TY - JOUR
T1 - Polypyrimidine Tract-binding Protein (PTB) differentially affects malignancy in a cell line-dependent manner
AU - Wang, Chen
AU - Norton, John T.
AU - Ghosh, Supurna
AU - Kim, Julie
AU - Fushimi, Kazuo
AU - Wu, Jane Y.
AU - Stack, M. Sharon
AU - Huang, Sui
PY - 2008/7/18
Y1 - 2008/7/18
N2 - RNA processing is altered during malignant transformation, and expression of the polypyrimidine tract-binding protein (PTB) is often increased in cancer cells. Although some data support that PTB promotes cancer, the functional contribution of PTB to the malignant phenotype remains to be clarified. Here we report that although PTB levels are generally increased in cancer cell lines from multiple origins and in endometrial adenocarcinoma tumors, there appears to be no correlation between PTB levels and disease severity or metastatic capacity. The three isoforms of PTB increase heterogeneously among different tumor cells. PTB knockdown in transformed cells by small interfering RNA decreases cellular growth in monolayer culture and to a greater extent in semi-solid media without inducing apoptosis. Down-regulation of PTB expression in a normal cell line reduces proliferation even more significantly. Reduction of PTB inhibits the invasive behavior of two cancer cell lines in Matrigel invasion assays but enhances the invasive behavior of another. At the molecular level, PTB in various cell lines differentially affects the alternative splicing pattern of the same substrates, such as caspase 2. Furthermore, overexpression of PTB does not enhance proliferation, anchorage-independent growth, or invasion in immortalized or normal cells. These data demonstrate that PTB is not oncogenic and can either promote or antagonize a malignant trait dependent upon the specific intra-cellular environment.
AB - RNA processing is altered during malignant transformation, and expression of the polypyrimidine tract-binding protein (PTB) is often increased in cancer cells. Although some data support that PTB promotes cancer, the functional contribution of PTB to the malignant phenotype remains to be clarified. Here we report that although PTB levels are generally increased in cancer cell lines from multiple origins and in endometrial adenocarcinoma tumors, there appears to be no correlation between PTB levels and disease severity or metastatic capacity. The three isoforms of PTB increase heterogeneously among different tumor cells. PTB knockdown in transformed cells by small interfering RNA decreases cellular growth in monolayer culture and to a greater extent in semi-solid media without inducing apoptosis. Down-regulation of PTB expression in a normal cell line reduces proliferation even more significantly. Reduction of PTB inhibits the invasive behavior of two cancer cell lines in Matrigel invasion assays but enhances the invasive behavior of another. At the molecular level, PTB in various cell lines differentially affects the alternative splicing pattern of the same substrates, such as caspase 2. Furthermore, overexpression of PTB does not enhance proliferation, anchorage-independent growth, or invasion in immortalized or normal cells. These data demonstrate that PTB is not oncogenic and can either promote or antagonize a malignant trait dependent upon the specific intra-cellular environment.
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U2 - 10.1074/jbc.M803682200
DO - 10.1074/jbc.M803682200
M3 - Article
C2 - 18499661
AN - SCOPUS:50649091392
SN - 0021-9258
VL - 283
SP - 20277
EP - 20287
JO - Journal of Biological Chemistry
JF - Journal of Biological Chemistry
IS - 29
ER -