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Inhibition of p38 MAPK Signaling Augments Skin Tumorigenesis via NOX2 Driven ROS Generation

p38 mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs) respond to a wide range of extracellular stimuli. While the inhibition of p38 signaling is implicated in the impaired capacity to repair ultraviolet (UV)-induced DNA damage—a primary risk factor for human skin cancers—its mechanism of action in skin carc...

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Autores principales: Liu, Liang, Rezvani, Hamid Reza, Back, Jung Ho, Hosseini, Mohsen, Tang, Xiuwei, Zhu, Yucui, Mahfouf, Walid, Raad, Houssam, Raji, Grace, Athar, Mohammad, Kim, Arianna L., Bickers, David R.
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Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4019556/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24824222
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0097245
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author Liu, Liang
Rezvani, Hamid Reza
Back, Jung Ho
Hosseini, Mohsen
Tang, Xiuwei
Zhu, Yucui
Mahfouf, Walid
Raad, Houssam
Raji, Grace
Athar, Mohammad
Kim, Arianna L.
Bickers, David R.
author_facet Liu, Liang
Rezvani, Hamid Reza
Back, Jung Ho
Hosseini, Mohsen
Tang, Xiuwei
Zhu, Yucui
Mahfouf, Walid
Raad, Houssam
Raji, Grace
Athar, Mohammad
Kim, Arianna L.
Bickers, David R.
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description p38 mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs) respond to a wide range of extracellular stimuli. While the inhibition of p38 signaling is implicated in the impaired capacity to repair ultraviolet (UV)-induced DNA damage—a primary risk factor for human skin cancers—its mechanism of action in skin carcinogenesis remains unclear, as both anti-proliferative and survival functions have been previously described. In this study, we utilized cultured keratinocytes, murine tumorigenesis models, and human cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) specimens to assess the effect of p38 in this regard. UV irradiation of normal human keratinocytes increased the expression of all four p38 isoforms (α/β/γ/δ); whereas irradiation of p53-deficient A431 keratinocytes derived from a human SCC selectively decreased p38α, without affecting other isoforms. p38α levels are decreased in the majority of human cutaneous SCCs assessed by tissue microarray, suggesting a tumor-suppressive effect of p38α in SCC pathogenesis. Genetic and pharmacological inhibition of p38α and in A431 cells increased cell proliferation, which was in turn associated with increases in NAPDH oxidase (NOX2) activity as well as intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS). These changes led to enhanced invasiveness of A431 cells as assessed by the matrigel invasion assay. Chronic treatment of p53(-/-)/SKH-1 mice with the p38 inhibitor SB203580 accelerated UV-induced SCC carcinogenesis and increased the expression of NOX2. NOX2 knockdown suppressed the augmented growth of A431 xenografts treated with SB203580. These findings indicate that in the absence of p53, p38α deficiency drives SCC growth and progression that is associated with enhanced NOX2 expression and ROS formation.
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spelling pubmed-40195562014-05-16 Inhibition of p38 MAPK Signaling Augments Skin Tumorigenesis via NOX2 Driven ROS Generation Liu, Liang Rezvani, Hamid Reza Back, Jung Ho Hosseini, Mohsen Tang, Xiuwei Zhu, Yucui Mahfouf, Walid Raad, Houssam Raji, Grace Athar, Mohammad Kim, Arianna L. Bickers, David R. PLoS One Research Article p38 mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs) respond to a wide range of extracellular stimuli. While the inhibition of p38 signaling is implicated in the impaired capacity to repair ultraviolet (UV)-induced DNA damage—a primary risk factor for human skin cancers—its mechanism of action in skin carcinogenesis remains unclear, as both anti-proliferative and survival functions have been previously described. In this study, we utilized cultured keratinocytes, murine tumorigenesis models, and human cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) specimens to assess the effect of p38 in this regard. UV irradiation of normal human keratinocytes increased the expression of all four p38 isoforms (α/β/γ/δ); whereas irradiation of p53-deficient A431 keratinocytes derived from a human SCC selectively decreased p38α, without affecting other isoforms. p38α levels are decreased in the majority of human cutaneous SCCs assessed by tissue microarray, suggesting a tumor-suppressive effect of p38α in SCC pathogenesis. Genetic and pharmacological inhibition of p38α and in A431 cells increased cell proliferation, which was in turn associated with increases in NAPDH oxidase (NOX2) activity as well as intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS). These changes led to enhanced invasiveness of A431 cells as assessed by the matrigel invasion assay. Chronic treatment of p53(-/-)/SKH-1 mice with the p38 inhibitor SB203580 accelerated UV-induced SCC carcinogenesis and increased the expression of NOX2. NOX2 knockdown suppressed the augmented growth of A431 xenografts treated with SB203580. These findings indicate that in the absence of p53, p38α deficiency drives SCC growth and progression that is associated with enhanced NOX2 expression and ROS formation. Public Library of Science 2014-05-13 /pmc/articles/PMC4019556/ /pubmed/24824222 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0097245 Text en © 2014 Liu et al http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are properly credited.
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Liu, Liang
Rezvani, Hamid Reza
Back, Jung Ho
Hosseini, Mohsen
Tang, Xiuwei
Zhu, Yucui
Mahfouf, Walid
Raad, Houssam
Raji, Grace
Athar, Mohammad
Kim, Arianna L.
Bickers, David R.
Inhibition of p38 MAPK Signaling Augments Skin Tumorigenesis via NOX2 Driven ROS Generation
title Inhibition of p38 MAPK Signaling Augments Skin Tumorigenesis via NOX2 Driven ROS Generation
title_full Inhibition of p38 MAPK Signaling Augments Skin Tumorigenesis via NOX2 Driven ROS Generation
title_fullStr Inhibition of p38 MAPK Signaling Augments Skin Tumorigenesis via NOX2 Driven ROS Generation
title_full_unstemmed Inhibition of p38 MAPK Signaling Augments Skin Tumorigenesis via NOX2 Driven ROS Generation
title_short Inhibition of p38 MAPK Signaling Augments Skin Tumorigenesis via NOX2 Driven ROS Generation
title_sort inhibition of p38 mapk signaling augments skin tumorigenesis via nox2 driven ros generation
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4019556/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24824222
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0097245
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