期刊
MOLECULAR ONCOLOGY
卷 8, 期 8, 页码 1419-1428出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1016/j.molonc.2014.05.012
关键词
Stomach; Esophageal; Barrett's; Adenocarcinoma; Gene regulation; BCL2; MCL1; Alisertib; AZD1480; MLN8237
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资金
- National Institutes of Health [R01CA131225]
- Vanderbilt SPORE in Gastrointestinal Cancer [P50 CA95103]
- Vanderbilt Ingram Cancer Center [P30 CA68485]
- Vanderbilt Digestive Disease Research Center [DK058404]
Aurora kinase A is a frequently amplified and overexpressed gene in upper gastrointestinal adenocarcinomas (UGCs). Using in vitro cell models of UGCs, we investigated whether AURICA can regulate Signal Transducer and Activator of Transcription 3 (STAT3). Our data indicate that overexpression of AURKA in FLO-1 and AGS cells increase STAT3 phosphorylation at the Tyr705 site, whereas AURKA genetic depletion by siRNA results in decreased phosphorylation levels of STAT3 in FLO-1 and MKN45 cells. Immunofluorescence analysis showed that AURKA overexpression enhanced STAT3 nuclear translocation while AURKA genetic knockdown reduced the nuclear translocation of STAT3 in AGS and FLO-1 cells, respectively. Using a luciferase reporter assay, we demonstrated that AURKA expression induces transcriptional activity of STAT3. Pharmacological inhibition of AURICA by MLN8237 reduced STAT3 phosphorylation along with down-regulation of STAT3 prosurvival targets, BCL2 and MCL1. Moreover, by using clonogenic cells survival assay, we showed that MLN8237 single dose treatment reduced the ability of FLO-1 and AGS cells to form colonies. Additional experiments utilizing cell models of overexpression and knockdown of AURKA indicated that STAT3 upstream non-receptor tyrosine kinase Janus kinase 2 (JAK2) is mediating the effect of AURKA on STAT3. The inhibition of JAK2 using JAK2-specific inhibitor AZD1480 or siRNA knockdown, in presence of AURKA overexpression, abrogated the AURKA-mediated STAT3 activation. These results confirm that the AURKA-JAK2 axis is the main mechanism by which AURKA regulates STAT3 activity. In conclusion, we report, for the first time, that AURICA promotes STAT3 activity through regulating the expression and phosphorylation levels of JAK2. This highlights the importance of targeting AURKA as a therapeutic approach to treat gastric and esophageal cancers. (C) 2014 Federation of European Biochemical Societies. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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