Constitutively active Stat3 in mouse embryonic fibroblasts (MEFs)

ABSTRACT: Signal Transducer and Activator of Transcription 3 (STAT3) is considered as an oncogene being constitutively activated in a wide variety of primary human tumours, which often become addicted to its activity. Using primary fibroblasts derived from a knock-in mouse expressing only the constitutively active form STAT3-C as well as STAT3-dependent tumor cell lines MDA-MB468, DU145 and SKBR3, we provide evidence that STAT3 can act as a central regulator of cell metabolism. STAT3C/C MEFs are resistant to apoptosis and senescence and they show reduced mitochondrial activity but activate aerobic glycolysis, as shown by enhanced expression of master regulators of glycolysis such as PDK-1 and HIF-1α, and by increased lactate production, glucose avidity and sensitivity to glycolysis inhibitors. HIF-

ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus

SUBMITTER: Paolo Provero 

PROVIDER: E-GEOD-21507 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress