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Adipose triglyceride lipase is regulated by CAMKK2-AMPK signaling and drives advanced prostate cancer

Awad, D.; Pulliam, T. L.; Spradlin, M. L.; Cao, P. H.-A.; Subramani, E.; Tellman, T. V.; Ribeiro, C. F.; Pakula, H.; Ackroyd, J. J.; Murray, M. M.; Han, J. J.; Piyarathna, B.; Drake, J. M.; Ittmann, M. M.; Coarfa, C.; Farach-Carson, M. C.; Loda, M.; Eberlin, L. S.; Frigo, D. E.

2022-11-03 cancer biology
10.1101/2022.11.02.514910 bioRxiv
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Lipid metabolism plays a central role in prostate cancer. To date, the major focus on prostate cancer lipid metabolism has centered on de novo lipogenesis and lipid uptake with little consideration for how cancer cells access these lipids once they are created or taken up and stored. Patient-derived phosphoproteomics identified adipose triglyceride lipase (ATGL), a previously suspected tumor suppressor, as a CAMKK2-AMPK signaling target that, conversely, promotes castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) progression. Phosphorylation of ATGL increased its lipase activity, cancer cell proliferation, migration, and invasion. Shotgun lipidomics and mass spectrometry imaging demonstrated ATGLs profound regulation of lipid metabolism in vitro and in vivo, remodeling membrane composition. Inhibition of ATGL induced metabolic plasticity, causing a glycolytic shift that could be exploited therapeutically by co-targeting both metabolic pathways. Together, these data nominate ATGL and intracellular lipolysis as potential therapeutic targets for the treatment of CRPC and provide insights for future combination therapies.

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