Romano, Simona
(2010)
The emerging role of FKBP51 in melanoma: characterization of a promising molecular target for innovative therapies.
[Tesi di dottorato]
(Unpublished)
| Item Type: |
Tesi di dottorato
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| Resource language: |
English |
| Title: |
The emerging role of FKBP51 in melanoma: characterization of a promising molecular target for innovative therapies |
| Creators: |
| Creators | Email |
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| Romano, Simona | romanos@dbbm.unina.it |
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| Date: |
29 November 2010 |
| Number of Pages: |
159 |
| Institution: |
Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II |
| Department: |
Biologia e patologia cellullare e molecolare "L. Califano" |
| Scuola di dottorato: |
Medicina molecolare |
| Dottorato: |
Oncologia ed endocrinologia molecolare |
| Ciclo di dottorato: |
23 |
| Coordinatore del Corso di dottorato: |
| nome | email |
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| Santoro, Massimo | UNSPECIFIED |
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| Tutor: |
| nome | email |
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| Romano, Maria Fiammetta | romano@dbbm.unina.it |
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| Date: |
29 November 2010 |
| Number of Pages: |
159 |
| Keywords: |
FKBP51; Melanoma; Biomarker |
| Settori scientifico-disciplinari del MIUR: |
Area 06 - Scienze mediche > MED/06 - Oncologia medica
Area 05 - Scienze biologiche > BIO/10 - Biochimica |
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| Additional information: |
Il lavoro è stato svolto presso il Dipartimento di Biochimica e Biotecnologie Mediche (DBBM) dell'Università Federico II di Napoli |
| Date Deposited: |
13 Dec 2010 14:48 |
| Last Modified: |
30 Apr 2014 19:44 |
| URI: |
http://www.fedoa.unina.it/id/eprint/8115 |
| DOI: |
10.6092/UNINA/FEDOA/8115 |
Collection description
Melanoma is a malignant skin cancer with high metastatic potential. The
number of melanoma cases worldwide is increasing faster than any other cancer. The prognosis is bad in the advanced stages of the disease due to resistance to conventional anti-cancer treatments. Patients diagnosed with advanced stage melanoma continue to pose a significant challenge for clinicians. Although many therapeutic regimens for metastatic melanoma have been tested, very few achieve response rates greater than 25%. There is much hope for targeted therapies and promising agents include those that act on apoptosis-regulating molecules. Very recently, we have identified that an immunophilin, namely FK506 binding protein (FKBP) 51 controls response of melanoma to DNA damaging agents, such as anthracyclines compounds. The aim of this study was to investigate the possible role of FKBP51 in the control of response to ionizing radiation (IR) in malignant melanoma. FKBP51-silenced cells showed reduced clonogenic potential after irradiation compared with non-silenced cells. After IR, we observed apoptosis in FKBP51-silenced cells and autophagy in non-silenced cells. FKBP51 was required for the activation of Rx-induced NF-kappaB, which in turn inhibited apoptosis by
stimulating X-linked inhibitor of apoptosis protein and promoting authophagymediated Bax degradation. Using a tumor-xenograft mouse model, the in vivo pretreatment of tumors with FKBP51-siRNA provoked massive apoptosis after irradiation. Immunohistochemical analysis of 10 normal skin samples and 80 malignant cutaneous melanomas showed that FKBP51 is a marker of melanocyte malignancy, correlating with vertical growth phase and lesion thickness. Moreover, we provided evidence that FKBP51 targeting radiosensitizes cancer stem/initiating cells. Finally, we expanded the study to other types of cancer, including ovarian, pancreatic, prostate, colon, breast and lung cancer and found a strong correlation between the protein expression and malignity of the tumoral lesions. In conclusion, our study identifies a possible molecular target for radiosensitizing therapeutic strategies against malignant melanoma and a potential novel tumoral biomarker.
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