title: Ras-dependent recruitment of c-Myc for transcriptional activation of nucleophosmin/B23 in highly malignant U1 bladder cancer cells.
abstract: U1 bladder cancer cells of high malignancy exhibited higher proliferation capacity than U4 premalignant cells. Higher expression of Ras, c-Myc, and nucleophosmin/B23 and greater c-Myc transactivation and nucleophosmin/B23 promoter activities were detected in U1 cells compared with U4 cells. Moreover, c-Myc and nucleophosmin/B23 were increased in U1 but not in U4 cells upon serum stimulation from quiescence. Likewise, only in U1 cells could serum stimulate transcriptional activity of nucleophosmin/B23 promoter and c-Myc response element. The increase of nucleophosmin/B23 promoter activity could be abrogated by mitogen-activated protein kinase/extracellular signal-regulated kinase activating kinase inhibitor and was associated with recruitment of c-Myc to the promoter. U1 cells constitutively expressing dominant-negative Ras reduced the levels of Ras, nucleophosmin/B23, and p-ERK, and consequently abolished the serum-induced up-regulation of nucleophosmin/B23 promoter activity and c-Myc promoter recruitment. Our results indicate that Ras and c-Myc play important roles in the up-regulation of nucleophosmin/B23 during proliferation of cells associated with a high degree of malignancy, thus outlining a signaling cascade involving these factors in the cancer cells.
authors.affiliation: Cancer Biochemistry Laboratory, Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, 259 Wen-Hwa 1st Road, Kwei-San, Tao-Yuan 333, Taiwan, R.O.C.
authors.forename: Chun-Wei
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Yeh
authors.forename: Sheng-Shun
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Ru-Ping
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Benjamin Yat-Ming
authors.initials: BY
authors.lastname: Yung
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D015972:Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009687:Nuclear Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D000090243:Nucleophosmin; D015689:Oncogene Protein p21(ras) / Q000378:metabolism*; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D016271:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-myc / Q000378:metabolism*; D015533:Transcriptional Activation; D014162:Transfection; D015854:Up-Regulation; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: C000716967:NPM1 protein, human; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D016271:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-myc; D000090243:Nucleophosmin; D015689:Oncogene Protein p21(ras)