title: WT1 is involved in the Akt-JNK pathway dependent autophagy through directly regulating Gas1 expression in human osteosarcoma cells.
abstract: Macroautophagy (herein termed autophagy) works as a protective mechanism in tumorigenesis and development under metabolic stress condition. Multitudes of genes have been found involved in this process during past decades. In the present study, we report that Wilm's tumor suppressor1 (WT1) is involved in autophagy in osteosarcoma (OS) cells. WT1, a transcription factor with multitude of target genes, expresses in a majority of cancer types. Though wide-ranging effect of WT1 is now well documented, the function of WT1 in tumors remains poorly defined. In this chapter, it is found that high expression of WT1 positively correlates with active autophagy in human osteosarcoma cells. And further study on cell signaling pathway illustrates that Akt/JNK pathway acts as a positive regulator of autophagy induced by WT1. Here, we present evidence that WT1 modulates Akt/JNK signaling pathway mediated autophagy by controlling the expression of growth arrest-specific 1 (Gas1). We show that WT1 is required for Gas1 transcription in osteosarcoma cells. And Gas1 is upregulated followed WT1 overexpression in a time-dependent manner. Loss of Gas1 results in a reduction of WT1-induced autophagy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Bone and Soft Tissue Neurosurgery, Affiliated Tumor Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Hao
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Mo
authors.affiliation: Department of Bone and Soft Tissue Neurosurgery, Affiliated Tumor Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Juliang
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: He
authors.affiliation: Department of Bone and Soft Tissue Neurosurgery, Affiliated Tumor Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Zhenchao
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Yuan
authors.affiliation: Department of Bone and Soft Tissue Neurosurgery, Affiliated Tumor Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Ligen
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Mo
authors.affiliation: Department of Bone and Soft Tissue Neurosurgery, Affiliated Tumor Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Zhenjie
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.affiliation: Department of Bone and Soft Tissue Neurosurgery, Affiliated Tumor Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Xiang
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.affiliation: Department of Bone and Soft Tissue Neurosurgery, Affiliated Tumor Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Bin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: Department of Bone and Soft Tissue Neurosurgery, Affiliated Tumor Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, People's Republic of China. Electronic address: guanjianpaper@126.com.
authors.forename: Jian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Guan
mesh_terms: D001343:Autophagy; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D058851:GPI-Linked Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D015972:Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic; D006801:Humans; D020935:MAP Kinase Signaling System; D012516:Osteosarcoma / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D051057:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt / Q000378:metabolism*; D015398:Signal Transduction; D025721:WT1 Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins; C096192:GAS1 protein, human; D058851:GPI-Linked Proteins; D025721:WT1 Proteins; C583751:WT1 protein, human; D051057:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt
keywords: Autophagy; Gas1; JNK pathway; Osteosarcoma cells; WT1