Chen Jialong, Lu Renjian, Peng Yongming, Lai Yixi, Cai ZiWei, Zheng Dongyan, Xie Ailan, Huang Kailun, Liang Congmin, Zhang He
Dongguan Key Laboratory of Environmental Medicine, The First Dongguan Affiliated Hospital, School of Public Health, Guangdong Medical University, Dongguan, 523808.
J Cancer. 2024 Jan 12;15(5):1257-1270. doi: 10.7150/jca.89485. eCollection 2024.
Changes in calcium signalling are crucial for the development of glioma cells. Whether mitochondrial calcium balance is involved in glial cell development is still unknown. Mitochondrial Calcium Uniporter (MCU) plays an important role in regulating glioma progression. In this work, we found that MCU and p38 expression were positively correlated with glioma grade and the degree tumour progression. MCU increases glioma cell migration by upregulating p38. Furthermore, p38 promotes glioma progression by activating Transcription Factor EB (TFEB)-mediated autophagy. Thus, MCU promotes glioma cell migration by activating autophagy in a p38/TFEB pathway-dependent manner, which provides a theoretical basis for new therapeutic targets for gliomas.
钙信号变化对胶质瘤细胞的发展至关重要。线粒体钙平衡是否参与神经胶质细胞发育仍不清楚。线粒体钙单向转运体(MCU)在调节胶质瘤进展中起重要作用。在这项研究中,我们发现MCU和p38表达与胶质瘤分级及肿瘤进展程度呈正相关。MCU通过上调p38来增加胶质瘤细胞迁移。此外,p38通过激活转录因子EB(TFEB)介导的自噬促进胶质瘤进展。因此,MCU通过以p38/TFEB途径依赖的方式激活自噬来促进胶质瘤细胞迁移,这为胶质瘤新治疗靶点提供了理论依据。