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The Diverse Functions of Non-Essential Amino Acids in Cancer

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Choi, Bo-Hyun, Coloff, Jonathan L.·2019·Cancers

DOI 10.3390/cancers11050675PMC PMC6562791

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Far beyond simply being 11 of the 20 amino acids needed for protein synthesis, non-essential amino acids play numerous important roles in tumor metabolism. These diverse functions include providing precursors for the biosynthesis of macromolecules, controlling redox status and antioxidant systems, and serving as substrates for post-translational and epigenetic modifications. This functional diversity has sparked great interest in targeting non-essential amino acid metabolism for cancer therapy and has motivated the development of several therapies that are either already used in the clinic or are currently in clinical trials. In this review, we will discuss the important roles that each of the 11 non-essential amino acids play in cancer, how their metabolic pathways are linked, and how researchers are working to overcome the unique challenges of targeting non-essential amino acid metabolism for cancer therapy.

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Figure 1 The interconnected pathways of non-essential amino acids (NEAA) metabolism. Glutamine and glutamate have a central role in non-essential amino acid metabolism, and can each be used for the synthesis of other NEAAs. Glutamate can be utilized to generate alanine, aspartate, serine and proline. Aspartate is further utilized to generate asparagine (with nitrogen from glutamine) and can be used in the urea cycle to make arginine. Serine donates methyl groups for one-carbon metabolism and makes glycine in the process. Serine can also be used in the transsulfuration pathway to generate cysteine. Tyrosine is the only NEAA not directly connected to the others, as it is separately synthesized from phenylalanine. Green circles indicate non-essential amino acids. Abbreviations: Gln = glutamine; Glu = glutamate; Phe = phenylalanine; Tyr = tyrosine; Ala = alanine; Pro = proline; Asp = aspartate; Asn = asparagine; Arg = arginine; Ser = serine; Gly = glycine; Met = methionine; Cys = cysteine; α-KG = α-ketoglutarate; ALT1/2 = alanine aminotransferase 1/2; AST1/2 = aspartate aminotransferase 1/2; ASNS = asparagine synthetase; ASS1 = argininosuccinate synthetase 1; ASL = argininosuccinate lyase; BCAT1/2 = branched-chain aminotransferase 1/2; GDH = glutamate dehydrogenase; GLS = glutaminase; GS = glutamine synthetase; OAA = oxaloacetate; PAH = phenylalanine hydroxylase; PHGDH = phosphoglycerate dehydrogenase; PSAT1 = phosphoserine aminotransferase 1; PSPH = phosphoserine phosphatase; P5CS = pyrroline-5-carboxylate reductase; PRODH = proline dehydrogenase; PYCR = pyrroline-5-carboxylate reductase; Pyr = pyruvate; 3-PG = 3-phosphoglycerate; 3-PHP = 3-phosphohydroxypyruvate; 3-PS = 3-phosphoserine; SHMT1/2 = serine hydroxymethyltransferase-1/2; THF = tetrahydrofolate; 5,10-mTHF = 5,10-methylenetetrahydrofolate; NH3 = ammonia.CC BY · PubMed Central

Figure 2 The Diverse Functional Roles of NEAA in cancer. Non-essential amino acids have diverse functions in cancer cells. NADPH = Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate.CC BY · PubMed Central

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Authors: Choi, B.-H., & Coloff, J. L.
Affiliations: University of Illinois Chicago (US)
Corresponding author: Coloff, Jonathan L.
ORCID: Choi, Bo-Hyun
Coloff, Jonathan L.
Venue: Cancers
Publisher: MDPI AG
Published: 2019-05-15
Volume: 11
Issue: 5
Pages: 675
ISSN: 2072-6694 (ISSN-L)
DOI: 10.3390/cancers11050675
PMC: PMC6562791
OpenAlex: W2945497873
Cited by: 213
References: 159
Citations by year: 2026: 16 · 2025: 27 · 2024: 37 · 2023: 30 · 2022: 42 · 2021: 32 · 2020: 21 · 2019: 8
FWCI: 2.79
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: gold
dx.doi.org
Licence: cc-by
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Locations: Cancers (publishedVersion, cc-by)
Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion, cc-by)
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PubMed (publishedVersion)
DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
Funders: National Cancer Institute (K22CA215828)
Topics: Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Biochemistry › Amino Acid Enzymes and Metabolism
Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Cancer Research › Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism
Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Biotechnology › Bacterial Cancer Therapy
Keywords: non-essential amino acids, cancer metabolism, amino acid biosynthesis, redox state, antioxidant defense, post-translational modification, epigenetic modifications, cancer therapy

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