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Mechanisms and Implications of Metabolic Heterogeneity in Cancer

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Kim, Jiyeon, DeBerardinis, Ralph J.·2019·Cell Metabolism

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Tumors display reprogrammed metabolic activities that promote cancer progression. We currently possess a limited understanding of the processes governing tumor metabolism in vivo and of the most efficient approaches to identify metabolic vulnerabilities susceptible to therapeutic targeting. While much of the literature focuses on stereotyped, cell-autonomous pathways like glycolysis, recent work emphasizes heterogeneity and flexibility of metabolism between tumors and even within distinct regions of solid tumors. Metabolic heterogeneity is important because it influences therapeutic vulnerabilities and may predict clinical outcomes. This Review describes current concepts about metabolic regulation in tumors, focusing on processes intrinsic to cancer cells and on factors imposed upon cancer cells by the tumor microenvironment. We discuss experimental approaches to identify subtype-selective metabolic vulnerabilities in preclinical cancer models. Finally, we describe efforts to characterize metabolism in primary human tumors, which should produce new insights into metabolic heterogeneity in the context of clinically relevant microenvironments.

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Authors
Kim, J., & DeBerardinis, R. J.
Affiliations
  • University of Illinois Chicago (US)
  • Children's Medical Center (US)
Corresponding author
DeBerardinis, Ralph J.
Venue
Cell Metabolism
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2019-09
Volume
30
Issue
3
Pages
434-446
ISSN
1550-4131 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2971544885
Cited by
606
References
156
Citations by year
2026: 66 · 2025: 96 · 2024: 99 · 2023: 112 · 2022: 98 · 2021: 96 · 2020: 36 · 2019: 1
FWCI
5.53
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Cell Metabolism (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • National Cancer Institute
  • Moody Foundation
  • Howard Hughes Medical Institute
  • American Lung Association
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Cancer Research › Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Cancer Research › Cancer, Lipids, and Metabolism
Keywords
tumor metabolic heterogeneity, cancer metabolism, tumor metabolic reprogramming, tumor microenvironment, metabolic vulnerability, glycolysis, solid tumors, tumor subtypes
MeSH terms
Animals, Glycolysis, Humans, Mitochondria, Neoplasms, T-Lymphocytes, Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic, Epigenesis, Genetic, Tumor Microenvironment

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