HSPB8 counteracts tumor activity of BRAF- and NRAS-mutant melanoma cells by modulation of RAS-prenylation and autophagy
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Data di Pubblicazione:
2022
Citazione:
HSPB8 counteracts tumor activity of BRAF- and NRAS-mutant melanoma cells by modulation of RAS-prenylation and autophagy / R.M. Cristofani, M. Piccolella, M. MONTAGNANI MARELLI, B. Tedesco, A. Poletti, R.M. Moretti. - In: CELL DEATH & DISEASE. - ISSN 2041-4889. - 13:11(2022), pp. 973.1-973.15. [10.1038/s41419-022-05365-9]
Abstract:
Cutaneous melanoma is one of the most aggressive and lethal forms of skin cancer. Some specific driver mutations have been described in multiple oncogenes including BRAF and NRAS that are mutated in 60–70% and 15–20% of melanoma, respectively. The aim of this study was to evaluate the role of Small Heat Shock Protein B8 (HSPB8) on cell growth and migration of both BLM (BRAFwt/NRASQ61R) and A375 (BRAFV600E/NRASwt) human melanoma cell lines. HSPB8 is a member of the HSPB family of chaperones involved in protein quality control (PQC) system and contributes to chaperone assisted selective autophagy (CASA) as well as in the regulation of mitotic spindle. In cancer, HSPB8 has anti- or pro-tumoral action depending on tumor type. In melanoma cell lines characterized by low HSPB8 levels, we demonstrated that the restoration of HSPB8 expression causes cell growth arrest, reversion of EMT (Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition)-like phenotype switching and antimigratory effect, independently from the cell mutational status. We demonstrated that HSPB8 regulates the levels of the active prenylated form of NRAS in NRAS-mutant and NRAS-wild-type melanoma cell lines. Consequently, the inhibition of NRAS impairs the activation of Akt/mTOR pathway inducing autophagy activation. Autophagy can play a dual role in regulating cell death and survival. We have therefore demonstrated that HSPB8-induced autophagy is a crucial event that counteracts cell growth in melanoma. Collectively, our results suggest that HSPB8
has an antitumoral action in melanoma cells characterized by BRAF and NRAS mutations.
Tipologia IRIS:
01 - Articolo su periodico
Keywords:
HSPB8; melanoma; AUTOPHAGY; proteasome; migration; proliferation; invasiveness; cancer; BAG3
Elenco autori:
R.M. Cristofani, M. Piccolella, M. MONTAGNANI MARELLI, B. Tedesco, A. Poletti, R.M. Moretti
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