Extracellular Prostaglandins E1 and E2 and Inflammatory Cytokines Are Regulated by the Senescence Program in Potentially Premalignant Oral Keratinocytes



Karen-Ng, Lee Peng, Ahmad, Usama Sharif, Gomes, Luis, Hunter, Keith David ORCID: 0000-0002-7873-0877, Wan, Hong, Hagi-Pavli, Eleni and Parkinson, Eric Kenneth
(2022) Extracellular Prostaglandins E1 and E2 and Inflammatory Cytokines Are Regulated by the Senescence Program in Potentially Premalignant Oral Keratinocytes. CANCERS, 14 (11). 2636-.

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Abstract

Potentially pre-malignant oral lesions (PPOLs) are composed of keratinocytes that are either mortal (MPPOL) or immortal (IPPOL) in vitro. We report here that MPPOL, but not generally IPPOL, keratinocytes upregulate various extracellular tumor-promoting cytokines (interleukins 6 and 8) and prostaglandins E1 (ePGE1) and E2 (ePGE2) relative to normal oral keratinocytes (NOKs). ePGE upregulation in MPPOL was independent of PGE receptor status and was associated with some but not all markers of cellular senescence. Nevertheless, ePGE upregulation was dependent on the senescence program, cyclo-oxygenase 2 (COX2) and p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase and was partially regulated by hydrocortisone. Following senescence in the absence of p16<sup>INK4A</sup>, ePGEs accumulated in parallel with a subset of tumor promoting cytokine and metalloproteinase (MMP) transcripts, all of which were ablated by ectopic telomerase. Surprisingly, ataxia telangiectasia mutated (ATM) function was not required for ePGE upregulation and was increased in expression in IPPOL keratinocytes in line with its recently reported role in telomerase function. Only ePGE1 was dependent on p53 function, suggesting that ePGEs 1 and 2 are regulated differently in oral keratinocytes. We show here that ePGE2 stimulates IPPOL keratinocyte proliferation in vitro. Therefore, we propose that MPPOL keratinocytes promote the progression of IPPOL to oral SCC in a pre-cancerous field by supplying PGEs, interleukins and MMPs in a paracrine manner. Our results suggest that the therapeutic targeting of COX-2 might be enhanced by strategies that target keratinocyte senescence.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: oral, pre-malignancy, keratinocyte, cancer, senescence, p53, prostaglandin, p38 mitogen-activated kinase, cyclo-oxygenase, ataxia telangiectasia mutated, telomerase
Divisions: Faculty of Health and Life Sciences
Faculty of Health and Life Sciences > Institute of Systems, Molecular and Integrative Biology
Depositing User: Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited: 18 Oct 2022 13:48
Last Modified: 18 Jan 2023 19:49
DOI: 10.3390/cancers14112636
Open Access URL: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/14/11/2636
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URI: https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3165602