C/EBPδ-Slug-Lox1 axis promotes metastasis of lung adenocarcinoma via oxLDL uptake

  • Dongmei Wang
  • , Xinghua Cheng
  • , Yu Li
  • , Mingwei Guo
  • , Wenjun Zhao
  • , Jin Qiu
  • , Ying Zheng
  • , Meiyao Meng
  • , Xiaodan Ping
  • , Xin Chen
  • , Shu Wang
  • , Jian Luo
  • , Qingquan Luo
  • , Xinran Ma*
  • , Lingyan Xu
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Cancer cells undergo significant lipid metabolic reprogramming to ensure sufficient energy supply for survival and progression. However, how cancer cells integrate lipid metabolic signaling with cancer progression is not well understood. In the present study, we demonstrated that C/EBPδ, a critical lipid metabolic regulator, is a TGF-β1 downstream gene and promotes lung adenocarcinoma metastasis. Importantly, C/EBPδ caused significant oscillations in both lipid metabolic and epithelial to mesenchymal transition (EMT) gene networks. Mechanistically, we demonstrated that C/EBPδ recruited oncogene NCOA3 to transcriptionally activate Slug, a canonical EMT transcription factor, which in turn induced oxLDL receptor-1 (Lox1) expression and enhanced oxLDL uptake to promote cancer metastasis, which could be blocked with LOX1 neutralizing antibody. In summary, our results unveiled a previously unappreciated interplay between lipid metabolic and metastatic program, as well as the existence of a pivotal C/EBPδ-Slug-Lox1 transcription axis to promote oxLDL levels and cancer metastasis.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)833-848
Number of pages16
JournalOncogene
Volume39
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - 23 Jan 2020

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