Nature Communications (Nov 2020)

Proto-oncogene Src links lipogenesis via lipin-1 to breast cancer malignancy

  • Lintao Song,
  • Zhihua Liu,
  • Hui-Hui Hu,
  • Ying Yang,
  • Terytty Yang Li,
  • Zhi-Zhong Lin,
  • Jing Ye,
  • Jianing Chen,
  • Xi Huang,
  • Dong-Tai Liu,
  • Jing Zhou,
  • Yiran Shi,
  • Hao Zhao,
  • Changchuan Xie,
  • Lanfen Chen,
  • Erwei Song,
  • Shu-Yong Lin,
  • Sheng-Cai Lin

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-19694-w
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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Altered lipid metabolism has been associated with tumour malignancy, but underlying mechanisms are not clear. Here the authors show that proto-oncogene Src interacts and phosphorylates metabolic enzyme phosphatidic acid phosphatase LPIN1 (lipin-1) to promote growth and metastasis in breast cancer.