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Purpose: The reduced chemosensitivity of Hepatocellular carcinomas(HCC) often contributes to the poor clinical efficacy of chemotherapy for patients with HCC. Staphylococcal nuclease and tudor domain containing 1(SND1), a multifunctional protein, is involved in cell cycle, DNA damage repair and other cellular physiological processes. Here, we investigated the potential role of SND1 in chemosensitivity of HCC.Methods: Several assays, such as Annexin V-FITC/PI, CRISPR/Cas9 n double-nick system, Mass spectrometry or western blotting, were performed.Results: We found that SND1 protein was associated with the sensitivity of SMMC-7721 cells to chemotherapeutic agents 5-Fu. SMMC-7721 cells were more sensitive to 5-Fu after the knock-out of SND1 gene by CRISPR/Cas9 n double-nick system. In addition, 48 h after treated with 25 μg/m L Cycloheximide(an inhibitor of protein biosynthesis), SND1 protein was degraded. This process could be inhibited by MG-132(a proteasome inhibitor), and the ubiquitin signal of SND1 protein could be detected as well. Mass spectrometry data further showed that SND1 protein was associated with a series of chemosensitivity-associated proteins, such as Ubiquitin-Like With PHD And Ring Finger Domains 1(UHRF1), Poly(ADP-Ribose) Polymerase 1(PABP1) and X-Ray Repair Complementing Defective Repair In Chinese Hamster Cells 6(XRCC6).Conclusion: These results suggested that SND1 may affect the sensitivity of HCC cells to chemotherapeutic agents by means of ubiquitination modification.
Purpose: The reduced chemosensitivity of Hepatocellular carcinomas(HCC) often contributes to the poor clinical efficacy of chemotherapy for patients with HCC. Staphylococcal nuclease and tudor domain containing 1(SND1), a multifunctional protein, is involved in cell cycle, DNA damage repair and other cellular physiological processes. Here, we investigated the potential role of SND1 in chemosensitivity of HCC.Methods: Several assays, such as Annexin V-FITC/PI, CRISPR/Cas9 n double-nick system, Mass spectrometry or western blotting, were performed.Results: We found that SND1 protein was associated with the sensitivity of SMMC-7721 cells to chemotherapeutic agents 5-Fu. SMMC-7721 cells were more sensitive to 5-Fu after the knock-out of SND1 gene by CRISPR/Cas9 n double-nick system. In addition, 48 h after treated with 25 μg/m L Cycloheximide(an inhibitor of protein biosynthesis), SND1 protein was degraded. This process could be inhibited by MG-132(a proteasome inhibitor), and the ubiquitin signal of SND1 protein could be detected as well. Mass spectrometry data further showed that SND1 protein was associated with a series of chemosensitivity-associated proteins, such as Ubiquitin-Like With PHD And Ring Finger Domains 1(UHRF1), Poly(ADP-Ribose) Polymerase 1(PABP1) and X-Ray Repair Complementing Defective Repair In Chinese Hamster Cells 6(XRCC6).Conclusion: These results suggested that SND1 may affect the sensitivity of HCC cells to chemotherapeutic agents by means of ubiquitination modification.
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