Amino acid metabolism in health and disease

ZN Ling, YF Jiang, JN Ru, JH Lu, B Ding… - Signal Transduction and …, 2023 - nature.com
Amino acids are the building blocks of protein synthesis. They are structural elements and
energy sources of cells necessary for normal cell growth, differentiation and function. Amino …

Metabolic networks in mutant KRAS-driven tumours: tissue specificities and the microenvironment

SA Kerk, T Papagiannakopoulos, YM Shah… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
Oncogenic mutations in KRAS drive common metabolic programmes that facilitate tumour
survival, growth and immune evasion in colorectal carcinoma, non-small-cell lung cancer …

Arginine signaling and cancer metabolism

CL Chen, SC Hsu, DK Ann, Y Yen, HJ Kung - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary In this review, we describe arginine's role as a signaling metabolite,
epigenetic regulator and mitochondrial modulator in cancer cells, and summarize recent …

Suppression of the SLC7A11/glutathione axis causes synthetic lethality in KRAS-mutant lung adenocarcinoma

K Hu, K Li, J Lv, J Feng, J Chen, H Wu… - The Journal of …, 2020 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Oncogenic KRAS is a major driver in lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD) that has yet to be
therapeutically conquered. Here we report that the SLC7A11/glutathione axis displays …

Potential mechanisms connecting purine metabolism and cancer therapy

J Yin, W Ren, X Huang, J Deng, T Li, Y Yin - Frontiers in immunology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Unrestricted cell proliferation is a hallmark of cancer. Purines are basic components of
nucleotides in cell proliferation, thus impaired purine metabolism is associated with the …

Amino acid transporters revisited: New views in health and disease

P Kandasamy, G Gyimesi, Y Kanai… - Trends in biochemical …, 2018 - cell.com
Amino acid transporters (AATs) are membrane-bound transport proteins that mediate
transfer of amino acids into and out of cells or cellular organelles. AATs have diverse …

[HTML][HTML] Microbial community heterogeneity within colorectal neoplasia and its correlation with colorectal carcinogenesis

W Liu, X Zhang, H Xu, S Li, HCH Lau, Q Chen, B Zhang… - Gastroenterology, 2021 - Elsevier
Background & Aims Gut microbial dysbiosis has pivotal involvement in colorectal cancer
(CRC). However, the intratumoral microbiota and its association with CRC progression …

[HTML][HTML] In colorectal cancer cells with mutant KRAS, SLC25A22-mediated glutaminolysis reduces DNA demethylation to increase WNT signaling, stemness, and drug …

CC Wong, J Xu, X Bian, JL Wu, W Kang, Y Qian, W Li… - Gastroenterology, 2020 - Elsevier
Background & Aims Mutant KRAS promotes glutaminolysis, a process that uses steps from
the tricarboxylic cycle to convert glutamine to α-ketoglutarate and other molecules via …

Single-cell metabolic fingerprints discover a cluster of circulating tumor cells with distinct metastatic potential

W Zhang, F Xu, J Yao, C Mao, M Zhu, M Qian… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Circulating tumor cells (CTCs) are recognized as direct seeds of metastasis. However, CTC
count may not be the “best” indicator of metastatic risk because their heterogeneity is …

Metabolic reprogramming of colorectal cancer cells and the microenvironment: implication for therapy

M Nenkov, Y Ma, N Gaßler, Y Chen - International journal of molecular …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Colorectal carcinoma (CRC) is one of the most frequently diagnosed carcinomas and one of
the leading causes of cancer-related death worldwide. Metabolic reprogramming, a hallmark …