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PTEN deficiency and AMPK activation promote nutrient scavenging and anabolism in prostate cancer cells

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Kim, Seong M., Nguyen, Tricia T., Ravi, Archna, Kubiniok, Peter, Finicle, Brendan T., Jayashankar, Vaishali, Malacrida, Leonel, Hou, Jue +8 more·2018·Cancer Discovery

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We report that PTEN-deficient prostate cancer cells use macropinocytosis to survive and proliferate under nutrient stress.PTEN loss increased macropinocytosis only in the context of AMPK activation revealing a general requirement for AMPK in macropinocytosis and a novel mechanism by which AMPK promotes survival under stress.In prostate cancer cells, albumin uptake did not require macropinocytosis, but necrotic cell debris proved a specific macropinocytic cargo.Isotopic labeling confirmed that macropinocytosed necrotic cell proteins fueled new protein synthesis in prostate cancer cells.Supplementation with necrotic debris, but not albumin, also maintained lipid stores suggesting that macropinocytosis can supply nutrients other than amino acids.Non-transformed prostatic epithelial cells were not macropinocytic, but patient-derived prostate cancer organoids and xenografts and autochthonous prostate tumors all exhibited constitutive macropinocytosis, and blocking macropinocytosis limited prostate tumor growth.Macropinocytosis of extracellular material by prostate cancer cells is a previously unappreciated tumor-microenvironment interaction that could be targeted therapeutically.

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Kim, S. M., Nguyen, T. T., Ravi, A., Kubiniok, P., Finicle, B. T., Jayashankar, V., Malacrida, L., Hou, J., Robertson, J., Gao, D., Chernoff, J., Digman, M. A., Potma, E. O., Tromberg, B. J., Thibault, P., & Edinger, A. L.
Affiliations
  • University of California, Irvine (US)
  • Université de Montréal (CA)
  • Universidad de la República de Uruguay (UY)
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN)
  • Fox Chase Cancer Center (US)
Venue
Cancer Discovery
Published
2018-03-23
Volume
8
Issue
7
Pages
866-883
ISSN
  • 2159-8274 (ISSN-L)
  • 2159-8290
OpenAlex
W2789786349
Cited by
199
References
70
Citations by year
2026: 9 · 2025: 20 · 2024: 28 · 2023: 27 · 2022: 30 · 2021: 31 · 2020: 19 · 2019: 20 · 2018: 15
FWCI
7.56
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Cancer Discovery (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • eScholarship (California Digital Library) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • HHS | National Institutes of Health (NIH) (GM089919, P30 CA62203, P41EB015890, P41-RR03155, P50-GM076516)
  • Canada Research Chairs (Chaires de recherche du Canada)
  • Genome Canada (Génome Canada)
  • canada National Science and engineering research council (311598)
  • Vanier Scholarship
  • DOD | Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP) (W81XWH-11-1-0535)
  • American Cancer Society (ACS) (RSG-11-111-01-CDD)
  • University of california cancer research coordinating committee (CRR-17-426826)
  • UCI Applied Innovation (NA)
  • US Department of Education (GAANN P200A120207)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › PI3K/AKT/mTOR signaling in cancer
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine › Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research
Keywords
PTEN loss, AMPK activation, prostate cancer, nutrient scavenging, anabolism, cancer metabolism
MeSH terms
Nutrients, Animals, Humans, Male, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Pinocytosis, Prostatic Neoplasms, Stress, Physiological, Gene Deletion, PTEN Phosphohydrolase, Mice, AMP-Activated Protein Kinases

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