遗传 ›› 2025, Vol. 47 ›› Issue (2): 228-236.doi: 10.16288/j.yczz.24-264

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肿瘤演化过程中的进化生态:概念、应用与创新

刘灿1,2,4(), 翟巍巍3,4, 吕雪梅1,2,4()   

  1. 1.中国科学院昆明动物研究所,遗传进化与动物模型重点实验室,昆明 650201
    2.云南省西南及跨境生物多样性数据信息重点实验室,昆明 650201
    3.中国科学院动物研究所,动物进化与系统学院重点实验室,北京 100101
    4.中国科学院大学,北京 101408
  • 收稿日期:2024-09-13 修回日期:2024-11-05 出版日期:2025-02-20 发布日期:2024-11-26
  • 通讯作者: 吕雪梅,博士,研究员,研究方向:物种适应性进化与肿瘤演化。E-mail: xuemeilu@mail.kiz.ac.cn
  • 作者简介:刘灿,硕士研究生,专业方向:肿瘤进化遗传学。E-mail: liucan@mail.kiz.ac.cn
  • 基金资助:
    国家自然科学基金项目(32150006)

Evolutionary ecology in tumor evolution: concept, application and innovation

Can Liu1,2,4(), Weiwei Zhai3,4, Xuemei Lu1,2,4()   

  1. 1. Key Laboratory of Genetic Evolution & Animal Models, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650201, China
    2. Yunnan Key Laboratory of Biodiversity Information, Kunming 650201, China
    3. Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
    4. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 101408, China
  • Received:2024-09-13 Revised:2024-11-05 Published:2025-02-20 Online:2024-11-26
  • Supported by:
    National Natural Science Foundation of China(32150006)

摘要:

肿瘤本身是一个复杂的微生态系统,存在复杂时空动态和多维度的互作关系,其超乎想象的异质性与演化能力已经超出了传统肿瘤医学的认知。如何系统性地从物质、能量、信号多层面上的动态、互作去刻画整个肿瘤的细胞生态圈,以期从中挖掘对肿瘤发生发展的新认知、新规律和新疗法,是肿瘤生态学新的命题和目标。本文从进化生态的角度探讨肿瘤的起源与发生发展规律,首先探讨了生态学的一些经典概念在肿瘤演化中的应用;随后通过整合前沿的肿瘤生态学进展从癌细胞之间、癌细胞与其他正常体细胞之间、肿瘤生态系统等多层次,揭示了生态互作对肿瘤发生发展的重要性。最后基于以上论述,提出肿瘤的细胞生态圈的概念,并探讨了后续如何从系统论刻画整个肿瘤生态系统并提出可能的创新治疗方向。

关键词: 肿瘤演化, 进化生态, 生态互作, 细胞群体动态, 肿瘤生态圈

Abstract:

Tumor itself is a complex microecosystem, with complex spatio-temporal dynamics and multi-dimensional interactions. Its unimaginable heterogeneity and evolvability have exceeded the cognition of traditional oncology medicine. How to systematically characterize the whole tumor cell ecosystem from the dynamics and interaction of material, energy and signal levels, in order to explore new cognition, new rules and new therapies for the occurrence and development of tumors, is a new proposition and goal of tumor ecology. In this review, we discuss the origin, occurrence and development of tumors from the perspective of evolutionary ecology. First, we discuss the application of some classical concepts of ecology with tumor evolution. Subsequently, through the integration of the frontier papers of tumor ecology, we highlight the importance of ecological interactions on the occurrence and development of tumors from multiple levels, such as between cancer cells, between cancer cells and other normal somatic cells, and the tumor ecosystem. Finally, we propose the concept of tumor cell ecosystem, discussed how to characterize the entire tumor ecosystem from the system theory and proposed possible innovative treatment directions.

Key words: tumor evolution, evolutionary ecology, ecological interaction, cell population dynamics, tumor ecosphere