Roles of heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoproteins A and B in cell proliferation
Author:
He Yaowu1, Brown Melissa A.1, Rothnagel Joseph A.1, Saunders Nicholas A.2, Smith Ross1
Affiliation:
1. Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Queensland, St Lucia Campus, QLD 4072, Australia 2. Epithelial Pathobiology Group, Centre for Immunology and Cancer Research, University of Queensland, Woolloongabba, QLD 4102, Australia
Abstract
Overexpression of heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoproteins (hnRNPs) A2 and B1 has been observed in a variety of tumour types, however, it is unknown whether this dysregulation is a consequence of, or a driving force for, unregulated cell proliferation. We have shown that the levels of hnRNPs A1, A2 and B1, but not A3, are modulated during the cell cycle of Colo16 squamous carcinoma cells and HaCaT immortalized keratinocytes, suggesting that A1, A2 and B1 are needed at particular cell cycle stages. However, the levels of hnRNP A1, A2 and B1 mRNAs were constant, indicating that regulation of protein levels was controlled at the level of translation. RNAi suppression of hnRNP A1 or A3 alone did not affect the proliferation of Colo16 cells but the proliferation rate was significantly reduced when both were suppressed simultaneously, or when either was suppressed together with hnRNP A2. Reducing hnRNP A2 expression in Colo16 and HaCaT cells by RNAi led to a non-apoptotic-related decrease in cell proliferation, reinforcing the view that this protein is required for cell proliferation. Suppression of hnRNP A2 in Colo16 cells was associated with increased p21 levels but p53 levels remained unchanged. In addition, expression of BRCA1 was downregulated, at both mRNA and protein levels. The observed effects of hnRNP A2 and its isoforms on cell proliferation and their correlation with BRCA1 and p21 expression suggest that these hnRNP proteins play a role in cell proliferation.
Publisher
The Company of Biologists
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