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ArticleCancers2020

Cytokine-Induced Guanylate Binding Protein 1 (GBP1) Release from Human Ovarian Cancer Cells.

Grazia Carbotti, Andrea Petretto, Elisabeth Naschberger, Michael Stürzl, Stefania Martini, Maria Cristina Mingari, Gilberto Filaci, Silvano Ferrini, Marina Fabbi

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Article in Cancers, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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15citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

15 citing papers in PubMed, 25 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Grazia CarbottiIRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Biotherapies Unit, Largo R. Benzi 10, 16132 Genoa, Italy.
Andrea PetrettoCore Facilities-Clinical Proteomics and Metabolomics, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Via Gerolamo Gaslini 5, 16147 Genoa, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-7811-8517
Elisabeth NaschbergerDivision of Molecular and Experimental Surgery, University Medical Center Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Schwabachanlage 12, 91054 Erlangen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-1291-622X
Michael StürzlDivision of Molecular and Experimental Surgery, University Medical Center Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Schwabachanlage 12, 91054 Erlangen, Germany.
Stefania MartiniIRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Immunology Unit, Largo R. Benzi 10, 16132 Genoa, Italy.
Maria Cristina MingariIRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Immunology Unit, Largo R. Benzi 10, 16132 Genoa, Italy.
Gilberto FilaciIRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Biotherapies Unit, Largo R. Benzi 10, 16132 Genoa, Italy.
Silvano FerriniIRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Biotherapies Unit, Largo R. Benzi 10, 16132 Genoa, Italy.
Marina FabbiIRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Biotherapies Unit, Largo R. Benzi 10, 16132 Genoa, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-4203-2022
Ospedale Policlinico San Martino · ITFriedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg · DEIstituto Giannina Gaslini · IT

Funding

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft DFG-FOR2438 (TP 2); DFG-TRR241Interdisziplinäre Zentrum für Klinische Forschung Erlangen IZKF-D34Italian Ministry of Health GR-2013-02356568; 5x1000 Funds
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We showed that IL-27 shares several effects with IFN-γ in human cancer cells. To identify novel extracellular mediators, potentially involved in epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) biology, we analyzed the effect of IL-27 or IFN-γ on the secretome of cultured EOC cells by mass-spectrometry (nano-UHPLC-MS/MS). IL-27 and IFN-γ modulate the release of a limited fraction of proteins among those induced in the whole cell. We focused our attention on GBP1, a guanylate-binding protein and GTPase, which mediates several biological activities of IFNs. Cytokine treatment induced GBP1, 2, and 5 expressions in EOC cells, but only GBP1 was secreted. ELISA and immunoblotting showed that cytokine-stimulated EOC cells release full-length GBP1 in vitro, through non-classical pathways, not involving microvesicles. Importantly, full-length GBP1 accumulates in the ascites of most EOC patients and ex-vivo EOC cells show constitutive tyrosine-phosphorylated STAT1/3 proteins and GBP1 expression, supporting a role for Signal Transducer And Activator Of Transcription (STAT)-activating cytokines in vivo. High GBP1 gene expression correlates with better overall survival in the TCGA (The Cancer Genome Atlas) dataset of EOC. In addition, GBP1 transfection partially reduced EOC cell viability in an MTT assay. Our data show for the first time that cytokine-stimulated tumor cells release soluble GBP1 in vitro and in vivo and suggest that GBP1 may have anti-tumor effects in EOC.

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guanylate binding protein 1interferon-γinterleukin-27microenvironmentovarian cancersecretome

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PMID32093058
PMCPMC7072386
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