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The mitochondrial type IB topoisomerase drives mitochondrial translation and carcinogenesis

S. A. Baechler, V. M. Factor, I. Dalla Rosa, A. Ravji, D. Becker, S. Khiati, L. M. Miller Jenkins, M. Lang, C. Sourbier, S. A. Michaels, L. M. Neckers, H. L. Zhang, A. Spinazzola, S. N. Huang, J. U. Marquardt, Y. Pommier*

*Korrespondierende/r Autor/-in für diese Arbeit

Abstract

Mitochondrial topoisomerase IB (TOP1MT) is a nuclear-encoded topoisomerase, exclusively localized to mitochondria, which resolves topological stress generated during mtDNA replication and transcription. Here, we report that TOP1MT is overexpressed in cancer tissues and demonstrate that TOP1MT deficiency attenuates tumor growth in human and mouse models of colon and liver cancer. Due to their mitochondrial dysfunction, TOP1MT-KO cells become addicted to glycolysis, which limits synthetic building blocks and energy supply required for the proliferation of cancer cells in a nutrient-deprived tumor microenvironment. Mechanistically, we show that TOP1MT associates with mitoribosomal subunits, ensuring optimal mitochondrial translation and assembly of oxidative phosphorylation complexes that are critical for sustaining tumor growth. The TOP1MT genomic signature profile, based on Top1mt-KO liver cancers, is correlated with enhanced survival of hepatocellular carcinoma patients. Our results highlight the importance of TOP1MT for tumor development, providing a potential rationale to develop TOP1MT-targeted drugs as anticancer therapies.

OriginalspracheEnglisch
Aufsatznummer83
ZeitschriftNature Communications
Jahrgang10
Ausgabenummer1
ISSN1751-8628
DOIs
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 01.12.2019

Fördermittel

We are grateful to Langston Lim (Confocal Microscopy Core Facility, CCR, NCI, NIH) for support with confocal microscopy analyses; the CCR sequencing facility for their help in RNA sequencing; the CCR Genomics Core for their help with Nanostring analysis; Drs. Kunio Nagashima and Ulrich Baxa for electron microscopy support; Drs. Jennifer Dwyer and Shelley Hoover for scanning IHC slides; and the NHLBI/NIH DNA Sequencing and Computational Biology core for mitoRCA-seq analysis. Our studies are supported by the Center for Cancer Research, the intramural program of the National Cancer Institute (BC 006150).

UN SDGs

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  1. SDG 3 – Gesundheit und Wohlergehen
    SDG 3 – Gesundheit und Wohlergehen

Strategische Forschungsbereiche und Zentren

  • Profilbereich: Lübeck Integrated Oncology Network (LION)

DFG-Fachsystematik

  • 2.22-14 Hämatologie, Onkologie

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