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DCAF13 promotes triple-negative breast cancer metastasis by mediating DTX3 mRNA degradation.

ABSTRACT: DCAF13 is firstly identified as a substrate receptor of CUL4-DDB1 E3 ligase complex. This study disclosed that DCAF13 acted as a novel RNA binding protein (RBP) that contributed to triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) metastasis. Clinical data obtained from TCGA and our collection showed that DCAF13 was closely correlated with poor clinicopathological characteristics and overall survival, which indicated DCAF13 may serve as a diagnostic marker for TNBC metastasis. Functionally, DCAF13 overexpression or suppression was sufficient to enhance or decrease breast cancer cell migration and invasion. Mechanistically, DCAF13 functioned as an RBP by binding with the AU-rich element (ARE) of DTX3 mRNA 3'UTR to accelerate its degradation. Moreover, we identified that DTX3 promoted the ubiquitination and degradation of NOTCH4. Finally, increased DCAF13 expression led to post-transcriptional decay of DTX3 mRNA and consequently activated of NOTCH4 signaling pathway in TNBC. In conclusion, these results identified that DCAF13 as a diagnostic marker and therapeutic target for TNBC treatment. Abbreviation: DCAF13: DDB1 and CUL4-associated factor 13; DDB1: DNA-binding protein 1; CUL4: Cullin 4; CRL4, Cullin-ring finger ligase 4; RBP: RNA binding protein; TNBC: triple-negative breast cancer; ARE: AU-rich element; DTX3: Deltex E3 ubiquitin ligase 3; HER2: human epidermal growth factor receptor 2; ER: estrogen receptor; PR: progesterone receptor; PTEN: phosphatase and tensin homolog deleted on chromosome 10; EMT: epithelial-mesenchymal transition.

SUBMITTER: Liu J

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7781530 | biostudies-literature |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Project description:Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is a distinct breast cancer subtype defined by the absence of estrogen receptor (ER), progesterone receptor (PR) and epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2/neu), and the patients with TNBC are often diagnosed with higher rates of recurrence and metastasis. Because of the absence of ER, PR and HER2/neu expressions, TNBC patients are insensitive to HER2-directed and endocrine therapies available for breast cancer treatment. Here, we report that expression of atypical protein kinase C isoform, PKCλ/ι, significantly increased and activated in all invasive breast cancer (invasive ductal carcinoma or IDC) subtypes including the TNBC subtype. Because of the lack of targeted therapies for TNBC, we choose to study PKCλ/ι signaling as a potential therapeutic target for TNBC. Our observations indicated that PKCλ/ι signaling is highly active during breast cancer invasive progression, and metastatic breast cancers, the advanced stages of breast cancer disease that developed more frequently in TNBC patients, are also characterized with high levels of PKCλ/ι expression and activation. Functional analysis in experimental mouse models revealed that depletion of PKCλ/ι significantly reduces TNBC growth as well as lung metastatic colonization. Furthermore, we have identified a PKCλ/ι-regulated gene signature consisting of 110 genes, which are significantly associated with indolent to invasive progression of human breast cancer and poor prognosis. Mechanistically, cytokines such as TGFβ and IL1β could activate PKCλ/ι signaling in TNBC cells and depletion of PKCλ/ι impairs NF-κB p65 (RelA) nuclear localization. We observed that cytokine-PKCλ/ι-RelA signaling axis, at least in part, involved in modulating gene expression to regulate invasion of TNBC cells. Overall, our results indicate that induction and activation of PKCλ/ι promote TNBC growth, invasion and metastasis. Thus, targeting PKCλ/ι signaling could be a therapeutic option for breast cancer, including the TNBC subtype.

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