ARTICLE: Regulation of mutant TERT by BRAF V600E/MAP kinase pathway through FOS/GABP in human cancer
AUTHORS: Rengyun Liu, Tao Zhang, Guangwu Zhu, Mingzhao Xing
JOURNAL: Nat Commun. 2018 Feb 8;9(1):579. doi: 10.1038/s41467-018-03033-1.
Abstract
The unique oncogene duet of coexisting BRAF V600E and TERT promoter mutations are widely found to be a robust genetic background promoting human cancer aggressiveness, but the mechanism is unclear. Here, we demonstrate that the BRAF V600E/MAP kinase pathwayphosphorylates and activates FOS, which in turn acts as a transcription factor to bind and activate the GABPB promoter, increasing GABPB expression and driving formation of GABPA-GABPB complex; the latter selectively binds and activates mutant TERT promoter, upregulating TERT expression. Elevated TERT functions as a strong oncoprotein, robustly promoting aggressive behaviors of cancer cells and tumor development. We thus identify a molecular mechanism for the activation of mutant TERT by the BRAF V600E/MAP kinase pathway, in which FOS as a transcriptional factor of GABPB promoter plays a key role in functionally bridging the two oncogenes in cooperatively promoting oncogenesis, providing important cancer biological and clinical implications.
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Link to abstract online: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Regulation+of+mutant+TERT+by+BRAF+V600E%2FMAP+kinase+pathway+through+FOS%2FGABP+in+human+cancer
