FoxOs enforce a progression checkpoint to constrain mTORC1-Activated renal tumorigenesis

Boyi Gan, Carol Lim, Gerald Chu, Sujun Hua, Zhihu Ding, Michael Collins, Jian Hu, Shan Jiang, Eliot Fletcher-Sananikone, Li Zhuang, Michelle Chang, Hongwu Zheng, Y. Alan Wang, David J. Kwiatkowski, William G. Kaelin, Sabina Signoretti, Ronald A. DePinho

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Abstract

mTORC1 is a validated therapeutic target for renal cell carcinoma (RCC). Here, analysis of Tsc1-deficient (mTORC1 hyperactivation) mice uncovered a FoxO-dependent negative feedback circuit constraining mTORC1-mediated renal tumorigenesis. We document robust FoxO activation in Tsc1-deficient benign polycystic kidneys and FoxO extinction on progression to murine renal tumors; murine renal tumor progression on genetic deletion of both Tsc1 and FoxOs; and downregulated FoxO expression in most human renal clear cell and papillary carcinomas, yet continued expression in less aggressive RCCs and benign renal tumor subtypes. Mechanistically, integrated analyses revealed that FoxO-mediated block operates via suppression of Myc through upregulation of the Myc antagonists, Mxi1-SRα and mir-145, establishing a FoxO-Mxi1-SRα/mir-145 axis as a major progression block in renal tumor development.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)472-484
Number of pages13
JournalCancer cell
Volume18
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 16 2010

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Oncology
  • Cell Biology
  • Cancer Research

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