Department of Neurology, Medical Research Institute, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.
Frontier Science Center for Immunology and Metabolism, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.
Aging (Albany NY). 2024 May 30;16(11):9518-9546. doi: 10.18632/aging.205881.
Cancer cells can induce molecular changes that reshape cellular metabolism, creating specific vulnerabilities for targeted therapeutic interventions. Given the importance of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in tumor development and drug resistance, and the abundance of reduced glutathione (GSH) as the primary cellular antioxidant, we examined an integrated panel of 56 glutathione metabolism-related genes (GMRGs) across diverse cancer types. This analysis revealed a remarkable association between GMRGs and low-grade glioma (LGG) survival. Unsupervised clustering and a GMRGs-based risk score (GS) categorized LGG patients into two groups, linking elevated glutathione metabolism to poorer prognosis and treatment outcomes. Our GS model outperformed established clinical prognostic factors, acting as an independent prognostic factor. GS also exhibited correlations with pro-tumor M2 macrophage infiltration, upregulated immunosuppressive genes, and diminished responses to various cancer therapies. Experimental validation in glioma cell lines confirmed the critical role of glutathione metabolism in glioma cell proliferation and chemoresistance. Our findings highlight the presence of a unique metabolic susceptibility in LGG and introduce a novel GS system as a highly effective tool for predicting the prognosis of LGG.
癌细胞可以诱导分子变化,重塑细胞代谢,为靶向治疗干预创造特定的弱点。鉴于活性氧 (ROS) 在肿瘤发展和耐药性中的重要性,以及还原型谷胱甘肽 (GSH) 作为主要细胞抗氧化剂的丰富性,我们研究了不同癌症类型中 56 种谷胱甘肽代谢相关基因 (GMRG) 的综合面板。这项分析表明,GMRGs 与低级别胶质瘤 (LGG) 患者的生存之间存在显著关联。无监督聚类和基于 GMRGs 的风险评分 (GS) 将 LGG 患者分为两组,将较高的谷胱甘肽代谢与较差的预后和治疗结果联系起来。我们的 GS 模型优于既定的临床预后因素,是一个独立的预后因素。GS 还与促肿瘤 M2 巨噬细胞浸润、上调的免疫抑制基因以及对各种癌症治疗反应减弱相关。在神经胶质瘤细胞系中的实验验证证实了谷胱甘肽代谢在神经胶质瘤细胞增殖和化疗耐药性中的关键作用。我们的研究结果表明,LGG 中存在独特的代谢易感性,并提出了一种新的 GS 系统,作为预测 LGG 预后的高度有效工具。