[HTML][HTML] Argininosuccinate synthase 1, arginine deprivation therapy and cancer management

N Sun, X Zhao - Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Metabolic reprogramming is an emerging hallmark of tumor cells. In order to survive in the
nutrient-deprived environment, tumor cells rewire their metabolic phenotype to provide …

[HTML][HTML] De novo nucleotide biosynthetic pathway and cancer

J Chen, S Yang, Y Li, X Ziwen, P Zhang, Q Song… - Genes & …, 2023 - Elsevier
De novo nucleotide biosynthetic pathway is a highly conserved and essential biochemical
pathway in almost all organisms. Both purine nucleotides and pyrimidine nucleotides are …

Progressively enhancing stemness of adoptively transferred T cells with PI3Kδ blockade improves metabolism and antitumor immunity

GO Rangel Rivera, CJ Dwyer, HM Knochelmann… - Cancer Research, 2024 - AACR
Generating stem-like memory T cells (TSCM) is a potential strategy to improve adoptive
immunotherapy. Elucidating optimal ways to modulate signaling pathways that enrich TSCM …

Pyrimidines maintain mitochondrial pyruvate oxidation to support de novo lipogenesis

U Sahu, E Villa, CR Reczek, Z Zhao, BP O'Hara… - Science, 2024 - science.org
Cellular purines, particularly adenosine 5′-triphosphate (ATP), fuel many metabolic
reactions, but less is known about the direct effects of pyrimidines on cellular metabolism …

The Host Protein CAD Regulates the Replication of FMDV through the Function of Pyrimidines' De Novo Synthesis

P Yang, Y Yuan, Y Sun, B Lv, H Du, Z Zhou… - Journal of …, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
Foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV) is a single-stranded picornavirus that causes
economically devastating disease in even-hooved animals. There has been little research …

[HTML][HTML] Formyl-peptide receptor 2 signaling redirects glucose and glutamine into anabolic pathways in metabolic reprogramming of lung cancer cells

T Pecchillo Cimmino, E Pagano, M Stornaiuolo… - Antioxidants, 2022 - mdpi.com
Glucose and glutamine play a crucial role in the metabolic reprogramming of cancer cells.
Proliferating cells metabolize glucose in the aerobic glycolysis for energy supply, and …

[HTML][HTML] Complexed Crystal Structure of the Dihydroorotase Domain of Human CAD Protein with the Anticancer Drug 5-Fluorouracil

ES Lin, YH Huang, PC Yang, WF Peng, CY Huang - Biomolecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
Dihydroorotase (DHOase) is the third enzyme in the pathway used for the biosynthesis of
pyrimidine nucleotides. In mammals, DHOase is active in a trifunctional enzyme, CAD, which …

[HTML][HTML] Anticancer and Antioxidant Activities of the Root Extract of the Carnivorous Pitcher Plant Sarracenia purpurea

YH Huang, WY Chiang, PJ Chen, ES Lin, CY Huang - Plants, 2022 - mdpi.com
The carnivorous pitcher plant Sarracenia purpurea exhibits many ethnobotanical uses,
including the treatments of type 2 diabetes and tuberculosis-like symptoms. In this study, we …

[HTML][HTML] A novel murine model of pyoderma gangrenosum reveals that inflammatory skin-gut crosstalk is mediated by IL-1β-primed neutrophils

S Jatana, AK Ponti, EE Johnson, NA Rebert… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Pyoderma gangrenosum (PG) is a debilitating skin condition often accompanied by
inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Strikingly,~ 40% of patients that present with PG have …

[HTML][HTML] Enzymes dysregulation in cancer: from diagnosis to therapeutical approaches

V Pozzi, R Campagna, D Sartini… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
The metabolic reprogramming that occurs in cancer cells is a hallmark of cancer [1]. Indeed,
elucidating the effects of dysregulated metabolism on cancer cell phenotype constitutes the …