YAP regulates an SGK1/mTORC1/SREBP-dependent lipogenic program to support proliferation and tissue growth

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2022

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Vaidyanathan, S.
Salmi, T.M.
Sathiqu, R.M.
McConville, M.J.
Cox, A.G.
Brown, K.K.

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Developmental Cell, 2022; 57(6):719-731.e8

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Srimayee Vaidyanathan, Talhah M. Salmi, Rasan M. Sathiqu, MalcolmJ.McConville, AndrewG.Cox, Kristin K. Brown

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The coordinated regulation of growth control and metabolic pathways is required to meet the energetic and biosynthetic demands associated with proliferation. Emerging evidence suggests that the Hippo pathway effector Yes-associated protein 1 (YAP) reprograms cellular metabolism to meet the anabolic demands of growth, although the mechanisms involved are poorly understood. Here, we demonstrate that YAP co-opts the sterol regulatory element-binding protein (SREBP)-dependent lipogenic program to facilitate proliferation and tissue growth. Mechanistically, YAP stimulates de novo lipogenesis via mechanistic target of rapamcyin (mTOR) complex 1 (mTORC1) signaling and subsequent activation of SREBP. Importantly, YAP-dependent regulation of serum- and glucocorticoid-regulated kinase 1 (SGK1) is required to activate mTORC1/SREBP and stimulate de novo lipogenesis. We also find that the SREBP target genes fatty acid synthase (FASN) and stearoyl-CoA desaturase (SCD) are conditionally required to support YAP-dependent proliferation and tissue growth. These studies reveal that de novo lipogenesis is a metabolic vulnerability that can be targeted to disrupt YAP-dependent proliferation and tissue growth.

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