Publication Date:
2009-06-27
Description:
Signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3) is a latent cytoplasmic transcription factor responsive to cytokine signaling and tyrosine kinase oncoproteins by nuclear translocation when it is tyrosine-phosphorylated. We report that malignant transformation by activated Ras is impaired without STAT3, in spite of the inability of Ras to drive STAT3 tyrosine phosphorylation or nuclear translocation. Moreover, STAT3 mutants that cannot be tyrosine-phosphorylated, that are retained in the cytoplasm, or that cannot bind DNA nonetheless supported Ras-mediated transformation. Unexpectedly, STAT3 was detected within mitochondria, and exclusive targeting of STAT3 to mitochondria without nuclear accumulation facilitated Ras transformation. Mitochondrial STAT3 sustained altered glycolytic and oxidative phosphorylation activities characteristic of cancer cells. Thus, in addition to its nuclear transcriptional role, STAT3 regulates a metabolic function in mitochondria, supporting Ras-dependent malignant transformation.〈br /〉〈br /〉〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2840701/" target="_blank"〉〈img src="https://static.pubmed.gov/portal/portal3rc.fcgi/4089621/img/3977009" border="0"〉〈/a〉 〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2840701/" target="_blank"〉This paper as free author manuscript - peer-reviewed and accepted for publication〈/a〉〈br /〉〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Gough, Daniel J -- Corlett, Alicia -- Schlessinger, Karni -- Wegrzyn, Joanna -- Larner, Andrew C -- Levy, David E -- R01 AI028900/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- R01 AI028900-19/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- R01AI28900/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2009 Jun 26;324(5935):1713-6. doi: 10.1126/science.1171721.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Pathology and New York University Cancer Institute, New York University School of Medicine, 550 First Avenue, New York, NY 10016, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19556508" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Animals
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Cell Line
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Cell Line, Tumor
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Cell Nucleus/metabolism
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Cell Proliferation
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Cell Survival
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*Cell Transformation, Neoplastic
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Genes, ras
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Glycolysis
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Membrane Potential, Mitochondrial
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Mice
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Mice, Inbred BALB C
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Mitochondria/*metabolism
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Mutant Proteins/metabolism
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Neoplasms, Experimental/metabolism/pathology
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Neoplastic Stem Cells
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Oxidative Phosphorylation
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Phosphorylation
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STAT3 Transcription Factor/genetics/*metabolism
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Signal Transduction
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ras Proteins/*metabolism
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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