期刊
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
卷 15, 期 5, 页码 1020-1029出版社
IVYSPRING INT PUBL
DOI: 10.7150/ijbs.27825
关键词
sqstm1; pancreatic stellate cells; pancreatic adenocarcinoma; reactive oxygen species; senescence
资金
- Projects of Medical and Health Technology Plan Program in Zhejiang Province [2015KYB454]
- Projects of Lishui Key Research and Development Plan in Zhejiang Province [2016ZDYF01, 2017ZDYF12]
- important subject fund of Zhejiang province science and technology hall [2015C03033]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [81302071, 81673809, 81573953]
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) has unique microenvironment with extensive infiltration of fibroblasts, which are mainly derived from the resident pancreatic stellate cells (PaSCs). As activated PaSCs constitute a major contributor to pancreatic cancer progression, the mechanisms underlying their activation have been being intensively studied. Previous studies showed that Sequestosome-1 (sqstm1) can modulate the functional status of fibroblasts in cancer. Here, we further delineated the role of sqstm1 in PaSCs. The analysis of PDAC patient samples revealed reduction of sqstm1 expression in activated PaSCs in both mRNA and protein level. Downregulated sqstml via shRNA in PaSCs led to an inflammatory and senescent phenotype with increased IL8, CXCL1, and CXCL2 expression. Further analysis demonstrated that increased intracellular reactive oxygen species level contributed to the senescence in sqstm1-downregulated PaSCs. This was mediated via impaired NRF2 activity since reduced sqstml resulted in accumulation of KEAP1. Meanwhile, we found that sqstml degradation caused by enhanced autophagy was not associated with transformation of senescent phenotype. At last, the data revealed that sqstm1-downregulated PaSCs promoted pancreatic tumor cell growth, invasion, and macrophage phenotype transformation. Collectively, the current study indicated that sqstm1 controlled transformation of senescent phenotype of PaSCs, which in turn is pro-tumorigenic.
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