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ArticleTranslational oncology2022

AKR1C1 promotes non-small cell lung cancer proliferation via crosstalk between HIF-1α and metabolic reprogramming.

Lin-Lin Chang, Pei-Hua Lu, Wei Yang, Yan Hu, Lin Zheng, Qiong Zhao, Neng-Ming Lin, Wen-Zhou Zhang

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Article in Translational oncology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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8 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Lin-Lin ChangDepartment of Pharmacy, The Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Zhengzhou University & Henan Cancer Hospital, Zhengzhou 450008, China.
Pei-Hua LuDepartment of Medical Oncology, Wuxi People's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Wuxi, China.
Wei YangDepartment of Pharmacy, The Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Zhengzhou University & Henan Cancer Hospital, Zhengzhou 450008, China.
Yan HuDepartment of Pharmacy, Institute of Basic Medicine and Cancer (IBMC), Chinese Academy of Sciences, The Cancer Hospital of the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Zhejiang Cancer Hospital), Hangzhou, China.
Lin ZhengZhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
Qiong ZhaoShulan International Medical College, Shulan (Hangzhou) Hospital Affiliated to Zhejiang Shuren University, Hangzhou, China.
Neng-Ming LinKey Laboratory of Clinical Cancer Pharmacology and Toxicology Research of Zhejiang Province, Affiliated Hangzhou First People's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, No.261 Huansha Road, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310006, China; Cancer Center, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China. Electronic address: lnm1013@zju.edu.cn.
Wen-Zhou ZhangDepartment of Pharmacy, The Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Zhengzhou University & Henan Cancer Hospital, Zhengzhou 450008, China. Electronic address: zlyyzhangwenzhou0551@zzu.edu.cn.
Zhengzhou University · CNZhejiang Cancer Hospital · CNWuxi People's Hospital · CNZhejiang Shuren University · CNZhejiang University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) ranks first among cancer death worldwide. Despite efficacy and safety priority, targeted therapy only benefits ∼30% patients, leading to the unchanged survival rates for whole NSCLC patients. Metabolic reprogramming occurs to offer energy and intermediates for fuelling cancer cells proliferation. Thus, mechanistic insights into metabolic reprogramming may shed light upon NSCLC proliferation and find new proper targets for NSCLC treatment. Herein, we used loss- and gain-of-function experiments to uncover that highly expressed aldo-keto reductase family1 member C1 (AKR1C1) accelerated NSCLC cells proliferation via metabolic reprogramming. Further molecular profiling analyses demonstrated that AKR1C1 augmented the expression of hypoxia-inducible factor 1-alpha (HIF-1α), which could drive tumour metabolic reprogramming. What's more, AKR1C1 significantly correlated with HIF-1α signaling, which predicted poor prognosis for NSCLC patients. Collectively, our data display that AKR1C1 reprograms tumour metabolism to promote NSCLC cells proliferation by activating HIF-1α. These newly acquired data not only establish the specific role for AKR1C1 in metabolic reprogramming, but also hint to the possibility that AKR1C1 may be a new therapeutic target for NSCLC treatment.

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AKR1C1HIF-1αMetabolic reprogrammingProliferation

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