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Title: | MYC is a critical target of FBXW7 |
Author: | Sato, Mai Rodriguez Barrueco, Ruth Yu, Jiyang Do, Catherine Silva, Jose M. Gautier, Jean |
Keywords: | Càncer Proteïnes Cèl·lules Cancer Proteins Cells |
Issue Date: | 26-Dec-2014 |
Publisher: | Impact Journals |
Abstract: | MYC deregulation is a driver of many human cancers. Altering the balance of MYC protein levels at the level of transcription, protein stability, or turnover is sufficient to transform cells to a tumorigenic phenotype. While direct targeting of MYC is difficult, specific genetic vulnerabilities of MYC-deregulated cells could be exploited to selectively inhibit their growth. Using a genome-wide shRNA screen, we identified 78 candidate genes, which are required for survival of human mammary epithelial cells with elevated MYC levels. Among the candidates, we validated and characterized FBXW7, a component of the SCF-like ubiquitin ligase complex that targets MYC for proteasomal degradation. Down-regulation of FBXW7 leads to synergistic accumulation of cellular and active chromatin-bound MYC, while protein levels of other FBXW7 targets appear unaffected. Over a four-week time course, continuous FBXW7 down-regulation and MYC activation together cause an accumulation of cells in S-phase and G2/M-phase of the cell cycle. Under these conditions, we also observe elevated chromatin-bound levels of CDC45, suggesting increased DNA replication stress. Consistent with these results, FBXW7 down-regulation alone decreases the survival of T47D breast cancer cells. These results establish that FBXW7 down-regulation is synthetic lethal with MYC, and that MYC is a critical target of FBXW7 in breast epithelial cells. |
Note: | Reproducció del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.18632/oncotarget.3203 |
It is part of: | Oncotarget, 2014, vol. 6, num. 5, p. 3292-3305 |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2445/178607 |
Related resource: | https://doi.org/10.18632/oncotarget.3203 |
ISSN: | 1949-2553 |
Appears in Collections: | Articles publicats en revistes (Patologia i Terapèutica Experimental) |
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