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Int J Biol Sci 2022; 18(13):4963-4983. doi:10.7150/ijbs.70007 This issue Cite

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Human CPTP promotes growth and metastasis via sphingolipid metabolite ceramide and PI4KA/AKT signaling in pancreatic cancer cells

Yanqun Zhang1, Shenying Ji2,3, Xiangyu Zhang2,3, Mengyun Lu2,3, Yihong Hu2,3, Yucheng Han2,3, Guanghou Shui4, Sin Man Lam5, Xianqiong Zou2,3✉

1. Department of Oncology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 410008, Hunan, P. R. China
2. Affiliated Stomatology Hospital of Guilin Medical University, Guilin 541004, Guangxi, P. R. China
3. School of Basic Medical Sciences, Guilin Medical University, Guilin 541100, Guangxi, P. R. China
4. State Key Laboratory of Molecular Developmental Biology, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, P. R. China
5. State Key Laboratory of Molecular Developmental Biology, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, P. R. China; LipidALL Technologies Company Limited, Changzhou 213022, Jiangsu, P. R. China

✉ Corresponding author: Affiliated Stomatology Hospital of Guilin Medical University, Guilin 541004, P. R. China. E-mail: zouxq019edu.cn

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Zhang Y, Ji S, Zhang X, Lu M, Hu Y, Han Y, Shui G, Lam SM, Zou X. Human CPTP promotes growth and metastasis via sphingolipid metabolite ceramide and PI4KA/AKT signaling in pancreatic cancer cells. Int J Biol Sci 2022; 18(13):4963-4983. doi:10.7150/ijbs.70007. https://www.ijbs.com/v18p4963.htm
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Pancreatic cancer (PC) is a devastating solid malignancy with a dismal prognosis. The treatment of metastatic PC is a current challenge for medical oncologists due to a lack of early detection, drug resistance, and relapse. Therefore, potential biomarkers and effective therapeutic targets for PC are urgently required. Ceramide-1-phosphate transfer protein (CPTP) is a member of the glycolipid transfer protein family, which is associated with autophagy and inflammation regulation. The roles and mechanisms of CPTP in PC have not been clarified. In this study, by RT-qPCR and immunohistochemistry analysis, we found that CPTP is highly expressed in PC and is associated with a poor prognosis in PC patients. By using cell counting kit-8, colony formation, transwell and matrigel assays in vitro, as well as xenograft model assays in vivo, we further proved that CPTP enhanced PC cells growth and metastasis. In PC cells, human CPTP promotes growth and metastasis via sphingolipid metabolite ceramide and PI4KA/AKT signaling. Sp (specific protein)-1 and Sp3 transcription factors also act as upstream positive regulators of CPTP expression in PC cells. Collectively, these findings suggested that CPTP may function as a pro-tumorigenic gene in PC cells and could be a promising therapeutic target in PC.

Keywords: CPTP, metastasis, epithelial-mesenchymal transition, sphingolipid metabolite, pancreatic cancer

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Zhang, Y., Ji, S., Zhang, X., Lu, M., Hu, Y., Han, Y., Shui, G., Lam, S.M., Zou, X. (2022). Human CPTP promotes growth and metastasis via sphingolipid metabolite ceramide and PI4KA/AKT signaling in pancreatic cancer cells. International Journal of Biological Sciences, 18(13), 4963-4983. https://doi.org/10.7150/ijbs.70007.

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Zhang, Y.; Ji, S.; Zhang, X.; Lu, M.; Hu, Y.; Han, Y.; Shui, G.; Lam, S.M.; Zou, X. Human CPTP promotes growth and metastasis via sphingolipid metabolite ceramide and PI4KA/AKT signaling in pancreatic cancer cells. Int. J. Biol. Sci. 2022, 18 (13), 4963-4983. DOI: 10.7150/ijbs.70007.

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Zhang Y, Ji S, Zhang X, Lu M, Hu Y, Han Y, Shui G, Lam SM, Zou X. Human CPTP promotes growth and metastasis via sphingolipid metabolite ceramide and PI4KA/AKT signaling in pancreatic cancer cells. Int J Biol Sci 2022; 18(13):4963-4983. doi:10.7150/ijbs.70007. https://www.ijbs.com/v18p4963.htm

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Zhang Y, Ji S, Zhang X, Lu M, Hu Y, Han Y, Shui G, Lam SM, Zou X. 2022. Human CPTP promotes growth and metastasis via sphingolipid metabolite ceramide and PI4KA/AKT signaling in pancreatic cancer cells. Int J Biol Sci. 18(13):4963-4983.

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