Recently,Peter et al reported a novel form of cell death(cuproptosis)that was different from other known death mechanisms.1 They found that accumulation of copper ions could induce destabilization of Fe-S cluster prot...Recently,Peter et al reported a novel form of cell death(cuproptosis)that was different from other known death mechanisms.1 They found that accumulation of copper ions could induce destabilization of Fe-S cluster proteins and aggregation of mitochondrial lipoylated proteins,ultimately resulting in cuproptosis.1 of note,ten genes were identified as cuproptosis-related genes(CRGs)in copper ion-induced cell death,including PDHB,PDHA1,DLAT,DLD,LIPT1,LIAS,FDX1,CDKN2A,GLS,and MTF1.1 Since dysregulation of copper metabolism is involved in many cancers,cuproptosis and CRGs may play vital roles in cancer development and treatment.1.2 Herein,our pancancer analysis revealed the coordinated upregulation of 9 of 10 CRGs in human liver hepatocellular carcinoma(LIHC)across 33 solid tumors(Fig.S1A;Fig.1A),suggesting the distinct role of CRGs in LIHC.We then explored the genetic landscape,biological function,and clinical significance of CRGs in LIHC,and validated our bioinformatic findings by in vitro experiments and clinical cohorts.The detailed methods were described in the supplementary material.展开更多
Recently,a new type of unknown virus causing severe acute res-piratory infection was reported in Wuhan city,Hubei province,China(WHO,2020b).Infection of this virus was first reported in December 2019,and origin of the...Recently,a new type of unknown virus causing severe acute res-piratory infection was reported in Wuhan city,Hubei province,China(WHO,2020b).Infection of this virus was first reported in December 2019,and origin of the virus was traced back to a large seafood/wide animal market in Wuhan city.The serious clinical symptoms of the viral infection,including fever,dry cough,dys-pnea,and pneumonia,may result in progressive respiratory failure and even death.Moreover,the quick spread of the virus has caused an epidemic in China,as well as infection cases worldwide.The whole-genome sequence of Wuhan new virus(WH-Human_.1)was first released on January 10,2020(Zhang,2020),followed by additional ones released in Global Initiative on Sharing All Influ-enza Data(GISAID)(Shu and McCauley,2017).Later,this new virus was determined and announced as a new type of coronavirus(CoV;2019-nCoV)by the World Health Organization(WHO,2020a).展开更多
基金supported by the Program of the Shanghai Key Laboratory of Cell Engineering 14DZ2272300 from the Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality。
文摘Recently,Peter et al reported a novel form of cell death(cuproptosis)that was different from other known death mechanisms.1 They found that accumulation of copper ions could induce destabilization of Fe-S cluster proteins and aggregation of mitochondrial lipoylated proteins,ultimately resulting in cuproptosis.1 of note,ten genes were identified as cuproptosis-related genes(CRGs)in copper ion-induced cell death,including PDHB,PDHA1,DLAT,DLD,LIPT1,LIAS,FDX1,CDKN2A,GLS,and MTF1.1 Since dysregulation of copper metabolism is involved in many cancers,cuproptosis and CRGs may play vital roles in cancer development and treatment.1.2 Herein,our pancancer analysis revealed the coordinated upregulation of 9 of 10 CRGs in human liver hepatocellular carcinoma(LIHC)across 33 solid tumors(Fig.S1A;Fig.1A),suggesting the distinct role of CRGs in LIHC.We then explored the genetic landscape,biological function,and clinical significance of CRGs in LIHC,and validated our bioinformatic findings by in vitro experiments and clinical cohorts.The detailed methods were described in the supplementary material.
基金We would like to thank Dr.Yongzhen Zhang from Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center,Fudan University,Shanghai,China,and Dr.Zhengli Shi from the Wuhan Institute of Virology,Chinese Academy of Sciences,Wuhan,China,for providing the genome sequence of 2019-nCoV collected from Wuhan,China.This work is supported in part by grants from National Key R&D Program of China(2017YFC0908400,2017YFC1700200)National Natural Science Foundation of China(31900483).
文摘Recently,a new type of unknown virus causing severe acute res-piratory infection was reported in Wuhan city,Hubei province,China(WHO,2020b).Infection of this virus was first reported in December 2019,and origin of the virus was traced back to a large seafood/wide animal market in Wuhan city.The serious clinical symptoms of the viral infection,including fever,dry cough,dys-pnea,and pneumonia,may result in progressive respiratory failure and even death.Moreover,the quick spread of the virus has caused an epidemic in China,as well as infection cases worldwide.The whole-genome sequence of Wuhan new virus(WH-Human_.1)was first released on January 10,2020(Zhang,2020),followed by additional ones released in Global Initiative on Sharing All Influ-enza Data(GISAID)(Shu and McCauley,2017).Later,this new virus was determined and announced as a new type of coronavirus(CoV;2019-nCoV)by the World Health Organization(WHO,2020a).
