Unraveling the role of the mitochondrial one-carbon pathway in undifferentiated thyroid cancer by multi-omics analyses

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The role of the serine/glycine metabolic pathway (SGP) has recently been demonstrated in tumors; however, the pathological relevance of the SGP in thyroid cancer remains unexplored. Here, we perform metabolomic profiling of 17 tumor-normal pairs; bulk transcriptomics of 263 normal thyroid, 348 papillary, and 21 undifferentiated thyroid cancer samples; and single-cell transcriptomes from 15 cases, showing the impact of mitochondrial one-carbon metabolism in thyroid tumors. High expression of serine hydroxymethyltransferase-2 (SHMT2) and methylenetetrahydrofolate dehydrogenase 2 (MTHFD2) is associated with low thyroid differentiation scores and poor clinical features. A subpopulation of tumor cells with high mitochondrial one-carbon pathway activity is observed in the single-cell dataset. SHMT2 inhibition significantly compromises mitochondrial respiration and decreases cell proliferation and tumor size in vitro and in vivo. Collectively, our results highlight the importance of the mitochondrial one-carbon pathway in undifferentiated thyroid cancer and suggest that SHMT2 is a potent therapeutic target.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:15

Enthalten in:

Nature communications - 15(2024), 1 vom: 08. Feb., Seite 1163

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Lee, Seong Eun [VerfasserIn]
Park, Seongyeol [VerfasserIn]
Yi, Shinae [VerfasserIn]
Choi, Na Rae [VerfasserIn]
Lim, Mi Ae [VerfasserIn]
Chang, Jae Won [VerfasserIn]
Won, Ho-Ryun [VerfasserIn]
Kim, Je Ryong [VerfasserIn]
Ko, Hye Mi [VerfasserIn]
Chung, Eun-Jae [VerfasserIn]
Park, Young Joo [VerfasserIn]
Cho, Sun Wook [VerfasserIn]
Yu, Hyeong Won [VerfasserIn]
Choi, June Young [VerfasserIn]
Yeo, Min-Kyung [VerfasserIn]
Yi, Boram [VerfasserIn]
Yi, Kijong [VerfasserIn]
Lim, Joonoh [VerfasserIn]
Koh, Jun-Young [VerfasserIn]
Lee, Min Jeong [VerfasserIn]
Heo, Jun Young [VerfasserIn]
Yoon, Sang Jun [VerfasserIn]
Kwon, Sung Won [VerfasserIn]
Park, Jong-Lyul [VerfasserIn]
Chu, In Sun [VerfasserIn]
Kim, Jin Man [VerfasserIn]
Kim, Seon-Young [VerfasserIn]
Shan, Yujuan [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Lihua [VerfasserIn]
Hong, Sung-A [VerfasserIn]
Choi, Dong Wook [VerfasserIn]
Park, Junyoung O [VerfasserIn]
Ju, Young Seok [VerfasserIn]
Shong, Minho [VerfasserIn]
Kim, Seon-Kyu [VerfasserIn]
Koo, Bon Seok [VerfasserIn]
Kang, Yea Eun [VerfasserIn]

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EC 2.1.2.1
Glycine Hydroxymethyltransferase
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Date Completed 14.02.2024

Date Revised 14.02.2024

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1038/s41467-024-45366-0

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NLM368213781