PMID- 23323858 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20130502 LR - 20201209 IS - 1470-8728 (Electronic) IS - 0264-6021 (Linking) VI - 451 IP - 1 DP - 2013 Apr 1 TI - HER2 stabilizes survivin while concomitantly down-regulating survivin gene transcription by suppressing Notch cleavage. PG - 123-34 LID - 10.1042/BJ20121716 [doi] AB - In breast cancer, the HER2 (human epidermal growth factor receptor 2) receptor tyrosine kinase is associated with extremely poor prognosis and survival. Notch signalling has a key role in cell-fate decisions, especially in cancer-initiating cells. The Notch intracellular domain produced by Notch cleavage is translocated to the nucleus where it activates transcription of target genes. To determine the combinatory effect of HER2 and Notch signalling in breast cancer, we investigated the effect of HER2 on Notch-induced cellular phenomena. We found the down-regulation of Notch-dependent transcriptional activity by HER2 overexpression. Also, the HER2/ERK (extracellular-signal-regulated kinase) signal pathway down-regulated the activity of gamma-secretase. When we examined the protein level of Notch target genes in HER2-overexpressing cells, we observed that the level of survivin, downstream of Notch, increased in HER2 cells. We found that activation of ERK resulted in a decrease in XAF1 [XIAP (X-linked inhibitor of apoptosis)-associated factor 1] which reduced the formation of the XIAP-XAF1 E3 ligase complex to ubiquitinate survivin. In addition, Thr(34) of survivin was shown to be the most important residue in determining survivin stability upon phosphorylation after HER2/Akt/CDK1 (cyclin-dependent kinase 1)-cyclin B1 signalling. The results of the present study show the combinatorial effects of HER2 and Notch during breast oncogenesis. FAU - Ju, Ji-hyun AU - Ju JH AD - Department of Life Science, Hanyang University, Seoul 133-791, Korea. FAU - Yang, Wonseok AU - Yang W FAU - Oh, Sunhwa AU - Oh S FAU - Nam, KeeSoo AU - Nam K FAU - Lee, Kyung-min AU - Lee KM FAU - Noh, Dong-young AU - Noh DY FAU - Shin, Incheol AU - Shin I LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - England TA - Biochem J JT - The Biochemical journal JID - 2984726R RN - 0 (Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing) RN - 0 (Apoptosis Regulatory Proteins) RN - 0 (BIRC5 protein, human) RN - 0 (Inhibitor of Apoptosis Proteins) RN - 0 (Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins) RN - 0 (Neoplasm Proteins) RN - 0 (Receptors, Notch) RN - 0 (Survivin) RN - 0 (X-Linked Inhibitor of Apoptosis Protein) RN - 0 (XAF1 protein, human) RN - 0 (XIAP protein, human) RN - EC 2.3.2.27 (Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases) RN - EC 2.7.10.1 (ERBB2 protein, human) RN - EC 2.7.10.1 (Receptor, ErbB-2) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt) RN - EC 2.7.11.22 (CDC2 Protein Kinase) SB - IM MH - Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing MH - Animals MH - Apoptosis Regulatory Proteins MH - Breast Neoplasms/genetics/*metabolism MH - CDC2 Protein Kinase/genetics/metabolism MH - COS Cells MH - Chlorocebus aethiops MH - Down-Regulation/genetics MH - Female MH - *Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic MH - HeLa Cells MH - Humans MH - Inhibitor of Apoptosis Proteins/*biosynthesis/genetics MH - Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins/genetics/metabolism MH - *MAP Kinase Signaling System MH - Neoplasm Proteins/genetics/metabolism MH - Protein Stability MH - *Proteolysis MH - Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt/genetics/metabolism MH - Receptor, ErbB-2/genetics/*metabolism MH - Receptors, Notch/chemistry/*metabolism MH - Survivin MH - *Transcription, Genetic MH - Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases/genetics/metabolism MH - Ubiquitination/genetics MH - X-Linked Inhibitor of Apoptosis Protein/genetics/metabolism EDAT- 2013/01/18 06:00 MHDA- 2013/05/03 06:00 CRDT- 2013/01/18 06:00 PHST- 2013/01/18 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2013/01/18 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2013/05/03 06:00 [medline] AID - BJ20121716 [pii] AID - 10.1042/BJ20121716 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Biochem J. 2013 Apr 1;451(1):123-34. doi: 10.1042/BJ20121716.