Amino acids in cancer and cachexia: An integrated view

M Ragni, C Fornelli, E Nisoli, F Penna - Cancers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Cancer metabolism is an emerging field of investigation aimed at
identifying cancer cell vulnerabilities in order to define novel anti-cancer therapeutic …

Spotlight on GOT2 in Cancer Metabolism

SA Kerk, J Garcia-Bermudez, K Birsoy… - OncoTargets and …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
GOT2 is at the nexus of several critical metabolic pathways in homeostatic cellular and
dysregulated cancer metabolism. Despite this, recent work has emphasized the remarkable …

Microglia mitochondrial complex I deficiency during development induces glial dysfunction and early lethality

B Mora-Romero, N Capelo-Carrasco… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Primary mitochondrial diseases (PMDs) are associated with pediatric neurological disorders
and are traditionally related to oxidative phosphorylation system (OXPHOS) defects in …

Mitochondrial redox adaptations enable alternative aspartate synthesis in SDH-deficient cells

ML Hart, E Quon, ALBG Vigil, IA Engstrom, OJ Newsom… - Elife, 2023 - elifesciences.org
The oxidative tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle is a central mitochondrial pathway integrating
catabolic conversions of NAD+ to NADH and anabolic production of aspartate, a key amino …

Residual Complex I activity and amphidirectional Complex II operation support glutamate catabolism through mtSLP in anoxia

D Ravasz, D Bui, S Nazarian, G Pallag, N Karnok… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Anoxia halts oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS) causing an accumulation of reduced
compounds in the mitochondrial matrix which impedes dehydrogenases. By simultaneously …

Tolerant and Rapid Endochondral Bone Regeneration Using Framework‐Enhanced 3D Biomineralized Matrix Hydrogels

B Bai, Y Liu, J Huang, S Wang, H Chen… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Tissue‐engineered bone has emerged as a promising alternative for bone defect repair due
to the advantages of regenerative bone healing and physiological functional reconstruction …

What causes cardiac mitochondrial failure at high environmental temperatures?

AJR Hickey, AR Harford, PU Blier… - Journal of …, 2024 - journals.biologists.com
Although a mechanism accounting for hyperthermic death at critical temperatures remains
elusive, the mitochondria of crucial active excitable tissues (ie heart and brain) may well be …

Metabolic regulation of the glioblastoma stem cell epitranscriptome by malate dehydrogenase 2

D Lv, D Dixit, AF Cruz, LJY Kim, L Duan, X Xu, Q Wu… - Cell metabolism, 2024 - cell.com
Tumors reprogram their metabolism to generate complex neoplastic ecosystems. Here, we
demonstrate that glioblastoma (GBM) stem cells (GSCs) display elevated activity of the …

Metabolic priming by multiple enzyme systems supports glycolysis, HIF1α stabilisation, and human cancer cell survival in early hypoxia

F Grimm, A Asuaje, A Jain, M Silva dos Santos… - The EMBO …, 2024 - embopress.org
Adaptation to chronic hypoxia occurs through changes in protein expression, which are
controlled by hypoxia-inducible factor 1α (HIF1α) and are necessary for cancer cell survival …

GLUD1 determines murine muscle stem cell fate by controlling mitochondrial glutamate levels

I Soro-Arnáiz, G Fitzgerald, S Cherkaoui, J Zhang… - Developmental Cell, 2024 - cell.com
Muscle stem cells (MuSCs) enable muscle growth and regeneration after exercise or injury,
but how metabolism controls their regenerative potential is poorly understood. We describe …