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Activation of Aurora A kinase increases YAP stability via blockage of autophagy.

ABSTRACT: Transcription cofactor Yes-associated protein (YAP) plays an important role in cancer progression. Here, we found that Aurora A kinase expression was positively correlated with YAP in lung cancer. Aurora A depletion suppresses lung cancer cell colony formation, which could be reversed by YAP ectopic overexpression. In addition, activation of Aurora A increases YAP protein abundance through maintaining its protein stability. Consistently, the transcriptional activity of YAP is increased upon Aurora A activation. We further showed that shAURKA suppressed YAP expression in the absence of Lats1/2, indicating that Aurora A regulates YAP independently of Hippo pathway. Instead, Aurora A induced blockage of autophagy to up-regulate YAP expression. Collectively, our findings provide insights into regulatory mechanisms of YAP expression in lung cancer development.

SUBMITTER: Wang P

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6547697 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Activation of Aurora A kinase increases YAP stability via blockage of autophagy.

Wang Peng P Gong Ying Y Guo Tao T Li Man M Fang Lei L Yin Shengchen S Kamran Muhammad M Liu Yang Y Xu Jie J Xu Lingzhi L Peng Fei F Xue Xiaoyuan X Yang Mengying M Hung Mie-Chie MC Lam Eric W-F EW Gu Chundong C Wang Chunli C Zhan Qimin Q Liu Quentin Q

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Transcription cofactor Yes-associated protein (YAP) plays an important role in cancer progression. Here, we found that Aurora A kinase expression was positively correlated with YAP in lung cancer. Aurora A depletion suppresses lung cancer cell colony formation, which could be reversed by YAP ectopic overexpression. In addition, activation of Aurora A increases YAP protein abundance through maintaining its protein stability. Consistently, the transcriptional activity of YAP is increased upon Auro ...[more]

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Activation of Aurora A kinase increases YAP stability via blockage of autophagy.

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Activation of Aurora A kinase increases YAP stability via blockage of autophagy.

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