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The molecular determinants of de novo nucleotide biosynthesis in cancer cells
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Tumor cells increase the use of anabolic pathways to satisfy the metabolic requirements associated with a high growth rate. Transformed cells take up and metabolize nutrients such as glucose and glutamine at high levels that support anabolic growth. Oncogenic signaling through the PI3K/Akt and Myc pathways directly control glucose and glutamine uptake, respectively. In order to achieve elevated rates of nucleotide biosynthesis, neoplastic cells must divert carbon from PI3K/Akt-induced glycolytic flux into the nonoxidative branch of the pentose phosphate pathway to generate ribose-5-phosphate. This redirection of glucose catabolism appears to be regulated by cytoplasmic tyrosine kinases. Myc-induced glutamine metabolism also increases the abundance and activity of different rate-limiting enzymes that produce the molecular precursors required for de novo nucleotide synthesis. In this review, we will focus on recent progress in understanding how glucose and glutamine metabolism is redirected by oncogenes in order to support de novo nucleotide biosynthesis during proliferation and how metabolic reprogramming can be potentially exploited in the development of new cancer therapies.
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- Authors
- Tong, X., Zhao, F., & Thompson, C. B.
- Affiliations
- Abramson Cancer Center (US)
- Corresponding author
- Tong, Xuemei
- Zhao, Fangping
- Thompson, Craig B
- Venue
- Current Opinion in Genetics & Development
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2009-02
- Volume
- 19
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 32-37
- ISSN
- 0959-437X (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC2707261
- OpenAlex
- W2002869675
- Cited by
- 351
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- FWCI
- 1.91
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- Open access
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- National Cancer Institute (R01CA092660)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Biochemical and Molecular Research
- 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
- Keywords
- cancer metabolism, metabolic reprogramming, PI3K/Akt signaling, c-Myc, glucose metabolism, glutamine metabolism, pentose phosphate pathway, ribose-5-phosphate, glycolysis, oncogenic signaling, cancer therapy
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Cell Transformation, Neoplastic, Glucose, Glutamine, Glycolysis, Humans, Models, Biological, Neoplasms, Pentose Phosphate Pathway, Ribosemonophosphates, Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-myc, Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases, Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases, Cell Line, Tumor, Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt
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