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ArticleAdvanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany)2025

NPR1 Promotes Lipid Droplet Lipolysis to Enhance Mitochondrial Oxidative Phosphorylation and Fuel Gastric Cancer Metastasis.

Huafeng Fu, Jie Zhang, Hengxing Chen, Haobin Hou, Huanjie Chen, Rongman Xie, Yanlei Chen, Jian Zhang, Dehua Liu, Leping Yan and 6 more

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Article in Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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11 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

16 authors.

Huafeng FuDepartment of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Digestive Medicine Center, The Seventh Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Shenzhen, 518107, P. R. China.
Jie ZhangDepartment of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Digestive Medicine Center, The Seventh Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Shenzhen, 518107, P. R. China.
Hengxing ChenGuangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Digestive Cancer Research, Shenzhen, 518107, P. R. China.
Haobin HouDepartment of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Digestive Medicine Center, The Seventh Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Shenzhen, 518107, P. R. China.
Huanjie ChenGeneral Surgery Laboratory, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510080, P. R. China.
Rongman XieDepartment of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Digestive Medicine Center, The Seventh Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Shenzhen, 518107, P. R. China.
Yanlei ChenCenter for Gastrointestinal Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510080, P. R. China.
Jian ZhangDepartment of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Digestive Medicine Center, The Seventh Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Shenzhen, 518107, P. R. China.
Dehua LiuDepartment of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Digestive Medicine Center, The Seventh Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Shenzhen, 518107, P. R. China.
Leping YanGuangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Digestive Cancer Research, Shenzhen, 518107, P. R. China.
Rui L Reis3B's Research Group, I3Bs - Research Institute on Biomaterials, Biodegradables and Biomimetics, Headquarters of the European Institute of Excellence on Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, University of Minho, AvePark, Zona Industrial da Gandra, Barco, 4805-017, Guimarães, Portugal.
Joaquim M Oliveira3B's Research Group, I3Bs - Research Institute on Biomaterials, Biodegradables and Biomimetics, Headquarters of the European Institute of Excellence on Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, University of Minho, AvePark, Zona Industrial da Gandra, Barco, 4805-017, Guimarães, Portugal.
Yulong HeDepartment of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Digestive Medicine Center, The Seventh Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Shenzhen, 518107, P. R. China.
Li ZhongGuangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Digestive Cancer Research, Shenzhen, 518107, P. R. China.
Qinbo CaiGeneral Surgery Laboratory, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510080, P. R. China.
Dongjie YangDepartment of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Digestive Medicine Center, The Seventh Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Shenzhen, 518107, P. R. China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2606-2106

Funding

Guangdong International Science and Technology Cooperation Project 2023A0505050120Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Digestive Cancer Research 0030251006Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Digestive Cancer Research 2021B1212040006Kelin New Star of the First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University R08044National Natural Science Foundation of China 32371472National Natural Science Foundation of China 82000206National Natural Science Foundation of China 82172637National Natural Science Foundation of China 82303240National Natural Science Foundation of China 82373026Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong ProvinceResearch start-up fund of part-time PI, SAHSYSU ZSQYJZPI202010Research Start-up Fund of Post-doctoral of SAHSYSU ZSQYRSFPD0062Shenzhen International Cooperative Research Project 2023A1515011962Shenzhen International Cooperative Research Project GJHZ20220913142401003
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Metabolic reprogramming driven by oncogenes plays a critical role in promoting and sustaining multiple steps of gastric cancer metastasis. However, the key metabolic driver of metastasis that can lead to the development of targeted therapies for preventing and treating metastatic gastric cancer remains elusive. Here, it is identified that the transmembrane guanylate cyclase, natriuretic peptide receptor 1 (NPR1), promoted gastric cancer lymph node metastasis by activating lipid droplet lipolysis and enhancing mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS). Clinical analysis reveals that elevated NPR1 protein level is correlated with increased lymph node metastasis and shorter patient survival. Functionally, NPR1 induced lipolysis of stored lipid droplets, releasing bioavailable fatty acids that are imported into mitochondria to upregulate OXPHOS, thus fueling the energy required for the metastasis of gastric cancer cells. Mechanistically, NPR1 activates protein kinase cGMP-dependent 1 (PRKG1 or PKG), which directly bound to and activated hormone-sensitive lipase (HSL) by phosphorylation at residues Ser

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Lipid DropletsLipolysisMitochondriaOxidative PhosphorylationReceptors, Atrial Natriuretic FactorStomach NeoplasmsAnimalsCell Line, TumorFemaleHumansLymphatic MetastasisMaleMiceatrial natriuretic factor receptor AReceptors, Atrial Natriuretic Factorengineered cell membrane‐derived exosome mimeticsgastric cancerlipid dropletlipolysislymph node metastasismitochondrial oxidative phosphorylationnatriuretic peptide receptor 1

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PMCPMC12499470

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