PMID- 38141761 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20240213 LR - 20240213 IS - 1083-351X (Electronic) IS - 0021-9258 (Print) IS - 0021-9258 (Linking) VI - 300 IP - 1 DP - 2024 Jan TI - PP2A inhibitor SET promotes mTORC1 and Bmi1 signaling through Akt activation and maintains the colony-formation ability of cancer cells. PG - 105584 LID - S0021-9258(23)02612-1 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.jbc.2023.105584 [doi] LID - 105584 AB - Protein phosphatase 2A (PP2A) is an essential tumor suppressor, with its activity often hindered in cancer cells by endogenous PP2A inhibitory proteins like SE translocation (SET). SET/PP2A axis plays a pivotal role in the colony-formation ability of cancer cells and the stabilization of c-Myc and E2F1 proteins implicated in this process. However, in osteosarcoma cell line HOS, SET knock-down (KD) suppresses the colony-formation ability without affecting c-Myc and E2F1. This study aimed to unravel the molecular mechanism through which SET enhances the colony-formation ability of HOS cells and determine if it is generalized to other cancer cells. Transcriptome analysis unveiled that SET KD suppressed mTORC1 signaling. SET KD inhibited Akt phosphorylation, an upstream kinase for mTORC1. PP2A inhibitor blocked SET KD-mediated decrease in phosphorylation of Akt and a mTORC1 substrate p70S6K. A constitutively active Akt restored decreased colony-formation ability by SET KD, indicating the SET/PP2A/Akt/mTORC1 axis. Additionally, enrichment analysis highlighted that Bmi-1, a polycomb group protein, is affected by SET KD. SET KD decreased Bmi-1 protein by Akt inhibition but not by mTORC1 inhibition, and exogenous Bmi-1 expression rescued the reduced colony formation by SET KD. Four out of eight cancer cell lines exhibited decreased Bmi-1 by SET KD. Further analysis of these cell lines revealed that Myc activity plays a role in SET KD-mediated Bmi-1 degradation. These findings provide new insights into the molecular mechanism of SET-regulated colony-formation ability, which involved Akt-mediated activation of mTORC1/p70S6K and Bmi-1 signaling. CI - Copyright (c) 2023 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. FAU - Kohyanagi, Naoki AU - Kohyanagi N AD - Laboratory of Veterinary Pharmacology, Yamaguchi University Joint Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Yamaguchi, Japan. FAU - Kitamura, Nao AU - Kitamura N AD - Laboratory of Veterinary Pharmacology, Yamaguchi University Joint Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Yamaguchi, Japan. FAU - Ikeda, Shunta AU - Ikeda S AD - Laboratory of Veterinary Pharmacology, Yamaguchi University Joint Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Yamaguchi, Japan. FAU - Shibutani, Shusaku AU - Shibutani S AD - Laboratory of Veterinary Hygiene, Yamaguchi University Joint Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Yamaguchi, Japan. FAU - Sato, Koichi AU - Sato K AD - Laboratory of Veterinary Pharmacology, Yamaguchi University Joint Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Yamaguchi, Japan. FAU - Ohama, Takashi AU - Ohama T AD - Laboratory of Veterinary Pharmacology, Yamaguchi University Joint Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Yamaguchi, Japan. Electronic address: t.ohama@yamaguchi-u.ac.jp. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20231222 PL - United States TA - J Biol Chem JT - The Journal of biological chemistry JID - 2985121R RN - 0 (BMI1 protein, human) RN - 0 (Enzyme Inhibitors) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (Mechanistic Target of Rapamycin Complex 1) RN - EC 2.3.2.27 (Polycomb Repressive Complex 1) RN - EC 3.1.3.16 (Protein Phosphatase 2) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (Ribosomal Protein S6 Kinases, 70-kDa) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases) RN - 0 (SET protein, human) RN - 0 (DNA-Binding Proteins) RN - 0 (Histone Chaperones) RN - 0 (MYC protein, human) SB - IM MH - Humans MH - *Enzyme Inhibitors/metabolism MH - *Mechanistic Target of Rapamycin Complex 1/metabolism MH - *Neoplasms/metabolism/pathology MH - Phosphorylation MH - *Polycomb Repressive Complex 1/metabolism MH - *Protein Phosphatase 2/antagonists & inhibitors/metabolism MH - *Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt/metabolism MH - Ribosomal Protein S6 Kinases, 70-kDa/metabolism MH - TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases/metabolism MH - *DNA-Binding Proteins/deficiency/genetics/metabolism MH - *Histone Chaperones/deficiency/genetics/metabolism MH - Signal Transduction MH - Enzyme Activation MH - Cell Line, Tumor PMC - PMC10826185 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Akt/PKB OT - Bmi-1 OT - SET OT - cancer biology OT - mammalian target of rapamycin OT - polycomb OT - protein phosphatase 2A COIS- Conflict of interest The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest with the contents of this article. EDAT- 2023/12/24 09:41 MHDA- 2024/02/05 06:43 PMCR- 2023/12/22 CRDT- 2023/12/23 19:25 PHST- 2023/06/23 00:00 [received] PHST- 2023/11/19 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2023/12/07 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2024/02/05 06:43 [medline] PHST- 2023/12/24 09:41 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/12/23 19:25 [entrez] PHST- 2023/12/22 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - S0021-9258(23)02612-1 [pii] AID - 105584 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.jbc.2023.105584 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Biol Chem. 2024 Jan;300(1):105584. doi: 10.1016/j.jbc.2023.105584. Epub 2023 Dec 22.