JANČEKOVÁ, Blanka, Eva ONDROUŠKOVÁ, Lucia KNOPFOVÁ, Jan ŠMARDA and Petr BENEŠ. Enzymatically active cathepsin D sensitizes breast carcinoma cells to TRAIL. Tumor Biology. Springer Netherlands, 2016, vol. 37, No 8, p. 10685-10696. ISSN 1010-4283. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13277-016-4958-5.
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Original name Enzymatically active cathepsin D sensitizes breast carcinoma cells to TRAIL
Authors JANČEKOVÁ, Blanka (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Eva ONDROUŠKOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Lucia KNOPFOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Jan ŠMARDA (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution) and Petr BENEŠ (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution).
Edition Tumor Biology, Springer Netherlands, 2016, 1010-4283.
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Original language English
Type of outcome Article in a journal
Field of Study 10601 Cell biology
Country of publisher Netherlands
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
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Impact factor Impact factor: 3.650
RIV identification code RIV/00216224:14310/16:00088856
Organization unit Faculty of Science
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13277-016-4958-5
UT WoS 000382672900068
Keywords (in Czech) Apoptóza; Bcl-2; rakovina prsu; kaspázy; katepsin D; TRAIL
Keywords in English Apoptosis; Bcl-2; Breast cancer; Caspases; Cathepsin D; TRAIL
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Changed by Changed by: doc. Mgr. Petr Beneš, Ph.D., učo 2082. Changed: 19/2/2018 10:00.
Abstract
Cathepsin D (CD), a ubiquitously expressed lysosomal aspartic protease, is upregulated in human breast carcinoma and many other tumor types. CD has been repeatedly reported to act as key mediator of apoptosis induced by various chemotherapeutics. However, there is still controversy over the role of enzymatic/proteolytic versus protein-protein interaction activities of CD in apoptotic signaling. The elucidation of molecular mechanism responsible for the effect of CD in the chemotherapy-induced cell death is crucial for development of an appropriate strategy to target this protease in cancer treatment. Therefore, the objective of this study was to investigate the molecular mechanism behind the CD-mediated regulation of tumor necrosis factor-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (TRAIL)-induced cell death. For this purpose, MDA-MB-231 breast carcinoma cells with an increased level of wt CD (CD) or mutant enzymatically inactive CD were subjected to TRAIL and the frequency of apoptosis was determined. Our results show that CD facilitates the TRAIL-induced apoptosis of MDA-MB-231 breast cancer cells in enzymatic activity-dependent manner. Moreover, the importance of endosomal/lysosomal acidification in this process was documented. Analysis of the potential substrates specifically cleaved by CD during the TRAIL-induced apoptosis confirmed caspase-8 and Bid proteins as the CD targets. Moreover, in search for protein regulators of apoptosis that can be cleaved by CD at physiologically relevant pH, we identified the Bcl-2 protein as a suitable candidate. The modulatory role of CD in cell response to TRAIL was also confirmed in another breast cancer cell line SKBR3. These experiments identified the CD enzymatic activity as a new factor affecting sensitivity of breast cancer cells to TRAIL.
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EE2.3.20.0183, research and development projectName: Centrum experimentální biomedicíny
NT13441, research and development projectName: Exprese proteinů rodiny Myb v adenokarcinomech tlustého střeva a vztah k jejich metastatickému potenciálu
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