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Comparative Study
. 2015 Oct;282(20):3971-85.
doi: 10.1111/febs.13391. Epub 2015 Aug 20.

AMPK inhibits MTDH expression via GSK3β and SIRT1 activation: potential role in triple negative breast cancer cell proliferation

Paradesi Naidu Gollavilli  1   2 , Anantha Koteswararao Kanugula  1 , Rajeswari Koyyada  1 , Santosh Karnewar  1   2 , Praveen Kumar Neeli  1 , Srigiridhar Kotamraju  1   2
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Comparative Study

AMPK inhibits MTDH expression via GSK3β and SIRT1 activation: potential role in triple negative breast cancer cell proliferation

Paradesi Naidu Gollavilli et al. FEBS J. 2015 Oct.
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Abstract

Recent studies have highlighted the involvement of metadherin (MTDH), an oncogenic protein, in promoting cancer progression, metastasis and chemoresistance in many cancers including mammary carcinomas. However, the molecular regulation of MTDH is still not completely understood. In this study we document that AMP activated protein kinase (AMPK) activation-induced anti-proliferative effects are, in part, mediated by inhibiting MTDH expression in MDA-MB-231 and BT-549 triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) cells. 5-Aminoimidazole-4-carboxamide ribonucleotide (AICAR), an AMPK activator, caused growth arrest, inhibition of migration and invasion of TNBC cells. Intriguingly, AICAR or metformin treatment resulted in significant downregulation of MTDH expression via inhibiting c-Myc expression. In contrast, treatment of cells with compound C, an inhibitor of AMPK, increased both c-Myc and MTDH expressions in TNBC cells. Also, AMPK activation caused increased glycogen synthase kinase 3β (GSK3β) activity by inhibiting the inactive phosphorylation at Ser9, on the one hand, and activation of sirtuin1 (SIRT1) by inhibiting Ser47 phosphorylation, as evidenced by deacetylation of p53, on the other hand. Moreover, AMPK-induced GSK3β and SIRT1 activities were found to be responsible for inhibiting c-Myc-mediated upregulation of MTDH, as LiCl (an inhibitor of GSK3β) and EX-527 (an inhibitor of SIRT1) reversed AICAR-mediated downregulation of c-Myc and MTDH expressions. Similar results were observed with siSIRT1 treatment. Furthermore, AICAR and EX-527 treatments caused increased cell death under MTDH-depleted conditions. Finally, we uncovered a novel regulation of MTDH expression and showed that AMPK activation by inducing GSK3β and SIRT1 downregulates MTDH expression via inhibiting c-Myc in TNBC cells.

Keywords: AMPK; SIRT1; breast cancer; metadherin; tumour promotion and progression.

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