Papers by David J Boocock
Journal of Clinical Oncology, Feb 1, 2023
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International Journal of Molecular Sciences
Recently, we have demonstrated that miR-423-5p modulates the growth and metastases of prostate ca... more Recently, we have demonstrated that miR-423-5p modulates the growth and metastases of prostate cancer (PCa) cells both in vitro and in vivo. Here, we have studied the effects of miR-423-5p on the proteomic profile in order to identify its intracellular targets and the affected pathways. Applying a quantitative proteomic approach, we analyzed the effects on the protein expression profile of miR-423-5p-transduced PCa cells. Moreover, a computational analysis of predicted targets of miR-423-5p was carried out by using several target prediction tools. Proteomic analysis showed that 63 proteins were differentially expressed in miR-423-5-p-transfected LNCaP cells if compared to controls. Pathway enrichment analysis revealed that stable overexpression of miR-423-5p in LNCaP PCa cells induced inhibition of glycolysis and the metabolism of several amino acids and a parallel downregulation of proteins involved in transcription and hypoxia, the immune response through Th17-derived cytokines, i...
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Blood
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Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer, 2021
BackgroundHomocitrullination is the post-translational modification of lysine that is recognized ... more BackgroundHomocitrullination is the post-translational modification of lysine that is recognized by T cells.MethodsThis study identified homocitrullinated peptides from aldolase, enolase, cytokeratin and binding immunoglobulin protein and used human leukocyte antigen (HLA) transgenic mice to assess immunogenicity by enzyme-linked immunosorbent spot assay. Vaccine efficacy was assessed in tumor therapy studies using HLA-matched B16 melanoma expressing constitutive or interferon γ (IFNγ)-inducible major histocompatibility complex class II (MHC-II) as represented by most human tumors. To determine the mechanism behind the therapy, immune cell infiltrates were analyzed using flow cytometry and therapy studies in the presence of myeloperoxidase (MPO) inhibitor and T-cell depletion performed. We assessed the T-cell repertoire to homocitrullinated peptides in patients with cancer and healthy donors using flow cytometry.ResultsHomocitrulline (Hcit) peptide vaccination stimulated strong CD4 ...
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Cell death & disease, May 1, 2018
Pentose phosphate pathway (PPP) is a major glucose metabolism pathway, which has a fundamental ro... more Pentose phosphate pathway (PPP) is a major glucose metabolism pathway, which has a fundamental role in cancer growth and metastasis. Even though PPP blockade has been pointed out as a very promising strategy against cancer, effective anti-PPP agents are not still available in the clinical setting. Here we demonstrate that the natural molecule polydatin inhibits glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD), the key enzyme of PPP. Polydatin blocks G6PD causing accumulation of reactive oxygen species and strong increase of endoplasmic reticulum stress. These effects are followed by cell cycle block in S phase, an about 50% of apoptosis, and 60% inhibition of invasion in vitro. Accordingly, in an orthotopic metastatic model of tongue cancer, 100 mg/kg polydatin induced an about 30% tumor size reduction with an about 80% inhibition of lymph node metastases and 50% reduction of lymph node size (p < 0.005). Polydatin is not toxic in animals up to a dose of 200 mg/kg and a phase II clinical ...
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Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, 2015
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Diabetic Medicine
AimsMorphological studies of pancreas samples obtained from young people with recent‐onset type 1... more AimsMorphological studies of pancreas samples obtained from young people with recent‐onset type 1 diabetes have revealed distinct patterns of immune cell infiltration of the pancreatic islets suggestive of two age‐associated type 1 diabetes endotypes that differ by inflammatory responses and rates of disease progression. The objective of this study was to investigate whether these proposed disease endotypes are associated with pathological differences in immune cell activation and cytokine secretion by applying multiplexed gene expression analysis to pancreatic tissue from recent‐onset type 1 diabetes cases.MethodsRNA was extracted from samples of fixed, paraffin‐embedded pancreas tissue from type 1 diabetes cases characterised by endotype and from controls without diabetes. Expression levels of 750 genes associated with autoimmune inflammation were determined by hybridisation to a panel of capture and reporter probes and these were counted as a measure of gene expression. Normalise...
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Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, 2013
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Cancers
The p53 protein is mutated in more than 50% of human cancers. Mutated p53 proteins not only lose ... more The p53 protein is mutated in more than 50% of human cancers. Mutated p53 proteins not only lose their normal function but often acquire novel oncogenic functions, a phenomenon termed mutant p53 gain-of-function. Mutant p53 has been shown to affect the transcription of a range of genes, as well as protein–protein interactions with transcription factors and other effectors; however, no one has intensively investigated and identified these proteins, or their MHC presented epitopes, from the viewpoint of their ability to act as targets for immunotherapeutic interventions. We investigated the molecular changes that occurred after the TP53 null osteosarcoma cells, SaOS-2, were transfected with one of two conformational p53-mutants, either R175H or R273H. We then examined the phenotypic and functional changes using macroscopic observations, proliferation, gene expression and proteomics alongside immunopeptidome profiling of peptide antigen presentation in the context of major histocompati...
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The complement of cell surface proteins, collectively referred to as the surfaceome, is a useful ... more The complement of cell surface proteins, collectively referred to as the surfaceome, is a useful indicator of normal differentiation processes, and the development of pathologies such as osteoarthritis (OA). We employed biochemical and proteomic tools to explore the surfaceome and to define biomarkers in chondrogenic progenitor cells (CPC) derived from human OA knee articular cartilage. These cells have great therapeutic potential, but their unexplored biology limits their clinical application. We performed biotinylation combined with glycocapture and high throughput shotgun proteomics to define the surface proteome of human bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) and human CPCs. We prepared cell surface-protein-enriched fractions from MSCs and CPCs, and then a proteomic approach was used to compare and evaluate protein changes between undifferentiated MSCs and CPCs. 1256 proteins were identified in the study, of which 791 (63%) were plasma membrane, cell surface or extracellular ...
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Journal of Chromatography B, 2007
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Clinical Cancer Research, 2006
Silibinin, a flavonolignan from milk thistle, has intestinal cancer chemopreventive efficacy in r... more Silibinin, a flavonolignan from milk thistle, has intestinal cancer chemopreventive efficacy in rodents. It is a strong antioxidant and modulates the insulin-like growth factor (IGF) system by increasing circulating levels of IGF-binding protein 3 (IGFBP-3) and decreasing levels of IGF-I. Here, the hypothesis was tested that administration of oral silibinin generates agent levels in human blood and colorectal and hepatic tissues consistent with pharmacologic activity. Patients with confirmed colorectal adenocarcinoma received silibinin formulated with phosphatidylcholine (silipide) at dosages of 360, 720, or 1,440 mg silibinin daily for 7 days. Blood and biopsy samples of normal and malignant colorectum or liver were obtained before dosing, and blood and colorectal or hepatic tissues were collected at resection surgery after the final silipide dose. Levels of silibinin were quantified by high-pressure liquid chromatography-UV, and plasma metabolites were identified by liquid chromat...
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We have uncovered a novel role for astrocytes-derived extracellular vesicles (EVs) in controlling... more We have uncovered a novel role for astrocytes-derived extracellular vesicles (EVs) in controlling intraneuronal Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]i) and identified transglutaminase-2 (TG2) as a surface-cargo of astrocytes-derived EVs. Incubation of hippocampal neurons with primed astrocyte-derived EVs have led to an increase in [Ca2+]i, unlike EVs from TG2-knockout astrocytes. Exposure of neurons or brain slices to extracellular TG2 promoted a [Ca2+]i rise, which was reversible upon TG2 removal and was dependent on Ca2+ influx through the plasma membrane. Patch-clamp and calcium imaging recordings revealed TG2-dependent neuronal membrane depolarisation and activation of inward currents, due to the opening of L-type-VOCCs and to Na+/Ca2+-exchanger (NCX) operation in the reverse mode, as indicated by VOCCs/NCX pharmacological inhibitors. A subunit of Na+/K+-ATPase was selected by comparative proteomics and identified as being functionally inhibited by extracellular TG2, implicating Na+/K+-ATP...
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Additional file 1: Figure S1. GAG release levels in the chondrocyte secretome upon cytokine expos... more Additional file 1: Figure S1. GAG release levels in the chondrocyte secretome upon cytokine exposure. Figure S2. Rate of apoptosis of chondrocytes under pro-inflammatory versus control conditions. Table S1. List of proteins classified as Enzymes based on GO annotations. Table S2. List of proteins classified as Receptors based on GO annotations. Table S3. List of proteins classified as Transporters based on GO annotations. Table S4. List of proteins that could not be classified into any of the previous categories based on GO annotations (listed as Unclassified). Table S5. List of proteins classified into the category of Structural/Adhesion/Junctional proteins based on GO annotations. Table S6. List of proteins classified into the category of Extracellular matrix proteins based on GO annotations.
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Additional file 3. Foam tree of the over-represented pathways of the surface proteins identified ... more Additional file 3. Foam tree of the over-represented pathways of the surface proteins identified in chondrocytes exposed to a pro-inflammatory micro-environment generated by the Reactome resource.
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Additional file 6. Lists of the UniProt-converted proteins (multiple species) to their human gene... more Additional file 6. Lists of the UniProt-converted proteins (multiple species) to their human gene equivalents.
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Free Radical Biology and Medicine, 2021
Type 2 diabetes is characterized by failure to control glucose homeostasis, with numerous diabeti... more Type 2 diabetes is characterized by failure to control glucose homeostasis, with numerous diabetic complications attributable to the resulting exposure of cells and tissues to chronic elevated concentrations of glucose and fatty acids. This, in part, results from formation of advanced glycation and advanced lipidation end-products that are able to modify protein, lipid, or DNA structure, and disrupt normal cellular function. Herein we used mass spectrometry to identify proteins modified by two such adduction events in serum of individuals with obesity, type 2 diabetes, and gestational diabetes, along with similar analyses of human and mouse skeletal muscle cells and mouse pancreatic islets exposed to glucolipotoxic stress. We also report that carnosine, a histidine containing dipeptide, prevented 65-90% of 4-hydroxynonenal and 3-nitrotyrosine adduction events, and that this in turn preserved mitochondrial function and protected stimulus-secretion coupling in cells exposed to metabolic stress. Carnosine therefore offers significant therapeutic potential against metabolic diseases.
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Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, 2020
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Background and aim: Rodents are commonly housed below thermoneutrality and this exposure to cold ... more Background and aim: Rodents are commonly housed below thermoneutrality and this exposure to cold (i.e. 20°C) activates thermogenic brown (BAT) and beiging of white adipose tissue. Here, we examined whether a standard housing temperature (i.e. 20°C, a reduction in temperature of ~8°C) or YM-178, a highly-selective β-adrenoreceptor agonist, in obese animals raised at thermoneutrality, would impact differently on classical BAT or subcutaneous inguinal (IWAT) beige depots. Methods: Eighteen weanling Sprague-Dawley rats were housed at thermoneutrality (28°C) and fed a high-fat diet. At 12 weeks, 6 animals were randomised to either standard housing temperature (20°C, n=6) or to β3-AR agonist administration (28°C+β, 0.75mg/kg/d, n=6) for 4 weeks. Metabolic assessment was undertaken during the final 48h, followed by interscapular, perivascular BAT and IWAT sampling for the analysis of thermogenic genes and the proteome. Results: Exposure to 20°C increased weight gain, BAT and IWAT mass. Pro...
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Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research, 2019
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