Connexin 43 SUMOylation improves gap junction functions between liver cancer stem cells and enhances their sensitivity to HSVtk/GCV - PubMed (original) (raw)
. 2018 Mar;52(3):872-880.
doi: 10.3892/ijo.2018.4263. Epub 2018 Feb 1.
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- DOI: 10.3892/ijo.2018.4263
Connexin 43 SUMOylation improves gap junction functions between liver cancer stem cells and enhances their sensitivity to HSVtk/GCV
Yimeng Shen et al. Int J Oncol. 2018 Mar.
Abstract
Connexin 43 (Cx43) can be modified and regulated by small ubiquitin-like modifier (SUMO)1; however, its role in liver cancer stem cells is poorly understood. In this study, we found a significant difference in the expression of Cx43 and SUMO1 between cancer stem cells and non-cancer stem cells in liver cancer. In liver cancer stem cells, Cx43 was almost absent, although the level of SUMO1 was significantly higher than that in non-cancer stem cells. Further experiments confirmed that the conjugated site of Cx43 by SUMO1 was located in Lys-144 and Lys-237, both of which are highly conserved among species. By the co-expression of Cx43 and SUMO1 in cancer stem cells, the gap junction intercellular communication (GJIC) of liver cancer stem cells was obviously improved. Using this feature, we verified whether it could effectively increase the sensitivity of cancer stem cells to the herpes simplex virus 1 thymidine kinase (HSVtk) gene in combination with ganciclovir (GCV), a conventional chemotherapeutic drug, in vitro and in vivo. As expected, increasing the expression of Cx43 SUMOylation in liver cancer stem cells effectively enhanced their sensitivity to HSVtk/GCV. On the whole, this study revealed a novel method which may be used to effectively restore GJIC in cancer stem cells in liver cancer, which enhances their sensitivity to conventional chemotherapeutic drugs.
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