Journal
CANCER SCIENCE
Volume 113, Issue 4, Pages 1305-1320Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/cas.15285
Keywords
Hippo pathway; promyelocytic leukemia protein; protein kinase C; SUMOylation; TEAD; TP73; YAP1
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- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science [19H03414, 22590267, 26293061]
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [19H03414, 26293061, 22590267] Funding Source: KAKEN
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YAP1 interacts with TEAD transcription factor to upregulate TEAD-target genes in the nucleus, playing a crucial role in cancer. PKC activation induces YAP1 degradation and promotes its binding with p73, leading to apoptosis in cancer cells. Bryostatin can reverse malignant transformation caused by the depletion of LATS kinases.
Yes-associated protein 1 (YAP1) interacts with TEAD transcription factor in the nucleus and upregulates TEAD-target genes. YAP1 is phosphorylated by large tumor suppressor (LATS) kinases, the core kinases of the Hippo pathway, at 5 serine residues and is sequestered and degraded in the cytoplasm. In human cancers with the dysfunction of the Hippo pathway, YAP1 becomes hyperactive and confers malignant properties to cancer cells. We have observed that cold shock induces protein kinase C (PKC)-mediated phosphorylation of YAP1. PKC phosphorylates YAP1 at 3 serine residues among LATS-mediate phosphorylation sites. Importantly, PKC activation recruits YAP1 to the cytoplasm even in LATS-depleted cancer cells and reduces the cooperation with TEAD. PKC activation induces promyelocytic leukemia protein-mediated SUMOylation of YAP1. SUMOylated YAP1 remains in the nucleus, binds to p73, and promotes p73-target gene transcription. Bryostatin, a natural anti-neoplastic reagent that activates PKC, induces YAP1/p73-mediated apoptosis in cancer cells. Bryostatin reverses malignant transformation caused by the depletion of LATS kinases. Therefore, bryostatin and other reagents that activate PKC are expected to control cancers with the dysfunction of the Hippo pathway.
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