Noncanonical role of singleminded-2s in mitochondrial respiratory chain formation in breast cancer

Steven W. Wall, Lilia Sanchez, Kelly Scribner Tuttle, Scott J. Pearson, Shivatheja Soma, Garhett L. Wyatt, Hannah N. Carter, Ramsey M. Jenschke, Lin Tan, Sara A. Martinez, Philip L. Lorenzi, Vishal M. Gohil, Monique Rijnkels, Weston W. Porter

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Abstract

Dysregulation of cellular metabolism is a hallmark of breast cancer progression and is associated with metastasis and therapeutic resistance. Here, we show that the breast tumor suppressor gene SIM2 promotes mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS) using breast cancer cell line models. Mechanistically, we found that SIM2s functions not as a transcription factor but localizes to mitochondria and directly interacts with the mitochondrial respiratory chain (MRC) to facilitate functional supercomplex (SC) formation. Loss of SIM2s expression disrupts SC formation through destabilization of MRC Complex III, leading to inhibition of electron transport, although Complex I (CI) activity is retained. A metabolomic analysis showed that knockout of SIM2s leads to a compensatory increase in ATP production through glycolysis and accelerated glutamine-driven TCA cycle production of NADH, creating a favorable environment for high cell proliferation. Our findings indicate that SIM2s is a novel stabilizing factor required for SC assembly, providing insight into the impact of the MRC on metabolic adaptation and breast cancer progression.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1046-1063
Number of pages18
JournalExperimental and Molecular Medicine
Volume55
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - May 2023

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Biochemistry
  • Molecular Medicine
  • Molecular Biology
  • Clinical Biochemistry

MD Anderson CCSG core facilities

  • Bioinformatics Shared Resource
  • Metabolomics Facility

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