Intracellular lysyl oxidase: Effect of a specific inhibitor on nuclear mass in proliferating cells
| Autor: | Marie Torres, Lila Graham, Hao Wang, Fawzy A. Saad |
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| Rok vydání: | 2010 |
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Cell
Active Transport Cell Nucleus Biophysics Lysyl oxidase Biology PC12 Cells Biochemistry Protein-Lysine 6-Oxidase Mice Catalytic Domain medicine Extracellular Animals Humans Enzyme Inhibitors Nuclear protein Molecular Biology Cell Proliferation Cell Nucleus Extracellular Matrix Proteins integumentary system Cell growth Cell Cycle DNA Cell Biology Cell cycle Nuclear matrix Molecular biology Rats enzymes and coenzymes (carbohydrates) medicine.anatomical_structure Aminopropionitrile NIH 3T3 Cells Cattle Intracellular |
| Zdroj: | Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 396:944-949 |
| ISSN: | 0006-291X |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.bbrc.2010.05.028 |
| Popis: | LOX, the principal enzyme involved in crosslinking of collagen, was the first of several lysyl oxidase isotypes to be characterized. Its active form was believed to be exclusively extracellular. Active LOX was later reported to be present in cell nuclei; its function there is unknown. LOX expression opposes the effect of mutationally activated Ras, which is present in about 30% of human cancers. The mechanism of LOX in countering the action of Ras is also unknown. In the present work, assessment of nuclear protein for possible effects of lysyl oxidase activity led to the discovery that proliferating cells dramatically increase their nuclear protein content when exposed to BAPN (beta-aminopropionitrile), a highly specific lysyl oxidase inhibitor that reportedly blocks LOX inhibition of Ras-induced oocyte maturation. In three cell types (PC12 cells, A7r5 smooth muscle cells, and NIH 3T3 fibroblasts), BAPN caused a 1.8-, 1.7-, and 2.1-fold increase in total nuclear protein per cell, respectively, affecting all major components in both nuclear matrix and chromatin fractions. Since nuclear size is correlated with proliferative status, enzyme activity restricting nuclear growth may be involved in the lysyl oxidase tumor suppressive effect. Evidence is also presented for the presence of apparent lysyl oxidase isotype(s) containing a highly conserved LOX active site sequence in the nuclei of PC12 cells, which do not manufacture extracellular lysyl oxidase substrates. Results reported here support the hypothesis that nuclear lysyl oxidase regulates nuclear growth, and thereby modulates cell proliferation. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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