TRIM28 promotes cervical cancer growth through the mTOR signaling pathway

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    • Fan Li
    • Zhijie Wang
    • Gaochuan Lu
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  • Published online on: January 26, 2018     https://doi.org/10.3892/or.2018.6235
  • Pages: 1860-1866
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Abstract

Aberrant expression of tripartite motif-containing protein 28 (TRIM28) has been demonstrated in several human cancers; however, its biological function and related mechanism in cervical cancer remain unclear. In this study, we compared TRIM28 expression between cervical cancer and adjacent normal tissues, and detected significant elevation in TRIM28 expression levels in the cervical cancer tissues. Moreover, TRIM28 overexpression promoted the proliferation, colony formation, and cell cycle progression of cervical cancer cell lines, as well as the growth of xenograft tumors in nude mice, whereas knockdown of TRIM28 had the opposite effects. Evaluation of the potential mechanism demonstrated that TRIM28 promoted cervical cancer cell growth by activating the mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) signaling pathway. In support of this finding, TRIM28-induced cell proliferation was abolished by treatment with everolimus, a specific mTOR inhibitor. These results suggest that TRIM28 plays a pivotal role in cervical cancer cell proliferation and might serve as a potential therapeutic target.

Introduction

Cervical cancer is one of the most common malignancies in women, with an estimated 530,000 new cases and 275,000 deaths each year worldwide (1). Although mounting studies have demonstrated the importance of human papillomavirus in cervix tumorigenesis (2,3), the detailed mechanism of cervical carcinogenesis remains unclear.

Recent studies have shown that many members of the tripartite motif-containing (TRIM) superfamily are involved in a broad range of biological processes, including immunity (4,5), neurological development (6), cell growth (7), cell differentiation (8), tumorigenesis (9), and responses to microbial infection (10). TRIM proteins are evolutionarily conserved, sharing a common N-terminal really interesting new gene (RING) finger domain, which can mediate the conjugation of proteins with ubiquitin (11). Recently, multiple studies have indicated that some members of the TRIM protein family function as important regulators for carcinogenesis. For example, TRIM13, TRIM19, TRIM24, TRIM25, and TRIM59 were shown to be involved in leukemia, liver, breast, prostate, and gastric cancers, respectively (1115), demonstrating the crucial roles of the TRIM family in tumorigenesis.

TRIM28 also exhibits certain functions in tumor development (1618). Yokoe et al (19) found that the expression level of the TRIM28 gene was significantly higher in gastric cancer tissues than in non-cancerous tissues. Patients with high TRIM28 expression showed a higher incidence of peritoneal carcinomatosis and significantly poorer overall survival compared to patients with low TRIM28 expression. Addison et al (20) showed that TRIM28 is frequently overexpressed in breast tumors at both the mRNA and protein levels; knockdown of TRIM28 in breast cancer cells led to the inhibition of cell proliferation, tumor growth, and metastasis. However, other researchers found that high TRIM28 expression was correlated with increased overall survival in early-stage lung tumors, and TRIM28 overexpression reduced cell proliferation in model lung cancer cell lines (21). These findings suggest that TRIM28 may play a complex role in human cancer.

In the present study, we found that the expression of TRIM28 is greatly increased in cervical cancer tissues and cell lines. In vitro and in vivo experiments further demonstrated that TRIM28 overexpression promotes cervical cancer cell proliferation and xenograft tumor growth, respectively. Further analyses revealed that TRIM28 induced cervical cancer cell growth via the mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) signaling pathway.

Materials and methods

Clinical tissue samples

Twenty paired cervical cancer samples and adjacent normal tissues were obtained from January 2013 to November 2015 at the Shanghai Eighth People's Hospital (Shanghai, China). None of the patients had received chemotherapy, immunotherapy, or radiotherapy before specimen collection. All patients were well informed and the process was approved by the Ethics Committee of Eighth People's Hospital affiliated to Jiangsu University, China.

Cell lines and cell culture

The human cervical cancer cell lines SiHa and CaSki were purchased from the American Type Culture Collection (Rockville, MD, USA). The cell lines were cultured in Dulbecco's modified Eagle's medium (Sigma-Aldrich, St. Louis, MO, USA) with 10% fetal bovine serum (Invitrogen, Carlsbad, CA, USA). The cells were maintained at 37°C in a humidified atmosphere containing 5% CO2.

Lentivirus production

The cDNA of TRIM28 and two short hairpin RNA (shRNA) sequences targeting TRIM28 were separately cloned into lentiviral expression vectors, as described previously (11). The lentiviral vectors were then transfected into 293T cells, along with the lentiviral packaging mix. At 48 h post-transfection, lentiviral supernatants were collected to infect the target cell lines, and a further 48 h later, infected cells were selected with 8 mg/ml puromycin for a continuous 2-week period to generate the stable transfected cell line.

Immunohistochemical staining

Paraffin-embedded tissue blocks were deparaffinized, rehydrated, and subjected to a heat-induced epitope retrieval step in 0.01 M sodium citrate (pH 6.0). After blocking the endogenous peroxidase with 3% hydrogen peroxide, the sections were washed with Tris-buffered saline (TBS) and then incubated with a primary antibody targeting TRIM28 (Proteintech, Hubei, China) for 1 h at 37°C. Subsequently, the sections were incubated with a horseradish peroxidase-conjugated secondary antibody for 30 min, developed with 3,3′-diaminobenzidine, and counterstained with hematoxylin.

RNA extraction and quantitative reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR)

Total RNA was extracted from the cervical cancer samples and cell lines, using TRIzol reagent (Invitrogen). cDNA synthesis was performed using PrimeScript RT reagent kit (Takara, Otsu, Japan). qRT-PCR of TRIM28 was conducted using the SYBR Green PCR Master Mix kit (Takara) and ABI 7900HT Fast Real-Time PCR system (Applied Biosystems, Foster City, CA, USA). β-actin was used as the endogenous normalization control. Data were analyzed by the 2−∆∆Ct method. All samples were examined in triplicate.

Cell viability analysis

To test cell viability, 2×103 cells were cultured in 96-well plates for 24, 48, 72 and 96 h, and 3-(4,5-dimethyl-2-thiazolyl)-2,5-diphenyl-2H-tetrazolium bromide (MTT) assays were performed according to the manufacturer's protocol (Invitrogen). In brief, the cells were stained with 100 µl MTT (0.5 mg/ml) for 4 h at 37°C, followed by removal of the culture medium and addition of 150 µl dimethyl sulfoxide. The absorbance was measured at 490 nm.

Colony formation assay

The cells were plated in a 6-well plate containing 500 cells per well in triplicate. After 14 days, the cells were stained with 0.005% crystal violet (dissolved in methanol) for 1.5 h, and then counted and photographed.

Cell cycle analysis

Cells (1×106) were harvested and washed with cold phosphate-buffered saline (PBS), followed by fixation with 70% ethanol for 24 h at 4°C. After washing with PBS, the cells were incubated with propidium iodide (Sigma-Aldrich) and DNase-free RNase for 30 min at room temperature. The cell cycle was measured using a FACSCalibur flow cyto-meter (BD Biosciences, San Jose, CA, USA) with CellQuest software.

Bromodeoxyuridine (BrdU) incorporation assay

The BrdU assay was performed as previously described (22). In brief, cells grown on coverslips (Fisher, Pittsburgh, PA, USA) were incubated with BrdU for 1 h and stained with anti-BrdU antibody (Upstate, Temecula, CA, USA) according to the manufacturer's instructions. Gray-level images were acquired under a laser-scanning microscope (Axioskop 2 Plus, Carl Zeiss Co., Ltd., Jena, Germany).

Tumor xenograft experiment

Female BALB/c-nude mice (4–6 weeks old) were purchased from Shanghai Laboratory Animal Center (Shanghai, China). All experimental procedures were approved by the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee of Eighth People's Hospital affiliated to Jiangsu University, China. SiHa cells (2×106 cells/mouse) and CaSki cells (5×106 cells/mouse) were injected subcutaneously into the nude mice (n=5 per group). Tumor volume (V) was monitored every 4 days and calculated using the formula: V = 0.5 × length × width2. At the end of the experiment, the mice were sacrificed and tumor weights were assessed. The proliferation index was determined by Ki67 immunostaining and calculating the ratio of Ki67-positive cells among the total number of cells in five randomly selected fields.

Western blot analysis

The cells were lysed with RIPA buffer supplemented with protease and phosphatase inhibitors (Roche Diagnostics, Branchburg, NJ, USA). The protein concentration was measured by the BCA Protein assay (Bio-Rad Laboratories, Hercules, CA, USA). Proteins were separated by 10% sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and transferred onto polyvinylidene fluoride membranes (Millipore, Billerica, MA, USA). The membranes were blocked with 5% bovine serum albumin in TBS for 1 h at room temperature, and then incubated with the primary antibodies against TRIM28 (15202–1-AP) and GAPDH (10494-1-AP) (both from Proteintech) overnight at 4°C. The membranes were then washed in TBS containing 1% Tween-20, incubated with the horseradish peroxidase-conjugated secondary antibody for 1 h at room temperature, and developed by ECL reagent (Pierce, Rockford, IL, USA).

Statistical analysis

All experiments were performed at least in triplicate and the data are presented as the means ± standard deviations. All statistical analyses were carried out using the SPSS 16.0 statistical software package (SPSS, Inc., Chicago, IL, USA). The two-sided Student's t-test was performed to assess differences between groups. P<0.05 was considered statistically significant.

Results

TRIM28 expression is greatly increased in cervical cancer tissues and cell lines

To determine the expression of TRIM28 in cervical cancer, we first analyzed related data in the Oncomine database, which revealed marked elevation in TRIM28 expression levels in cervical cancer tissues compared with that in normal tissues (Fig. 1A). We next tested the relative expression levels of TRIM28 in 20 cervical cancer samples and paired adjacent normal tissues by qRT-PCR. The results indicated that the TRIM28 expression was significantly upregulated in cervical cancer tissues compared with that in the adjacent normal tissues (Fig. 1B). Moreover, the protein level of TRIM28 was increased in the cervical cancer samples, as shown by immunohistochemistry (Fig. 1C). Consistent with these observations, both the mRNA and protein levels of TRIM28 were differentially upregulated in the cervical cancer cell lines SiHa and CaSki compared with that in the human normal cervical tissues (Fig. 1D and E), suggesting that TRIM28 is upregulated in cervical cancer tissues and cell lines.

TRIM28 promotes proliferation of cervical cancer cells by accelerating the cell cycle

To examine the biological role of TRIM28 in cervical cancer, the cervical cancer cell lines SiHa and CaSki were established to stably express TRIM28 or TRIM28 shRNA, using a lentivirus-mediated overexpression or knockdown system, respectively (Fig. 2A). MTT and colony formation assays showed that ectopic expression of TRIM28 dramatically increased cell growth, whereas depletion of TRIM28 expression reduced the growth rate of cervical cancer cell lines compared with that of control cells (Fig. 2B and C). Flow cytometry analysis revealed that the TRIM28-overexpressing cells showed a significant increase in the percentage of cells in the S peak and a decrease in the percentage of cells in the G0-G1 peak compared with control cells, whereas knockdown of TRIM28 had the opposite effect on CaSki cells (Fig. 2D), indicating that the effect of TRIM28 on cell proliferation might be due to regulation of the G1-S phase transition. In addition, BrdU incorporation was markedly increased by the ectopic expression of TRIM28 in SiHa cells, and was suppressed by TRIM28 silencing in CaSki cells (Fig. 2E). These results further supported the notion that upregulation of TRIM28 regulates the G1-S phase transition of cervical cancer cells.

TRIM28 promotes tumor formation of cervical cancer cells in vivo

We further evaluated the effect of TRIM28 on the tumorigenic activity of cervical cancer cells. As shown in Fig. 3A and B, the TRIM28-overexpressing tumors grew at a much higher rate, as determined by size and weight, than the control tumors, whereas the tumors formed by TRIM28-silenced cells were smaller and had lower tumor weights than those formed from shRNA-vector control cells. Immunohistochemistry analysis revealed that TRIM28-overexpressing tumors displayed a higher Ki67 proliferation index, whereas the TRIM28-silenced tumors showed reduced numbers of Ki67-positive cells (Fig. 3C). Protein expression levels of TRIM28 in xenografts were further examined by western blotting. TRIM28 was robustly upregulated in tumors formed by TRIM28-overexpressing SiHa cells, but was downregulated in tumors formed by TRIM28-silencing CaSki cells (Fig. 3D). Taken together, these results suggest that TRIM28 promotes the tumorigenicity of cervical cancer cells in vivo.

TRIM28 stimulates cervical cancer cell proliferation via the mTOR signaling pathway

As mTOR is a central regulator of the cell cycle, cell growth, and proliferation (23,24), we investigated whether the TRIM28-induced cervical cancer cell proliferation was mediated through the mTOR signaling pathway. Western blot analyses showed that downregulation of TRIM28 significantly inhibited the phosphorylation of mTOR and its downstream molecule S6K1, while upregulation of TRIM28 increased the activity of mTOR/S6K1 signaling. However, modulation of TRIM28 did not alter the total protein levels of mTOR and S6K1 (Fig. 4A). TRIM28-modulated activation of mTOR was also confirmed in tumor xenografts (Fig. 3D). We next examined the effect of TRIM28 upregulation on the mTOR signaling pathway in the presence of everolimus, a specific mTOR inhibitor. As shown in Fig. 4A, everolimus significantly abrogated the TRIM28-induced phosphorylation of mTOR and S6K1. In line with this, TRIM28-induced cell proliferation was also abolished by everolimus, as determined by MTT, cell cycle, and BrdU incorporation assays (Fig. 4B-D). Collectively, our results indicate that TRIM28 promotes cervical cancer cell proliferation through activating the mTOR signaling pathway.

Discussion

Many members of the TRIM family have been shown to play pivotal roles in tumorigenesis. TRIM28 is one of 60 members of the TRIM family. To date, the biological functions and molecular mechanisms of TRIM28 in cervical cancer remain unclear. In this study, we found that the expression of TRIM28 is significantly upregulated in cervical cancer tissues and cell lines compared with that in their normal counterparts. Moreover, TRIM28 promoted cervical cancer cell proliferation by activating the mTOR signaling pathway. Thus, our findings may provide a novel target for the therapeutic intervention of cervical cancer.

TRIM28, also known as Krüppel-associated box (KRAB)-associated protein 1 (KAP1) or transcription intermediary factor 1 (TIF1β), is a universal co-repressor for KRAB family zinc finger proteins (KRAB-ZNF) (25). TRIM28 has multifaceted roles in many organismal processes. Mouse embryos deficient in TRIM28 develop normally to the blastocyst stage and can implant but fail to gastrulate, indicating that TRIM28 is essential for early post-implantation mouse development (26). TRIM28 is also critical for maintenance of the pluripotent state of embryonic stem cells (27). Recently, TRIM28 was reported to regulate autophagy, a stress-induced process that degrades subcellular constituents (18). Some researchers have demonstrated that TRIM28 is significantly upregulated in various types of tumors, including breast, liver, brain, and ovarian cancers (28,29), and contributes to tumor progression. However, the underlying cellular functions of TRIM28 and the related mechanisms involved in its carcinogenicity remain largely unexplored. Lin et al (30) identified TRIM28 as a potential marker of cervical cancer metastasis; increase in TRIM28 expression enhanced the migration and invasion of cervical cancer cells both in vitro and in vivo. In the present study, we also detected the elevated expression of TRIM28 in cervical cancer tissues relative to that in matched normal tissues. Importantly, TRIM28 overexpression promoted the proliferation, clone formation, and cell cycle progression of cervical cancer cell lines, as well as the growth of xenograft tumors in nude mice. Conversely, knockdown of TRIM28 reduced cell proliferation and tumor growth. The present results clearly indicate that TRIM28 is involved in cervical cancer cell proliferation. However, further investigations are needed to explore the underlying mechanisms involved in these TRIM28-mediated effects.

The conserved serine/threonine kinase mTOR is a key downstream effector of several signaling pathways involved in cancer progression, including the phosphoinositide 3-kinase, mitogen-activated protein kinase, and AMP-activated protein kinase pathways (24,31). Abnormal activation of mTOR signaling occurs in different types of tumors, including cervical cancer (32). For example, through the post-transcriptional regulation of mTOR expression, La-related protein 1 (LARP1) contributes to cervical cancer progression and adverse prognosis (33). Inhibition of mTOR signaling with rapamycin decreased the progranulin-stimulated protein synthesis, transformation, and proliferation of cervical cells in vitro, as well as tumor formation and growth in vivo, suggesting that the activated mTOR pathway is critical for cervical cancer cell growth, proliferation, and survival (34). Therefore, we investigated whether mTOR signaling is involved in the TRIM28-induced carcinogenesis of cervical cancer. We found that upregulation of TRIM28 significantly increased the phosphorylation of mTOR and its downstream molecule S6K1, while downregulation of TRIM28 inhibited the activity of mTOR/S6K1 signaling. TRIM28-modulated activation of mTOR was also confirmed in tumor xenografts. Furthermore, we evaluated the effects of everolimus on TRIM28-overexpressing cervical cancer cells. The results showed that treatment with 20 nM everolimus significantly abrogated the TRIM28-induced phosphorylation of mTOR/S6K1 and cervical cancer cell proliferation, suggesting that mTOR may be the main downstream effector of TRIM28 in promoting cervical cancer growth.

In conclusion, this study revealed that TRIM28 plays an essential role in the progression of cervical cancer, and thus might represent a new therapeutic target for cervical cancer.

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