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Metastasis suppressor KISS1 seems to reverse the Warburg effect by enhancing mitochondrial biogenesis.

Authors :
Liu W
Beck BH
Vaidya KS
Nash KT
Feeley KP
Ballinger SW
Pounds KM
Denning WL
Diers AR
Landar A
Dhar A
Iwakuma T
Welch DR
Source :
Cancer research [Cancer Res] 2014 Feb 01; Vol. 74 (3), pp. 954-63. Date of Electronic Publication: 2013 Dec 18.
Publication Year :
2014

Abstract

Cancer cells tend to utilize aerobic glycolysis even under normoxic conditions, commonly called the "Warburg effect." Aerobic glycolysis often directly correlates with malignancy, but its purpose, if any, in metastasis remains unclear. When wild-type KISS1 metastasis suppressor is expressed, aerobic glycolysis decreases and oxidative phosphorylation predominates. However, when KISS1 is missing the secretion signal peptide (ΔSS), invasion and metastasis are no longer suppressed and cells continue to metabolize using aerobic glycolysis. KISS1-expressing cells have 30% to 50% more mitochondrial mass than ΔSS-expressing cells, which are accompanied by correspondingly increased mitochondrial gene expression and higher expression of PGC1α, a master coactivator that regulates mitochondrial mass and metabolism. PGC1α-mediated downstream pathways (i.e., fatty acid synthesis and β-oxidation) are differentially regulated by KISS1, apparently reliant upon direct KISS1 interaction with NRF1, a major transcription factor involved in mitochondrial biogenesis. Since the downstream effects could be reversed using short hairpin RNA to KISS1 or PGC1α, these data appear to directly connect changes in mitochondria mass, cellular glucose metabolism, and metastasis.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
1538-7445
Volume :
74
Issue :
3
Database :
MEDLINE
Journal :
Cancer research
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
24351292
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-13-1183