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Structure and function of cancer-related developmentally regulated GTP-binding protein 1 (DRG1) is conserved between sponges and humans

Beljan, Silvestar; Dominko, Kristina; Talajić, Antea; Hloušek-Kasun, Andrea; Škrobot Vidaček, Nikolina; Herak Bosnar, Maja; Vlahoviček, Kristian; Ćetković, Helena (2022) Structure and function of cancer-related developmentally regulated GTP-binding protein 1 (DRG1) is conserved between sponges and humans. Scientific Reports, 12 . ISSN 2045-2322

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Abstract

Cancer is a disease caused by errors within the multicellular system and it represents a major health issue in multicellular organisms. Although cancer research has advanced substantially, new approaches focusing on fundamental aspects of cancer origin and mechanisms of spreading are necessary. Comparative genomic studies have shown that most genes linked to human cancer emerged during the early evolution of Metazoa. Thus, basal animals without true tissues and organs, such as sponges (Porifera), might be an innovative model system for understanding the molecular mechanisms of proteins involved in cancer biology. One of these proteins is developmentally regulated GTP- binding protein 1 (DRG1), a GTPase stabilized by interaction with DRG family regulatory protein 1 (DFRP1). This study reveals a high evolutionary conservation of DRG1 gene/protein in metazoans. Our biochemical analysis and structural predictions show that both recombinant sponge and human DRG1 are predominantly monomers that form complexes with DFRP1 and bind non-specifically to RNA and DNA. We demonstrate the conservation of sponge and human DRG1 biological features, including intracellular localization and DRG1:DFRP1 binding, function of DRG1 in α-tubulin dynamics, and its role in cancer biology demonstrated by increased proliferation, migration and colonization in human cancer cells. These results suggest that the ancestor of all Metazoa already possessed DRG1 that is structurally and functionally similar to the human DRG1, even before the development of real tissues or tumors, indicating an important function of DRG1 in fundamental cellular pathways.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: GTPases ; DRG1 ; DRG1:DFRP1 complex ; cancer ; evolution ; Porifera
Subjects: NATURAL SCIENCES > Biology
NATURAL SCIENCES > Biology > Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Divisions: Division of Molecular Biology
Projects:
Project titleProject leaderProject codeProject type
Geni spužvi povezani s nastankom raka-CanSponGEHelena Ćetković; Bruna Pleše; Kristian Vlahoviček; Silvestar BeljanIP-2019-04-5382HRZZ
Depositing User: Helena Ćetković
Date Deposited: 25 Aug 2022 08:03
URI: http://fulir.irb.hr/id/eprint/7521
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-15242-2

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