Imp2 controls oxidative phosphorylation and is crucial for preserving glioblastoma cancer stem cells.

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serval:BIB_82549B173DDD
Type
Article: article from journal or magazin.
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Publications
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Title
Imp2 controls oxidative phosphorylation and is crucial for preserving glioblastoma cancer stem cells.
Journal
Genes and Development
Author(s)
Janiszewska M., Suvà M.L., Riggi N., Houtkooper R.H., Auwerx J., Clément-Schatlo V., Radovanovic I., Rheinbay E., Provero P., Stamenkovic I.
ISSN
1549-5477 (Electronic)
ISSN-L
0890-9369
Publication state
Published
Issued date
10/2012
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
26
Number
17
Pages
1926-1944
Language
english
Abstract
Growth of numerous cancer types is believed to be driven by a subpopulation of poorly differentiated cells, often referred to as cancer stem cells (CSCs), that have the capacity for self-renewal, tumor initiation, and generation of nontumorigenic progeny. Despite their potentially key role in tumor establishment and maintenance, the energy requirements of these cells and the mechanisms that regulate their energy production are unknown. Here, we show that the oncofetal insulin-like growth factor 2 mRNA-binding protein 2 (IMP2, IGF2BP2) regulates oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS) in primary glioblastoma (GBM) sphere cultures (gliomaspheres), an established in vitro model for CSC expansion. We demonstrate that IMP2 binds several mRNAs that encode mitochondrial respiratory chain complex subunits and that it interacts with complex I (NADH:ubiquinone oxidoreductase) proteins. Depletion of IMP2 in gliomaspheres decreases their oxygen consumption rate and both complex I and complex IV activity that results in impaired clonogenicity in vitro and tumorigenicity in vivo. Importantly, inhibition of OXPHOS but not of glycolysis abolishes GBM cell clonogenicity. Our observations suggest that gliomaspheres depend on OXPHOS for their energy production and survival and that IMP2 expression provides a key mechanism to ensure OXPHOS maintenance by delivering respiratory chain subunit-encoding mRNAs to mitochondria and contributing to complex I and complex IV assembly.
Keywords
Imp2, Cancer stem cells, OXPHOS, Glioblastoma, Respiratory complex, Mitochondria
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Web of science
Open Access
Yes
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