Nature Communications (Jan 2018)

Lysophosphatidylcholine acyltransferase 2-mediated lipid droplet production supports colorectal cancer chemoresistance

  • Alexia Karen Cotte,
  • Virginie Aires,
  • Maxime Fredon,
  • Emeric Limagne,
  • Valentin Derangère,
  • Marion Thibaudin,
  • Etienne Humblin,
  • Alessandra Scagliarini,
  • Jean-Paul Pais de Barros,
  • Patrick Hillon,
  • François Ghiringhelli,
  • Dominique Delmas

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-02732-5
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 16

Abstract

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Lipid droplets (LD) accumulation correlates with colorectal cancer (CRC) relapse. Here the authors show that chemotherapy induces LD synthesis via acyltransferase LPCAT2 which, in turn, promotes chemoresistance via LD accumulation both in vitro and in vivo by blocking chemotherapy-induced ER stress.