Interventing mitochondrial PD-L1 suppressed IFN-γ-induced cancer stemness in hepatocellular carcinoma by sensitizing sorafenib-induced ferroptosis

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Evidence recently showed that pleiotropic cytokine interferon-gamma (IFN-γ) in the tumor microenvironment (TME) plays a positive role in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) progression through the regulation of liver cancer stem cells (LCSCs) in HCC. The present study explored the role and potential mechanism of mitochondrial programmed cell death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) and its regulation of ferroptosis in modulating the cancer stemness of LCSCs. It was shown that mimicking TME IFN-γ exposure increased the LCSCs ratio and cancer stemness phenotypes in HCC cells. IFN-γ exposure inhibited sorafenib (Sora)-induced ferroptosis by enhancing glutathione peroxidase 4 (GPX4) expression as well reactive oxygen species (ROS) and lipid peroxidation (LPO) generation in LCSCs. Furthermore, IFN-γ exposure upregulated PD-L1 expression and its mitochondrial translocation, inducing dynamin-related protein 1 (Drp1)-dependent mitochondrial fission and correlating with glycolytic metabolism reprogramming in LCSCs. The genetic intervention of PD-L1 promoted ferroptosis-dependent anti-tumor effects of Sora, reduced glycolytic metabolism reprogramming, and inhibited cancer stemness of HCC in vitro and in vivo. Our results revealed a novel mechanism that IFN-γ exposure-induced mitochondrial translocation of PD-L1 enhanced glycolytic reprogramming to mediate the GPX4-dependent ferroptosis resistance and cancer stemness in LCSCs. This study provided new insights into the role of mitochondrial PD-L1-Drp1-GPX4 signal axis in regulating IFN-γ exposure-associated cancer stemness in LCSCs and verified that PD-L1-targeted intervention in combination with Sora might achieve promising synergistic anti-HCC effects.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:212

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Free radical biology & medicine - 212(2024) vom: 20. Feb., Seite 360-374

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Li, Ting [VerfasserIn]
Huang, Hai-Yan [VerfasserIn]
Qian, Bo [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Wei-Hua [VerfasserIn]
Yuan, Qi [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Han-Yu [VerfasserIn]
He, Jie [VerfasserIn]
Ni, Ke-Jian [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Pan [VerfasserIn]
Zhao, Zhuo-Ying [VerfasserIn]
He, Jun-Lin [VerfasserIn]
Fu, Shi-Wei [VerfasserIn]
Xu, Ling [VerfasserIn]
Lin, Yu-Chun [VerfasserIn]
Lin, Zhong-Ning [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

82115-62-6
9ZOQ3TZI87
B7-H1 Antigen
Interferon-gamma
Journal Article
Liver cancer stem cells (LCSCs)
Mitochondrial dynamics and reprogramming
Programmed cell death-ligand 1 (PD-L1)
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Sorafenib
Sorafenib-induced ferroptosis
Tumor microenvironment IFN-γ

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Date Completed 24.01.2024

Date Revised 18.02.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2023.12.034

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM366620177