RACK1 affects glioma cell growth and differentiation through the CNTN2-mediated RTK/Ras/MAPK pathway
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- Published online on: November 30, 2015 https://doi.org/10.3892/ijmm.2015.2421
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Abstract
Introduction
Gliomas are the most common primary brain tumors in humans. Malignant gliomas are highly aggressive. Although the standard treatment for malignant gliomas has evolved over the past 30 years, the average life expectancy for patients with malignant gliomas is only 14 months (1). With the development of molecular biology, previous research has suggested gene therapy strategies for the treatment of gliomas (2–6).
The receptor for activated C kinase 1 (RACK1) is a versatile scaffold protein involved in the regulation of a variety of cellular processes, including cell growth, migration, survival and metastasis (7–9). Previous studies have indicated that RACK1 is abnormally expressed in various malignant tumors, and its dysregulation may contribute to tumorigenesis (10–13). Certain pathways have been demonstrated to be activated by RACK1, such as the Src/Akt signaling pathway, mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) signaling pathway, and the sonic hedgehog signaling pathway (14–16). RACK1 is widely expressed in the central nervous system, and it has been suggested that RACK1 is associated with the development of gliomas (14).
Contactin-2 (also known as CNTN2 or axonal glycoprotein TAG-1) protein is a member of the immunoglobulin super-family. It functions as a cell adhesion molecule and is involved in the development of a variety of tumors (17,18). Rickman et al reported that CNTN2 is overexpressed in gliomas (19). CNTN2 is the hub node in the protein-protein interaction network of oligodendroglioma, and it may serve an essential function in the pathogenesis of oligodendroglioma (20). It is thus of interest to identify the proteins that interact with CNTN2 in order to mediate its role in tumor development.
RACK1 is a scaffold protein that physically or functionally interacts with numerous proteins (8,21–23), and CNTN2 has been linked to the highest degree in the oligodendroglioma protein-protein interaction network (20). However, to the best of our knowledge, the interaction between RACK1 and CNTN2 has not been reported to date. In the present study, we firstly examined the association between RACK1 and CNTN2 in glioma cells. Certain studies have demonstrated that the receptor tyrosine kinase (RTK)/Ras/extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) MAPK signaling pathway is associated with the growth and progression of gliomas (24,25). Furthermore, we examined the possibility that RACK1/CNTN2/RTK/Ras/MAPK axis plays a role in glioma cell growth and differentiation.
Materials and methods
Clinical specimens
All experimental procedures were approved by the Ethics Committee of the Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University (ID of ethics document: 2014-S021). Written informed consent was obtained from each patient prior to enrollment. The malignant glioma tissues were obtained from a total of 48 patients with gliomas, including 24 males and 24 females, who underwent surgery at the Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University (Changsha, China). The mean patient age was 40.5 years (range, 26–71 years). At the time of diagnosis, 23 patients had low-grade (grades I–II) glioma, whereas the other 25 patients had high-grade (grades III–IV) glioma. Adjacent normal brain tissues were obtained from 14 of these patients, including 7 males and 7 females, and the mean patient age was 39.2 years (range, 28–68 years).
Cell culture
Human glioma cell lines (U-118 MG, LN-18, SW1783 and SW1088) were obtained from the American Type Culture Collection (ATCC; Baltimore, MD, USA), and normal human astrocytes (NHA) were obtained from Lonza (Allendale, NJ, USA). All the cells were cultured in Dulbecco's modified Eagle's medium (DMEM) supplemented with 10% fetal bovine serum (FBS) (both from Invitrogen Life Technologies, Grand Island, NY, USA), and maintained at 37°C with 5% CO2.
Cell transfection
Cell transfection was performed using Lipofectamine 2000 (Invitrogen Life Technologies) according to the manufacturer's instructions. The pcDNA3.1 vector and the siRNA were obtained from Zhonghong Boyuan Biological Technology Co., Ltd (Shenzhen, China). RACK1-pcDNA3.1 and/or CNTN2 siRNA were transfected into the SW1783 cells, and RACK1 siRNA was transfected into the U-118 MG cells. Briefly, the cells were seeded onto 6-well plates 1 day prior to transfection. The pcDNA3.1 vector, RACK1-pcDNA3.1, scrambled siRNA, RACK1 siRNA, CNTN2 siRNA and Lipofectamine 2000 were diluted in 250-µl volumes of Opti-MEM® I reduced-serum medium (Invitrogen Life Technologies) without serum. Subsequently, the plasmid DNA or siRNA were mixed with Lipofectamine 2000 and incubated at room temperature for 20 min to allow the complexes to form. The complexes were then added to each well.
Cell proliferation assay
For the cell proliferation assay, the cells were seeded onto 96-well plates at 3×103 cells/well. The following day, the cells were transfected with the pcDNA3.1 vector, RACK1-pcDNA3.1, scrambled siRNA and CNTN2 siRNA. At 24, 48 and 72 h following transfection, cell proliferation was assessed using an MTT cell proliferation and cytotoxicity assay kit (Beyotime, Shanghai, China) according to the manufacturer's instructions. Briefly, 10 µl MTT solution (5 mg/ml) was added to each well and incubated at 37°C for 4 h. Subsequently, 100 µl dissolving buffer was added to dissolve the formazan crystals. The absorbance at 570 nm was measured using a microplate reader (BioTek Instruments, Inc., Winooski, VT, USA).
Western blot analysis
Total proteins were extracted from the tissues and cells using ice-cold lysis buffer [100 mM Tris-HCl (pH 7.4), 150 mM NaCl, 2 mM DTT, 1% Triton X-100, 100 mM sodium orthovanadate and 1 mM PMSF]. The protein concentration was determined using a Bradford Protein assay kit (Solarbio, Beijing, China). Equal amounts of protein lysates (50 µg) were separated by SDS-PAGE, and the proteins were transferred onto PVDF membranes (Millipore, Billerica, MA, USA). After blocking with 5% bovine serum albumin (Amresco LLC, Solon, OH, USA), the membranes were washed with TBST 3 times, and incubated with primary antibodies, namely rabbit polyclonal antibody to RACK1 (1:800; ab62735), rabbit polyclonal antibody to CNTN2 (1:400; ab68994), rabbit polyclonal antibody to epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR; 1:800; ab2430), rabbit polyclonal antibody to platelet-derived growth factor receptor, α polypeptide (PDGFRα; 1:500; ab65258), and mouse monoclonal antibody to β-actin (1:2,000; ab6276) (all from Abcam, Cambridge, MA, USA), mouse monoclonal antibody to Ras (1:500; sc-166691), rabbit polyclonal antibody to glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) (1:400; sc-9065) (all from Santa Cruz Biotechnology, Inc., Santa Cruz, CA, USA), rabbit polyclonal antibody to CD133 (1:400; EAP0023; Elabscience, Hubei, China), rabbit monoclonal antibody to ERK1/2 (1:400; #4695), rabbit monoclonal antibody to p-ERK1/2 (Thr202/Tyr204; 1:400; #4377) (Cell Signaling Technology, Inc., Beverly, MA, USA) at 4°C overnight, followed by incubation with HRP-conjugated secondary antibodies, namely goat anti-rabbit IgG HRP (1:2,000; ab6721) and rabbit anti-mouse IgG HRP (1:2,000; ab6728) (both from Abcam) at 37°C for 1 h. The immunocomplexes were visualized by enhanced chemiluminescence (Western Blotting Luminol reagent; Santa Cruz Biotechnology, Inc.).
Co-immunoprecipitation assay
For co-immunoprecipitation (co-IP) assay, the cells were extracted using immunopre cipitation lysis buffer (Beyotime), and the supernatants were incubated with 2 µg anti-CNTN2 antibody or normal IgG at 4°C overnight. A total of 20 µl recombinant fusion protein A and protein G agarose (Sigma, St. Louis, MO, USA) was then added followed by incubation at 4°C for 3 h. Following centrifugation at 1,000 g for 5 min and washing with phosphate-buffered saline (PBS), the immunoprecipitates were collected and subjected to SDS-PAGE.
Statistical analysis
Quantitative data are expressed as the means ± standard deviation. The two-tailed Student's t-test was performed to analyze the difference between 2 groups using SPSS 19.0 software (SPPS, Inc., Chicago, IL, USA). A P-value <0.05 was considered to indicate a statistically significant difference.
Results
Expression of RACK1 and CNTN2 in human glioma tissues
The expression of RACK1 and CNTN2 in normal brain tissues and glioma tissues was examined by western blot analysis. As shown in Fig. 1, the protein expression of both RACK1 and CNTN2 was significantly higher in the glioma tissues [RACK1, 0.5±0.11 (low grade) and 0.81±0.14 (high grade); CNTN2, 0.52±0.10 (low grade) and 0.86±0.15 (high grade)] than that in the normal brain tissues (RACK1, 0.23±0.04; CNTN2, 0.31±0.05). Furthermore, it was revealed that the protein expression of RACK1 and CNTN2 in the high-grade glioma tissues was significantly higher than that in the low-grade glioma tissues (P<0.05).
Expression of RACK1 and CNTN2 in human glioma cell lines
The protein expression of RACK1 and CNTN2 was examined in human glioma cell lines (U-118 MG, LN-18, SW1783 and SW1088). Normal human astrocytes (NHA) were used as controls. It was noted that, compared with the NHA cells (RACK1, 0.12±0.02; CNTN2, 0.20±0.03), the protein expression levels of RACK1 and CNTN2 were upregulated in human glioma cells [RACK1: 0.64±0.12 (U-118 MG), 0.22±0.05 (SW1783), 0.58±0.12 (LN-18), 0.29±0.06 (SW1088); CNTN2: 0.45±0.08 (U-118 MG), 0.32±0.05 (SW1783), 0.42±0.08 (LN-18), 0.36±0.06 (SW1088)], with the highest expression noted in the U-118 MG cells, and lowest in the SW1783 cells (Fig. 2).
RACK1 interacts with and regulates the expression of CNTN2
To determine whether RACK1 interacts with CNTN2, we examined RACK1 expression after cell lysates were immunoprecipitated with an anti-CNTN2 antibody. As shown in Fig. 3, RACK1 protein was detected after immunoprecipitation of endogenous CNTN2 from cell lysates.
The SW1783 cells demonstrated the lowest protein expression of RACK1; thus, we transfected RACK1-pcDNA3.1 into the SW1783 cells to induce the overexpression of RACK1. RACK1 siRNA was transfected into the U-118 MG cells to knockdown endogenous RACK1, as the U-118 MG cells exhibited the highest expression of RACK1. Subsequently, the protein expression of RACK1 and CNTN2 was examined. The results from western blot analysis revealed that RACK1 protein expression was significantly increased in the SW1783 cells following transfection with RACK1-pcDNA3.1 (0.89±0.17 vs. 0.20±0.04, P<0.01); however, RACK1 protein expression was decreased in the U-118 MG cells following transfection with RACK1 siRNA (0.10±0.02 vs. 0.65±0.12, P<0.01). The overexpression of RACK1 led to the increased expression of CNTN2 (0.62±0.11 vs. 0.30±0.05, P<0.05), whereas the knockdown of RACK1 exerted an inhibitory effect on the expression of CNTN2 (0.21±0.04 vs. 0.48±0.09, P<0.01) (Fig. 4).
CNTN2 mediates the effects of RACK1 on cell proliferation
RACK1-pcDNA3.1 and/or CNTN2 siRNA were transfected into the SW1783 cells, and the protein expression levels of RACK1 and CNTN2 were then examined. As shown in Fig. 5, the expression of CNTN2 was significantly decreased in the cells following transfection with CNTN2 siRNA (0.31±0.05 vs. 0.08±0.02, P<0.01; 0.60±0.11 vs. 0.18±0.04, P<0.01). However, the expression of RACK1 was not markedly altered by transfection with CNTN2 siRNA (0.21±0.04 vs. 0.19±0.04, P>0.05; 0.92±0.19 vs. 0.89±0.18, P>0.05).
An MTT assay was performed to determine cell proliferation ability. As shown in Fig. 6, cell viability was inhibited in the cells following transfection with CNTN2 siRNA for 48 and 72 h (P<0.05). RACK1-pcDNA3.1 promoted cell proliferation (48 h, 175±16% vs. 216±18%, P<0.05; 72 h, 219±18% vs. 266±20%, P<0.05); however, this effect was abolished by the knockdown of CNTN2 (48 h, 216±18% vs. 170±17%, P<0.05; 72 h, 266±20% vs. 213±18%, P<0.05).
CNTN2 mediates the effect of RACK1 on cell differentiation
The expression of GFAP and CD133 was examined by western blot analysis to determine cell differentiation. We found that RACK1 inhibited cell differentiation, as evidenced by the markedly decreased expression of GFAP and the increased expression of CD133 in the cells following transfection with RACK1-pcDNA3.1 (GFAP, 0.25±0.04 vs. 0.15±0.03, P<0.05; CD133, 0.20±0.04 vs. 0.45±0.08, P<0.01). The knockdown of CNTN2 attenuated the effects of RACK1 on cell differentiation, as the expression of GFAP was significantly upregulated and CD133 was significantly downregulated following transfection with CNTN2 siRNA (GFAP, 0.15±0.03 vs. 0.28±0.05, P<0.05; CD133, 0.45±0.08 vs. 0.18±0.03, P<0.01) (Fig. 7).
CNTN2 mediates the effect of RACK1 on RTK/Ras/MAPK signaling
In order to examine the activation of RTK/Ras/MAPK signaling, the expression of molecules in this signaling pathway, including EGFR, PDGFRα, Ras and phosphorylated (p-)ERK1/2 were examined by western blot analysis. As shown in Fig. 8, the RTK/Ras/MAPK signaling pathway was activated by RACK1, accompanied by the increased expression of EGFR, PDGFRα, Ras and p-ERK1/2 in the cells overexpressing RACK1 (EGFR, 0.49±0.07 vs. 0.82±0.15, P<0.05; PDGFRα, 0.32±0.05 vs. 0.60±0.10, P<0.05; Ras, 0.31±0.05 vs. 0.55±0.09, P<0.05; p-ERK1/2, 0.40±0.08 vs. 0.75±0.15, P<0.05). However, the activation of the RTK/Ras/MAPK signaling pathway was abolished by the knockdown of CNTN2 (EGFR, 0.82±0.15 vs. 0.45±0.08, P<0.05; PDGFRα, 0.60±0.10 vs. 0.28±0.07, P<0.05; Ras, 0.55±0.09 vs. 0.30±0.05, P<0.05; p-Erk1/2, 0.75±0.15 vs. 0.38±0.08, P<0.05).
Discussion
In the present study, we found that the protein expression levels of RACK1 and CNTN2 were higher in high-grade glioma tissues and cells, and lower in low-grade glioma tissues and cells. RACK1 is a scaffold protein that physically or functionally interacts with numerous proteins (8,21–23). CNTN2 is a cell adhesion protein that is expressed mainly in axons or regenerating neurons (26). It is involved in the differentiation of cerebellar neurons (27), and is linked to the highest degree in the oligodendroglioma protein-protein interaction network (20). However, to the best of our knowledge, this is the first study to examine whether RACK1 interacts with CNTN2. To examine the association between RACK1 and CNTN2, a co-immunoprecipitation assay was performed, and the results revealed that RACK1 interacts with CNTN2. Furthermore, the results from western blot analysis demonstrated that RACK1 upregulated the expression of CNTN2. However, the knockdown of CNTN2 did not have a marked effect on the expression of RACK1. These data suggest that CNTN2 is a downstream effector of RACK1.
It has been suggested in previous studies that the dysregulation of RACK1 is involved in a variety of cancers, such as esophageal squamous cell carcinoma, lung cancer and ovarian cancer (10–13). In the study by Peng et al, it was demonstrated that the enforced downregulation of RACK1 inhibited tumor xenograft growth in nude mice, and inhibited the proliferation and invasion of human glioma cells in vitro (14). In the present study, we examined the effects of RACK1 on glioma cell differentiation. We found that RACK1 had an inhibitory effect on the differentiation of glioma cells, and we noted the decreased expression of the differentiation marker, GFAP, and the increased expression of the glioma stem cell self-renewal marker, CD133, in the cells overexpressing RACK1. Similar to the effects of RACK1, CNTN2 also inhibited glioma cell differentiation, and the effects of RACK1 on glioma cell differentiation were abolished by the knockdown of CNTN2.
RTK signaling pathways control a number of biological processes, including cell proliferation, survival, differentiation and morphogenesis (28,29). EGFR and PDGFR are two important RTKs. The increase in RTK activity initiates signaling through the conserved Ras/MAPK cassette, thus regulating the development of glioblastoma multiforme and other cancers (30,31). In the present study, we found that the RTK/Ras/MAPK signaling pathway was activated by RACK1 and CNTN2 in glioma cells. In addition, the knockdown of CNTN2 attenuated the effects of RACK1 on the activation of the RTK/Ras/MAPK signaling pathway.
Taken together, our findings firstly demonstrated that RACK1 interacts with and regulates CNTN2, and the effects of RACK1 on glioma cell growth and differentiation were mediated by CNTN2. Thus, we suggest that the RACK1/CNTN2/RTK/Ras/MAPK axis exists in glioma cells and this axis may be a potential target in the treatment of gliomas.
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