Deregulated PP1α phosphatase activity towards MAPK activation is antagonized by a tumor suppressive failsafe mechanism
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Data di Pubblicazione:
2018
Abstract:
The mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathway is frequently aberrantly activated in advanced cancers, including metastatic prostate cancer (CaP). However, activating mutations or gene rearrangements among MAPK signaling components, such as Ras and Raf, are not always observed in cancers with hyperactivated MAPK. The mechanisms underlying MAPK activation in these cancers remain largely elusive. Here we discover that genomic amplification of the PPP1CA gene is highly enriched in metastatic human CaP. We further identify an S6K/PP1α/B-Raf signaling pathway leading to activation of MAPK signaling that is antagonized by the PML tumor suppressor. Mechanistically, we find that PP1α acts as a B-Raf activating phosphatase and that PML suppresses MAPK activation by sequestering PP1α into PML nuclear bodies, hence repressing S6K-dependent PP1α phosphorylation, 14-3-3 binding and cytoplasmic accumulation. Our findings therefore reveal a PP1α/PML molecular network that is genetically altered in human cancer towards aberrant MAPK activation, with important therapeutic implications.
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03A-Articolo su Rivista
Keywords:
Cell Line, Tumor; Enzyme Activation; Gene Amplification; Humans; MAP Kinase Signaling System; Male; Neoplasm Metastasis; PC-3 Cells; Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases; Promyelocytic Leukemia Protein; Prostatic Neoplasms; Protein Phosphatase 1; Proto-Oncogene Proteins B-raf; Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt; Ribosomal Protein S6 Kinases, 70-kDa; Signal Transduction
Elenco autori:
Chen M.; Wan L.; Zhang J.; Zhang J.; Mendez L.; Clohessy J.G.; Berry K.; Victor J.; Yin Q.; Zhu Y.; Wei W.; Pandolfi P.P.
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