PMID- 21076392 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20110113 LR - 20211020 IS - 1460-2075 (Electronic) IS - 0261-4189 (Print) IS - 0261-4189 (Linking) VI - 29 IP - 24 DP - 2010 Dec 15 TI - The tumour suppressor C/EBPdelta inhibits FBXW7 expression and promotes mammary tumour metastasis. PG - 4106-17 LID - 10.1038/emboj.2010.280 [doi] AB - Inflammation and hypoxia are known to promote the metastatic progression of tumours. The CCAAT/enhancer-binding protein-delta (C/EBPdelta, CEBPD) is an inflammatory response gene and candidate tumour suppressor, but its physiological role in tumourigenesis in vivo is unknown. Here, we demonstrate a tumour suppressor function of C/EBPdelta using transgenic mice overexpressing the Neu/Her2/ERBB2 proto-oncogene in the mammary gland. Unexpectedly, this study also revealed that C/EBPdelta is necessary for efficient tumour metastasis. We show that C/EBPdelta is induced by hypoxia in tumours in vivo and in breast tumour cells in vitro, and that C/EBPdelta-deficient cells exhibit reduced glycolytic metabolism and cell viability under hypoxia. C/EBPdelta supports CXCR4 expression. On the other hand, C/EBPdelta directly inhibits expression of the tumour suppressor F-box and WD repeat-domain containing 7 gene (FBXW7, FBW7, AGO, Cdc4), encoding an F-box protein that promotes degradation of the mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR). Consequently, C/EBPdelta enhances mTOR/AKT/S6K1 signalling and augments translation and activity of hypoxia-inducible factor-1alpha (HIF-1alpha), which is necessary for hypoxia adaptation. This work provides new insight into the mechanisms by which metastasis-promoting signals are induced specifically under hypoxia. FAU - Balamurugan, Kuppusamy AU - Balamurugan K AD - Laboratory of Cell and Developmental Signalling, CCR, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, MD 21702, USA. FAU - Wang, Ju-Ming AU - Wang JM FAU - Tsai, Hsin-Hwa AU - Tsai HH FAU - Sharan, Shikha AU - Sharan S FAU - Anver, Miriam AU - Anver M FAU - Leighty, Robert AU - Leighty R FAU - Sterneck, Esta AU - Sterneck E LA - eng GR - HHSN261200800001C/RC/CCR NIH HHS/United States GR - HHSN261200800001E/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - ImNIH/Intramural NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Intramural DEP - 20101112 PL - England TA - EMBO J JT - The EMBO journal JID - 8208664 RN - 0 (F-Box Proteins) RN - 0 (F-Box-WD Repeat-Containing Protein 7) RN - 0 (Fbxw7 protein, mouse) RN - 142662-43-9 (CCAAT-Enhancer-Binding Protein-delta) RN - EC 2.3.2.27 (Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases) SB - IM CIN - EMBO J. 2010 Dec 15;29(24):4063-5. PMID: 21157479 MH - Animals MH - CCAAT-Enhancer-Binding Protein-delta/*metabolism MH - Cell Proliferation MH - Cell Survival MH - Cells, Cultured MH - F-Box Proteins/*biosynthesis MH - F-Box-WD Repeat-Containing Protein 7 MH - *Gene Expression Regulation MH - Glycolysis MH - *Hypoxia MH - Mammary Neoplasms, Animal/pathology/physiopathology/*secondary MH - Mice MH - Mice, Transgenic MH - Neoplasm Metastasis/*pathology/physiopathology MH - Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases/*biosynthesis PMC - PMC3018791 COIS- The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest. EDAT- 2010/11/16 06:00 MHDA- 2011/01/14 06:00 PMCR- 2011/12/15 CRDT- 2010/11/16 06:00 PHST- 2010/04/14 00:00 [received] PHST- 2010/10/20 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2010/11/16 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2010/11/16 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2011/01/14 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2011/12/15 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - emboj2010280 [pii] AID - 10.1038/emboj.2010.280 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - EMBO J. 2010 Dec 15;29(24):4106-17. doi: 10.1038/emboj.2010.280. Epub 2010 Nov 12.