How mitochondrial metabolism is altered by oncogenic tyrosine kinases to promote tumor growth is incompletely understood. Here, we show that oncogenic HER2 tyrosine kinase signaling induces phosphorylation of mitochondrial creatine kinase 1 (MtCK1) on tyrosine 153 (Y153) in an ABL-dependent manner in breast cancer cells. Y153 phosphorylation, which is commonly upregulated in HER2+ breast cancers, stabilizes MtCK1 to increase the phosphocreatine energy shuttle and promote proliferation. Inhibition of the phosphocreatine energy shuttle by MtCK1 knockdown or with the creatine analog cyclocreatine decreases proliferation of trastuzumab-sensitive and -resistant HER2+ cell lines in culture and in xenografts. Finally, we show that cyclocreatine in combination with the HER2 kinase inhibitor lapatinib reduces the growth of a trastuzumab-resistant HER2+ patient-derived xenograft. These findings suggest that activation of the phosphocreatine energy shuttle by MtCK1 Y153 phosphorylation creates a druggable metabolic vulnerability in cancer.
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