机构:[1]Department of lnfectious Diseases, the First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an. China.[2]Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences and Liver Center, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.[3]Department of Head and Neck Oncology, Cancer Center, West China Hospital, SichuanUniversity, Chengdu, China.四川大学华西医院[4]Department of Radiation Oncology, Cancer Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University. Chengdu, China.四川大学华西医院[5]Division of Liver Surgery, Department of General Surgery, West China Hospital, SichuanUniversity, Chengdu, China.四川大学华西医院[6]Laboratory of Liver Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.四川大学华西医院[7]Cancer Biology Program, University of Hawaii Cancer Center, Honolulu, Hl, USA[8]Laboratory of Single Cell Research and Liquid Biopsy, Cancer Center, West China Hospital.Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.四川大学华西医院[9]Department of General Surgery, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an,China.[10]School of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Laboratory for Clinical Medicine, Capital MedicalUniversity, Beijing, China.[11]Department of Quantitative Health Sciences, John A. Burns School of Medicine, Honolulu.Hawaii[12]Institute of Pathology, University of Regensburg, Regensburg 93053, Germany.
Activated mTORC2/AKT signaling plays a role in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Research has shown that TSC/mTORC1 and FOXO1 are distinct downstream effectors of AKT signaling in liver regeneration and metabolism. However, the mechanisms by which these pathways mediate mTORC2/AKT activation in HCC are not yet fully understood. Amplification and activation of c-MYC is a key molecular event in HCC. In this study, we explored the roles of TSC/mTORC1 and FOXO1 as downstream effectors of mTORC2/AKT1 in c-MYC-induced hepatocarcinogenesis. Using various genetic approaches in mice, we found that manipulating the FOXO pathway had minimal impact on c-MYC-induced HCC. In contrast, loss of mTORC2 inhibited c-MYC-induced HCC, an effect that was completely reversed by ablating TSC2, which activated mTORC1. Additionally, we discovered that p70/RPS6 and 4EBP1/eIF4E act downstream of mTORC1, regulating distinct molecular pathways. Notably, the 4EBP1/eIF4E cascade is crucial for cell proliferation and glycolysis in c-MYC-induced HCC. We also identified centromere protein M (CENPM) as a downstream target of the TSC2/mTORC1 pathway in c-MYC-driven hepatocarcinogenesis, and its ablation entirely inhibited c-MYC-dependent HCC formation. Our findings demonstrate that the TSC/mTORC1/CENPM pathway, rather than the FOXO cascade, is the primary signaling pathway regulating c-MYC-driven hepatocarcinogenesis. Targeting CENPM holds therapeutic potential for treating c-MYC-driven HCC.
基金:
This study is supported by NSFC under Grants 82372660 to HW; NIH under Grants R01CA239251 and R01CA250227 to XC; P30DK026743 to UCSF Liver Center;U54GM138062,P20GM103466,U54MD007601,U54HG013243 and P20GM139753 to YDSichuan Science and Technology Program 2024NSFC0058 to $Z. 1.3.5 project Clinical ResearchFund 2024HXFH030 to SZ. Natural Science Basic Research Program of Shaanxi 2024JC-YBQN.0832 to YZ.
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第一作者机构:[1]Department of lnfectious Diseases, the First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an. China.[2]Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences and Liver Center, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
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通讯机构:[1]Department of lnfectious Diseases, the First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an. China.[2]Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences and Liver Center, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.[5]Division of Liver Surgery, Department of General Surgery, West China Hospital, SichuanUniversity, Chengdu, China.[6]Laboratory of Liver Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.[7]Cancer Biology Program, University of Hawaii Cancer Center, Honolulu, Hl, USA[*1]Department of Infectious Diseases, the First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, 710061, Xi'an, China.[*2]Division of Liver Surgery, Department of General Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, 610041, Chengdu, China[*3]Liver Cancer Laboratory, University of Hawaii Cancer Center, 96813, Honolulu, HI, USA.
推荐引用方式(GB/T 7714):
Yi Zhou,Shu Zhang,Guoteng Qiu,et al.TSC/mTORC1 mediates mTORC2/AKT1 signaling in c-MYC-induced murine hepatocarcinogenesis via centromere protein M[J].The Journal Of Clinical Investigation.2024,doi:10.1172/JCI174415.
APA:
Yi Zhou,Shu Zhang,Guoteng Qiu,Xue Wang,Andrew Yonemura...&Xin Chen.(2024).TSC/mTORC1 mediates mTORC2/AKT1 signaling in c-MYC-induced murine hepatocarcinogenesis via centromere protein M.The Journal Of Clinical Investigation,,
MLA:
Yi Zhou,et al."TSC/mTORC1 mediates mTORC2/AKT1 signaling in c-MYC-induced murine hepatocarcinogenesis via centromere protein M".The Journal Of Clinical Investigation .(2024)