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Regulation of cancer cell metabolism: Oncogenic MYC in the driver’s seat

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Dong, Yang, Tu, Rongfu, Liu, Hudan, Qing, Guoliang·2020·Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy

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Cancer cells must rewire cellular metabolism to satisfy the demands of unbridled growth and proliferation. As such, most human cancers differ from normal counterpart tissues by a plethora of energetic and metabolic reprogramming. Transcription factors of the MYC family are deregulated in up to 70% of all human cancers through a variety of mechanisms. Oncogenic levels of MYC regulates almost every aspect of cellular metabolism, a recently revisited hallmark of cancer development. Meanwhile, unrestrained growth in response to oncogenic MYC expression creates dependency on MYC-driven metabolic pathways, which in principle provides novel targets for development of effective cancer therapeutics. In the current review, we summarize the significant progress made toward understanding how MYC deregulation fuels metabolic rewiring in malignant transformation.

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  • c-Myc is the master regulator of the metabolic network, affecting different metabolic processes and transactivating almost all genes that code for enzymes of glycolysis and one-carbon metabolism.

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Authors
Dong, Y., Tu, R., Liu, H., & Qing, G.
Affiliations
Wuhan University (CN)
Corresponding author
Qing, Guoliang
Venue
Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy
Published
2020-07-10
Volume
5
Issue
1
Pages
124-124
ISSN
2059-3635 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W3041824636
Cited by
405
References
120
Citations by year
2026: 84 · 2025: 87 · 2024: 71 · 2023: 48 · 2022: 58 · 2021: 51 · 2020: 6
FWCI
4.15
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
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  • Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • National Natural Science Foundation of China (81830084, 81725013)
  • Wuhan University (TFJC2018005)
  • Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (2042020kf0215)
  • National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars (81725013)
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
c-Myc, cancer metabolism, metabolic reprogramming, malignant transformation, cancer therapeutics, metabolic dependencies
MeSH terms
Animals, Cell Transformation, Neoplastic, Humans, Neoplasms, Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic, Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-myc

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