PMID- 22860069 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20130114 LR - 20211021 IS - 1932-6203 (Electronic) IS - 1932-6203 (Linking) VI - 7 IP - 7 DP - 2012 TI - ARID3B induces tumor necrosis factor alpha mediated apoptosis while a novel ARID3B splice form does not induce cell death. PG - e42159 LID - 10.1371/journal.pone.0042159 [doi] LID - e42159 AB - Alternative splicing is a common occurrence in many cancers. Alternative splicing is linked with decreased apoptosis and chemoresistance in cancer cells. We previously demonstrated that ARID3B, a member of the AT-rich interactive domain (ARID) family of DNA binding proteins, is overexpressed in ovarian cancer. Therefore we wanted to assess the effect of ARID3B splice forms on cell viability. We identified a novel splice form of the ARID3B gene (designated as ARID3B Sh), which lacks the C-terminal exons 5-9 present in the full-length isoform (ARID3B Fl). ARID3B Fl is expressed in a variety of cancer cell lines. Expression of ARID3B Sh varied by cell type, but was highly expressed in most ovarian cancer lines. ARID3B is modestly transcriptionally activated by epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) signaling through the PEA3 transcription factor. We further found that ARID3B Fl is predominantly nuclear but is also present at the plasma membrane and in the cytosol. Endogenous ARID3B Sh is present in nuclear fractions, yet, when overexpressed ARID3B Sh accumulates in the cytosol and membrane fractions. The differential localization of these isoforms suggests they have different functions. Importantly, ARID3B Fl overexpression results in upregulation of pro-apoptotic BIM and induces Tumor Necrosis Factor alpha (TNFalpha) and TNF-related apoptosis inducing ligand (TRAIL) induced cell death. The ARID3B Fl-induced genes include TNFalpha, TRAIL, TRADD, TNF-R2, Caspase 10 and Caspase 7. Interestingly, ARID3B Sh does not induce apoptosis or expression of these genes. ARID3B Fl induces death receptor mediated apoptosis while the novel splice form ARID3B Sh does not induce cell death. Therefore alternative splice forms of ARID3B may play different roles in ovarian cancer progression. FAU - Joseph, Stancy AU - Joseph S AD - Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Indiana University School of Medicine, South Bend, Indiana, United States of America. FAU - Deneke, Victoria E AU - Deneke VE FAU - Cowden Dahl, Karen D AU - Cowden Dahl KD LA - eng GR - R00 CA133190/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - R00CA133190/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20120731 PL - United States TA - PLoS One JT - PloS one JID - 101285081 RN - 0 (ARID3B protein, human) RN - 0 (DNA Primers) RN - 0 (DNA-Binding Proteins) RN - 0 (Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha) RN - EC 2.7.10.1 (ErbB Receptors) SB - IM MH - *Alternative Splicing MH - Apoptosis/*physiology MH - Base Sequence MH - Cell Line, Tumor MH - Chromatin Immunoprecipitation MH - DNA Primers MH - DNA-Binding Proteins/genetics/metabolism/*physiology MH - ErbB Receptors/metabolism MH - Female MH - Gene Expression Regulation/physiology MH - Humans MH - Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction MH - Signal Transduction MH - Subcellular Fractions/metabolism MH - Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha/*physiology PMC - PMC3409141 COIS- Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist. EDAT- 2012/08/04 06:00 MHDA- 2013/01/15 06:00 PMCR- 2012/07/31 CRDT- 2012/08/04 06:00 PHST- 2012/04/09 00:00 [received] PHST- 2012/07/02 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2012/08/04 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2012/08/04 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2013/01/15 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2012/07/31 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - PONE-D-12-10269 [pii] AID - 10.1371/journal.pone.0042159 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - PLoS One. 2012;7(7):e42159. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0042159. Epub 2012 Jul 31.