Journal
ELECTROPHORESIS
Volume 33, Issue 12, Pages 1873-1880Publisher
WILEY-BLACKWELL
DOI: 10.1002/elps.201100687
Keywords
APC; Colon cancer; Demethylation; DKK4; Exosome; Proteomics
Funding
- National Health & Medical Research Council of Australia [487922, 381413]
- University of Melbourne Australian Postgraduate award
- RD Wright Fellowship [164821]
- Operational Infrastructure Support Program
- Victorian Government Australia
- Australian Cancer Research Foundation
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Mutations in the adenomatous polyposis coli (APC) tumor suppressor gene are common in both inherited and sporadic forms of colorectal cancer (CRC), and are associated with dysregulated Wnt signaling. Colon carcinoma SW480 cells restored with stable expression of wild-type APC (SW480APC cells) exhibit attenuated Wnt signaling, and reduced tumorigenicity, including increased cell adhesion. We performed a comparative proteomic analysis of exosomes isolated from SW480 and SW480APC cells to examine the effects of restored APC on exosome protein expression. A salient finding of our study was the unique expression of the Wnt antagonist Dickkopf-related protein 4 (DKK4) in SW480APC, but not parental SW480 cell-derived exosomes. Upregulation of DKK4 in SW480APC cells was confirmed by semiquantitative RT-PCR, immunoblotting, and immunogold electron microscopy. Analysis of the DKK4 gene promoter by methylation-specific PCR revealed reduced methylation in SW480APC cells, while RT-PCR demonstrated the downregulation of DNMT-3a, compared to the parental cell line. Our discovery of exosome-mediated secretion of DKK4 opens up the possibility that exosomal DKK4 may be a mechanism used by epithelial colon cells to regulate Wnt signaling which is lost during CRC progression.
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