Lactate and lactylation in tumor immunity.

IF 3.5 3区 医学 Q2 MEDICINE, RESEARCH & EXPERIMENTAL
Liu Song, Lingjuan Sun, Song Chen, Peixiang Lan
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Abstract

The Warburg effect, originally discovered by Otto Warburg, refers to the metabolic reprogramming of tumor cells from aerobic oxidation to glycolysis, enabling rapid energy production to support their growth and metastasis. This process is accompanied by the massive production and accumulation of lactate both intracellularly and extracellularly. The resulting acidic microenvironment impairs the normal physiological functions of immune cells and promotes tumor progression. An increasing number of studies indicate that lactate, a key metabolite in the tumor microenvironment (TME), acts as a pivotal immunosuppressive signaling molecule that modulates immune cell function. This review aims to comprehensively examine lactate's role as an immunosuppressive molecule in TME. It focuses on mechanisms such as membrane receptor binding, functional reshaping of immune cells via lactate shuttle transport, epigenetic regulation of gene expression through histone lactylation, and modulation of protein structure and function through nonhistone lactylation, emphasizing lactate's importance in immune regulation within the TME. Ultimately, this review offers novel insights into immunosuppressive therapies aimed at targeting lactate function.

乳酸和乳酸化在肿瘤免疫中的作用。
Warburg效应最初由Otto Warburg发现,是指肿瘤细胞从有氧氧化到糖酵解的代谢重编程,使其能够快速产生能量以支持其生长和转移。这个过程伴随着细胞内和细胞外乳酸的大量产生和积累。由此产生的酸性微环境损害了免疫细胞的正常生理功能,促进了肿瘤的发展。越来越多的研究表明,乳酸盐作为肿瘤微环境(tumor microenvironment, TME)的关键代谢物,是调节免疫细胞功能的关键免疫抑制信号分子。本文旨在全面研究乳酸作为免疫抑制分子在TME中的作用。重点研究了膜受体结合、乳酸穿梭运输对免疫细胞的功能重塑、组蛋白乳酸化对基因表达的表观遗传调控、非组蛋白乳酸化对蛋白质结构和功能的调控等机制,强调了乳酸在TME内免疫调节中的重要性。最后,这篇综述为针对乳酸功能的免疫抑制疗法提供了新的见解。
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Frontiers of Medicine
Frontiers of Medicine ONCOLOGYMEDICINE, RESEARCH & EXPERIMENTAL&-MEDICINE, RESEARCH & EXPERIMENTAL
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18.30
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800
期刊介绍: Frontiers of Medicine is an international general medical journal sponsored by the Ministry of Education of China. The journal is jointly published by the Higher Education Press and Springer. Since the first issue of 2010, this journal has been indexed in PubMed/MEDLINE. Frontiers of Medicine is dedicated to publishing original research and review articles on the latest advances in clinical and basic medicine with a focus on epidemiology, traditional Chinese medicine, translational research, healthcare, public health and health policies.
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