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CANCER LETTERS
Volume 376, Issue 1, Pages 1-9Publisher
ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.canlet.2016.03.027
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Obesity; Mitochondria; Uncoupled respiration; UCP2; SIRT1
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- Italian Association for Cancer Research (AIRC) [MFAG 6194]
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Leptin, a cytokine produced by the adipose tissue in response to food intake, is a key player in the regulation of energy balance and body weight control. Physiological action of leptin in modulating the metabolic adaptation of different peripheral tissues supports the hypothesis that it could also exert a direct effect on cancer cells. In vitro, treatment with leptin up-regulated HIF-1 alpha and stimulated adhesion and invasion of prostate cancer cells cultured in hypoxia. Leptin action was effective in both low and high glycolytic cancer cell lines, and determined the up-regulation of lactate exporter MCT4 and its associated protein CD147. HIF-1 alpha stabilization was oligomycin-independent and was associated with an important modulation of mitochondrial homeostasis. In fact, leptin treatment produced mitochondrial biogenesis, stabilization of mitochondrial membrane potential and increased uncoupled respiration through the up regulation of UCP2. Furthermore, leptin counteracted the downmodulation of SIRT1 induced by hypoxia, and persistent high levels of SIRT1 were directly involved in HIF-1 alpha stabilization. Leptin can sustain cancer progression in hypoxic environment and when mitochondrial respiration is impaired. Leptin signaling axis, including the new proposed intermediate SIRT1, could represent a new diagnostic and therapeutic target in prostate cancer. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
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