Abstract
Leukotriene A4 hydrolase (LTA4H), a bifunctional zinc metallo-enzyme, is reportedly overexpressed in several human cancers. Our group has focused on LTA4H as a potential target for cancer prevention and/or therapy. In the present study, we report that LTA4H is a key regulator of cell cycle at the G0/G1 phase acting by negatively regulating p27 expression in skin cancer. We found that LTA4H is overexpressed in human skin cancer tissue. Knocking out LTA4H significantly reduced skin cancer development in the 7,12-dimethylbenz(a)anthracene (DMBA)-initiated/12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA)-promoted two-stage skin cancer mouse model. LTA4H depletion dramatically decreased anchorage-dependent and -independent skin cancer cell growth by inducing cell cycle arrest at the G0/G1 phase. Moreover, our findings showed that depletion of LTA4H enhanced p27 protein stability, which was associated with decreased phosphorylation of CDK2 at Thr160 and inhibition of the CDK2/cyclin E complex, resulting in down-regulated p27 ubiquitination. These findings indicate that LTA4H is critical for skin carcinogenesis and is an important mediator of cell cycle and the data begin to clarify the mechanisms of LTA4H's role in cancer development.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Article number | bgx049 |
| Pages (from-to) | 728-737 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Journal | Carcinogenesis |
| Volume | 38 |
| Issue number | 7 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jul 1 2017 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:We are grateful to Dr. G. Tim Bowden (University of Arizona Cancer Center, Tucson, AZ) for providing human skin tissues. This work was supported by The Hormel Foundation, AgStar, and National Institutes of Health grants CA196639, CA187027, CA166011 and CA027502.
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