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ArticleNature communications2017

Stabilization of phosphofructokinase 1 platelet isoform by AKT promotes tumorigenesis.

Jong-Ho Lee, Rui Liu, Jing Li, Chuanbao Zhang, Yugang Wang, Qingsong Cai, Xu Qian, Yan Xia, Yanhua Zheng, Yuji Piao and 4 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 177 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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177citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

177 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 339 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Jong-Ho LeeBrain Tumor Center and Department of Neuro-Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.
Rui LiuBrain Tumor Center and Department of Neuro-Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.
Jing LiBrain Tumor Center and Department of Neuro-Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.
Chuanbao ZhangBeijing Neurosurgical Institute, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100050, China.
Yugang WangBrain Tumor Center and Department of Neuro-Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.
Qingsong CaiBrain Tumor Center and Department of Neuro-Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.
Xu QianBrain Tumor Center and Department of Neuro-Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.
Yan XiaBrain Tumor Center and Department of Neuro-Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.
Yanhua ZhengBrain Tumor Center and Department of Neuro-Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.
Yuji PiaoBrain Tumor Center and Department of Neuro-Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.
Qianming ChenState Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, 610041, China.
John F de GrootBrain Tumor Center and Department of Neuro-Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.
Tao JiangBeijing Neurosurgical Institute, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100050, China.
Zhimin LuBrain Tumor Center and Department of Neuro-Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 77030, USA. zhiminlu@mdanderson.org.
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center · USBeijing Institute of Neurosurgery · CNSichuan University · CN

Funding

Tumor Evolution and Metastasis ProgramP30CA016672 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR · PI Scott Kopetz · 1985 to 2026
$290.8M
Tropism Enhanced Oncolytic Adenovirus for the Treatment of Brain TumorsP50CA127001 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR · PI Juan Fueyo · 2008 to 2026
$41.2M
The Role of b-catenin in EGFR-Related Tumor DevelopmentR01CA109035 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR · PI LU, ZHIMIN · 2005 to 2016
$2.7M
The Mechanisms of PKM2-Regulated Gene Expression in Tumor Development.R01CA169603 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR · PI LU, ZHIMIN · 2013 to 2017
$1.7M
Deciphering the role of Cdc25A in cancer metabolism.R01NS089754 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR · PI LU, ZHIMIN · 2015 to 2017
$1.1M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA016672NCI NIH HHS P50 CA127001NCI NIH HHS R01 CA109035NCI NIH HHS R01 CA169603NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS089754
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Phosphofructokinase 1 (PFK1) plays a critical role in glycolysis; however, its role and regulation in tumorigenesis are not well understood. Here, we demonstrate that PFK1 platelet isoform (PFKP) is the predominant PFK1 isoform in human glioblastoma cells and its expression correlates with total PFK activity. We show that PFKP is overexpressed in human glioblastoma specimens due to an increased stability, which is induced by AKT activation resulting from phosphatase and tensin homologue (PTEN) loss and EGFR-dependent PI3K activation. AKT binds to and phosphorylates PFKP at S386, and this phosphorylation inhibits the binding of TRIM21 E3 ligase to PFKP and the subsequent TRIM21-mediated polyubiquitylation and degradation of PFKP. PFKP S386 phosphorylation increases PFKP expression and promotes aerobic glycolysis, cell proliferation, and brain tumor growth. In addition, S386 phosphorylation in human glioblastoma specimens positively correlates with PFKP expression, AKT S473 phosphorylation, and poor prognosis. These findings underscore the potential role and regulation of PFKP in human glioblastoma development.Phosphofructokinase 1 (PFK1) plays a critical role in glycolysis. Here the authors show that PFK1 platelet isoform is upregulated in Glioblastoma and is required for tumor growth mechanistically, such upregulation is due to an increased stability induced by AKT activation via phosphorylation on residue S386.

Indexed as

CarcinogenesisBrain NeoplasmsCell Line, TumorCell ProliferationGlioblastomaGlycolysisHumansPhosphofructokinase-1, Type CPhosphorylationProto-Oncogene Proteins c-aktPTEN PhosphohydrolasePhosphofructokinase-1, Type CProto-Oncogene Proteins c-aktPTEN PhosphohydrolasePTEN protein, human

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