Carcinogenesis, Teratogenesis & Mutagenesis ›› 2021, Vol. 33 ›› Issue (5): 338-344.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1004-616x.2021.05.004

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Study on the mechanism of nucleo-plasma translocation of p62 protein in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma

YANG Liyan1, LIU Zou2, HAO Jiajie2, ZHANG Yu2, WANG Mingrong2   

  1. 1. Department of Clinical Laboratory, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100021;
    2. State Key Laboratory of Molecular Oncology, Center for Cancer Precision Medicine, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100021, China
  • Received:2021-07-19 Revised:2021-08-19 Online:2021-09-30 Published:2021-10-09

Abstract: OBJECTIVE: To explore possible mechanisms that mediated the translocation of p62 protein from nuclei into cytoplasm in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma. METHODS: After treatments with KPT330 in KYSE70,KYSE150 and KYSE510 ESCC cell lines,localizations of p62 were observed by immunofluorescence assay combined with confocal laser microscopy as compared with the untreated group. LC-MS/MS mass spectrometry was used to identify the phosphorylation sites of p62 in esophageal cancer cells. Site-directed mutagenesis was performed to construct mutants with different phosphorylation status of p62. Co-IP and PLA experiments were conducted to analyze interactions between p62 and GSK3β. p62 accumulated in the nucleus after treatment with nuclear export inhibitor. RESULTS: The results of mass spectrometry showed phosphorylation of p62 protein at four sites of T269/S272/S328/S332 in esophageal cancer cells. By transfecting different phosphorylated mutants of p62 into KYSE30 cells and KYSE150 cells with endogenous knockdown of p62,phosphorylation at T269/S272 and dephosphorylation of S328/S332 contributed to the transfer of p62 from cytoplasm to nucleus. Co-IP and PLA results showed direct interactions between p62 and GSK-3β. CONCLUSION: Our results indicates that nucleo-plasmic translocation of p62 in esophageal cancer cells was related to the phosphorylation status of S328/S332 and might be regulated by GSK-3β kinase.

Key words: p62 protein, esophageal squamous cell carcinoma, nucleo-plasma translocation, phosphorylation, GSK-3β

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