Project description:Through integrative analysis of clinical breast cancer gene expression datasets, cell line models of breast cancer progression, and mutation data from cancer genome resequencing studies, we have identified RNA binding motif protein 47 (RBM47) as a candidate suppressor of breast cancer metastasis. RBM47 inhibited breast cancer progression in experimental models. Transcriptome-wide analysis of RBM47 localization by HITS-CLIP revealed widespread binding to mRNAs, preferentially at the 3' UTRs. RBM47 altered the abundance of a subset of its target mRNAs. Some of the mRNAs stabilized by RBM47, as exemplified by dickkopf WNT signaling pathway inhibitor 1 (DKK1), mediate tumor suppressive effects downstream of RBM47. This work identifies RBM47 as a suppressor of breast cancer progression and highlights the potential of global RNA modulatory events as a source of metastasis-promoting phenotypic traits. Cancer cells transduced with doxycycline-inducible wildtype RBM47 or the RBM47-I281fs mutant, treated with increasing concentrations of doxycycline.
Project description:Through integrative analysis of clinical breast cancer gene expression datasets, cell line models of breast cancer progression, and mutation data from cancer genome resequencing studies, we have identified RNA binding motif protein 47 (RBM47) as a candidate suppressor of breast cancer metastasis. RBM47 inhibited breast cancer progression in experimental models. Transcriptome-wide analysis of RBM47 localization by HITS-CLIP revealed widespread binding to mRNAs, preferentially at the 3' UTRs. RBM47 altered the abundance of a subset of its target mRNAs. Some of the mRNAs stabilized by RBM47, as exemplified by dickkopf WNT signaling pathway inhibitor 1 (DKK1), mediate tumor suppressive effects downstream of RBM47. This work identifies RBM47 as a suppressor of breast cancer progression and highlights the potential of global RNA modulatory events as a source of metastasis-promoting phenotypic traits.
Project description:Purpose: To understand the mechanism of lobaplatin resistance and explore effective strategies for patients with osteosarcoma. Results: The expression of FUBP1 was remarkably elevated in osteosarcoma cell lines and clinical specimens compared with osteoblast cells and the normal bone. High expression of FUBP1 correlated with more aggressive phenotype and poor prognosis in osteosarcoma patients. Overexpression of FUBP1 confers lobaplatin resistance while inhibition of FUBP1 sensitizes osteosarcoma to lobaplatin cytotoxicity both in vivo and in vitro. Additionally, FUBP1 could regulate the transcription of PTGES, and subsequently activated the arachidonic acid signaling pathway in osteosarcoma cells treated with lobaplatin. Conclusions: Our investigation provided evidence that FUBP1 represents a potential therapeutic target for patients suffering from osteosarcoma. Targeting FUBP1 and its downstream AA signaling pathway may be a promising strategy to sensitize lobaplatin treatment during osteosarcoma chemoresistance. Methods: The expression of Far upstream element-binding protein 1(FUBP1) in human osteosarcoma cell lines and patient specimens were determined using Western blotting and Real-time PCR, respectively. 61 human osteosarcoma tissue specimens were analyzed using IHC to investigate the association between the expression of FUBP1 and the clinicopathological data of osteosarcoma patients. CCK8, FACS, clone formation assay, and in vivo animal xenograft model were used to determine the role of FUBP1 in lobaplatin-treating osteosarcoma. ChIP-seq and RNA-seq were performed, and the intersection genes and the enriched signaling pathways were analyzed. Luciferase assay and truncation assay were used to investigate the mechanism of FUBP1 promoting chemoresistance in osteosarcoma.
Project description:Far upstream element-binding protein 1 regulates LSD1 alternative splicing to promote terminal differentiation of neural progenitors
Project description:Far upstream element-binding protein 1 confers lobaplatin resistance via facilitating the arachidonic acid signaling in osteosarcoma
Project description:Plk1 is a key mitotic kinase that localizes to distinct subcellular structures to promote accurate mitotic progression. Plk1 recruitment depends on direct interaction between polo-box domain (PBD) on Plk1 and PBD binding motif (PBD BM) on the interactors. However, recent study showed that PBD BM alone is not enough for stable binding between CENP-U and Plk1 highlighting the complexity of the interaction which warrants further investigation. An important interactor for Plk1 during mitosis is the checkpoint protein BubR1. Plk1 bound to BubR1 via PBD interaction with pT620 phosphorylates BubR1 S676/T680 to promote BubR1-PP2A/B56 interaction. The BubR1-PP2A/B56 complex counteracts the destablizing effect on kinetochore-microtubule attachments by mitotic kinases to promote mitotic progression.
Here we show that Plk1 phosphorylates T600/T608 on BubR1 and the double phosphorylation is critical for BubR1-Plk1 interaction. A similar mechanism for Plk1-Bub1 interaction also exists indicating a general principle for Plk1 kinetochore recruitment through self-priming. Mechanistically preventing BubR1 T600/T608 phosphorylation impairs chromosome congression and checkpoint silencing by reducing Plk1 and PP2A/B56 binding to BubR1. Increasing the binding affinity towards Plk1 and PP2A/B56 in BubR1 through protein engineering bypasses the requirement of T600/T608 phosphorylation for mitotic progression. These results reveal a new layer of regulation for accurate mitotic progression.