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CANCER RESEARCH
Volume 71, Issue 1, Pages 13-18Publisher
AMER ASSOC CANCER RESEARCH
DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-10-1668
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [30788004, 30971503]
- National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program) [2009CB522203]
- Ministry of Education of China [B08007]
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Mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) is a major downstream effector of the receptor tyrosine kinase (RTK)-phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K)-v-akt murine thymoma viral oncogene homologue 1 (AKT) signaling pathway. Although this signaling network is frequently altered in cancer, the underlying mechanisms that cause tumorigenesis as a result of activated mTOR remain largely unknown. We report here that expression of lactate dehydrogenase B (LDHB), a critical enzymatic activator of glycolysis, was upregulated in an mTOR-dependent manner in TSC1(-/-), TSC2(-/-), PTEN-/-, or activated AKT1-expressing mouse embryonic fibroblasts (MEF). LDHB gene expression was transactivated by signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3), a key tumorigenic driver in many cancers, acting as a downstream mTOR effector in both mouse MEFs and human cancer cells. LDHB attenuation blunted the tumorigenic potential of oncogenic TSC2-null cells in nude mice. We concluded that LDHB is a downstream target of mTOR that is critical for oncogenic mTOR-mediated tumorigenesis. Our findings offer proof of concept for targeting LDHB as a therapeutic strategy in cancers driven by aberrant activation of the RTK-PI3K-AKT-mTOR signaling cascade. Cancer Res; 71(1); 13-8. (C) 2011 AACR.
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