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CKB 通过隔离和抑制 AKT 激活来抑制上皮-间质转化和前列腺癌进展。

CKB inhibits epithelial-mesenchymal transition and prostate cancer progression by sequestering and inhibiting AKT activation.

机构信息

Texas Therapeutics Institute, Brown Foundation Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, USA.

Texas Therapeutics Institute, Brown Foundation Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, USA; University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center UTHealth Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Houston, TX, USA.

出版信息

Neoplasia. 2021 Nov;23(11):1147-1165. doi: 10.1016/j.neo.2021.09.005. Epub 2021 Oct 24.

Abstract

Epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) contributes to tumor invasion, metastasis and drug resistance. AKT activation is key in a number of cellular processes. While many positive regulators for either EMT or AKT activation have been reported, few negative regulators are established. Through kinase cDNA screen, we identified brain-type creatine kinase (CKB or BCK) as a potent suppressor for both. As a ubiquitously expressed kinase in normal tissues, CKB is significantly downregulated in several solid cancer types. Lower CKB expression is significantly associated with worse prognosis. Phenotypically, CKB overexpression suppresses, while its silencing promotes, EMT and cell migration, xenograft tumor growth and metastasis of prostate cancer cells. AKT activation is one of the most prominent signaling events upon CKB silencing in prostate cancer cells, which is in line with prostate cancer TCGA data. EMT enhanced by CKB silencing is abolished by AKT inhibition. Mechanistically, CKB interacts with AKT and sequestrates it from activation by mTOR. We further elucidated that an 84aa fragment at C-terminus of CKB protein interacts with AKT's PH domain. Ectopic expression of the 84aa CKB fragment inhibits AKT activation, EMT and cell proliferation. Interestingly, molecular dynamics simulation on crystal structures of AKT and CKB independently demonstrates that AKT's PH domain and CKB's 84aa fragment establish their major interaction interface. In summary, we have discovered CKB as a negative regulator of EMT and AKT activation, revealing a new mode of their regulation . We have also demonstrated that CKB downregulation is a poor prognosticator, which is sufficient to promote prostate cancer progression.

摘要

上皮间质转化 (EMT) 促进肿瘤侵袭、转移和耐药。AKT 激活在许多细胞过程中是关键的。虽然已经报道了许多 EMT 或 AKT 激活的正调控因子,但确立的负调控因子却很少。通过激酶 cDNA 筛选,我们发现脑型肌酸激酶 (CKB 或 BCK) 是两者的有效抑制剂。作为正常组织中广泛表达的激酶,CKB 在几种实体癌类型中显著下调。CKB 表达水平较低与预后不良显著相关。表型上,CKB 过表达抑制,而沉默促进 EMT 和前列腺癌细胞的迁移、异种移植肿瘤生长和转移。AKT 激活是 CKB 沉默后前列腺癌细胞中最显著的信号事件之一,这与前列腺癌 TCGA 数据一致。CKB 沉默增强的 EMT 被 AKT 抑制所消除。在机制上,CKB 与 AKT 相互作用,并将其隔离,使其免受 mTOR 的激活。我们进一步阐明 CKB 蛋白 C 末端的 84aa 片段与 AKT 的 PH 结构域相互作用。CKB 的 84aa 片段的异位表达抑制 AKT 激活、EMT 和细胞增殖。有趣的是,AKT 和 CKB 晶体结构的分子动力学模拟独立表明 AKT 的 PH 结构域和 CKB 的 84aa 片段建立了它们的主要相互作用界面。总之,我们发现 CKB 是 EMT 和 AKT 激活的负调节剂,揭示了它们调节的新方式。我们还证明了 CKB 的下调是一个预后不良的预测因子,足以促进前列腺癌的进展。

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