PUBLICATION
UFD1 contributes to MYC-mediated leukemia aggressiveness through suppression of the proapoptotic unfolded protein response
- Authors
- Huiting, L.N., Samaha, Y., Zhang, G.L., Roderick, J.E., Li, B., Anderson, N.M., Wang, Y.W., Wang, L., Laroche, F., Choi, J.W., Liu, C.T., Kelliher, M.A., Feng, H.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-180511-4
- Date
- 2018
- Source
- Leukemia 32(11): 2339-2351 (Journal)
- Registered Authors
- Keywords
- none
- MeSH Terms
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- Animals
- Apoptosis/genetics*
- Cell Line, Tumor
- Disease Progression
- Down-Regulation/genetics
- Endoplasmic Reticulum/genetics
- Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress/genetics
- Female
- Humans
- Male
- Proteins/genetics*
- Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-myc/genetics*
- Transcription Factor CHOP/genetics
- Transcription, Genetic/genetics
- Transcriptional Activation/genetics
- Ubiquitin/genetics
- Unfolded Protein Response/genetics*
- Up-Regulation/genetics
- Zebrafish
- eIF-2 Kinase/genetics
- PubMed
- 29743725 Full text @ Leukemia
Citation
Huiting, L.N., Samaha, Y., Zhang, G.L., Roderick, J.E., Li, B., Anderson, N.M., Wang, Y.W., Wang, L., Laroche, F., Choi, J.W., Liu, C.T., Kelliher, M.A., Feng, H. (2018) UFD1 contributes to MYC-mediated leukemia aggressiveness through suppression of the proapoptotic unfolded protein response. Leukemia. 32(11):2339-2351.
Abstract
Despite the pivotal role of MYC in tumorigenesis, the mechanisms by which it promotes cancer aggressiveness remain incompletely understood. Here, we show that MYC transcriptionally upregulates the ubiquitin fusion degradation 1 (UFD1) gene in T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (T-ALL). Allelic loss of ufd1 in zebrafish induces tumor cell apoptosis and impairs MYC-driven T-ALL progression but does not affect general health. As the E2 component of an endoplasmic reticulum (ER)-associated degradation (ERAD) complex, UFD1 facilitates the elimination of misfolded/unfolded proteins from the ER. We found that UFD1 inactivation in human T-ALL cells impairs ERAD, exacerbates ER stress, and induces apoptosis. Moreover, we show that UFD1 inactivation promotes the proapoptotic unfolded protein response (UPR) mediated by protein kinase RNA-like ER kinase (PERK). This effect is demonstrated by an upregulation of PERK and its downstream effector C/EBP homologous protein (CHOP), as well as a downregulation of BCL2 and BCLxL. Indeed, CHOP inactivation or BCL2 overexpression is sufficient to rescue tumor cell apoptosis induced by UFD1 knockdown. Together, our studies identify UFD1 as a critical regulator of the ER stress response and a novel contributor to MYC-mediated leukemia aggressiveness, with implications for targeted therapy in T-ALL and likely other MYC-driven cancers.
Genes / Markers
Expression
Phenotype
Mutations / Transgenics
Human Disease / Model
Sequence Targeting Reagents
Fish
Orthology
Engineered Foreign Genes
Mapping