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ArticleNature communications2025

S100P is a ferroptosis suppressor to facilitate hepatocellular carcinoma development by rewiring lipid metabolism.

Min Yang, Weiwei Cui, Xiaoting Lv, Gaozhong Xiong, Caiyu Sun, Haocheng Xuan, Wei Ma, Xiuling Cui, Yeping Cheng, Lihui Han and 1 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

29 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Min Yang *Department of Immunology, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Infection and Immunology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, 250012, China.
Weiwei Cui *Department of Clinical Laboratory, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, 250012, China.
Xiaoting LvDepartment of Immunology, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Infection and Immunology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, 250012, China.
Gaozhong XiongDepartment of Immunology, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Infection and Immunology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, 250012, China.
Caiyu SunDepartment of Immunology, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Infection and Immunology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, 250012, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3001-5364
Haocheng XuanDepartment of Immunology, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Infection and Immunology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, 250012, China.
Wei MaDepartment of Pathology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, 250012, China.
Xiuling CuiDepartment of Immunology, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Infection and Immunology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, 250012, China.
Yeping ChengDepartment of Immunology, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Infection and Immunology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, 250012, China.
Lihui HanDepartment of Immunology, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Infection and Immunology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, 250012, China. hanlihui@sdu.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1030-2232
Bo ChuDepartment of Cell Biology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, 250012, China. chubo123@sdu.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9754-2743

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ferroptosis is a newly identified programmed cell death induced by iron-driven lipid peroxidation and implicated as a potential approach for tumor treatment. However, emerging evidence indicates that hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) cells are generally resistant to ferroptosis and the underlying molecular mechanism is poorly understood. Here, our study confirms that S100 calcium binding protein P (S100P), which is significantly up-regulated in ferroptosis-resistant HCC cells, efficiently inhibits ferroptosis. Mechanistically, S100P facilitates lysosomal degradation of acetyl-CoA carboxylase alpha (ACC1), which is indispensable for de novo biosynthesis of lipids. Loss of S100P elevates the expression of ACC1 and promotes ferroptotic sensitivity of HCC cells. S100P-mediated ACC1 degradation relies on RAB5C, which directs ACC1 to lysosome via P62-dependent selective autophagy. Knockdown of RAB5C or P62 abrogates S100P-induced lysosomal degradation of ACC1 and restores resistance of HCC cells to ferroptosis. Our work reveals an alternative anti-ferroptosis pathway and suggests S100P as a promising druggable target for ferroptosis-related therapy of HCC.

Indexed as

AutophagyCalcium-Binding ProteinsCarcinoma, HepatocellularFerroptosisLipid MetabolismLiver NeoplasmsLysosomesNeoplasm ProteinsAnimalsCell Line, TumorGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticHumansMiceMice, Nuderab5 GTP-Binding ProteinsCalcium-Binding ProteinsNeoplasm Proteinsrab5 GTP-Binding ProteinsS100P protein, human

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PMID39779666
PMCPMC11711731

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