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Deubiquitinylase USP47 Promotes RelA Phosphorylation and Survival in Gastric Cancer Cells

Authors :
Martin Schwalbe
Lara Naghavi
Michael Naumann
Ahmed F. Ghanem
Source :
Biomedicines, Vol 6, Iss 2, p 62 (2018), Biomedicines; Volume 6; Issue 2; Pages: 62, Biomedicines
Publication Year :
2018
Publisher :
MDPI AG, 2018.

Abstract

Every year, gastric cancer causes around 819,000 deaths worldwide. The incidence of gastric cancer in the western world is slowly declining, but the prognosis is unpromising. In Germany, the 5-year-survival rate is around 32%, and the average life span after diagnosis is 6 to 9 months. Therapy of gastric cancer patients comprises a gastrectomy and perioperative or adjuvant chemotherapy. However, resistance of gastric cancer cells to these agents is widespread; thus, improved chemotherapeutic approaches are required. Nuclear factor kappa B (NF-κB) transcription factors are associated with anti-apoptosis, carcinogenesis, and chemoresistance, and thus, constitute attractive targets for therapeutic intervention. In immunoblots, we show that ubiquitin specific protease 47 (USP47) promotes β-transducin repeat-containing protein (βTrCP) stability and phosphorylation of RelA. Furthermore, after knockdown of USP47 by RNA interference, we analyzed in gastric cancer cell lines metabolic activity/viability in an MTT assay, and apoptotic cell death by Annexin V staining and poly(ADP-Ribose) polymerase (PARP)-1, caspase 3, and caspase 8 cleavage, respectively. We found that USP47 contributes to cell viability and chemoresistance in NCI-N87 gastric carcinoma cells treated with etoposide and camptothecin. Inhibition of USP47 might be a suitable strategy to downregulate NF-κB activity, and to overcome chemoresistance in gastric cancer.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
22279059
Volume :
6
Issue :
2
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Biomedicines
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....2ca2322d134fb21d81d715319f167bf3