1. WT1 is involved in the Akt-JNK pathway dependent autophagy through directly regulating Gas1 expression in human osteosarcoma cells.
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Mo H, He J, Yuan Z, Mo L, Wu Z, Lin X, Liu B, and Guan J
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- Bone Neoplasms genetics, Bone Neoplasms pathology, Bone and Bones metabolism, Bone and Bones pathology, Cell Cycle Proteins metabolism, Cell Line, Tumor, GPI-Linked Proteins genetics, GPI-Linked Proteins metabolism, Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic, Humans, Osteosarcoma genetics, Osteosarcoma pathology, Signal Transduction, WT1 Proteins genetics, Autophagy, Bone Neoplasms metabolism, Cell Cycle Proteins genetics, MAP Kinase Signaling System, Osteosarcoma metabolism, Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt metabolism, WT1 Proteins metabolism
- Abstract
Macroautophagy (herein termed autophagy) works as a protective mechanism in tumorigenesis and development under metabolic stress condition. Multitudes of genes have been found involved in this process during past decades. In the present study, we report that Wilm's tumor suppressor1 (WT1) is involved in autophagy in osteosarcoma (OS) cells. WT1, a transcription factor with multitude of target genes, expresses in a majority of cancer types. Though wide-ranging effect of WT1 is now well documented, the function of WT1 in tumors remains poorly defined. In this chapter, it is found that high expression of WT1 positively correlates with active autophagy in human osteosarcoma cells. And further study on cell signaling pathway illustrates that Akt/JNK pathway acts as a positive regulator of autophagy induced by WT1. Here, we present evidence that WT1 modulates Akt/JNK signaling pathway mediated autophagy by controlling the expression of growth arrest-specific 1 (Gas1). We show that WT1 is required for Gas1 transcription in osteosarcoma cells. And Gas1 is upregulated followed WT1 overexpression in a time-dependent manner. Loss of Gas1 results in a reduction of WT1-induced autophagy., (Copyright © 2016 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.) more...
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- 2016
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