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Title: RPAP3 enhances cytotoxicity of doxorubicin by impairing NF-kappa B pathway

Journal Article · · Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
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  1. Department of Pharmacology, Graduate School of Dentistry, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka (Japan)
  2. Department of Fixed Prosthodontics, Osaka University (Japan)
  3. Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery II, Osaka University (Japan)
  4. Department of Biophysics and Biochemistry, Graduate School of Medicine and Cell Biology and Metabolism Group, Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University (Japan)

Research highlights: {yields} RNA polymerase II-associated protein 3 (RPAP3) possesses an activity to bind with NEMO and to inhibit the ubiquitination of NEMO. {yields} RPAP3 enhances doxorubicin-induced cell death in breast cancer cell line T-47D through the marked impairment of NF-{kappa}B pathway. {yields} RPAP3 is a novel modulator of NF-{kappa}B pathway in apoptosis induced by anti-cancer chemotherapeutic agents. -- Abstract: Activation of anti-apoptotic gene transcription by NF-{kappa}B (nuclear factor-kappa B) has been reported to be linked with a resistance of cancer cells against chemotherapy. NEMO (NF-{kappa}B essential modulator) interacts with a number of proteins and modulates the activity of NF-{kappa}B pathway. In this study, we revealed that RPAP3 (RNA polymerase II-associated protein 3) possesses an activity to bind with NEMO and to inhibit the ubiquitination of NEMO and that RPAP3 enhances doxorubicin-induced cell death in breast cancer cell line T-47D through the marked impairment of NF-{kappa}B pathway. These results indicate that RPAP3 may be a novel modulator of NF-{kappa}B pathway in apoptosis induced by anti-cancer chemotherapeutic agents.

OSTI ID:
22204767
Journal Information:
Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, Vol. 404, Issue 4; Other Information: Copyright (c) 2010 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0006-291X
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English