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ArticleCell death and differentiation2018

Carnitine palmitoyltransferase 1C regulates cancer cell senescence through mitochondria-associated metabolic reprograming.

Yongtao Wang, Yixin Chen, Lihuan Guan, Huizheng Zhang, Yaoyao Huang, Caroline H Johnson, Zeming Wu, Frank J Gonzalez, Aiming Yu, Peng Huang and 6 more

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Article in Cell death and differentiation, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 44 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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44citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
5.7field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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44 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 92 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

16 authors at 6 institutions in 2 countries.

Yongtao WangSchool of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510006, China.
Yixin ChenSchool of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510006, China.
Lihuan GuanSchool of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510006, China.
Huizheng ZhangSchool of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510006, China.
Yaoyao HuangSchool of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510006, China.
Caroline H JohnsonDepartment of Environmental Health Sciences, Yale School of Public Health, Yale University, 60 College Street, New Haven, CT, 06520, USA.
Zeming WuThermo Fisher Scientific, Shanghai, 201206, China.
Frank J GonzalezLaboratory of Metabolism, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA.
Aiming YuDepartment of Biochemistry & Molecular Medicine, Comprehensive Cancer Center, UC Davis School of Medicine, Sacramento, CA, 95817, USA.
Peng HuangSchool of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510006, China.
Ying WangSchool of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510006, China.
Shouhui YangLaboratory of Human Carcinogenesis, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA.
Pan ChenSchool of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510006, China.
Xiaomei FanSchool of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510006, China.
Min HuangSchool of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510006, China.
Huichang BiSchool of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510006, China. bihchang@mail.sysu.edu.cn.
Sun Yat-sen University · CNCenter for Cancer Research · USThermo Fisher Scientific (China) · CNThe University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center · USUniversity of California, Davis · USYale University · US

Funding

Xenobiotic ReceptorsZIABC005708 · NCI · DIVISION OF BASIC SCIENCES - NCI · PI GONZALEZ, FRANK J · 2009 to 2025
$16.4M
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cellular senescence is a fundamental biological process that has profound implications in cancer development and therapeutics, but the underlying mechanisms remain elusive. Here we show that carnitine palmitoyltransferase 1C (CPT1C), an enzyme that catalyzes carnitinylation of fatty acids for transport into mitochondria for β-oxidation, plays a major role in the regulation of cancer cell senescence through mitochondria-associated metabolic reprograming. Metabolomics analysis suggested alterations in mitochondria activity, as revealed by the marked decrease in acylcarnitines in senescent human pancreatic carcinoma PANC-1 cells, indicating low CPT1C activity. Direct analyses of mRNA and protein show that CPT1C is significantly reduced in senescent cells. Furthermore, abnormal mitochondrial function was observed in senescent PANC-1 cells, leading to lower cell survival under metabolic stress and suppressed tumorigenesis in a mouse xenograft model. Knock-down of CPT1C in PANC-1 cells induced mitochondrial dysfunction, caused senescence-like growth suppression and cellular senescence, suppressed cell survival under metabolic stress, and inhibited tumorigenesis in vivo. Further, CPT1C knock-down suppressed xenograft tumor growth in situ. Silencing of CPT1C in five other tumor cell lines also caused cellular senescence. On the contrary, gain-of-function of CPT1C reversed PANC-1 cell senescence and enhanced mitochondrial function. This study identifies CPT1C as a novel biomarker and key regulator of cancer cell senescence through mitochondria-associated metabolic reprograming, and suggests that inhibition of CPT1C may represent a new therapeutic strategy for cancer treatment through induction of tumor senescence.

Indexed as

Cellular SenescenceAnimalsCarnitine O-PalmitoyltransferaseCell Line, TumorHumansMiceMice, NudeMitochondriaNeoplasms, ExperimentalCarnitine O-PalmitoyltransferaseCPT1B protein, human

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PMID29317762
PMCPMC5864250
OpenAlexW2783371345

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