PMID- 33586867 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20210531 LR - 20220408 IS - 1469-3178 (Electronic) IS - 1469-221X (Print) IS - 1469-221X (Linking) VI - 22 IP - 4 DP - 2021 Apr 7 TI - EDC3 phosphorylation regulates growth and invasion through controlling P-body formation and dynamics. PG - e50835 LID - 10.15252/embr.202050835 [doi] LID - e50835 AB - Regulation of mRNA stability and translation plays a critical role in determining protein abundance within cells. Processing bodies (P-bodies) are critical regulators of these processes. Here, we report that the Pim1 and 3 protein kinases bind to the P-body protein enhancer of mRNA decapping 3 (EDC3) and phosphorylate EDC3 on serine (S)161, thereby modifying P-body assembly. EDC3 phosphorylation is highly elevated in many tumor types, is reduced upon treatment of cells with kinase inhibitors, and blocks the localization of EDC3 to P-bodies. Prostate cancer cells harboring an EDC3 S161A mutation show markedly decreased growth, migration, and invasion in tissue culture and in xenograft models. Consistent with these phenotypic changes, the expression of integrin beta1 and alpha6 mRNA and protein is reduced in these mutated cells. These results demonstrate that EDC3 phosphorylation regulates multiple cancer-relevant functions and suggest that modulation of P-body activity may represent a new paradigm for cancer treatment. CI - (c) 2021 The Authors. FAU - Bearss, Jeremiah J AU - Bearss JJ AD - University of Arizona Cancer Center, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA. FAU - Padi, Sathish Kr AU - Padi SK AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-5526-4287 AD - University of Arizona Cancer Center, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA. AD - Department of Molecular Biology and Biophysics, UConn Health Center, Farmington, CT, USA. FAU - Singh, Neha AU - Singh N AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-9137-1103 AD - University of Arizona Cancer Center, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA. FAU - Cardo-Vila, Marina AU - Cardo-Vila M AD - University of Arizona Cancer Center, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA. AD - Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA. FAU - Song, Jin H AU - Song JH AD - University of Arizona Cancer Center, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA. AD - Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA. FAU - Mouneimne, Ghassan AU - Mouneimne G AD - Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA. FAU - Fernandes, Nikita AU - Fernandes N AD - Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA. FAU - Li, Yang AU - Li Y AD - Department of Molecular Biology and Biophysics, UConn Health Center, Farmington, CT, USA. AD - Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA. FAU - Harter, Matthew R AU - Harter MR AD - Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA. FAU - Gard, Jaime Mc AU - Gard JM AD - University of Arizona Cancer Center, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA. FAU - Cress, Anne E AU - Cress AE AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-6194-0061 AD - University of Arizona Cancer Center, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA. AD - Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA. FAU - Peti, Wolfgang AU - Peti W AD - Department of Molecular Biology and Biophysics, UConn Health Center, Farmington, CT, USA. AD - Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA. FAU - Nelson, Andrew Dl AU - Nelson AD AD - Boyce Thompson Institute, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA. FAU - Buchan, J Ross AU - Buchan JR AD - Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA. FAU - Kraft, Andrew S AU - Kraft AS AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-3417-4845 AD - University of Arizona Cancer Center, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA. AD - Department of Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA. FAU - Okumura, Koichi AU - Okumura K AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-6170-9342 AD - University of Arizona Cancer Center, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA. AD - Department of Physiology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA. LA - eng GR - R21 CA241010/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - T32 CA 9213-40/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - R01NS091336/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 NS091336/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 GM114564/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States GR - T32 CA009213/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 CA196885/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - R21CA241010-01A1/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. DEP - 20210215 PL - England TA - EMBO Rep JT - EMBO reports JID - 100963049 RN - 0 (RNA, Messenger) SB - IM MH - Mutation MH - Phosphorylation MH - *RNA Stability MH - RNA, Messenger/metabolism PMC - PMC8025014 OTO - NOTNLM OT - P-bodies OT - cancers OT - kinases OT - mRNA processing OT - phosphorylation COIS- The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest. EDAT- 2021/02/16 06:00 MHDA- 2021/06/01 06:00 PMCR- 2022/04/07 CRDT- 2021/02/15 08:47 PHST- 2020/12/20 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2020/05/07 00:00 [received] PHST- 2021/01/13 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2021/02/16 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/06/01 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2021/02/15 08:47 [entrez] PHST- 2022/04/07 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - EMBR202050835 [pii] AID - 10.15252/embr.202050835 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - EMBO Rep. 2021 Apr 7;22(4):e50835. doi: 10.15252/embr.202050835. Epub 2021 Feb 15.