Lihui Li1, Mingsong Wang1, Guangyang Yu1, Ping Chen1, Hui Li1, Dongping Wei1, Ji Zhu1, Li Xie1, Huixun Jia1, Jieyi Shi1, Chunjie Li1, Wantong Yao1, Yanchun Wang1, Qiang Gao1, Lak Shin Jeong1, Hyuk Woo Lee1, Jinha Yu1, Fengqing Hu1, Ju Mei1, Ping Wang1, Yiwei Chu1, Hui Qi1, Meng Yang1, Ziming Dong1, Yi Sun1, Robert M Hoffman1, Lijun Jia2. 1. Affiliations of authors: Cancer Institute, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center (LL, GY, PC, DW, CL, WY, YW, LJ), Department of Oncology, Shanghai Medical College (LL, GY, PC, DW, CL, WY, YW, LJ), Department of Immunology, School of Basic Medical Sciences (LL, GY, CL, YW, YC, LJ), Clinical Statistics Center, Department of Radiation Oncology, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center (JZ, LX, HJ), and Liver Cancer Institute, Zhongshan Hospital (JS, QG), Fudan University, Shanghai, 200032, China; Department of Thoracic Cardiovascular Surgery, Xinhua Hospital of Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China (MW, FH, JM); College of Basic Medical Sciences, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China (PC, ZD); Shanghai Key Laboratory of Regulatory Biology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences and School of Life Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China (HL, PW); College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea (LSJ); College of Pharmacy, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea (LSJ, HWL, JY); AntiCancer Biotech Beijing Co. Ltd., Beijing, China (HQ, MY); Division of Radiation and Cancer Biology, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (YS); Department of Surgery, University of California, San Diego, CA (RMH); AntiCancer, Inc., San Diego, CA (RMH, MY). 2. Affiliations of authors: Cancer Institute, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center (LL, GY, PC, DW, CL, WY, YW, LJ), Department of Oncology, Shanghai Medical College (LL, GY, PC, DW, CL, WY, YW, LJ), Department of Immunology, School of Basic Medical Sciences (LL, GY, CL, YW, YC, LJ), Clinical Statistics Center, Department of Radiation Oncology, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center (JZ, LX, HJ), and Liver Cancer Institute, Zhongshan Hospital (JS, QG), Fudan University, Shanghai, 200032, China; Department of Thoracic Cardiovascular Surgery, Xinhua Hospital of Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China (MW, FH, JM); College of Basic Medical Sciences, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China (PC, ZD); Shanghai Key Laboratory of Regulatory Biology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences and School of Life Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China (HL, PW); College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea (LSJ); College of Pharmacy, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea (LSJ, HWL, JY); AntiCancer Biotech Beijing Co. Ltd., Beijing, China (HQ, MY); Division of Radiation and Cancer Biology, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (YS); Department of Surgery, University of California, San Diego, CA (RMH); AntiCancer, Inc., San Diego, CA (RMH, MY). ljjia@fudan.edu.cn.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: A number of oncoproteins and tumor suppressors are known to be neddylated, but whether the neddylation pathway is entirely activated in human cancer remains unexplored. METHODS: NEDD8-activating enzyme (NAE) (E1) and NEDD8-conjugating enzyme (E2) expression and global-protein neddylation were examined by immunohistochemistry, immunoblotting, and real-time polymerase chain reaction analysis. Cell proliferation, clonogenic survival, migration, and motility in vitro, as well as tumor formation and metastasis in vivo, were determined upon neddylation inhibition by MLN4924, an investigational NEDD8-activating enzyme inhibitor. Survival was analyzed with Kaplan-Meier methods and compared by the log-rank test. All statistical tests were two-sided. RESULTS: The entire neddylation pathway, including NEDD8-activating enzyme E1, NEDD8-conjugating enzyme E2, and global-protein neddylation, is overactivated in both lung adenocarcinoma and squamous-cell carcinoma. Compared with lung adenocarcinoma patients with low expression, those with high expression had worse overall survival (NEDD8-activating enzyme E1 subunit 1 [NAE1]: hazard ratio [HR] = 2.07, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 0.95 to 4.52, P = .07; ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme E2M (UBC12): HR = 13.26, 95% CI = 1.77 to 99.35, P = .01; global protein neddylation: HR = 3.74, 95% CI = 1.65 to 8.47, P = .002). Moreover, inhibition of neddylation by the NAE inhibitor MLN4924 statistically significantly suppressed proliferation, survival, migration, and motility of lung cancer cells in vitro and tumor formation and metastasis in vivo. At the molecular level, MLN4924 inactivated Cullin-RING E3 ligases, led to accumulation of tumor-suppressive Cullin-RING E3 ligase substrates and induced phorbol-12-myristate-13-acetate-induced protein 1 (NOXA)-dependent apoptosis or cellular senescence. CONCLUSIONS: Our study highlights the overactivated neddylation pathway in lung cancer development and as a promising therapeutic target.
BACKGROUND: A number of oncoproteins and tumor suppressors are known to be neddylated, but whether the neddylation pathway is entirely activated in humancancer remains unexplored. METHODS:NEDD8-activating enzyme (NAE) (E1) and NEDD8-conjugating enzyme (E2) expression and global-protein neddylation were examined by immunohistochemistry, immunoblotting, and real-time polymerase chain reaction analysis. Cell proliferation, clonogenic survival, migration, and motility in vitro, as well as tumor formation and metastasis in vivo, were determined upon neddylation inhibition by MLN4924, an investigational NEDD8-activating enzyme inhibitor. Survival was analyzed with Kaplan-Meier methods and compared by the log-rank test. All statistical tests were two-sided. RESULTS: The entire neddylation pathway, including NEDD8-activating enzyme E1, NEDD8-conjugating enzyme E2, and global-protein neddylation, is overactivated in both lung adenocarcinoma and squamous-cell carcinoma. Compared with lung adenocarcinomapatients with low expression, those with high expression had worse overall survival (NEDD8-activating enzyme E1 subunit 1 [NAE1]: hazard ratio [HR] = 2.07, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 0.95 to 4.52, P = .07; ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme E2M (UBC12): HR = 13.26, 95% CI = 1.77 to 99.35, P = .01; global protein neddylation: HR = 3.74, 95% CI = 1.65 to 8.47, P = .002). Moreover, inhibition of neddylation by the NAE inhibitor MLN4924 statistically significantly suppressed proliferation, survival, migration, and motility of lung cancer cells in vitro and tumor formation and metastasis in vivo. At the molecular level, MLN4924 inactivated Cullin-RING E3 ligases, led to accumulation of tumor-suppressive Cullin-RING E3 ligase substrates and induced phorbol-12-myristate-13-acetate-induced protein 1 (NOXA)-dependent apoptosis or cellular senescence. CONCLUSIONS: Our study highlights the overactivated neddylation pathway in lung cancer development and as a promising therapeutic target.
Authors: Vanessa Vanderdys; Amir Allak; Fadila Guessous; Mouadh Benamar; Paul W Read; Mark J Jameson; Tarek Abbas Journal: Mol Cancer Ther Date: 2017-08-24 Impact factor: 6.261