水通道蛋白在肿瘤发生中的作用:对治疗开发的启示。
The role of Aquaporins in tumorigenesis: implications for therapeutic development.
机构信息
Morningside Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, USA.
Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 117558, Singapore.
出版信息
Cell Commun Signal. 2024 Feb 9;22(1):106. doi: 10.1186/s12964-023-01459-9.
Aquaporins (AQPs) are ubiquitous channel proteins that play a critical role in the homeostasis of the cellular environment by allowing the transit of water, chemicals, and ions. They can be found in many different types of cells and organs, including the lungs, eyes, brain, glands, and blood vessels. By controlling the osmotic water flux in processes like cell growth, energy metabolism, migration, adhesion, and proliferation, AQPs are capable of exerting their regulatory influence over a wide range of cellular processes. Tumour cells of varying sources express AQPs significantly, especially in malignant tumours with a high propensity for metastasis. New insights into the roles of AQPs in cell migration and proliferation reinforce the notion that AQPs are crucial players in tumour biology. AQPs have recently been shown to be a powerful tool in the fight against pathogenic antibodies and metastatic cell migration, despite the fact that the molecular processes of aquaporins in pathology are not entirely established. In this review, we shall discuss the several ways in which AQPs are expressed in the body, the unique roles they play in tumorigenesis, and the novel therapeutic approaches that could be adopted to treat carcinoma.
水通道蛋白(AQPs)是一种普遍存在的通道蛋白,通过允许水、化学物质和离子的通过,在细胞环境的动态平衡中起着关键作用。它们可以在许多不同类型的细胞和器官中找到,包括肺、眼睛、大脑、腺体和血管。通过控制细胞生长、能量代谢、迁移、黏附和增殖等过程中的渗透水通量,AQPs 能够对广泛的细胞过程发挥其调节作用。不同来源的肿瘤细胞显著表达 AQPs,尤其是在具有高转移倾向的恶性肿瘤中。AQPs 在细胞迁移和增殖中的作用的新见解强化了这样一种观点,即 AQPs 是肿瘤生物学中的关键参与者。尽管水通道蛋白在病理学中的分子过程尚未完全确定,但最近的研究表明,AQPs 是对抗致病性抗体和转移性细胞迁移的有力工具。在这篇综述中,我们将讨论 AQPs 在体内表达的几种方式,它们在肿瘤发生中的独特作用,以及可以采用的治疗癌症的新的治疗方法。