Oncogenic PIK3CA mutations reprogram glutamine metabolism in colorectal cancer
oleh: Yujun Hao, Yardena Samuels, Qingling Li, Dawid Krokowski, Bo-Jhih Guan, Chao Wang, Zhicheng Jin, Bohan Dong, Bo Cao, Xiujing Feng, Min Xiang, Claire Xu, Stephen Fink, Neal J. Meropol, Yan Xu, Ronald A. Conlon, Sanford Markowitz, Kenneth W. Kinzler, Victor E. Velculescu, Henri Brunengraber, Joseph E. Willis, Thomas LaFramboise, Maria Hatzoglou, Guo-Fang Zhang, Bert Vogelstein, Zhenghe Wang
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| Diterbitkan: | Nature Portfolio 2016-06-01 |
Deskripsi
Cancer cells rely on glutamine to replenish the TCA cycle. Here, the authors show that oncogenic PIK3CAmutations drive this metabolic rewiring in colorectal cancer cells by up-regulating glutamate pyruvate transaminase expression, thus increasing sensitivity to glutamine starvation.