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Mingming Sun1, Qi Yan1, Yaya Qiao1
1State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, College of Pharmacy and Tianjin Key Laboratory of Molecular Drug Research, Nankai University, Tianjin 300350, China.
Abstract:
Previous studies have shown that phosphoinositide 3-kinase enhancer-activating Akt (PIKE-A) is involved in the regulation of several biological processes in cancer. In our previous study, we demonstrated a crucial function of PIKE-A in cancer energy metabolism by regulating pentose phosphate pathway (PPP) flux. However, whether PIKE-A regulates energy metabolism through affecting mitochondrial changes are poorly understood. In the present study, we show that PIKE-A promotes mitochondrial membrane potential, leading to increasing proliferation of glioblastoma cell. Mechanistically, PIKE-A affects the expression of respiratory chain complex Ⅱ succinate dehydrogenase A (SDHA), mediated by regulating the axis of STAT3/FTO. Taken together, these results revealed that inhibition of PIKE-A reduced STAT3/FTO/SDHA expression, leading to the suppression of mitochondrial function. Thus, our findings suggest the PIKE-A/STAT3/FTO/SDHA axis as promising anti-cancer treatment targets.
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