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Int J Biol Sci 2022; 18(9):3697-3713. doi:10.7150/ijbs.70013 This issue Cite
Research Paper
1. Department of Biomedical Sciences, JCC College of Veterinary Medicine and Life Science, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.
2. CityU Shenzhen Research Institute, Shenzhen, China.
3. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Key Laboratory of Birth Defects and Related Diseases of Women and Children of MOE and State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Second Hospital, Sichuan University and Collaborative Innovation Center, Chengdu, 610041, Sichuan, P. R. China
4. The State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, Sichuan, P. R. China
5. Department of Critical Care Medicine, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, Sichuan, P. R. China
# These authors contributed equally to this work.
It is still a big puzzle how ovarian cancer cells and the tumor microenvironment (TME) attract lymphocytes infiltration for facilitating metastasis, a leading cause of death from gynecological malignancies. Using genome-wide LncRNA microarray assay, here we report that a LncRNA associated with ovarian cancer metastasis (LncOVM) is highly correlated with poor prognosis and survival. LncOVM interacts with and stabilizes PPIP5K2 by suppressing ubiquitinated degradation to promote complement C5 secretion from ovarian cancer cells. The TME-enriched complement C5 attracts myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSCs) infiltration in TME to facilitate metastasis. Knockdown of LncOVM or PPIP5K2 inhibits tumor progression in xenograft models. Application of C5aR antibody or inhibitor (CCX168) inhibits MDSC recruitment and restores the suppression of tumorigenesis and metastasis in vivo. Our study reveals that suppression of ovarian cancer metastasis can be achieved by targeting MDSC infiltration in TME through disrupting LncOVM-PPIP5K2-complement axis, providing an option for treating ovarian cancer patients.
Keywords: Ovarian cancer, LncRNA, PPIP5K2, Golgi complex, Complement C5, MDSC