Epidermal Growth Factor Stimulates Nuclear Factor-κB Activation and Heme Oxygenase-1 Expression via c-Src, NADPH Oxidase, PI3K, and Akt in Human Colon Cancer Cells

Lien, Gi Shih; Wu, Ming‐Shun; Bien, Mauo-Ying; Chen, Chien Hsin; Lin, Chien Huang; Chen, Bing-Chang

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0104891

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“…Therefore, simultaneous increases in cell proliferation and ROS levels are not conflicting. In addition, NADPH oxidase mediated the induction of NFκB and HMOX1 in human colon cancer cells 43 without inducing cell death. Furthermore, the immune response can be redox-regulated 44 , and we have observed down-regulation of some proinflammatory mediators, such as IL8 and PTGS2, which are partly regulated by redoxsensitive transcription factors (e.g., AP-1) 45 .…”

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Effects of non-toxic zinc exposure on human epidermal keratinocytes

et al. 2015

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Zinc is an essential microelement; its importance to skin is shown by severe skin symptoms in hereditary or acquired zinc deficiency, by the improvement of several skin conditions using systemic or topical zinc preparations and by the induced intracellular zinc release upon UVB exposure, which is the main harmful environmental factor to skin. Understanding the molecular background of the role of zinc in skin may help to gain insight into the pathology of skin disorders and to provide evidence for the therapeutic usefulness of zinc supplementation.Herein, we studied the effect of zinc chloride (ZnCl 2 ) exposure on the function of HaCaT keratinocytes, and we found that a non-toxic elevation in the concentration of extracellular zinc (100 µM) facilitated cell proliferation and induced significant alterations in the mRNA expression of NOTCH1, IL8, and cyclooxygenase-2. In addition, we detected increased heme oxygenase-1 (HMOX1) expression and non-toxic generation of superoxide in the first 4 h.Regarding the effect on UVB-induced toxicity, although the level of cyclobutane pyrimidine dimers in keratinocytes pre-treated with zinc for 24 h was reduced 3 h after UVB irradiation, we found significantly enhanced superoxide generation 10 h after UVB exposure in the zinc pre-exposed cells. The overall survival was unaffected; however, there was a decrease in the percentage of early apoptotic cells and an increase in the percentage of late apoptotic plus necrotic cells.Our results suggest that exposure of human keratinocytes to non-toxic concentrations of ZnCl 2 impacts gene expression, cell proliferation and the response to environmental stress in skin. It would be important to further examine the role of zinc in skin and to further clarify if this issue can affect our thinking about the pathogenesis of skin diseases.

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Effects of non-toxic zinc exposure on human epidermal keratinocytes

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“…Bcl-2 gene expression is also regulated by activation of Akt [121]. Subsequently, Akt can regulate the expression of the HMOX1 gene [122]. The expression of HMOX1 gene can be up-regulated by activation of PPARG [123].…”

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Novel candidate genes important for asthma and hypertension comorbidity revealed from associative gene networks

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Background: Hypertension and bronchial asthma are a major issue for people's health. As of 2014, approximately one billion adults, or~22% of the world population, have had hypertension. As of 2011, 235-330 million people globally have been affected by asthma and approximately 250,000-345,000 people have died each year from the disease. The development of the effective treatment therapies against these diseases is complicated by their comorbidity features. This is often a major problem in diagnosis and their treatment. Hence, in this study the bioinformatical methodology for the analysis of the comorbidity of these two diseases have been developed. As such, the search for candidate genes related to the comorbid conditions of asthma and hypertension can help in elucidating the molecular mechanisms underlying the comorbid condition of these two diseases, and can also be useful for genotyping and identifying new drug targets. Results: Using ANDSystem, the reconstruction and analysis of gene networks associated with asthma and hypertension was carried out. The gene network of asthma included 755 genes/proteins and 62,603 interactions, while the gene network of hypertension -713 genes/proteins and 45,479 interactions. Two hundred and five genes/proteins and 9638 interactions were shared between asthma and hypertension. An approach for ranking genes implicated in the comorbid condition of two diseases was proposed. The approach is based on nine criteria for ranking genes by their importance, including standard methods of gene prioritization (Endeavor, ToppGene) as well as original criteria that take into account the characteristics of an associative gene network and the presence of known polymorphisms in the analysed genes. According to the proposed approach, the genes IL10, TLR4, and CAT had the highest priority in the development of comorbidity of these two diseases. Additionally, it was revealed that the list of top genes is enriched with apoptotic genes and genes involved in biological processes related to the functioning of central nervous system.

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“…High expression of EGFR can suppress tumor cell apoptosis and promote angiogenesis, proliferation and metastasis of tumor cells. EGFR could induce expression of HO-1 in colon cancer; EGFR-induced colon cancer cell proliferation was inhibited by the decreased expression of HO-1 (15). Thus, we deduced that EFGR could stimulate the expression of HO-1, as well.…”

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Evaluation of HO-1 expression, cellular ROS production, cellular proliferation and cellular apoptosis in human esophageal squamous cell carcinoma tumors and cell lines

Ren

Yang

et al. 2016

Oncology Reports

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Abstract.Patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) have a poor prognosis. However, the related mechanisms are unclear, thus we investigated the expression of HO-1 in ESCC tissue and explored possible mechanisms of tumor progression. Expression of HO-1 was examined by immunohistochemistry in 143 ESCC tumors. The correlation of HO-1 with clinicopathological characteristics was also examined. Two human ESCC cell lines, TE-13 and Eca109 were studied. Silencing of cell line HO-1 by specific small interfering RNA (siRNA) was evaluated using real-time quantitative PCR. Cell line viability, apoptosis and intracellular levels of reactive oxygen species (ROS) after transfection were determined using MTT and flow cytometry, respectively. HO-1, Bax, Bcl-2 and A-caspase-3/-9 expression was evaluated using western blot analyses. We found that HO-1 was expressed in 58 of 143 ESCC tumors, mainly in the cytoplasm. There was a significant association between HO-1 expression and tumor grade (P<0.001). Knockdown of HO-1 expression in cell lines was associated with significantly decreased cellular proliferation (P<0.05) and a higher rate of apoptosis (P<0.001) 48 h after treatment. Treatment of the cell lines with the ROS inhibitor N-acetylcysteine abrogated this effect. Knockdown of HO-1 was associated with increased A-caspase-3 and -9 expression, but no change in Bax or Bcl-2 expression or Bax/Bcl-2 ratio was observed. Thus, the present study identified that ESCC tumors frequently expressed HO-1. Knockdown of HO-1 promoted apoptosis through activation of a ROS-mediated caspase apoptosis pathway.

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Epidermal Growth Factor Stimulates Nuclear Factor-κB Activation and Heme Oxygenase-1 Expression via c-Src, NADPH Oxidase, PI3K, and Akt in Human Colon Cancer Cells

Cited by 52 publications

References 49 publications

Effects of non-toxic zinc exposure on human epidermal keratinocytes

Effects of non-toxic zinc exposure on human epidermal keratinocytes

Novel candidate genes important for asthma and hypertension comorbidity revealed from associative gene networks

Evaluation of HO-1 expression, cellular ROS production, cellular proliferation and cellular apoptosis in human esophageal squamous cell carcinoma tumors and cell lines

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