Pub Date : 2022-04-09DOI: 10.1080/23723556.2022.2061297
Han Han, Alisa L. Mahieu, Lucas de Paula, Wenqi Wang
ABSTRACT Emerging studies highlight the Hippo pathway as an important player in organ size control, tissue homeostasis, regeneration, development, and diseases, but our understanding of its roles and regulations remains incomplete. Our recent work reported a functional interplay between the Hippo pathway and heavy metals, providing new insights into this key signaling pathway.
{"title":"Functional interplay between the Hippo pathway and heavy metals","authors":"Han Han, Alisa L. Mahieu, Lucas de Paula, Wenqi Wang","doi":"10.1080/23723556.2022.2061297","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/23723556.2022.2061297","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Emerging studies highlight the Hippo pathway as an important player in organ size control, tissue homeostasis, regeneration, development, and diseases, but our understanding of its roles and regulations remains incomplete. Our recent work reported a functional interplay between the Hippo pathway and heavy metals, providing new insights into this key signaling pathway.","PeriodicalId":37292,"journal":{"name":"Molecular and Cellular Oncology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2022-04-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49257007","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-03-31DOI: 10.1080/23723556.2022.2054263
Y. Kee, Jung-Hee Lee, H. You
ABSTRACT RAD51 loading onto chromatin is a key step during the homologous recombination (HR) repair. We recently reported a new mode of RAD51 regulation, which is mediated by TOPORS E3 SUMO ligase and RAD51 SUMOylation. ATM/ATR-induced phosphorylation of TOPORS is necessary for this event, revealing a new role of these master DNA damage response kinases in HR repair.
{"title":"RAD51 wrestles with SUMO","authors":"Y. Kee, Jung-Hee Lee, H. You","doi":"10.1080/23723556.2022.2054263","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/23723556.2022.2054263","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT RAD51 loading onto chromatin is a key step during the homologous recombination (HR) repair. We recently reported a new mode of RAD51 regulation, which is mediated by TOPORS E3 SUMO ligase and RAD51 SUMOylation. ATM/ATR-induced phosphorylation of TOPORS is necessary for this event, revealing a new role of these master DNA damage response kinases in HR repair.","PeriodicalId":37292,"journal":{"name":"Molecular and Cellular Oncology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2022-03-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42435538","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-03-20DOI: 10.1080/23723556.2022.2044263
Mercedes Blanco-Benítez, Ana Calderón-Fernández, Saray Canales-Cortés, Eva Alegre-Cortés, E. Uribe-Carretero, Marta Paredes-Barquero, Alberto Giménez-Bejarano, Gema Duque González, P. Gomez-Suaga, J. Ortega-Vidal, S. Salido, J. Altarejos, G. Martínez-Chacón, M. Niso-Santano, J. M. Fuentes, R. González-Polo, S. M. Yakhine-Diop
ABSTRACT Phenolic compounds derived from olive oil have beneficial health properties against cancer, neurodegenerative, and metabolic diseases. Therefore, there are discrepancies in their impact on mitochondrial function that result in changes in oxidative capacity, mitochondrial respiration, and energetic demands. This review focuses on the versatile role of oleuropein, a potent antioxidant that regulates the AMPK/SIRT1/mTOR pathway to modulate autophagy/mitophagy and maintain metabolic homeostasis.
{"title":"Biological effects of olive oil phenolic compounds on mitochondria","authors":"Mercedes Blanco-Benítez, Ana Calderón-Fernández, Saray Canales-Cortés, Eva Alegre-Cortés, E. Uribe-Carretero, Marta Paredes-Barquero, Alberto Giménez-Bejarano, Gema Duque González, P. Gomez-Suaga, J. Ortega-Vidal, S. Salido, J. Altarejos, G. Martínez-Chacón, M. Niso-Santano, J. M. Fuentes, R. González-Polo, S. M. Yakhine-Diop","doi":"10.1080/23723556.2022.2044263","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/23723556.2022.2044263","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Phenolic compounds derived from olive oil have beneficial health properties against cancer, neurodegenerative, and metabolic diseases. Therefore, there are discrepancies in their impact on mitochondrial function that result in changes in oxidative capacity, mitochondrial respiration, and energetic demands. This review focuses on the versatile role of oleuropein, a potent antioxidant that regulates the AMPK/SIRT1/mTOR pathway to modulate autophagy/mitophagy and maintain metabolic homeostasis.","PeriodicalId":37292,"journal":{"name":"Molecular and Cellular Oncology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2022-03-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41289739","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-03-17DOI: 10.1080/23723556.2022.2039577
Priyanka Bansal, Christoph F. Kurat
ABSTRACT We have recently revealed the existence of a cell cycle-regulated chromatin segregase, Yta7 (Yeast Tat-binding Analog 7), involved in chromosome replication. Phosphorylation of Yta7 by S-CDK (S-phase Cyclin-Dependent Kinase) regulates its function. These findings link the cell cycle to chromatin biology and suggest how chromatin-modifying enzymes become S phase-specific.
{"title":"Yta7, a chromatin segregase regulated by the cell cycle machinery","authors":"Priyanka Bansal, Christoph F. Kurat","doi":"10.1080/23723556.2022.2039577","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/23723556.2022.2039577","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT We have recently revealed the existence of a cell cycle-regulated chromatin segregase, Yta7 (Yeast Tat-binding Analog 7), involved in chromosome replication. Phosphorylation of Yta7 by S-CDK (S-phase Cyclin-Dependent Kinase) regulates its function. These findings link the cell cycle to chromatin biology and suggest how chromatin-modifying enzymes become S phase-specific.","PeriodicalId":37292,"journal":{"name":"Molecular and Cellular Oncology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2022-03-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44218697","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-02-15DOI: 10.1080/23723556.2022.2030158
C. Zampetidis, A. Papantonis, V. Gorgoulis
ABSTRACT Although senescence has been considered as an irreversible cell arrest state, accumulating evidence challenge this view. Consequently, senescence appears as an imperfect barrier to impede cancer progression, constituting a step prior to disease relapse. Therefore, cancer treatment strategies may benefit if revisited to include senolytic agents.
{"title":"Escape from senescence: revisiting cancer therapeutic strategies","authors":"C. Zampetidis, A. Papantonis, V. Gorgoulis","doi":"10.1080/23723556.2022.2030158","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/23723556.2022.2030158","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Although senescence has been considered as an irreversible cell arrest state, accumulating evidence challenge this view. Consequently, senescence appears as an imperfect barrier to impede cancer progression, constituting a step prior to disease relapse. Therefore, cancer treatment strategies may benefit if revisited to include senolytic agents.","PeriodicalId":37292,"journal":{"name":"Molecular and Cellular Oncology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2022-02-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43985178","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-01-27DOI: 10.1080/23723556.2021.2024051
D. Capece, G. Franzoso
ABSTRACT Cancer cells reprogram lipid metabolism to fuel cell division, adaptation to stress, and metastatic dissemination. NF-κB transcription factors control this mechanism in aggressive Consensus Molecular Subtype (CMS)4 of colorectal carcinoma (CRC) via triacylglycerol (TAG) lipase, carboxylesterase 1 (CES1), thereby linking obesity-associated inflammation with metabolic adaptation and cytoprotection from lipid-induced toxicity. Our findings identify a potential therapeutic route to treat patients with metastasis-prone CRC and provide an example for targeting core tumor subtype-based vulnerabilities in cancers beyond CRC.
{"title":"Rewired lipid metabolism as an actionable vulnerability of aggressive colorectal carcinoma","authors":"D. Capece, G. Franzoso","doi":"10.1080/23723556.2021.2024051","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/23723556.2021.2024051","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Cancer cells reprogram lipid metabolism to fuel cell division, adaptation to stress, and metastatic dissemination. NF-κB transcription factors control this mechanism in aggressive Consensus Molecular Subtype (CMS)4 of colorectal carcinoma (CRC) via triacylglycerol (TAG) lipase, carboxylesterase 1 (CES1), thereby linking obesity-associated inflammation with metabolic adaptation and cytoprotection from lipid-induced toxicity. Our findings identify a potential therapeutic route to treat patients with metastasis-prone CRC and provide an example for targeting core tumor subtype-based vulnerabilities in cancers beyond CRC.","PeriodicalId":37292,"journal":{"name":"Molecular and Cellular Oncology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2022-01-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42614938","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-01-22DOI: 10.1080/23723556.2022.2026559
Georg A. Busslinger
ABSTRACT We have recently reported a correlation between the accumulation of specific T > C and T > G mutations and the chromosomal instability in cells of Barrett's esophagus (BE), which represents a premalignant condition of esophageal adenocarcinoma. Additionally, we identified seven marker genes that facilitate the distinction of individual BE stages by histopathological examination.
{"title":"Barrett's esophagus stages: their correlation with SBS17-associated DNA mutations and the identification of histological marker genes","authors":"Georg A. Busslinger","doi":"10.1080/23723556.2022.2026559","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/23723556.2022.2026559","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT We have recently reported a correlation between the accumulation of specific T > C and T > G mutations and the chromosomal instability in cells of Barrett's esophagus (BE), which represents a premalignant condition of esophageal adenocarcinoma. Additionally, we identified seven marker genes that facilitate the distinction of individual BE stages by histopathological examination.","PeriodicalId":37292,"journal":{"name":"Molecular and Cellular Oncology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2022-01-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49398877","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-01-14DOI: 10.1080/23723556.2021.1994328
G. Foggetti, Chuan Li, Hongchen Cai, D. Petrov, M. Winslow, K. Politi
ABSTRACT In vivo modeling combined with CRISPR/Cas9-mediated somatic genome editing has contributed to elucidating the functional importance of specific genetic alterations in human tumors. Our recent work uncovered tumor suppressor pathways that affect EGFR-driven lung tumor growth and sensitivity to tyrosine kinase inhibitors and reflect the mutational landscape and treatment outcomes in the human disease.
{"title":"Tumor suppressor pathways shape EGFR-driven lung tumor progression and response to treatment","authors":"G. Foggetti, Chuan Li, Hongchen Cai, D. Petrov, M. Winslow, K. Politi","doi":"10.1080/23723556.2021.1994328","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/23723556.2021.1994328","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT In vivo modeling combined with CRISPR/Cas9-mediated somatic genome editing has contributed to elucidating the functional importance of specific genetic alterations in human tumors. Our recent work uncovered tumor suppressor pathways that affect EGFR-driven lung tumor growth and sensitivity to tyrosine kinase inhibitors and reflect the mutational landscape and treatment outcomes in the human disease.","PeriodicalId":37292,"journal":{"name":"Molecular and Cellular Oncology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2022-01-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45382571","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-01-11eCollection Date: 2021-01-01DOI: 10.4161/23723556.2014.995020
Evangelos Pazarentzos
IκΒα (the protein product of NFKBIA gene) has widely been considered a pro- apoptotic factor due to its ability to inhibit the anti-apoptotic transcription factor NFκB. Our findings indicate that IκΒα also exerts a strong anti-apoptotic activity at the outer mitochondria membrane (OMM). This function we uncovered is distinct from its ability to sequester and inhibit NFκB. IκΒα instead binds to voltage dependent anion channel 1 (VDAC1) and Hexokinase 2 (HK2), stabilizes this complex and prevents mitochondria outer membrane permeabilisation (MOMP) and apoptosis.
{"title":"Cell demise inhibited: Unexpected liaisons between mitochondria and IκΒα.","authors":"Evangelos Pazarentzos","doi":"10.4161/23723556.2014.995020","DOIUrl":"10.4161/23723556.2014.995020","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>IκΒα (the protein product of <i>NFKBIA</i> gene) has widely been considered a pro- apoptotic factor due to its ability to inhibit the anti-apoptotic transcription factor NFκB. Our findings indicate that IκΒα also exerts a strong anti-apoptotic activity at the outer mitochondria membrane (OMM). This function we uncovered is distinct from its ability to sequester and inhibit NFκB. IκΒα instead binds to voltage dependent anion channel 1 (VDAC1) and Hexokinase 2 (HK2), stabilizes this complex and prevents mitochondria outer membrane permeabilisation (MOMP) and apoptosis.</p>","PeriodicalId":37292,"journal":{"name":"Molecular and Cellular Oncology","volume":"8 1","pages":"995020"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2022-01-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8997252/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70555083","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-01-03eCollection Date: 2023-01-01DOI: 10.1080/23723556.2021.2014734
Subramanian Venkatesan, Mihaela Angelova, Jirina Bartkova, Samuel F Bakhoum, Jiri Bartek, Nnennaya Kanu, Charles Swanton
Our recent study revealed that APOBEC3B is upregulated during the preinvasive stages of non-small cell lung cancer and breast cancer. In addition to its role in mediating single nucleotide variants, we propose that APOBEC3 promotes copy number intratumor heterogeneity prior to invasion, providing a substrate for cancer evolution.
{"title":"APOBEC3 as a driver of genetic intratumor heterogeneity.","authors":"Subramanian Venkatesan, Mihaela Angelova, Jirina Bartkova, Samuel F Bakhoum, Jiri Bartek, Nnennaya Kanu, Charles Swanton","doi":"10.1080/23723556.2021.2014734","DOIUrl":"10.1080/23723556.2021.2014734","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Our recent study revealed that APOBEC3B is upregulated during the preinvasive stages of non-small cell lung cancer and breast cancer. In addition to its role in mediating single nucleotide variants, we propose that APOBEC3 promotes copy number intratumor heterogeneity prior to invasion, providing a substrate for cancer evolution.</p>","PeriodicalId":37292,"journal":{"name":"Molecular and Cellular Oncology","volume":"1 1","pages":"2014734"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2022-01-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10730158/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47306257","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}