Metabolism of amino acids in cancer

Z Wei, X Liu, C Cheng, W Yu, P Yi - Frontiers in cell and …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Metabolic reprogramming has been widely recognized as a hallmark of malignancy. The
uptake and metabolism of amino acids are aberrantly upregulated in many cancers that …

[HTML][HTML] A critical review of the evidence that metformin is a putative anti-aging drug that enhances healthspan and extends lifespan

I Mohammed, MD Hollenberg, H Ding… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The numerous beneficial health outcomes associated with the use of metformin to treat
patients with type 2 diabetes (T2DM), together with data from pre-clinical studies in animals …

Metabolic networks in mutant KRAS-driven tumours: tissue specificities and the microenvironment

SA Kerk, T Papagiannakopoulos, YM Shah… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
Oncogenic mutations in KRAS drive common metabolic programmes that facilitate tumour
survival, growth and immune evasion in colorectal carcinoma, non-small-cell lung cancer …

Mitochondrial morphology controls fatty acid utilization by changing CPT1 sensitivity to malonyl‐CoA

J Ngo, DW Choi, IA Stanley, L Stiles, AJA Molina… - The EMBO …, 2023 - embopress.org
Abstract Changes in mitochondrial morphology are associated with nutrient utilization, but
the precise causalities and the underlying mechanisms remain unknown. Here, using …

[HTML][HTML] Lactate metabolism in human lung tumors

B Faubert, KY Li, L Cai, CT Hensley, J Kim… - Cell, 2017 - cell.com
Cancer cells consume glucose and secrete lactate in culture. It is unknown whether lactate
contributes to energy metabolism in living tumors. We previously reported that human non …

Reprogramming of glutamine metabolism and its impact on immune response in the tumor microenvironment

G Ma, Z Zhang, P Li, Z Zhang, M Zeng, Z Liang… - Cell Communication and …, 2022 - Springer
Metabolic reprogramming and immune escape play a major role in tumorigenesis.
Increasing number of studies have shown that reprogramming of glutamine metabolism is a …

Increased tumor glycolysis characterizes immune resistance to adoptive T cell therapy

T Cascone, JA McKenzie, RM Mbofung, S Punt… - Cell metabolism, 2018 - cell.com
Adoptive T cell therapy (ACT) produces durable responses in some cancer patients;
however, most tumors are refractory to ACT and the molecular mechanisms underlying …

Glutaminolysis: a hallmark of cancer metabolism

L Yang, S Venneti, D Nagrath - Annual review of biomedical …, 2017 - annualreviews.org
Glutamine is the most abundant circulating amino acid in blood and muscle and is critical for
many fundamental cell functions in cancer cells, including synthesis of metabolites that …

Serine is an essential metabolite for effector T cell expansion

EH Ma, G Bantug, T Griss, S Condotta, RM Johnson… - Cell metabolism, 2017 - cell.com
During immune challenge, T lymphocytes engage pathways of anabolic metabolism to
support clonal expansion and the development of effector functions. Here we report a critical …

Metabolic pathways promoting cancer cell survival and growth

LK Boroughs, RJ DeBerardinis - Nature cell biology, 2015 - nature.com
Activation of oncogenes and loss of tumour suppressors promote metabolic reprogramming
in cancer, resulting in enhanced nutrient uptake to supply energetic and biosynthetic …