PUBLICATION
Dietary fructose enhances tumour growth indirectly via interorgan lipid transfer
- Authors
- Fowle-Grider, R., Rowles, J.L., Shen, I., Wang, Y., Schwaiger-Haber, M., Dunham, A.J., Jayachandran, K., Inkman, M., Zahner, M., Naser, F.J., Jackstadt, M.M., Spalding, J.L., Chiang, S., McCommis, K.S., Dolle, R.E., Kramer, E.T., Zimmerman, S.M., Souroullas, G.P., Finck, B.N., Shriver, L.P., Kaufman, C.K., Schwarz, J.K., Zhang, J., Patti, G.J.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-250122-3
- Date
- 2024
- Source
- Nature 636: 737744737-744 (Journal)
- Registered Authors
- Keywords
- none
- MeSH Terms
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- Disease Models, Animal
- High Fructose Corn Syrup/adverse effects
- High Fructose Corn Syrup/metabolism
- Fructokinases*/antagonists & inhibitors
- Fructokinases*/metabolism
- Hepatocytes*/drug effects
- Hepatocytes*/metabolism
- Hepatocytes*/pathology
- Cell Line, Tumor
- Fructose*/metabolism
- Lipids/blood
- Lysophosphatidylcholines*/metabolism
- Lysophosphatidylcholines*/pharmacology
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Female
- Phosphatidylcholines/metabolism
- Neoplasms*/metabolism
- Neoplasms*/pathology
- Zebrafish
- Animals
- Diet
- Humans
- Coculture Techniques
- PubMed
- 39633044 Full text @ Nature
Citation
Fowle-Grider, R., Rowles, J.L., Shen, I., Wang, Y., Schwaiger-Haber, M., Dunham, A.J., Jayachandran, K., Inkman, M., Zahner, M., Naser, F.J., Jackstadt, M.M., Spalding, J.L., Chiang, S., McCommis, K.S., Dolle, R.E., Kramer, E.T., Zimmerman, S.M., Souroullas, G.P., Finck, B.N., Shriver, L.P., Kaufman, C.K., Schwarz, J.K., Zhang, J., Patti, G.J. (2024) Dietary fructose enhances tumour growth indirectly via interorgan lipid transfer. Nature. 636:737744737-744.
Abstract
Fructose consumption has increased considerably over the past five decades, largely due to the widespread use of high-fructose corn syrup as a sweetener1. It has been proposed that fructose promotes the growth of some tumours directly by serving as a fuel2,3. Here we show that fructose supplementation enhances tumour growth in animal models of melanoma, breast cancer and cervical cancer without causing weight gain or insulin resistance. The cancer cells themselves were unable to use fructose readily as a nutrient because they did not express ketohexokinase-C (KHK-C). Primary hepatocytes did express KHK-C, resulting in fructolysis and the excretion of a variety of lipid species, including lysophosphatidylcholines (LPCs). In co-culture experiments, hepatocyte-derived LPCs were consumed by cancer cells and used to generate phosphatidylcholines, the major phospholipid of cell membranes. In vivo, supplementation with high-fructose corn syrup increased several LPC species by more than sevenfold in the serum. Administration of LPCs to mice was sufficient to increase tumour growth. Pharmacological inhibition of ketohexokinase had no direct effect on cancer cells, but it decreased circulating LPC levels and prevented fructose-mediated tumour growth in vivo. These findings reveal that fructose supplementation increases circulating nutrients such as LPCs, which can enhance tumour growth through a cell non-autonomous mechanism.
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