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Glucose-sensitive acetylation of Seryl tRNA synthetase regulates lipid synthesis in breast cancer

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Zhao, Jin, Bai, Hangming, Li, Xiaoyu, Yan, Jie, Zou, Gengyi, Wang, Longlong, Li, Xiru, Liu, Ze +3 more·2021·Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy

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Abnormally enhanced de novo lipid biosynthesis has been increasingly realized to play crucial roles in the initiation and progression of varieties of cancers including breast cancer. However, the mechanisms underlying the dysregulation of lipid biosynthesis in breast cancer remain largely unknown. Here, we reported that seryl tRNA synthetase (SerRS), a key enzyme for protein biosynthesis, could translocate into the nucleus in a glucose-dependent manner to suppress key genes involved in the de novo lipid biosynthesis. In normal mammary gland epithelial cells glucose can promote the nuclear translocation of SerRS by increasing the acetylation of SerRS at lysine 323. In SerRS knock-in mice bearing acetylation-defective lysine to arginine mutation, we observed increased body weight and adipose tissue mass. In breast cancer cells the acetylation and nuclear translocation of SerRS are greatly inhibited. Overexpression of SerRS, in particularly the acetylation-mimetic lysine to glutamine mutant, dramatically inhibits the de novo lipid synthesis and hence greatly suppresses the proliferation of breast cancer cells and the growth of breast cancer xenografts in mice. We further identified that HDAC4 and HDAC5 regulated the acetylation and nuclear translocation of SerRS. Thus, we identified a SerRS-meditated inhibitory pathway in glucose-induced lipid biosynthesis, which is dysregulated in breast cancer.

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Authors
Zhao, J., Bai, H., Li, X., Yan, J., Zou, G., Wang, L., Li, X., Liu, Z., Xiang, R., Yang, X.-L., & Shi, Y.
Affiliations
  • Nankai University (CN)
  • Scripps Research Institute (US)
Corresponding author
Shi, Yi
Venue
Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy
Published
2021-08-16
Volume
6
Issue
1
Pages
303-303
ISSN
2059-3635 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W3195596607
Cited by
27
References
45
Citations by year
2026: 7 · 2025: 4 · 2024: 6 · 2023: 4 · 2022: 6
FWCI
1.59
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
Funders
  • National Natural Science Foundation of China (81772974, 81972882)
  • Bilateral Inter-Governmental S&T Cooperation Project from Ministry of Science and Technology of China
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Cancer Research › Cancer, Lipids, and Metabolism
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Biochemistry › Lipid metabolism and biosynthesis
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › PI3K/AKT/mTOR signaling in cancer
Keywords
seryl-tRNA synthetase, surface-enhanced resonance Raman scattering, lysine acetylation, nuclear translocation, glucose metabolism, breast cancer, HDAC4, HDAC5, histone deacetylase, adipose tissue mass, tumor cell proliferation
MeSH terms
Acetylation, Adipose Tissue, Amino Acid Sequence, Animals, Breast Neoplasms, Female, Glucose, Histone Deacetylases, Humans, Lipids, Serine-tRNA Ligase, Substrate Specificity, Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic, Active Transport, Cell Nucleus, Mice, Gene Knock-In Techniques, Heterografts

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