Increased formate overflow is a hallmark of oxidative cancer

oleh: Johannes Meiser, Anne Schuster, Matthias Pietzke, Johan Vande Voorde, Dimitris Athineos, Kristell Oizel, Guillermo Burgos-Barragan, Niek Wit, Sandeep Dhayade, Jennifer P. Morton, Emmanuel Dornier, David Sumpton, Gillian M. Mackay, Karen Blyth, Ketan J. Patel, Simone P. Niclou, Alexei Vazquez

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2018-04-01

Deskripsi

Serine catabolism to formate supplies one-carbon units for biosynthesis. Here the authors show that formate production in murine cancers with high oxidative metabolism exceeds the biosynthetic demand and that high formate levels promotes invasion of cancer cells.