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Differential Expression of the Sphingolipid Pathway Is Associated with Sensitivity to the PP2A Activator FTY720 in Colorectal Cancer Cell Lines
Protein phosphatase 2A (PP2A) is a ubiquitously expressed intracellular serine/threonine phosphatase. Deregulation of PP2A is a common event associated with adenocarcinomas of the colon and rectum. We have previously shown that breast cancer cell lines are sensitive to the PP2A activator FTY720, and...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8584763/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34768523 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm10214999 |
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description | Protein phosphatase 2A (PP2A) is a ubiquitously expressed intracellular serine/threonine phosphatase. Deregulation of PP2A is a common event associated with adenocarcinomas of the colon and rectum. We have previously shown that breast cancer cell lines are sensitive to the PP2A activator FTY720, and that sensitivity is predicted by high Aurora kinase A (AURKA) mRNA expression. In this study, we hypothesized that high relative AURKA expression could predict sensitivity to FTY720-induced apoptosis in colorectal cancer (CRC). The CRC cell lines NCI H716, COLO320DM, DLD-1, SW480, and HT-29 show a high relative AURKA expression as compared to LS411N, T84, HCT116, SW48, and LOVO. Following viability assays, LS411N, T84, HCT116, and SW480 were shown to be sensitive to FTY720, whereas DLD-1 and HT-29 were non-sensitive. Hence, AURKA mRNA expression does not predict sensitivity to FTY720 in CRC cell lines. Differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were obtained by comparing the sensitive CRC cell lines (LS411N and HCT116) against the non-sensitive (HT-29 and DLD-1). We found that 253 genes were significantly altered in expression, and upregulation of CERS4, PPP2R2C, GNAZ, PRKCG, BCL2, MAPK12, and MAPK11 suggests the involvement of the sphingolipid signaling pathway, known to be activated by phosphorylated-FTY720. In conclusion, although AURKA expression did not predict sensitivity to FTY720, it is evident that specific CRC cell lines are sensitive to 5 µM FTY720, potentially because of the differential expression of genes involved in the sphingolipid pathway. |
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spelling | pubmed-85847632021-11-12 Differential Expression of the Sphingolipid Pathway Is Associated with Sensitivity to the PP2A Activator FTY720 in Colorectal Cancer Cell Lines Sciberras, Peter Grech, Laura Grech, Godfrey J Clin Med Article Protein phosphatase 2A (PP2A) is a ubiquitously expressed intracellular serine/threonine phosphatase. Deregulation of PP2A is a common event associated with adenocarcinomas of the colon and rectum. We have previously shown that breast cancer cell lines are sensitive to the PP2A activator FTY720, and that sensitivity is predicted by high Aurora kinase A (AURKA) mRNA expression. In this study, we hypothesized that high relative AURKA expression could predict sensitivity to FTY720-induced apoptosis in colorectal cancer (CRC). The CRC cell lines NCI H716, COLO320DM, DLD-1, SW480, and HT-29 show a high relative AURKA expression as compared to LS411N, T84, HCT116, SW48, and LOVO. Following viability assays, LS411N, T84, HCT116, and SW480 were shown to be sensitive to FTY720, whereas DLD-1 and HT-29 were non-sensitive. Hence, AURKA mRNA expression does not predict sensitivity to FTY720 in CRC cell lines. Differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were obtained by comparing the sensitive CRC cell lines (LS411N and HCT116) against the non-sensitive (HT-29 and DLD-1). We found that 253 genes were significantly altered in expression, and upregulation of CERS4, PPP2R2C, GNAZ, PRKCG, BCL2, MAPK12, and MAPK11 suggests the involvement of the sphingolipid signaling pathway, known to be activated by phosphorylated-FTY720. In conclusion, although AURKA expression did not predict sensitivity to FTY720, it is evident that specific CRC cell lines are sensitive to 5 µM FTY720, potentially because of the differential expression of genes involved in the sphingolipid pathway. MDPI 2021-10-27 /pmc/articles/PMC8584763/ /pubmed/34768523 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm10214999 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/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 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Sciberras, Peter Grech, Laura Grech, Godfrey Differential Expression of the Sphingolipid Pathway Is Associated with Sensitivity to the PP2A Activator FTY720 in Colorectal Cancer Cell Lines |
title | Differential Expression of the Sphingolipid Pathway Is Associated with Sensitivity to the PP2A Activator FTY720 in Colorectal Cancer Cell Lines |
title_full | Differential Expression of the Sphingolipid Pathway Is Associated with Sensitivity to the PP2A Activator FTY720 in Colorectal Cancer Cell Lines |
title_fullStr | Differential Expression of the Sphingolipid Pathway Is Associated with Sensitivity to the PP2A Activator FTY720 in Colorectal Cancer Cell Lines |
title_full_unstemmed | Differential Expression of the Sphingolipid Pathway Is Associated with Sensitivity to the PP2A Activator FTY720 in Colorectal Cancer Cell Lines |
title_short | Differential Expression of the Sphingolipid Pathway Is Associated with Sensitivity to the PP2A Activator FTY720 in Colorectal Cancer Cell Lines |
title_sort | differential expression of the sphingolipid pathway is associated with sensitivity to the pp2a activator fty720 in colorectal cancer cell lines |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8584763/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34768523 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm10214999 |
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