S-acyl transferase ZDHHC13 modulates tumor microenvironment interactions to suppress metastasis in melanoma models.

ABSTRACT: The intratumor microenvironment shapes the metastatic potential of cancer cells and their susceptibility to any immune response. Yet, the nature of the signals within the microenvironment that control anticancer immunity and how they are regulated is poorly understood. Here, using melanoma as a model, we investigate the involvement in metastatic dissemination and the immune-modulatory microenvironment of Protein S-Acyl Transferases as an underexplored class of potential therapeutic targets. We find that ZDHHC13 suppresses metastatic dissemination by palmitoylation of CTNND1, leading to stabilization of E-cadherin. Importantly, ZDHHC13 also reshapes the tumor immune microenvironment by suppressing lysophosphatidylcholine (LPC) synthesis in melanoma cells, leading to inhibition of M2-like tu

SUBMITTER: Li H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12646662 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature