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- Title
Genomewide RNAi screen identifies protein kinase Cβ and new members of mitogen-activated protein kinase pathway as regulators of melanoma cell growth and metastasis.
- Authors
Schönherr, Madeleine; Bhattacharya, Animesh; Kottek, Tina; Szymczak, Silke; Köberle, Margarethe; Wickenhauser, Claudia; Siebolts, Udo; Saalbach, Anja; Koczan, Dirk; Magin, Thomas M.; Simon, Jan C.; Kunz, Manfred
- Abstract
A large-scale RNAi screen was performed for eight different melanoma cell lines using a pooled whole-genome lentiviral sh RNA library. sh RNAs affecting proliferation of transduced melanoma cells were negatively selected during 10 days of culture. Overall, 617 sh RNAs were identified by microarray hybridization. Pathway analyses identified mitogen-activated protein kinase ( MAPK) pathway members such as ERK1/2, JNK1/2 and MAP3 K7 and protein kinase C β ( PKCβ) as candidate genes. Knockdown of PKCβ most consistently reduced cellular proliferation, colony formation and migratory capacity of melanoma cells and was selected for further validation. PKCβ showed enhanced expression in human primary melanomas and distant metastases as compared with benign melanocytic nevi. Moreover, treatment of melanoma cells with PKCβ-specific inhibitor enzastaurin reduced melanoma cell growth but had only small effects on benign fibroblasts. Finally, PKCβ-sh RNA significantly reduced lung colonization capacity of stably transduced melanoma cells in mice. Taken together, this study identified new candidate genes for melanoma cell growth and proliferation. PKCβ seems to play an important role in these processes and might serve as a new target for the treatment of metastatic melanoma.
- Subjects
RNA interference; ARGONAUTE proteins; CELL proliferation; METASTASIS; PATIENTS
- Publication
Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research, 2014, Vol 27, Issue 3, p418
- ISSN
1755-1471
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/pcmr.12216