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ArticleAdvanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany)2025

Dietary Palmitic Acid Drives a Palmitoyltransferase ZDHHC15-YAP Feedback Loop Promoting Tumor Metastasis.

Jianxin Wang, Dachuan Shen, Jian Jiang, Lulu Hu, Kun Fang, Chunrui Xie, Ning Shen, Yuzhao Zhou, Yifei Wang, Sha Du and 1 more

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Article in Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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11 authors.

Jianxin WangInstitute of Cancer Stem Cell, Dalian Medical University Cancer Center, Dalian, 116044, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8893-8428
Dachuan ShenDepartment of Oncology, Affiliated Zhongshan Hospital of Dalian University, Dalian, 116001, China.
Jian JiangCentral Hospital of Dalian University of Technology, Department of Spine Surgery, Dalian, 116033, China.
Lulu HuDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, Qingdao Central Hospital, University of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences NO.369, Dengyun Road, Qingdao National High-tech Industrial Development Zone, Qingdao, China.
Kun FangCentral Laboratory, Cancer Hospital of China Medical University, Cancer Hospital of Dalian University of Technology, Liaoning Cancer Hospital & Institute, Shenyang, 110042, China.
Chunrui XieInstitute of Cancer Stem Cell, Dalian Medical University Cancer Center, Dalian, 116044, China.
Ning ShenInstitute of Cancer Stem Cell, Dalian Medical University Cancer Center, Dalian, 116044, China.
Yuzhao ZhouInstitute of Cancer Stem Cell, Dalian Medical University Cancer Center, Dalian, 116044, China.
Yifei WangDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Affiliated Zhongshan Hospital of Dalian University, Dalian, 116001, China.
Sha DuInstitute of Cancer Stem Cell, Dalian Medical University Cancer Center, Dalian, 116044, China.
Songshu MengInstitute of Cancer Stem Cell, Dalian Medical University Cancer Center, Dalian, 116044, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9432-2243

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China 81772973 to SM
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Elevated uptake of saturated fatty acid palmitic acid (PA) is associated with tumor metastasis; however, the precise mechanisms remain partially understood, hindering the development of therapy for PA-driven tumor metastasis. The Hippo-Yes-associated protein (Hippo/YAP) pathway is implicated in cancer progression. Here it is shown that a high-palm oil diet potentiates tumor metastasis in murine xenografts in part through YAP. It is found that the palmitoyltransferase ZDHHC15 is a YAP-regulated gene that forms a feedback loop with YAP. Notably, PA drives the ZDHHC15-YAP feedback loop, thus enforces YAP signaling, and hence promotes tumor metastasis in murine xenografts. In addition, it is shown that ZDHHC15 associates with Kidney and brain protein (KIBRA, also known as WW- and C2 domain-containing protein 1, WWC1), an upstream component of Hippo signaling, and mediates its palmitoylation. KIBRA palmitoylation leads to its degradation and regulates its subcellular localization and activity toward the Hippo/YAP pathway. Moreover, PA enhances KIBRA palmitoylation and degradation. It is further shown that combinatorial targeting of YAP and fatty acid synthesis exhibits augmented effects against metastasis formation in mice fed with a Palm diet. Collectively, these findings uncover a ZDHHC15-YAP feedback loop as a previously unrecognized mechanism underlying PA-promoted tumor metastasis and support targeting YAP and fatty acid synthesis as potential therapeutic targets in PA-driven tumor metastasis.

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AcyltransferasesAdaptor Proteins, Signal TransducingPalmitic AcidTranscription FactorsAnimalsCell Line, TumorFeedback, PhysiologicalHumansMiceNeoplasm MetastasisSignal TransductionYAP-Signaling ProteinsAcyltransferasesAdaptor Proteins, Signal TransducingPalmitic AcidTranscription FactorsYAP1 protein, humanYAP-Signaling Proteinspalmitic acidsS‐palmitoylationstumor metastasisYAPZDHHC15

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PMID39686664
PMCPMC11809420

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