Fluid flow-induced activation of subcellular AMPK and its interaction with FAK and Src

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2020-01
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AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) is a metabolic energy sensor that plays a critical role in cancer cell survival and growth. While the physical microenvironment is believed to influence tumor growth and progression, its role in AMPK regulation remains largely unknown. In the present study, we evaluated AMPK response to mechanical forces and its interaction with other mechano-responsive signaling proteins, FAK and Src. Using genetically encoded biosensors that can detect AMPK activities at different subcellular locations (cytosol, plasma membrane, nucleus, mitochondria, and Golgi apparatus), we observed that AMPK responds to shear stress in a subcellular location-dependent manner in breast cancer cells (MDA-MB-231). While normal epithelial cells (MCF-10A) also similarly responded to shear stress, they are less sensitive to shear stress compared to MDA-MB-231 cells. Inhibition of FAK and Src significantly decreased the basal activity level of AMPK at all five subcellular locations in MDA-MB-231 cells and selectively blocked shear stress-induced AMPK activation. Moreover, testing with cytoskeletal drugs revealed that myosin II might be the critical mediator of shear stress-induced AMPK activation in MDA-MB-231 cells. These findings suggest that breast cancer cells and normal epithelial cells may have different mechanosensitivity in AMPK signaling and that FAK and Src as well as the myosin II-dependent signaling pathway are involved in subcellular AMPK mechanotransduction in breast cancer cells.

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Guo, Y., Steele, H. E., Li, B.-Y., & Na, S. (2020). Fluid flow-induced activation of subcellular AMPK and its interaction with FAK and Src. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics, 679, 108208. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.abb.2019.108208
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