Hippo and Hyperplasia.
Hippo and Hyperplasia.
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河马和增生。
DOI:
10.1161/circresaha.119.314968
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发表时间:
2019
影响因子:
20.1
通讯作者:
Martin,KathleenA
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作者:
Ostriker,AllisonC;Martin,KathleenA
directly binding and transactivating the promoter in vitro. 4 SLC1A5 is required for L-glutamine-dependent activation of mTORC1. 12 Furthermore, glutamine is essential to cancer cells as its metabolites provide not only a source of energy but also nitrogen for nucleic and amino acid biosynthesis, allowing for rapid proliferation. 13 Notably, the TEAD1-SLC1A5-glutamine uptake signaling axis was shown to regulate SMC mTORC1 activity, dedifferentiation and proliferation in vitro. Overexpression of TEAD1 activated mTORC1 to a level comparable to PDGF-BB stimulation and potentiated the effects of PDGF-BB (platelet-derived growth factor-BB). Treatment with the SLC1A5 inhibitor GPNA demonstrated that this transporter is required for TEAD1-induced SMC mTORC1 activation and proliferation. The major novel mechanistic finding is that TEAD1 provides a direct transcriptional link between the Hippo pathway and glutamine-driven activation of mTORC1 signaling, adding new depth to our understanding of the interplay between these pathways. This work reveals a new metabolic mechanism by which rapidly proliferating and highly synthetic SMC obtain a key nutrient, glutamine, which coordinately regulates and provides fuel for the biosynthetic demands of vascular repair and neointima formation. Several questions arise from this study for future research. TEAD1 activity amplifies the mTORC1 signaling that is likely initiated by growth factors such as PDGF at sites of vascular injury, but the stimuli that promote repression of upstream Hippo kinases in vascular injury are unknown. Depending on cell type and context, growth factors, cytokines, G-protein–coupled receptor ligands, cellular stresses, and disruption of cellcell contacts can activate YAP/TAZ (reviewed in Ma et al9). The complexity of potential stimuli and lack of clearly defined agonists and receptors necessitates reliance on overexpression and knockdown approaches to study Hippo pathway functions, which raises the possibility of artifacts due to high-level overexpression, and/or lack of other concomitant signaling interactions in the absence of native stimuli. The mechanisms that mediate TEAD1 upregulation post-injury remain to be determined, but TEAD factors can be regulated by phosphorylation, palmitoylation, and, similar to YAP/TAZ, TEADs can be excluded from the nucleus under conditions of high cell density. 14 The specific cofactors with which TEAD1 partners to regulate SLC1A5 and SMC phenotype are also not yet known. The similar phenotypes shared between YAP and TEAD1, as well as YAP regulation of SLC1A5 in cancer cells15 suggests that they likely act in concert in vascular injury response. TEADs, however, can additionally partner with Hippo-independent cofactors. 14 The full spectrum of TEAD1-dependent target genes in the injury setting is not yet known, but RNA-Seq, ideally paired with ChIP-seq, may provide future insights. From a translational standpoint, this work suggests that inhibition of TEAD1 activity and/or downstream glutamine transport, may synergize with mTORC1 inhibition, representing a novel combinatorial strategy for treating vasculopathies. Targeting glutamine metabolism is an area of intensive research as “glutamine addiction” can confer tumor resistance to mTOR inhibitors. Inhibition of glutamine uptake, however, has been problematic, as GPNA (L-γ-glutamyl-p-nitroanilide) and other SLC1A5 inhibitors have failed in cancer clinical trials because of adverse effects of glutamine deprivation in healthy cells (reviewed in Choi and Park13). Inhibitors of glutaminase, the enzyme that converts glutamine to glutamate, were in early clinical trials as of 2018, and …