Cyclin D1 targets hexokinase 2 to control aerobic glycolysis in myeloma cells.
M CaillotJ BourgeaisHassan DakikÉ CostéN M MazureÉ LelièvreO CoqueretO HéraultF MazurierBrigitte SolaPublished in: Oncogenesis (2020)
Cancer cells are characterized by the Warburg effect, a shift from mitochondrial respiration to oxidative glycolysis. We report here the crucial role of cyclin D1 in promoting this effect in a cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK)4/6-independent manner in multiple myeloma (MM) cells. We show that the cyclin D1 oncoprotein targets hexokinase 2 (HK2), a major glycolysis regulator, through two original molecular mechanisms in the cytoplasmic and nuclear compartments. In the cytoplasm, cyclin D1 binds HK2 at the outer mitochondrial membrane, and in the nucleus, it binds hypoxia-inducible factor-1α (HIF1α), which regulates HK2 gene transcription. We also show that high levels of HK2 expression are correlated with shorter event-free survival (EFS) and overall survival (OS) in MM patients. HK2 may therefore be considered as a possible target for antimyeloma therapy.
Keyphrases
- cell cycle arrest
- cell cycle
- cell death
- free survival
- high glucose
- pi k akt
- induced apoptosis
- multiple myeloma
- newly diagnosed
- oxidative stress
- cell proliferation
- end stage renal disease
- endothelial cells
- signaling pathway
- ejection fraction
- poor prognosis
- transcription factor
- chronic kidney disease
- genome wide
- endoplasmic reticulum stress
- copy number
- tyrosine kinase
- long non coding rna
- protein kinase