Stephen Jones Lab Publications
Title
Oncogenic function for the Dlg1 mammalian homolog of the Drosophila discs-large tumor suppressor
UMMS Affiliation
Department of Cell Biology
Publication Date
2006-03-03
Document Type
Article
Subjects
1-Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase; Animals; Cell Membrane; *Cell Transformation, Viral; Genes, ras; Humans; Mice; Nerve Tissue Proteins; Oncogene Proteins, Viral; Protein Transport; Transfection; Tumor Suppressor Proteins
Disciplines
Cell Biology
Abstract
The fact that several different human virus oncoproteins, including adenovirus type 9 E4-ORF1, evolved to target the Dlg1 mammalian homolog of the membrane-associated Drosophila discs-large tumor suppressor has implicated this cellular factor in human cancer. Despite a general belief that such interactions function solely to inactivate this suspected human tumor suppressor protein, we demonstrate here that E4-ORF1 specifically requires endogenous Dlg1 to provoke oncogenic activation of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K) in cells. Based on our results, we propose a model wherein E4-ORF1 binding to Dlg1 triggers the resulting complex to translocate to the plasma membrane and, at this site, to promote Ras-mediated PI3K activation. These findings establish the first known function for Dlg1 in virus-mediated cellular transformation and also surprisingly expose a previously unrecognized oncogenic activity encoded by this suspected cellular tumor suppressor gene.
DOI of Published Version
10.1038/sj.emboj.7601030
Source
EMBO J. 2006 Mar 22;25(6):1406-17. Epub 2006 Mar 2. Link to article on publisher's site
Journal/Book/Conference Title
The EMBO journal
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Repository Citation
Frese KK, Latorre IJ, Chung S, Caruana G, Bernstein A, Jones SN, Donehower LA, Justice MJ, Garner CC, Javier RT. (2006). Oncogenic function for the Dlg1 mammalian homolog of the Drosophila discs-large tumor suppressor. Stephen Jones Lab Publications. https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.emboj.7601030. Retrieved from https://escholarship.umassmed.edu/jones/19