Jiayu Zhang, Jianmin Peng, Siyu Wang, Li Wang, Yutong Sun, Juan Xia, Bin Cheng, Qinchao Hu
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Abstract
Emerging evidence shows that lipid metabolic reprogramming plays a vital role in tumor metastasis. The effect and mechanism of fatty acids and lipid droplets (LDs), the core products of lipid metabolism, on the metastasis of oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC), need further exploration. In this study, the influence of palmitic acid (PA) and oleic acid (OA) on the migration and invasion ability of OSCC cells was determined by in vitro experiments. Genetic manipulation of PLIN2 was performed to explore its effect on the accumulation of LDs and OSCC metastasis. Possible mechanisms of these biological effects were clarified by detecting the levels of epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) markers and phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K) pathway proteins as well as conducting various bioinformatics analyses. The results indicated that PA/OA promoted the migration and invasion of OSCC cells and induced PLIN2-dependent LDs accumulation in vitro. Knockdown of PLIN2 inhibited the LDs accumulation and the migration and invasion of OSCC cells in vitro, while overexpression of PLIN2 enhanced those of OSCC cells in vitro and also promoted the metastasis of OSCC in vivo. Besides, PLIN2 up-regulation activated the PI3K pathway and subsequently enhanced EMT in OSCC cells in vitro. OSCC patients with higher PLIN2 expression possessed poorer prognosis and higher sensitivity to chemotherapy drugs (1S,3 R)-RSL3 and ML-210. In conclusion, PLIN2-dependent LDs accumulation could promote the metastasis of OSCC cells by regulating EMT. PLIN2 might be a potential therapeutic target for OSCC patients, especially those with obesity.
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Cell Death Discovery is a multidisciplinary, international, online-only, open access journal, dedicated to publishing research at the intersection of medicine with biochemistry, pharmacology, immunology, cell biology and cell death, provided it is scientifically sound. The unrestricted access to research findings in Cell Death Discovery will foster a dynamic and highly productive dialogue between basic scientists and clinicians, as well as researchers in industry with a focus on cancer, neurobiology and inflammation research. As an official journal of the Cell Death Differentiation Association (ADMC), Cell Death Discovery will build upon the success of Cell Death & Differentiation and Cell Death & Disease in publishing important peer-reviewed original research, timely reviews and editorial commentary.
Cell Death Discovery is committed to increasing the reproducibility of research. To this end, in conjunction with its sister journals Cell Death & Differentiation and Cell Death & Disease, Cell Death Discovery provides a unique forum for scientists as well as clinicians and members of the pharmaceutical and biotechnical industry. It is committed to the rapid publication of high quality original papers that relate to these subjects, together with topical, usually solicited, reviews, editorial correspondence and occasional commentaries on controversial and scientifically informative issues.
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