Abstract
Nitric oxide (NO) has increasingly been recognized as an important cell signaling molecule that controls various steps of cancer development and metastasis. NO regulates a wide range of tumor-associated proteins through S-nitrosylation, a reversible coupling of a nitroso moiety to a reactive cysteine thiol (SH) group to form an S-nitrosothiol (SNO). In this article, we discuss the various roles of protein S-nitrosylation in cancer development with a focus on anoikis resistance, cell invasion and angiogenesis, which are key determinants of cancer metastasis. We specially address the effect of S-nitrosylation on protein function and discuss how this post-translational modification affects the aggressive and metastatic behaviors of cancer cells. We propose that dysregulated NO signaling is common in many, if not most, metastatic cancers and that understanding the S-nitrosylation process will facilitate the development of novel therapeutic and preventive strategies against cancers.
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Abbreviations
- ABCG2:
-
ATP-binding cassette sub-family G member 2
- c-Src:
-
cellular Src
- DETA:
-
diethylenetriamine
- DISC:
-
death-inducing signaling complex
- DPTA:
-
dipropylenetriamine
- DR:
-
death receptor
- DTT:
-
dithiothreitol
- ECM:
-
extracellular matrix
- EGFR:
-
epidermal growth factor receptor
- eNOS (NOS3):
-
endothelial nitric oxide synthase
- ER:
-
estrogen receptor
- ERK:
-
extracellular signal-regulated kinase
- FAK:
-
focal adhesion kinase
- FLIP:
-
FLICE-inhibitory protein
- FLIP2CM:
-
FLIP double-cysteine mutant
- JNK:
-
Jun N-terminal kinases
- IGF:
-
insulin-like growth factor
- iNOS (NOS2):
-
inducible nitric oxide synthase
- MKP7:
-
MAP kinase phosphatase 7
- MMP:
-
matrix metalloproteinase
- NO:
-
nitric oxide
- NOS:
-
nitric oxide synthase
- nNOS (NOS1):
-
neuronal NOS
- PI3K:
-
phosphoinositide-3-kinase
- PTEN:
-
phosphatase and tensin homolog deleted on chromosome ten
- PTM:
-
post-translational modification
- RNOS:
-
reactive nitrogen-oxygen species
- ROS:
-
reactive oxygen species
- SDF-1α:
-
stromal cell-derived factor-1α
- SH:
-
cysteine thiol
- SNAP:
-
S-nitroso-N-acetylpenicillamine
- SNO:
-
S-nitrosothiol
- SNOC:
-
S-nitrosocysteine
- VEGF:
-
vascular endothelial growth factor
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This work was supported by the National Institutes of Health Grants R01-HL095579 and R01-ES022968.
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Luanpitpong, S., Rojanasakul, Y. (2015). The Emerging Role of Protein S-Nitrosylation in Cancer Metastasis. In: Bonavida, B. (eds) Nitric Oxide and Cancer: Pathogenesis and Therapy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-13611-0_8
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