Prosurvival function of the cellular apoptosis susceptibility/importin-α1 
transport cycle is repressed by p53 in liver cancer

Winkler, Juliane; Ori, Alessandro; Holzer, Kerstin; Sticht, Carsten; Dauch, Daniel; Eiteneuer, Eva Maria; Pinna, Frederico; Geffers, Robert; Ehemann, Volker; Andres-Pons, Amparo; Breuhahn, Kai; Longerich, Thomas; Bermejo, Justo Lorenzo; Gretz, Norbert; Zender, Lars; Schirmacher, Peter; Beck, Martin; Singer, Stephan

doi:10.1002/hep.27207

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Prosurvival function of the cellular apoptosis susceptibility/importin-α1 transport cycle is repressed by p53 in liver cancer

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Winkler, J., Ori, A., Holzer, K., Sticht, C., Dauch, D., Eiteneuer, E. M., et al. (2014). Prosurvival function of the cellular apoptosis susceptibility/importin-α1 transport cycle is repressed by p53 in liver cancer. Hepatology, 60(3), 884-895. doi:10.1002/hep.27207.

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Proteins of the karyopherin superfamily including importins and exportins represent an essential part of the nucleocytoplasmic transport machinery. However, the functional relevance and regulation of karyopherins in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is poorly understood. Here we identified cellular apoptosis susceptibility (CAS, exportin-2) and its transport substrate importin-α1 (imp-α1) among significantly up-regulated transport factor genes in HCC. Disruption of the CAS/imp-α1 transport cycle by RNAi in HCC cell lines resulted in decreased tumor cell growth and increased apoptosis. The apoptotic phenotype upon CAS depletion could be recapitulated by direct knockdown of the X-linked inhibitor of apoptosis (XIAP) and partially reverted by XIAP overexpression. In addition, XIAP and CAS mRNA expression levels were correlated in HCC patient samples (r=0.463; P<0.01), supporting the in vivo relevance of our findings. Furthermore, quantitative mass spectrometry analyses of murine HCC samples (p53-/- versus p53+/+) indicated higher protein expression of CAS and imp-α1 in p53-/- tumors. Consistent with a role of p53 in regulating the CAS/imp-α1 transport cycle, we observed that both transport factors were repressed upon p53 induction in a p21-dependent manner.