title: Calcium/calmodulin-dependent kinase II regulates notch-1 signaling in prostate cancer cells.
abstract: Notch signaling is associated with prostate osteoblastic bone metastases and calcium/calmodulin-dependent kinase II (CaMKII) is associated with osteoblastogenesis of human mesenchymal stem cells. Here we show that prostate cancer cell lines C4-2B and PC3, both derived from bone metastases and express Notch-1, have all four isoforms of CaMKII (alpha, beta, gamma, delta). In contrast, prostate cancer cell lines LNcaP and DU145, which are not derived from bone metastases and lack the Notch-1 receptor, both lack the alpha isoform of CaMKII. In addition, DU145 cells also lack the beta-isoform. In C4-2B cells, inhibition of CaMKII by KN93 or gamma-secretase by L-685,458 inhibited the formation of the cleaved form of Notch-1 thus inhibiting Notch signaling. KN93 inhibited down stream Notch-1 signaling including Hes-1 gene expression, Hes-1 promoter activity, and c-Myc expression. In addition, both KN93 and L-685,458 inhibited proliferation and Matrigel invasion by C4-2B cells. The activity of gamma-secretase was unaffected by KN93 but markedly inhibited by L-685,458. Inhibition of the expression of alpha, beta, or gamma-isoform by siRNA did not affect Hes-1 gene expression, however when expression of one isoform was inhibited by siRNA, there were compensatory changes in the expression of the other isoforms. Over-expression of CaMKII-alpha increased Hes-1 expression, consistent with Notch-1 signaling being at least partially dependent upon CaMKII. This unique crosstalk between CaMKII and Notch-1 pathways provides new insight into Notch signaling and potentially provides new targets for pharmacotherapeutics.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35249-7331, USA.
authors.forename: Olga A
authors.initials: OA
authors.lastname: Mamaeva
authors.forename: Junghyun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Gong
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Feng
authors.forename: Jay M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: McDonald
mesh_terms: D053829:Amyloid Precursor Protein Secretases / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D001596:Benzylamines / Q000494:pharmacology; D054732:Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase Type 2 / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism*; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D049109:Cell Proliferation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008819:Mice, Nude; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism*; D051881:Receptor, Notch1 / Q000378:metabolism*; D015398:Signal Transduction; D013449:Sulfonamides / Q000494:pharmacology; D000096926:Benzenesulfonamides
chemical_list: D053829:Amyloid Precursor Protein Secretases; D001596:Benzylamines; D054732:Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase Type 2; D051881:Receptor, Notch1; D013449:Sulfonamides; C072105:KN 93; D000096926:Benzenesulfonamides