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RNA-Binding Protein La Mediates TGF?-Induced Epithelial to Mesenchymal Transition and Cancer Stem Cell Properties.

ABSTRACT:

Background

the aberrant overexpression of predominantly nuclear localizing RNA-binding protein (RBP) La contributes to proliferation, mobility, and chemoresistance of cancer cells and tumor growth in mice.

Methods

studies included cancer tissue microarrays (TMAs) analyses, cancer tissue data mining, transforming growth factor ? (TGF?)-induced cancer cell plasticity studies, three dimensional sphere growth, epithelial to mesenchymal transition (EMT) assays, analysis of cancer stem cell (CSC) marker expression, and post-translational modification of cancer-associated La protein.

Results

we demonstrated that significant overexpression of RBP La in lung and head and neck cancer tissue correlates with poor overall survival. Furthermore, small interfering RNA-mediated depletion of La reduced proliferation and migration of cancer cells, blocked TGF?-induced EMT, and diminished both EMT and CSC marker expression. Rescue experiments with La wildtype but not RNA chaperone domain activity-defective La mutant increased the expression of those cancer progression markers, suggesting a critical role of La's RNA chaperone activity in this process. La depletion in cancer cells also significantly decreased sphere growth in the presence of TGF?. Interestingly, TGF? treatment induced phosphorylation of La at threonine 389 (pLa^T389) only in adherents but not in 3D growing cultures.

Conclusion

our study suggests that the TGF?/AKT/pLa^T389 signaling pathway regulates cancer cell plasticity.

SUBMITTER: Heise T

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7832410 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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RNA-Binding Protein La Mediates TGFβ-Induced Epithelial to Mesenchymal Transition and Cancer Stem Cell Properties.

Heise Tilman T Sommer Gunhild G

Cancers 20210119 2

<h4>Background</h4>the aberrant overexpression of predominantly nuclear localizing RNA-binding protein (RBP) La contributes to proliferation, mobility, and chemoresistance of cancer cells and tumor growth in mice.<h4>Methods</h4>studies included cancer tissue microarrays (TMAs) analyses, cancer tissue data mining, transforming growth factor β (TGFβ)-induced cancer cell plasticity studies, three dimensional sphere growth, epithelial to mesenchymal transition (EMT) assays, analysis of cancer stem ...[more]

PMID: 33477794

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