| 研究生: |
鄒仁蕙 Tsou, Jen-Hui |
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| 論文名稱: |
探討Aurora-C (AURKC)基因在腫瘤形成過程中之角色與轉錄調控機制 The role and transcriptional regulation of Aurora-C (AURKC) in tumorigenesis |
| 指導教授: |
洪良宜
Hung, Liang-Yi |
| 學位類別: |
博士 Doctor |
| 系所名稱: |
生物科學與科技學院 - 生物資訊與訊息傳遞研究所 Insitute of Bioinformatics and Biosignal Transduction |
| 論文出版年: | 2011 |
| 畢業學年度: | 100 |
| 語文別: | 英文 |
| 論文頁數: | 105 |
| 中文關鍵詞: | AURKC 、PLZF 、子宮頸癌 、大腸直腸癌 、轉型 |
| 外文關鍵詞: | AURKC, PLZF, cervical cancer, colorectal cancer, transformation |
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Aurora 激酶家族屬於serine/threonine 蛋白激酶,在哺乳動物中存在有AURKA, -B 及 -C 三個成員。AURKA 和-B 在許多組織中均有表現,對於調控細胞週期扮演不可或缺的角色。先前研究指出過量表現的AURKA 和-B 會誘導centrosomes amplification、chromosom instability 及不正常的cytokinesis,最終可能導致腫瘤的形成。AURKC 主要侷限於睪丸組織中表現,目前對於其功能了解很少。近來有許多報告指出,AURKC在人類大腸直腸癌,甲狀腺癌和數種癌細胞株中被偵測到有表現的情形。然而,對於為何在癌細胞中AURKC 會表現,以及AURKC 在癌細胞中的作用,目前仍不清楚。在本論文,我們發現AURKC 的確會表現於許多癌細胞株。將AURKC 過量表現於HeLa 及A549 細胞,會增強癌細胞proliferation,transformation 及migration 的能力。於xenograft 動物模式中也發現,大量表現的AURKC會增加腫瘤的大小及重量。更重要的,AURKC 的激酶活性對於這些癌化的特質是必須的。分析人類癌組織檢體,也可發現AURKC 的表現,且其表現與子宮頸癌癌症形成的進程有關,與大腸直腸癌的N status 和MAC stage 亦有高度相關。此外,我們發現,在精子生合成過程中扮演重要角色的PLZF 與Aurkc 的表現呈現相反的情形。進一步分析人類子宮頸癌及大腸直腸癌組織,也證實PLZF 與AURKC mRNA 的表現呈現相反的趨勢。利用報導基因實驗分析,HA-PLZF 確實可專一性地抑制AURKC 基因的表現。染色質免疫沉澱分析進一步證實HA-PLZF 的確會結合在AURKC 啟動子區域。免疫螢光染色的結果顯示,過量表現的AURKC-GFP 會位於有絲分裂染色體的中心體區域,且導致細胞內原本AURKB 蛋白的表現量和激酶活性減少。有趣的是,在轉移性較強的SW620 細胞中,內生性的AURKC 表現量相較於SW480 細胞比較高的。臨床檢體的分析也顯示,AURKB 和AURKC 在大腸直腸癌中的表現是呈現相反的模式。這些結果顯示,AURKC 的確在人類癌細胞中會有過量表現,而PLZF 可能是調控其表現的轉錄因子。
Aurora is a family of serine/threonine protein kinases. There are three members in mammals: AURKA, -B, and -C. AURKA and -B are expressed in many tissues, and play essential roles in regulating many important events during cell-cycle progression. Previous studies indicated that the overexpression of AURKA and -B can induce centrosome amplification, chromosome instability, and abnormal cytokinesis, and ultimately lead to tumor formation. AURKC has restricted expression in the testes, and less is known about its function. Recently, many reports indicated that AURKC overexpression was detected in human colorectal cancers, thyroid carcinoma, and several cancer cell lines. However, the reason for and the effect of AURKC being overexpressed in cancer cells are unclear. In this study, we found that AURKC is actually expressed in numerous cancer cell lines. Elevated expression of AURKC in HeLa and A549 cells increased the proliferation, transformation, and migratory abilities of cancer cells. In an animal xenograft model, AURKC overexpression enhanced the tumor size and weight. Interestingly, kinase activity is required for these tumorigenic properties of AURKC. Analysis of human cancer specimens showed that the increased expression of AURKC accompanied the progression of human cervical cancer, and was highly correlated with the N status and MAC stage of human colorectal cancer. In mouse testes, PLZF, which plays a crucial role in spermatogenesis, showed a reciprocal expression pattern with Aurkc. In an analysis of human cervical and colorectal cancer tissues, data indicated that expression levels of PLZF and AURKC mRNA displayed opposite patterns. Results of a reporter assay indicated that HA-PLZF specifically inhibited the expression of AURKC, but not AURKA or AURKB. A chromatin immunoprecipitation assay further showed that HA-PLZF can be recruited to the AURKC promoter region. In an immunofluorescence assay, AURKC-GFP overexpression was localized to centromeric regions of mitotic chromosomes and resulted in decreased protein expression levels and kinase activity of endogenous AURKB in HeLa cells. Interestingly, the endogenous protein level of AURKC was higher in more-metastatic SW620 cells than in SW480 cells. Analysis of clinical cancer specimens also showed that expression levels of AURKB and AURKC were in an inverse pattern in colon carcinoma. Taken together, our results indicate that AURKC is indeed overexpressed in human cancer cells, and AURKC expression may be due to loss of inhibitory regulation by PLZF.
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