UHMK 1 promotes gastric cancer progression through reprogramming nucleotide metabolism
- 23 January 2020
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in The EMBO Journal
- Vol. 39 (5), e102541
- https://doi.org/10.15252/embj.2019102541
Abstract
UHMK1 is a nuclear serine/threonine kinase recently implicated in carcinogenesis. However, the functions and action mechanisms of UHMK1 in the pathogenesis of human gastric cancer (GC) are unclear. Here, we observed that UHMK1 was markedly upregulated in GC. UHMK1 silencing strongly inhibited GC aggressiveness. Interestingly, UHMK1‐induced GC progression was mediated primarily via enhancing de novo purine synthesis because inhibiting purine synthesis reversed the effects of UHMK1 overexpression. Mechanistically, UHMK1 activated ATF4, an important transcription factor in nucleotide synthesis, by phosphorylating NCOA3 at Ser (S) 1062 and Thr (T) 1067. This event significantly enhanced the binding of NCOA3 to ATF4 and the expression of purine metabolism‐associated target genes. Conversely, deficient phosphorylation of NCOA3 at S1062/T1067 significantly abrogated the function of UHMK1 in GC development. Clinically, Helicobacter pylori and GC‐associated UHMK1 mutation induced NCOA3‐S1062/T1067 phosphorylation and enhanced the activity of ATF4 and UHMK1. Importantly, the level of UHMK1 was significantly correlated with the level of phospho‐NCOA3 (S1062/T1067) in human GC specimens. Collectively, these results show that the UHMK1‐activated de novo purine synthesis pathway significantly promotes GC development.Keywords
Funding Information
- National Natural Science Foundation of China (81702387, 81702744)
- Natural Science Foundation of Fujian Province (2017J01368, 2017J01369)
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