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The MYC transcription factor network: balancing metabolism, proliferation and oncogenesis

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Carroll, Patrick A., Freie, Brian W., Mathsyaraja, Haritha, Eisenman, Robert N.·2018·Frontiers of Medicine

Abstract

Transcription factor networks have evolved in order to control, coordinate, and separate, the functions of distinct network modules spatially and temporally. In this review we focus on the MYC network (also known as the MAX-MLX Network), a highly conserved super-family of related basic-helix-loop-helix-zipper (bHLHZ) proteins that functions to integrate extracellular and intracellular signals and modulate global gene expression. Importantly the MYC network has been shown to be deeply involved in a broad spectrum of human and other animal cancers. Here we summarize molecular and biological properties of the network modules with emphasis on functional interactions among network members. We suggest that these network interactions serve to modulate growth and metabolism at the transcriptional level in order to balance nutrient demand with supply, to maintain growth homeostasis, and to influence cell fate. Moreover, oncogenic activation of MYC and/or loss of a MYC antagonist, results in an imbalance in the activity of the network as a whole, leading to tumor initiation, progression and maintenance.

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  • c-Myc and CAR are metabolic regulators that modulate expression of genes involved in lipid and glucose homeostasis.

    “In addition to their roles in proliferation, both c-Myc and CAR are metabolic regulators that modulate the expression of genes involved in lipid and glucose homeostasis.22,48, 49, 50, 51, 52”

    From Constitutive Androstane Receptor Regulates Bile Acid Homeostasis and Metabolism During Liver Regeneration (2026) · cites this paper as [49]

    The “Functional interactions between MYC-MAX and MLXIP-MLX” section reports that MYC stimulates glycolysis and helps regulate genes involved in fatty-acid biosynthesis. The copy does not address CAR as a metabolic regulator; its discussion of glucose- and lipid-responsive gene expression instead concerns MLXIP/MLXIPL-MLX. No page numbers are available in the indexed passages. (LLM, conf=0.86)

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  • Myc proteins play a critical role in pathways related to tumor development, including proliferation, apoptosis, differentiation, metabolism, and adaptive cancer resistance.

    “Myc proteins, synthesized after transcription and translation of Myc gene, plays a critical role in pathways related to tumor development, including proliferation, apoptosis, differentiation, metabolism, and adaptive cancer resistance.412–414”

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  1. [84]Dang CV, Eisenman RN. Myc and the Pathway to Cancer Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y.: Cold Spring Harbor Press, 2014

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Authors
Carroll, P. A., Freie, B. W., Mathsyaraja, H., & Eisenman, R. N.
Affiliations
Fred Hutch Cancer Center (US)
Corresponding author
Eisenman, Robert N.
Venue
Frontiers of Medicine
Published
2018-07-27
Volume
12
Issue
4
Pages
412-425
ISSN
  • 1673-7342 (ISSN-L)
  • 2095-0217
  • 2095-0225
OpenAlex
W2883764945
Cited by
289
References
126
Citations by year
2026: 27 · 2025: 31 · 2024: 49 · 2023: 37 · 2022: 43 · 2021: 45 · 2020: 31 · 2019: 21 · 2018: 5
FWCI
2.72
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Frontiers of Medicine (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion, cc-by)
Funders
  • National Institutes of Health
  • National Cancer Institute (R01CA057138, R01CA020525)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Cancer-related Molecular Pathways
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Cancer Research › Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
Keywords
transcriptional regulation, cellular metabolism, cell proliferation, carcinogenesis, cell fate, nutrient signaling, tumor initiation and progression
MeSH terms
Animals, Gene Expression Regulation, Humans, Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-myc, Disease Progression, Gene Regulatory Networks, Protein Interaction Domains and Motifs, Carcinogenesis

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