引言
肥胖是多种癌症类型的一个主要的诱因【1】。在与肥胖相关的女性癌症中,乳腺癌是导致死亡的主要原因【2-4】。既往研究表明,肥胖能够诱导乳腺肿瘤微环境(TME)的代谢改变和以脂肪为主的局部修饰从而促进癌症进展【5】。然而肥胖诱导的肿瘤微环境代谢物对乳腺癌生长和转移的影响尚不清楚,因此探究肥胖与乳腺癌之间的串扰因素及机制对改善肥胖乳腺癌患者的治疗效果至关重要。
2024年10月22日,中国医学科学院&北京协和医学院医药生物技术研究所李珂团队及李卓荣团队在Cell Metabolism杂志上发表题为Adipocyte-Derived Glutathione Promotes Obesity-Related Breast Cancer by Regulating the SCARB2-ARF1-mTORC1 Complex的研究论文【6】。李珂团队长期致力于乳腺癌发生发展的分子机制探究。先前研究成果表明,FGD5通过维持肿瘤起始细胞样性状促进基底样乳腺癌发生和发展【7】。本研究发现高脂饮食(HFD)诱导脂肪细胞谷胱甘肽(GSH)分泌增多,GSH通过经典摄入转运体进入肿瘤细胞,通过溶酶体膜表面的溶酶体膜蛋白2(SCARB2)活化mTORC1信号通路,促进肥胖相关乳腺癌的进展。

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综上所述,HFD导致脂肪细胞GSH分泌增多,外源性GSH进入肿瘤细胞后,与溶酶体膜表面SCARB2结合,并通过SCARB2-ARF1复合物激活mTORC1信号通路,从而促进肥胖相关乳腺癌的进展。该研究揭示了脂肪细胞来源的GSH在肥胖加速乳腺癌进展中的作用;阐明了GSH介导mTORC1活化的全新形式;并首次提出SCARB2作为GSH的新型传感器在调节mTORC1信号通路的作用。这些发现强调了靶向GSH/SCARB2/ARF1/mTOR轴能够为肥胖乳腺癌患者的有效治疗提供潜在策略。参考文献
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