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DEAD-Box Protein RNA-Helicase DDX6 Regulates the Expression of HER2 and FGFR2 at the Post-Transcriptional Step in Gastric Cancer Cells

The human DEAD/H-box RNA helicase DDX6 (RCK/p54) is a protein encoded by the fusion gene from the t(11;14)(q23;q32) chromosomal translocation observed in human B-cell lymphoma cell line RC-K8. DDX6 has a variety of functions such as translation initiation, pre-mRNA splicing, and ribosome assembly. H...

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Autores principales: Tajirika, Toshihiro, Tokumaru, Yoshihisa, Taniguchi, Kohei, Sugito, Nobuhiko, Matsuhashi, Nobuhisa, Futamura, Manabu, Yanagihara, Kazuyoshi, Akao, Yukihiro, Yoshida, Kazuhiro
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6073682/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29987267
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms19072005
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author Tajirika, Toshihiro
Tokumaru, Yoshihisa
Taniguchi, Kohei
Sugito, Nobuhiko
Matsuhashi, Nobuhisa
Futamura, Manabu
Yanagihara, Kazuyoshi
Akao, Yukihiro
Yoshida, Kazuhiro
author_facet Tajirika, Toshihiro
Tokumaru, Yoshihisa
Taniguchi, Kohei
Sugito, Nobuhiko
Matsuhashi, Nobuhisa
Futamura, Manabu
Yanagihara, Kazuyoshi
Akao, Yukihiro
Yoshida, Kazuhiro
author_sort Tajirika, Toshihiro
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description The human DEAD/H-box RNA helicase DDX6 (RCK/p54) is a protein encoded by the fusion gene from the t(11;14)(q23;q32) chromosomal translocation observed in human B-cell lymphoma cell line RC-K8. DDX6 has a variety of functions such as translation initiation, pre-mRNA splicing, and ribosome assembly. However, details of the regulatory mechanism governing DDX6 and the functions of DDX6 are largely unknown. Previously, we reported that DDX6 is overexpressed in most malignant cell lines and clinical colorectal tumor samples and that DDX6 positively contributes to the pathogenesis of various cancers. In the current study, we aimed at revealing the function of DDX6 in HER2 and FGFR2 related human gastric cancer (GC) by using clinical samples and GC cell lines. DDX6 protein was overexpressed in about 60% of the clinical samples; HER2, in 35%; and FGFR2, in 30%, (n = 20). Interestingly, the DDX6 protein was overexpressed in all HER2-positive samples (n = 7), and in 83% (5 of 6) of the FGFR2-positive samples, which could reflect the contribution of DDX6 to the expression of HER2 and FGFR2. In the GC cell line MKN7, which has HER2 amplification, the knockdown of DDX6 by siR-DDX6 led to the decreased expression of the HER2 protein. On the other hand, the knockdown of HER2 did not influence the DDX6 expression. Similar results were also obtained for the KATO-III and HSC39 cell lines having amplified FGFR2 expression. The increased expression of DDX6 induced a significantly increased expression of the HER2 protein without increasing the mRNA expression. The results of an RNP Immunoprecipitation (RIP)-assay using GC cells indicated that the DDX6 protein acted as an RNA-binding protein for HER2 and FGFR2 mRNAs and positively regulated their post-transcriptional processes. These findings demonstrated that DDX6 was an upstream molecule that positively regulated the expression of HER2 and FGFR2 at the post-transcriptional step in GC cells.
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spelling pubmed-60736822018-08-13 DEAD-Box Protein RNA-Helicase DDX6 Regulates the Expression of HER2 and FGFR2 at the Post-Transcriptional Step in Gastric Cancer Cells Tajirika, Toshihiro Tokumaru, Yoshihisa Taniguchi, Kohei Sugito, Nobuhiko Matsuhashi, Nobuhisa Futamura, Manabu Yanagihara, Kazuyoshi Akao, Yukihiro Yoshida, Kazuhiro Int J Mol Sci Article The human DEAD/H-box RNA helicase DDX6 (RCK/p54) is a protein encoded by the fusion gene from the t(11;14)(q23;q32) chromosomal translocation observed in human B-cell lymphoma cell line RC-K8. DDX6 has a variety of functions such as translation initiation, pre-mRNA splicing, and ribosome assembly. However, details of the regulatory mechanism governing DDX6 and the functions of DDX6 are largely unknown. Previously, we reported that DDX6 is overexpressed in most malignant cell lines and clinical colorectal tumor samples and that DDX6 positively contributes to the pathogenesis of various cancers. In the current study, we aimed at revealing the function of DDX6 in HER2 and FGFR2 related human gastric cancer (GC) by using clinical samples and GC cell lines. DDX6 protein was overexpressed in about 60% of the clinical samples; HER2, in 35%; and FGFR2, in 30%, (n = 20). Interestingly, the DDX6 protein was overexpressed in all HER2-positive samples (n = 7), and in 83% (5 of 6) of the FGFR2-positive samples, which could reflect the contribution of DDX6 to the expression of HER2 and FGFR2. In the GC cell line MKN7, which has HER2 amplification, the knockdown of DDX6 by siR-DDX6 led to the decreased expression of the HER2 protein. On the other hand, the knockdown of HER2 did not influence the DDX6 expression. Similar results were also obtained for the KATO-III and HSC39 cell lines having amplified FGFR2 expression. The increased expression of DDX6 induced a significantly increased expression of the HER2 protein without increasing the mRNA expression. The results of an RNP Immunoprecipitation (RIP)-assay using GC cells indicated that the DDX6 protein acted as an RNA-binding protein for HER2 and FGFR2 mRNAs and positively regulated their post-transcriptional processes. These findings demonstrated that DDX6 was an upstream molecule that positively regulated the expression of HER2 and FGFR2 at the post-transcriptional step in GC cells. MDPI 2018-07-09 /pmc/articles/PMC6073682/ /pubmed/29987267 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms19072005 Text en © 2018 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Tajirika, Toshihiro
Tokumaru, Yoshihisa
Taniguchi, Kohei
Sugito, Nobuhiko
Matsuhashi, Nobuhisa
Futamura, Manabu
Yanagihara, Kazuyoshi
Akao, Yukihiro
Yoshida, Kazuhiro
DEAD-Box Protein RNA-Helicase DDX6 Regulates the Expression of HER2 and FGFR2 at the Post-Transcriptional Step in Gastric Cancer Cells
title DEAD-Box Protein RNA-Helicase DDX6 Regulates the Expression of HER2 and FGFR2 at the Post-Transcriptional Step in Gastric Cancer Cells
title_full DEAD-Box Protein RNA-Helicase DDX6 Regulates the Expression of HER2 and FGFR2 at the Post-Transcriptional Step in Gastric Cancer Cells
title_fullStr DEAD-Box Protein RNA-Helicase DDX6 Regulates the Expression of HER2 and FGFR2 at the Post-Transcriptional Step in Gastric Cancer Cells
title_full_unstemmed DEAD-Box Protein RNA-Helicase DDX6 Regulates the Expression of HER2 and FGFR2 at the Post-Transcriptional Step in Gastric Cancer Cells
title_short DEAD-Box Protein RNA-Helicase DDX6 Regulates the Expression of HER2 and FGFR2 at the Post-Transcriptional Step in Gastric Cancer Cells
title_sort dead-box protein rna-helicase ddx6 regulates the expression of her2 and fgfr2 at the post-transcriptional step in gastric cancer cells
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6073682/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29987267
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms19072005
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