Metabolic reprogramming and epigenetic modifications in cancer: from the impacts and mechanisms to the treatment potential

X Xu, Q Peng, X Jiang, S Tan, Y Yang… - … & Molecular Medicine, 2023 - nature.com
Metabolic reprogramming and epigenetic modifications are hallmarks of cancer cells. In
cancer cells, metabolic pathway activity varies during tumorigenesis and cancer …

Tumor microenvironment targeted nanotherapeutics for cancer therapy and diagnosis: A review

S Thakkar, D Sharma, K Kalia, RK Tekade - Acta biomaterialia, 2020 - Elsevier
Recent findings suggest that the cellular and extracellular materials surrounding the
cancerous cells from an atypical tumor microenvironment (TM) play a pivotal role in the …

The ins and outs of serine and glycine metabolism in cancer

SL Geeraerts, E Heylen, K De Keersmaecker… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Cancer cells reprogramme their metabolism to support unrestrained proliferation and
survival in nutrient-poor conditions. Whereas non-transformed cells often have lower …

The α-ketoglutarate dehydrogenase complex as a hub of plasticity in neurodegeneration and regeneration

GE Hansen, GE Gibson - International journal of molecular sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
Abnormal glucose metabolism is central to neurodegeneration, and considerable evidence
suggests that abnormalities in key enzymes of the tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle underlie the …

α-Ketoglutarate attenuates Wnt signaling and drives differentiation in colorectal cancer

TQ Tran, EA Hanse, AN Habowski, H Li… - Nature cancer, 2020 - nature.com
Genetic-driven deregulation of the Wnt pathway is crucial but not sufficient for colorectal
cancer (CRC) tumorigenesis. Here, we show that environmental glutamine restriction further …

Engineering prostate cancer in vitro: what does it take?

A Buskin, E Scott, R Nelson, L Gaughan, CN Robson… - Oncogene, 2023 - nature.com
A key challenge in the clinical management and cause of treatment failure of prostate cancer
(PCa) is its molecular, cellular and clinical heterogeneity. Modelling systems that fully …

Dietary glutamine supplementation suppresses epigenetically-activated oncogenic pathways to inhibit melanoma tumour growth

MB Ishak Gabra, Y Yang, H Li, P Senapati… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Tumour cells adapt to nutrient deprivation in vivo, yet strategies targeting the nutrient poor
microenvironment remain unexplored. In melanoma, tumour cells often experience low …

Histone methyltransferase DOT1L as a promising epigenetic target for treatment of solid tumors

E Alexandrova, A Salvati, G Pecoraro, J Lamberti… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The histone lysine methyltransferase DOT1L (DOT1-like histone lysine methyltransferase) is
responsible for the epigenetic regulation of gene expression through specific methylation of …

ZNF711 down-regulation promotes CISPLATIN resistance in epithelial ovarian cancer via interacting with JHDM2A and suppressing SLC31A1 expression

G Wu, H Peng, M Tang, M Yang, J Wang, Y Hu, Z Li… - …, 2021 - thelancet.com
Background Resistance to platinum-based chemotherapy is a major cause of therapeutic
failure during the treatment of epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) patients. Our study aims to …

Stromal nicotinamide N-methyltransferase orchestrates the crosstalk between fibroblasts and tumour cells in oral squamous cell carcinoma: evidence from patient …

H Zhao, R Li, Y Chen, X Yang, Z Shang - Oncogene, 2023 - nature.com
Nicotinamide N-methyltransferase (NNMT) has been reported to be linked to methylation
reprogramming in cancer cells. However, the role of NNMT in the tumour microenvironment …