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SSR2 promueve la resistencia a sorafenib interactuando con GPX4 para inhibir la ferroptosis

Zebing Song¹, Mengdan Zhou¹, Xiaodong Song¹

¹Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University. Guangzhou 510000, P.R. China.

Current molecular medicine

|January 22, 2026

Abstracto

Aim & Objectives:

Sorafenib is a first-line drug for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Understanding the regulatory mechanisms of sorafenib resistance is critical to inhibit sorafenib resistance and develop novel therapeutic strategies. Here, we aimed to study the role of SSR2 (signal sequence receptor subunit 2) in sorafenib resistance of HCC.

Methods:

3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide (MTT) assay, colony formation assay, and cell viability assay were used to determine the role of SSR2 in sorafenib resistance of HCC. Co-immunoprecipitation (CoIP) was used to determine the interacting protein of SSR2.

Results:

We found SSR2 was upregulated in sorafenib-resistant HCC tissues. In addition, in HCC patients, SSR2 was associated with both poor response to sorafenib and poor clinical outcomes. Functional assay showed that SSR2 promoted sorafenib resistance in HCC cells. Mechanistically, SSR2 suppressed ferroptosis. Further analysis showed that SSR2 interacted with ferroptosis master regulator glutathione peroxidase 4 (GPX4) and increased the catalytic activity of GPX4, leading to inhibition of ferroptosis. Induction of ferroptosis could reverse the promotion effect of SSR2 overexpression on sorafenib resistance.

Discussion:

SRR2 plays a critical role in sorafenib resistance generation. However, the detailed mechanism of SRR2 increasing the catalytic activity of GPX4 will be further studied.

Conclusions:

In summary, we reveal that SSR2 enhances sorafenib resistance of HCC via interacting with GPX4 and inhibiting ferroptosis, providing a potential target for HCC treatment. The molecular mechanism of GPX4-SSR2 interaction in ferroptosis will be further studied.

Palabras clave:

GPX4 terapia CHC SSR2 feroptosis carcinoma hepatocelular resistencia a sorafenib

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