The leukemia inhibitory factor (LIF) is member of interleukin (IL)-6 family of cytokines involved immune regulation, morphogenesis and oncogenesis. In cancer tissues, LIF binds a heterodimeric receptor (LIFR), formed by a LIFRβ subunit and glycoprotein(gp)130, promoting epithelial mesenchymal transition and cell growth. Bile acids are cholesterol metabolites generated at the interface of host metabolism and the intestinal microbiota. Here we demonstrated that bile acids serve as endogenous antagonist to LIFR in oncogenesis. The tissue characterization of bile acids content in non-cancer and cancer biopsy pairs from gastric adenocarcinomas (GC) demonstrated that bile acids accumulate within cancer tissues, with glyco-deoxycholic acid (GDCA) functioning as negative regulator of LIFR expression. In patient-derived organoids (hPDOs) from GC patients, GDCA reverses LIF-induced stemness and proliferation. In summary, we have identified the secondary bile acids as the first endogenous antagonist to LIFR supporting a development of bile acid-based therapies in LIF-mediated oncogenesis.

Bile acids serve as endogenous antagonists of the Leukemia inhibitory factor (LIF) receptor in oncogenesis / Di Giorgio, Cristina; Morretta, Elva; Lupia, Antonio; Bellini, Rachele; Massa, Carmen; Urbani, Ginevra; Bordoni, Martina; Marchianò, Silvia; Lachi, Ginevra; Rapacciuolo, Pasquale; Finamore, Claudia; Sepe, Valentina; Chiara Monti, Maria; Moraca, Federica; Natalizi, Nicola; Graziosi, Luigina; Distrutti, Eleonora; Biagioli, Michele; Catalanotti, Bruno; Donini, Annibale; Zampella, Angela; Fiorucci, Stefano. - In: BIOCHEMICAL PHARMACOLOGY. - ISSN 0006-2952. - 223:(2024), p. 116134. [10.1016/j.bcp.2024.116134]

Bile acids serve as endogenous antagonists of the Leukemia inhibitory factor (LIF) receptor in oncogenesis

Rapacciuolo, Pasquale;Finamore, Claudia;Sepe, Valentina;Chiara Monti, Maria;Moraca, Federica;Catalanotti, Bruno;Zampella, Angela;
2024

Abstract

The leukemia inhibitory factor (LIF) is member of interleukin (IL)-6 family of cytokines involved immune regulation, morphogenesis and oncogenesis. In cancer tissues, LIF binds a heterodimeric receptor (LIFR), formed by a LIFRβ subunit and glycoprotein(gp)130, promoting epithelial mesenchymal transition and cell growth. Bile acids are cholesterol metabolites generated at the interface of host metabolism and the intestinal microbiota. Here we demonstrated that bile acids serve as endogenous antagonist to LIFR in oncogenesis. The tissue characterization of bile acids content in non-cancer and cancer biopsy pairs from gastric adenocarcinomas (GC) demonstrated that bile acids accumulate within cancer tissues, with glyco-deoxycholic acid (GDCA) functioning as negative regulator of LIFR expression. In patient-derived organoids (hPDOs) from GC patients, GDCA reverses LIF-induced stemness and proliferation. In summary, we have identified the secondary bile acids as the first endogenous antagonist to LIFR supporting a development of bile acid-based therapies in LIF-mediated oncogenesis.
2024
Bile acids serve as endogenous antagonists of the Leukemia inhibitory factor (LIF) receptor in oncogenesis / Di Giorgio, Cristina; Morretta, Elva; Lupia, Antonio; Bellini, Rachele; Massa, Carmen; Urbani, Ginevra; Bordoni, Martina; Marchianò, Silvia; Lachi, Ginevra; Rapacciuolo, Pasquale; Finamore, Claudia; Sepe, Valentina; Chiara Monti, Maria; Moraca, Federica; Natalizi, Nicola; Graziosi, Luigina; Distrutti, Eleonora; Biagioli, Michele; Catalanotti, Bruno; Donini, Annibale; Zampella, Angela; Fiorucci, Stefano. - In: BIOCHEMICAL PHARMACOLOGY. - ISSN 0006-2952. - 223:(2024), p. 116134. [10.1016/j.bcp.2024.116134]
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