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Targeting Glutamine Induces Apoptosis: A Cancer Therapy Approach

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Chen, Lian, Cui, Hengmin·2015·International Journal of Molecular Sciences

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Glutamine metabolism has been proved to be dysregulated in many cancer cells, and is essential for proliferation of most cancer cells, which makes glutamine an appealing target for cancer therapy. In order to be well used by cells, glutamine must be transported to cells by specific transporters and converted to glutamate by glutaminase. There are currently several drugs that target glutaminase under development or clinical trials. Also, glutamine metabolism restriction has been proved to be effective in inhibiting tumor growth both in vivo and vitro through inducing apoptosis, growth arrest and/or autophagy. Here, we review recent researches about glutamine metabolism in cancer, and cell death induced by targeting glutamine, and their potential roles in cancer therapy.

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Authors
Chen, L., & Cui, H.
Affiliations
Sichuan Agricultural University (CN)
Corresponding author
Cui, Hengmin
Venue
International Journal of Molecular Sciences
Publisher
MDPI AG
Published
2015-09-22
Volume
16
Issue
9
Pages
22830-22855
ISSN
1422-0067 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2169740379
Cited by
184
References
145
Citations by year
2026: 9 · 2025: 20 · 2024: 22 · 2023: 19 · 2022: 17 · 2021: 14 · 2020: 19 · 2019: 24 · 2018: 11 · 2017: 19 · 2016: 10
FWCI
1.27
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • Sichuan Agricultural University (03570327, 03571189)
  • Program for Changjiang Scholars and Innovative Research Team in University
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 › Cancer Research and Treatments
Keywords
glutamine metabolism, glutaminase, glutamine transporter, apoptosis, cancer therapy, tumor growth inhibition, autophagy, growth arrest, cell death
MeSH terms
Animals, Enzyme Inhibitors, Glutaminase, Glutamine, Humans, Neoplasms, Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic, Tumor Suppressor Protein p53, Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-myc, Apoptosis, ras Proteins, Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1

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