Endogenous PP2A inhibitor CIP2A degradation by chaperone-mediated autophagy contributes to the antitumor effect of mitochondrial complex I inhibition

Riccardo Cazzoli, Francesco Romeo, Isabella Pallavicini, Sebastiano Peri, Mauro Romanenghi, Juan Alberto Pérez-Valencia, Eman Hagag, Filippo Ferrucci, Mohamed Elgendy, Orazio Vittorio, Salvatore Pece, Marco Foiani, Jukka Westermarck, Saverio Minucci*

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Abstract

Combined inhibition of oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS) and glycolysis has been shown to activate a PP2A-dependent signaling pathway, leading to tumor cell death. Here, we analyze highly selective mitochondrial complex I or III inhibitors in vitro and in vivo to elucidate the molecular mechanisms leading to cell death following OXPHOS inhibition. We show that IACS-010759 treatment (complex I inhibitor) induces a reactive oxygen species (ROS)-dependent dissociation of CIP2A from PP2A, leading to its destabilization and degradation through chaperone-mediated autophagy. Mitochondrial complex III inhibition has analogous effects. We establish that activation of the PP2A holoenzyme containing B56δ regulatory subunit selectively mediates tumor cell death, while the arrest in proliferation that is observed upon IACS-010759 treatment does not depend on the PP2A-B56δ complex. These studies provide a molecular characterization of the events subsequent to the alteration of critical bioenergetic pathways and help to refine clinical studies aimed to exploit metabolic vulnerabilities of tumor cells.

Original languageEnglish
Article number112616
Number of pages15
JournalCell Reports
Volume42
Issue number6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 27 Jun 2023
MoE publication typeA1 Journal article-refereed

Funding

This work was partially supported by the Italian Ministry of Health with Ricerca Corrente and 5x1000 funds. S.M. is funded by AIRC ( IG20-24944 ). J.W. was funded by Sigrid Juselius Foundation. M.E. has received funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (Onco-Energetics_OFF, grant agreement no. 852761 ) and has received partial support from Czech Science Foundation (project no. 19-22156Y ) and National Institute for Cancer Research (Program EXCELES, ID project no. LX22NPO5102 ). This work was partially supported by the Italian Ministry of Health with Ricerca Corrente and 5x1000 funds. S.M. is funded by AIRC (IG20-24944). J.W. was funded by Sigrid Juselius Foundation. M.E. has received funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (Onco-Energetics_OFF, grant agreement no. 852761) and has received partial support from Czech Science Foundation (project no. 19-22156Y) and National Institute for Cancer Research (Program EXCELES, ID project no. LX22NPO5102). We would like to thank the Therapeutics Discovery Division at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, particularly Giulio Draetta and Christopher Vellano, for providing IACS-010759; Isabella Dalle Donne and Graziano Colombo (University of Milan) for experimental support and comments; and Bruno Amati, Giulio Donati (European Institute of Oncology, Milan), Claudio Vernieri (IFOM and National Cancer Institute, Milan), and Marco Giorgio (University of Padua) for their useful insights, comments, and scientific discussion. Graphical abstract created with BioRender.com, Conceptualization, R.C. and S.M.; methodology, R.C. F.R. and S.M.; investigation, R.C. F.R. I.P. S. Peri, M.R. J.P.-V. E.H. and F.F.; writing – original draft, R.C. and S.M.; writing – review & editing, M.E. O.V. S. Pece, M.F. and J.W.; funding acquisition, S.M. and M.E.; supervision, S.M. The authors declare no competing interests. We support inclusive, diverse, and equitable conduct of research.

FundersFunder number
National Cancer Institute
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
National Cancer Research InstituteLX22NPO5102
Istituto Europeo di Oncologia
European Research Council
Czech Science Foundation19-22156Y
Ministry of Health
Università degli Studi di Padova
Associazione Italiana per la Ricerca sul CancroIG20-24944
Sigrid Jusélius Foundation
Horizon 2020852761

Keywords

  • cancer
  • chaperone-mediated autophagy
  • CIP2A
  • CP: Cancer
  • CP: Molecular biology
  • fasting
  • glycolysis
  • metabolism
  • OXPHOS
  • PP2A

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