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ArticleEBioMedicine2016

Subcellular compartmentalization of docking protein-1 contributes to progression in colorectal cancer.

Teresa Friedrich, Michaela Söhn, Tobias Gutting, Klaus-Peter Janssen, Hans-Michael Behrens, Christoph Röcken, Matthias P A Ebert, Elke Burgermeister

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Article in EBioMedicine, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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14citing papers in PubMed
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 19% of its field
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14 citing papers in PubMed, 21 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Teresa FriedrichDept. of Medicine II, Universitätsmedizin Mannheim, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany.
Michaela SöhnDept. of Medicine II, Universitätsmedizin Mannheim, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany.
Tobias GuttingDept. of Medicine II, Universitätsmedizin Mannheim, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany.
Klaus-Peter JanssenDept. of Surgery, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany.
Hans-Michael BehrensInstitute of Pathology, Christian-Albrechts University, Kiel, Germany.
Christoph RöckenInstitute of Pathology, Christian-Albrechts University, Kiel, Germany.
Matthias P A EbertDept. of Medicine II, Universitätsmedizin Mannheim, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany.
Elke BurgermeisterDept. of Medicine II, Universitätsmedizin Mannheim, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany. Electronic address: elke.burgermeister@medma.uni-heidelberg.de.
Heidelberg University · DEChristian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel · DETUM Klinikum · DE

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Full-length (FL) docking protein-1 (DOK1) is an adapter protein which inhibits growth factor and immune response pathways in normal tissues, but is frequently lost in human cancers. Small DOK1 variants remain in cells of solid tumors and leukemias, albeit, their functions are elusive. To assess the so far unknown role of DOK1 in colorectal cancer (CRC), we generated DOK1 mutants which mimic the domain structure and subcellular distribution of DOK1 protein variants in leukemia patients. We found that cytoplasmic DOK1 activated peroxisome-proliferator-activated-receptor-gamma (PPARγ) resulting in inhibition of the c-FOS promoter and cell proliferation, whereas nuclear DOK1 was inactive. PPARγ-agonist increased expression of endogenous DOK1 and interaction with PPARγ. Forward translation of this cell-based signaling model predicted compartmentalization of DOK1 in patients. In a large series of CRC patients, loss of DOK1 protein was associated with poor prognosis at early tumor stages (*p=0.001; n=1492). In tumors with cytoplasmic expression of DOK1, survival was improved, whereas nuclear localization of DOK1 correlated with poor outcome, indicating that compartmentalization of DOK1 is critical for CRC progression. Thus, DOK1 was identified as a prognostic factor for non-metastatic CRC, and, via its drugability by PPARγ-agonist, may constitute a potential target for future cancer treatments.

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BiomarkersCell Line, TumorCell ProliferationColorectal NeoplasmsDisease ProgressionDNA-Binding ProteinsGene ExpressionGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticHumansIntracellular SpaceLigandsMutationNeoplasm MetastasisNeoplasm StagingPhosphoproteinsPPAR gammaBiomarkersDNA-Binding ProteinsDOK1 protein, humanLigandsPhosphoproteinsPPAR gammaProto-Oncogene Proteins c-fosRNA-Binding ProteinsColorectal cancerDocking proteinDOKPPARRAS

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PMID27428427
PMCPMC4919572
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