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ArticleHepatology (Baltimore, Md.)2016

PI3K/AKT/mTOR-dependent stabilization of oncogenic far-upstream element binding proteins in hepatocellular carcinoma cells.

Jana Samarin, Vibor Laketa, Mona Malz, Stephanie Roessler, Ilan Stein, Elad Horwitz, Stephan Singer, Eleni Dimou, Antonio Cigliano, Michaela Bissinger and 8 more

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Article in Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.), 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 41 papers.

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41citing papers in PubMed
3.5field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

41 citing papers in PubMed, 83 citations in OpenAlex.

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  17. MicroRNA-92b augments sorafenib resistance in hepatocellular carcinoma via targeting PTEN to activate PI3K/AKT/mTOR signaling.Brazilian journal of medical and biological research = Revista brasileira de pesquisas medicas e biologica · 2021
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

18 authors at 9 institutions in 3 countries.

Jana SamarinInstitute of Pathology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.
Vibor LaketaCell Biology and Cell Biophysics Unit, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, Germany.
Mona MalzInstitute of Pathology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.
Stephanie RoesslerInstitute of Pathology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.
Ilan SteinDepartment of Pathology, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel.
Elad HorwitzDepartment of Developmental Biology and Cancer Research, IMRIC, Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel.
Stephan SingerInstitute of Pathology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.
Eleni DimouCell Biology and Cell Biophysics Unit, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, Germany.
Antonio CiglianoInstitute of Pathology, University Medicine Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany.
Michaela BissingerInstitute of Pathology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.
Christine Susanne FalkInstitute of Transplant Immunology, Hannover Medical School MHH, Hannover, Germany.
Xin ChenDepartment of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences and Liver Center, University of California, San Francisco, CA.
Steven DooleyDepartment of Medicine II, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany.
Eli PikarskyDepartment of Pathology, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel.
Diego Francesco CalvisiInstitute of Pathology, University Medicine Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany.
Carsten SchultzCell Biology and Cell Biophysics Unit, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, Germany.
Peter SchirmacherInstitute of Pathology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.
Kai BreuhahnInstitute of Pathology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.
University Hospital Heidelberg · DEEuropean Molecular Biology Laboratory · DEHadassah Medical Center · ILHeidelberg University · DEUniversitätsmedizin Greifswald · DEGerman Cancer Research Center · DEHebrew University of Jerusalem · ILMedizinische Hochschule Hannover · DEUniversity of California, San Francisco · US

Funding

UCSF Liver Core CenterP30DK026743 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI Holger Willenbring · 1986 to 2026
$30.7M
NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK026743
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

unlabelledTranscription factors of the far-upstream element-binding protein (FBP) family represent cellular pathway hubs, and their overexpression in liver cancer (hepatocellular carcinoma [HCC]) stimulates tumor cell proliferation and correlates with poor prognosis. Here we determine the mode of oncogenic FBP overexpression in HCC cells. Using perturbation approaches (kinase inhibitors, small interfering RNAs) and a novel system for rapalog-dependent activation of AKT isoforms, we demonstrate that activity of the phosphatidylinositol-4,5-biphosphate 3-kinase/AKT pathway is involved in the enrichment of nuclear FBP1 and FBP2 in liver cancer cells. In human HCC tissues, phospho-AKT significantly correlates with nuclear FBP1/2 accumulation and expression of the proliferation marker KI67. Mechanistic target of rapamycin (mTOR) inhibition or blockade of its downstream effector eukaryotic translation initiation factor 4E activity equally reduced FBP1/2 concentrations. The mTORC1 inhibitor rapamycin diminishes FBP enrichment in liver tumors after hydrodynamic gene delivery of AKT plasmids. In addition, the multikinase inhibitor sorafenib significantly reduces FBP levels in HCC cells and in multidrug resistance 2-deficient mice that develop HCC due to severe inflammation. Both FBP1/2 messenger RNAs are highly stable, with FBP2 being more stable than FBP1. Importantly, inhibition of phosphatidylinositol-4,5-biphosphate 3-kinase/AKT/mTOR signaling significantly diminishes FBP1/2 protein stability in a caspase-3/-7-dependent manner.

conclusionThese data provide insight into a transcription-independent mechanism of FBP protein enrichment in liver cancer; further studies will have to show whether this previously unknown interaction between phosphatidylinositol-4,5-biphosphate 3-kinase/AKT/mTOR pathway activity and caspase-mediated FBP stabilization allows the establishment of interventional strategies in FBP-positive HCCs.

Indexed as

Carcinoma, HepatocellularCaspase 3Caspase 7DNA-Binding ProteinsDNA HelicasesFemaleHumansLiver NeoplasmsMalePhosphatidylinositol 3-KinasesProtein StabilityProto-Oncogene Proteins c-aktRNA-Binding ProteinsTOR Serine-Threonine KinasesCaspase 3Caspase 7DNA-Binding ProteinsDNA HelicasesFUBP1 protein, humanMTOR protein, humanPhosphatidylinositol 3-KinasesProto-Oncogene Proteins c-aktRNA-Binding ProteinsTOR Serine-Threonine Kinases

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PMID26901106
PMCPMC5262441
OpenAlexW2291612771

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