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- Title
Lowered Expression of Tumor Suppressor Candidate MYO1C Stimulates Cell Proliferation, Suppresses Cell Adhesion and Activates AKT.
- Authors
Visuttijai, Kittichate; Pettersson, Jennifer; Mehrbani Azar, Yashar; van den Bout, Iman; Örndal, Charlotte; Marcickiewicz, Janusz; Nilsson, Staffan; Hörnquist, Michael; Olsson, Björn; Ejeskär, Katarina; Behboudi, Afrouz
- Abstract
Myosin-1C (MYO1C) is a tumor suppressor candidate located in a region of recurrent losses distal to TP53. Myo1c can tightly and specifically bind to PIP2, the substrate of Phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K), and to Rictor, suggesting a role for MYO1C in the PI3K pathway. This study was designed to examine MYO1C expression status in a panel of well-stratified endometrial carcinomas as well as to assess the biological significance of MYO1C as a tumor suppressor in vitro. We found a significant correlation between the tumor stage and lowered expression of MYO1C in endometrial carcinoma samples. In cell transfection experiments, we found a negative correlation between MYO1C expression and cell proliferation, and MYO1C silencing resulted in diminished cell migration and adhesion. Cells expressing excess of MYO1C had low basal level of phosphorylated protein kinase B (PKB, a.k.a. AKT) and cells with knocked down MYO1C expression showed a quicker phosphorylated AKT (pAKT) response in reaction to serum stimulation. Taken together the present study gives further evidence for tumor suppressor activity of MYO1C and suggests MYO1C mediates its tumor suppressor function through inhibition of PI3K pathway and its involvement in loss of contact inhibition.
- Subjects
ENDOMETRIAL cancer; CANCER cell proliferation; TUMOR suppressor genes; GENE expression; CELL adhesion; PROTEIN kinase B; MYOSIN; PHOSPHOINOSITIDES; GENETICS
- Publication
PLoS ONE, 2016, Vol 11, Issue 10, p1
- ISSN
1932-6203
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0164063