Title: The Role of HIPRPL29 in Prostate Cancer
1The Role of HIP/RPL29 in Prostate Cancer
- Lynn Schwarting-Opdenaker
- Advisor Cindy Farach-Carson
2HIP/RPL29Heparin/Heparan Sulfate Interacting
Protein/ Ribosomal Protein L29
- 159 amino acids (human mouse and pig have 160)
- Apparent MW of 24-28kDa on SDS-PAGE
- Highly basic
- Contains polyanionic binding sites
- 84.4 similarity at the protein level between
mouse and human - No prokaryotic ortholog
3Predicted Structure and Functions of HIP/RPL29
- Polyanion binding
- Translational regulation (RNA binding?)
- Modulation of blood coagulation via heparin
binding - High affinity HP/HS binding
- Adhesion and invasion of trophoblasts and cancer
cells - Inhibition of heparanase
- Antagonist of HB growth factor response
Basic residues in blue
4HIP/RPL29 Potential FunctionsProtein Synthesis
The mammalian ribosome reconstructed by electron
microscopy
- Peripheral protein?
- Stabilizes RNA-protein interactions?
- Increases ribosome translational efficiency?
5HIP/RPL29 Protein Expression Increases with
Phenotypic Progression in Various Prostate Cancer
Cell Lines
PREC LNCaP C4-2 C4-2B PC3 DU145
49 kD
B-actin
28 kD
HIP
6HIP/RPL29 Protein Expression in Different Bone
Marrow Cells
HIP/RPL29 Nuclei
7Hypotheses
- Modifying HIP/RPL29 expression in lineage related
prostate cancer cells will alter their growth and
progression. - By reducing HIP/RPL29 expression in prostate
cancer cells, we predict that this will
negatively regulate growth and tumor progression.
8Comparison of HIP/RPL29 Expression in Human Cell
Lines
9FACS Analysis of Cell Surface HIP/RPL29
10Ribosome Isolation of HIP/RPL29
Lift cells with PBS 10mM EDTA
Dounce Homogenize 100 strokes
Spin 15 min at 13,000 x G
Supernatant
Pellet (nuclei, large
membrane fragments, cell debris)
Spin 2 hours at 78,000 x G
Pellet
Supernatant (Cytoplasmic fraction)
Add Triton-X and Sodium Deoxycholate
Spin 15 min at 13,000 x G
Supernatant
Pellet (insoluble material)
Layer over 0.5M sucrose
Spin 2.5 hours at 105,000 x G
11Subcellular Fractionation
- There is little or no HIP/RPL29 on the cell
surface of the LNCaP and C4-2B cell lines in
standard culture conditions
- HIP/RPL29 in these cells is intracellular and
follows the pattern of ribosomal protein L4
- The intracellular function of HIP/RPL29 in
prostate cancer is the focus of further work for
this project
12Strategy to Study HIP/RPL29
- Used a ribozyme as a tool to reduce expression
- Created C4-2B cell lines stably expressing
HIP/RPL29 ribozyme - Assay for knockdown and affect of HIP/RPL29
reduced expression
13Initial Look at Knockdown Clones
Relative HIP/RPL29 Expression
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48
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61
14Soft Agar Assay
Parental
Clone 9
Clone 20
Clone 22
15Rebound of Knockdown Clones
Relative HIP/RPL29 Expression Determined by
Western Blot
HIP/b-actin ratio
Cell Line
16Lentiviral titering
HIP ribozyme Lenti Clone 3 concentrated with
polybrene C4-2B cells
HIP ribozyme Lenti Clone 3 concentrated C4-2B
cells
10-2
10-3
0
10-3
10-2
0
10-4
10-5
10-6
10-5
10-4
10-6
10-3
10-2
0
10-3
10-2
0
10-6
10-5
10-4
10-6
10-5
10-4
HIP ribozyme Lenti Clone 3 with polybrene C4-2B
cells
HIP ribozyme Lenti Clone 3 ATDC5 cells
17Lentivirus yields HIP/RPL29 ribozyme knockdown
clones
18Conclusions
- Creation of stable HIP/RPL29 knockdown clones has
not been feasible due to rebound effect - C4-2B cells do not express the receptors
necessary to transduce at a high rate with
lentivirus - Alternatives include
- Adenovirus (transient)
- Inducible promoter in C4-2B
19Use of Adenovirus to deliver HIP/RPL29 Ribozyme
- Cannot create stables must use transient
transfections - Could not obtain a knockdown of HIP/RPL29 using
this method - Never saw more than a 28 knockdown
- Higher MOIs caused cell death
20Creation of an Inducible System to Deliver the
HIP/RPL29 Ribozyme
- Chose to use an ecdysone-inducible system
- Advantages include low background expression,
high induction, can be used in animal models as
well - Creation of double stable clones needed
21Ecdysone-Inducible System
GR glucocorticoid receptor EcR ecdysone
receptor VgEcR fusion of ligand-binding and
dimerization domain of EcR, DNA binding domain of
GR and transcriptional activation domain of HSV
VP16 Minimal promoter 3 SP1 binding sites and
minimal heat shock promoter (mHSP)
http//www.stratagene.com/manuals/217468.pdf
22Vectors needed to create Ecdysone System
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24Ongoing Work
- Create second set of stable clones using the
C4-2B cell lines expressing the highest levels of
the receptors (clones 7 and 34) - Analyze the HIP/RPL29 knockdown mice that we have
recently obtained for changes in prostate
size/morphology