Quantitative proteomic analysis reveals that anti-cancer effects of selenium-binding protein 1 in vivo are associated with metabolic pathways

PLoS One. 2015 May 14;10(5):e0126285. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0126285. eCollection 2015.

Abstract

Previous studies have shown the tumor-suppressive role of selenium-binding protein 1 (SBP1), but the underlying mechanisms are unclear. In this study, we found that induction of SBP1 showed significant inhibition of colorectal cancer cell growth and metastasis in mice. We further employed isobaric tags for relative and absolute quantitation (iTRAQ) to identify proteins that were involved in SBP1-mediated anti-cancer effects in tumor tissues. We identified 132 differentially expressed proteins, among them, 53 proteins were upregulated and 79 proteins were downregulated. Importantly, many of the differentially altered proteins were associated with lipid/glucose metabolism, which were also linked to Glycolysis, MAPK, Wnt, NF-kB, NOTCH and epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) signaling pathways. These results have revealed a novel mechanism that SBP1-mediated cancer inhibition is through altering lipid/glucose metabolic signaling pathways.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Colon / metabolism
  • Colon / pathology*
  • Colonic Neoplasms / metabolism*
  • Colonic Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Female
  • Glucose / metabolism*
  • HCT116 Cells
  • Humans
  • Lipid Metabolism*
  • Metabolic Networks and Pathways
  • Mice
  • Mice, Inbred BALB C
  • Mice, Nude
  • Neoplasm Metastasis / pathology
  • Proteomics / methods
  • Selenium-Binding Proteins / analysis
  • Selenium-Binding Proteins / metabolism*

Substances

  • SELENBP1 protein, human
  • Selenbp1 protein, mouse
  • Selenium-Binding Proteins
  • Glucose

Grants and funding

This work was supported in part by the grants from National Natural Science Foundation of China (grant # 91229115 and 81272251), a grant for the Innovative Team of Science and Technology, Henan Province, China.