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Department of Surgery Faculty Papers

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Oncogene-Induced Nrf2 Transcription Promotes Ros Detoxification And Tumorigenesis., Gina M. Denicola, Florian A. Karreth, Timothy J. Humpton, Aarthi Gopinathan, Cong Wei, Kristopher Frese, Dipti Mangal, Kenneth H. Yu, Charles J. Yeo, Eric S. Calhoun, Francesca Scrimieri, Jordan M. Winter, Ralph H. Hruban, Christine Iacobuzio-Donahue, Scott E. Kern, Ian A Blair, David A. Tuveson Jul 2011

Oncogene-Induced Nrf2 Transcription Promotes Ros Detoxification And Tumorigenesis., Gina M. Denicola, Florian A. Karreth, Timothy J. Humpton, Aarthi Gopinathan, Cong Wei, Kristopher Frese, Dipti Mangal, Kenneth H. Yu, Charles J. Yeo, Eric S. Calhoun, Francesca Scrimieri, Jordan M. Winter, Ralph H. Hruban, Christine Iacobuzio-Donahue, Scott E. Kern, Ian A Blair, David A. Tuveson

Department of Surgery Faculty Papers

Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are mutagenic and may thereby promote cancer. Normally, ROS levels are tightly controlled by an inducible antioxidant program that responds to cellular stressors and is predominantly regulated by the transcription factor Nrf2 (also known as Nfe2l2) and its repressor protein Keap1 (refs 2-5). In contrast to the acute physiological regulation of Nrf2, in neoplasia there is evidence for increased basal activation of Nrf2. Indeed, somatic mutations that disrupt the Nrf2-Keap1 interaction to stabilize Nrf2 and increase the constitutive transcription of Nrf2 target genes were recently identified, indicating that enhanced ROS detoxification and additional Nrf2 functions may …


Pp32 (Anp32a) Expression Inhibits Pancreatic Cancer Cell Growth And Induces Gemcitabine Resistance By Disrupting Hur Binding To Mrnas., Timothy K Williams, Christina L Costantino, Nikolai A Bildzukewicz, Nathan G Richards, David W Rittenhouse, Lisa Einstein, Joseph A Cozzitorto, Judith C Keen, Abhijit Dasgupta, Myriam Gorospe, Gregory E Gonye, Charles J Yeo, Agnieszka K Witkiewicz, Jonathan R Brody Nov 2010

Pp32 (Anp32a) Expression Inhibits Pancreatic Cancer Cell Growth And Induces Gemcitabine Resistance By Disrupting Hur Binding To Mrnas., Timothy K Williams, Christina L Costantino, Nikolai A Bildzukewicz, Nathan G Richards, David W Rittenhouse, Lisa Einstein, Joseph A Cozzitorto, Judith C Keen, Abhijit Dasgupta, Myriam Gorospe, Gregory E Gonye, Charles J Yeo, Agnieszka K Witkiewicz, Jonathan R Brody

Department of Surgery Faculty Papers

The expression of protein phosphatase 32 (PP32, ANP32A) is low in poorly differentiated pancreatic cancers and is linked to the levels of HuR (ELAV1), a predictive marker for gemcitabine response. In pancreatic cancer cells, exogenous overexpression of pp32 inhibited cell growth, supporting its long-recognized role as a tumor suppressor in pancreatic cancer. In chemotherapeutic sensitivity screening assays, cells overexpressing pp32 were selectively resistant to the nucleoside analogs gemcitabine and cytarabine (ARA-C), but were sensitized to 5-fluorouracil; conversely, silencing pp32 in pancreatic cancer cells enhanced gemcitabine sensitivity. The cytoplasmic levels of pp32 increased after cancer cells are treated with certain stressors, …