The cellular apoptosis susceptibility gene CAS/CSE1L is overexpressed in cancer, although it was originally identified as a gene that renders cells vulnerable to apoptotic stimuli. CAS/CSE1L has roles in the nucleocytoplasmic recycling of importin-α and in the regulation of gene expression, cell migration, and secretion. We identified CAS/CSE1L as a survival factor for ovarian cancer cells in vitro and in vivo. In 3/3 ovarian cancer cell lines, CAS/CSE1L was down-modulated by the unorthodox proapoptotic signaling of the MET receptor. CAS/CSE1L knockdown with RNA interference committed the ovarian cancer cells to death, but not immortalized normal cells and breast and colon cancer cells. In 70 and 95% of these latter cells, respectively, CAS/CSE1L was localized in the cytoplasm, while it accumulated in the nucleus in >90% of ovarian cancer cells. Nuclear localization depended on AKT, which was constitutively active in ovarian cancer cells. In the nucleus, CAS/CSE1L regulated the expression of the proapoptotic Ras-association domain family 1 gene products RASSF1C and RASSF1A, which mediated death signals evoked by depletion of CAS/CSE1L. Our data show that CAS/CSE1L protects ovarian cancer cells from death through transcriptional suppression of a proapoptotic gene and suggest that the localization of CAS/CSE1L dictates its function.-Lorenzato, A., Martino, C., Dani, N., Oligschläger, Y., Ferrero, A. M., Biglia, N., Calogero, R., Olivero, M., Di Renzo, M. F. The cellular apoptosis susceptibility CAS/CSE1L gene protects ovarian cancer cells from death by suppressing RASSF1C.

The cellular apoptosis susceptibility CAS/CSE1L gene protects ovarian cancer cells from death by suppressing RASSF1C

LORENZATO, Annalisa;MARTINO, Cosimo;DANI, NADIA;Ferrero AM;BIGLIA, Nicoletta;CALOGERO, Raffaele Adolfo;OLIVERO, Martina;DI RENZO, Maria Flavia
2012-01-01

Abstract

The cellular apoptosis susceptibility gene CAS/CSE1L is overexpressed in cancer, although it was originally identified as a gene that renders cells vulnerable to apoptotic stimuli. CAS/CSE1L has roles in the nucleocytoplasmic recycling of importin-α and in the regulation of gene expression, cell migration, and secretion. We identified CAS/CSE1L as a survival factor for ovarian cancer cells in vitro and in vivo. In 3/3 ovarian cancer cell lines, CAS/CSE1L was down-modulated by the unorthodox proapoptotic signaling of the MET receptor. CAS/CSE1L knockdown with RNA interference committed the ovarian cancer cells to death, but not immortalized normal cells and breast and colon cancer cells. In 70 and 95% of these latter cells, respectively, CAS/CSE1L was localized in the cytoplasm, while it accumulated in the nucleus in >90% of ovarian cancer cells. Nuclear localization depended on AKT, which was constitutively active in ovarian cancer cells. In the nucleus, CAS/CSE1L regulated the expression of the proapoptotic Ras-association domain family 1 gene products RASSF1C and RASSF1A, which mediated death signals evoked by depletion of CAS/CSE1L. Our data show that CAS/CSE1L protects ovarian cancer cells from death through transcriptional suppression of a proapoptotic gene and suggest that the localization of CAS/CSE1L dictates its function.-Lorenzato, A., Martino, C., Dani, N., Oligschläger, Y., Ferrero, A. M., Biglia, N., Calogero, R., Olivero, M., Di Renzo, M. F. The cellular apoptosis susceptibility CAS/CSE1L gene protects ovarian cancer cells from death by suppressing RASSF1C.
2012
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Apoptosis; Gene Expression; ovarian cancer
Lorenzato A; Martino C; Dani N; Oligschläger Y; Ferrero AM; Biglia N; Calogero R; Olivero M; Di Renzo MF.
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