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Llorente A, Loughran RM, Emerling BM. Targeting phosphoinositide signaling in cancer: relevant techniques to study lipids and novel avenues for therapeutic intervention. Front Cell Dev Biol 2023; 11:1297355. [PMID: 37954209 PMCID: PMC10634348 DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2023.1297355] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2023] [Accepted: 10/12/2023] [Indexed: 11/14/2023] Open
Abstract
Phosphoinositides serve as essential players in numerous biological activities and are critical for overall cellular function. Due to their complex chemical structures, localization, and low abundance, current challenges in the phosphoinositide field include the accurate measurement and identification of specific variants, particularly those with acyl chains. Researchers are intensively developing innovative techniques and approaches to address these challenges and advance our understanding of the impact of phosphoinositide signaling on cellular biology. This article provides an overview of recent advances in the study of phosphoinositides, including mass spectrometry, lipid biosensors, and real-time activity assays using fluorometric sensors. These methodologies have proven instrumental for a comprehensive exploration of the cellular distribution and dynamics of phosphoinositides and have shed light on the growing significance of these lipids in human health and various pathological processes, including cancer. To illustrate the importance of phosphoinositide signaling in disease, this perspective also highlights the role of a family of lipid kinases named phosphatidylinositol 5-phosphate 4-kinases (PI5P4Ks), which have recently emerged as exciting therapeutic targets for cancer treatment. The ongoing exploration of phosphoinositide signaling not only deepens our understanding of cellular biology but also holds promise for novel interventions in cancer therapy.
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- Cancer Metabolism and Microenvironment Program, Sanford Burnham Prebys, La Jolla, CA, United States
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Amen AM, Loughran RM, Huang CH, Lew RJ, Ravi A, Guan Y, Schatoff EM, Dow LE, Emerling BM, Fellmann C. Endogenous spacing enables co-processing of microRNAs and efficient combinatorial RNAi. Cell Rep Methods 2022; 2:100239. [PMID: 35880017 PMCID: PMC9308131 DOI: 10.1016/j.crmeth.2022.100239] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2021] [Revised: 04/21/2022] [Accepted: 05/25/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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We present Multi-miR, a microRNA-embedded shRNA system modeled after endogenous microRNA clusters that enables simultaneous expression of up to three or four short hairpin RNAs (shRNAs) from a single promoter without loss of activity, enabling robust combinatorial RNA interference (RNAi). We further developed complementary all-in-one vectors that are over one log-scale more sensitive to doxycycline-mediated activation in vitro than previous methods and resistant to shRNA inactivation in vivo. We demonstrate the utility of this system for intracranial expression of shRNAs in a glioblastoma model. Additionally, we leverage this platform to target the redundant RAF signaling node in a mouse model of KRAS-mutant cancer and show that robust combinatorial synthetic lethality efficiently abolishes tumor growth.
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- Alexandra M. Amen
- Gladstone Institute of Data Science and Biotechnology, Gladstone Institutes, San Francisco, CA, USA
- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Cell and Molecular Biology of Cancer Program, Sanford Burnham Prebys, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
- Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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- Gladstone Institute of Data Science and Biotechnology, Gladstone Institutes, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Cell and Molecular Biology of Cancer Program, Sanford Burnham Prebys, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA
- Sandra and Edward Meyer Cancer Center, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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- Sandra and Edward Meyer Cancer Center, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA
- Department of Biochemistry, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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- Cell and Molecular Biology of Cancer Program, Sanford Burnham Prebys, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Gladstone Institute of Data Science and Biotechnology, Gladstone Institutes, San Francisco, CA, USA
- Mirimus Inc., Brooklyn, NY, USA
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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Ravi A, Palamiuc L, Loughran RM, Triscott J, Arora GK, Kumar A, Tieu V, Pauli C, Reist M, Lew RJ, Houlihan SL, Fellmann C, Metallo C, Rubin MA, Emerling BM. PI5P4Ks drive metabolic homeostasis through peroxisome-mitochondria interplay. Dev Cell 2021; 56:1661-1676.e10. [PMID: 33984270 DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2021.04.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2020] [Revised: 01/29/2021] [Accepted: 04/21/2021] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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PI5P4Ks are a class of phosphoinositide kinases that phosphorylate PI-5-P to PI-4,5-P2. Distinct localization of phosphoinositides is fundamental for a multitude of cellular functions. Here, we identify a role for peroxisomal PI-4,5-P2 generated by the PI5P4Ks in maintaining energy balance. We demonstrate that PI-4,5-P2 regulates peroxisomal fatty acid oxidation by mediating trafficking of lipid droplets to peroxisomes, which is essential for sustaining mitochondrial metabolism. Using fluorescent-tagged lipids and metabolite tracing, we show that loss of the PI5P4Ks significantly impairs lipid uptake and β-oxidation in the mitochondria. Further, loss of PI5P4Ks results in dramatic alterations in mitochondrial structural and functional integrity, which under nutrient deprivation is further exacerbated, causing cell death. Notably, inhibition of the PI5P4Ks in cancer cells and mouse tumor models leads to decreased cell viability and tumor growth, respectively. Together, these studies reveal an unexplored role for PI5P4Ks in preserving metabolic homeostasis, which is necessary for tumorigenesis.
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- Archna Ravi
- Cell and Molecular Biology of Cancer Program, Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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- Cell and Molecular Biology of Cancer Program, Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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- Cell and Molecular Biology of Cancer Program, Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Research and Bern Center for Precision Medicine, University of Bern and Inselspital Bern, Bern 3008, Switzerland
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- Cell and Molecular Biology of Cancer Program, Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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- Cell and Molecular Biology of Cancer Program, Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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- Institute of Pathology and Molecular Pathology, University Hospital Zürich and the University of Zurich (UZH), Zurich 8006, Switzerland
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- Department of Biomedical Research and Bern Center for Precision Medicine, University of Bern and Inselspital Bern, Bern 3008, Switzerland
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- Gladstone Institutes, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA
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- Cancer Biology and Genetics Program, Sloan Kettering Institute, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA
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- Gladstone Institutes, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA; Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Research and Bern Center for Precision Medicine, University of Bern and Inselspital Bern, Bern 3008, Switzerland
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- Cell and Molecular Biology of Cancer Program, Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
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Lundquist MR, Goncalves MD, Loughran RM, Possik E, Vijayaraghavan T, Yang A, Pauli C, Ravi A, Verma A, Yang Z, Johnson JL, Wong JCY, Ma Y, Hwang KSK, Weinkove D, Divecha N, Asara JM, Elemento O, Rubin MA, Kimmelman AC, Pause A, Cantley LC, Emerling BM. Phosphatidylinositol-5-Phosphate 4-Kinases Regulate Cellular Lipid Metabolism By Facilitating Autophagy. Mol Cell 2019; 70:531-544.e9. [PMID: 29727621 DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2018.03.037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2017] [Revised: 02/13/2018] [Accepted: 03/29/2018] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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While the majority of phosphatidylinositol-4, 5-bisphosphate (PI-4, 5-P2) in mammalian cells is generated by the conversion of phosphatidylinositol-4-phosphate (PI-4-P) to PI-4, 5-P2, a small fraction can be made by phosphorylating phosphatidylinositol-5-phosphate (PI-5-P). The physiological relevance of this second pathway is not clear. Here, we show that deletion of the genes encoding the two most active enzymes in this pathway, Pip4k2a and Pip4k2b, in the liver of mice causes a large enrichment in lipid droplets and in autophagic vesicles during fasting. These changes are due to a defect in the clearance of autophagosomes that halts autophagy and reduces the supply of nutrients salvaged through this pathway. Similar defects in autophagy are seen in nutrient-starved Pip4k2a-/-Pip4k2b-/- mouse embryonic fibroblasts and in C. elegans lacking the PI5P4K ortholog. These results suggest that this alternative pathway for PI-4, 5-P2 synthesis evolved, in part, to enhance the ability of multicellular organisms to survive starvation.
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- Mark R Lundquist
- Meyer Cancer Center, Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY 10065, USA
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- Meyer Cancer Center, Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY 10065, USA
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- Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute, Cancer Metabolism and Signaling Networks Program, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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- Goodman Cancer Research Center, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada; Department of Biochemistry, McGill University, Montréal, Québec H3G 1Y6, Canada
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- Goodman Cancer Research Center, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada; Department of Biochemistry, McGill University, Montréal, Québec H3G 1Y6, Canada
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- Division of Genomic Stability and DNA Repair, Department of Radiation Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA 02215, USA
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- Meyer Cancer Center, Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY 10065, USA; Englander Institute for Precision Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine-New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY 10065, USA
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- Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute, Cancer Metabolism and Signaling Networks Program, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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- Meyer Cancer Center, Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY 10065, USA; Institute for Computational Biomedicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY 10065, USA
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- Meyer Cancer Center, Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY 10065, USA
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- Meyer Cancer Center, Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY 10065, USA
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- Meyer Cancer Center, Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY 10065, USA
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- Meyer Cancer Center, Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY 10065, USA
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- Meyer Cancer Center, Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY 10065, USA
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- School of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Durham University, Durham DH1 3LE, UK
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- The Inositide Laboratory, Centre for Biological Sciences, Southampton University, Southampton, SO17 1BJ, UK
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Signal Transduction, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Meyer Cancer Center, Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY 10065, USA; Institute for Computational Biomedicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY 10065, USA
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- Meyer Cancer Center, Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY 10065, USA; Englander Institute for Precision Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine-New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY 10065, USA
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- Perlmutter Cancer Center, Department of Radiation Oncology, NYU Medical School, New York, NY 10016, USA
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- Goodman Cancer Research Center, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada; Department of Biochemistry, McGill University, Montréal, Québec H3G 1Y6, Canada
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- Meyer Cancer Center, Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY 10065, USA.
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- Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute, Cancer Metabolism and Signaling Networks Program, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
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