Cellular transformation by the MSP58 oncogene is inhibited by its physical interaction with the PTEN tumor suppressor

AUTOR(ES)

Okumura, Koichi

FONTE

National Academy of Sciences

RESUMO

The PTEN (phosphatase and tensin homologue) tumor suppressor protein contains a single catalytic domain with both lipid and protein phosphatase activities. The remaining C-terminal half of the PTEN protein plays a role in its stability and is mutated in many clinical cancer samples. Here, we report that the PTEN C-terminal domain physically interacts with the forkhead-associated domain of the oncogenic MSP58 protein and that this interaction requires PTEN Thr-366. We further show that while MSP58 transforms Pten–/– mouse embryo fibroblasts (MEFs), concurrent introduction of wild-type PTEN causes a dramatic reduction in the number of MSP58-induced transformed foci. This PTEN-mediated inhibition of cellular transformation requires physical interaction as evidenced by the failure of PTEN(T366A) point mutation (residing within the MSP58 interaction domain) to suppress MSP-58-driven transformation. These observations, together with the capacity of catalytically inactive PTEN mutant (G129R) to suppress MSP58 oncogenicity, support the view that the C-terminal region of PTEN directly provides a previously uncharacterized biological function in its ability to regulate cellular transformation.

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