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Mitogen- and Stress-Activated Protein Kinase 1 Mediates Alcohol-Upregulated Transcription of Brf1 and tRNA Genes to Cause Phenotypic Alteration

Upregulation of Brf1 (TFIIB-related factor 1) and Pol III gene (RNA polymerase III-dependent gene, such as tRNAs and 5S rRNA) activities is associated with cell transformation and tumor development. Alcohol intake causes liver injury, such as steatosis, inflammation, fibrosis, and cirrhosis, which e...

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Autores principales: Lin, Mingen, Huang, Chenghao, Ren, Wenfeng, Chen, Jun, Xia, Ningshao, Zhong, Shuping
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Publicado: Hindawi 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7336232/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32685086
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/2067959
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author Lin, Mingen
Huang, Chenghao
Ren, Wenfeng
Chen, Jun
Xia, Ningshao
Zhong, Shuping
author_facet Lin, Mingen
Huang, Chenghao
Ren, Wenfeng
Chen, Jun
Xia, Ningshao
Zhong, Shuping
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description Upregulation of Brf1 (TFIIB-related factor 1) and Pol III gene (RNA polymerase III-dependent gene, such as tRNAs and 5S rRNA) activities is associated with cell transformation and tumor development. Alcohol intake causes liver injury, such as steatosis, inflammation, fibrosis, and cirrhosis, which enhances the risk of HCC development. However, the mechanism of alcohol-promoted HCC remains to be explored. We have designed the complementary research system, which is composed of cell lines, an animal model, human samples, and experiments in vivo and in vitro, to carry out this project by using molecular biological, biochemical, and cellular biological approaches. It is a unique system to explore the mechanism of alcohol-associated HCC. Our results indicate that alcohol upregulates Brf1 and Pol III gene (tRNAs and 5S rRNA) transcription in primary mouse hepatocytes, immortalized mouse hepatocyte-AML-12 cells, and engineered human HepG2-ADH cells. Alcohol activates MSK1 to upregulate expression of Brf1 and Pol III genes, while inhibiting MSK1 reduces transcription of Brf1 and Pol III genes in alcohol-treated cells. The inhibitor of MSK1, SB-747651A, decreases the rates of cell proliferation and colony formation. Alcohol feeding promotes liver tumor development of the mouse. These results, for the first time, show the identification of the alcohol-response promoter fragment of the Pol III gene key transcription factor, Brf1. Our studies demonstrate that Brf1 expression is elevated in HCC tumor tissues of mice and humans. Alcohol increases cellular levels of Brf1, resulting in enhancement of Pol III gene transcription in hepatocytes through MSK1. Our mechanism analysis has demonstrated that alcohol-caused high-response fragment of the Brf1 promoter is at p-382/+109bp. The MSK1 inhibitor SB-747651A is an effective reagent to repress alcohol-induced cell proliferation and colony formation, which is a potential pharmaceutical agent. Developing this inhibitor as a therapeutic approach will benefit alcohol-associated HCC patients.
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spelling pubmed-73362322020-07-18 Mitogen- and Stress-Activated Protein Kinase 1 Mediates Alcohol-Upregulated Transcription of Brf1 and tRNA Genes to Cause Phenotypic Alteration Lin, Mingen Huang, Chenghao Ren, Wenfeng Chen, Jun Xia, Ningshao Zhong, Shuping Oxid Med Cell Longev Research Article Upregulation of Brf1 (TFIIB-related factor 1) and Pol III gene (RNA polymerase III-dependent gene, such as tRNAs and 5S rRNA) activities is associated with cell transformation and tumor development. Alcohol intake causes liver injury, such as steatosis, inflammation, fibrosis, and cirrhosis, which enhances the risk of HCC development. However, the mechanism of alcohol-promoted HCC remains to be explored. We have designed the complementary research system, which is composed of cell lines, an animal model, human samples, and experiments in vivo and in vitro, to carry out this project by using molecular biological, biochemical, and cellular biological approaches. It is a unique system to explore the mechanism of alcohol-associated HCC. Our results indicate that alcohol upregulates Brf1 and Pol III gene (tRNAs and 5S rRNA) transcription in primary mouse hepatocytes, immortalized mouse hepatocyte-AML-12 cells, and engineered human HepG2-ADH cells. Alcohol activates MSK1 to upregulate expression of Brf1 and Pol III genes, while inhibiting MSK1 reduces transcription of Brf1 and Pol III genes in alcohol-treated cells. The inhibitor of MSK1, SB-747651A, decreases the rates of cell proliferation and colony formation. Alcohol feeding promotes liver tumor development of the mouse. These results, for the first time, show the identification of the alcohol-response promoter fragment of the Pol III gene key transcription factor, Brf1. Our studies demonstrate that Brf1 expression is elevated in HCC tumor tissues of mice and humans. Alcohol increases cellular levels of Brf1, resulting in enhancement of Pol III gene transcription in hepatocytes through MSK1. Our mechanism analysis has demonstrated that alcohol-caused high-response fragment of the Brf1 promoter is at p-382/+109bp. The MSK1 inhibitor SB-747651A is an effective reagent to repress alcohol-induced cell proliferation and colony formation, which is a potential pharmaceutical agent. Developing this inhibitor as a therapeutic approach will benefit alcohol-associated HCC patients. Hindawi 2020-06-27 /pmc/articles/PMC7336232/ /pubmed/32685086 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/2067959 Text en Copyright © 2020 Mingen Lin et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Lin, Mingen
Huang, Chenghao
Ren, Wenfeng
Chen, Jun
Xia, Ningshao
Zhong, Shuping
Mitogen- and Stress-Activated Protein Kinase 1 Mediates Alcohol-Upregulated Transcription of Brf1 and tRNA Genes to Cause Phenotypic Alteration
title Mitogen- and Stress-Activated Protein Kinase 1 Mediates Alcohol-Upregulated Transcription of Brf1 and tRNA Genes to Cause Phenotypic Alteration
title_full Mitogen- and Stress-Activated Protein Kinase 1 Mediates Alcohol-Upregulated Transcription of Brf1 and tRNA Genes to Cause Phenotypic Alteration
title_fullStr Mitogen- and Stress-Activated Protein Kinase 1 Mediates Alcohol-Upregulated Transcription of Brf1 and tRNA Genes to Cause Phenotypic Alteration
title_full_unstemmed Mitogen- and Stress-Activated Protein Kinase 1 Mediates Alcohol-Upregulated Transcription of Brf1 and tRNA Genes to Cause Phenotypic Alteration
title_short Mitogen- and Stress-Activated Protein Kinase 1 Mediates Alcohol-Upregulated Transcription of Brf1 and tRNA Genes to Cause Phenotypic Alteration
title_sort mitogen- and stress-activated protein kinase 1 mediates alcohol-upregulated transcription of brf1 and trna genes to cause phenotypic alteration
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7336232/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32685086
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/2067959
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