FOXM1 nuclear transcription factor translocates into mitochondria and inhibits oxidative phosphorylation

Forkhead box M1 (FOXM1), a nuclear transcription factor that activates cell cycle regulatory genes, is highly expressed in a majority of human cancers. The function of FOXM1 independent of nuclear transcription is unknown. In the present study, we found the FOXM1 protein inside the mitochondria. Usi...

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Published in:Molecular biology of the cell 2020-06, Vol.31 (13), p.1411-1424
Main Authors: Black, Markaisa, Arumugam, Paritha, Shukla, Samriddhi, Pradhan, Arun, Ustiyan, Vladimir, Milewski, David, Kalinichenko, Vladimir V, Kalin, Tanya V
Format: Article
Language:English
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Animals
Computer Simulation
Forkhead Box Protein M1 - genetics
Forkhead Box Protein M1 - metabolism
Gene Expression Regulation
Humans
Mice
Mitochondria - metabolism
Mitochondrial Proteins - genetics
Mutation
Oxidative Phosphorylation
Rats
RNA-Binding Proteins - genetics
Xenopus laevis
Zebrafish
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Summary:Forkhead box M1 (FOXM1), a nuclear transcription factor that activates cell cycle regulatory genes, is highly expressed in a majority of human cancers. The function of FOXM1 independent of nuclear transcription is unknown. In the present study, we found the FOXM1 protein inside the mitochondria. Using site-directed mutagenesis, we generated FOXM1 mutant proteins that localized to distinct cellular compartments, uncoupling the nuclear and mitochondrial functions of FOXM1. Directing FOXM1 into the mitochondria decreased mitochondrial mass, membrane potential, respiration, and electron transport chain (ETC) activity. In mitochondria, the FOXM1 directly bound to and increased the pentatricopeptide repeat domain 1 (PTCD1) protein, a mitochondrial leucine-specific tRNA binding protein that inhibits leucine-rich ETC complexes. Mitochondrial FOXM1 did not change cellular proliferation. Thus, FOXM1 translocates into mitochondria and inhibits mitochondrial respiration by increasing PTCD1. We identify a new paradigm that FOXM1 regulates mitochondrial homeostasis in a process independent of nuclear transcription.
ISSN:1059-1524
1939-4586
DOI:10.1091/MBC.E19-07-0413