Journal
CELL RESEARCH
Volume 22, Issue 2, Pages 399-412Publisher
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/cr.2011.145
Keywords
K-ras; mitochondrial dysfunction; glycolysis
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- National Institutes of Health [CA085563, CA100428, CA109041]
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Increased aerobic glycolysis and oxidative stress are important features of cancer cell metabolism, but the underlying biochemical and molecular mechanisms remain elusive. Using a tetracycline inducible model, we show that activation of K-ras(G12V) causes mitochondrial dysfunction, leading to decreased respiration, elevated glycolysis, and increased generation of reactive oxygen species. The K-RAS protein is associated with mitochondria, and induces a rapid suppression of respiratory chain complex-I and a decrease in mitochondrial transmembrane potential by affecting the cyclosporin-sensitive permeability transition pore. Furthermore, pre-induction of K-ras(G12V) expression in vitro to allow metabolic adaptation to high glycolytic metabolism enhances the ability of the transformed cells to form tumor in vivo. Our study suggests that induction of mitochondrial dysfunction is an important mechanism by which K-ras(G12V) causes metabolic changes and ROS stress in cancer cells, and promotes tumor development.
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