Monteverde, T., Tait-Mulder, J., Hedley, A.,, Knight, J.R., Sansom, O.J. and Murphy, D.J. (2018) Calcium signalling links MYC to NUAK1. Oncogene, 37(8), pp. 982-992. (doi: 10.1038/onc.2017.394) (PMID:29106388)
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Abstract
NUAK1 is a member of the AMPK-related family of kinases. Recent evidence suggests that NUAK1 is an important regulator of cell adhesion and migration, cellular and organismal metabolism, and regulation of TAU stability. As such, NUAK1 may play key roles in multiple diseases ranging from neurodegeneration to diabetes and metastatic cancer. Previous work revealed a crucial role for NUAK1 in supporting viability of tumour cells specifically when MYC is overexpressed. This role is surprising, given that NUAK1 is activated by the tumour suppressor LKB1. Here we show that, in tumour cells lacking LKB1, NUAK1 activity is maintained by an alternative pathway involving calcium-dependent activation of PKCα. Calcium/PKCα-dependent activation of NUAK1 supports engagement of the AMPK-TORC1 metabolic checkpoint, thereby protecting tumour cells from MYC-driven cell death, and indeed, MYC selects for this pathway in part via transcriptional regulation of PKCα and ITPR. Our data point to a novel role for calcium in supporting tumour cell viability and clarify the synthetic lethal interaction between NUAK1 and MYC.
| Item Type: | Articles |
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| Status: | Published |
| Refereed: | Yes |
| Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | Monteverde, Tiziana and Murphy, Professor Daniel and Tait-Mulder, Dr Jacqueline and Sansom, Professor Owen |
| Authors: | Monteverde, T., Tait-Mulder, J., Hedley, A.,, Knight, J.R., Sansom, O.J., and Murphy, D.J. |
| College/School: | College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences > School of Cancer Sciences |
| Journal Name: | Oncogene |
| Publisher: | Nature Publishing Group |
| ISSN: | 0950-9232 |
| ISSN (Online): | 1476-5594 |
| Published Online: | 06 November 2017 |
| Copyright Holders: | Copyright © 2017 The Authors |
| First Published: | First published in Ocogene 37(8): 982-992 |
| Publisher Policy: | Reproduced under a Creative Commons License |
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