Medical Research Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan 450052, China.
Henan International Joint Laboratory of Tumor Immune Microenvironment, Zhengzhou, Henan 450052, China.
Int J Biol Sci. 2022 Oct 18;18(16):6114-6128. doi: 10.7150/ijbs.74924. eCollection 2022.
Cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) are the main components in the tumor microenvironment (TME) and facilitate lung cancer progression. Studies have reported that metabolic reprogramming can regulate the function of CAFs, especially abnormal lipid metabolism. Lipid droplets (LDs) are ubiquitous organelles that store neutral lipids and have a crucial role in lipid metabolism. However, little is known about the synthesis and functions of LDs in lung CAFs. transgenic mouse model was used to establish a spontaneous pulmonary tumor model and investigate the accumulation of LDs in CAFs. The effect of LDs accumulation on the phenotype change of fibroblasts was estimated using mouse fibroblast cell lines. RNA sequencing, Western blotting, RT-PCR, and DNA-pull down were performed to determine the mechanism of LDs synthesis in fibroblasts. We found that LDs were enriched in lung CAFs and induced the pro-tumoral phenotype of CAFs with increased expression of α-smooth muscle actin (α-SMA) and Collagen alpha-2 (I) chain (COL1A2). As the main regulator, hypoxia-inducible factor-1α (HIF-1α) was highly expressed in activated fibroblasts and increased the content of LDs. RNA-sequencing results showed that Stearoyl-CoA Desaturase1 (SCD1) was a downstream gene of HIF-1α, which upregulated the number of LDs in fibroblasts. Importantly, SCD1 inhibition reduced the growth of lung tumors, which was correlated with LDs decrease in CAFs. Analysis of human lung adenocarcinoma tissue chip revealed that CAFs with a high level of SCD1 were positively correlated with the expression of HIF-1α and poor survival in lung cancer patients. The HIF-1α/SCD1 axis regulates the accumulation of LDs in CAFs, which might represent a novel target for lung cancer therapy.
肿瘤相关成纤维细胞(CAFs)是肿瘤微环境(TME)的主要组成部分,促进肺癌的进展。研究表明,代谢重编程可以调节 CAFs 的功能,特别是异常的脂代谢。脂滴(LDs)是普遍存在的细胞器,储存中性脂质,在脂质代谢中起着关键作用。然而,人们对 LD 在肺 CAFs 中的合成和功能知之甚少。该研究使用转基因小鼠模型建立了自发肺肿瘤模型,并研究了 CAFs 中 LD 的积累。使用小鼠成纤维细胞系估计 LD 积累对成纤维细胞表型变化的影响。进行 RNA 测序、Western blot、RT-PCR 和 DNA 下拉实验以确定成纤维细胞中 LD 合成的机制。研究发现,LDs 在肺 CAFs 中富集,并诱导 CAFs 表型向促肿瘤方向转变,表现为α-平滑肌肌动蛋白(α-SMA)和胶原α-2(I)链(COL1A2)表达增加。作为主要调节剂,缺氧诱导因子-1α(HIF-1α)在激活的成纤维细胞中高表达,并增加 LD 的含量。RNA 测序结果表明,硬脂酰辅酶 A 去饱和酶 1(SCD1)是 HIF-1α 的下游基因,它上调了成纤维细胞中 LD 的数量。重要的是,SCD1 抑制减少了肺肿瘤的生长,这与 CAFs 中 LD 的减少有关。对人肺腺癌组织芯片的分析表明,高表达 SCD1 的 CAFs 与 HIF-1α 的表达呈正相关,与肺癌患者的不良预后相关。HIF-1α/SCD1 轴调节 CAFs 中 LD 的积累,这可能代表肺癌治疗的一个新靶点。
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