ArticleAdvanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany)2025
MTFR2-Mediated Fission Drives Fatty Acid and Mitochondrial Co-Transfer from Hepatic Stellate Cells to Tumor Cells Fueling Oncogenesis.
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- Mitochondria transfer research from cellular mechanisms to immune-inflammatory and translational frontiers: a bibliometric analysis from 2006 to 2026.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Pooled it
- Clinicopathological significance and prognostic value of the MSI1/MTFR2 axis in clear cell renal cell carcinoma: linking stemness and mitochondrial dynamics.Medical molecular morphology · 2026Article
- MRPL3 enhances mitochondrial function via the TOMM40/PGC-1α/TFAM axis to drive early recurrence in hepatocellular carcinoma.Cell death & disease · 2026Article
- MTFR2 promotes VDAC1 oligomerization to reprogram BCAA metabolism in tumor cells to polarize TAMs in LUAD.Cell death & disease · 2026Article
- MTFR2 regulated the proliferation, apoptosis, migration, and invasion of endometrial cancer cells through the Drp1/MFN1 signaling pathway mediated mitochondrial fission.Translational cancer research · 2026Article
- Mitochondrial DNA mutations and intercellular mitochondrial transfer in cancer: mechanisms, biological effects, and clinical potential.Biomarker research · 2026Review
- Mitochondrial transfer in cancer: mechanisms, immune evasion, and therapeutic opportunities.Genomics & informatics · 2026Review
- Mitochondrial transfer in the tumor microenvironment: a dynamic determinant of cancer plasticity, immune dysfunction, and therapeutic opportunity.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Review
- Prognostic value of tumor microenvironment-based molecular subtypes in hepatocellular carcinoma patients undergoing surgery for spinal metastases: refining conventional scoring systems.Clinical and experimental medicine · 2025Article
- Hexokinase 2-mediated histone H3K18la promotes PAI-1-dependent thrombosis in acute myeloid leukemia via tumor-endothelial crosstalk.Nature communications · 2025Article
- MTFR2-Mediated Fission Drives Fatty Acid and Mitochondrial Co-Transfer from Hepatic Stellate Cells to Tumor Cells Fueling Oncogenesis.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2025Article
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Abstract
The tumor margin of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a critical zone where cancer cells invade the surrounding stroma, exhibiting unique and more invasive metabolic and migratory features compared to the tumor center, driving tumor expansion beyond the primary lesion. Studies have shown that at this critical interface, HCC cells primarily rely on fatty acid oxidation to meet their energy demands, although the underlying mechanisms remain unclear. This study demonstrates that activated hepatic stellate cells (HSCs) at the tumor margin play a pivotal role in sustaining the metabolic needs of HCC cells. Specifically, it is discovered that mitochondrial fission regulator 2 (MTFR2) in HSCs interacts with dynamin-related protein 1 (DRP1, a known mitochondrial fission machinery), preventing its lysosomal degradation, which in turn promotes mitochondrial fission. This MTFR2-driven mitochondrial fission enhances the transfer of both fatty acids and mitochondria to HCC cells, supplying essential metabolic substrates and reinforcing the mitochondrial machinery critical for tumor growth. The findings suggest that targeting MTFR2-driven mitochondrial fission may offer a novel therapeutic avenue for interfering with the metabolic crosstalk between tumor cells and the stromal niche.
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