Hypoxia promotes non-small cell lung cancer cell stemness, migration, and invasion via promoting glycolysis by lactylation of SOX9

BACKGROUND: Lung cancer is the deadliest form of malignancy and the most common subtype is non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Hypoxia is a typical feature of solid tumor microenvironment. In the current study, we clarified the effects of hypoxia on stemness and metastasis and the molecular mechanism.

METHODS: The biological functions were assessed using the sphere formation assay, Transwell assay, and XF96 extracellular flux analyzer. The protein levels were detected by western blot. The lactylation modification was assessed by western blot and immunoprecipitation. The role of SOX9 in vivo was explored using a xenografted tumor model.

RESULTS: We observed that hypoxia promoted sphere formation, migration, invasion, glucose consumption, lactate production, glycolysis, and global lactylation. Inhibition of glycolysis suppressed cell stemness, migration, invasion, and lactylation. Moreover, hypoxia increased the levels of SOX9 and lactylation of SOX9, whereas inhibition of glycolysis reversed the increase. Additionally, knockdown of SOX9 abrogated the promotion of cell stemness, migration, and invasion. In tumor-bearing mice, overexpression of SOX9 promoted tumor growth, and inhibition of glycolysis suppressed tumor growth.

CONCLUSION: Hypoxia induced the lactylation of SOX9 to promote stemness, migration, and invasion via promoting glycolysis. The findings suggested that targeting hypoxia may be an effective way for NSCLC treatment and reveal a new mechanism of hypoxia in NSCLC.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:25

Enthalten in:

Cancer biology & therapy - 25(2024), 1 vom: 31. März, Seite 2304161

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Yan, Fei [VerfasserIn]
Teng, Yue [VerfasserIn]
Li, Xiaoyou [VerfasserIn]
Zhong, Yuejiao [VerfasserIn]
Li, Chunyi [VerfasserIn]
Yan, Feng [VerfasserIn]
He, Xia [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Hypoxia
Journal Article
Lactylation
Metastasis
Non-small cell lung cancer
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
SOX9
SOX9 Transcription Factor
SOX9 protein, human
Stemness

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Date Completed 06.02.2024

Date Revised 11.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1080/15384047.2024.2304161

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM367173875