Subversion of serotonin receptor signaling in osteoblasts by kynurenine drives acute myeloid leukemia

M Galán-Díez, F Borot, AM Ali, J Zhao, E Gil-Iturbe… - Cancer discovery, 2022 - AACR
Remodeling of the microenvironment by tumor cells can activate pathways that favor cancer
growth. Molecular delineation and targeting of such malignant-cell nonautonomous …

Histone deacetylase inhibitors target the leukemic microenvironment by enhancing a Nherf1-protein phosphatase 1α-TAZ signaling pathway in osteoblasts

KN Kremer, A Dudakovic, AD Hess, BD Smith… - Journal of Biological …, 2015 - ASBMB
Disrupting the protective signals provided by the bone marrow microenvironment will be
critical for more effective combination drug therapies for acute myeloid leukemia (AML) …

Kynurenine importation by SLC7A11 propagates anti-ferroptotic signaling

A Fiore, L Zeitler, M Russier, A Groß, MK Hiller… - Molecular Cell, 2022 - cell.com
IDO1 oxidizes tryptophan (TRP) to generate kynurenine (KYN), the substrate for 1-carbon
and NAD metabolism, and is implicated in pro-cancer pathophysiology and infection …

A ROR1–HER3–lncRNA signalling axis modulates the Hippo–YAP pathway to regulate bone metastasis

C Li, S Wang, Z Xing, A Lin, K Liang, J Song, Q Hu… - Nature cell …, 2017 - nature.com
Bone metastases remain a serious health concern because of limited therapeutic options.
Here, we report that crosstalk between ROR1–HER3 and the Hippo–YAP pathway promotes …

Interactions of IDO and the kynurenine pathway with cell transduction Systems and metabolism at the inflammation–cancer interface

TW Stone, RO Williams - Cancers, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary There is clear evidence that inflammation can contribute to the
development of cancers, but the underlying mechanisms are not fully understood. This …

Decoupling NAD+ metabolic dependency in chondrosarcoma by targeting the SIRT1-HIF-2α axis

J Suh, H Kim, J Min, HJ Yeon, M Hemberg… - Cell Reports …, 2024 - cell.com
Chondrosarcomas represent the second most common primary bone malignancy. Despite
the vulnerability of chondrosarcoma cells to nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+) …

Inflammation-driven activation of JAK/STAT signaling reversibly accelerates acute myeloid leukemia in vitro

J Habbel, L Arnold, Y Chen, M Möllmann… - Blood …, 2020 - ashpublications.org
Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is characterized by a high relapse rate and dismal long-term
overall survival which is related to persistence of leukemia-initiating cells in their niche …

IDO1 Is a Therapeutic Target for Pancreatic Cancer–Associated Depression

JJ Hue, HJ Graor, M Zarei, ES Katayama, K Ji… - Molecular Cancer …, 2022 - AACR
Metabolites of tryptophan degradation are known to alter mood. Their effects have only been
superficially examined in the context of pancreatic cancer. Herein, we study the role of …

Quinolinate promotes macrophage-induced immune tolerance in glioblastoma through the NMDAR/PPARγ signaling axis

P Kesarwani, S Kant, Y Zhao, A Prabhu… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
There has been considerable scientific effort dedicated to understanding the biologic
consequence and therapeutic implications of aberrant tryptophan metabolism in brain …

Microenvironment tumor metabolic interactions highlighted by qMSI: application to the tryptophan-kynurenine pathway in immuno-oncology

R Ait-Belkacem, V Bol, G Hamm… - … Life Sciences R&D, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
Inhibition of NK and effector T-cell functions and activation of regulatory cell populations are
the main immunosuppressive effects of indoleamine-2, 3-dioxygenase1 (IDO1). By …