CPT1A/2-Mediated FAO Enhancement—A Metabolic Target in Radioresistant Breast Cancer

Tumor cells, including cancer stem cells (CSCs) resistant to radio- and chemotherapy, must enhance metabolism to meet the extra energy demands to repair and survive such genotoxic conditions. However, such stress-induced adaptive metabolic alterations, especially in cancer cells that survive radioth...

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Main Authors: Shujun Han, Ryan Wei, Xiaodi Zhang, Nian Jiang, Ming Fan, Jie Hunter Huang, Bowen Xie, Lu Zhang, Weili Miao, Ashley Chen-Ping Butler, Matthew A. Coleman, Andrew T. Vaughan, Yinsheng Wang, Hong-Wu Chen, Jiankang Liu, Jian Jian Li
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Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Oncology
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FAO
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fonc.2019.01201/full
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CPT1A/2-Mediated FAO Enhancement—A Metabolic Target in Radioresistant Breast Cancer
Frontiers in Oncology
breast cancer stem cells
CPT1A/CPT2
FAO
metabolism
radioresistance
breast cancer
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Shujun Han
Ryan Wei
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Xiaodi Zhang
Nian Jiang
Ming Fan
Jie Hunter Huang
Bowen Xie
Lu Zhang
Weili Miao
Ashley Chen-Ping Butler
Matthew A. Coleman
Matthew A. Coleman
Andrew T. Vaughan
Andrew T. Vaughan
Yinsheng Wang
Hong-Wu Chen
Hong-Wu Chen
Jiankang Liu
Jian Jian Li
Jian Jian Li
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title CPT1A/2-Mediated FAO Enhancement—A Metabolic Target in Radioresistant Breast Cancer
title_short CPT1A/2-Mediated FAO Enhancement—A Metabolic Target in Radioresistant Breast Cancer
title_full CPT1A/2-Mediated FAO Enhancement—A Metabolic Target in Radioresistant Breast Cancer
title_fullStr CPT1A/2-Mediated FAO Enhancement—A Metabolic Target in Radioresistant Breast Cancer
title_full_unstemmed CPT1A/2-Mediated FAO Enhancement—A Metabolic Target in Radioresistant Breast Cancer
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publisher Frontiers Media S.A.
series Frontiers in Oncology
issn 2234-943X
publishDate 2019-11-01
description Tumor cells, including cancer stem cells (CSCs) resistant to radio- and chemotherapy, must enhance metabolism to meet the extra energy demands to repair and survive such genotoxic conditions. However, such stress-induced adaptive metabolic alterations, especially in cancer cells that survive radiotherapy, remain unresolved. In this study, we found that CPT1 (Carnitine palmitoyl transferase I) and CPT2 (Carnitine palmitoyl transferase II), a pair of rate-limiting enzymes for mitochondrial fatty acid transportation, play a critical role in increasing fatty acid oxidation (FAO) required for the cellular fuel demands in radioresistant breast cancer cells (RBCs) and radiation-derived breast cancer stem cells (RD-BCSCs). Enhanced CPT1A/CPT2 expression was detected in the recurrent human breast cancers and associated with a worse prognosis in breast cancer patients. Blocking FAO via a FAO inhibitor or by CRISPR-mediated CPT1A/CPT2 gene deficiency inhibited radiation-induced ERK activation and aggressive growth and radioresistance of RBCs and RD-BCSCs. These results revealed that switching to FAO contributes to radiation-induced mitochondrial energy metabolism, and CPT1A/CPT2 is a potential metabolic target in cancer radiotherapy.
topic breast cancer stem cells
CPT1A/CPT2
FAO
metabolism
radioresistance
breast cancer
url https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fonc.2019.01201/full
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spelling doaj-6489abd152a440d0bf890a215853fcc22020-11-25T02:14:03ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Oncology2234-943X2019-11-01910.3389/fonc.2019.01201464430CPT1A/2-Mediated FAO Enhancement—A Metabolic Target in Radioresistant Breast CancerShujun Han0Shujun Han1Ryan Wei2Ryan Wei3Xiaodi Zhang4Nian Jiang5Ming Fan6Jie Hunter Huang7Bowen Xie8Lu Zhang9Weili Miao10Ashley Chen-Ping Butler11Matthew A. Coleman12Matthew A. Coleman13Andrew T. Vaughan14Andrew T. Vaughan15Yinsheng Wang16Hong-Wu Chen17Hong-Wu Chen18Jiankang Liu19Jian Jian Li20Jian Jian Li21Department of Radiation Oncology, School of Medicine, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, CA, United StatesCenter for Mitochondrial Biology and Medicine, Key Laboratory of Biomedical Information Engineering of Ministry of Education, School of Life Science and Technology and Frontier Institute of Science and Technology, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, ChinaDepartment of Radiation Oncology, School of Medicine, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, CA, United StatesLewis Katz School of Medicine/St. Luke's University Regional Campus, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, United StatesDepartment of Radiation Oncology, School of Medicine, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, CA, United StatesDepartment of Radiation Oncology, School of Medicine, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, CA, United StatesDepartment of Radiation Oncology, School of Medicine, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, CA, United StatesDepartment of Radiation Oncology, School of Medicine, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, CA, United StatesDepartment of Radiation Oncology, School of Medicine, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, CA, United StatesDepartment of Radiation Oncology, School of Medicine, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, CA, United StatesDepartment of Chemistry, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA, United StatesDepartment of Radiation Oncology, School of Medicine, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, CA, United StatesDepartment of Radiation Oncology, School of Medicine, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, CA, United StatesNCI-Designated Compressive Cancer Center, School of Medicine, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, CA, United StatesDepartment of Radiation Oncology, School of Medicine, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, CA, United StatesNCI-Designated Compressive Cancer Center, School of Medicine, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, CA, United StatesDepartment of Chemistry, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA, United StatesNCI-Designated Compressive Cancer Center, School of Medicine, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, CA, United StatesDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, CA, United StatesCenter for Mitochondrial Biology and Medicine, Key Laboratory of Biomedical Information Engineering of Ministry of Education, School of Life Science and Technology and Frontier Institute of Science and Technology, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, ChinaDepartment of Radiation Oncology, School of Medicine, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, CA, United StatesNCI-Designated Compressive Cancer Center, School of Medicine, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, CA, United StatesTumor cells, including cancer stem cells (CSCs) resistant to radio- and chemotherapy, must enhance metabolism to meet the extra energy demands to repair and survive such genotoxic conditions. However, such stress-induced adaptive metabolic alterations, especially in cancer cells that survive radiotherapy, remain unresolved. In this study, we found that CPT1 (Carnitine palmitoyl transferase I) and CPT2 (Carnitine palmitoyl transferase II), a pair of rate-limiting enzymes for mitochondrial fatty acid transportation, play a critical role in increasing fatty acid oxidation (FAO) required for the cellular fuel demands in radioresistant breast cancer cells (RBCs) and radiation-derived breast cancer stem cells (RD-BCSCs). Enhanced CPT1A/CPT2 expression was detected in the recurrent human breast cancers and associated with a worse prognosis in breast cancer patients. Blocking FAO via a FAO inhibitor or by CRISPR-mediated CPT1A/CPT2 gene deficiency inhibited radiation-induced ERK activation and aggressive growth and radioresistance of RBCs and RD-BCSCs. These results revealed that switching to FAO contributes to radiation-induced mitochondrial energy metabolism, and CPT1A/CPT2 is a potential metabolic target in cancer radiotherapy.https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fonc.2019.01201/fullbreast cancer stem cellsCPT1A/CPT2FAOmetabolismradioresistancebreast cancer