Metabolomics in cancer research and emerging applications in clinical oncology

DR Schmidt, R Patel, DG Kirsch… - CA: a cancer journal …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Cancer has myriad effects on metabolism that include both rewiring of intracellular
metabolism to enable cancer cells to proliferate inappropriately and adapt to the tumor …

Metabolic reprogramming in prostate cancer

F Ahmad, MK Cherukuri, PL Choyke - British journal of cancer, 2021 - nature.com
Although low risk localised prostate cancer has an excellent prognosis owing to effective
treatments, such as surgery, radiation, cryosurgery and hormone therapy, metastatic …

Mitochondrial copper depletion suppresses triple-negative breast cancer in mice

L Cui, AM Gouw, EL LaGory, S Guo, N Attarwala… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Depletion of mitochondrial copper, which shifts metabolism from respiration to glycolysis and
reduces energy production, is known to be effective against cancer types that depend on …

[HTML][HTML] Recent advances in innovative strategies for enhanced cancer photodynamic therapy

T Hu, Z Wang, W Shen, R Liang, D Yan, M Wei - Theranostics, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Photodynamic therapy (PDT), a non-invasive therapeutic modality, has received increasing
attention owing to its high selectivity and limited side effects. Although significant clinical …

Pathway-based classification of glioblastoma uncovers a mitochondrial subtype with therapeutic vulnerabilities

L Garofano, S Migliozzi, YT Oh, F D'Angelo, RD Najac… - Nature Cancer, 2021 - nature.com
The transcriptomic classification of glioblastoma (GBM) has failed to predict survival and
therapeutic vulnerabilities. A computational approach for unbiased identification of core …

Micropeptide ASAP encoded by LINC00467 promotes colorectal cancer progression by directly modulating ATP synthase activity

Q Ge, D Jia, D Cen, Y Qi, C Shi, J Li… - The Journal of …, 2021 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Emerging evidence has shown that open reading frames inside long noncoding RNAs
(lncRNAs) could encode micropeptides. However, their roles in cellular energy metabolism …

Mitochondrial ATP fuels ABC transporter-mediated drug efflux in cancer chemoresistance

EL Giddings, DP Champagne, MH Wu, JM Laffin… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Chemotherapy remains the standard of care for most cancers worldwide, however
development of chemoresistance due to the presence of the drug-effluxing ATP binding …

Oxidative phosphorylation is a metabolic vulnerability in chemotherapy-resistant triple-negative breast cancer

KW Evans, E Yuca, SS Scott, M Zhao, N Paez Arango… - Cancer research, 2021 - AACR
Oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS) is an active metabolic pathway in many cancers. RNA
from pretreatment biopsies from patients with triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) who …

Mitochondrial inhibitors circumvent adaptive resistance to venetoclax and cytarabine combination therapy in acute myeloid leukemia

C Bosc, E Saland, A Bousard, N Gadaud, M Sabatier… - Nature cancer, 2021 - nature.com
Therapy resistance represents a major clinical challenge in acute myeloid leukemia (AML).
Here we define a 'MitoScore'signature, which identifies high mitochondrial oxidative …

Metabolic reprogramming of cancer cells during tumor progression and metastasis

K Ohshima, E Morii - Metabolites, 2021 - mdpi.com
Cancer cells face various metabolic challenges during tumor progression, including growth
in the nutrient-altered and oxygen-deficient microenvironment of the primary site …