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The Stearoyl-CoA Desaturase-1 (Desat1) in Drosophila cooperated with Myc to Induce Autophagy and Growth, a Potential New Link to Tumor Survival

Lipids are an important energy supply in our cells and can be stored or used to produce macromolecules during lipogenesis when cells experience nutrient starvation. Our proteomic analysis reveals that the Drosophila homologue of human Stearoyl-CoA desaturase-1 (Desat1) is an indirect target of Myc i...

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Autores principales: Paiardi, Chiara, Mirzoyan, Zhasmine, Zola, Sheri, Parisi, Federica, Vingiani, Andrea, Pasini, Maria Enrica, Bellosta, Paola
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5448005/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28452935
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/genes8050131
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author Paiardi, Chiara
Mirzoyan, Zhasmine
Zola, Sheri
Parisi, Federica
Vingiani, Andrea
Pasini, Maria Enrica
Bellosta, Paola
author_facet Paiardi, Chiara
Mirzoyan, Zhasmine
Zola, Sheri
Parisi, Federica
Vingiani, Andrea
Pasini, Maria Enrica
Bellosta, Paola
author_sort Paiardi, Chiara
collection PubMed
description Lipids are an important energy supply in our cells and can be stored or used to produce macromolecules during lipogenesis when cells experience nutrient starvation. Our proteomic analysis reveals that the Drosophila homologue of human Stearoyl-CoA desaturase-1 (Desat1) is an indirect target of Myc in fat cells. Stearoyl-CoA desaturases are key enzymes in the synthesis of monounsaturated fatty acids critical for the formation of complex lipids such as triglycerides and phospholipids. Their function is fundamental for cellular physiology, however in tumors, overexpression of SCD-1 and SCD-5 has been found frequently associated with a poor prognosis. Another gene that is often upregulated in tumors is the proto-oncogene c-myc, where its overexpression or increased protein stability, favor cellular growth. Here, we report a potential link between Myc and Desat1 to control autophagy and growth. Using Drosophila, we found that expression of Desat1, in metabolic tissues like the fat body, in the gut and in epithelial cells, is necessary for Myc function to induce autophagy a cell eating mechanism important for energy production. In addition, we observed that reduction of Desat1 affects Myc ability to induce growth in epithelial cells. Our data also identify, in prostatic tumor cells, a significant correlation between the expression of Myc and SCD-1 proteins, suggesting the existence of a potential functional relationship between the activities of these proteins in sustaining tumor progression.
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spelling pubmed-54480052017-05-30 The Stearoyl-CoA Desaturase-1 (Desat1) in Drosophila cooperated with Myc to Induce Autophagy and Growth, a Potential New Link to Tumor Survival Paiardi, Chiara Mirzoyan, Zhasmine Zola, Sheri Parisi, Federica Vingiani, Andrea Pasini, Maria Enrica Bellosta, Paola Genes (Basel) Article Lipids are an important energy supply in our cells and can be stored or used to produce macromolecules during lipogenesis when cells experience nutrient starvation. Our proteomic analysis reveals that the Drosophila homologue of human Stearoyl-CoA desaturase-1 (Desat1) is an indirect target of Myc in fat cells. Stearoyl-CoA desaturases are key enzymes in the synthesis of monounsaturated fatty acids critical for the formation of complex lipids such as triglycerides and phospholipids. Their function is fundamental for cellular physiology, however in tumors, overexpression of SCD-1 and SCD-5 has been found frequently associated with a poor prognosis. Another gene that is often upregulated in tumors is the proto-oncogene c-myc, where its overexpression or increased protein stability, favor cellular growth. Here, we report a potential link between Myc and Desat1 to control autophagy and growth. Using Drosophila, we found that expression of Desat1, in metabolic tissues like the fat body, in the gut and in epithelial cells, is necessary for Myc function to induce autophagy a cell eating mechanism important for energy production. In addition, we observed that reduction of Desat1 affects Myc ability to induce growth in epithelial cells. Our data also identify, in prostatic tumor cells, a significant correlation between the expression of Myc and SCD-1 proteins, suggesting the existence of a potential functional relationship between the activities of these proteins in sustaining tumor progression. MDPI 2017-04-28 /pmc/articles/PMC5448005/ /pubmed/28452935 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/genes8050131 Text en © 2017 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Paiardi, Chiara
Mirzoyan, Zhasmine
Zola, Sheri
Parisi, Federica
Vingiani, Andrea
Pasini, Maria Enrica
Bellosta, Paola
The Stearoyl-CoA Desaturase-1 (Desat1) in Drosophila cooperated with Myc to Induce Autophagy and Growth, a Potential New Link to Tumor Survival
title The Stearoyl-CoA Desaturase-1 (Desat1) in Drosophila cooperated with Myc to Induce Autophagy and Growth, a Potential New Link to Tumor Survival
title_full The Stearoyl-CoA Desaturase-1 (Desat1) in Drosophila cooperated with Myc to Induce Autophagy and Growth, a Potential New Link to Tumor Survival
title_fullStr The Stearoyl-CoA Desaturase-1 (Desat1) in Drosophila cooperated with Myc to Induce Autophagy and Growth, a Potential New Link to Tumor Survival
title_full_unstemmed The Stearoyl-CoA Desaturase-1 (Desat1) in Drosophila cooperated with Myc to Induce Autophagy and Growth, a Potential New Link to Tumor Survival
title_short The Stearoyl-CoA Desaturase-1 (Desat1) in Drosophila cooperated with Myc to Induce Autophagy and Growth, a Potential New Link to Tumor Survival
title_sort stearoyl-coa desaturase-1 (desat1) in drosophila cooperated with myc to induce autophagy and growth, a potential new link to tumor survival
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5448005/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28452935
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/genes8050131
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