Journal
CELL CYCLE
Volume 9, Issue 23, Pages 4656-4665Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
DOI: 10.4161/cc.9.23.13974
Keywords
SSeCKS/Akap12; PKC; senescence; MEF; Rb; Lats1/Warts; p16(Ink4a); Id1; polyploidy; binucleation
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Funding
- DOD [W81XWH-08-1-0026, W81XWH-07-1-0184]
- NCI Cancer Center [CA016056]
- [CA94108]
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Asubset of AKAPs (A Kinase Anchoring Proteins) regulate signaling and cytoskeletal pathways through the spaciotemporal scaffolding of multiple protein kinases (PK), such as PKC and PKA, and associations with the plasma membrane and the actin-based cytoskeleton. SSeCKS/Gravin/Akap12 expression is severely downregulated in many advanced cancers and exhibits tumor-and metastasis-suppressing activity. akap12-null (KO) mice develop prostatic hyperplasia with focal dysplasia, but the precise mechanism how Akap12 prevents oncogenic progression remains unclear. Here, we show that KO mouse embryonic fibroblasts (MEF) exhibit premature senescence marked by polyploidy and multinucleation, and by increased susceptibility to oncogenic transformation. Although p53 and Rb pathways are activated in the absence of Akap12, senescence is dependent on Rb. Senescence is driven by the activation of PKC alpha, which induces p16(Ink4a)/Rb through a MEK-dependent downregulation of Id1, and PKC delta, which downregulates Lats1/Warts, a mitotic exit network kinase required for cytokinesis. Our data strongly suggest that Akap12 controls Rb-mediated cell aging and oncogenic progression by directly scaffolding and attenuating PKC alpha/delta.
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