title: Annexin-A7 protects normal prostate cells and induces distinct patterns of RB-associated cytotoxicity in androgen-sensitive and -resistant prostate cancer cells.
abstract: The tumor suppressor role of annexin-A7 (ANXA7) was previously demonstrated by cancer susceptibility in Anxa7(+/-)-mice and by ANXA7 loss in human cancers, especially in hormone-resistant prostate tumors. To gain mechanistic insights into ANXA7 tumor suppression, we undertook an in vitro study in which we compared wild-type (WT)-ANXA7 and dominant-negative (DN)-ANXA7 effects to a conventional tumor suppressor p53 in prostate cancer cells with different androgen sensitivity. Unlike p53 (which caused cell growth arrest and apoptosis to a noticeable extent in benign PrEC), WT-ANXA7 demonstrated profound cytotoxicityin androgen-sensitive LNCaP as well as in the androgen-resistant DU145 and PC3 prostate cancer cells, but not in PrEC. In androgen-sensitive LNCaP, WT-ANXA7 decreased low-molecular-weight (LMW) AR protein forms and maintained higher retinoblastoma 1 (RB1)/phospho-RB1 ratio. In contrast, DN-ANXA7 (which lacks phosphatidylserine liposome aggregation properties) increased LMW-AR forms and hyperphosphorylated RB1 that was consistent with the lack of DN-ANXA7 cytotoxicity. According to the microarray-based Ingenuity Pathways Analysis, a major WT-ANXA7 effect in androgen-sensitive LNCaP constituted of upregulation of the RB1-binding transcription factor E2F1 along with its downstream proapoptotic targets such as ASK1 and ASPP2. These results suggested a reversal of the RBdependent repression of the proapoptotic E2F-mediated transcription. However, DN-ANXA7 increased RB1/2 (but not E2F1) expression and induced the proliferation-promoting ERK5, thereby maintaining the RB-dependent repression of E2F-mediated apoptosis in LNcaP. On the other hand, in androgen-resistant cells, WT-ANXA7 tumor suppressor effects involved PTEN and NFkB pathways. Thus, ANXA7 revived the RB-associated cell survival control and overcame androgen resistance and dysfunctional status of major tumor suppressors commonly mutated in prostate cancer. Published 2009 UICC.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy, Physiology and Genetics, Institute for Molecular Medicine, Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences School of Medicine, Bethesda, MD 20814, USA.
authors.forename: Yelizaveta
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Torosyan
authors.forename: Olga
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Simakova
authors.forename: Shanmugam
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Naga
authors.forename: Katerina
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mezhevaya
authors.forename: Ximena
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Leighton
authors.forename: Juan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Diaz
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Harvey
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Pollard
authors.forename: Meera
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Srivastava
mesh_terms: D000256:Adenoviridae / Q000235:genetics; D017310:Annexin A7 / Q000494:pharmacology*; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D015153:Blotting, Western; D002453:Cell Cycle / Q000187:drug effects; D049109:Cell Proliferation / Q000187:drug effects; D004273:DNA, Neoplasm / Q000235:genetics; D019008:Drug Resistance, Neoplasm; D004847:Epithelial Cells / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D020869:Gene Expression Profiling; D005822:Genetic Vectors; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009376:Neoplasms, Hormone-Dependent / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*; D020411:Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis; D010766:Phosphorylation; D011467:Prostate / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*; D011944:Receptors, Androgen / Q000378:metabolism; D016160:Retinoblastoma Protein / Q000378:metabolism*; D014162:Transfection; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured; D025521:Tumor Suppressor Proteins / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: C410798:AR protein, human; D017310:Annexin A7; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; D004273:DNA, Neoplasm; D011944:Receptors, Androgen; D016160:Retinoblastoma Protein; D025521:Tumor Suppressor Proteins