ArticleNature communications2020
Inflammation mobilizes copper metabolism to promote colon tumorigenesis via an IL-17-STEAP4-XIAP axis.
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- Cuproptosis as a therapeutic target in cancer: a Systematic Review and bibliometric analysis of the research landscape.Frontiers in oncology · 2025Pooled it
- Copper homeostasis and cuproptosis in cancer: mitochondrial metabolic dependency and nanomedicine-based therapeutic strategies.Apoptosis : an international journal on programmed cell death · 2026Review
- Identification of STEAP4, EPC1, and CLEC1B as non-invasive candidate biomarkers for hepatocellular carcinoma using integrated bioinformatics analysis.Biotechnology reports (Amsterdam, Netherlands) · 2026Article
- Acetylated mitochondrial MDH2 regulates CTR2 transcription to induce cuproptosis during Escherichia coli infection.Nature communications · 2026Article
- Research advances of copper homeostasis and cuproptosis in orthopedic diseases.Cell death discovery · 2026Review
- Research Progress of Cuproptosis in Orthopaedics: Opportunities and Challenges.Journal of cellular and molecular medicine · 2026Review
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- SIRT3 deacetylates STEAP4 to modulate cuproptosis sensitivity via mitochondrial metabolic reprogramming in HBV-related HCC.Cell death and differentiation · 2026Article
- The role of metal metabolism in inflammatory bowel disease: Pathogenesis, clinical application, and therapeutic targets.Immunologic research · 2026Review
- A novel cuproptosis-related prognostic gene signature and validation of differential expression in colon cancer.Discover oncology · 2025Article
- Lysine Demethylase 5B Alleviates Neuroinflammation in Ischemic Stroke by Repressing Steap4.Cell biochemistry and biophysics · 2025Article
- Phenylboronic Acid-Modified Copper Nanozymes as Nanoscavengers of Bacterial Polysaccharides Causing Acute Lung Injury.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2025Article
- Disruption of NF-κB-Mediated Copper Homeostasis Sensitizes Breast Cancer to Cuproptosis.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2025Article
- Natural products as therapeutic interventions for inflammation-mediated cancer.Discover oncology · 2025Review
- Cuproptosis: the mechanisms of copper-induced cell death and its implication in colorectal cancer.Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's archives of pharmacology · 2025Review
- Targeting metalloptosis in tumor therapy: from molecular mechanisms to application of metal nanoparticles.Molecular cancer · 2025Review
- Integration of elemental imaging and spatial transcriptomic profiling for proof-of-concept metals-based pathway analysis of colon tumor microenvironment.Metallomics : integrated biometal science · 2025Article
- Copper Homeostasis, Emerging Central Players in Cancer Immunotherapy.Journal of cellular and molecular medicine · 2025Review
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- The STEAP4 target NQO1 mediates colon tumorigenesis.Journal of cell science · 2025Article
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Abstract
Copper levels are known to be elevated in inflamed and malignant tissues. But the mechanism underlying this selective enrichment has been elusive. In this study, we report a axis by which inflammatory cytokines, such as IL-17, drive cellular copper uptake via the induction of a metalloreductase, STEAP4. IL-17-induced elevated intracellular copper level leads to the activation of an E3-ligase, XIAP, which potentiates IL-17-induced NFκB activation and suppresses the caspase 3 activity. Importantly, this IL-17-induced STEAP4-dependent cellular copper uptake is critical for colon tumor formation in a murine model of colitis-associated tumorigenesis and STEAP4 expression correlates with IL-17 level and XIAP activation in human colon cancer. In summary, this study reveals a IL-17-STEAP4-XIAP axis through which the inflammatory response induces copper uptake, promoting colon tumorigenesis.
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