Department of Thoracic Surgery, Jiangsu Cancer Hospital, Jiangsu Institute of Cancer Research, Nanjing Medical University Affiliated Cancer Hospital, Nanjing 210009, China; Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Molecular and Translational Cancer Research, Nanjing Medical University Affiliated Cancer Hospital, Cancer Institute of Jiangsu Province, Nanjing 210009, China.
Department of Anesthesiology, Jiangsu Cancer Hospital and Jiangsu Institute of Cancer Research and The Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, No. 42, Baiziting, Nanjing 210000, Jiangsu, China.
Cell Rep. 2024 Aug 27;43(8):114550. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2024.114550. Epub 2024 Jul 25.
Despite being the leading cause of lung cancer-related deaths, the underlying molecular mechanisms driving metastasis progression are still not fully understood. Transfer RNA-derived fragments (tRFs) have been implicated in various biological processes in cancer. However, the role of tRFs in lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD) remains unclear. Our study identified a tRF, tRF-Val-CAC-024, associated with the high-risk component of LUAD, through validation using 3 cohorts. Our findings demonstrated that tRF-Val-CAC-024 acts as an oncogene in LUAD. Mechanistically, tRF-Val-CAC-024 was revealed to bind to aldolase A (ALDOA) dependent on Q125/E224 and promote the oligomerization of ALDOA, resulting in increased enzyme activity and enhanced aerobic glycolysis in LUAD cells. Additionally, we provide preliminary evidence of its potential clinical value by investigating the therapeutic effects of tRF-Val-CAC-024 antagomir-loaded lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) in cell-line-derived xenograft models. These results could enhance our understanding of the regulatory mechanisms of tRFs in LUAD and provide a potential therapeutic target.
尽管转移是导致肺癌相关死亡的主要原因,但驱动转移进展的潜在分子机制仍未完全阐明。转移 RNA 衍生片段 (tRFs) 已被牵涉到癌症中的各种生物学过程中。然而,tRFs 在肺腺癌 (LUAD) 中的作用仍不清楚。我们通过对 3 个队列的验证,确定了一个与 LUAD 高危成分相关的 tRF,即 tRF-Val-CAC-024。我们的研究结果表明,tRF-Val-CAC-024 在 LUAD 中作为一种致癌基因发挥作用。从机制上讲,tRF-Val-CAC-024 被揭示依赖于 Q125/E224 与醛缩酶 A (ALDOA) 结合,并促进 ALDOA 的寡聚化,导致 LUAD 细胞中的酶活性增加和有氧糖酵解增强。此外,我们通过研究 tRF-Val-CAC-024 反义寡核苷酸负载的脂质纳米颗粒 (LNP) 在细胞系衍生的异种移植模型中的治疗效果,提供了其潜在临床价值的初步证据。这些结果可以增强我们对 tRFs 在 LUAD 中的调控机制的理解,并提供一个潜在的治疗靶点。