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The role of nuclear matrix proteins binding to matrix attachment regions (Mars) in prostate cancer cell differentiation.

Abstract
In tumor progression definite alterations in nuclear matrix (NM) protein composition as well as in chromatin structure occur. The NM interacts with chromatin via specialized DNA sequences called matrix attachment regions (MARs). In the present study, using a proteomic approach along with a two-dimensional Southwestern assay and confocal laser microscopy, we show that the differentiation of stabilized human prostate carcinoma cells is marked out by modifications both NM protein composition and bond between NM proteins and MARs. Well-differentiated androgen-responsive and slowly growing LNCaP cells are characterized by a less complex pattern and by a major number of proteins binding MAR sequences in comparison to 22Rv1 cells expressing androgen receptor but androgen-independent. Finally, in the poorly differentiated and strongly aggressive androgen-independent PC3 cells the complexity of NM pattern further increases and a minor number of proteins bind the MARs. Furthermore, in this cell line with respect to LNCaP cells, these changes are synchronous with modifications in both the nuclear distribution of the MAR sequences and in the average loop dimensions that significantly increase. Although the expression of many NM proteins changes during dedifferentiation, only a very limited group of MAR-binding proteins seem to play a key role in this process. Variations in the expression of poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) and special AT-rich sequence-binding protein-1 (SATB1) along with an increase in the phosphorylation of lamin B represent changes that might trigger passage towards a more aggressive phenotype. These results suggest that elucidating the MAR-binding proteins that are involved in the differentiation of prostate cancer cells could be an important tool to improve our understanding of this carcinogenesis process, and they could also be novel targets for prostate cancer therapy.
AuthorsPaola Barboro, Erica Repaci, Cristina D'Arrigo, Cecilia Balbi
JournalPloS one (PLoS One) Vol. 7 Issue 7 Pg. e40617 ( 2012) ISSN: 1932-6203 [Electronic] United States
PMID22808207 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
Chemical References
  • DNA, Neoplasm
  • Heterogeneous-Nuclear Ribonucleoprotein U
  • Lamin Type B
  • MATR3 protein, human
  • Matrix Attachment Region Binding Proteins
  • Nuclear Matrix-Associated Proteins
  • RNA-Binding Proteins
  • SATB1 protein, human
  • Poly(ADP-ribose) Polymerases
Topics
  • Antibody Specificity (immunology)
  • Base Sequence
  • Blotting, Southwestern
  • Blotting, Western
  • Cell Differentiation
  • Cell Line, Tumor
  • DNA, Neoplasm (chemistry)
  • Heterogeneous-Nuclear Ribonucleoprotein U (metabolism)
  • Humans
  • Lamin Type B (metabolism)
  • Male
  • Matrix Attachment Region Binding Proteins (metabolism)
  • Matrix Attachment Regions
  • Nuclear Matrix-Associated Proteins (metabolism)
  • Nucleic Acid Conformation
  • Phosphorylation
  • Poly(ADP-ribose) Polymerases (metabolism)
  • Prostatic Neoplasms (metabolism, pathology)
  • Protein Binding
  • Protein Transport
  • RNA-Binding Proteins (metabolism)

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