Cross-Regulation between Oncogenic BRAF(V600E) Kinase and the MST1 Pathway in Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma

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Background: The BRAF(V600E) mutation leading to constitutive signaling of MEK-ERK pathways causes papillary thyroid cancer (PTC). Ras association domain family 1A (RASSF1A), which is an important regulator of MST1 tumor suppressor pathways, is inactivated by hypermethylation of its promoter region in 20 to 32% of PTC. However, in PTC without RASSF1A methylation, the regulatory mechanisms of RASSF1A-MST1 pathways remain to be elucidated, and the functional cooperation or cross regulation between BRAF(V600E) and MST1, which activates Foxo3, has not been investigated. Methodology/Principal Findings: The negative regulators of the cell cycle, p21 and p27, are strongly induced by transcriptional activation of FoxO3 in BRAF(V600E) positive thyroid cancer cells. The FoxO3 transactivation is augmented by RASSF1A and the MST1 signaling pathway. Interestingly, introduction of BRAF(V600E) markedly abolished FoxO3 transactivation and resulted in the suppression of p21 and p27 expression. The suppression of FoxO3 transactivation by BRAF(V600E) is strongly increased by coexpression of MST1 but it is not observed in the cells in which MST1, but not MST2, is silenced. Mechanistically, BRAF(V600E) was able to bind to the C-terminal region of MST1 and resulted in the suppression of MST1 kinase activities. The induction of the G1-checkpoint CDK inhibitors, p21 and p27, by the RASSF1A-MST1-FoxO3 pathway facilitates cellular apoptosis, whereasaddition of BRAF(V600E) inhibits the apoptotic processes through the inactivation of MST1. Transgenic induction of BRAF(V600E) in the thyroid gland results in cancers resembling human papillary thyroid cancers. The development of BRAF(V600E) transgenic mice with the MST1 knockout background showed that these mice had abundant foci of poorly differentiated carcinomas and large areas without follicular architecture or colloid formation. Conclusions/Significance: The results of this study revealed that the oncogenic effect of BRAF(V600E) is associated with the inhibition of MST1 tumor suppressor pathways, and that the activity of RASSF1A-MST1-FoxO3 pathways determines the phenotypes of BRAF(V600E) tumors.
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PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE
Issue Date
2011-01
Language
English
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Article
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PLOS ONE, v.6, no.1

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1932-6203
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10.1371/journal.pone.0016180
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http://hdl.handle.net/10203/97328
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