成纤维细胞生长因子19激活的肝星状细胞释放血管生成素样蛋白4,促进结直肠癌肝转移。
FGF19-Activated Hepatic Stellate Cells Release ANGPTL4 that Promotes Colorectal Cancer Liver Metastasis.
作者信息
Fan Xueying, Li Baoting, Zhang Fan, Liu Meng, Kwan Hiu-Yee, Liu Zhongqiu, Su Tao
机构信息
State Key Laboratory of Traditional Chinese Medicine Syndrome, Guangdong Key Laboratory for Translational Cancer Research of Chinese Medicine, International Institute for Translational Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510006, China.
Chinese Medicine Guangdong Laboratory, Hengqin, Guangdong, 519031, China.
出版信息
Adv Sci (Weinh). 2025 Feb;12(7):e2413525. doi: 10.1002/advs.202413525. Epub 2024 Dec 24.
Liver and lung are the most common metastatic sites in colorectal cancer (CRC), where the tumor microenvironment (TME) plays a crucial role in the progression and metastasis of CRC. Understanding the interactions between various types of cells in the TME can suggest innovative therapeutic strategies. Using single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-Seq) and clinical samples, fibroblast growth factor-19 (FGF19, rodent FGF15) is found to mediate a significant interaction between CRC cells and cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs), activating the hepatic stellate cells (HSCs)-to-CAFs differentiation. In various CRC metastatic mouse models, it is shown that FGF15 has a more pronounced effect on liver metastasis compared to pulmonary metastasis. More importantly, the differentially expressed genes (DEGs) are also identified from the RNA-Seq dataset upon the activation of HSCs by FGF19 and compared the DEGs in matched primary and metastatic mRNA samples from patients with CRC liver metastasis (CRCLM), it is found that the ANGPTL4 gene is significantly associated with HSCs activation. Different mouse models also demonstrated the impact of the FGF19/ANGPTL4 axis on the severity of CRCLM. Importantly, disruption of this axis significantly inhibits CRCLM in vivo. This study is among the first to demonstrate the impact of the FGF19/ANGPTL4 axis on CRCLM, offering a novel therapeutic strategy.
肝脏和肺是结直肠癌(CRC)最常见的转移部位,肿瘤微环境(TME)在CRC的进展和转移中起着关键作用。了解TME中各种类型细胞之间的相互作用可以提出创新的治疗策略。通过单细胞RNA测序(scRNA-Seq)和临床样本,发现成纤维细胞生长因子19(FGF19,啮齿动物FGF15)介导CRC细胞与癌症相关成纤维细胞(CAF)之间的重要相互作用,激活肝星状细胞(HSC)向CAF的分化。在各种CRC转移小鼠模型中,研究表明FGF15对肝转移的影响比肺转移更明显。更重要的是,通过FGF19激活HSC后,从RNA-Seq数据集中鉴定出差异表达基因(DEG),并比较CRC肝转移(CRCLM)患者匹配的原发和转移mRNA样本中的DEG,发现血管生成素样4(ANGPTL4)基因与HSC激活显著相关。不同的小鼠模型也证明了FGF19/ANGPTL4轴对CRCLM严重程度的影响。重要的是,破坏该轴可在体内显著抑制CRCLM。本研究首次证明了FGF19/ANGPTL4轴对CRCLM的影响,提供了一种新的治疗策略。