Journal
REDOX BIOLOGY
Volume 38, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.redox.2020.101807
Keywords
Pancreatic cancer; FBW7; Apoptosis; Ferroptosis
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Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [81871950, 81702871, 81972725]
- Clinical and Scientific Innovation Project of Shanghai Hospital Development Center [SHDC12018109]
- Scientific Innovation Project of Shanghai Education Committee [2019-01-07-00-07-E00057]
- Shanghai Municipal Commission of Health and Family Planning [2018YQ06]
- Shanghai Municipal Science and Technology Commission [19QA1402100]
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FBW7 acts as a tumor suppressor by targeting oncoproteins for degradation in pancreatic cancer, with decreased expression leading to destabilization and activation of pathways like ferroptosis and apoptosis which inhibit tumor growth, suggesting potential new strategies for comprehensive treatment of pancreatic cancer.
FBW7 functions as a tumor suppressor by targeting oncoproteins for degradation. Our previous study found FBW7 was low expressed in pancreatic cancer due to sustained activation of Ras-Raf-MEK-ERK pathway, which destabilized FBW7 by phosphorylating at Thr205. MicroPET/CT imaging results revealed that FBW7 substantially decreased 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose uptake in xenograft tumors. Mechanistically, FBW7 inhibited glucose metabolism via c-Myc/TXNIP axis. But in these studies, we observed FBW7 down-regulated genes were widely involved in redox reaction and lipid metabolism. Here we reanalyzed previous gene expression profiling and conducted targeted cell metabolites analysis. Results revealed that FBW7 regulated lipid peroxidation and promoted ferroptosis, a non-apoptotic form of cell death. Mechanistically, we found FBW7 inhibited the expression of stearoyl-CoA desaturase (SCD1) via inhibiting nuclear receptor subfamily 4 group A member 1 (NR4A1). SCD1 was reported to inhibit both fermptosis and apoptosis, which was consistent with the function of FBW7 and NR4A1, another FBW7 down-regulated gene in the gene expression profiling. Moreover, FBW7 potentiated cytotoxic effect of gemcitabine via activating ferroptosis and apoptosis. Combination ferroptosis inducers and apoptosis activators could also significantly potentiated cytotoxic effect of gemcitabine in pancreatic cancer. Therefore, our findings might provide new strategies for the comprehensive treatment of pancreatic cancer.
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