Abstract
The secosteroid hormone vitamin D3 (VD3) exerts its biological actions through its cognate receptor, the vitamin D receptor (VDR). Vitamin D3 and VDR have a key function in bone formation and keratinocyte differentiation, exert antiproliferative actions in human cancer, and is widely used as a chemotherapeutic agent for cancer. In addition, VD3 promotes differentiation of human osteosarcoma cells by up-regulating genes involved in cell cycle arrest and osteoblastic differentiation. Although considerable work has been carried out in understanding the molecular mechanisms underlying the VD3-mediated differentiation of human osteosarcoma cells, the upstream regulation of VD3 signaling pathway is still unclear. In this study, we show that p73 acts as an upstream regulator of VD3-mediated osteoblastic differentiation. Transcription factor p73, a p53 homolog, has been shown to have a function in development and recently been termed as a tumor suppressor. Silencing p73 results in a significant reduction of VD3-mediated osteoblastic differentiation; although DNA damage induced p73 leads to an increase in VD3-mediated differentiation of osteosarcoma cells. Together, our data implicate a novel function for p73 in vitamin D-mediated differentiation of human osteosarcoma cells.
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The vitamin D endocrine system has a vital function in maintaining calcium and phosphate homeostasis to protect skeletal integrity. Apart from its classical functions, 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 (VD3), the hormonally active form of vitamin D, also has potent antiproliferative, pro-apoptotic, and pro-differentiation actions in a number of malignances.1 Biological functions of VD3 are mediated by its binding to vitamin D receptor (VDR), a nuclear transcription factor that forms a heterodimer with the retinoid X receptor and binds to vitamin D response elements (VDRE) in the promoter regions of VD3 responsive genes.2, 3
The antiproliferative action of VD3 and its analogues is shown in many different human cancer cell lines, notably, colon, prostate, and breast cancer cell lines.4 Antiproliferative effects mediated by VD3 and VDR involve up-regulation of growth inhibitory genes including p21, p27, and IGFBP-35, 6, 7 and down-regulation of pro-proliferative genes such as c-myc and BCL-2.8
In addition, VD3 and its analogues also promote osteoblastic differentiation as shown by the differentiation of osteosarcoma cell lines MG-63 and SaOS2.9 Although VD3-mediated osteoblastic differentiation is associated with activation of cell cycle inhibitors such as p21 and differentiation markers such as osteopontin (OPN) and osteocalcin (OCN), the exact molecular mechanisms underlying the regulation of the VDR and VD3 signaling pathway in osteosarcoma cells is unclear.10, 11, 12 Recently, we showed that VDR is directly regulated by both p63 and p73, members of the p53 family.13, 14 In addition, we showed that p73 is essential for the induction of VDR expression on DNA damage.14
The p73 transcription factor has been shown to have a vital function in development and human cancers. Unlike p53-deficient mice, p73-deficient mice exhibit severe neurological defects, high mortality rate, and show a runting phenotype.15 Like p53, p73 also contains transactivation (TA), DNA binding, and oligomerization domains. In addition, multiple isoforms of p73 are generated because of alternative promoter usage and 3′ splicing.16 Full-length N-terminal TA domain containing isoforms are termed as TA isoforms (TAp73), and the isoforms that lack the TA domain are termed as ΔN isoforms (ΔNp73). The ΔNp73 isoforms promote proliferation by inducing pro-proliferative genes and by acting in a dominant negative manner toward TAp73 isoforms and p53.17 In contrast, TAp73 isoforms are structurally and functionally similar to full-length p53 and promote cell cycle arrest and apoptosis. In particular, exogenous TAp73 isoforms are capable of inducing cell cycle arrest and apoptosis in multiple cancer cell lines.18 In addition, DNA damage mediated up-regulation of TAp73 isoforms has been shown to have a crucial function in p53-independent chemosensitivity.19 Furthermore, DNA damage mediated up-regulation of TAp73 has been shown to determine the chemosensitivity of multiple cancer cells, suggesting p73 as a potential target for cancer therapeutics.20 Herein, we investigated the function of p73 in VD3-mediated osteoblastic differentiation using SaOS2 osteosarcoma cells as a model system. Our results clearly show that p73 is essential for VD3-mediated differentiation of osteosarcoma and that induction of p73 on DNA damage enhances VD3-mediated differentiation of osteosarcoma cell lines.
Results
Silencing p73 leads to a reduction in endogenous VDR expression levels in osteosarcoma
To investigate the function of p73 in VD3-mediated differentiation, we first tested whether endogenous p73 is essential for basal VDR expression. SaOS2 cells devoid of p53 were transfected with either control siRNA (con si) or two different p73 siRNAs to rule out off target effects (p73_1 si or p73_2 si). Total RNA was extracted from these cells and subjected to real-time PCR to determine the transcript levels of p73 and VDR. We observed that cells transfected with either p73_1 si or p73_2 si showed a significant reduction of basal p73 transcript levels, which correlated with a reduction in basal VDR transcript levels when compared with control siRNA-transfected cells (Figure 1a). Both the control siRNA-transfected cells and cells without any transfection (Mock) showed similar levels of p73 and VDR, thus ruling out the possibility of any nonspecific effect due to siRNA transfections (Figure 1a). Although, both siRNAs against p73 reduced the basal p73 expression levels, p73_1 si was more potent than p73_2 si, so we used p73_1 si for our subsequent studies. Consistent with the reduction in VDR transcript levels, we also observed a significant reduction in VDR protein levels in p73 siRNA-transfected cells compared with cells transfected with control siRNA as shown by immunofluorescence and western blot analyses (Figure 1b).
p73 activates the osteoblastic differentiation markers OPN and OCN through VDR
As VD3-mediated osteoblastic differentiation is associated with the transcriptional activation of OPN and OCN through VDR, we next tested whether p73 affects the basal expression of OPN and OCN through VDR. To investigate this, we first examined whether p73 silencing affects VD3-mediated transcriptional activity in SaOS2 cells. This was examined by monitoring the VD3-mediated increase in VDRE-Luc reporter activity in the presence and absence of p73. The VDRE-Luc reporter bears four VDR responsive elements upstream of a luciferase gene and is widely used for measuring VD3-mediated transcriptional activity. As expected, a significant increase in the VDRE-Luc activity was observed in cells transfected with control siRNA and treated with VD3 (Figure 2a). However, silencing p73 led to a significant reduction in VD3-mediated VDRE-Luc activity (Figure 2a). Next, we examined the transcript levels of OCN and OPN in SaOS2 cells transfected with control siRNA, p73 siRNA, or VDR siRNA (Figure 2b). As seen earlier in Figure 1a, a significant reduction in the transcript levels of p73 and VDR were observed with p73 siRNA (Figure 2b). In addition, silencing p73 also led to a significant reduction in basal OPN and OCN expression levels (Figure 2b). To determine whether p73 is able to induce differentiation markers OPN and OCN through VDR, we monitored the expression of OPN and OCN after silencing VDR. We observed that when VDR is silenced, the expression of both OPN and OCN is reduced compared with control siRNA-treated cells (Figure 2b). This suggests that p73-mediated VDR induction is required for induction of OPN and OCN. As alkaline phosphatase has been shown to be regulated by VD3 and its activity is used as a marker for measuring the early stages of differentiation in osteoblasts, we examined whether silencing p73 affects alkaline phosphatase activity. We observed that upon silencing p73, the basal alkaline phosphatase activity was significantly reduced in SaOS2 cells further supporting that p73 contributes to osteoblastic differentiation (Figure 2c).
As silencing p73 led to the down-regulation in OPN and OCN, we next tested whether ectopic p73 activates VDR, OPN, and OCN expression in SaOS2 cells. SaOS2 cells were transfected with control vector or TAp73α expression plasmid and transcript levels of VDR, OCN, and OPN were monitored. We used TAp73α expression for these studies, as it is the predominant isoform observed in SaOS2 cells.21 Overexpression of TAp73α was confirmed by measuring the p73 transcript (Figure 2d). A marked increase in VDR, OCN, and OPN transcripts were observed in TAp73α-transfected cells compared with control vector-transfected cells (Figure 2d). To confirm the specificity of TAp73α-mediated activation of VDR, OCN, and OPN expression, we rescued the effects of silencing p73 by overexpressing TAp73α. SaOS2 cells transfected with control siRNA or p73 siRNA were transfected with either control vector or TAp73α expression plasmid and the expression of VDR, OCN, and OPN was monitored. As expected, silencing p73 led to a significant reduction of p73, VDR, OCN, and OPN transcript levels (Figure 2e). Interestingly, re-expression of TAp73α in p73 siRNA-transfected cells reversed the inhibition of VDR, OCN, and OPN transcript levels observed on p73 silencing (Figure 2e). Furthermore, to unequivocally show that p73 exerts its effect on OPN and OCN expression through VDR, SaOS2 cells transfected with either con si or VDR si were transfected with increasing doses of TAp73α expression (Figure 2f). We observed that cells transfected with con si followed by transfection with TAp73α led to a dose-dependent increase in VDR as well OPN expression while TAp73α was unable to rescue the expression of OPN in cells in which VDR was silenced. Taken together, these results suggest that in SaOS2 cells, p73 regulates the expression of OCN and OPN through VDR.
p73 is required for vitamin D-mediated osteoblastic differentiation
As VD3 and VDR primarily regulate OCN and OPN genes to promote osteoblastic differentiation and p73 knockdown also led to a decrease in basal VDR, OCN, and OPN expression levels in osteosarcoma cells, we next examined whether loss of p73 affects VD3-mediated osteoblastic differentiation. To investigate this we first studied whether VD3 has any effect on endogenous p73 in SaOS2 cells. SaOS2 cells were treated with increasing concentrations of VD3 for 48 h, and the transcript levels of p73, OCN, and OPN were examined, the latter two were used as positive controls for VD3-mediated genomic effects. As expected, a dose-dependent induction in both OCN and OPN (Figure 3a) transcript levels were observed with increasing concentrations of VD3. We did not, however, observe a consistently significant increase in either p73 or VDR transcript on treatment with VD3, indicating that p73 and VDR are not transcriptionally regulated by VD3 in osteosarcoma cells (Figure 3a).
Interestingly, when effects of VD3 on p73 and VDR were studied at the protein level, we observed a slight increase in both VDR as well as p73 expression on VD3 treatment (Figure 3b). Earlier studies have shown that binding of VD3 to VDR contributes to the stabilization of VDR at the protein level, which is consistent with our findings in SaOS2 cells.22 Although these results suggest the VD3 may have a modest effect on p73, this effect does not significantly contribute to the up-regulation seen in VDR on VD3 treatment as there were no changes in VDR transcript levels by VD3. Finally, we showed that VD3 treatment results in a dose-dependent increase in alkaline phosphatase activity of SaOS2 cells, another measure of osteoblastic differentiation (Figure 3c).
Next, to determine whether p73 has a function in VD3-mediated osteoblastic differentiation of SaOS2 cells, we studied the expression of OPN and OCN in SaOS2 cells treated with VD3 in the presence and absence of p73. As expected, p73 knockdown led to a significant decrease in p73 as well as VDR transcript levels (Figure 4a). A significant increase in OCN and OPN (Figure 4a) expression levels were observed in cells transfected with control siRNA and treated with either 10 nM or 100 nM of VD3 for 48 h, indicating the onset of SaOS2 cells differentiation. However, silencing p73 not only led to a decrease in VDR expression levels, but also showed a significant reduction in transcript levels of both OCN and OPN, suggesting that the basal levels of VDR, under the control of endogenous p73, are sufficient for VD3 induction of OCN and OPN (Figure 4a). In addition, we also monitored the VD3-mediated morphological changes of SaOS2 cells observed on differentiation process. We observed that cells transfected with control siRNA and treated with 10 nM VD3 exhibited a significant number of cells with elongated cytoplasmic processes and flattened fibroblastic appearance indicative of differentiation (Figure 4b, marked by an arrow). However, silencing p73 led to a reduction in the number of cells with differentiation features that were observed on VD3 treatment (Figure 4b).
We next investigated whether silencing p73 affects the VD3-mediated increase in alkaline phosphatase activity. We transfected SaOS2 cells with control or p73 siRNA, and subsequently treated the cells with vehicle or VD3. As expected, cells transfected with control siRNA showed an increase in alkaline phosphatase activity when treated with VD3, which was significantly down-regulated in cells in which p73 was silenced (Figure 4c). These results clearly indicate that p73 is required for VD3-mediated differentiation of SaOS2 osteosarcoma cell lines.
DNA damage enhances vitamin D-mediated osteoblastic differentiation via p73
We had shown earlier that p73 is essential for DNA damage induced VDR expression and subsequent enhancement of VD3 transcriptional activity in H1299, a small cell lung carcinoma cell line.14 To test whether p73-mediated induction of VDR expression levels on DNA damage can potentiate VD3-mediated differentiation of SaOS2 cells; we first verified whether DNA damage can enhance VD3-mediated induction of OCN and OPN expression levels. SaOS2 cells pretreated with etoposide or doxorubicin for 24 h were cultured in 10 nM VD3 for 2 days. Both VDR and p73 transcript levels were significantly induced on treatment with etoposide or doxorubicin (Figure 5a). As expected, increased transcript levels of both OPN and OCN were observed in cells treated with 10 nM VD3 alone (Figure 5b). Interestingly, cells pre-treated with etoposide or doxorubicin and cultured in VD3 showed a further increase in both OPN and OCN expression levels when compared with VD3 treatment alone (Figure 5b). These results suggest that increased p73 and VDR expression observed on DNA damage can lead to an increase in VD3-mediated differentiation.
To confirm that p73 is essential for DNA damage-mediated enhancement in VD3-mediated differentiation, the transcript levels of OPN and OCN were examined in the presence and absence of p73 in cells pre-treated with etoposide followed by culturing in VD3. p73 silencing led to a reduction of VDR expression levels in cells treated with etoposide alone or in combination with VD3, indicating that p73 is essential for induction of VDR on DNA damage in these cells (Figure 6a). Silencing p73 also led to a significant decrease in OPN and OCN expression levels in cells treated with VD3 alone or in combination with etoposide (Figure 6b). In addition, cells transfected with p73 siRNA showed a reduced VDR expression at the protein level compared with control siRNA-treated cells in the absence of etoposide (Figure 6a, right panel). However, etoposide-treated cells even in the presence of p73 siRNA showed considerable levels of VDR protein, suggesting that stabilized p73 protein upon DNA damage can induce VDR expression (Figure 6a, right panel). Together, these results clearly indicate that induction of VDR by p73 on DNA damage can enhance VD3-mediated differentiation of SaOS2 cells.
Discussion
Osteoblasts are the main bone forming cells, which are essential for deposition of bone extracellular matrix. Osteoblasts are derived from pluripotent mesenchymal cells during embryonic development. A characteristic feature of osteoblasts is that they can be cultured in vitro to proliferate and differentiate.23 Osteoblastic differentiation is essential for proper bone formation and is mediated by multiple factors including VDR.24 The function of the VD3 in bone formation and in osteoblastic differentiation is well documented.25 Vitamin D3 has been shown to promote differentiation of mature osteoblasts through the regulation of osteoblast-associated genes including OCN and OPN.26 Osteosarcomas are the most common type of bone cancers, retaining characteristics of primary osteoblasts and are widely used for studying osteoblasts.27 Vitamin D3 and its analogues have been shown to promote the differentiation of osteosarcoma cells.28, 29 Although, VD3 exerts its biological functions on osteoblasts or osteosarcoma cells, the upstream regulation of the VD3 pathway in osteoblasts is still understudied. In this study, we showed that silencing p73 resulted in the down-regulation of both basal VDR expression and VD3-mediated transcriptional activity in SaOS2 osteosarcoma cells (Figures 1 and 2). In SaOS2 cells, ectopic TAp73α induced the expression of VDR, OCN, and OPN whereas silencing endogenous p73 led to a significant down-regulation in VDR, OCN, and OPN expression levels, which were rescued by p73 overexpression (Figure 2). These results show that in osteosarcoma cells, p73 modulates OCN and OPN expression by activating VDR.
Furthermore, down-regulation of p73 resulted in significant down-regulation in VD3-mediated induction of OPN and OCN and the differentiation of SaOS2 cells (Figure 4). These results suggest a novel upstream regulation of the vitamin D signaling pathway by p73 in osteosarcoma cells. Transforming growth factor β (TGF-β) has also been shown to have a vital function in bone remodeling.30 In particular, TGF-β has been shown to promote the proliferation of primary osteoblasts as well as shown to suppress the VD3-mediated induction of OCN.31 Interestingly, transcriptional repression of TAp73 by TGF-β has been reported in transformed keratinocytes.32 Thus, it is likely that TGF-β inhibits the VD3-mediated differentiation of osteoblasts by repressing p73. Furthermore, given both VDR and p73 null mice are runted in phenotype, it will be interesting to see whether regulation of VD3 functions by p73 is essential for bone formation during embryonic development.15, 25
Vitamin D3 and its analogues exert antiproliferative actions in different cancer cells through VDR. As expression of p73 has been reported in the majority of human cancer cells, results from our study warrant further investigation into whether p73 is essential for VDR expression and subsequently for VD3-mediated biological functions in all VD3 responsive human cancer cell lines.33 Interestingly, adenoviral-based transfer of p53 family members has been shown to promote apoptosis and cell cycle arrest in multiple cancer cell lines.34, 35 Therefore, adenoviral-based gene therapy of p73 in combination with vitamin D could be used as an effective therapeutic strategy against some human cancers including osteosarcomas.
Combinatorial use of VD3 and its analogues with chemotherapeutic agents have been shown to be more potent in promoting growth inhibition than using them alone.24, 36, 37 Clinical trials are currently underway testing the combinatorial use of VD3 analogues and chemotherapeutic agents for cancer chemotherapy.38, 39 Interestingly, a wide range of chemotherapeutic agents have been shown to induce the p73 expression levels in multiple cancer cells.20, 40 Results from our study showed that the regulation of VDR by p73 on DNA damage can potentiate VD3-mediated differentiation (Figures 5 and 6). Thus, these findings show a novel upstream regulation of the vitamin D signaling pathway by p73 and provide evidence for the requirement of p73 for VD3-mediated osteoblastic differentiation. Taken together, results from this study provide an insight into the combinatorial use of chemotherapeutic agents with vitamin D3 for cancer treatment, in particular, oseosarcoma.
Materials and Methods
Cell lines and sequences for siRNA
Human osteosarcoma cell line SaOS2 was obtained from ATCC and maintained in Dulbecco's modified eagle medium with 10% fetal bovine calf serum and 250 U of Penicillin and 250 μg of Streptomycin (PS). Sequences of siRNA oligonucleotides purchased from Qiagen (Qiagen, Vlencia, CA, USA) were p73_1 siRNA, sense CGGGAUGCUCAACAACCAUtt and antisense rAUGGUUGUUGAGCAUCCCGgg and p73_2 siRNA, sense CGUGACCGACGUCGUGAAAtt and antisense gtGCACUGGCUGCAGCACUUU. Sequences used for VDR siRNA are as follows, Sense 5′-GCGUCAGUGACGUGACCAAtt-3′ and antisense: 3′ggCGCAGUCACUGCACUGGUU -5′.
RNA extraction and RT-qPCR analysis
Total RNA from cells was extracted by using eZNA RNA isolation kit (Omega Bio-tek, Norcross, GA, USA) and 1 μg of total RNA was used to synthesize cDNA by using TaqMan reverse transcription kit (Applied Biosystems, Foster City, CA, USA). Quantitative real-time PCR analysis was performed by using TaqMan 2X master mix and assays on demand specific for VDR (Hs_ 0017213_m1), p73 (Hs_ 00232088_m1), OPN (Hs_ 00167093_m1), and OCN (Hs_01587813_m1) (PE Applied Biosystems).
Calcium phosphate-based transfections for siRNA and TA assays
For siRNA transfection, cells were seeded before the day of transfection and at around 30–40% confluency and siRNA oligonucleotides were transfected by using calcium phosphate method as described earlier.14 After 24 h, another round of siRNA transfections were carried out, and after 48 h, cells were processed for further analysis. For VDRE-Luc TA assays, SaOS2 cells transfected with either control siRNA or p73 siRNA were subsequently transfected with 250 ng of VDRE-Luc construct along with Renilla luciferase construct using Lipofectamine 2000 (Invitrogen, Carlsbad, CA, USA). At 6 h posttransfection, cells were treated with vehicle control (UT) or 100 nM VD3 in charcoal-treated media. At 48 h, cells were harvested in PBS lysis buffer and dual luciferase assays were performed as per manufacture protocol (Promega, Madison, WI, USA).
Immunofluorescence assay
SaOS2 cells were grown on coverslips and transfected with either control siRNA or p73 siRNA and 48 h posttransfection cells were subjected to an immunofluorescence assay. Briefly, cells were fixed with 2% paraformaldehyde and permeabilized in 0.2% Triton-X detergent. Cells were washed and blocked in PBS with 0.5% normal goat serum then incubated with mouse monoclonal anti-VDR D-6 (Santa Cruz Biotechnology, Santa Cruz, CA, USA) and rabbit polyclonal anti-p73 A300 (Bethyl Laboratories Inc., Montgomery, TX, USA) antibodies. Subsequently, cells were subjected to dual immunostaining using Texas Red-conjugated anti-mouse and FITC-conjugated anti-rabbit antibodies (Jackson Laboratories, PA, USA) and nuclei were visualized by 4,6-diamidino-2-phenylindole. Images were captured using a Leica 6000B inverted microscope.
Western blot and immunoprecipitation
Whole cell lysates were prepared by lysing the cells in a high-salt buffer (300 mM NaCl, 100 mM Tris pH=8, 0.2 mM EDTA, 0.1% NP40, 10% glycerol) to enrich for nuclear proteins. Total protein amounts were measured using BCA (Pierce, Rockford, IL, USA) protein detection method and equivalent amounts of protein extracts were fractionated by 10% SDS-PAGE and transferred onto polyvinylidene difluoride membranes and blocked with 5% blocking milk solution. Membranes were subsequently immunoblotted with antibodies to detect specific proteins. Monoclonal anti-VDR D-6 (Santa Cruz Biotechnology) and monoclonal anti-β-actin (Sigma, St. Louis, MO, USA) antibodies were used to detect VDR and β-actin expression, respectively. Appropriate horseradish peroxidase-conjugated secondary antibodies (Promega) were used for chemiluminescence detection with Supersignal Westpico Chemiluminescent Substrate kit (Pierce).
For immunoprecipitation studies, SaOS2 cell extracts were harvested as described above and 1 mg of protein was diluted to a final concentration of 100 mM NaCl. This was precleared with 25 μl of Protein G-Sepharose beads for an hour followed by incubation with 1 μg each of p73 monoclonal antibodies Ab-4 (Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., Fremont, CA, USA) and IMG-259 (Imgenex, San Diego, CA, USA) for 1 h at 4 °C. Protein G-Sepharose beads were added again and the mixture incubated an additional 2 h at 4 °C. The beads were pelleted by centrifugation, and washed three times with 100 mM NaCl buffer (100 mM NaCl, 100 mM Tris pH=8, 0.2 mM EDTA, 0.1% NP40, 10% glycerol). The isolated beads were resuspended in 70 uL 100 mM NaCl buffer, boiled for 5 min at 90 °C and resolved by western blot analysis as described above with rabbit polyclonal anti-p73 A300 antibody (Bethyl Laboratories).
Alkaline phosphatase assay
Alkaline phosphatase activity was performed as described earlier.41 Briefly, cells were washed with PBS and lysed with 0.1% Triton X-100 (Sigma). The lysates were then subjected to two freeze-thaw cycles and cleared through centrifugation. A measure of 2 mg/ml of p-nitrophenol phosphate in an alkaline buffer (pH=8) (Sigma) was added to the lysates and the reaction stopped by adding 20 mM NaOH. The conversion of p-nitrophenol phosphate to p-nitrophenol was measured at 405 nM (Safire2, Tecan, San Jose, CA, USA) and normalized to total protein.
Abbreviations
- VDR:
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vitamin D receptor
- VDRE:
-
vitamin D responsive elements
- VD3:
-
1,25 dihydroxy-vitamin D3
- OCN:
-
osteocalcin
- OPN:
-
osteopontin
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We thank Stefanie Lewis for technical assistance. This work was supported by a grant from the NCI/NIH (CA118315-2) to MK.
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Kommagani, R., Whitlatch, A., Leonard, M. et al. p73 is essential for vitamin D-mediated osteoblastic differentiation. Cell Death Differ 17, 398–407 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/cdd.2009.135
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