title: Protein cysteine sulfinic acid reductase (sulfiredoxin) as a regulator of cell proliferation and drug response.
abstract: Sulfiredoxin (Srx) is one of a family of low molecular weight sulfur containing proteins linked with maintenance of cellular redox balance. One function of Srx is the reduction of cysteine sulfinic acid to sulfenic acid in proteins subject to oxidative stress. Other redox active protein families have multiple functions in regulating redox and controlling proliferation/death pathways; increased Srx has been linked with oncogenic transformation. To explore the biological functions of Srx in tumors, we established cell lines that overexpress Srx. Enhanced levels of Srx promoted cell proliferation and enhanced cell death following cisplatin. Srx overexpression triggered an alteration in expression and phosphorylation of cell cycle regulators p21, p27 and p53; stabilized the phosphatase PTEN and, importantly, interacted directly with, and enhanced the activity of, phosphatase PTP1B. In turn, this promoted Src kinase activity by dephosphorylating its inhibitory tyrosine residue (Y530). Srx expression was stimulated by cell exposure to certain growth factors. These data support a role for Srx in controlling the phosphorylation status of key regulatory kinases through effects upon phosphatase activity with an ultimate effect on pathways that influence cell proliferation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cell and Molecular Pharmacology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29425, USA.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Lei
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Townsend
authors.forename: K D
authors.initials: KD
authors.lastname: Tew
mesh_terms: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001483:Base Sequence; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D049109:Cell Proliferation; D002945:Cisplatin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D017931:DNA Primers; D005434:Flow Cytometry; D006801:Humans; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D010088:Oxidoreductases / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D050862:Oxidoreductases Acting on Sulfur Group Donors; D010749:Phosphoprotein Phosphatases / Q000378:metabolism; D010766:Phosphorylation; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D015398:Signal Transduction
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins; D017931:DNA Primers; D010088:Oxidoreductases; D050862:Oxidoreductases Acting on Sulfur Group Donors; C504024:SRXN1 protein, human; D010749:Phosphoprotein Phosphatases; D002945:Cisplatin