Wu Xiaoxue, Huang Shaoqing, Gao Jialing, Huang Shuting, Chen Lulu, Zhao Ziyi, Pu Ruihan, Ma Xiaojing, Liu Xianzhi, He Weiling, Song Mei
Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510275, China.
Institute of Precision Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510275, China.
Sci Adv. 2025 Aug 22;11(34):eadv6937. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.adv6937.
Metabolic enzymes, critical for cellular homeostasis, are frequently co-opted in a disease-specific manner to drive cancer progression. Here, we identify aldo-keto reductase family 1 member B10 (AKR1B10), down-regulated in gastrointestinal cancers, as a pivotal metastasis suppressor correlating with improved colorectal cancer (CRC) prognosis. Mechanistically, AKR1B10 activates protein phosphatase 2A (PP2A) by preventing redox-regulated nitration of its B56α subunit, preserving holoenzyme assembly and enabling c-Myc dephosphorylation at serine-62. Loss of AKR1B10 disrupts this pathway, stabilizing c-Myc, which drives integrin signaling and metastatic dissemination in CRC. We further demonstrate that lysine-125 of AKR1B10 is essential for its interaction with PP2A-Cα and B56α nitration, thereby attenuating CRC metastatic aggressiveness. Pharmacological restoration of PP2A activity effectively mitigates metastasis associated with AKR1B10 loss. In addition, c-Myc transcriptionally represses AKR1B10, establishing a feedback loop that sustains its down-regulation and enhances metastatic progression. This study uncovers an antimetastatic mechanism involving AKR1B10-mediated PP2A activation and highlights its potential as a biomarker and therapeutic target.
代谢酶对细胞稳态至关重要,常以疾病特异性方式被利用来驱动癌症进展。在此,我们鉴定出醛糖酮还原酶家族1成员B10(AKR1B10),其在胃肠道癌症中表达下调,是一种与改善结直肠癌(CRC)预后相关的关键转移抑制因子。从机制上讲,AKR1B10通过防止其B56α亚基的氧化还原调节硝化作用来激活蛋白磷酸酶2A(PP2A),维持全酶组装并使c-Myc在丝氨酸62处去磷酸化。AKR1B10的缺失会破坏这一途径,使c-Myc稳定,从而驱动CRC中的整合素信号传导和转移扩散。我们进一步证明,AKR1B10的赖氨酸125对于其与PP2A-Cα的相互作用和B56α硝化至关重要,从而减弱CRC转移侵袭性。PP2A活性的药理学恢复有效减轻了与AKR1B10缺失相关的转移。此外,c-Myc转录抑制AKR1B10,建立了一个反馈回路,维持其下调并增强转移进展。本研究揭示了一种涉及AKR1B10介导的PP2A激活的抗转移机制,并突出了其作为生物标志物和治疗靶点的潜力。