Understanding the central role of citrate in the metabolism of cancer cells and tumors: an update

P Icard, A Coquerel, Z Wu, J Gligorov, D Fuks… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Citrate plays a central role in cancer cells' metabolism and regulation. Derived from
mitochondrial synthesis and/or carboxylation of α-ketoglutarate, it is cleaved by ATP-citrate …

Dietary fructose improves intestinal cell survival and nutrient absorption

SR Taylor, S Ramsamooj, RJ Liang, A Katti… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Fructose consumption is linked to the rising incidence of obesity and cancer, which are two
of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality globally,. Dietary fructose metabolism …

[HTML][HTML] Lactylation of PKM2 suppresses inflammatory metabolic adaptation in pro-inflammatory macrophages

J Wang, P Yang, T Yu, M Gao, D Liu… - … journal of biological …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Emerging evidence suggests that metabolic adaptation is a vital hallmark and prerequisite
for macrophage phenotype transition. Pyruvate kinase M2 (PKM2) is an essential molecular …

The role of PKM2 in metabolic reprogramming: insights into the regulatory roles of non-coding RNAs

DL Puckett, M Alquraishi, W Chowanadisai… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Pyruvate kinase is a key regulator in glycolysis through the conversion of
phosphoenolpyruvate (PEP) into pyruvate. Pyruvate kinase exists in various isoforms that …

Methionine oxidation activates pyruvate kinase M2 to promote pancreatic cancer metastasis

D He, H Feng, B Sundberg, J Yang, J Powers… - Molecular cell, 2022 - cell.com
Cancer mortality is primarily a consequence of its metastatic spread. Here, we report that
methionine sulfoxide reductase A (MSRA), which can reduce oxidized methionine residues …

PKM2 promotes pulmonary fibrosis by stabilizing TGF-β1 receptor I and enhancing TGF-β1 signaling

S Gao, X Li, Q Jiang, Q Liang, F Zhang, S Li… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a progressive interstitial lung disease, and the
molecular mechanisms remain poorly understood. Our findings demonstrated that pyruvate …

A metabolic reprogramming amino acid polymer as an immunosurveillance activator and leukemia targeting drug carrier for T‐cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia

C Li, X You, X Xu, B Wu, Y Liu, T Tong… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Compromised immunosurveillance leads to chemotherapy resistance and disease relapse
of hematological malignancies. Amino acid metabolism regulates immune responses and …

Deubiquitinase PSMD14 promotes ovarian cancer progression by decreasing enzymatic activity of PKM2

T Sun, Z Liu, F Bi, Q Yang - Molecular oncology, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Dysregulation of deubiquitination has been reported to contribute to carcinogenesis.
However, the function and mechanism of deubiquitinating enzyme 26S proteasome non …

Targeting allosteric regulation of cancer metabolism

DM Kremer, CA Lyssiotis - Nature Chemical Biology, 2022 - nature.com
Metabolic reprogramming is observed across all cancer types. Indeed, the success of many
classic chemotherapies stems from their targeting of cancer metabolism. Contemporary …

Potassium ion efflux induces exaggerated mitochondrial damage and non-pyroptotic necrosis when energy metabolism is blocked

R Xu, L Yuan, Y Gan, N Lu, Y Li, Z Zhou, Q Zha… - Free Radical Biology …, 2024 - Elsevier
Damage-associated molecular patterns (DAMPs) such as extracellular ATP and nigericin (a
bacterial toxin) not only act as potassium ion (K+) efflux inducers to activate NLRP3 …