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ArticleOncotarget2014

Tuberin-deficiency downregulates N-cadherin and upregulates vimentin in kidney tumor of TSC patients.

Sitai Liang, Tiffanie Salas, Emre Gencaslan, Baojie Li, Samy L Habib

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Article in Oncotarget, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Sitai LiangSouth Texas Veterans Health Care System, San Antonio, TX.
Tiffanie SalasSouth Texas Veterans Health Care System, San Antonio, TX.
Emre GencaslanAkdeniz University Medical School, Antalya, Turkey.
Baojie LiBio-X institutes, Key Laboratory for the Genetics of Developmental and Neuropsychiatric Disorders, Ministry of Education, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.
Samy L HabibSouth Texas Veterans Health Care System, San Antonio, TX. Department of Cellular and Structural Biology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio and, San Antonio, TX.
South Texas Veterans Health Care System · USAkdeniz University · TRShanghai Jiao Tong University · CN

Funding

Role of Diabetes in Development of Renal Cell CarcinomaI01BX000924 · VA · SOUTH TEXAS VETERANS HEALTH CARE SYSTEM · PI HABIB, SAMY LEWIZ · 2011 to 2017
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BLRD VA I01 BX000924
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Angiomyolipomas (AMLs) are associated with cell fibrosis in kidney of Tuberous Sclerosis Complex patients. The mechanism by which the fibrotic proteins accumulated in AMLs has not been explored. In the present study, we investigated the role of Akt/tuberin/mTOR pathway in the regulation cell fibrosis proteins. AML cells that expressed low levels of tuberin showed less expression of N-cadherin and higher of vimentin proteins compared to HEK293 cells. AML cells infected with Ad-tuberin showed a significant decrease in vimentin and an increase in N-cadherin protein expression. In addition, cells treated with rapamycin showed a significant increase in p-Akt and a decrease in p-p70S6K that was associated with a decrease expression of vimentin and a slight increase expression in N-cadherin. On the other hand, cells treated with Akt inhibitor revealed a significant decrease in p-Akt and p-p70S6K that was associated with a significant decrease in vimentin and an increase in N-cadherin expression. In addition, cells transfected with DN-Akt or DN-S6K show significant increase expression in N-cadherin and a decrease in vimentin. Moreover, cells transfected with siRNA against rictor or siRNA against raptor resulted in a decrease in vimentin and an increase N-cadherin expression. Kidney tumors from TSC patients showed significant decrease in N-cadherin and significant increased in vimentin protein expression compared to control kidney tissues. These data comprise the first report to provide the role of Akt/tuberin/mTORC1/2 in the regulation of N-cadherin and vimentin that are involved in the progression of fibrosis in kidney tumor of TSC patients.

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AngiomyolipomaAntigens, CDCadherinsDown-RegulationHEK293 CellsHumansKidney NeoplasmsProto-Oncogene Proteins c-aktRibosomal Protein S6 KinasesSirolimusTOR Serine-Threonine KinasesTuberous SclerosisTuberous Sclerosis Complex 2 ProteinTumor Suppressor ProteinsUp-RegulationVimentinAntigens, CDCadherinsCDH2 protein, humanMTOR protein, humanProto-Oncogene Proteins c-aktRibosomal Protein S6 KinasesSirolimusTOR Serine-Threonine KinasesTSC2 protein, humanTuberous Sclerosis Complex 2 ProteinTumor Suppressor ProteinsVimentin

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PMID25149531
PMCPMC4196174
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