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非典型 TGF-β 信号通路导致 FBXO3 介导的 ΔNp63α 降解,促进乳腺癌转移和不良临床预后。

Noncanonical TGF-β signaling leads to FBXO3-mediated degradation of ΔNp63α promoting breast cancer metastasis and poor clinical prognosis.

机构信息

Center of Growth, Metabolism and Aging, Key Laboratory of Bio-Resource and Eco-Environment, Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.

The State Key Laboratory of Membrane Biology, Tsinghua-Peking Center for Life Sciences, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.

出版信息

PLoS Biol. 2021 Feb 24;19(2):e3001113. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3001113. eCollection 2021 Feb.

Abstract

Transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β) signaling plays a critical role in promoting epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT), cell migration, invasion, and tumor metastasis. ΔNp63α, the major isoform of p63 protein expressed in epithelial cells, is a key transcriptional regulator of cell adhesion program and functions as a critical metastasis suppressor. It has been documented that the expression of ΔNp63α is tightly controlled by oncogenic signaling and is frequently reduced in advanced cancers. However, whether TGF-β signaling regulates ΔNp63α expression in promoting metastasis is largely unclear. In this study, we demonstrate that activation of TGF-β signaling leads to stabilization of E3 ubiquitin ligase FBXO3, which, in turn, targets ΔNp63α for proteasomal degradation in a Smad-independent but Erk-dependent manner. Knockdown of FBXO3 or restoration of ΔNp63α expression effectively rescues TGF-β-induced EMT, cell motility, and tumor metastasis in vitro and in vivo. Furthermore, clinical analyses reveal a significant correlation among TGF-β receptor I (TβRI), FBXO3, and p63 protein expression and that high expression of TβRI/FBXO3 and low expression of p63 are associated with poor recurrence-free survival (RFS). Together, these results demonstrate that FBXO3 facilitates ΔNp63α degradation to empower TGF-β signaling in promoting tumor metastasis and that the TβRI-FBXO3-ΔNp63α axis is critically important in breast cancer development and clinical prognosis. This study suggests that FBXO3 may be a potential therapeutic target for advanced breast cancer treatment.

摘要

转化生长因子-β(TGF-β)信号通路在促进上皮间质转化(EMT)、细胞迁移、侵袭和肿瘤转移中起着关键作用。ΔNp63α是上皮细胞中表达的 p63 蛋白的主要同工型,是细胞黏附程序的关键转录调节剂,也是肿瘤转移的关键抑制因子。已有文献报道,ΔNp63α的表达受致癌信号的严格调控,在晚期癌症中常被下调。然而,TGF-β信号通路是否通过调控ΔNp63α的表达来促进转移尚不清楚。在本研究中,我们证明 TGF-β信号的激活导致 E3 泛素连接酶 FBXO3 的稳定,FBXO3 以 Smad 非依赖性但 Erk 依赖性的方式将 ΔNp63α靶向到蛋白酶体降解。FBXO3 的敲低或 ΔNp63α的表达恢复可有效挽救 TGF-β诱导的 EMT、细胞迁移和体内外肿瘤转移。此外,临床分析显示 TGF-β受体 I(TβRI)、FBXO3 和 p63 蛋白表达之间存在显著相关性,TβRI/FBXO3 高表达和 p63 低表达与无复发生存率(RFS)不良相关。总之,这些结果表明 FBXO3 促进了 ΔNp63α的降解,从而增强了 TGF-β信号在促进肿瘤转移中的作用,TβRI-FBXO3-ΔNp63α轴在乳腺癌的发生发展和临床预后中具有重要意义。该研究表明 FBXO3 可能是晚期乳腺癌治疗的潜在治疗靶点。

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