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ArticleCellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS2025

MPC-mediated lactate production drives histone lactylation in dendritic cells to affect tumor progression and immunotherapy.

Bin Zhang, Anran Xu, Haowei Wang, Wei Yan, Qing Zhang, Shuang Wang

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Article in Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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Bin ZhangDepartment of Pathology, Nanfang Hospital, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510515, Guangdong, China.
Anran XuDepartment of Pathology, Nanfang Hospital, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510515, Guangdong, China.
Haowei WangDepartment of Pathology, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510280, Guangdong, China.
Wei YanDepartment of Pathology, Nanfang Hospital, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510515, Guangdong, China.
Qing ZhangDepartment of Pathology, Nanfang Hospital, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510515, Guangdong, China.
Shuang WangDepartment of Pathology, Nanfang Hospital, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510515, Guangdong, China. shuangw@126.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0811-0696

Funding

Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation of Guangdong Province 2022A1515012487National Natural Science Foundation of China 82073237National Natural Science Foundation of China 82473083
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Lactate is an abundant oncometabolite in the tumor microenvironment (TME). Lactate driven by metabolic reprogramming leads to acidic microenvironment formation to promote the immune evasion of tumor cells and reduce the effectiveness of immunotherapy for patients with tumors. The expression of mitochondrial pyruvate carrier (MPC) is crucial for pyruvate metabolism, and its dysregulation can lead to the formation of an acidic microenvironment caused by excessive lactic acid. However, the impact of MPC on tumor metabolic processes and biological behavior, as well as how lactate impacts immunosuppression, remains unclear. Here, we found that MPC1 and MPC2, two subunits of MPC, were downregulated in patients with colorectal cancer (CRC). Co-overexpression of MPC1 and MPC2 decreased lactate levels and inhibited cell proliferation, migration and invasion in vitro and tumor growth in vivo in the setting of CRC. Knockdown of MPC1 or MPC2 increased lactate levels and promoted the proliferation, migration and invasion of CRC cells. Mechanistically, the accumulation of lactate promotes the elevation of histone lactylation levels, and MPC regulates the expression of CD33, a marker of dendritic cell (DC) maturation, via histone lactylation, decreasing CD8

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Colorectal NeoplasmsDendritic CellsHistonesImmunotherapyLactic AcidMonocarboxylic Acid TransportersAnimalsCD8-Positive T-LymphocytesCell Line, TumorCell MovementCell ProliferationDisease ProgressionFemaleHumansMiceMitochondrial Membrane Transport ProteinsHistonesLactic AcidMitochondrial Membrane Transport ProteinsMonocarboxylic Acid TransportersMPC1 protein, humanSymportersCD33Colorectal cancerDendritic cellHistone lactylationMitochondrial pyruvate transporter carrier

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PMID41148321
PMCPMC12569244

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