Aspirin prevention of cancer metastasis (Homo sapiens)
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Description
Platelets generate TXA2, which binds to its receptor (TP) on T cells, initiating the activation of ARHGEF1, a guanine exchange factor that promotes the conversion of RhoA from its inactive GDP-bound state to its active GTP-bound form. This RhoA activation inhibits TCR-induced kinase pathways, T cell proliferation, and effector functions, ultimately suppressing anti-metastatic immunity. TXA2 production by platelets is COX1-dependent and can be blocked by aspirin or COX-1 selective inhibitors, which relieve T cells from TXA2-mediated suppression. Inspired by figure 14 in in [Yang et al. (2025)](https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-08626-7)..
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Ontology Terms
Pathway Ontology : classic metabolic pathway
Bibliography
- Yang J, Yamashita-Kanemaru Y, Morris BI, Contursi A, Trajkovski D, Xu J, Patrascan I, Benson J, Evans AC, Conti AG, Al-Deka A, Dahmani L, Avdic-Belltheus A, Zhang B, Okkenhaug H, Whiteside SK, Imianowski CJ, Wesolowski AJ, Webb LV, Puccio S, Tacconelli S, Bruno A, Di Berardino S, De Michele A, Welch HCE, Yu IS, Lin SW, Mitra S, Lugli E, van der Weyden L, Okkenhaug K, Saeb-Parsy K, Patrignani P, Adams DJ, Roychoudhuri R; ''Aspirin prevents metastasis by limiting platelet TXA(2) suppression of T cell immunity.''; Nature, 2025 PubMed Europe PMC Scholia
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Name ![]() | Type ![]() | Database reference ![]() | Comment ![]() |
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ARHGEF1 | GeneProduct | ENSG00000076928 (Ensembl) ![]() | |
Anti-metastatic immunity | |||
Aspirin | Metabolite | CHEBI:15365 (ChEBI) ![]() | |
Effector functions | Pathway | ||
GDP | Metabolite | CHEBI:17552 (ChEBI) ![]() | |
GNA12 | GeneProduct | ENSG00000146535 (Ensembl) ![]() | |
GNA13 | GeneProduct | ENSG00000120063 (Ensembl) ![]() | |
GTP | Metabolite | CHEBI:15996 (ChEBI) ![]() | |
Kinase signaling | Pathway | ||
PGH2 | Metabolite | CHEBI:15554 (ChEBI) ![]() | |
PTGS1 | GeneProduct | ENSG00000095303 (Ensembl) ![]() | |
RHOA | GeneProduct | ENSG00000067560 (Ensembl) ![]() | |
TBXA2R | GeneProduct | ENSG00000006638 (Ensembl) ![]() | |
TBXAS1 | GeneProduct | ENSG00000059377 (Ensembl) ![]() | |
TRA | GeneProduct | 6955 (Entrez Gene) ![]() | |
TRB | GeneProduct | 6957 (Entrez Gene) ![]() | |
TRD | GeneProduct | 6964 (Entrez Gene) ![]() | |
TRG | GeneProduct | 6965 (Ensembl) ![]() | |
TXA2 | Metabolite | CHEBI:15627 (ChEBI) ![]() |
Annotated Interactions
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