Expression of AIE-75 PDZ-domain protein induces G2/M cell cycle arrest in human colorectal adenocarcinoma SW480 cells

2004 
Abstract AIE-75 has been known as a 75-kDa autoantigen detected in the serum of autoimmune enteropathy (AIE) and as a colon cancer-related antigen, and now designated as a gene causative of Usher syndrome type 1C hereditary syndromic hearing loss. It binds to a novel putative tumor suppressor MCC2 that is homologous to MCC (mutated in colon cancer) through a PSD-95/Dlg/ZO-1 (PDZ) domain. To clarify the functional role in colon cancer cells, we transfected AIE-75 gene into SW480 colon cancer cells which do not express AIE-75. Expression of AIE-75 suppressed growth of SW480 cells in vitro in correlation with the expression levels. It was due mainly to G 2 /M phase cell cycle arrest associated with mitotic slippage, resulting in emergence of hyperploid giant-nucleated or multi-nucleated cells. Screening of proteins that bound to PDZ domains of AIE-75 by a yeast two hybrid system showed that three serine/threonine phosphatase catalytic subunits (PP2AC-α, PP2AC-β, and PPP6C) could bind to AIE-75. Since PP2AC is known to regulate G 2 /M checkpoint, we suggest that AIE-75 interacts with PP2AC and prevent cells to transit mitotic phase.
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