Hepatic stellate cell stearoyl co-A desaturase activates leukotriene B4 receptor 2 - β-catenin cascade to promote liver tumorigenesis

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Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the 3rd most deadly malignancy. Activated hepatic stellate cells (aHSC) give rise to cancer-associated fibroblasts in HCC and are considered a potential therapeutic target. Here we report that selective ablation of stearoyl CoA desaturase-2 (Scd2) in aHSC globally suppresses nuclear CTNNB1 and YAP1 in tumors and tumor microenvironment and prevents liver tumorigenesis in male mice. Tumor suppression is associated with reduced leukotriene B4 receptor 2 (LTB4R2) and its high affinity oxylipin ligand, 12-hydroxyheptadecatrienoic acid (12-HHTrE). Genetic or pharmacological inhibition of LTB4R2 recapitulates CTNNB1 and YAP1 inactivation and tumor suppression in culture and in vivo. Single cell RNA sequencing identifies a subset of tumor-associated aHSC expressing Cyp1b1 but no other 12-HHTrE biosynthetic genes. aHSC release 12-HHTrE in a manner dependent on SCD and CYP1B1 and their conditioned medium reproduces the LTB4R2-mediated tumor-promoting effects of 12-HHTrE in HCC cells. CYP1B1-expressing aHSC are detected in proximity of LTB4R2-positive HCC cells and the growth of patient HCC organoids is blunted by LTB4R2 antagonism or knockdown. Collectively, our findings suggest aHSC-initiated 12-HHTrE-LTB4R2-CTNNB1-YAP1 pathway as a potential HCC therapeutic target.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:14

Enthalten in:

Nature communications - 14(2023), 1 vom: 08. Mai, Seite 2651

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Sinha, Sonal [VerfasserIn]
Aizawa, Satoka [VerfasserIn]
Nakano, Yasuhiro [VerfasserIn]
Rialdi, Alexander [VerfasserIn]
Choi, Hye Yeon [VerfasserIn]
Shrestha, Rajan [VerfasserIn]
Pan, Stephanie Q [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Yibu [VerfasserIn]
Li, Meng [VerfasserIn]
Kapelanski-Lamoureux, Audrey [VerfasserIn]
Yochum, Gregory [VerfasserIn]
Sher, Linda [VerfasserIn]
Monga, Satdarshan Paul [VerfasserIn]
Lazaris, Anthoula [VerfasserIn]
Machida, Keigo [VerfasserIn]
Karin, Michael [VerfasserIn]
Guccione, Ernesto [VerfasserIn]
Tsukamoto, Hidekazu [VerfasserIn]

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Beta Catenin
EC 1.14.19.-
EC 1.14.19.1
Fatty Acid Desaturases
Journal Article
Receptors, Leukotriene B4
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
Scd2 protein, mouse

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Date Completed 12.05.2023

Date Revised 25.01.2024

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1038/s41467-023-38406-8

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM356598977