title: A molecular rheostat at the interface of cancer and diabetes.
abstract: Epidemiology studies revealed the connection between several types of cancer and type 2 diabetes (T2D) and suggested that T2D is both a symptom and a risk factor of pancreatic cancer. High level of circulating insulin (hyperinsulinemia) in obesity has been implicated in promoting aggressive types of cancers. Insulin resistance, a symptom of T2D, pressures pancreatic β-cells to increase insulin secretion, leading to hyperinsulinemia, which in turn leads to a gradual loss of functional β-cell mass, thus indicating a fine balance and interplay between β-cell function and mass. While the mechanisms of these connections are unclear, the mTORC1-Akt signaling pathway has been implicated in controlling β-cell function and mass, and in mediating the link of cancer and T2D. However, incomplete understating of how the pathway is regulated and how it integrates body metabolism has hindered its efficacy as a clinical target. The IQ motif containing GTPase activating protein 1 (IQGAP1)-Exocyst axis is a growth factor- and nutrient-sensor that couples cell growth and division. Here we discuss how IQGAP1-Exocyst, through differential interactions with Rho-type of small guanosine triphosphatases (GTPases), acts as a rheostat that modulates the mTORC1-Akt and MAPK signals, and integrates β-cell function and mass with insulin signaling, thus providing a molecular mechanism for cancer initiation in diabetes. Delineating this regulatory pathway may have the potential of contributing to optimizing the efficacy and selectivity of future therapies for cancer and diabetes.
authors: Warren Alpert Medical School, Division of Biology and Medicine, Molecular Pharmacology, Physiology and Biotechnology, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, USA. Mahasin_Osman@Brown.edu
authors: Mahasin A
authors: MA
authors: Osman
authors: Fazlul H
authors: FH
authors: Sarkar
authors: Enrique
authors: E
authors: Rodriguez-Boulan
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D048909:Diabetes Complications / Q000209:etiology* / Q000378:metabolism; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology* / Q000378:metabolism; D015398:Signal Transduction; D020703:ras GTPase-Activating Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: C101203:IQ motif containing GTPase activating protein 1; D020703:ras GTPase-Activating Proteins
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