Center for Clinical Laboratories, The Affiliated Hospital of Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, 550004, China.
School of Clinical Laboratory Science, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, 550004, China.
Sci Rep. 2024 Aug 16;14(1):19003. doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-69435-y.
Gastric cancer (GC) remains a global disease with a high mortality rate, the lack of effective treatments and the high toxicity of side effects are primary causes for its poor prognosis. Hence, urgent efforts are needed to find safe and effective therapeutic strategies. Gypenoside (Gyp) is a widely used natural product that regulates blood glucose to improve disease progression with few toxic side effects. Given the crucial role of abnormal glycometabolism in driving tumor malignancy, it is important to explore the association between Gyp and glycometabolism in GC and understand the mechanism of action by which Gyp influences glycometabolism. In this study, we demonstrated that Gyp suppresses GC proliferation and migration both in vitro and in vivo. We identified that Gyp suppresses the malignant progression of GC by inhibiting glycolysis using network pharmacology and metabolomics. Transcriptome analysis revealed that the Hippo pathway is a key regulator of glycolysis by Gyp in GC. Furthermore, Gyp induced upregulation of LATS1/2 proteins, leading to increased YAP phosphorylation and decreased TAZ protein expression. The YAP agonist XMU-MP-1 rescued the inhibitory effect of Gyp on GC proliferation by reversing glycolysis. These findings confirmed that Gyp inhibits GC proliferation by targeting glycolysis through the Hippo pathway. Our study examined the role of Gyp in the malignant progression of GC, explored its therapeutic prospects, elucidated a mechanism by which Gyp suppresses GC proliferation through interference with the glycolytic process, thus providing a potential novel therapeutic strategy for GC patients.
胃癌(GC)仍然是一种全球性疾病,死亡率高,缺乏有效治疗方法和副作用毒性高是其预后不良的主要原因。因此,迫切需要寻找安全有效的治疗策略。绞股蓝苷(Gyp)是一种广泛使用的天然产物,可调节血糖,改善疾病进展,副作用小。鉴于异常糖代谢在驱动肿瘤恶性转化中的关键作用,研究 Gyp 与 GC 中的糖代谢之间的关联以及了解 Gyp 影响糖代谢的作用机制非常重要。在这项研究中,我们证明 Gyp 可在体外和体内抑制 GC 的增殖和迁移。我们通过网络药理学和代谢组学发现,Gyp 通过抑制糖酵解来抑制 GC 的恶性进展。转录组分析表明,Hippo 通路是 Gyp 在 GC 中调节糖酵解的关键调节剂。此外,Gyp 诱导 LATS1/2 蛋白的上调,导致 YAP 磷酸化增加和 TAZ 蛋白表达减少。Gyp 诱导的 YAP 激动剂 XMU-MP-1 通过逆转糖酵解来挽救 Gyp 对 GC 增殖的抑制作用。这些发现证实,Gyp 通过靶向 Hippo 通路抑制 GC 增殖,从而抑制糖酵解。我们的研究检验了 Gyp 在 GC 恶性进展中的作用,探索了其治疗前景,阐明了 Gyp 通过干扰糖酵解过程抑制 GC 增殖的机制,从而为 GC 患者提供了一种潜在的新型治疗策略。