Elevated aerobic glycolysis driven by p62-mTOR axis promotes arsenic-induced oncogenic phenotypes in human mammary epithelial cells

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Chronic arsenic exposure is considered to increase the risk of breast cancer. p62 is a multifunctional adaptor protein that controls myriad cellular processes and is overexpressed in breast cancer tissues. Although previous studies have indicated the involvement of p62 accumulation in arsenic tumorigenesis, the underlying mechanism remains obscure. Here, we found that 0.1 µM or 0.5 µM arsenite exposure for 24 weeks induced oncogenic phenotypes in human mammary epithelial cells. Elevated aerobic glycolysis, cell proliferation capacity, and activation of p62-mTOR pathway, as indicated by increased protein levels of p62, phosphorylated-mTOR (p-mTOR) and hypoxia-inducible factor 1α (HIF1α), were observed in chronically arsenite-exposed cells, and of note in advance of the onset of oncogenic phenotypes. Moreover, p62 silencing inhibited acquisition of oncogenic phenotypes in arsenite-exposed cells. The protein levels of p-mTOR and HIF1α, as well as aerobic glycolysis and cell proliferation, were suppressed by p62 knockdown. In addition, re-activation of p‑mTOR reversed the inhibitory effects of p62 knockdown. Collectively, our data suggest that p62 exerts an oncogenic role via mTORC1 activation and acts as a key player in glucose metabolism during arsenite-induced malignant transformation, which provides a new mechanistic clue for the arsenite carcinogenesis.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:98

Enthalten in:

Archives of toxicology - 98(2024), 5 vom: 27. März, Seite 1369-1381

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Li, Yongfang [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Jiao [VerfasserIn]
Yao, Dianqi [VerfasserIn]
Guo, Zijun [VerfasserIn]
Jiang, Xuheng [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Chengwen [VerfasserIn]
Qu, Litong [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Yuyan [VerfasserIn]
Hu, Yuxin [VerfasserIn]
Gao, Lanyue [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Yi [VerfasserIn]
Xu, Yuanyuan [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Aerobic glycolysis
Arsenic
Arsenite
Arsenites
Breast cancer
EC 2.7.11.1
Journal Article
MTORC1
N5509X556J
N712M78A8G
P62
TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases

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Date Completed 27.03.2024

Date Revised 27.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/s00204-024-03709-2

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM369754670