Mesothelial Cell HIF1α Expression Is Metabolically Downregulated by Metformin to Prevent Oncogenic Tumor-Stromal Crosstalk
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Mesothelial Cell HIF1α Expression Is Metabolically Downregulated by Metformin to Prevent Oncogenic Tumor-Stromal Crosstalk. / Hart, Peter C; Kenny, Hilary A; Grassl, Niklas; Watters, Karen M; Litchfield, Lacey M; Coscia, Fabian; Blaženović, Ivana; Ploetzky, Lisa; Fiehn, Oliver; Mann, Matthias; Lengyel, Ernst; Romero, Iris L.
In: Cell Reports, Vol. 29, No. 12, 2019, p. 4086-4098.e6.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Mesothelial Cell HIF1α Expression Is Metabolically Downregulated by Metformin to Prevent Oncogenic Tumor-Stromal Crosstalk
AU - Hart, Peter C
AU - Kenny, Hilary A
AU - Grassl, Niklas
AU - Watters, Karen M
AU - Litchfield, Lacey M
AU - Coscia, Fabian
AU - Blaženović, Ivana
AU - Ploetzky, Lisa
AU - Fiehn, Oliver
AU - Mann, Matthias
AU - Lengyel, Ernst
AU - Romero, Iris L
N1 - Copyright © 2019 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - The tumor microenvironment (TME) plays a pivotal role in cancer progression, and, in ovarian cancer (OvCa), the primary TME is the omentum. Here, we show that the diabetes drug metformin alters mesothelial cells in the omental microenvironment. Metformin interrupts bidirectional signaling between tumor and mesothelial cells by blocking OvCa cell TGF-β signaling and mesothelial cell production of CCL2 and IL-8. Inhibition of tumor-stromal crosstalk by metformin is caused by the reduced expression of the tricarboxylic acid (TCA) enzyme succinyl CoA ligase (SUCLG2). Through repressing this TCA enzyme and its metabolite, succinate, metformin activated prolyl hydroxylases (PHDs), resulting in the degradation of hypoxia-inducible factor 1α (HIF1α) in mesothelial cells. Disruption of HIF1α-driven IL-8 signaling in mesothelial cells by metformin results in reduced OvCa invasion in an organotypic 3D model. These findings indicate that tumor-promoting signaling between mesothelial and OvCa cells in the TME can be targeted using metformin.
AB - The tumor microenvironment (TME) plays a pivotal role in cancer progression, and, in ovarian cancer (OvCa), the primary TME is the omentum. Here, we show that the diabetes drug metformin alters mesothelial cells in the omental microenvironment. Metformin interrupts bidirectional signaling between tumor and mesothelial cells by blocking OvCa cell TGF-β signaling and mesothelial cell production of CCL2 and IL-8. Inhibition of tumor-stromal crosstalk by metformin is caused by the reduced expression of the tricarboxylic acid (TCA) enzyme succinyl CoA ligase (SUCLG2). Through repressing this TCA enzyme and its metabolite, succinate, metformin activated prolyl hydroxylases (PHDs), resulting in the degradation of hypoxia-inducible factor 1α (HIF1α) in mesothelial cells. Disruption of HIF1α-driven IL-8 signaling in mesothelial cells by metformin results in reduced OvCa invasion in an organotypic 3D model. These findings indicate that tumor-promoting signaling between mesothelial and OvCa cells in the TME can be targeted using metformin.
U2 - 10.1016/j.celrep.2019.11.079
DO - 10.1016/j.celrep.2019.11.079
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 31851935
VL - 29
SP - 4086-4098.e6
JO - Cell Reports
JF - Cell Reports
SN - 2211-1247
IS - 12
ER -
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