Adipocyte p62/SQSTM1 Suppresses Tumorigenesis through Opposite Regulations of Metabolism in Adipose Tissue and Tumor. Academic Article uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • Obesity is a leading risk factor for cancer. However, understanding the crosstalk between adipocytes and tumor cells in vivo, independently of dietary contributions, is a major gap in the field. Here we used a prostate cancer (PCa) mouse model in which the signaling adaptor p62/Sqstm1 is selectively inactivated in adipocytes. p62 loss in adipocytes results in increased osteopontin secretion, which mediates tumor fatty acid oxidation and invasion, leading to aggressive metastatic PCa in vivo. Furthermore, p62 deficiency triggers in adipocytes a general shutdown of energy-utilizing pathways through mTORC1 inhibition, which supports nutrient availability for cancer cells. This reveals a central role of adipocyte's p62 in the symbiotic adipose tissue-tumor collaboration that enables cancer metabolic fitness.

publication date

  • April 9, 2018

Research

keywords

  • Cell Transformation, Neoplastic
  • Obesity
  • Osteopontin
  • Prostatic Neoplasms
  • Sequestosome-1 Protein

Identity

PubMed Central ID

  • PMC5896786

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 85044003596

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1016/j.ccell.2018.03.001

PubMed ID

  • 29634950

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 33

issue

  • 4