At the forefront of cancer research is the rapidly evolving understanding of metabolic reprogramming within cancer cells.The expeditious adaptation to metabolic inhibition allows cells to evolve and acquire resistance...At the forefront of cancer research is the rapidly evolving understanding of metabolic reprogramming within cancer cells.The expeditious adaptation to metabolic inhibition allows cells to evolve and acquire resistance to targeted treatments,which makes therapeutic exploitation complex but achievable.3-phosphoglycerate dehydrogenase(PHGDH)is the rate-limiting enzyme of de novo serine biosynthesis and is highly expressed in a variety of cancers,including breast cancer,melanoma,and Ewing’s sarcoma.This review will investigate the role of PHGDH in normal biological processes,leading to the role of PHGDH in the progression of cancer.With an understanding of the molecular mechanisms by which PHGDH expression advances cancer growth,we will highlight the known mechanisms of resistance to cancer therapeutics facilitated by PHGDH biology and identify avenues for combatting PHGDH-driven resistance with inhibitors of PHGDH to allow for the development of effective metabolic therapies.展开更多
Serine metabolism is reportedly involved in immune cell functions, but whether and how serine metabolism regulates macrophage polarization remain largely unknown. Here, we show that suppressing serine metabolism, eith...Serine metabolism is reportedly involved in immune cell functions, but whether and how serine metabolism regulates macrophage polarization remain largely unknown. Here, we show that suppressing serine metabolism, either by inhibiting the activity of the key enzyme phosphoglycerate dehydrogenase in the serine biosynthesis pathway or by exogenous serine and glycine restriction, robustly enhances the polarization of interferon-γ-activated macrophages (M(IFN-γ)) but suppresses that of interleukin-4-activated macrophages (M(IL-4)) both in vitro and in vivo. Mechanistically, serine metabolism deficiency increases the expression of IGF1 by reducing the promoter abundance of S-adenosyl methionine-dependent histone H3 lysine 27 trimethylation. IGF1 then activates the p38-dependent JAK–STAT1 axis to promote M(IFN-γ) polarization and suppress STAT6-mediated M(IL-4) activation. This study reveals a new mechanism by which serine metabolism orchestrates macrophage polarization and suggests the manipulation of serine metabolism as a therapeutic strategy for macrophage-mediated immune diseases.展开更多
基金The authors would like to thank Dawn Merkel’s Bad to the Bone Chili Cook Off,Kellsie’s Hope Foundationthe National Institute of Health(NIH)-National Cancer Institute(NCI)(R01-CA227115)for funding.
文摘At the forefront of cancer research is the rapidly evolving understanding of metabolic reprogramming within cancer cells.The expeditious adaptation to metabolic inhibition allows cells to evolve and acquire resistance to targeted treatments,which makes therapeutic exploitation complex but achievable.3-phosphoglycerate dehydrogenase(PHGDH)is the rate-limiting enzyme of de novo serine biosynthesis and is highly expressed in a variety of cancers,including breast cancer,melanoma,and Ewing’s sarcoma.This review will investigate the role of PHGDH in normal biological processes,leading to the role of PHGDH in the progression of cancer.With an understanding of the molecular mechanisms by which PHGDH expression advances cancer growth,we will highlight the known mechanisms of resistance to cancer therapeutics facilitated by PHGDH biology and identify avenues for combatting PHGDH-driven resistance with inhibitors of PHGDH to allow for the development of effective metabolic therapies.
基金This research was supported by grants from the Tianjin Municipal Natural Science Foundation of China(20JCYBJC00220,QY)from the National Natural Science Foundation of China:81672710(QY),81872239(QY),82073051(TW),81874055(TW),and 81902900(LS).
文摘Serine metabolism is reportedly involved in immune cell functions, but whether and how serine metabolism regulates macrophage polarization remain largely unknown. Here, we show that suppressing serine metabolism, either by inhibiting the activity of the key enzyme phosphoglycerate dehydrogenase in the serine biosynthesis pathway or by exogenous serine and glycine restriction, robustly enhances the polarization of interferon-γ-activated macrophages (M(IFN-γ)) but suppresses that of interleukin-4-activated macrophages (M(IL-4)) both in vitro and in vivo. Mechanistically, serine metabolism deficiency increases the expression of IGF1 by reducing the promoter abundance of S-adenosyl methionine-dependent histone H3 lysine 27 trimethylation. IGF1 then activates the p38-dependent JAK–STAT1 axis to promote M(IFN-γ) polarization and suppress STAT6-mediated M(IL-4) activation. This study reveals a new mechanism by which serine metabolism orchestrates macrophage polarization and suggests the manipulation of serine metabolism as a therapeutic strategy for macrophage-mediated immune diseases.
