Departments of Medicine, Section of Dermatology.
Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation Medicine, and.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2014 Jun 24;111(25):9241-6. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1322913111. Epub 2014 Jun 9.
The selective autophagy substrate p62 serves as a molecular link between autophagy and cancer. Suppression of autophagy causes p62 accumulation and thereby contributes to tumorigenesis. Here we demonstrate that autophagy deficiency promotes cell proliferation and migration through p62-dependent stabilization of the oncogenic transcription factor Twist1. p62 binds to Twist1 and inhibits degradation of Twist1. In mice, p62 up-regulation promotes tumor cell growth and metastasis in a Twist1-dependent manner. Our findings demonstrate that Twist1 is a key downstream effector of p62 in regulation of cell proliferation and migration and suggest that targeting p62-mediated Twist1 stabilization is a promising therapeutic strategy for prevention and treatment of cancer.
选择性自噬底物 p62 作为自噬和癌症之间的分子联系。自噬的抑制会导致 p62 的积累,从而促进肿瘤发生。在这里,我们证明了自噬缺陷通过 p62 依赖性稳定致癌转录因子 Twist1 促进细胞增殖和迁移。p62 与 Twist1 结合并抑制 Twist1 的降解。在小鼠中,p62 的上调以 Twist1 依赖的方式促进肿瘤细胞的生长和转移。我们的研究结果表明,Twist1 是 p62 调节细胞增殖和迁移的关键下游效应因子,并表明靶向 p62 介导的 Twist1 稳定是预防和治疗癌症的一种有前途的治疗策略。