Metabolism of amino acids in cancer

Z Wei, X Liu, C Cheng, W Yu, P Yi - Frontiers in cell and …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Metabolic reprogramming has been widely recognized as a hallmark of malignancy. The
uptake and metabolism of amino acids are aberrantly upregulated in many cancers that …

mTOR signalling and cellular metabolism are mutual determinants in cancer

D Mossmann, S Park, MN Hall - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2018 - nature.com
Oncogenic signalling and metabolic alterations are interrelated in cancer cells. mTOR,
which is frequently activated in cancer, controls cell growth and metabolism. mTOR …

Serine synthesis pathway inhibition cooperates with dietary serine and glycine limitation for cancer therapy

M Tajan, M Hennequart, EC Cheung, F Zani… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Many tumour cells show dependence on exogenous serine and dietary serine and glycine
starvation can inhibit the growth of these cancers and extend survival in mice. However …

The emerging hallmarks of cancer metabolism

NN Pavlova, CB Thompson - Cell metabolism, 2016 - cell.com
Tumorigenesis is dependent on the reprogramming of cellular metabolism as both direct
and indirect consequence of oncogenic mutations. A common feature of cancer cell …

Serine, glycine and one-carbon metabolism in cancer

S Pan, M Fan, Z Liu, X Li… - … Journal of Oncology, 2020 - spandidos-publications.com
Serine/glycine biosynthesis and one-carbon metabolism are crucial in sustaining cancer cell
survival and rapid proliferation, and of high clinical relevance. Excessive activation of …

Serine and one-carbon metabolism in cancer

M Yang, KH Vousden - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2016 - nature.com
The non-essential amino acid serine supports several metabolic processes that are crucial
for the growth and survival of proliferating cells, including protein, amino acid and …

Modulating the therapeutic response of tumours to dietary serine and glycine starvation

ODK Maddocks, D Athineos, EC Cheung, P Lee… - Nature, 2017 - nature.com
The non-essential amino acids serine and glycine are used in multiple anabolic processes
that support cancer cell growth and proliferation (reviewed in ref.). While some cancer cells …

Metabolic reprogramming for cancer cells and their microenvironment: Beyond the Warburg Effect

L Sun, C Suo, S Li, H Zhang, P Gao - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Reviews on …, 2018 - Elsevier
While metabolic reprogramming of cancer cells has long been considered from the
standpoint of how and why cancer cells preferentially utilize glucose via aerobic glycolysis …

mTORC1 induces purine synthesis through control of the mitochondrial tetrahydrofolate cycle

I Ben-Sahra, G Hoxhaj, SJH Ricoult, JM Asara… - Science, 2016 - science.org
In response to growth signals, mechanistic target of rapamycin complex 1 (mTORC1)
stimulates anabolic processes underlying cell growth. We found that mTORC1 increases …

[HTML][HTML] Pharmacological activation of pyruvate kinase M2 inhibits CD4+ T cell pathogenicity and suppresses autoimmunity

S Angiari, MC Runtsch, CE Sutton… - Cell metabolism, 2020 - cell.com
Pyruvate kinase (PK) catalyzes the conversion of phosphoenolpyruvate to pyruvate during
glycolysis. The PK isoform PKM2 has additional roles in regulation of gene transcription and …