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<p>Reprogramming of cellular metabolism is a hallmark of cancer, particularly ovarian cancer (OC), that contributes to rapid cancer growth and survival. However, studies using clinical specimens are limited. To identify metabolic alterations specific to OC, we performed metabolomic analysis of OC and benign ovarian tumors. The relationship between metabolomics and transcriptomics was investigated by transcriptome analysis. Fifty-one patients with OC and three with benign ovarian tumors, diagnosed between 2011 and 2014 using available frozen tissue and plasma specimens, were enrolled at the National Cancer Center Hospital. To identify metabolic alterations, plasma samples from 51 patients with OC and three with benign tumors, along with both cancerous and non-cancerous tissue samples from 44 of the 51 patients with OC, were analyzed using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. In addition, we performed transcriptomic analysis of cancerous tissues obtained from 39 of the 44 patients with OC. It was not possible to classify patients based on plasma metabolite levels; therefore, the 44 patients with OC were classified into two groups based on metabolite levels: high and low, based on tissue analysis. The group with high metabolite levels had more advanced-stage tumors (<i>P</i> = 0.02). Transcriptome pathway analysis revealed suppression of pathways related to natural killer (NK) cells and immune responses in the group with high metabolite levels. NK cell percentages were lower in the group with high metabolite levels than in the group with low metabolite levels (<i>P</i> = 0.04). Thus, the group with high metabolite levels was associated with advanced stages and a reduced fraction of NK cells, suggesting that high metabolite levels may play a direct or indirect role in immune activity or in the malignant progression of OC.</p>

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Metabolomic and transcriptomic analyses identify metabolic alterations and immune suppression in ovarian cancer

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    2026年2月5日

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  • Maiko Yamaguchi,
  • Daiki Higuchi,
  • Hiroshi Yoshida,
  • Erisa Fujii,
  • Mayumi Kobayashi Kato,
  • Kengo Hiranuma,
  • Yuka Asami,
  • Hanako Ono,
  • Takafumi Koyama,
  • Masaaki Komatsu,
  • Ryuji Hamamoto,
  • Koji Matsumoto,
  • Akihiko Sekizawa,
  • Yasuhisa Terao,
  • Atsuo Itakura,
  • Takashi Kohno,
  • Tomoyasu Kato,
  • Hideki Makinoshima,
  • Mitsuya Ishikawa,
  • Kouya Shiraishi

摘要

Reprogramming of cellular metabolism is a hallmark of cancer, particularly ovarian cancer (OC), that contributes to rapid cancer growth and survival. However, studies using clinical specimens are limited. To identify metabolic alterations specific to OC, we performed metabolomic analysis of OC and benign ovarian tumors. The relationship between metabolomics and transcriptomics was investigated by transcriptome analysis. Fifty-one patients with OC and three with benign ovarian tumors, diagnosed between 2011 and 2014 using available frozen tissue and plasma specimens, were enrolled at the National Cancer Center Hospital. To identify metabolic alterations, plasma samples from 51 patients with OC and three with benign tumors, along with both cancerous and non-cancerous tissue samples from 44 of the 51 patients with OC, were analyzed using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. In addition, we performed transcriptomic analysis of cancerous tissues obtained from 39 of the 44 patients with OC. It was not possible to classify patients based on plasma metabolite levels; therefore, the 44 patients with OC were classified into two groups based on metabolite levels: high and low, based on tissue analysis. The group with high metabolite levels had more advanced-stage tumors (P = 0.02). Transcriptome pathway analysis revealed suppression of pathways related to natural killer (NK) cells and immune responses in the group with high metabolite levels. NK cell percentages were lower in the group with high metabolite levels than in the group with low metabolite levels (P = 0.04). Thus, the group with high metabolite levels was associated with advanced stages and a reduced fraction of NK cells, suggesting that high metabolite levels may play a direct or indirect role in immune activity or in the malignant progression of OC.