PMID- 23824605 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20131231 LR - 20220410 IS - 1097-0045 (Electronic) IS - 0270-4137 (Print) IS - 0270-4137 (Linking) VI - 73 IP - 14 DP - 2013 Oct TI - TMEFF2 and SARDH cooperate to modulate one-carbon metabolism and invasion of prostate cancer cells. PG - 1561-75 LID - 10.1002/pros.22706 [doi] AB - BACKGROUND: The transmembrane protein with epidermal growth factor and two follistatin motifs, TMEFF2, has been implicated in prostate cancer but its role in this disease is unclear. We recently demonstrated that the tumor suppressor role of TMEFF2 correlates, in part, with its ability to interact with sarcosine dehydrogenase (SARDH) and modulate sarcosine level. TMEFF2 overexpression inhibits sarcosine-induced invasion. Here, we further characterize the functional interaction between TMEFF2 and SARDH and their link with one-carbon (1-C) metabolism and invasion. METHODS: RNA interference was used to study the effect of SARDH and/or TMEFF2 knockdown (KD) in invasion, evaluated using Boyden chambers. The dependence of invasion on 1-C metabolism was determined by examining sensitivity to methotrexate. Real-time PCR and Western blot of subcellular fractions were used to study the effect of SARDH KD or TMEFF2 KD on expression of enzymes involved in one-carbon (1-C) metabolism and on TMEFF2 expression and localization. Protein interactions were analyzed by mass spectrometry. Cell viability and proliferation were measured by cell counting and MTT analysis. RESULTS: While knocking down SARDH affects TMEFF2 subcellular localization, this effect is not responsible for the increased invasion observed in SARDH KD cells. Importantly, SARDH and/or TMEFF2 KD promote increased cellular invasion, sensitize the cell to methotrexate, render the cell resistant to invasion induced by sarcosine, a metabolite from the folate-mediated 1-C metabolism pathway, and affect the expression level of enzymes involved in that pathway. CONCLUSIONS: Our findings define a role for TMEFF2 and the folate-mediated 1-C metabolism pathway in modulating cellular invasion. CI - Copyright (c) 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. FAU - Green, Thomas AU - Green T AD - Department of Oncology, Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA. FAU - Chen, Xiaofei AU - Chen X FAU - Ryan, Stephen AU - Ryan S FAU - Asch, Adam S AU - Asch AS FAU - Ruiz-Echevarria, Maria J AU - Ruiz-Echevarria MJ LA - eng GR - R15 CA155873/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - 1R15CA155873/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural DEP - 20130703 PL - United States TA - Prostate JT - The Prostate JID - 8101368 RN - 0 (Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic) RN - 0 (Membrane Proteins) RN - 0 (Neoplasm Proteins) RN - 0 (TMEFF2 protein, human) RN - 0 (Tumor Suppressor Proteins) RN - 7440-44-0 (Carbon) RN - EC 1.5.8.3 (SARDH protein, human) RN - EC 1.5.8.3 (Sarcosine Dehydrogenase) RN - YL5FZ2Y5U1 (Methotrexate) RN - Z711V88R5F (Sarcosine) SB - IM MH - Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic/pharmacology MH - Carbon/*metabolism MH - Cell Proliferation/drug effects MH - Cell Transformation, Neoplastic/drug effects/metabolism MH - Gene Knockdown Techniques MH - Humans MH - Male MH - *Membrane Proteins/genetics/metabolism MH - Methotrexate/pharmacology MH - Neoplasm Invasiveness/*genetics MH - *Neoplasm Proteins/genetics/metabolism MH - *Prostate/metabolism/pathology MH - *Prostatic Neoplasms/genetics/metabolism/pathology MH - Sarcosine/metabolism MH - *Sarcosine Dehydrogenase/genetics/metabolism MH - Tumor Cells, Cultured MH - Tumor Suppressor Proteins/metabolism PMC - PMC3878307 MID - NIHMS539608 OTO - NOTNLM OT - cellular invasion OT - metabolism OT - prostate cancer OT - tissue culture COIS- The authors declare no conflict of interest. EDAT- 2013/07/05 06:00 MHDA- 2014/01/01 06:00 PMCR- 2014/10/01 CRDT- 2013/07/05 06:00 PHST- 2013/01/25 00:00 [received] PHST- 2013/06/11 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2013/07/05 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2013/07/05 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2014/01/01 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2014/10/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.1002/pros.22706 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Prostate. 2013 Oct;73(14):1561-75. doi: 10.1002/pros.22706. Epub 2013 Jul 3.