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Media type:
E-Article
Title:
Trafficking of Full-Length and N-Terminally Truncated Cathepsin B in Human Colorectal Carcinoma Cells
Contributor:
Tamhane, Tripti;
Njenga, Robin W.;
Burden, Roberta E.;
Büth, Heiko;
Maelandsmo, Gunhild M.;
Haugen, Mads H.;
Scott, Christopher J.;
Brix, Klaudia
Published:
MDPI AG, 2021
Published in:
Applied Sciences, 11 (2021) 24, Seite 11936
Language:
English
DOI:
10.3390/app112411936
ISSN:
2076-3417
Origination:
Footnote:
Description:
Cathepsin B is an endo-lysosomal cysteine protease. However, its increased expression and altered localization to the extracellular space, to mitochondria, or to the nucleus has been linked to tumor progression. In the present study, we show enhanced levels of cathepsin B in adenocarcinoma tissue in comparison to adjacent normal colon. Additionally, cathepsin B was observed in the nuclear compartment of mucosal cells in adenocarcinoma tissue samples and in the nuclei of the colorectal carcinoma cell line HCT116. Accordingly, a distinct 40-kDa form of cathepsin B was detected in HCT116 cells, which is proposed to represent a specific form lacking the signal peptide and parts of the propeptide. Trafficking studies with an EGFP-tagged N-terminally truncated form, mimicking the 40-kDa form, demonstrated accumulation in aggresome-like inclusion bodies, while EGFP-tagged full-length cathepsin B revealed regular sorting to endo-lysosomes. We conclude that the identity of nuclear cathepsin B in colorectal adenocarcinoma (in situ) and in carcinoma cells (in vitro) cannot be attributed to either full-length or 40-kDa N-terminally truncated cathepsin B forms. Hence, future studies are needed to demonstrate which form/s of cathepsin B may be sorted to the nuclei of colorectal carcinoma cells, and whether redundant regulation of related cathepsin expression occurs.