Metabolic determinants of tumour initiation Review


Authors: Brunner, J. S.; Finley, L. W. S.
Review Title: Metabolic determinants of tumour initiation
Abstract: Tumours exhibit notable metabolic alterations compared with their corresponding normal tissue counterparts. These metabolic alterations can support anabolic growth, enable survival in hostile environments and regulate gene expression programmes that promote malignant progression. Whether these metabolic changes are selected for during malignant transformation or can themselves be drivers of tumour initiation is unclear. However, intriguingly, many of the major bottlenecks for tumour initiation - control of cell fate, survival and proliferation - are all amenable to metabolic regulation. In this article, we review evidence demonstrating a critical role for metabolic pathways in processes that support the earliest stages of tumour development. We discuss how cell-intrinsic factors, such as the cell of origin or transforming oncogene, and cell-extrinsic factors, such as local nutrient availability, promote or restrain tumour initiation. Deeper insight into how metabolic pathways control tumour initiation will improve our ability to design metabolic interventions to limit tumour incidence.
Journal Title: Nature Reviews Endocrinology
Volume: 19
Issue: 3
ISSN: 1759-5029
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group  
Date Published: 2023-03-01
Start Page: 134
End Page: 150
Language: English
DOI: 10.1038/s41574-022-00773-5
PROVIDER: EBSCOhost
PUBMED: 36446897
PROVIDER: cinahl
PMCID: PMC9936806
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Notes: The MSK Cancer Center Support Grant (P30 CA008748) is acknowledged in the PubMed record and PDF. Corresponding author is MSK author Lydia W. S. Finley -- Source: Cinahl
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