Abstract
The mechanisms that regulate the expression of the NKG2D and DNAM-1 activating ligands are only partially known, but it is now widely established that their expression is finely regulated at transcriptional, post-transcriptional and post-translational level, and involve numerous stress pathways depending on the type of ligand, stressor, and cell context. We show that treatment of Multiple Myeloma (MM) cells with sub-lethal doses of Vincristine (VCR), an anticancer drug that inhibits the assembly of microtubules, stimulates the expression of NKG2D and DNAM-1 activating ligands, rendering these cells more susceptible to NK cell-mediated killing. Herein, we focused our attention on the identification of the signaling pathways leading to de novo surface expression of ULBP-1, and to MICA and PVR upregulation on VCR-treated MM cells, both at protein and mRNA levels. We found that p38MAPK differentially regulates drug-dependent ligand upregulation at transcriptional and post-transcriptional level. More specifically, we observed that ULBP-1 expression is attributable to both increased transcriptional activity mediated by ATM-dependent p53 activation, and enhanced mRNA stability; while the p38-activated E2F1 transcription factor regulates MICA and PVR mRNA expression. All together, our findings reveal a previously unrecognized activity of VCR as anticancer agent, and indicate that in addition to its established ability to arrest cell growth, VCR can also modulate the expression of NKG2D and DNAM-1 activating ligand on tumor cells and thus promoting NK cell-mediated immunosurveillance.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Article number | e1264564 |
| Journal | OncoImmunology |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Jan 2 2017 |
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Keywords
- Activating ligands
- Chemoimmunotherapy
- Multiple myeloma
- NK cells
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Immunology and Allergy
- Immunology
- Oncology
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p38 MAPK differentially controls NK activating ligands at transcriptional and post-transcriptional level on multiple myeloma cells. / Soriani, Alessandra; Borrelli, Cristiana; Ricci, Biancamaria; Molfetta, Rosa; Zingoni, Alessandra; Fionda, Cinzia; Carnevale, Silvia; Abruzzese, Maria Pia; Petrucci, Maria Teresa; Ricciardi, Maria Rosaria; La Regina, Giuseppe; Di Cesare, Erica; Lavia, Patrizia; Silvestri, Romano; Paolini, Rossella; Cippitelli, Marco; Santoni, Angela.
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T1 - p38 MAPK differentially controls NK activating ligands at transcriptional and post-transcriptional level on multiple myeloma cells
AU - Soriani, Alessandra
AU - Borrelli, Cristiana
AU - Ricci, Biancamaria
AU - Molfetta, Rosa
AU - Zingoni, Alessandra
AU - Fionda, Cinzia
AU - Carnevale, Silvia
AU - Abruzzese, Maria Pia
AU - Petrucci, Maria Teresa
AU - Ricciardi, Maria Rosaria
AU - La Regina, Giuseppe
AU - Di Cesare, Erica
AU - Lavia, Patrizia
AU - Silvestri, Romano
AU - Paolini, Rossella
AU - Cippitelli, Marco
AU - Santoni, Angela
PY - 2017/1/2
Y1 - 2017/1/2
N2 - The mechanisms that regulate the expression of the NKG2D and DNAM-1 activating ligands are only partially known, but it is now widely established that their expression is finely regulated at transcriptional, post-transcriptional and post-translational level, and involve numerous stress pathways depending on the type of ligand, stressor, and cell context. We show that treatment of Multiple Myeloma (MM) cells with sub-lethal doses of Vincristine (VCR), an anticancer drug that inhibits the assembly of microtubules, stimulates the expression of NKG2D and DNAM-1 activating ligands, rendering these cells more susceptible to NK cell-mediated killing. Herein, we focused our attention on the identification of the signaling pathways leading to de novo surface expression of ULBP-1, and to MICA and PVR upregulation on VCR-treated MM cells, both at protein and mRNA levels. We found that p38MAPK differentially regulates drug-dependent ligand upregulation at transcriptional and post-transcriptional level. More specifically, we observed that ULBP-1 expression is attributable to both increased transcriptional activity mediated by ATM-dependent p53 activation, and enhanced mRNA stability; while the p38-activated E2F1 transcription factor regulates MICA and PVR mRNA expression. All together, our findings reveal a previously unrecognized activity of VCR as anticancer agent, and indicate that in addition to its established ability to arrest cell growth, VCR can also modulate the expression of NKG2D and DNAM-1 activating ligand on tumor cells and thus promoting NK cell-mediated immunosurveillance.
AB - The mechanisms that regulate the expression of the NKG2D and DNAM-1 activating ligands are only partially known, but it is now widely established that their expression is finely regulated at transcriptional, post-transcriptional and post-translational level, and involve numerous stress pathways depending on the type of ligand, stressor, and cell context. We show that treatment of Multiple Myeloma (MM) cells with sub-lethal doses of Vincristine (VCR), an anticancer drug that inhibits the assembly of microtubules, stimulates the expression of NKG2D and DNAM-1 activating ligands, rendering these cells more susceptible to NK cell-mediated killing. Herein, we focused our attention on the identification of the signaling pathways leading to de novo surface expression of ULBP-1, and to MICA and PVR upregulation on VCR-treated MM cells, both at protein and mRNA levels. We found that p38MAPK differentially regulates drug-dependent ligand upregulation at transcriptional and post-transcriptional level. More specifically, we observed that ULBP-1 expression is attributable to both increased transcriptional activity mediated by ATM-dependent p53 activation, and enhanced mRNA stability; while the p38-activated E2F1 transcription factor regulates MICA and PVR mRNA expression. All together, our findings reveal a previously unrecognized activity of VCR as anticancer agent, and indicate that in addition to its established ability to arrest cell growth, VCR can also modulate the expression of NKG2D and DNAM-1 activating ligand on tumor cells and thus promoting NK cell-mediated immunosurveillance.
KW - Activating ligands
KW - Chemoimmunotherapy
KW - Multiple myeloma
KW - NK cells
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