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ArticleScientific reports2017

Nuclear accumulation of symplekin promotes cellular proliferation and dedifferentiation in an ERK1/2-dependent manner.

Chen Zhang, Hai-Lei Mao, Yi Cao

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Article in Scientific reports, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Chen ZhangLaboratory of Molecular and Experimental Pathology, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, China.
Hai-Lei MaoDepartment of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
Yi CaoLaboratory of Molecular and Experimental Pathology, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, China. caoy@mail.kiz.ac.cn.
Kunming Institute of Zoology · CNFudan University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Symplekin is a multifunctional protein that localizes to both tight junctions and the nucleus in polarized epithelial cells, with confirmed roles in mRNA maturation, transcriptional modulation and tight-junction assembly. However, the mechanisms governing its subcellular distribution and related functions remain unclear. In this study, we found that symplekin primarily localizes to the nuclei of cultured dedifferentiated colorectal cancer cells, and nuclear symplekin showed higher phosphorylation and binding affinity with YBX3 than its membrane fraction. Moreover, the accumulation of nuclear symplekin promoted cell proliferation and dedifferentiation as well as β-catenin transactivation in vitro. Nuclear symplekin acts as a transcriptional co-activator for the expression of many cell cycle-related genes. Furthermore, extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) phosphorylated symplekin at T1257 to facilitate its nuclear accumulation upon epidermal growth factor (EGF) stimulation. Meanwhile, reduction of total symplekin also induced certain epithelial-mesenchymal transition features in HT-29 cells. Taken together, our results confirm the coordinated roles of symplekin in cell junctions and gene transcription, which are related to its subcellular localization. The significance of nuclear symplekin in tumorigenesis is also highlighted, and ERK-dependent phosphorylation represents a mechanism for its subcellular sorting.

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Cell ProliferationMAP Kinase Signaling SystemActive Transport, Cell NucleusCaco-2 CellsCell DedifferentiationCell NucleusColorectal NeoplasmsHumansMitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 1Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 3Neoplasm ProteinsNuclear ProteinsMAPK1 protein, humanMitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 1Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 3Neoplasm ProteinsNuclear ProteinsSYMPK protein, human

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