肺癌是全世界范围内肿瘤相关性死亡的首要原因,每年死亡人数超过100万人,占全球癌症死亡人数的五分之一。虽然目前在手术、放化疗、靶向治疗、免疫治疗肺癌方面取得了一定进展,但患者的预后仍不理想。因此,亟待寻找评价预后的分子标志物和肺癌的治疗新靶点,为肺癌患者提供生存获益的有效方法。近年来,Hippo信号通路逐渐成为国内外肿瘤研究领域中新兴且热门的研究方向。Hippo信号通路激活时,其核心组件MST/MOB、LATS1/2等能抑制转录的共激活剂YAP/TAZ的转录,二者被磷酸化并滞留在细胞浆中,从而抑制肺癌的发生发展。因此Hippo信号通路在临床应用中的潜在价值也越来越受关注。本篇文章总结了Hippo信号通路核心组成元件及上下游调控因子在肺癌形成进展过程中的重要作用和分子机制,并对Hippo信号通路的研究前景进行展望。
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer related mortality in the world, with more than 1 million deaths per year, accounting for about one fifth of all cancer deaths worldwide. Over the past years, lung cancer treatment has been based on surgery, radiation therapy, chemotherapy, targeted therapies, and immunotherapy, but the improvement is not very perfect. Therefore, it has become clear that additional therapeutic strategies are urgently required to provide an improved survival benefit for patients. In recent years, Hippo signaling pathway has become a popular direction in the field of cancer research. When the Hippo pathway is active, the core Hippo kinase, such as MST/MOB and LATS1/2, inhibit the two transcriptional co-activators, YAP/TAZ. And YAP/TAZ are phosphorylated and sequestered in the cytoplasm. Dysregulation of the Hippo pathway drives multiple aspects of lung tumor initiation and progression. Moreover, the potential value of this pathway is getting more and more prevalent in clinical application. In this review, we summarize the molecular mechanism and the core components, upstream or downstream targets of Hippo signaling pathway which contribute the formation of lung cancer and discuss the therapeutic potential of targeted strategies in lung cancer. Additionally, we highlight the prospect of research on Hippo signaling pathway in the future.