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. 2020 May;35(5):885-895.
doi: 10.1111/jgh.14912. Epub 2020 Jan 2.

DRP1 upregulation promotes pancreatic cancer growth and metastasis through increased aerobic glycolysis

Jing Liang  1   2 , Yiping Yang  3 , Lu Bai  1   2 , Feng Li  4 , Enxiao Li  1
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DRP1 upregulation promotes pancreatic cancer growth and metastasis through increased aerobic glycolysis

Jing Liang et al. J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2020 May.

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  • Corrigendum.
    [No authors listed] [No authors listed] J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2022 Jun;37(6):1170. doi: 10.1111/jgh.15831. J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2022. PMID: 35702823 No abstract available.

Abstract

Background: Mitochondrial shape is dynamically changed by fusion and fission processes in cells, and dysfunction of this process has become one of the emerging hallmarks of cancer. However, the expression patterns and biological effects of mitochondrial fission and fusion proteins in pancreatic cancer (PC) are still unclear.

Methods: The expressions of mitochondrial fission and fusion proteins were first evaluated by quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction and western blot analysis in both PC cell lines and tissue samples. In addition, the biologic functions of the differentially expressed proteins in PC cell growth and metastasis both in vitro and in vivo and their potential underlying mechanisms were systematically explored.

Results: We first found that DRP1 was substantially upregulated in PC cell lines and tissue samples mainly due to the downregulation of miR-29a, which contributed to the poor survival of PC patients. DRP1 promoted the growth and metastasis of PC cells both in vitro and in vivo by inducing G1-S cell cycle transition and matrix metalloproteinase 2 secretion. Mechanistic investigations revealed that increased DRP1 upregulation-mediated mitochondrial fission and subsequently enhanced aerobic glycolysis were involved in the promotion of growth and metastasis by DRP1 in PC cells.

Conclusions: Our findings demonstrate that mitochondrial fusion protein DRP1 plays a critical oncogenic role in PC cells by enhancing aerobic glycolysis, which could serve as a novel therapeutic target for PC treatment.

Keywords: DRP1; Glycolysis; Growth; Metastasis; Mitochondrial dynamics; Pancreatic cancer.

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