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MnSOD upregulation sustains the Warburg effect via mitochondrial ROS and AMPK-dependent signalling in cancer

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Hart, Peter C., Mao, Mao, de Abreu, Andre Luelsdorf P., Ansenberger-Fricano, Kristine, Ekoue, Dede N., Ganini, Douglas, Kajdacsy-Balla, Andre, Diamond, Alan M. +4 more·2015·Nature Communications

Abstract

Manganese superoxide dismutase (MnSOD/SOD2) is a mitochondria-resident enzyme that governs the types of reactive oxygen species egressing from the organelle to affect cellular signalling. Here we demonstrate that MnSOD upregulation in cancer cells establishes a steady flow of H2O2 originating from mitochondria that sustains AMP-activated kinase (AMPK) activation and the metabolic shift to glycolysis. Restricting MnSOD expression or inhibiting AMPK suppresses the metabolic switch and dampens the viability of transformed cells indicating that the MnSOD/AMPK axis is critical to support cancer cell bioenergetics. Recapitulating in vitro findings, clinical and epidemiologic analyses of MnSOD expression and AMPK activation indicated that the MnSOD/AMPK pathway is most active in advanced stage and aggressive breast cancer subtypes. Taken together, our results indicate that MnSOD serves as a biomarker of cancer progression and acts as critical regulator of tumour cell metabolism. Tumour cells sustain high levels of glycolysis even in presence of oxygen, which is known as the Warburg effect. Here the authors show that MnSOD contributes to the Warburg effect by increasing the levels of H2O2released from mitochondria, which sustains glycolysis by activating AMPK.

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Hart, P. C., Mao, M., de Abreu, A. L. P., Ansenberger-Fricano, K., Ekoue, D. N., Ganini, D., Kajdacsy-Balla, A., Diamond, A. M., Minshall, R. D., Consolaro, M. E. L., Santos, J. H., & Bonini, M. G.
Affiliations
  • University of Illinois Chicago (US)
  • National Institutes of Health (US)
  • University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (US)
Corresponding author
Bonini, Marcelo G.
Venue
Nature Communications
Published
2015-02-05
Volume
6
Issue
1
Pages
6053-6053
ISSN
2041-1723 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W1989357594
Cited by
260
References
70
Citations by year
2026: 7 · 2025: 18 · 2024: 20 · 2023: 22 · 2022: 27 · 2021: 29 · 2020: 31 · 2019: 30 · 2018: 19 · 2017: 26 · 2016: 21 · 2015: 9
FWCI
8.26
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Nature Communications (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
  • Figshare (submittedVersion, cc-by)
Funders
  • U.S. Department of Defense
  • Harvard University
  • University of Connecticut
  • Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior
  • National Institutes of Health (NIH T32, 5t32hl072742-10, HL60678)
  • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • University of Illinois at Chicago
  • National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (P01HL060678, P01-HL60678, T32-HL-072742)
  • National Cancer Institute (R01CA101053, R21CA182103)
  • National Center for Research Resources (S10RR027848)
  • Army Research Office
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Cancer Research › Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Cancer and biochemical research
Keywords
manganese superoxide dismutase, AMPK, Warburg effect, mitochondrial reactive oxygen species, hydrogen peroxide, glycolysis, cancer metabolism, breast cancer, tumor progression markers
MeSH terms
Breast Neoplasms, Colonic Neoplasms, Female, Glycolysis, Hexokinase, Humans, Hydrogen Peroxide, Male, Mitochondria, Neoplasm Staging, Oxidation-Reduction, Phosphofructokinase-1, Prostatic Neoplasms, Pyruvate Kinase, Superoxide Dismutase, Signal Transduction, Transcriptional Activation, Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic, Reactive Oxygen Species, RNA, Small Interfering, Cell Line, Tumor, AMP-Activated Protein Kinases

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