazionale del Consorzio Interuniversitario delle Biotecnologie Area di Ricerca; Italia. Università degli Studi di Trieste; Italia Fil: Menacho Márquez, Mauricio Ariel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Rosario. Instituto de Investigaciones para el Descubrimiento de Fármacos de Rosario. Universidad Nacional de Rosario. Instituto de Investigaciones para el Descubrimiento de Fármacos de Rosario; Argentina Fil: Girardini Brovelli, Javier Enrique. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Rosario. Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Rosario. Universidad Nacional de Rosario. Facultad de Ciencias Bioquímicas y Farmacéuticas. Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Rosario; Argentina |
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