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The Biology of Cancer: Metabolic Reprogramming Fuels Cell Growth and Proliferation

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DeBerardinis, Ralph J., Lum, Julian J., Hatzivassiliou, Georgia, Thompson, Craig B.·2008·Cell Metabolism

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Cell proliferation requires nutrients, energy, and biosynthetic activity to duplicate all macromolecular components during each passage through the cell cycle. It is therefore not surprising that metabolic activities in proliferating cells are fundamentally different from those in nonproliferating cells. This review examines the idea that several core fluxes, including aerobic glycolysis, de novo lipid biosynthesis, and glutamine-dependent anaplerosis, form a stereotyped platform supporting proliferation of diverse cell types. We also consider regulation of these fluxes by cellular mediators of signal transduction and gene expression, including the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K)/Akt/mTOR system, hypoxia-inducible factor 1 (HIF-1), and Myc, during physiologic cell proliferation and tumorigenesis.

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  • PI3K/Akt effects on glucose metabolism are also mediated via HIF-independent mechanisms.

    “While the effect of the PI3K/Akt signalling pathway on glycolysis has been shown to be mediated in part via its regulation of HIF-1α expression and transcriptional activity in hypoxia [133,134], several lines of evidence have shown that its effects on glucose metabolism are also mediated via HIF-independent mechanisms.”
  • Studies on proliferating primary lymphocytes have shown that glucose is primarily converted to lactate, demonstrating that aerobic glycolysis is not only restricted to cancer cells.

    “Furthermore, studies on proliferating primary lymphocytes have shown that glucose is primarily converted to lactate, demonstrating that aerobic glycolysis is not only restricted to cancer cells (DeBerardinis et al., 2008).”

    From Therapeutic targeting of hypoxia and hypoxia-inducible factors in cancer (2016) · cites this paper as DeBerardinis et al., 2008

  • Cancer cells preferentially metabolize glucose by aerobic glycolysis, the Warburg effect.

    “Cancer cells preferentially metabolize glucose by aerobic glycolysis, a phenomenon known as the Warburg effect.”
  • mTORC1 appears to be critical for linking PI3K signaling with tumor metabolism.

    “mTORC1 appears to be critical for linking PI3K signaling with tumor metabolism (16, 59, 60).”
  • Tumor cells drive aerobic glycolysis and promote cell proliferation via fueling mitochondrial metabolism.

    “Regarding intrinsic metabolism, several studies have demonstrated that tumor cells drive aerobic glycolysis and promote cell proliferation via fueling mitochondrial metabolism [220, 221].”

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Authors
DeBerardinis, R. J., Lum, J. J., Hatzivassiliou, G., & Thompson, C. B.
Affiliations
  • Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (US)
  • Abramson Cancer Center (US)
Corresponding author
Thompson, Craig B.
Venue
Cell Metabolism
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2008-01
Volume
7
Issue
1
Pages
11-20
ISSN
1550-4131 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2014058353
Cited by
4,088
References
85
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FWCI
10.42
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Cell Metabolism (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institutes of Health (K08 DK072565, PO1 CA104838)
  • Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Cancer Research › Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Cancer Research › Cancer, Lipids, and Metabolism
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer
Keywords
cancer metabolism, metabolic reprogramming, cell proliferation, aerobic glycolysis, PI3K/AKT/mTOR pathway, HIF-1, c-Myc, carcinogenesis, signal transduction
MeSH terms
Animals, Humans, Models, Biological, Neoplasms, Signal Transduction, Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases, Cell Proliferation, Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1

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