- Title
- Dual functions for OVAAL in initiation of RAF/MEK/ERK prosurvival signals and evasion of p27-mediated cellular senescence
- Creator
- Sang, Ben; Zhang, Yuan Yuan; Guo, Su Tang; Kong, Ling Fei; Cheng, Qiong; Liu, Guang Zhi; Thorne, Rick F.; Zhang, Xu Dong; Jin, Lei; Wu, Mian
- Relation
- NHMRC.1083496 http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1083496
- Relation
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Vol. 115, Issue 50, p. E11661-E11670
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1805950115
- Publisher
- National Academy of Sciences
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2018
- Description
- Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) function through a diverse array of mechanisms that are not presently fully understood. Here, we sought to find lncRNAs differentially regulated in cancer cells resistant to either TNF-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (TRAIL) or the Mcl-1 inhibitor UMI-77, agents that act through the extrinsic and intrinsic apoptotic pathways, respectively. This work identified a commonly up-regulated lncRNA, ovarian adenocarcinoma-amplified lncRNA (OVAAL), that conferred apoptotic resistance in multiple cancer types. Analysis of clinical samples revealed OVAAL expression was significantly increased in colorectal cancers and melanoma in comparison to the corresponding normal tissues. Functional investigations showed that OVAAL depletion significantly inhibited cancer cell proliferation and retarded tumor xenograft growth. Mechanically, OVAAL physically interacted with serine/threonine-protein kinase 3 (STK3), which, in turn, enhanced the binding between STK3 and Raf-1. The ternary complex OVAAL/STK3/Raf-1 enhanced the activation of the RAF protooncogene serine/threonine-protein kinase (RAF)/mito-gen-activated protein kinase kinase 1 (MEK)/ERK signaling cascade, thus promoting c-Myc-mediated cell proliferation and Mcl-1-mediated cell survival. On the other hand, depletion of OVAAL triggered cellular senescence through polypyrimidine tract-binding protein 1 (PTBP1)-mediated p27 expression, which was regulated by competitive binding between OVAAL and p27 mRNA to PTBP1. Additionally, c-Myc was demonstrated to drive OVAAL transcription, indicating a positive feedback loop between c-Myc and OVAAL in controlling tumor growth. Taken together, these results reveal that OVAAL contributes to the survival of cancer cells through dual mechanisms controlling RAF/MEK/ERK signaling and p27-mediated cell senescence.
- Subject
- OVAAL; c-Myc; p27; proliferation; senescence
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1405748
- Identifier
- uon:35545
- Identifier
- ISSN:0027-8424
- Rights
- © 2018. This open access article is distributed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License 4.0 (CC BY-NC-ND).
- Language
- eng
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