• Medientyp: E-Artikel
  • Titel: SIRT6 deacetylates PKM2 to suppress its nuclear localization and oncogenic functions
  • Beteiligte: Bhardwaj, Abhishek; Das, Sanjeev
  • Erschienen: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2016
  • Erschienen in: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1520045113
  • ISSN: 0027-8424; 1091-6490
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  • Beschreibung: <jats:title>Significance</jats:title> <jats:p> SIRT6 (sirtuin 6) is a member of the highly conserved sirtuin family of NAD <jats:sup>+</jats:sup> -dependent deacetylases. SIRT6 regulates diverse cellular processes including tumorigenesis. However, the role of SIRT6 deacetylase activity in its tumor-suppressor functions is not well understood. Here we report that SIRT6 deacetylates nuclear PKM2 (pyruvate kinase M2). PKM2 is a glycolytic enzyme with nonmetabolic nuclear oncogenic functions. SIRT6-mediated deacetylation results in PKM2 nuclear export in an exportin 4-dependent manner. As a result of SIRT6-mediated deacetylation, PKM2 nuclear protein kinase and transcriptional coactivator functions are abolished. Thus SIRT6 suppresses PKM2-dependent cell proliferation and tumorigenesis. Taken together, our findings demonstrate the pivotal role of deacetylase activity in SIRT6 tumor-suppressor functions and delineate a mechanism of PKM2 nuclear export. </jats:p>
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