ANGPTL4 accelerates ovarian serous cystadenocarcinoma carcinogenesis and angiogenesis in the tumor microenvironment by activating the JAK2/STAT3 pathway and interacting with ESM1

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BACKGROUND: Ovarian cancer (OC) is a malignant neoplasm that displays increased vascularization. Angiopoietin-like 4 (ANGPTL4) is a secreted glycoprotein that functions as a regulator of cell metabolism and angiogenesis and plays a critical role in tumorigenesis. However, the precise role of ANGPTL4 in the OC microenvironment, particularly its involvement in angiogenesis, has not been fully elucidated.

METHODS: The expression of ANGPTL4 was confirmed by bioinformatics and IHC in OC. The potential molecular mechanism of ANGPTL4 was measured by RNA-sequence. We used a series of molecular biological experiments to measure the ANGPTL4-JAK2-STAT3 and ANGPTL4-ESM1 axis in OC progression, including MTT, EdU, wound healing, transwell, xenograft model, oil red O staining, chick chorioallantoic membrane assay and zebrafish model. Moreover, the molecular mechanisms were confirmed by Western blot, Co-IP and molecular docking.

RESULTS: Our study demonstrates a significant upregulation of ANGPTL4 in OC specimens and its strong association with unfavorable prognosis. RNA-seq analysis affirms that ANGPTL4 facilitates OC development by driving JAK2-STAT3 signaling pathway activation. The interaction between ANGPTL4 and ESM1 promotes ANGPTL4 binding to lipoprotein lipase (LPL), thereby resulting in reprogrammed lipid metabolism and the promotion of OC cell proliferation, migration, and invasion. In the OC microenvironment, ESM1 may interfere with the binding of ANGPTL4 to integrin and vascular-endothelial cadherin (VE-Cad), which leads to stabilization of vascular integrity and ultimately promotes angiogenesis.

CONCLUSION: Our findings underscore that ANGPTL4 promotes OC development via JAK signaling and induces angiogenesis in the tumor microenvironment through its interaction with ESM1.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:22

Enthalten in:

Journal of translational medicine - 22(2024), 1 vom: 11. Jan., Seite 46

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Li, Yu-Kun [VerfasserIn]
Gao, An-Bo [VerfasserIn]
Zeng, Tian [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Dan [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Qun-Feng [VerfasserIn]
Ran, Xiao-Min [VerfasserIn]
Tang, Zhen-Zi [VerfasserIn]
Li, Yan [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Jue [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Ting [VerfasserIn]
Shi, Gang-Qing [VerfasserIn]
Zhou, Wen-Chao [VerfasserIn]
Zou, Wen-da [VerfasserIn]
Peng, Juan [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Juan [VerfasserIn]
Li, Hui [VerfasserIn]
Zou, Juan [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

ANGPTL4
ANGPTL4 protein, human
Angiogenesis
Angiopoietin-Like Protein 4
EC 2.7.10.2
ESM1
ESM1 protein, human
JAK2/STAT3 pathway
JAK2 protein, human
Janus Kinase 2
Journal Article
Neoplasm Proteins
Ovarian cancer
Proteoglycans
STAT3 Transcription Factor
STAT3 protein, human

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 15.01.2024

Date Revised 15.01.2024

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1186/s12967-023-04819-8

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM367033437