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The metabolic profile of tumors depends on both the responsible genetic lesion and tissue type

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Yuneva, Mariia O., Fan, Teresa W.M., Allen, Thaddeus D., Higashi, Richard M., Ferraris, Dana V., Tsukamoto, Takashi, Matés, José M., Alonso, Francisco J. +4 more·2012·Cell Metabolism

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The altered metabolism of tumors has been considered a target for anticancer therapy. However, the relationship between distinct tumor-initiating lesions and anomalies of tumor metabolism in vivo has not been addressed. We report that MYC-induced mouse liver tumors significantly increase both glucose and glutamine catabolism, whereas MET-induced liver tumors use glucose to produce glutamine. Increased glutamine catabolism in MYC-induced liver tumors is associated with decreased levels of glutamine synthetase (Glul) and the switch from Gls2 to Gls1 glutaminase. In contrast to liver tumors, MYC-induced lung tumors display increased expression of both Glul and Gls1 and accumulate glutamine. We also show that inhibition of Gls1 kills cells that overexpress MYC and catabolize glutamine. Our results suggest that the metabolic profiles of tumors are likely to depend on both the genotype and tissue of origin and have implications regarding the design of therapies targeting tumor metabolism.

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  • Inhibiting glutamine entry into the TCA cycle can blunt tumor progression in a MYC-driven liver cancer model and a MYC-inducible Burkitt lymphoma model.

    “Importantly, inhibiting glutamine entry into the TCA cycle can blunt tumor progression in a MYC-driven cancer model of liver cancer (Xiang et al., 2015; Yuneva et al., 2012) and a MYC-inducible Burkitt lymphoma model (Le et al., 2012; Xiang et al., 2015).”

    From Targeting Metabolism for Cancer Therapy (2017) · cites this paper as Yuneva et al., 2012

  • MYC increases mRNA and protein levels of glutamine transporters and expression of the enzyme glutaminase.

    “MYC has been found to increase mRNA and protein levels of glutamine transporters as well as expression of the enzyme glutaminase, which catalyzes the first step in glutaminolysis (Gao et al., 2009; Wise et al., 2008; Yuneva et al., 2012).”

    From Targeting Metabolism for Cancer Therapy (2017) · cites this paper as Yuneva et al., 2012

  • The tissue in which an oncogene is expressed affects how metabolic reprogramming is carried out.

    “Second, although different oncogenes reprogram metabolism in different ways, the tissue in which the oncogene is expressed affects the execution of metabolic reprogramming.”

    From Metabolic reprogramming and cancer progression (2020) · cites this paper as [5]

  • Transgenic MYC causes metabolic changes in both liver and lung tumors in mice, but it activates glutamine catabolism in lung tumors and glutamine synthesis in liver tumors.

    “Transgenic MYC induces metabolic changes in both liver tumors and lung tumors but activates glutamine catabolism in lung tumors and glutamine synthesis in liver tumors.”

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  • MYC-driven cancer cells exhibit enhanced glutamine utilization with increased expression of GLS1/GLS2 and GLUD1.

    “MYC-driven cancer cells exhibit enhanced glutamine utilization accompanied by increased expression of key glutaminolysis enzymes, including GLS1/GLS2 and GLUD1178–180.”

    From Glutamine reliance in cell metabolism (2020) · cites this paper as [179]

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Yuneva, M. O., Fan, T. W. M., Allen, T. D., Higashi, R. M., Ferraris, D. V., Tsukamoto, T., Matés, J. M., Alonso, F. J., Wang, C., Seo, Y., Chen, X., & Bishop, J. M.
Affiliations
  • University of California, San Francisco (US)
  • University of Louisville (US)
  • Johns Hopkins University (US)
  • Universidad de Málaga (ES)
Corresponding author
Yuneva, Mariia O.
Venue
Cell Metabolism
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2012-02
Volume
15
Issue
2
Pages
157-170
ISSN
1550-4131 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2036659083
Cited by
639
References
64
Citations by year
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FWCI
13.97
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Locations
  • Cell Metabolism (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • National Cancer Institute (R35CA044338, R01CA118434)
  • National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (R21NS074151)
  • National Center for Research Resources (P20RR018733)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Cancer Research › Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Biochemistry › Amino Acid Enzymes and Metabolism
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer
Keywords
cancer metabolism, c-Myc, MET, glutamine catabolism, glutamine synthetase, glutaminase, GLS1, GLS2, liver tumors, lung cancer, genetic lesions, glutamine accumulation
MeSH terms
Animals, Cell Transformation, Neoplastic, Citric Acid Cycle, Glucokinase, Glucose, Glutamine, Humans, Immunohistochemistry, Isotope Labeling, Liver Neoplasms, Experimental, Lung Neoplasms, Immunoblotting, Blotting, Western, Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-myc, DNA Primers, Lactic Acid, Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-met, Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular, RNA Interference, Cell Line, Tumor, Mice, Metabolome

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