SMYD3 Activates Fatty Acid β-oxidation to Promote Self-Renewal of Leukemia Stem Cells

IF 12.5 1区医学 Q1 ONCOLOGY

Cancer research Pub Date : 2025-03-13 DOI:10.1158/0008-5472.can-24-2117

Min Zhou, Zihao Wu, Fen Wei, Chen Duan, Xiaoying Lin, Waiyi Zou, Chang Liu, Jingxuan Pan, Yanli Jin

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Abstract

The development of BCR-ABL tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) has revolutionized disease management of chronic myeloid leukemia (CML). However, the persistence of leukemia stem cells (LSCs) remains a major barrier to curing CML, highlighting the urgent need to identify the regulators supporting LSCs. In this study, we validated the critical role of the histone methyltransferase SET and MYND domain containing 3 (SMYD3) in the maintenance of LSCs in CML. SMYD3 was overexpressed in CML LSCs and enhanced the survival and self-renewal properties of human primary CD34+ CML cells. Loss of SMYD3 blocked leukemogenesis and impaired the self-renewal and disease reconstitution abilities of LSCs in mice without affecting normal hematopoiesis. SMYD3 stimulated fatty acid β-oxidation (FAO) in LSCs by activating the FABP5/PPARD/CPT1A signaling axis in a methyltransferase activity-dependent manner. Blocking CPT1A-mediated FAO reduced the function of human CML LSCs in vitro and depleted LSCs in vivo. These findings shed light on the role of histone lysine methylation-mediated FAO in the maintenance of LSCs and suggest that SMYD3 may serve as a therapeutic target for treating patients with CML.

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Cancer research 医学-肿瘤学

CiteScore

16.10

自引率

0.90%

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7677

审稿时长

2.5 months

期刊介绍： Cancer Research, published by the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), is a journal that focuses on impactful original studies, reviews, and opinion pieces relevant to the broad cancer research community. Manuscripts that present conceptual or technological advances leading to insights into cancer biology are particularly sought after. The journal also places emphasis on convergence science, which involves bridging multiple distinct areas of cancer research. With primary subsections including Cancer Biology, Cancer Immunology, Cancer Metabolism and Molecular Mechanisms, Translational Cancer Biology, Cancer Landscapes, and Convergence Science, Cancer Research has a comprehensive scope. It is published twice a month and has one volume per year, with a print ISSN of 0008-5472 and an online ISSN of 1538-7445. Cancer Research is abstracted and/or indexed in various databases and platforms, including BIOSIS Previews (R) Database, MEDLINE, Current Contents/Life Sciences, Current Contents/Clinical Medicine, Science Citation Index, Scopus, and Web of Science.