PMID- 22025632 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20120325 LR - 20111115 IS - 1477-9137 (Electronic) IS - 0021-9533 (Linking) VI - 124 IP - Pt 21 DP - 2011 Nov 1 TI - FAT10 mediates the effect of TNF-alpha in inducing chromosomal instability. PG - 3665-75 LID - 10.1242/jcs.087403 [doi] AB - Tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) plays important roles in chronic inflammation-associated tumorigenesis but the mechanisms involved remain poorly understood. Previously, we reported that high levels of FAT10 led to chromosomal instability that is mediated by an abbreviated mitotic phase. Here, we show that TNF-alpha induces FAT10 gene expression through TNF receptor 1 (TNFR1) and activates the NF-kappaB pathway in HCT116 and SW620 cells. TNF-alpha treatment also leads to an abbreviated mitotic phase that can be reversed by inhibiting FAT10 expression. This abbreviated mitotic phase is correlated with a TNF-alpha-induced reduction in the kinetochore localization of MAD2 during prometaphase which, again, can be reversed by inhibiting FAT10 gene expression. There is greater variability of chromosome numbers in HCT116 and SW620 cells treated with TNF-alpha than in untreated cells, which can be reversed by the introduction of short hairpin RNA (shRNA) against FAT10. The more stable chromosome numbers in HCT116 cells expressing FAT10 shRNA can revert to greater variability with the addition of a mutant FAT10 that is not recognized by the FAT10 shRNA. Upon TNF-alpha stimulation, higher cell death is observed when FAT10 expression is inhibited by shRNA. These data strongly suggest that FAT10 plays an important role in mediating the function of TNF-alpha during tumorigenesis by inducing cell cycle deregulation and chromosomal instability, and by inhibiting apoptosis. FAU - Ren, Jianwei AU - Ren J AD - Department of Biochemistry, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore 119077, Singapore. FAU - Wang, Yu AU - Wang Y FAU - Gao, Yun AU - Gao Y FAU - Mehta, Shalin B K AU - Mehta SB FAU - Lee, Caroline G L AU - Lee CG LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20111024 PL - England TA - J Cell Sci JT - Journal of cell science JID - 0052457 RN - 0 (Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor, Type I) RN - 0 (Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha) RN - 0 (UBD protein, human) RN - 0 (Ubiquitins) SB - IM MH - Cell Cycle MH - Cell Line, Tumor MH - *Chromosomal Instability MH - Humans MH - Neoplasms/*genetics/metabolism/physiopathology MH - Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor, Type I/genetics/metabolism MH - Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha/genetics/*metabolism MH - Ubiquitins/genetics/*metabolism EDAT- 2011/10/26 06:00 MHDA- 2012/03/27 06:00 CRDT- 2011/10/26 06:00 PHST- 2011/10/26 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2011/10/26 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2012/03/27 06:00 [medline] AID - jcs.087403 [pii] AID - 10.1242/jcs.087403 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Cell Sci. 2011 Nov 1;124(Pt 21):3665-75. doi: 10.1242/jcs.087403. Epub 2011 Oct 24.