Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/12459
Title: PARP14 promotes the warburg effect in hepatocellular carcinoma by inhibiting JNK1-dependent PKM2 phosphorylation and activation
Authors: Iansante, V
Choy, PM
Fung, SW
Liu, Y
Chai, J-G
Dyson, J
Del Rio, A
D'Santos, C
Williams, R
Chokshi, S
Anders, RA
Bubici, C
Papa, S
Issue Date: 2015
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
Citation: Nature Communications, ARTN 7882, 6, (2015)
Abstract: Most tumour cells use aerobic glycolysis (the Warburg effect) to support anabolic growth and evade apoptosis. Intriguingly, the molecular mechanisms that link the Warburg effect with the suppression of apoptosis are not well understood. In this study, using loss-of-function studies in vitro and in vivo, we show that the anti-apoptotic protein poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP)14 promotes aerobic glycolysis in human hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) by maintaining low activity of the pyruvate kinase M2 isoform (PKM2), a key regulator of the Warburg effect. Notably, PARP14 is highly expressed in HCC primary tumours and associated with poor patient prognosis. Mechanistically, PARP14 inhibits the pro-apoptotic kinase JNK1, which results in the activation of PKM2 through phosphorylation of Thr365. Moreover, targeting PARP14 enhances the sensitization of HCC cells to anti-HCC agents. Our findings indicate that the PARP14-JNK1-PKM2 regulatory axis is an important determinant for the Warburg effect in tumour cells and provide a mechanistic link between apoptosis and metabolism.
URI: http://www.nature.com/ncomms/2015/150810/ncomms8882/full/ncomms8882.html
http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/12459
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms8882
ISSN: 2041-1723
Appears in Collections:Dept of Life Sciences Research Papers

Files in This Item:
File Description SizeFormat 
Fulltext.pdf6.44 MBAdobe PDFView/Open


Items in BURA are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.