Upregulation of CD36, a Fatty Acid Translocase, Promotes Colorectal Cancer Metastasis by Increasing MMP28 and Decreasing E-Cadherin Expression

Altered fatty acid metabolism continues to be an attractive target for therapeutic intervention in cancer. We previously found that colorectal cancer (CRC) cells with a higher metastatic potential express a higher level of fatty acid translocase (CD36). However, the role of CD36 in CRC metastasis ha...

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Published in:Cancers 2022-01, Vol.14 (1), p.252
Main Authors: Drury, James, Rychahou, Piotr G, Kelson, Courtney O, Geisen, Mariah E, Wu, Yuanyuan, He, Daheng, Wang, Chi, Lee, Eun Y, Evers, B Mark, Zaytseva, Yekaterina Y
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Language:English
Subjects:
Cancer
CD36 antigen
Cecum
Colorectal cancer
Colorectal carcinoma
E-cadherin
Fatty acids
Gastric cancer
Gene expression
Matrix metalloproteinase
Medical prognosis
Mesenchyme
Metalloproteinase
Metastases
Metastasis
Ovarian cancer
siRNA
Therapeutic targets
Translocase
Tumors
Up-regulation
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Summary:Altered fatty acid metabolism continues to be an attractive target for therapeutic intervention in cancer. We previously found that colorectal cancer (CRC) cells with a higher metastatic potential express a higher level of fatty acid translocase (CD36). However, the role of CD36 in CRC metastasis has not been studied. Here, we demonstrate that high expression of CD36 promotes invasion of CRC cells. Consistently, CD36 promoted lung metastasis in the tail vein model and GI metastasis in the cecum injection model. RNA-Seq analysis of CRC cells with altered expression of CD36 revealed an association between high expression of CD36 and upregulation of MMP28, a novel member of the metallopeptidase family of proteins. Using shRNA-mediated knockdown and overexpression of CD36, we confirmed that CD36 regulates MMP28 expression in CRC cells. siRNA-mediated knockdown of MMP28 decreases invasion of CRC cells, suggesting that MMP28 regulates the metastatic properties of cells downstream of CD36. Importantly, high expression of MMP28 leads to a significant decrease in active E-cadherin and an increase in the products of E-cadherin cleavage, CTF1 and CTF2. In summary, upregulation of CD36 expression promotes the metastatic properties of CRC via upregulation of MMP28 and an increase in E-cadherin cleavage, suggesting that targeting the CD36-MMP28 axis may be an effective therapeutic strategy for CRC metastasis.
ISSN:2072-6694
2072-6694
DOI:10.3390/cancers14010252