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Downregulation of CHIP promotes ovarian cancer metastasis by inducing Snail-mediated epithelial-mesenchymal transition.

ABSTRACT: The epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) plays a pivotal role in the conversion of early-stage tumors into invasive malignancies. The transcription factor Snail, an extremely unstable protein whose subcellular levels are regulated by many E3 ubiquitin ligases, promotes EMT as well as associated pathological characteristics including migration, invasion, and metastasis. Through yeast two-hybrid screening, we identified the carboxyl terminus of Hsc70-interacting protein (CHIP) as a novel Snail ubiquitin ligase that interacts with Snail to induce ubiquitin-mediated proteasomal degradation. Inhibition of CHIP expression increases Snail protein levels, induces EMT, and enhances in vitro migration and invasion as well as in vivo metastasis of ovarian cancer cells. In turn, Snail depletion abrogates all phenomena induced by CHIP depletion. Finally, Snail and CHIP expression is inversely correlated in ovarian tumor tissues. These findings establish the CHIP-Snail axis as a post-translational mechanism of EMT and cancer metastasis regulation.

SUBMITTER: Park SM

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6487736 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Downregulation of CHIP promotes ovarian cancer metastasis by inducing Snail-mediated epithelial-mesenchymal transition.

Park Sun-Mi SM Park Seung-Ho SH Ryu Ki-Jun KJ Kim In-Kyu IK Han Hyeontak H Kim Hyo-Jin HJ Kim Seon-Hee SH Hong Keun-Seok KS Kim Hyemin H Kim Minju M Cho Bok Im BI Heo Jeong Doo JD Kim Na Hyun NH Hwang Eun Mi EM Park Jae-Yong JY Yook Jong In JI Cho Hee Jun HJ Hwangbo Cheol C Kim Kwang Dong KD Song Hoseok H Yoo Jiyun J

Molecular oncology 20190408 5

The epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) plays a pivotal role in the conversion of early-stage tumors into invasive malignancies. The transcription factor Snail, an extremely unstable protein whose subcellular levels are regulated by many E3 ubiquitin ligases, promotes EMT as well as associated pathological characteristics including migration, invasion, and metastasis. Through yeast two-hybrid screening, we identified the carboxyl terminus of Hsc70-interacting protein (CHIP) as a novel Snail ...[more]

PMID: 30927556

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Project description:BackgroundMetastasis accounts for the most lethal reason for the death of ovarian cancer patients, but remains largely untreated. Epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) is critical for the conversion of early-stage ovarian tumours into metastatic malignancies. Thus the exploration of the signalling pathways promoting EMT would open potential opportunities for the treatment of metastatic ovarian cancer. Herein, the putative role of MDM2 in regulating EMT and metastasis of ovarian cancer SKOV3 cells was investigated.MethodsThe regulatory effects by MDM2 on cell motility was emulated by wound-healing and transwell assays. The effects on EMT transition and Smad pathway were studied by depicting the expression levels of epithelial marker E-cadherin as well as key components of Smad pathway. To evaluate the clinical relevance of our findings, the correlation of MDM2 expression levels with the stages of 104 ovarian cancer patients was investigated by immunohistochemistry assay.ResultsWe demonstrate that MDM2 functions as a key factor to drive EMT and motility of ovarian SKOV3 cells, by facilitating the activation of TGF-β-Smad pathway, which results in the increased transcription of snail/slug and the subsequent loss of E-cadherin levels. Such induction of EMT is sustained in either E3 ligase-depleted MDM2 or E3 ligase inhibitor HLI-373-treated cells, while being impaired by the N-terminal deletion of MDM2, which is also reflected by the inhibitory effects against EMT by Nutlin-3a, the N-terminal targeting agent. The expression levels of MDM2 is highly correlated with the stages of the ovarian cancer patients, and the higher expression of MDM2 together with TGFB are closely correlated with poor prognosis and predict a high risk of ovarian cancer patients.ConclusionsThis study suggests that MDM2 activates Smad pathway to promote EMT in ovarian cancer metastasis, and targeting the N-terminal of MDM2 can reprogram EMT and impede the mobility of cancer cells.

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Downregulation of CHIP promotes ovarian cancer metastasis by inducing Snail-mediated epithelial-mesenchymal transition.

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Downregulation of CHIP promotes ovarian cancer metastasis by inducing Snail-mediated epithelial-mesenchymal transition.

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