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FABP5 promotes lymph node metastasis in cervical cancer by reprogramming fatty acid metabolism

Chunyu Zhang*, Yuandong Liao*, Pan Liu*, Qiqiao Du, Yanchun Liang, Shiyin Ooi, Shuhang Qin, Shanyang He, Shuzhong Yao, Wei Wang

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, the First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510080, Guangdong, China
*These authors contributed equally to this article.

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Zhang C, Liao Y, Liu P, Du Q, Liang Y, Ooi S, Qin S, He S, Yao S, Wang W. FABP5 promotes lymph node metastasis in cervical cancer by reprogramming fatty acid metabolism. Theranostics 2020; 10(15):6561-6580. doi:10.7150/thno.44868. https://www.thno.org/v10p6561.htm
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Patients with cervical cancer (CCa) with lymph node metastasis (LNM) have an extremely poor prognosis. Elucidation of the molecular mechanisms underlying LNM may provide clinical therapeutic strategies for CCa. Upregulation of fatty acid-binding protein 5 (FABP5) expression in CCa tumours was demonstrated to positively correlate with LNM. However, the precise role and mechanisms of FABP5 in the LNM of CCa remain unknown.

Methods: The diagnostic value of FABP5 as a predictor of LNM in CCa was evaluated in CCa tumour samples. The functional role of FABP5 and its upstream and downstream regulatory factors were investigated by gain-of-function and loss-of-function assays in vitro and in vivo. A mouse model of LNM was used to determine the effect of FABP5 on LNM and the therapeutic value of FABP5 targeting.

Results: We demonstrated that FABP5 was markedly upregulated in CCa with LNM and correlated with poor prognosis. FABP5 protein was an independent predictor of LNM in a multivariate logistic analysis. Furthermore, FABP5 promoted epithelial-mesenchymal transition, lymphangiogenesis, and LNM by reprogramming fatty acid (FA) metabolism. Mechanistically, FABP5 promoted lipolysis and FA synthesis, which led to an increase in intracellular fatty acids (FAs) that activated NF-κB signalling, thus inducing LNM. Importantly, administration of orlistat, which attenuates FA metabolism reprogramming, inhibited FABP5-induced LNM in CCa. The pro-metastatic effect of FABP5 was reduced by miR-144-3p. Moreover, miR-144-3p was significantly downregulated and FABP5 was upregulated in CCa in a hypoxic microenvironment.

Conclusion: Our findings highlight a FA metabolism-dependent mechanism of FABP5-induced LNM. Moreover, the expression and biological function of FABP5 can be regulated by miR-144-3p in hypoxia. Our study identifies FABP5 as a potential diagnostic biomarker and therapeutic target for LNM in CCa.

Keywords: FABP5, lymph node metastasis, cervical cancer, fatty acid metabolism, NF-κB signaling pathway


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Zhang, C., Liao, Y., Liu, P., Du, Q., Liang, Y., Ooi, S., Qin, S., He, S., Yao, S., Wang, W. (2020). FABP5 promotes lymph node metastasis in cervical cancer by reprogramming fatty acid metabolism. Theranostics, 10(15), 6561-6580. https://doi.org/10.7150/thno.44868.

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Zhang, C.; Liao, Y.; Liu, P.; Du, Q.; Liang, Y.; Ooi, S.; Qin, S.; He, S.; Yao, S.; Wang, W. FABP5 promotes lymph node metastasis in cervical cancer by reprogramming fatty acid metabolism. Theranostics 2020, 10 (15), 6561-6580. DOI: 10.7150/thno.44868.

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Zhang C, Liao Y, Liu P, Du Q, Liang Y, Ooi S, Qin S, He S, Yao S, Wang W. FABP5 promotes lymph node metastasis in cervical cancer by reprogramming fatty acid metabolism. Theranostics 2020; 10(15):6561-6580. doi:10.7150/thno.44868. https://www.thno.org/v10p6561.htm

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Zhang C, Liao Y, Liu P, Du Q, Liang Y, Ooi S, Qin S, He S, Yao S, Wang W. 2020. FABP5 promotes lymph node metastasis in cervical cancer by reprogramming fatty acid metabolism. Theranostics. 10(15):6561-6580.

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