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CELL DEATH AND DIFFERENTIATION
卷 26, 期 10, 页码 1955-1969出版社
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/s41418-018-0265-6
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- University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center [P30CA177558]
- Center for Environmental and Systems Biochemistry (CESB) at the University of Kentucky
- [R01CA133429]
- [1U24DK097215]
- [5R35CA197532]
Cancer cells are known to upregulate aerobic glycolysis to promote growth, proliferation, and survival. However, the role of mitochondrial respiration in tumorigenesis remains elusive. Here we report that inhibition of mitochondrial function by silencing TFAM, a key transcription factor essential for mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) replication and the transcription of mtDNA-encoded genes, markedly reduced tumor-initiating potential of colon cancer cells. Knockdown of TFAM significantly decreased mitochondrial respiration in colon cancer cells; however, the cellular levels of ATP remained largely unchanged as a result of increased glycolysis. This metabolic alteration rendered cancer cells highly susceptible to glucose deprivation. Interestingly, upregulation of glycolysis was independent of hypoxia-inducible factor-1 (HIF1) as TFAM knockdown cells fail to stabilize HIF1 alpha under hypoxic conditions. Moreover, knockdown of TFAM results in decreased expression of genes-associated cancer stem cells downstream of Wnt/beta-catenin signaling. Metabolic analysis reveals that the level of alpha-ketoglutarate (alpha-KG) was significantly upregulated in TFAM knockout cells. Silencing of prolyl hydroxylase domain-containing protein 2 (PHD2), a alpha-KG-dependent dioxyenase, rescued the expression of target genes of both HIF1 alpha and Wnt/beta-catenin. Furthermore, intestinal-specific knockout of TFAM prevents tumor formation in Apc-mutant mouse models of colon cancer. Taken together, our findings identify a novel role of mitochondria-mediated retrograde signaling in regulating Wnt signaling and tumor initiation in colon cancer.
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