Targeting glucose metabolism enzymes in cancer treatment: current and emerging strategies

Y Zhang, Q Li, Z Huang, B Li, EC Nice, C Huang, L Wei… - Cancers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Reprogramming of glucose metabolism is a hallmark of cancer and can be
targeted by therapeutic agents. Some metabolism regulators, such as ivosidenib and …

6-Phosphogluconate dehydrogenase links oxidative PPP, lipogenesis and tumour growth by inhibiting LKB1–AMPK signalling

R Lin, S Elf, C Shan, HB Kang, Q Ji, L Zhou… - Nature cell …, 2015 - nature.com
The oxidative pentose phosphate pathway (PPP) contributes to tumour growth, but the
precise contribution of 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase (6PGD), the third enzyme in this …

O-GlcNAcylation of PGK1 coordinates glycolysis and TCA cycle to promote tumor growth

H Nie, H Ju, J Fan, X Shi, Y Cheng, X Cang… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Many cancer cells display enhanced glycolysis and suppressed mitochondrial metabolism.
This phenomenon, known as the Warburg effect, is critical for tumor development. However …

Phosphorylation-mediated activation of LDHA promotes cancer cell invasion and tumour metastasis

L Jin, J Chun, C Pan, GN Alesi, D Li, KR Magliocca… - Oncogene, 2017 - nature.com
Metastases remain the major cause of death from cancer. Recent molecular advances have
highlighted the importance of metabolic alterations in cancer cells, including the Warburg …

YiaC and CobB regulate lysine lactylation in Escherichia coli

H Dong, J Zhang, H Zhang, Y Han, C Lu… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Lysine lactylation (Kla) has recently been reported to participate in regulating transcription in
human cells. However, the characterization, regulatory mechanism and functional …

Histone acetyltransferase 1 is a succinyltransferase for histones and non‐histones and promotes tumorigenesis

G Yang, Y Yuan, H Yuan, J Wang, H Yun, Y Geng… - EMBO …, 2021 - embopress.org
Lysine succinylation (Ksucc) is an evolutionarily conserved and widespread post‐
translational modification. Histone acetyltransferase 1 (HAT1) is a type B histone …

O-GlcNAcylation of G6PD promotes the pentose phosphate pathway and tumor growth

X Rao, X Duan, W Mao, X Li, Z Li, Q Li, Z Zheng… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
The pentose phosphate pathway (PPP) plays a critical role in macromolecule biosynthesis
and maintaining cellular redox homoeostasis in rapidly proliferating cells. Upregulation of …

How do glycolytic enzymes favour cancer cell proliferation by nonmetabolic functions?

H Lincet, P Icard - Oncogene, 2015 - nature.com
Cancer cells enhance their glycolysis, producing lactate, even in the presence of oxygen.
Glycolysis is a series of ten metabolic reactions catalysed by enzymes whose expression is …

Glycometabolic rearrangements--aerobic glycolysis in pancreatic cancer: causes, characteristics and clinical applications

L Cao, J Wu, X Qu, J Sheng, M Cui, S Liu… - Journal of Experimental …, 2020 - Springer
Pancreatic cancer is one of the most malignant tumors worldwide, and pancreatic ductal
adenocarcinoma is the most common type. In pancreatic cancer, glycolysis is the primary …

S1P/S1PR3 axis promotes aerobic glycolysis by YAP/c-MYC/PGAM1 axis in osteosarcoma

Y Shen, S Zhao, S Wang, X Pan, Y Zhang, J Xu… - …, 2019 - thelancet.com
Background Osteosarcoma (OS) is a malignant tumor mainly occurring in young people.
Due to the limited effective therapeutic strategies, OS patients cannot achieve further …