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ArticleNPJ precision oncology2020

ACADL plays a tumor-suppressor role by targeting Hippo/YAP signaling in hepatocellular carcinoma.

Xiaofang Zhao, Wenhao Qin, Youhai Jiang, Zhishi Yang, Bo Yuan, Rongyang Dai, Hao Shen, Yao Chen, Jing Fu, Hongyang Wang

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Article in NPJ precision oncology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 54 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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54 citing papers in PubMed, 84 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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10 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Xiaofang Zhao *1Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, 200032 Shanghai, P. R. China.
Wenhao Qin *International Cooperation Laboratory on Signal Transduction, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory on signaling Regulation and Targeting Therapy of Liver Cancer, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Hepato-biliary Tumor Biology, Eastern Hepatobiliary Surgery Hospital, Second Military Medical University, 200438 Shanghai, P. R. China.
Youhai Jiang *International Cooperation Laboratory on Signal Transduction, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory on signaling Regulation and Targeting Therapy of Liver Cancer, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Hepato-biliary Tumor Biology, Eastern Hepatobiliary Surgery Hospital, Second Military Medical University, 200438 Shanghai, P. R. China.
Zhishi YangInternational Cooperation Laboratory on Signal Transduction, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory on signaling Regulation and Targeting Therapy of Liver Cancer, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Hepato-biliary Tumor Biology, Eastern Hepatobiliary Surgery Hospital, Second Military Medical University, 200438 Shanghai, P. R. China.
Bo YuanInternational Cooperation Laboratory on Signal Transduction, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory on signaling Regulation and Targeting Therapy of Liver Cancer, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Hepato-biliary Tumor Biology, Eastern Hepatobiliary Surgery Hospital, Second Military Medical University, 200438 Shanghai, P. R. China.
Rongyang Dai3Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Southwest Medical University, 646000 Luzhou, Sichuan P. R. China.
Hao ShenInternational Cooperation Laboratory on Signal Transduction, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory on signaling Regulation and Targeting Therapy of Liver Cancer, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Hepato-biliary Tumor Biology, Eastern Hepatobiliary Surgery Hospital, Second Military Medical University, 200438 Shanghai, P. R. China.
Yao ChenInternational Cooperation Laboratory on Signal Transduction, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory on signaling Regulation and Targeting Therapy of Liver Cancer, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Hepato-biliary Tumor Biology, Eastern Hepatobiliary Surgery Hospital, Second Military Medical University, 200438 Shanghai, P. R. China.
Jing FuInternational Cooperation Laboratory on Signal Transduction, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory on signaling Regulation and Targeting Therapy of Liver Cancer, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Hepato-biliary Tumor Biology, Eastern Hepatobiliary Surgery Hospital, Second Military Medical University, 200438 Shanghai, P. R. China.
Hongyang Wang1Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, 200032 Shanghai, P. R. China.
Eastern Hepatobiliary Surgery Hospital · CNSecond Military Medical University · CNFudan University Shanghai Cancer Center · CNSouthwest Medical University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Long-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase (ACADL) is a mitochondrial enzyme that catalyzes the initial step of fatty acid oxidation, but the role of ACADL in tumor biology remains largely unknown. Here, we found that ACADL was frequently downregulated in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), and its low expression was significantly correlated with poor clinical prognosis of HCC patients. Restoring the expression of ACADL in HCC cells resulted cell cycle arrest and growth suppression through suppressing Hippo/YAP signaling evidenced by decreased YAP nuclear accumulation and downstream target genes expression. Reactivation of YAP by XMU-MP-1 diminished the inhibitory effect of ACADL on HCC growth. More importantly, the nuclear accumulation of YAP was negatively correlated with ACADL expression levels in HCC specimens, and YAP inhibitor verteporfin effectively suppressed growth of HCC organoids with low ACADL expression. Together, our findings highlight a novel function of ACADL in regulating HCC growth and targeting ACADL/Yap may be a potential strategy for HCC precise treatment.

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