A circuit for secretion‐coupled cellular autonomy in multicellular eukaryotic cells

Abstract Cancers represent complex autonomous systems, displaying self‐sufficiency in growth signaling. Autonomous growth is fueled by a cancer cell's ability to “secrete‐and‐sense” growth factors (GFs): a poorly understood phenomenon. Using an integrated computational and experimental approach...

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Main Authors: Lingxia Qiao, Saptarshi Sinha, Amer Ali Abd El‐Hafeez, I‐Chung Lo, Krishna K Midde, Tony Ngo, Nicolas Aznar, Inmaculada Lopez‐Sanchez, Vijay Gupta, Marilyn G Farquhar, Padmini Rangamani, Pradipta Ghosh
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Published: Springer Nature 2023-03-01
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.15252/msb.202211127
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author Lingxia Qiao
Saptarshi Sinha
Amer Ali Abd El‐Hafeez
I‐Chung Lo
Krishna K Midde
Tony Ngo
Nicolas Aznar
Inmaculada Lopez‐Sanchez
Vijay Gupta
Marilyn G Farquhar
Padmini Rangamani
Pradipta Ghosh
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Amer Ali Abd El‐Hafeez
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Krishna K Midde
Tony Ngo
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Vijay Gupta
Marilyn G Farquhar
Padmini Rangamani
Pradipta Ghosh
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description Abstract Cancers represent complex autonomous systems, displaying self‐sufficiency in growth signaling. Autonomous growth is fueled by a cancer cell's ability to “secrete‐and‐sense” growth factors (GFs): a poorly understood phenomenon. Using an integrated computational and experimental approach, here we dissect the impact of a feedback‐coupled GTPase circuit within the secretory pathway that imparts secretion‐coupled autonomy. The circuit is assembled when the Ras‐superfamily monomeric GTPase Arf1, and the heterotrimeric GTPase Giαβγ and their corresponding GAPs and GEFs are coupled by GIV/Girdin, a protein that is known to fuel aggressive traits in diverse cancers. One forward and two key negative feedback loops within the circuit create closed‐loop control, allow the two GTPases to coregulate each other, and convert the expected switch‐like behavior of Arf1‐dependent secretion into an unexpected dose–response alignment behavior of sensing and secretion. Such behavior translates into cell survival that is self‐sustained by stimulus‐proportionate secretion. Proteomic studies and protein–protein interaction network analyses pinpoint GFs (e.g., the epidermal GF) as key stimuli for such self‐sustenance. Findings highlight how the enhanced coupling of two biological switches in cancer cells is critical for multiscale feedback control to achieve secretion‐coupled autonomy of growth factors.
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spelling doaj-art-fa7b3bde97544f3e97560e5c2c0d0fc42024-11-10T12:48:13ZengSpringer NatureMolecular Systems Biology1744-42922023-03-0119412710.15252/msb.202211127A circuit for secretion‐coupled cellular autonomy in multicellular eukaryotic cellsLingxia Qiao0Saptarshi Sinha1Amer Ali Abd El‐Hafeez2I‐Chung Lo3Krishna K Midde4Tony Ngo5Nicolas Aznar6Inmaculada Lopez‐Sanchez7Vijay Gupta8Marilyn G Farquhar9Padmini Rangamani10Pradipta Ghosh11Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Jacob's School of Engineering, University of California San DiegoDepartment of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California San DiegoDepartment of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California San DiegoDepartment of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California San DiegoDepartment of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California San DiegoSkaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Science, University of California San DiegoDepartment of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California San DiegoDepartment of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California San DiegoDepartment of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California San DiegoDepartment of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California San DiegoDepartment of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Jacob's School of Engineering, University of California San DiegoDepartment of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California San DiegoAbstract Cancers represent complex autonomous systems, displaying self‐sufficiency in growth signaling. Autonomous growth is fueled by a cancer cell's ability to “secrete‐and‐sense” growth factors (GFs): a poorly understood phenomenon. Using an integrated computational and experimental approach, here we dissect the impact of a feedback‐coupled GTPase circuit within the secretory pathway that imparts secretion‐coupled autonomy. The circuit is assembled when the Ras‐superfamily monomeric GTPase Arf1, and the heterotrimeric GTPase Giαβγ and their corresponding GAPs and GEFs are coupled by GIV/Girdin, a protein that is known to fuel aggressive traits in diverse cancers. One forward and two key negative feedback loops within the circuit create closed‐loop control, allow the two GTPases to coregulate each other, and convert the expected switch‐like behavior of Arf1‐dependent secretion into an unexpected dose–response alignment behavior of sensing and secretion. Such behavior translates into cell survival that is self‐sustained by stimulus‐proportionate secretion. Proteomic studies and protein–protein interaction network analyses pinpoint GFs (e.g., the epidermal GF) as key stimuli for such self‐sustenance. Findings highlight how the enhanced coupling of two biological switches in cancer cells is critical for multiscale feedback control to achieve secretion‐coupled autonomy of growth factors.https://doi.org/10.15252/msb.202211127cellular autonomydose–response alignment (DoRA)epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR)G proteinsGolgi secretion
spellingShingle Lingxia Qiao
Saptarshi Sinha
Amer Ali Abd El‐Hafeez
I‐Chung Lo
Krishna K Midde
Tony Ngo
Nicolas Aznar
Inmaculada Lopez‐Sanchez
Vijay Gupta
Marilyn G Farquhar
Padmini Rangamani
Pradipta Ghosh
A circuit for secretion‐coupled cellular autonomy in multicellular eukaryotic cells
Molecular Systems Biology
cellular autonomy
dose–response alignment (DoRA)
epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR)
G proteins
Golgi secretion
title A circuit for secretion‐coupled cellular autonomy in multicellular eukaryotic cells
title_full A circuit for secretion‐coupled cellular autonomy in multicellular eukaryotic cells
title_fullStr A circuit for secretion‐coupled cellular autonomy in multicellular eukaryotic cells
title_full_unstemmed A circuit for secretion‐coupled cellular autonomy in multicellular eukaryotic cells
title_short A circuit for secretion‐coupled cellular autonomy in multicellular eukaryotic cells
title_sort circuit for secretion coupled cellular autonomy in multicellular eukaryotic cells
topic cellular autonomy
dose–response alignment (DoRA)
epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR)
G proteins
Golgi secretion
url https://doi.org/10.15252/msb.202211127
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