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Ubiquitin specific protease 21 upregulation in breast cancer promotes cell tumorigenic capability and is associated with the NOD-like receptor signaling pathway

  • Authors:
    • Liang Peng
    • Yi Hu
    • Demeng Chen
    • Ruixia Linghu
    • Yingzhe Wang
    • Xiaoxue Kou
    • Junlan Yang
    • Shunchang Jiao
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  • Published online on: October 14, 2016     https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2016.5263
  • Pages: 4531-4537
  • Copyright: © Peng et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of Creative Commons Attribution License.

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Abstract

Ubiquitination and deubiquitination have emerged as critical regulators in cancer. In the present study, the expression pattern of 50 ubiquitin‑specific proteases (USPs) was summarized in breast cancer using a bioinformatics approach, and USP21 was identified as the most altered gene in breast cancer. In particular, expression of USP21 in triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) cell lines was greater compared with other subtypes of breast cancer. Knockdown of USP21 in TNBC cells inhibited cell proliferation, migration and invasion. Microarray profiling of the USP21 knockdown cells revealed significant downregulation of multiple genes associated with the NOD‑like receptor signaling pathway. The results of the present study suggest that USP21 has a significant role in TNBC progression, and therefore may represent a novel therapeutic target.

Introduction

Breast cancer is the most common carcinoma in women, with low survival rates in patients due to metastatic lesions (1,2). Triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) is an aggressive breast cancer subtype in which the tumor cells lack expression of the estrogen, progesterone and human epidermal growth factor 2 receptors. TNBC has a high rate of relapse and metastasis, and accounts for approximately 12–17% of all breast cancer cases (1,3). Due to poor prognosis and a lack of treatment options, TNBC patients have a disproportionately high mortality rate: No more than 30% of patients with metastatic TNBC survive for 5 years (4). Therefore, understanding the mechanism regulating TNBC progression may assist with the development of accurate prognosticators and more effective treatments.

Cancer comprises a collection of complicated genetic and epigenetic alterations that arise via multistep processes (57). Ubiquitin-specific proteases (USPs) are frequently involved in cancer regulation, as oncogenic mutations in USP genes are able to disrupt deubiquitination of proteins that control cell growth and apoptosis (810). To date, 50 USP family members have been identified in humans (11). USP21 is able to facilitate initiation of transcriptional activity via catalyzing the hydrolysis of the ubiquitylation of histone H2A (12). USP21 is also able to regulate the stability of proteins through deubiquitination. For example, USP21 can mediate deubiquitination of GATA3 and maintain GATA3 expression in regulatory T cells (13). Thus, USP proteins may serve as a good point of intervention for the prevention of cancer and other mutation-associated diseases (14).

Nucleotide oligomerization domain (NOD)-like receptor (NLR) signaling pathways have a significant role in numerous human diseases, including bacterial infections, autoimmune and inflammatory disorders, and cancer (15). Stimulation of NLRs results in the activation of nuclear factor (NF)-κB and mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs), which drive the transcription of numerous genes involved in both innate and adaptive immune responses (16). Previously, USPs have been shown to participate in the regulation of the NF-κB signaling pathway (17,18). For example, USP4 promotes stimulation of NF-κB mediated by tumor necrosis factor α (TNF-α) through deubiquitination-dependent downregulation of TGFβ-activated kinase 1 (19). USP11 is able to modulate TNF-α-induced NF-κB activation through regulation of nuclear factor of κ light polypeptide gene enhancer in B-cells inhibitor α (IκBα) stability (20). By contrast, USP21 inhibits TNF-α-induced NF-κB signaling by promoting the deubiquitination of receptor-interacting protein 1 (RIP1) in HeLa cells (21). However, the role of USP21 in breast cancer remains to be elucidated.

In the present study, bioinformatics tools were used to study data online and characterize the gene alteration status of USP family members in breast cancer. Subsequently, the expression of the most altered member, USP21, was validated in vitro. The expression of USP21 was then knocked down using small interfering RNA (siRNA) in TNBC cell lines, and cellular experiments were performed to investigate its biological function, in the hope that the results may provide useful insights into the prognosis and treatment of TNBC.

Materials and methods

Cell culture and siRNA transfection

All breast cancer cells were obtained from American Type Culture Collection (Manassas, VA, USA) and maintained in Dulbecco's modified Eagle's medium (DMEM; Invitrogen; Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc., Waltham, MA, USA) containing 10% fetal bovine serum (FBS; Gibco; Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.) and 1% PenStrep (100 U/ml penicillin and 100 µg/ml streptomycin; Invitrogen; Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.), in an incubator at 37°C with 5% CO2. MDA-MB-231 or MDA-MB-157 cells were plated onto tissue culture plates 24 h prior to transfection. Transient transfection of siUSP21 (siUSP21-1: 5′-GCUAGAAGAACCUGAGUUA-3′; siUSP21-2: 5′-GAGCUGUCUUCCAGAAAUA-3′) or siControl (5′-GUACUUGUACUCCAGCUUUGUG-3′) (Invitrogen; Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.) at a final concentration of 50 nM was accomplished with Lipofectmine® 2000 reagent according to the manufacturer's protocol (Invitrogen; Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.).

Cell migration assay

For scratch wound-healing assays, 48 h following siRNA transfection, 1.5×105 cells were seeded into six-well plates and serum starved for 24 h. Cells were wounded by scratching with a pipette tip and cultured in medium containing 0.5 g/ml mitomycin-C (Sigma-Aldrich; EMD Millipore, Billerica, MA, USA) to block cell division. Cells were photographed at 0, 5 and 10 h timepoints. The distance of migration was calculated using ImageJ software (version 1.46; imagej.nih.gov/ij/). Matrigel invasion assay was performed using a Corning® BioCoat™ Matrigel Invasion Chamber (Corning Incorportated, Corning, NY, USA). Tumor cells (1×105) treated with control or USP21 siRNA in 200 µl serum-free DMEM were placed in the upper chamber. The lower chamber was filled with 600 µl conditioned medium (DMEM medium containing 1% FBS for 24 h) as chemoattractant. After 24 h of incubation at 37°C, the cells on the upper surface of the filter were removed with a cotton swab. The cells that had invaded the Matrigel and reached the lower surface of the filter were fixed in methanol, stained with hematoxylin and eosin, and counted under magnification, ×400. A total of five fields were randomly selected and the number of invasive cells was counted.

Protein isolation, western blot analysis and co-immunoprecipitation (Co-IP)

Cells were lysed with radioimmunoprecipitation assay buffer (Sigma-Aldrich; EMD Millipore) as previously described (2224). Cells were centrifuged at 4°C for 10 min at 16,000 × g. Protein concentrations were determined by the Bradford assay (25). Aliquots containing 20 µg of total protein were separated by 10% sodium dodecyl-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and transferred to nitrocellulose membranes. Blots were probed with primary antibodies against USP21 (1:1,000; goat polyclonal; sc-79305; Santa Cruz Biotechnology, Inc., Dallas, TX, USA) and β-actin (1:5,000, mouse monoclonal; A5316; Sigma-Aldrich; EMD Millipore). Appropriate secondary antibodies (1:3,000; rabbit anti-goat; ab6741; 1:5,000; rabbit anti-mouse; ab97046; Abcam, Cambridge, MA, USA) conjugated to horseradish peroxidase and enhanced chemiluminescence (GE Healthcare Life Sciences, Chalfont, UK) were used to detect the bound primary antibodies. Co-IP was performed with cell lysate (500 µg) incubated with USP21 (1:1,000; goat polyclonal; sc-79305; Santa Cruz Biotechnology, Inc.), relA (1:1,000; rabbit polyclonal; sc-372; Santa Cruz Biotechnology, Inc.) or non-specific-IgG antibodies (1:1,000; rabbit IgG, monoclonal; ab172730; Abcam) using µMACS™ Protein A/G MicroBeads and MACS® Separation Columns according to the manufacturer's protocol (Miltenyi Biotec, Auburn, USA).

RNA isolation, cDNA preparation and reverse transcription-quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR)

As previously described (2628), total RNA was isolated from cells using the RNeasy Mini kit (Qiagen, Inc., Valencia, CA, USA). cDNA was prepared from 1 µg of RNA using the iScript cDNA Synthesis kit (Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., Hercules, CA, USA). RT-qPCR was performed using a GeneAmp Gold RNA PCR Core kit (Applied Biosystems; Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.) and an iCycler iQ™ Real-Time PCR Detection System (Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc.), where each 20 µl reaction included 1% cDNA preparation, 0.5 µM primers and 10 µl SYBR Green (Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc.). Primer sequences are presented in Table I. Expression of glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase was used to normalize the gene expression level. The relative difference in the expression level was calculated using the ΔΔCq method (29). The data presented are representative of three independent biological repeats each assayed in triplicate and show the relative expression levels.

Table I.

Reverse transcription-qPCR primer sequences.

Table I.

Reverse transcription-qPCR primer sequences.

Gene nameF/RSequences of the qPCR primer pairs (5′-3′ direction)
GAPDHF GGTGAAGGTCGGAGTCAACGG
GAPDHR GAGGTCAATGAAGGGGTCATTG
USP21F ATCTCGGACCAACTTAGCCC
USP21R GTGCCCTCCCAAGGCAATC
IL8F TTTTGCCAAGGAGTGCTAAAGA
IL8R AACCCTCTGCACCCAGTTTTC
CARD8F GAAGCGAAACTGCATATTCTGGT
CARD8R GGGTTGGAAGAGGCATGGC
CCL2F CAGCCAGATGCAATCAATGCC
CCL2R TGGAATCCTGAACCCACTTCT
IL6F ACTCACCTCTTCAGAACGAATTG
IL6R CCATCTTTGGAAGGTTCAGGTTG
CXCL1F GCGGAAAGCTTGCCTCAA
CXCL1R TCAGCATCTTTTCGATGATTTTCTT
NLRP3F GATCTTCGCTGCGATCAACAG
NLRP3R CGTGCATTATCTGAACCCCAC
NFKB1AF AACAGAGAGGATTTCGTTTCCG
NFKB1AR TTTGACCTGAGGGTAAGACTTCT

[i] qPCR, quantitative polymerase chain reaction; F, forward; R, reverse; GAPDH, glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase; USP21, ubiquitin specific protease 21; IL, interleukin; CARD8, caspase recruitment domain family member 8; CCL2, chemokine (C-C motif) ligand 2; CXCL1, chemokine (C-X-C motif) ligand 1; NFKBIA, nuclear factor of κ light polypeptide gene enhancer in B-cells inhibitor α.

Microarray hybridization data analysis and The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) analysis

MDA-MB-231 cells were plated onto a 6-well plate at 70% confluence and transfected with siControl or siUSP21. A total of 48 h subsequent to transfection, the cells were washed with phosphate-buffered saline, and total RNA was obtained using the RNeasy Mini kit (Qiagen, Inc.) and treated with 1 unit of DNase I (Qiagen, Inc.). Expression profiles were generated by hybridizing 10 µg of total RNA to GeneChip® Human Genome U133 Plus2.0 Gene Chips (Affymetrix, Inc., Santa Clara, CA, USA) according to the Affymetrix Eukaryote One-cycle protocol (30). Briefly, 5–10 µg of total RNA were used to generate biotinylated cDNA, which was fragmented and hybridized to a chip for 16 h at 45°C in a GeneChip Hybridization Oven 640 (Affymetrix, Inc.). Arrays were then washed and stained on a GeneChip Fluidics Station 450 (Affymetrix, Inc.) and subsequently scanned on a GeneChip Scanner 3000 7G (Affymetrix, Inc.) to obtain fluorescence intensities. To eliminate data with low reliability, genes whose expression was regarded as absent in these cell lines as a result of software analysis were excluded. Following identification of the differentially expressed genes, DAVID online software (david.ncifcrf.gov/) was used to perform Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes pathway significant enrichment analysis of 1,007 differentially expressed genes associated with USP21, and the six signaling pathways with the smallest P-values were selected. For TCGA analysis, data including 1,105 breast invasive carcinoma samples from 1,098 patients were obtained from the TCGA website using the cBioPortal tool (www.cbioportal.org/).

Statistical analysis

Data are presented as the mean ± standard deviation. Statistical analyses were performed using SPSS version 19.0 software (IBM SPSS, Armonk, NY, USA). Statistically significant differences were determined by Student's t-test. P<0.05 was considered to indicate a statistically significant difference.

Results

USP21 is the most upregulated USP family member in breast cancer

USP family proteins have a significant role in multiple signaling and cell regulatory networks in breast cancer (9). To characterize the extent of changes in all 50 USP genes in breast cancer, the present study generated an alteration-summary for these genes in breast cancer using the cBioPortal tool for Cancer Genomics (31,32) (Fig. 1A). The results of the present study demonstrated that USP21 was altered in 39% (375/971 samples) of patients with breast invasive carcinomas, indicating it is the most altered gene among all the USP gene family members. In all the deregulation situations, including gene copy number amplification and mRNA expression alteration, of USP21, 13.6% (132/971) of the patients displayed copy number amplification, while 37.8% (367/971) of the patients showed mRNA upregulation (Fig. 1B), suggesting a role for USP21 in breast cancer.

To investigate the expression of USP21 in breast cancer cell lines in vitro, the present study analyzed a panel of 10 breast cancer cell lines including luminal, basal and non-cancerous breast epithelial lines. Notably, it was observed that the expression of USP21 was enriched in triple negative cell lines, MDA-MB-231 and MDA-MB-157 (Fig. 1C). Therefore, it appears that USP21 is required for the cancerous ability of TNBC cells.

USP21 affects TNBC cell proliferation, migration and invasion

To directly investigate the contribution of USP21 to breast tumorigenesis, the present study knocked down USP21 protein using two specific siRNAs in MDA-MB-231 and MDA-MB-157 cells. Western blot analysis confirmed the knockdown of USP21 under these conditions (Fig. 2A). It was initially investigated whether USP21 is crucial to the proliferation of these cells. Cells transfected with control or USP21-siRNAs were cultured for up to 7 days. The difference in cell proliferation was measured by viable cell counting from day 1 to day 7. Knockdown of USP21 reduced the proliferation of MDA-MB-157 and MDA-MB-231 cells 5 days after siRNA transfection (Fig. 2B and C).

To determine the effects of USP21 on cell migration, a wound-healing assay was performed following USP21 silencing. The scratch wounds were almost identical sizes in each experimental group at 0 h; however, knockdown of USP21 using two different siRNAs markedly decreased the migration ability of MDA-MB-231 and MDA-MB-157 cells at 5 and 10 h (Fig. 3A). The present study measured the distance between the migrating frontlines and calculated the rate of wound closure. It was observed that the USP21 silenced groups were less effective than the control group in terms of the healing process (Fig. 3A).

To investigate the role of USP21 in TNBC cell invasion, the present study measured the invasive ability using invasion assays. Consistent with the migration assay results, downregulation of USP21 in MDA-MB-231 and MDA-MB-157 cells by siRNA knockdown resulted in a marked reduction in the cell invasive capability compared to the control group (Fig. 3B). These results suggested that USP21 is involved in TNBC cancer growth, migration and invasion.

Microarray data analysis indicates that USP21 expression is associated with NOD-like receptor signaling pathway

To further investigate USP21-mediated gene expression changes, the cDNA from USP21-knockdown and control MDA-MB-231 cells was subjected to microarray analyses. A total of 1,007 genes in USP21 siRNA treated cells exhibited a differential expression more than double that of the control sample. A total of 309 genes were upregulated in the USP21 knockdown sample compared with the control, while 698 genes demonstrated decreased expression in the USP21 siRNA treated sample. Furthermore, it was observed that the major signaling pathways of the differentially expressed genes were associated with the following molecular pathways: NOD-like receptor signaling, TGF-β signaling pathway, RNA degradation, small cell lung cancer, pathways in cancer and extracellular matrix-receptor interaction. It was observed that USP21 depletion markedly attenuated genes specifically associated with the NOD-like receptor signaling pathway [interleukin (IL)6, NLR family, pyrin domain containing (NLRP)3, IκBα and chemokine (C-X-C motif) ligand (CXCL)8] and stimulated genes associated with the TGF-β signaling pathway (bone morphogenetic protein (BMP)4, BMP type IB receptor, ID1, ID2, ID3, ID4 and TGF-β receptor 1) (Fig. 4A and B). To confirm the microarray results, 8 genes were selected (USP21, IL8, caspase recruitment domain family member 8 (CARD8), chemokine (C-C motif) ligand 2 (CCL2), IL6, CXCL1, NLRP3 and IκBα) and their expression was measured with RT-qPCR on the same sample used for microarray studies. All of these genes exhibited moderate to high expression and demonstrated high concordance between microarray and PCR data (Fig. 4C).

As USP21 has been reported to be a histone H2A deubiquitinase that initiates transcriptional activity (12), the present study screened the association of USP21 with NOD-like receptor associated transcription factors, including NF-κB, activator protein 1 or interferon regulatory factors. Notably, it was observed that relA, an essential subunit of the transcriptionally active NF-κB dimer, may be ‘pulled down’ with USP21 using a co-IP assay (Fig. 4D). Thus, these results indicate that USP21 may associate with NF-κB transcription factors.

Discussion

TNBC is an aggressive and deadly subtype of breast cancer and lacks targeted therapies (33). In the present study, it was observed that USP21 is the most altered USP member in breast cancer using online TCGA data sets. Furthermore, the present study demonstrated, for the first time to the best of our knowledge, that silencing of USP21 leads to impaired proliferation, migration and invasion ability of TNBC cells, which indicates that USP21 may be involved in tumor metastasis. The present study also investigated global gene profiling upon depletion of USP21 in TNBC cells. The results of the present study revealed that a subset of genes involved in NLR signaling pathways were significantly repressed when USP21 was knocked down in TNBC cells. It was also observed that USP21 was associated with relA, implying a link between USP21 and NF-κB in regulating NLR signaling and TNBC progression.

The NLR signaling pathway plays a vital role in human diseases, including cancer (15). In the current study, it was demonstrated that silencing of USP21 repressed several NLR signaling pathway factors, including IL6, IL8, CCL2, CXCL1, NLRP3, IκBα and CARD8. A number of these genes are involved in TNBC regulation. For example, inhibition of IL-6 and IL-8 expression in TNBC led to a decrease in colony formation and cell survival in vitro and inhibited tumor engraftment and growth in vivo (34). In addition, RIPK2 can stimulate triple-negative breast cancer cell migration and invasion through NF-κB and c-Jun N-terminal kinase signaling pathways (35). Thus, it appears likely that the impaired tumorigenic ability in USP21 depleted TNBC cells may be directly associated with this downregulation of NLR signaling pathway members.

Several studies have demonstrated a role of USP21 in inflammation and the NF-κB signaling pathway (21,36,37). It has been previously shown that USP21 is able to regulate the expression of IL8 and cancer stem cell properties in human renal cell carcinoma (28). IL8 has been demonstrated to be an important cytokine that is required for growth of TNBC (34), supporting the results of the present study. Through deubiqutinating RIP1, USP21 is able to repress TNFα-induced NF-κB activation in HeLa cells, suggesting that USP21 may serve as a negative regulator of the NF-κB signaling pathway (21). An additional study has revealed that depletion of USP21 decreases IL33 protein levels and IL33-mediated NF-κB p65 promoter activity, indicating USP21 is able to positively regulate the NF-κB signaling pathway (36). Therefore, although USP21 is involved in NF-κB signaling transduction activity, the function of USP21 appears to be context dependent. Based on the fact that NLR signaling pathway components were repressed upon USP21 depletion, and USP21 was associated with relA, it is likely USP21 is a positive regulator of the NF-κB signaling pathway in TNBC cells. If that is the case, the global regulation of histone deubiquitination by USP21 requires further investigation. IL6 and IL8 have critical roles in anchorage-independent growth of TNBC, and function through the NF-κB signaling pathway (34), meaning that NF-κB may be a potential therapeutic target in TNBC. A previous report demonstrated that NF-κB regulates cancer stem cell populations in the basal-like breast cancer subtype of TNBC (38). In addition, TGF-β ligands are often enriched in the TNBC tumor microenvironment and have a role in breast cancer stem cells (39,40). The results of the present study suggest that USP21 may serve as a modulator for the TGF-β signaling pathway in TNBC.

In conclusion, USP21 was observed to be elevated in breast cancer patient samples. The expression of USP21 may promote proliferation, migration and invasion of breast cancer cells. Therefore, USP21 may have a potential role in the prognosis of and be a relevant target in breast cancer.

Acknowledgements

The present research was supported by the China National Nature Science Youth Fund (grant no. 30600613).

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Peng L, Hu Y, Chen D, Linghu R, Wang Y, Kou X, Yang J and Jiao S: Ubiquitin specific protease 21 upregulation in breast cancer promotes cell tumorigenic capability and is associated with the NOD-like receptor signaling pathway. Oncol Lett 12: 4531-4537, 2016
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Peng, L., Hu, Y., Chen, D., Linghu, R., Wang, Y., Kou, X. ... Jiao, S. (2016). Ubiquitin specific protease 21 upregulation in breast cancer promotes cell tumorigenic capability and is associated with the NOD-like receptor signaling pathway. Oncology Letters, 12, 4531-4537. https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2016.5263
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Peng, L., Hu, Y., Chen, D., Linghu, R., Wang, Y., Kou, X., Yang, J., Jiao, S."Ubiquitin specific protease 21 upregulation in breast cancer promotes cell tumorigenic capability and is associated with the NOD-like receptor signaling pathway". Oncology Letters 12.6 (2016): 4531-4537.
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Peng, L., Hu, Y., Chen, D., Linghu, R., Wang, Y., Kou, X., Yang, J., Jiao, S."Ubiquitin specific protease 21 upregulation in breast cancer promotes cell tumorigenic capability and is associated with the NOD-like receptor signaling pathway". Oncology Letters 12, no. 6 (2016): 4531-4537. https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2016.5263