Mitogenic Sonic hedgehog signaling drives E2F1-dependent lipogenesis in progenitor cells and medulloblastoma

Autor: Anna Marie Kenney, Michael Hsieh, Zaher Nahlé, Bobby Bhatia
Rok vydání: 2010
Předmět:
Cancer Research
cerebellum
Blotting
Western

Mice
Transgenic

Biology
medulloblastoma
medicine.disease_cause
Article
Mice
sonic hedgehog
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Neural Stem Cells
Genetics
medicine
Animals
Immunoprecipitation
cancer
Hedgehog Proteins
Sonic hedgehog
Cerebellar Neoplasms
Rb
E2F
Molecular Biology
lipogenesis
030304 developmental biology
Medulloblastoma
0303 health sciences
Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
Lipid metabolism
medicine.disease
Immunohistochemistry
Hedgehog signaling pathway
Disease Models
Animal

Fatty acid synthase
E2F1
030220 oncology & carcinogenesis
Lipogenesis
biology.protein
Cancer research
cell cycle
Fatty Acid Synthases
biological phenomena
cell phenomena
and immunity

Carcinogenesis
metabolism
E2F1 Transcription Factor
Signal Transduction
Zdroj: Oncogene
ISSN: 1476-5594
0950-9232
DOI: 10.1038/onc.2010.454
Popis: Deregulation of the Rb/E2F tumor suppressor complex and aberrantion of Sonic hedgehog (Shh) signaling are documented across the spectrum of human malignancies. Exaggerated de novo lipid synthesis is also found in certain highly proliferative, aggressive tumors. Here, we show that in Shh-driven medulloblastomas, Rb is inactivated and E2F1 is upregulated, promoting lipogenesis. Extensive lipid accumulation and elevated levels of the lipogenic enzyme fatty acid synthase (FASN) mark those tumors. In primary cerebellar granule neuron precursors (CGNPs), proposed Shh-associated medulloblastoma cells-of-origin, Shh signaling triggers E2F1 and FASN expression, whereas suppressing fatty acid oxidation (FAO), in a smoothened-dependent manner. In the developing cerebellum, E2F1 and FASN co-localize in proliferating CGNPs. in vivo and in vitro, E2F1 is required for FASN expression and CGNP proliferation, and E2F1 knockdown impairs Shh-mediated FAO inhibition. Pharmacological blockade of Rb inactivation and/or lipogenesis inhibits CGNP proliferation, drives medulloblastoma cell death and extends survival of medulloblastoma-bearing animals In vivo. These findings identify a novel mechanism through which Shh signaling links cell cycle progression to lipid synthesis, through E2F1-dependent regulation of lipogenic enzymes. These findings pertinent to the etiology of tumor metabolism also underscore the key role of the Shh→E2F1→FASN axis in regulating de novo lipid synthesis in cancers, and as such its value as a global therapeutic target in hedgehog-dependent and/or Rb-inactivated tumors.
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