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T umor suppressor candidate 3 (TUSC3) prevents the epithelial‐to‐mesenchymal transition and inhibits tumor growth by modulating the endoplasmic reticulum stress response in ovarian cancer cells
Author(s) -
Kratochvílová Kateřina,
Horak Peter,
Ešner Milan,
Souček Karel,
Pils Dietmar,
Anees Mariam,
Tomasich Erwin,
Dráfi František,
Jurtíková Veronika,
Hampl Aleš,
Krainer Michael,
Vaňhara Petr
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
international journal of cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.475
H-Index - 234
eISSN - 1097-0215
pISSN - 0020-7136
DOI - 10.1002/ijc.29502
Subject(s) - cancer research , endoplasmic reticulum , ovarian cancer , biology , tumor suppressor gene , cancer , gene silencing , epithelial–mesenchymal transition , medicine , carcinogenesis , microbiology and biotechnology , metastasis , gene , genetics
Ovarian cancer is one of the most common malignancies in women and contributes greatly to cancer‐related deaths. Tumor suppressor candidate 3 ( TUSC3 ) is a putative tumor suppressor gene located at chromosomal region 8p22, which is often lost in epithelial cancers. Epigenetic silencing of TUSC3 has been associated with poor prognosis, and hypermethylation of its promoter provides an independent biomarker of overall and disease‐free survival in ovarian cancer patients. TUSC3 is localized to the endoplasmic reticulum in an oligosaccharyl tranferase complex responsible for the N‐glycosylation of proteins. However, the precise molecular role of TUSC3 in ovarian cancer remains unclear. In this study, we establish TUSC3 as a novel ovarian cancer tumor suppressor using a xenograft mouse model and demonstrate that loss of TUSC3 alters the molecular response to endoplasmic reticulum stress and induces hallmarks of the epithelial‐to‐mesenchymal transition in ovarian cancer cells. In summary, we have confirmed the tumor‐suppressive function of TUSC3 and identified the possible mechanism driving TUSC3‐deficient ovarian cancer cells toward a malignant phenotype.