N-Terminal Truncation of Stat5a/b Circumvents PIAS3-Mediated Transcriptional Inhibition of Stat5 in Prostate Cancer Cells.
Summary of "N-Terminal Truncation of Stat5a/b Circumvents PIAS3-Mediated Transcriptional Inhibition of Stat5 in Prostate Cancer Cells."
Transcription factor Stat5a/b is critical for prostate cancer cell survival and for prostate xenograft tumor growth. In addition, the Stat5a/b signaling pathway may contribute to progression of organ-confined prostate cancer to castration-resistant and/or metastatic disease. Expression of nuclear Stat5a/b is clustered to high grade human prostate cancers, and nuclear Stat5a/b in primary prostate cancer predicts early disease recurrence after initial treatment. Here, we show by Western blotting and electromobility shift assay that Stat5a/b protein in human prostate cancer is N-terminally truncated. This short form of Stat5a/b is generated post-translationally in vivo in prostate cancer cells and is the predominant form of Stat5a/b that binds to DNA. We further demonstrate by mutagenesis and co-immunoprecipitations that the N-domain of Stat5a/b is required for binding to PIAS3, and that PIAS3 inhibits transcriptional activity of Stat5a/b in breast cancer cells but not in prostate cancer cells. Thus, the proteolytic cleavage of the N-terminus of Stat5a/b may be a mechanism by which Stat5 evades the transcriptional repression by PIAS3 in prostate cancer cells, and results in increased Stat5-driven gene expression and prostate cancer progression.
Affiliation
Department of Cancer Biology, Kimmel Cancer Center, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA 19107.
Journal Details
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Name: The international journal of biochemistry & cell biology
ISSN: 1878-5875
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Links
- PubMed Source: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20854925
- DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocel.2010.09.008
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