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ArticleJournal of cachexia, sarcopenia and muscle2025

SIRT6 Ameliorates Cancer Cachexia-Associated Adipose Wasting by Suppressing TNFR2 Signalling in Mice.

Kang Xu, Yida Wang, Fang Wang, Yannan Guo, Yu Ren, Vivien Low, Sungyun Cho, Qingfei Liu, Ying Qiu, Xue Li and 3 more

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Article in Journal of cachexia, sarcopenia and muscle, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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Kang XuProtein Science Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
Yida WangProtein Science Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
Fang WangDepartment of Clinical Nutrition and Department of Health Medicine, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.
Yannan GuoProtein Science Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
Yu RenProtein Science Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
Vivien LowDepartment of Pharmacology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York, USA.
Sungyun ChoDepartment of Pharmacology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York, USA.
Qingfei LiuProtein Science Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
Ying QiuSchool of Medicine, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
Xue LiSchool of Medicine, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
Kang YuDepartment of Clinical Nutrition and Department of Health Medicine, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.
Zhongchi LiDepartment of Pharmacology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York, USA.
Zhao WangProtein Science Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.ORCID 0000-0001-7082-6922

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China 32300794National Natural Science Foundation of China 81871095R&D Program of Beijing Municipal Education Commission KM202310025030
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundCachexia is a wasting syndrome associated with imbalanced energy metabolism and loss of adipose and muscle tissues and contributes to morbidity and mortality in ageing as well as in patients with severe chronic diseases, including cancer. At present, there are no treatments addressing cachexia that have reached validation to be used in the clinic. In this study, we investigate the protective role of SIRT6, an important regulator of energy homeostasis and health preservation, against Lewis lung carcinoma (LLC)-induced cachexia.

methodsSIRT6 levels of serum from gastric cancer patients (n = 22, 65.27 ± 12.50 years old, 40.9% females) and healthy controls (n = 22, 63.50 ± 10.77 years old, 45.4% females) were measured to evaluate the correlation between circulating SIRT6 levels and cancer cachexia development. Ten-week-old SIRT6 transgenic (TG) and wild type (WT) male mice injected with LLC cells (1.5 × 10

resultsSIRT6 concentrations were significantly higher in non-cachectic cancer patients (3.41 ± 0.30 ng/mL) compared to cachectic cancer patients (3.20 ± 0.23 ng/mL, p < 0.01), suggesting the negative correlation between SIRT6 level and cachexia in patients with cancer. SIRT6 overexpression significantly ameliorated tumour-induced wasting and energy expenditure in white adipose tissues (eWAT mass loss: 66% in WT vs. 32% in TG; iWAT mass loss: 69% in WT vs. 40% in TG) through suppression of browning and lipolysis. In LLC-induced cachexia, tumour necrosis factor-α receptor 2 (TNFR2) mediated the inhibition of SIRT6 on lipolytic signalling, because the difference in lipolysis between the WT and SIRT6 knockout group was almost eliminated by TNFR2 neutralizing antibody. Increased serum TNFR2 concentration was found in cachectic cancer patients (690.41 pg/mL in non-cachectic vs. 1166.98 pg/mL in cachectic patients, p < 0.05). A selective SIRT6 pharmaceutical activator, MDL800, could completely reverse LLC-induced lipolysis in adipocytes.

conclusionWe found an unexpected beneficial function of SIRT6 in cancer cachexia, demonstrating that increased SIRT6 expression or activity is capable of protecting the host against cachexia-associated tissue wasting, providing a concept of future therapies for cachexia.

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Adipose TissueCachexiaNeoplasmsSirtuinsAgedAnimalsDisease Models, AnimalFemaleHumansLipolysisMaleMiceMiddle AgedSignal TransductionSIRT6 protein, humanSirt6 protein, mouseSirtuinsadipose wastingcachexiaSIRT6SIRT6 activatorTNFR2 antagonist

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PMCPMC11839279

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