Ma L, Li D H, Xu Z
Department of General Surgery, Qingdao Municipal Hospital, Qingdao University, 266000 China.
Mol Biol (Mosk). 2022 Jul-Aug;56(4):574-584. doi: 10.31857/S0026898422040073.
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a malignancy featured by a poor overall survival and a high recurrence rate, whereas the biomarkers for CRC remain to be investigated. Herein, it was found that lysophosphatidylcholine acyltransferase 1 (LPCAT1) was highly expressed in CRC, and LPCAT1 overexpression significantly promoted CRC cell proliferation, while it was reversed by LPCAT1 depletion. In addition, HECT domain-containing 2 (HECTD2) protein was determined as a post-translational mediator of LPCAT1 because HECTD2 co-immunoprecipitated with high ubiquitinated LPCAT1. Furthermore, upregulated LPCAT1 rescued the impairment of CRC cell proliferation caused by HECTD2 overexpression. In conclusion, our findings supported HECTD2/LPCAT1 axis as a potential prognostic biomarker in CRC.
结直肠癌(CRC)是一种总体生存率低且复发率高的恶性肿瘤,而CRC的生物标志物仍有待研究。在此,发现溶血磷脂酰胆碱酰基转移酶1(LPCAT1)在CRC中高表达,LPCAT1的过表达显著促进CRC细胞增殖,而LPCAT1的缺失则使其逆转。此外,含HECT结构域的2(HECTD2)蛋白被确定为LPCAT1的翻译后调节因子,因为HECTD2与高泛素化的LPCAT1共免疫沉淀。此外,上调的LPCAT1挽救了由HECTD2过表达引起的CRC细胞增殖损伤。总之,我们的研究结果支持HECTD2/LPCAT1轴作为CRC潜在的预后生物标志物。