Mitochondrial metabolism and cancer

PE Porporato, N Filigheddu, JMBS Pedro, G Kroemer… - Cell research, 2018 - nature.com
Glycolysis has long been considered as the major metabolic process for energy production
and anabolic growth in cancer cells. Although such a view has been instrumental for the …

PGC-1α as a pivotal factor in lipid and metabolic regulation

CF Cheng, HC Ku, H Lin - International journal of molecular sciences, 2018 - mdpi.com
Traditionally, peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ coactivator 1α (PGC-1α), a 91 kDa
transcription factor, regulates lipid metabolism and long-chain fatty acid oxidation by …

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 …

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 profiling using stable isotope tracing reveals distinct patterns of glucose utilization by physiologically activated CD8+ T cells

EH Ma, MJ Verway, RM Johnson, DG Roy… - Immunity, 2019 - cell.com
Naive CD8+ T cells differentiating into effector T cells increase glucose uptake and shift from
quiescent to anabolic metabolism. Although much is known about the metabolism of …

Glutamine metabolism in cancer: understanding the heterogeneity

AA Cluntun, MJ Lukey, RA Cerione, JW Locasale - Trends in cancer, 2017 - cell.com
Reliance on glutamine has long been considered to be a hallmark of cancer cell
metabolism. However, some recent studies have challenged this notion in vivo, prompting a …

Etomoxir actions on regulatory and memory T cells are independent of Cpt1a-mediated fatty acid oxidation

B Raud, DG Roy, AS Divakaruni, TN Tarasenko… - Cell metabolism, 2018 - cell.com
T cell subsets including effector (T eff), regulatory (T reg), and memory (T mem) cells are
characterized by distinct metabolic profiles that influence their differentiation and function …

PDK1-dependent metabolic reprogramming dictates metastatic potential in breast cancer

F Dupuy, S Tabariès, S Andrzejewski, Z Dong, J Blagih… - Cell metabolism, 2015 - cell.com
Metabolic reprogramming is a hallmark of cellular transformation, yet little is known about
metabolic changes that accompany tumor metastasis. Here we show that primary breast …

The energy sensor AMPK regulates T cell metabolic adaptation and effector responses in vivo

J Blagih, F Coulombe, EE Vincent, F Dupuy… - Immunity, 2015 - cell.com
Naive T cells undergo metabolic reprogramming to support the increased energetic and
biosynthetic demands of effector T cell function. However, how nutrient availability …

Fructose reprogrammes glutamine-dependent oxidative metabolism to support LPS-induced inflammation

N Jones, J Blagih, F Zani, A Rees, DG Hill… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Fructose intake has increased substantially throughout the developed world and is
associated with obesity, type 2 diabetes and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. Currently, our …