Modelling cancer metabolism in vitro: current improvements and future challenges

H Dragic, C Chaveroux, E Cosset… - The FEBS Journal, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Advances in cancer biology over the past decades have revealed that metabolic adaptation
of cancer cells is an essential aspect of tumorigenesis. However, recent insights into tumour …

The utility of 3D models to study cholesterol in cancer: insights and future perspectives

TL du Plessis, N Abdulla, M Kaur - Frontiers in Oncology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Cholesterol remains a vital molecule required for life; however, increasing evidence exists
implicating cholesterol in cancer development and progression. Numerous studies …

[HTML][HTML] Myocardin reverses insulin resistance and ameliorates cardiomyopathy by increasing IRS-1 expression in a murine model of lipodystrophy caused by adipose …

W Yuan, H Lin, Y Sun, L Liu, M Yan, Y Song… - Theranostics, 2024 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Aim: Adipose tissue (AT) dysfunction that occurs in both obesity and lipodystrophy is
associated with the development of cardiomyopathy. However, it is unclear how …

Plasma-Like Culture Medium for the Study of Viruses

MV Golikov, B Bartosch, OA Smirnova, ON Ivanova… - Mbio, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
Viral infections attract more and more attention, especially after the emergence of novel
zoonotic coronaviruses and the monkeypox virus over the last 2 decades. Research on …

Oxygen-independent assays to measure mitochondrial function in mammals

T Tseyang, J Valeros, P Vo, JB Spinelli - JoVE (Journal of Visualized …, 2023 - jove.com
The flow of electrons in the mitochondrial electron transport chain (ETC) supports
multifaceted biosynthetic, bioenergetic, and signaling functions in mammalian cells. As …

[HTML][HTML] Drug screening in human physiologic medium identifies uric acid as an inhibitor of rigosertib efficacy

V Rawat, P DeLear, P Prashanth, ME Ozgurses… - bioRxiv, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The non-physiological nutrient levels found in traditional culture media have been shown to
affect numerous aspects of cancer cell physiology, including how cells respond to certain …

Physiologically refined cell culture conditions uncover oncogene-dependent metabolic signatures in Ewing sarcoma spheroids

AK Ceranski, MJ Carreno-Gonzalez, AC Ehlers… - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
Ewing sarcoma (EwS) cell line culture largely relies on standard techniques, which do not
recapitulate physiological conditions. Here, we report on a physiologically improved …

Investigating the Importance of Physiological Cell Culture Conditions in Modeling Cancer Metabolism and Metabolic Reprogramming

G Gardner - 2024 - dr.library.brocku.ca
Standard cell culture conditions do not mimic the physiological environment of cancer cells.
Traditional culture media contain metabolites at concentrations that far exceed conditions …