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Repression of BCL2 by the Tumor Suppressor Activity of the Lysyl Oxidase Propeptide Inhibits Transformed Phenotype of Lung and Pancreatic Cancer Cells

¹ Department of Biochemistry, Boston University School of Medicine; ² Division of Oral Biology, Boston University Goldman School of Dental Medicine; and ³ Women's Health Interdisciplinary Research Center, Boston University Medical Campus, Boston, Massachusetts

Requests for reprints: Min Wu, Department of Biochemistry, Boston University School of Medicine, 715 Albany Street, Boston, MA 02118. Phone: 617-638-4129; Fax: 617-638-4252; E-mail: minwu{at}bu.edu or Gail E. Sonenshein, Department of Biochemistry, Boston University School of Medicine, 715 Albany Street, Boston, MA 02118. Phone: 617-638-4120; Fax: 617-638-4252; E-mail: gsonensh{at}bu.edu.

The gene encoding lysyl oxidase (LOX) was identified as the ras recision gene (rrg), with the ability to revert Ras-mediated transformation of NIH 3T3 fibroblasts. Mutations in RAS genes have been found in 25% of lung cancers and in 85% of pancreatic cancers. In microarray analysis, these cancers were found to display reduced LOX gene expression. Thus, the ability of the LOX gene to repress the transformed phenotype of these cancer cells was tested. LOX is synthesized as a 50-kDa secreted precursor Pro-LOX that is processed to the 32-kDa active enzyme (LOX) and to an 18-kDa propeptide (LOX-PP). Recently, we mapped the rrg activity of Pro-LOX to the LOX-PP in Ras-transformed NIH 3T3 cells. Ectopic Pro-LOX and LOX-PP expression in H1299 lung cancer cells inhibited growth in soft agar and invasive colony formation in Matrigel and reduced activation of extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) and Akt, with LOX-PP showing substantially higher activity. Similarly, LOX-PP expression in PANC-1 pancreatic cancer cells effectively reduced ERK and Akt activity and inhibited growth in soft agar and ability of these cells to migrate. Nuclear Factor-B (NF-B) and its target gene BCL2, which are overexpressed in 70% to 75% of pancreatic cancers, have recently been implicated in invasive phenotype. LOX-PP substantially reduced NF-B and Bcl-2 levels. Reintroduction of Bcl-2 into PANC-1 or H1299 cells expressing LOX-PP restored the transformed phenotype, suggesting that Bcl-2 is an essential target. Thus, LOX-PP potently inhibits invasive phenotype of lung and pancreatic cancer cells, suggesting potential therapeutic applications in treatment of these cancers. [Cancer Res 2007;67(13):6278–85]

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