The strategic roles of four enzymes in the interconnection between metabolism and oncogene activation in non-small cell lung cancer: Therapeutic implications

P Icard, L Simula, L Fournel, K Leroy, A Lupo… - Drug Resistance …, 2022 - Elsevier
NSCLC is the leading cause of cancer mortality and represents a major challenge in cancer
therapy. Intrinsic and acquired anticancer drug resistance are promoted by hypoxia and HIF …

Increased 6-phosphofructo-2-kinase/fructose-2, 6-bisphosphatase-3 activity in response to EGFR signaling contributes to non–small cell lung cancer cell survival

N Lypova, S Telang, J Chesney… - Journal of Biological …, 2019 - ASBMB
Constitutive activation of the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) because of somatic
mutations of the EGFR gene is commonly observed in tumors of non–small cell lung cancer …

Co-occurring KRAS mutation/LKB1 loss in non-small cell lung cancer cells results in enhanced metabolic activity susceptible to caloric restriction: an in vitro integrated …

E Caiola, F Falcetta, S Giordano, M Marabese… - Journal of Experimental …, 2018 - Springer
Background Non–small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is a heterogeneous disease, with multiple
different oncogenic mutations. Approximately 25–30% of NSCLC patients present KRAS …

Metabolic symbiosis in chemoresistance: refocusing the role of aerobic glycolysis

L Ma, X Zong - Frontiers in oncology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Cellular metabolic reprogramming is now recognized as a hallmark of tumors. Altered tumor
metabolism determines the malignant biological behaviors and phenotypes of cancer. More …

Targeting glycolysis in non-small cell lung cancer: Promises and challenges

JQ Xu, YL Fu, J Zhang, KY Zhang, J Ma… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Metabolic disturbance, particularly of glucose metabolism, is a hallmark of tumors such as
non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Cancer cells tend to reprogram a majority of glucose …

SnapShot: cancer metabolism pathways

LWS Finley, J Zhang, J Ye, PS Ward, CB Thompson - Cell metabolism, 2013 - cell.com
PFKFB3 The PFK2 isoform PFKFB3 is highly expressed in several human cancers, including
colon, prostate, breast, ovary, and thyroid. Most PFK2 isoforms both generate and degrade F …

How phosphofructokinase-1 promotes PI3K and YAP/TAZ in cancer: therapeutic perspectives

L Simula, M Alifano, P Icard - Cancers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary We propose that PFK1 promotes a positive feedback loop with PI3K/AKT
and YAP/TAZ signaling pathways in cancer cells. Therefore, targeting PFK1 (or its product F …

Signaling through the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K)/mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) axis is responsible for aerobic glycolysis mediated by glucose …

H Makinoshima, M Takita, K Saruwatari… - Journal of Biological …, 2015 - ASBMB
Oncogenic epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) signaling plays an important role in
regulating global metabolic pathways, including aerobic glycolysis, the pentose phosphate …

The hexosamine biosynthesis pathway is a targetable liability in KRAS/LKB1 mutant lung cancer

J Kim, HM Lee, F Cai, B Ko, C Yang, EL Lieu… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
In non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC), concurrent mutations in the oncogene KRAS and
the tumour suppressor STK11 (also known as LKB1) encoding the kinase LKB1 result in …

Metabolic rewiring in mutant Kras lung cancer

EM Kerr, CP Martins - The FEBS journal, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer‐related death worldwide, reflecting an
unfortunate combination of very high prevalence and low survival rates, as most cases are …