Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, 39 Huaxiang Road, Tiexi District, Shenyang City, Liaoning Province, 110022, China.
Cell Death Dis. 2024 Apr 2;15(4):242. doi: 10.1038/s41419-024-06564-2.
Endometrial cancer (EC) cells exhibit abnormal glucose metabolism, characterized by increased aerobic glycolysis and decreased oxidative phosphorylation. Targeting cellular glucose metabolism in these cells could be an effective therapeutic approach for EC. This study aimed to assess the roles of LIN28B, PCAT5, and IGF2BP3 in the glucose metabolism, proliferation, migration, and invasion of EC cells. LIN28B highly expressed in EC, binds and stabilizes PCAT5. PCAT5, overexpressed in EC, and its 1485-2288nt region can bind to the KH1-2 domain of IGF2BP3 to prevent MKRN2 from binding to the K294 ubiquitination site of IGF2BP3, thus stabilizing IGF2BP3. Finally, IGF2BP3 promotes the aerobic glycolysis, proliferation, migration and invasion of EC cells by stabilizing the key enzymes of glucose metabolism HK2 and PKM2. Taken together, our data reveal that the LIN28B/PCAT5/IGF2BP3 axis is critical for glucose reprogramming and malignant biological behavior in EC cells. Therefore, targeting this axis may contribute to the development of a novel therapeutic strategy for EC metabolism.
子宫内膜癌(EC)细胞表现出异常的葡萄糖代谢,其特征为有氧糖酵解增加和氧化磷酸化减少。针对这些细胞的细胞葡萄糖代谢进行靶向治疗可能是治疗 EC 的一种有效方法。本研究旨在评估 LIN28B、PCAT5 和 IGF2BP3 在 EC 细胞葡萄糖代谢、增殖、迁移和侵袭中的作用。LIN28B 在 EC 中高表达,可与 PCAT5 结合并稳定其表达。PCAT5 在 EC 中过表达,其 1485-2288nt 区域可与 IGF2BP3 的 KH1-2 结构域结合,阻止 MKRN2 与 IGF2BP3 的 K294 泛素化位点结合,从而稳定 IGF2BP3。最后,IGF2BP3 通过稳定葡萄糖代谢的关键酶 HK2 和 PKM2 促进 EC 细胞的有氧糖酵解、增殖、迁移和侵袭。总之,我们的数据表明 LIN28B/PCAT5/IGF2BP3 轴对于 EC 细胞的葡萄糖重编程和恶性生物学行为至关重要。因此,靶向该轴可能有助于开发 EC 代谢的新治疗策略。
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