PMID- 31346208 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20201021 LR - 20210110 IS - 2045-2322 (Electronic) IS - 2045-2322 (Linking) VI - 9 IP - 1 DP - 2019 Jul 25 TI - HER2/HER3 regulates lactate secretion and expression of lactate receptor mRNA through the MAP3K4 associated protein GIT1. PG - 10823 LID - 10.1038/s41598-019-46954-7 [doi] LID - 10823 AB - One of the major features of cancer is Otto Warburg's observation that many tumors have increased extracellular acidification compared to healthy tissues. Since Warburg's observation, the importance of extracellular acidification in cancer is now considered a hallmark of cancer. Human MAP3K4 functions upstream of the p38 and JNK mitogen activated protein kinases (MAPKs). Additionally, MAP3K4 is required for cell migration and extracellular acidification of breast cancer cells in response to HER2/HER3 signaling. Here, we demonstrate that GIT1 interacts with MAP3K4 by immunoprecipitation, while cellular lactate production and the capacity of MCF-7 cells for anchorage independent growth in soft agar were dependent on GIT1. Additionally, we show that activation of HER2/HER3 signaling leads to reduced expression of lactate receptor (GPR81) mRNA and that both, GIT1 and MAP3K4, are necessary for constitutive expression of GPR81 mRNA. Our study suggests that targeting downstream proteins in the HER2/HER3-induced extracellular lactate signaling pathway may be a way to inhibit the Warburg Effect to disrupt tumor growth. FAU - Garcia-Flores, Alejandro E AU - Garcia-Flores AE AD - The Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of Pharmacy University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, 85721, USA. FAU - Sollome, James J AU - Sollome JJ AD - BioAgilytix, Durham, United States. FAU - Thavathiru, Elangovan AU - Thavathiru E AD - University of Oklahoma HSC, Oklahoma City, United States. FAU - Bower, Joseph L AU - Bower JL AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-5949-2749 AD - University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, United States. FAU - Vaillancourt, Richard R AU - Vaillancourt RR AD - The Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of Pharmacy University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, 85721, USA. vaillancourt@pharmacy.arizona.edu. LA - eng GR - R01 ES012007/ES/NIEHS NIH HHS/United States GR - T32 ES007091/ES/NIEHS NIH HHS/United States GR - P30 ES006694/ES/NIEHS NIH HHS/United States GR - T34 GM008718/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States GR - P42 ES004940/ES/NIEHS NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20190725 PL - England TA - Sci Rep JT - Scientific reports JID - 101563288 RN - 0 (RNA, Messenger) RN - 33X04XA5AT (Lactic Acid) RN - EC 2.7.10.1 (ERBB2 protein, human) RN - EC 2.7.10.1 (ERBB3 protein, human) RN - EC 2.7.10.1 (Receptor, ErbB-2) RN - EC 2.7.10.1 (Receptor, ErbB-3) RN - EC 2.7.11.25 (MAP Kinase Kinase Kinase 4) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Cell Movement/physiology MH - Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic MH - Humans MH - Lactic Acid/*metabolism MH - MAP Kinase Kinase Kinase 4/*metabolism MH - MCF-7 Cells MH - Mice MH - Muscle, Skeletal/metabolism MH - Phosphorylation MH - RNA, Messenger MH - Receptor, ErbB-2/*metabolism MH - Receptor, ErbB-3/*metabolism MH - Signal Transduction/*physiology MH - Tumor Microenvironment/*physiology PMC - PMC6658559 COIS- The authors declare no competing interests. EDAT- 2019/07/28 06:00 MHDA- 2020/10/22 06:00 PMCR- 2019/07/25 CRDT- 2019/07/27 06:00 PHST- 2019/03/22 00:00 [received] PHST- 2019/07/03 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2019/07/27 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2019/07/28 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2020/10/22 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2019/07/25 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.1038/s41598-019-46954-7 [pii] AID - 46954 [pii] AID - 10.1038/s41598-019-46954-7 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Sci Rep. 2019 Jul 25;9(1):10823. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-46954-7.