Glutamine metabolism in breast cancer and possible therapeutic targets

S Li, H Zeng, J Fan, F Wang, C Xu, Y Li, J Tu… - Biochemical …, 2023 - Elsevier
Cancer is characterized by metabolic reprogramming, which is a hot topic in tumor treatment
research. Cancer cells alter metabolic pathways to promote their growth, and the common …

The regulation of astrocytic glutamate transporters in health and neurodegenerative diseases

AC Todd, GE Hardingham - International journal of molecular sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
The astrocytic glutamate transporters excitatory amino acid transporters 1 and 2 (EAAT1 and
EAAT2) play a key role in nervous system function to maintain extracellular glutamate levels …

Understanding the role of cysteine in ferroptosis: progress & paradoxes

CD Poltorack, SJ Dixon - The FEBS journal, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Cysteine is a conditionally essential amino acid required for the synthesis of proteins and
many important intracellular metabolites. Cysteine depletion can trigger iron‐dependent …

Targeting gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase: A pleiotropic enzyme involved in glutathione metabolism and in the control of redox homeostasis

A Mitrić, I Castellano - Free Radical Biology and Medicine, 2023 - Elsevier
Gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase (GGT) is an enzyme located on the outer membrane of the
cells where it regulates the metabolism of glutathione (GSH), the most abundant intracellular …

RB/E2F1 as a master regulator of cancer cell metabolism in advanced disease

AC Mandigo, W Yuan, K Xu, P Gallagher, A Pang… - Cancer discovery, 2021 - AACR
Loss of the retinoblastoma (RB) tumor suppressor protein is a critical step in reprogramming
biological networks that drive cancer progression, although mechanistic insight has been …

The role of glutamate receptors in the regulation of the tumor microenvironment

S Koda, J Hu, X Ju, G Sun, S Shao, RX Tang… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Glutamate, as one of the most important carbon sources in the TCA cycle, is central in
metabolic processes that will subsequently influence tumor progression. Several factors can …

Structural insights into inhibitory mechanism of human excitatory amino acid transporter EAAT2

T Kato, T Kusakizako, C Jin, X Zhou, R Ohgaki… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Glutamate is a pivotal excitatory neurotransmitter in mammalian brains, but excessive
glutamate causes numerous neural disorders. Almost all extracellular glutamate is retrieved …

[HTML][HTML] NAT10-mediated mRNA N4-acetylcytidine reprograms serine metabolism to drive leukaemogenesis and stemness in acute myeloid leukaemia

S Zhang, F Huang, Y Wang, Y Long, Y Li, Y Kang… - Nature Cell …, 2024 - nature.com
RNA modification has emerged as an important epigenetic mechanism that controls
abnormal metabolism and growth in acute myeloid leukaemia (AML). However, the roles of …

Anticancer properties of lobetyolin, an essential component of Radix Codonopsis (Dangshen)

C Bailly - Natural products and bioprospecting, 2021 - Springer
Lobetyolin (LBT) is a polyacetylene glycoside found in diverse medicinal plants but mainly
isolated from the roots of Codonopsis pilosula, known as Radix Codonopsis or Dangshen …

A review of small-molecule inhibitors of one-carbon enzymes: SHMT2 and MTHFD2 in the spotlight

CR Cuthbertson, Z Arabzada… - ACS Pharmacology & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Metabolic reprogramming is a key hallmark of cancer and shifts cellular metabolism to meet
the demands of biomass production necessary for abnormal cell reproduction. One-carbon …