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De novo lipogenesis is elicited dramatically in human hepatocellular carcinoma especially in hepatitis C virus-induced hepatocellular carcinoma.

ABSTRACT: Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the third leading cause of cancer deaths worldwide. Abnormal de novo lipogenesis is reported to be involved in hepatocarcinogenesis. In current study, de novo lipogenesis and its association with patient survival rate were investigated in human HCC samples induced by hepatitis B virus (HBV), hepatitis C virus (HCV), or nonviral factors. Hepatic mRNA and protein levels of lipogenic transcription factors and lipid synthesis enzymes were examined by realtime-PCR (RT-PCR) and western blot. Association of gene expression and patient survival was analyzed using The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) data. Lipogenic pathway regulators such as AKT2, SREBP1c, PPARγ, and lipogenic enzymes such as ACC and FAS were increased in human HCC when compared with control livers. Notably, a more robust increase in de novo lipogenesis was observed in HCV-HCC when compared to HBV-HCC and nonviral HCC. High FAS and ACC expression correlated with poor overall survival (OS) in HCV-HCC. High expression of lipogenesis gene panel significantly correlated with poor OS in HCV-HCC, but not in HBV-HCC or nonviral HCC. In sum, de novo lipogenesis is stimulated dramatically in human HCC especially in HCV-HCC.

SUBMITTER: Li S

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8491216 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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De novo lipogenesis is elicited dramatically in human hepatocellular carcinoma especially in hepatitis C virus-induced hepatocellular carcinoma.

Li Shaojian S Liu Ruonan R Pan Qinling Q Wang Genshu G Cheng Daorou D Yang Jie J Chen Hui H Xu Geyang G

MedComm 20200709 2

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the third leading cause of cancer deaths worldwide. Abnormal de novo lipogenesis is reported to be involved in hepatocarcinogenesis. In current study, de novo lipogenesis and its association with patient survival rate were investigated in human HCC samples induced by hepatitis B virus (HBV), hepatitis C virus (HCV), or nonviral factors. Hepatic mRNA and protein levels of lipogenic transcription factors and lipid synthesis enzymes were examined by realtime-PCR (R ...[more]

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Project description:De novo lipogenesis is upregulated in many cancers, and targeting it represents a metabolic approach to cancer treatment. However, the treatment response is unpredictable because lipogenic activity varies greatly among individual tumors, thereby necessitating the assessment of lipogenic activity before treatment. Here, we proposed an imaging probe, positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) with dual tracers combining 11C-acetate and 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (18F-FDG), to assess the lipogenic activity of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and predict the response to lipogenesis-targeted therapy. We investigated the association between 11C-acetate/18F-FDG uptake and de novo lipogenesis in three HCC cell lines (from well-differentiated to poorly differentiated: HepG2, Hep3B, and SkHep1) by examining the expression of lipogenic enzymes: acetyl-CoA synthetase 2 (ACSS2), fatty acid synthase (FASN), and ATP citrate lyase (ACLY). The glycolysis level was determined through glycolytic enzymes: pyruvate dehydrogenase expression (PDH). On the basis of the findings of dual-tracer PET/CT, we evaluated the treatment response to a lipase inhibitor (orlistat) in cell culture experiments and xenograft mice. Dual-tracer PET/CT revealed the lipogenic activity of various HCC cells, which was positively associated with 11C-acetate uptake and negatively associated with 18F-FDG uptake. This finding represents the negative association between 11C-acetate and 18F-FDG uptake. Because these two tracers revealed the lipogenic and glycolytic activity, respectively, which implies an antagonism between lipogenic metabolism and glucose metabolism in HCC. In addition, dual-tracer PET/CT not only revealed the lipogenic activity but also predicted the treatment response to lipogenesis-targeted therapy. For example, HepG2 xenografts with high 11C-acetate but low 18F-FDG uptake exhibited high lipogenic activity and responded well to orlistat treatment, whereas SkHep1 xenografts with low 11C-acetate but high 18F-FDG uptake exhibited lower lipogenic activity and poor response to orlistat. The proposed non-invasive dual-tracer PET/CT imaging can reveal the lipogenesis and glycolysis status of HCC, thus providing an ideal imaging probe for predicting the therapeutic response of HCC to lipogenesis-targeted therapy.

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De novo lipogenesis is elicited dramatically in human hepatocellular carcinoma especially in hepatitis C virus-induced hepatocellular carcinoma.

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De novo lipogenesis is elicited dramatically in human hepatocellular carcinoma especially in hepatitis C virus-induced hepatocellular carcinoma.

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