Oncoprotein HBXIP induces PKM2 via transcription factor E2F1 to promote cell proliferation in ER-positive breast cancer

We have reported that hepatitis B X-interacting protein (HBXIP, also termed LAMTOR5) can act as an oncogenic transcriptional co-activator to modulate gene expression, promoting breast cancer development. Pyruvate kinase muscle isozyme M2 (PKM2), encoded by PKM gene, has emerged as a key oncoprotein in breast cancer. Yet, the regulatory mechanism of PKM2 is still unexplored. Here, we report that HBXIP can upregulate PKM2 to accelerate proliferation of estrogen receptor positive (ER+) breast cancer. Immunohistochemistry analysis using breast cancer tissue microarray uncovered a positive association between the expression of HBXIP and PKM2. We also discovered that PKM2 expression was positively related with HBXIP expression in clinical breast cancer patients by real-time PCR assay. Interestingly, in ER+ breast cancer cells, HBXIP was capable of upregulating PKM2 expression at mRNA and protein levels in a dose-dependent manner, as well as increasing the activity of PKM promoter. Mechanistically, HBXIP could stimulate PKM promoter through binding to the -779/-579 promoter region involving co-activation of E2F transcription factor 1 (E2F1). In function, cell viability, EdU, colony formation, and xenograft tumor growth assays showed that HBXIP contributed to accelerating cell proliferation through PKM2 in ER+ breast cancer. Collectively, we conclude that HBXIP induces PKM2 through transcription factor E2F1 to facilitate ER+ breast cancer cell proliferation. We provide new evidence for the mechanism of transcription regulation of PKM2 in promotion of breast cancer progression.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2019

Erschienen:

2019

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:40

Enthalten in:

Acta pharmacologica Sinica - 40(2019), 4 vom: 21. Apr., Seite 530-538

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Liu, Bo-Wen [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Tian-Jiao [VerfasserIn]
Li, Lei-Lei [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Lu [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Yun-Xia [VerfasserIn]
Feng, Jin-Yan [VerfasserIn]
Wu, Yue [VerfasserIn]
Xu, Fei-Fei [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Quan-Sheng [VerfasserIn]
Bao, Ming-Zhu [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Wei-Ying [VerfasserIn]
Ye, Li-Hong [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing
Breast cancer
Carrier Proteins
E2F1
E2F1 Transcription Factor
HBXIP
Journal Article
LAMTOR5 protein, human
Membrane Proteins
PKM2
Proliferation
Receptors, Estrogen
Thyroid Hormones

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Date Completed 10.09.2019

Date Revised 13.12.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1038/s41401-018-0015-9

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM285697250