Metabolic flexibility has emerged as a critical determinant of CD8+T-cell antitumor activity,yet the mechanisms driving the metabolic flexibility of T cells have not been determined.In this study,we investigated the i...Metabolic flexibility has emerged as a critical determinant of CD8+T-cell antitumor activity,yet the mechanisms driving the metabolic flexibility of T cells have not been determined.In this study,we investigated the influence of the nuclear cap-binding complex(CBC)adaptor protein ARS2 on mature T cells.In doing so,we discovered a novel signaling axis that endows activated CD8+T cells with flexibility of glucose catabolism.ARS2 upregulation driven by CD28 signaling reinforced splicing factor recruitment to pre-mRNAs and affected approximately one-third of T-cell activation-induced alternative splicing events.Among these effects,the CD28-ARS2 axis suppressed the expression of the M1 isoform of pyruvate kinase in favor of PKM2,a key determinant of CD8+T-cell glucose utilization,interferon gamma production,and antitumor effector function.Importantly,PKM alternative splicing occurred independently of CD28-driven PI3K pathway activation,revealing a novel means by which costimulation reprograms glucose metabolism in CD8+T cells.展开更多
Regulation of the Hippo signaling pathway is essential for normal organ growth and tissue homeostasis.The proteins that act to regulate this pathway are important for ensuring proper function and cellular location.Deu...Regulation of the Hippo signaling pathway is essential for normal organ growth and tissue homeostasis.The proteins that act to regulate this pathway are important for ensuring proper function and cellular location.Deubiquitinases(DUBs)are a family of proteases that act upon many proteins.While ubiquitinases add ubiquitin and target proteins for degradation,DUBs act by removing ubiquitin(Ub)moieties.Changes in ubiquitin chain topology results in the stabilization of proteins,membrane trafficking,and the alteration of cellular localization.While the roles of these proteins have been well established in a cancer setting,their convergence in cancer is still under investigation.In this review,we discuss the roles that DUBs play in the regulation of the Hippo signaling pathway for homeostasis and disease.展开更多
基金supported by National Cancer Institute grants R00CA175189,R01AI155499(both to SHO),R01CA205246(to EAR),R01CA121044(to KPL),T32CA085183(to GAH and MML),and P30CA016056,involving the use of the Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center Flow and Image Cytometry,Genomics,Laboratory Animal,and Immune Analysis Shared Resourcesby the Roswell Park Alliance Foundation.NMR experiments were carried out at the Center for Environmental and Systems Biochemistry Shared Resource Facility funded in part by the Markey Cancer Center(P30CA177558).
文摘Metabolic flexibility has emerged as a critical determinant of CD8+T-cell antitumor activity,yet the mechanisms driving the metabolic flexibility of T cells have not been determined.In this study,we investigated the influence of the nuclear cap-binding complex(CBC)adaptor protein ARS2 on mature T cells.In doing so,we discovered a novel signaling axis that endows activated CD8+T cells with flexibility of glucose catabolism.ARS2 upregulation driven by CD28 signaling reinforced splicing factor recruitment to pre-mRNAs and affected approximately one-third of T-cell activation-induced alternative splicing events.Among these effects,the CD28-ARS2 axis suppressed the expression of the M1 isoform of pyruvate kinase in favor of PKM2,a key determinant of CD8+T-cell glucose utilization,interferon gamma production,and antitumor effector function.Importantly,PKM alternative splicing occurred independently of CD28-driven PI3K pathway activation,revealing a novel means by which costimulation reprograms glucose metabolism in CD8+T cells.
基金This work was supported by the Roswell Park Cancer Institute and National Cancer Institute(NCI)Grant#P30 CA016056,Roswell Park Alliance Foundation,the National Cancer Institute(NCI)R01 CA207504 and the American Cancer Society Research Scholar Grant RSG-14-214-01-TBE(to J.Z.).
文摘Regulation of the Hippo signaling pathway is essential for normal organ growth and tissue homeostasis.The proteins that act to regulate this pathway are important for ensuring proper function and cellular location.Deubiquitinases(DUBs)are a family of proteases that act upon many proteins.While ubiquitinases add ubiquitin and target proteins for degradation,DUBs act by removing ubiquitin(Ub)moieties.Changes in ubiquitin chain topology results in the stabilization of proteins,membrane trafficking,and the alteration of cellular localization.While the roles of these proteins have been well established in a cancer setting,their convergence in cancer is still under investigation.In this review,we discuss the roles that DUBs play in the regulation of the Hippo signaling pathway for homeostasis and disease.
