Department of Pharmacology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya City University, Nagoya 467-8601, Japan.
Int J Mol Sci. 2024 May 30;25(11):6019. doi: 10.3390/ijms25116019.
The tumor suppressor gene F-box and WD repeat domain-containing (FBXW) 7 reduces cancer stemness properties by promoting the protein degradation of pluripotent stem cell markers. We recently demonstrated the transcriptional repression of FBXW7 by the three-dimensional (3D) spheroid formation of several cancer cells. In the present study, we found that the transcriptional activity of FBXW7 was promoted by the inhibition of the Ca-activated K channel, K1.1, in a 3D spheroid model of human prostate cancer LNCaP cells through the Akt-Nrf2 signaling pathway. The transcriptional activity of FBXW7 was reduced by the siRNA-mediated inhibition of the CCAAT-enhancer-binding protein C/EBP δ (CEBPD) after the transfection of miR223 mimics in the LNCaP spheroid model, suggesting the transcriptional regulation of FBXW7 through the Akt-Nrf2-CEBPD-miR223 transcriptional axis in the LNCaP spheroid model. Furthermore, the K1.1 inhibition-induced activation of FBXW7 reduced (1) K1.1 activity and protein levels in the plasma membrane and (2) the protein level of the cancer stem cell (CSC) markers, c-Myc, which is a molecule degraded by FBXW7, in the LNCaP spheroid model, indicating that K1.1 inhibition-induced FBXW7 activation suppressed CSC conversion in K1.1-positive cancer cells.
肿瘤抑制基因 F-box 和 WD 重复结构域蛋白 7(FBXW7)通过促进多能干细胞标志物的蛋白降解来降低癌症干细胞特性。我们最近证明了几种癌细胞的三维(3D)球体形成会抑制 FBXW7 的转录。在本研究中,我们发现人前列腺癌细胞 LNCaP 的 3D 球体模型中,Ca 激活的 K 通道 K1.1 的抑制通过 Akt-Nrf2 信号通路促进了 FBXW7 的转录活性。在 LNCaP 球体模型中转染 miR223 模拟物后,通过 siRNA 介导抑制 CCAAT 增强子结合蛋白δ(CEBPD),降低了 FBXW7 的转录活性,表明通过 Akt-Nrf2-CEBPD-miR223 转录轴对 FBXW7 进行转录调控。此外,K1.1 抑制诱导的 FBXW7 激活降低了(1)质膜中 K1.1 活性和蛋白水平,以及(2)LNCaP 球体模型中癌症干细胞(CSC)标志物 c-Myc 的蛋白水平,c-Myc 是被 FBXW7 降解的分子,表明 K1.1 抑制诱导的 FBXW7 激活抑制了 K1.1 阳性癌细胞中 CSC 的转化。