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암유전자 APEX1에 의한 대장암 발병 연구

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Author(s)
차만진
Issued Date
2013
Abstract
Apurinic-apyrimidinic endonuclease-1 (APEX1)은 유전자 발현을 조절하는 전사인자로 잘 알려져 있다. 최근에 암 조직에서 APEX1의 발현이 증가된다는 보고가 있었으나, 왜 암세포에서 발현이 증가되고 증가된 APEX1의 생물학적인 기능이 과연 무엇인지 아직 까지 알려지지 않았다. 본 연구에서는 APEX1이 대장암 진행 및 악성화에 중요한 역할을 수행한다는 사실을 규명하였다. APEX1 과 발현 대장암은 악성도가 높으며, 악성도가 높은 대장암세포에 APEX1의 발현을 감소 시키면 악성도가 현저하게 감소됨을 관찰하였다. 또한 APEX1 발현이 낮은 대장암은 악성도가 낮다는 사실을 관찰하고 악성도가 낮은 대장암세포에 APEX1을 과 발현 시키면 악성도가 현저하게 증가되었다. APEX1은 대장암 세포에서 Jagged1의 발현을 유전자 수준에서 증가 시켜 notch의 활성을 증가 시켜 대장암 진행에 관여함을 또한 규명하였다. 따라서 APEX1은 대장암의 예방과 치료에 중요한 타깃으로 향 후 대장암 치료제 개발에 기여 할 수 있을 것으로 판단된다.|Aberrant expression of apurinic-apyrimidinic endonuclease-1 (APEX1) has been reported in numerous human solid tumors and is positively correlated with cancer progression; however, the role of APEX1 in tumor progression is poorly defined. Here, we show that APEX1 contributes to aggressive colon cancer behavior and functions as an upstream activator in the Jagged1/Notch signaling pathway. APEX1 overexpression or knockdown in human colon cancer cell lines induced profound changes in malignant properties such as cell proliferation, anchorage-independent growth, migration, invasion, and angiogenesis in vitro and in tumor formation and metastasis in mouse xenograft models. These oncogenic effects of APEX1 were mediated by the upregulation of Jagged1, a major Notch ligand. Furthermore, APEX1 expression was associated with Jagged1 in various colon cancer cell lines and in tissues from colon cancer patients. This finding identifies APEX1 as a positive regulator of Jagged1/Notch activity and suggests that it is a potential therapeutic target in colon cancers that exhibit high levels of Jagged1/Notch signaling.
Alternative Title
The effect of APEX1 on the colon cancer development
Alternative Author(s)
Man Jin Cha
Affiliation
의과대학
Department
일반대학원 의학과
Advisor
유호진
Awarded Date
2014-02
Table Of Contents
KOREAN ABSTRACT vi
INTRODUCTION 1
MATERIALS AND METHODS
1. Cell cultures, chemicals, and tissue samples 5
2. Gene expression analysis 6
3. Plasmid constructs, RNAi, and generation of stable cell lines 8
4. Quantitative real-time RT-PCR 10
5. Immunoblotting 11
6. Jagged1 promoter cloning and reporter assay 13
7. Luciferase reporter assay 14
8. Electrophoretic mobility shift assay (EMSA) 14
9. Chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP) assay 16
10. Immunostaining 17
11. Soft agar colony formation assay 18
12. Cell migration and invasion assays 19
13. Wound healing 20
14. Cell growth assay 20
15. Tumor formation in nude mice 21
16. Peritoneal injection for the metastasis assay 21
17. Angiogenesis assay 23
18. Statistical analysis 24
RESULTS
1. Ape1/Ref-1 enhances tumorigenicity in human fibroblast GM00637 and colon cancer cell lines 25
2. Ape1/Ref-1 upregulates Jagged1 gene expression. 28
3. Ape1/Ref-1 is a positive regulator of Jagged1/Notch signaling in colon cancer cells 30
4. Ape1/Ref-1 activates Notch signaling through the upregulation of Jag-ged1 35
5. Ape1/Ref-1 promotes colon cancer progression by Jagged1 38
6. Ref-1/Jagged1 signaling in colon cancer cells promotes tumor growth and metastatic spreading in mice 40
7. Involvement of Egr1 in the upregulation of Jagged1 by Ape1/Ref-1 43
8. Ape1/Ref-1 and Jagged1 expression levels correlate in human colon cancer tissues 47
DISCUSSION
Discussion 80
ABSTRACT
Abstract 87
REFERENCES
References 89
Degree
Doctor
Publisher
조선대학교 대학원
Citation
차만진. (2013). 암유전자 APEX1에 의한 대장암 발병 연구.
Type
Dissertation
URI
https://oak.chosun.ac.kr/handle/2020.oak/11969
http://chosun.dcollection.net/common/orgView/200000264369
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