RND3 (Rho family GTPase 3)
2013-01-01 Xia Hongwei  , Zhang Yucheng  , Bi Feng   AffiliationThe Laboratory of Signal Transduction, Molecular Targeting Therapy, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
Identity
DNA/RNA
Description
Proteins
Expression
At transcriptionally, RND3 could be directly regulated by many transcriptional factors, including P53, HIF-1a, Foxd3, NF-KB, etc. RND3 mRNA and protein levels was up-regulated upon DNA damage-inducing stimuli including chemotherapeutic agents and ultraviolet (UV) irradiation. The response to genetoxic agents is mediated by p53, which binds specifically to the RND3 promoter and regulates RND3 expression while UV-induced RND3 up-regulation in keratinocytes does not depend on p53 status. So there must be other DNA damage-induced transcription factors to stimulate RND3 transcription. For example, NF-kB could induce RND3 expression in prostate cancer cells. Hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF)-1 can increase RND3 protein levels, thereby promotes epithelial to mesenchymal transition in gastric cancer cells under hypoxic conditions. The induced RND3 expression represents a pivotal cellular adaptive response to hypoxia with implications in gastric cancer cell EMT and invasion. In addition, mutant B-Raf promotes migration and invasion through inducing RND3 expression in melanoma cells. FOXD3 was proved to be recruited to the RND3 promoter and downregulated RND3 expression at the mRNA and protein levels, thus downregulates migration and invasion in melanoma cells. The mTOR pathway is responsible for the increased expression of RND3 in subependymal giant cell astrocytomas and rare brain tumours where the mTOR inhibitors TSC1 or TSC2 are mutated. The TGF-b pathway is also involved in the RND3 expression since the TGF-b family member MIC-1/GDF15 could reduce the RND3 expression in prostate cancer cells.
At post-transcriptionally, RND3 mRNA could also be a target of the miRNAs. Mir-200b directly downregulated the expression of RND3 at the mRNA and protein levels, promoted expression of the downstream protein cyclin D1 and increased S-phase entry in HeLa cells. There is also study showing that RND3 mRNA may be a target of the miR-200c in breast cancer cells. MiR-17 targets RND3 tumor suppressor gene, promotes cell proliferation, tumor growth, cell cycle progression in colorectal carcinoma.
Localisation
Function
Role in actin organization
Many studies on the functions of RND3 have been carried out in several cultured cell lines, most of these studies have shown that RND3 could regulate the actin cytoskeleton by inducing loss of stress fibres and cell rounding.
Previous studies have shown that RND3 interacts with p190 RhoGAP and might increase the intrinsic GAP activity of p190 RhoGAP for RhoA, thereby reducing RhoA-GTP levels. Recent reports have shown that a KERRA (Lys-Glu-Arg-Arg-Ala) sequence in their N-terminus of RND3 could mediate the lipid raft targeting of p190 RhoGAP correlated with its activation. RND3 could also negatively regulates Syx (a RhoA-GEF) through interacting with Syx Raf1-like ubiquitin-related domain thus act as an antagonists of RhoA signaling.
RhoA directly stimulates stress fibres through activation of the serine/threonine kinases ROCK1 and ROCK2. RND3 could interact with the amino-terminal region of ROCK1 comprising the kinase domain, so RND3 competited with other ROCK1 substrates, such as myosin light chain phosphatase, and hence prevent stress fibre formation.
Role in cell cycle regulation
Many studies have been indicated that RND3 could inhibit cell proliferation and these data show that RND3 is able to block cell-cycle progression at different phases.
Most studies about cell-cycle shown that RND3 could block cell-cycle progression at the G1 phase. The mechanism may be that RND3 could decrease the level of cyclin D1, reduce Rb phosphorylation and transcription of E2F-regulated genes. RND3 blocks the phosphorylation of the translational repressor 4E-BP1 in response to extracellular stimuli and also inhibits the expression and transcriptional activity of the eIF4E target c-Myc. Recent studies show that elevation of RND3 expression markedly increased the expression level of PTEN and p27 and decreased pAkt level, thus inhibit cell-cycle progression.
RND3 could also block cell-cycle progression at the G2/M phase. The study in a prostate cancer cell line shows that forced RND3 overexpression inhibits the expression of CDC2 and cyclin B1 which are essential for G2/M transition and induction of G2/M arrest.
Role in cell apoptosis and survival
The fuction of RND3 is complex, RND3 can modulate cell survival and apoptosis. RND3 can induce apoptosis in prostate cancer, esophageal squamous cell carcinoma and glioblastoma cell lines. However, in some cancer cell lines, high levels of RND3 can decrease apoptosis and ShRNA mediated RND3 depletion resulted in an increase in apoptosis in response to genotoxic agents or UVB. RND3 could increase survival in osteosarcoma cells through down-regulate the activity of ROCK1 which itself can mediate membrane blebbing and apoptosis in these cells. RND3 may promote the multidrug resistance phenotype of gastric cancer cells by decreasing the expression of pro-apoptotic protein Bax at post-transcriptional level.
Role in development
RND3 plays an important role in the normal development, RND3 null mice (RND3 gt/gt) show an abnormal body position with profound motor impairment and impaired performance in most neurobehavioral tests, they are smaller at birth, display growth retardation and early postnatal death. There is a delay of neuromuscular maturation, a reduction in the number of spinal motor neurons, a decrease in the number and the total length of the neurites in the RND3 gt/gt mice.
Over-expression of RND3 induces neurite-like formation through inhibition of the RhoA/ROCK-I signalling and also involves in NGF-induced neurite extension.
Implicated in
Article Bibliography
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Other Information
Locus ID:
NCBI: 390
MIM: 602924
HGNC: 671
Ensembl: ENSG00000115963
Variants:
dbSNP: 390
ClinVar: 390
TCGA: ENSG00000115963
COSMIC: RND3
RNA/Proteins
Expression (GTEx)
Protein levels (Protein atlas)
References
| Pubmed ID | Year | Title | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 38218945 | 2024 | Loss of RND3/RHOE controls entosis through LAMP1 expression in hepatocellular carcinoma. | 2 |
| 38224863 | 2024 | KIAA1429 facilitates metastasis via m6A-YTHDC1-dependent RND3 down-regulation in hepatocellular carcinoma cells. | 0 |
| 38482696 | 2024 | Identification of New Markers of Angiogenic Sprouting Using Transcriptomics: New Role for RND3. | 0 |
| 38218945 | 2024 | Loss of RND3/RHOE controls entosis through LAMP1 expression in hepatocellular carcinoma. | 2 |
| 38224863 | 2024 | KIAA1429 facilitates metastasis via m6A-YTHDC1-dependent RND3 down-regulation in hepatocellular carcinoma cells. | 0 |
| 38482696 | 2024 | Identification of New Markers of Angiogenic Sprouting Using Transcriptomics: New Role for RND3. | 0 |
| 34767964 | 2022 | HOXD9 transcriptionally induced UXT facilitate breast cancer progression via epigenetic modification of RND3. | 2 |
| 35256752 | 2022 | Silencing of RND3/RHOE inhibits the growth of human hepatocellular carcinoma and is associated with reversible senescence. | 4 |
| 35699481 | 2022 | RND3 Transcriptionally Regulated by FOXM1 Inhibits the Migration and Inflammation of Synovial Fibroblasts in Rheumatoid Arthritis Through the Rho/ROCK Pathway. | 3 |
| 36496976 | 2022 | Rnd3 Is a Crucial Mediator of the Invasive Phenotype of Glioblastoma Cells Downstream of Receptor Tyrosine Kinase Signalling. | 0 |
| 34767964 | 2022 | HOXD9 transcriptionally induced UXT facilitate breast cancer progression via epigenetic modification of RND3. | 2 |
| 35256752 | 2022 | Silencing of RND3/RHOE inhibits the growth of human hepatocellular carcinoma and is associated with reversible senescence. | 4 |
| 35699481 | 2022 | RND3 Transcriptionally Regulated by FOXM1 Inhibits the Migration and Inflammation of Synovial Fibroblasts in Rheumatoid Arthritis Through the Rho/ROCK Pathway. | 3 |
| 36496976 | 2022 | Rnd3 Is a Crucial Mediator of the Invasive Phenotype of Glioblastoma Cells Downstream of Receptor Tyrosine Kinase Signalling. | 0 |
| 34046947 | 2021 | Maternal RND3/RhoE deficiency impairs placental mitochondrial function in preeclampsia by modulating the PPARγ-UCP2 cascade. | 6 |
Citation
Xia Hongwei ; Zhang Yucheng ; Bi Feng
RND3 (Rho family GTPase 3)
Atlas Genet Cytogenet Oncol Haematol. 2013-01-01
Online version: http://atlasgeneticsoncology.org/gene/46247/rnd3-(rho-family-gtpase-3)
