UMMS Affiliation
Program in Molecular Medicine; Davis Lab
Publication Date
2019-05-14
Document Type
Article
Disciplines
Cancer Biology | Cell Biology | Cellular and Molecular Physiology | Developmental Biology | Enzymes and Coenzymes | Genetic Phenomena | Neoplasms
Abstract
Mechanisms of lung squamous cell carcinoma (LSCC) development are poorly understood. Here, we report that JNK1/2 activities attenuate Lkb1-deficiency-driven LSCC initiation and progression through repressing DeltaNp63 signaling. In vivo Lkb1 ablation alone is sufficient to induce LSCC development by reducing MKK7 levels and JNK1/2 activities, independent of the AMPKalpha and mTOR pathways. JNK1/2 activities is positively regulated by MKK7 during LSCC development. Pharmaceutically elevated JNK1/2 activities abates Lkb1 dependent LSCC formation while compound mutations of Jnk1/2 and Lkb1 further accelerate LSCC progression. JNK1/2 is inactivated in a substantial proportion of human LSCC and JNK1/2 activities positively correlates with survival rates of lung, cervical and head and neck squamous cell carcinoma patients. These findings not only determine a suppressive role of the stress response regulators JNK1/2 on LSCC development by acting downstream of the key LSCC suppresser Lkb1, but also demonstrate activating JNK1/2 activities as a therapeutic approach against LSCC.
Keywords
Non-small-cell lung cancer, Stress signalling, Cancer genomics, Prognostic markers, Cancer models
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DOI of Published Version
10.1038/s41467-019-09843-1
Source
Nat Commun. 2019 May 14;10(1):2148. doi: 10.1038/s41467-019-09843-1. Link to article on publisher's site
Journal/Book/Conference Title
Nature communications
Related Resources
PubMed ID
31089135
Repository Citation
Liu J, Wang T, Creighton CJ, Wu S, Ray M, Janardhan KS, Willson CJ, Cho S, Castro PD, Ittmann MM, Li J, Davis RJ, DeMayo FJ. (2019). JNK(1/2) represses Lkb(1)-deficiency-induced lung squamous cell carcinoma progression. Open Access Publications by UMMS Authors. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-09843-1. Retrieved from https://escholarship.umassmed.edu/oapubs/3858
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