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  2. Activated PARP1/FAK/COL5A1 signaling facilitates the tumorigenesis of cholesterol-resistant ovarian cancer cells through promoting EMT

Activated PARP1/FAK/COL5A1 signaling facilitates the tumorigenesis of cholesterol-resistant ovarian cancer cells through promoting EMT

  • Cell Signal. 2024 Sep 16:124:111419. doi: 10.1016/j.cellsig.2024.111419.
Zeyin He 1 Shiyi Gong 1 Xu Zhang 1 Jie Li 1 Jinglin Xue 1 Qi Zeng 1 Jing Nie 2 Zengli Zhang 3 Hongmei Ding 4 Hailong Pei 5 Bingyan Li 6
Affiliations

Affiliations

  • 1 Department of Nutrition and Food Hygiene, School of Public Health, Medical College of Soochow University, Suzhou, China.
  • 2 State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Protection, School of Radiation Medicine and Protection, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China.
  • 3 Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Suzhou Medical College of Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China.
  • 4 Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China. Electronic address: dinghongmei@suda.edu.cn.
  • 5 State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Protection, School of Radiation Medicine and Protection, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China. Electronic address: hlpei@suda.edu.cn.
  • 6 Department of Nutrition and Food Hygiene, School of Public Health, Medical College of Soochow University, Suzhou, China. Electronic address: bingyanli@suda.edu.cn.
Abstract

Cancer cells require plentiful Cholesterol for membrane biogenesis and other functional needs due to fast proliferating, leading to the interaction of Cholesterol or its metabolites with cancer-related pathways. However, the impact of long-lasting high Cholesterol concentrations on tumorigenesis and its underlying mechanisms remains largely unexplored. To the best of our knowledge, this study is the first to establish a cholesterol-resistant ovarian Cancer cells, whose intracellular total Cholesterol level up to 6-8 mmol/L. We confirmed that high Cholesterol facilitated the progression of ovarian Cancer in vitro and in vivo. Notably, our findings revealed significant upregulation of collagen type V alpha 1 chain (COL5A1) expression in cholesterol-resistant ovarian Cancer cells and human ovarian Cancer tissue, which was depended on FAK/Src activation. Mechanistically, PARP1 directly bound to FAK in response to activate FAK/Src/COL5A1 signaling. Intriguingly, COL5A1 depletion significantly impeded the tumorigenesis of these cells, concomitant with a decrease in epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) progression. In conclusion, PARP1/FAK/COL5A1 signaling activation facilitated progression of cholesterol-resistant ovarian Cancer cells by promoting EMT, thereby broadening a new therapeutic opportunity.

Keywords

COL5A1; Cholesterol resistance; EMT; Invasion; Ovarian cancer.

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