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Not division…. But growth. Cells must grow. GFR. Neurofibromin. Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1). Ras. PI3K. PTEN. Tuberin/ Hamartin. Cowden Syndrome Lhermitte-Duclos disease. Akt. Tuberous sclerosis complex. mTOR. Rheb. eIF4E. S6K. NPM. ARF. p68. Thinking about translation.
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Not division… But growth
GFR Neurofibromin Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) Ras PI3K PTEN Tuberin/ Hamartin Cowden Syndrome Lhermitte-Duclos disease Akt Tuberous sclerosis complex mTOR Rheb eIF4E S6K NPM ARF p68
The forgotten translation…top mRNAs Terminal Oligo Pyrimidine tracts: 5’-CTTTCTTCTC…
Raptor mLST8 Ribosomal biogenesis FKBP12 mTOR Rapamycin Protein translation Rictor mLST8 Actin cytoskeleton mTOR
PIK3CA Mutations in ~25% overall Gene amplification < 10% Mutations 5% PTEN ER+ HER2+ ER+/HER2+ ER-/HER2- (~25%) (~25%) (~45%) (<7%) LOH ~30% Akt Akt2 amplified < 5% mTOR 4E-BP1 S6K1 ? Amplified ~10% (17q23) eIf4e NPM ? ? The growth pathway is subject to enormous mutation rates PDK1 ?
~275 samples from ER+ patients undergoing Letrozole therapy Developed sequencing pipeline for Exons 1,6,7,9,20 with GSC PIK3CA mutations in ~25% of breast cancers ER+ HER2+ ER+/HER2+ ER-/HER2- (~25%) (~25%) (~45%) (<7%) Goal 1: Attack the genotype Hypothesis: pik3ca mutations render tumors resistant to ER- and HER2-targeted therapies Figure adapted from Cancer Res65: 2554
drosophila xenopus Mammals (~450) zebrafish Yeast (~39) CONSERVATION OF NUCLEOLAR STRUCTURE/FUNCTION RESIDENTS DRIFTERS NPM/B23 NCL/C23 Fibrillarin Cdc14B Nop5/Sik Bop1 R-proteins hnRNP’s TCOF1 NUMA1 Ki67 p19ARF Cdc14A TERT WRN ING1 PP1 SMN1 UBF Mdm2 MdmX Cyclin E p53 DKC1 PES1 BLM
UNIFORM AgNOR & SAPA SCORING METHOD D. Trere (2000) Micron31:127-131
RIBOSOMAL GENES AND THE NUCLEOLUS FIVE rGENE CLUSTERS CHR. 13, 14, 15, 21, 22 OVER 400 TANDEM REPEATS ~47 KB REPEAT ELEMENT YIELDS 13KB TRANSCRIPT
40 40 40 40 60 60 60 60 CYTOPLASM rRNA Transcription S6K Protein Synthesis TIF1A mTOR eIF4E RNA Pol I NPM Ribosomal Export NUCLEOLUS
mTOR S6K NPM AAAAAAAA-3’ 60S 40S 5’ Nucleophosmin acts in a late rRNA stage cytosoplasm nucleus nucleolus Nuclear export
60S 40S AAAAAAAA-3’ 5’ This mutant is hyperactive in rRNA export PI3K cytosoplasm S6K nucleus NPM rRNA Export Polysomes 60S 40S Protein synthesis nucleolus
Neurofibromin controls the growth pathway Neurofibromin K-Ras …The pathway can be addictive None LY Rap None LY Rap Rapamycin mTORC2 S6 P Tubulin Rac1 Nf1+/+ Nf1-/- NPM rRNA Export Polysomes Proteins
Rapamycin ARF/p53 Nucleolar Integrity ARF The pathway must have checks in place PI3K CELL SURVIVAL CELL GROWTH CELL PROLIFERATION mTOR S6K NPM rRNA Export Polysomes Protein synthesis
THE INK4A-ARF LOCUS Ink4a/ARF ? Cyclin D-Cdk4 Mdm2 Rb p53 1b 1a 2 3 Fibrosarcomas Lymphomas Gliomas Fibrosarcomas Lymphomas Gliomas Melanomas
Pol I Pol III 18S 5.8S 28S 5S Synchronized ribosome export NUCLEOLUS NUCLEOPLASM 5S---rpL5---NPM NUCLEAR EXPORT ARF 60S
RTK P AKT P PDK1 Ras p27kip1 p110 P p85 P PTEN FOXO eNOS MDM2 TSC1/2 p53 GSK3b IKK Cyclin D Rheb NF-kB cdk4 Myc mTOR 28S 18S 5.8S ARF S6K 4E-BP1 28S 5.8S NPM 5S eIF4E 18S Layers of potential targets…