ArticleCell death & disease2022
FASN promotes lymph node metastasis in cervical cancer via cholesterol reprogramming and lymphangiogenesis.
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- Association between body mass index and lymph node metastasis among women with cervical cancer: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.Archives of gynecology and obstetrics · 2024Pooled it
- Current hotspots and trends in cancer metabolic reprogramming: a scientometric analysis.Frontiers in immunology · 2024Pooled it
- Subtype-specific mechanisms of lipid metabolism in gynecological malignancies and novel targeted intervention strategies (Review).Oncology letters · 2026Review
- Low-Dose Paclitaxel Combined with Dehydrocavidine Synergistically Suppresses Cervical Cancer by Inhibiting FASN/SCD1-Mediated Lipid Metabolism.Biomolecules · 2026Article
- FASN Promotes Malignant Progression of Bladder Cancer by Regulating Lipid Metabolism via the ERK/PPAR Pathway.Cell biochemistry and biophysics · 2026Article
- Productive Mayaro Virus Infection Requires Host Fatty Acid Synthase for nsP1 S-palmitoylation.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
- IGF2BP3 promotes epithelial ovarian cancer progression by regulating FASN expression.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Exosomal Oleic Acid Promotes Lymphangiogenesis and Nodal Metastasis in Cervical Cancer via the AKT/mTOR Pathway.Journal of extracellular vesicles · 2026Article
- Identifying and validating of prognostic genes associated with myeloid cell differentiation in cervical cancer: development of a risk model based on single-cell RNA sequencing combined with bulk RNA sequencing data.Translational cancer research · 2026Article
- De Novo Lipogenesis in Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma: Mechanistic Insights and Therapeutic Implications.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Review
- Integrated spatial multi-omics delineates fatty acid degradation fuels malignant evolution at the tumour periphery in cervical squamous cell carcinoma.EBioMedicine · 2026Article
- Fatty acid metabolic reprogramming in the tumor microenvironment: Unraveling mechanisms and therapeutic prospects.Genes & diseases · 2026Review
- Ubiquitin-Specific Protease 2 (USP2) as a Modulator of Energy Metabolism: A Review of Studies Using Animal and Cellular Models.Biomedicines · 2026Review
- METTL3 stabilizes FASN mRNA by mediating mCell & bioscience · 2026Article
- Pathogenic Mechanisms in Cervical Cancer: Energy Metabolism, Hypoxia and Therapy.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Insights Into circRNA-Mediated Lipid Metabolism in Cancer Progression.Journal of cellular and molecular medicine · 2026Review
- Choice of lipid supplementation for in vitro erythroid cell culture impacts reticulocyte yield and characteristics.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Cholesterol Metabolism: An Ally in the Development and Progression of Cervical Cancer.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Review
- Lymphangiogenesis-related gene signature-based risk model for prognostic assessment of cervical cancer: immune-metabolic characterization and molecular subtype analysis.Frontiers in genetics · 2026Article
- Metabolic reprogramming and immune evasion interaction in the tumor microenvironment promote tumor progression.Frontiers in oncology · 2026Review
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Abstract
Cervical cancer (CC) patients with lymph node metastasis (LNM) have a poor prognosis. Clarification of the detailed mechanisms underlying LNM may provide potential clinical therapeutic targets for CC patients with LNM. However, the molecular mechanism of LNM in CC is unclear. In the present study, we demonstrated that fatty acid synthase (FASN), one of the key enzymes in lipid metabolism, had upregulated expression in the CC samples and was correlated with LNM. Moreover, multivariate Cox proportional hazards analysis identified FASN as an independent prognostic factor of CC patients. Furthermore, gain-of-function and loss-of-function approaches showed that FASN promoted CC cell migration, invasion, and lymphangiogenesis. Mechanistically, on the one hand, FASN could regulate cholesterol reprogramming and then activate the lipid raft-related c-Src/AKT/FAK signaling pathway, leading to enhanced cell migration and invasion. On the other hand, FASN induced lymphangiogenesis by secreting PDGF-AA/IGFBP3. More importantly, knockdown of FASN with FASN shRNA or the inhibitors C75 and Cerulenin dramatically diminished LNM in vivo, suggesting that FASN plays an essential role in LNM of CC and the clinical application potential of FASN inhibitors. Taken together, our findings uncover a novel molecular mechanism in LNM of CC and identify FASN as a novel prognostic factor and potential therapeutic target for LNM in CC.
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