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Hereby, evasion of apoptosis is the primary underlying cause of reduced sensitivity of tumor cells to chemo- and radiotherapy. Using RNA affinity chromatography, we identified the tripartite motif-containing protein 25 (TRIM25) as a bona fide caspase-2 mRNA-binding protein in colon carcinoma cells. Loss-of-function and gain-of-function approaches revealed that TRIM25 attenuates the protein levels of caspase-2 without significantly affecting caspase-2 mRNA levels. In addition, experiments with cycloheximide revealed that TRIM25 does not affect the protein stability of caspase-2. Furthermore, silencing of TRIM25 induced a significant redistribution of caspase-2 transcripts from RNP particles to translational active polysomes, indicating that TRIM25 negatively interferes with caspase-2 translation. Functionally, the elevation in caspase-2 upon TRIM25 depletion significantly increased the sensitivity of colorectal cells to drug-induced intrinsic apoptosis as implicated by increased caspase-3 cleavage and cytochrome c release. Importantly, the apoptosis-sensitizing effects by transient TRIM25 knockdown were rescued by concomitant silencing of caspase-2, demonstrating a critical role of caspase-2. Inhibition of caspase-2 by TRIM25 implies a survival mechanism that critically contributes to chemotherapeutic drug resistance in CRC.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/cells8121622","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2019,12,12]],"date-time":"2019-12-12T11:06:41Z","timestamp":1576148801000},"page":"1622","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":21,"title":["Identification of TRIM25 as a Negative Regulator of Caspase-2 Expression Reveals a Novel Target for Sensitizing Colon Carcinoma Cells to Intrinsic Apoptosis"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"8","author":[{"given":"Usman","family":"Nasrullah","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of General Pharmacology and Toxicology, University Hospital, Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, D-60590 Frankfurt, Germany"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Kristina","family":"Haeussler","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of General Pharmacology and Toxicology, University Hospital, Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, D-60590 Frankfurt, Germany"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-5277-9931","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Abhiruchi","family":"Biyanee","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of General Pharmacology and Toxicology, University Hospital, Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, D-60590 Frankfurt, Germany"},{"name":"Institute for Biochemistry, Westf\u00e4lische Wilhelms-University M\u00fcnster, D-48149 M\u00fcnster, Germany"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ilka","family":"Wittig","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Functional Proteomics, Medical School, Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, D-60590 Frankfurt, Germany"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Josef","family":"Pfeilschifter","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of General Pharmacology and Toxicology, University Hospital, Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, D-60590 Frankfurt, Germany"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Wolfgang","family":"Eberhardt","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of General Pharmacology and Toxicology, University Hospital, Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, D-60590 Frankfurt, Germany"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2019,12,12]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"57","DOI":"10.1016\/S0092-8674(00)81683-9","article-title":"The hallmarks of cancer","volume":"100","author":"Hanahan","year":"2000","journal-title":"Cell"},{"key":"ref_2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"153","DOI":"10.1016\/S0092-8674(02)00625-6","article-title":"Apoptosis: A link between cancer genetics and chemotherapy","volume":"108","author":"Johnstone","year":"2002","journal-title":"Cell"},{"key":"ref_3","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"131","DOI":"10.1186\/s13014-015-0437-1","article-title":"High levels of X-linked Inhibitor-of-Apoptosis Protein (XIAP) are indicative of radio chemotherapy resistance in rectal cancer","volume":"10","author":"Flanagan","year":"2015","journal-title":"Radiat. 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