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Yan CY, Zhao ML, Wei YN, Zhao XH. Mechanisms of drug resistance in breast cancer liver metastases: Dilemmas and opportunities. Mol Ther Oncolytics 2023; 28:212-229. [PMID: 36860815 PMCID: PMC9969274 DOI: 10.1016/j.omto.2023.02.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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Breast cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related deaths in females worldwide, and the liver is one of the most common sites of distant metastases in breast cancer patients. Patients with breast cancer liver metastases face limited treatment options, and drug resistance is highly prevalent, leading to a poor prognosis and a short survival. Liver metastases respond extremely poorly to immunotherapy and have shown resistance to treatments such as chemotherapy and targeted therapies. Therefore, to develop and to optimize treatment strategies as well as to explore potential therapeutic approaches, it is crucial to understand the mechanisms of drug resistance in breast cancer liver metastases patients. In this review, we summarize recent advances in the research of drug resistance mechanisms in breast cancer liver metastases and discuss their therapeutic potential for improving patient prognoses and outcomes.
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- Chun-Yan Yan
- Department of Clinical Oncology, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang 110022, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Clinical Oncology, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang 110022, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Clinical Oncology, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang 110022, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Clinical Oncology, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang 110022, People’s Republic of China
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Voigt AL, Dardari R, Lara NLM, He T, Steele H, Dufour A, Orwig KE, Dobrinski I. Multiomics approach to profiling Sertoli cell maturation during development of the spermatogonial stem cell niche. Mol Hum Reprod 2023; 29:gaad004. [PMID: 36688722 PMCID: PMC9976880 DOI: 10.1093/molehr/gaad004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2022] [Revised: 11/10/2022] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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Spermatogonial stem cells (SSCs) are the basis of spermatogenesis, a complex process supported by a specialized microenvironment, called the SSC niche. Postnatal development of SSCs is characterized by distinct metabolic transitions from prepubertal to adult stages. An understanding of the niche factors that regulate these maturational events is critical for the clinical application of SSCs in fertility preservation. To investigate the niche maturation events that take place during SSC maturation, we combined different '-omics' technologies. Serial single cell RNA sequencing analysis revealed changes in the transcriptomes indicative of niche maturation that was initiated at 11 years of age in humans and at 8 weeks of age in pigs, as evident by Monocle analysis of Sertoli cells and peritubular myoid cell (PMC) development in humans and Sertoli cell analysis in pigs. Morphological niche maturation was associated with lipid droplet accumulation, a characteristic that was conserved between species. Lipidomic profiling revealed an increase in triglycerides and a decrease in sphingolipids with Sertoli cell maturation in the pig model. Quantitative (phospho-) proteomics analysis detected the activation of distinct pathways with porcine Sertoli cell maturation. We show here that the main aspects of niche maturation coincide with the morphological maturation of SSCs, which is followed by their metabolic maturation. The main aspects are also conserved between the species and can be predicted by changes in the niche lipidome. Overall, this knowledge is pivotal to establishing cell/tissue-based biomarkers that could gauge stem cell maturation to facilitate laboratory techniques that allow for SSC transplantation for restoration of fertility.
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- A L Voigt
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
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- Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, Magee-Women’s Research Institute, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
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Correia-Melo C, Kamrad S, Tengölics R, Messner CB, Trebulle P, Townsend S, Jayasree Varma S, Freiwald A, Heineike BM, Campbell K, Herrera-Dominguez L, Kaur Aulakh S, Szyrwiel L, Yu JSL, Zelezniak A, Demichev V, Mülleder M, Papp B, Alam MT, Ralser M. Cell-cell metabolite exchange creates a pro-survival metabolic environment that extends lifespan. Cell 2023; 186:63-79.e21. [PMID: 36608659 DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2022.12.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2022] [Revised: 09/07/2022] [Accepted: 12/05/2022] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Metabolism is deeply intertwined with aging. Effects of metabolic interventions on aging have been explained with intracellular metabolism, growth control, and signaling. Studying chronological aging in yeast, we reveal a so far overlooked metabolic property that influences aging via the exchange of metabolites. We observed that metabolites exported by young cells are re-imported by chronologically aging cells, resulting in cross-generational metabolic interactions. Then, we used self-establishing metabolically cooperating communities (SeMeCo) as a tool to increase metabolite exchange and observed significant lifespan extensions. The longevity of the SeMeCo was attributable to metabolic reconfigurations in methionine consumer cells. These obtained a more glycolytic metabolism and increased the export of protective metabolites that in turn extended the lifespan of cells that supplied them with methionine. Our results establish metabolite exchange interactions as a determinant of cellular aging and show that metabolically cooperating cells can shape the metabolic environment to extend their lifespan.
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- Clara Correia-Melo
- The Molecular Biology of Metabolism Laboratory, The Francis Crick Institute, London NW1 1AT, UK; Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1QW, UK; Department of Biochemistry, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, 10117 Berlin, Germany.
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- The Molecular Biology of Metabolism Laboratory, The Francis Crick Institute, London NW1 1AT, UK
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- Synthetic and Systems Biology Unit, Institute of Biochemistry, Biological Research Centre, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, Szeged 6726, Hungary; HCEMM-BRC Metabolic Systems Biology Lab, Szeged 6726, Hungary
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- The Molecular Biology of Metabolism Laboratory, The Francis Crick Institute, London NW1 1AT, UK; Precision Proteomics Center, Swiss Institute of Allergy and Asthma Research (SIAF), University of Zurich, 7265 Davos, Switzerland
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- The Molecular Biology of Metabolism Laboratory, The Francis Crick Institute, London NW1 1AT, UK; The Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 7BN, UK
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- The Molecular Biology of Metabolism Laboratory, The Francis Crick Institute, London NW1 1AT, UK; Department of Biochemistry, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, 10117 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Biochemistry, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, 10117 Berlin, Germany; Core Facility - High Throughput Mass Spectrometry, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, 10117 Berlin, Germany
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- The Molecular Biology of Metabolism Laboratory, The Francis Crick Institute, London NW1 1AT, UK; The Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 7BN, UK; Quantitative Gene Expression Research Group, MRC London Institute of Medical Sciences (LMS), London W12 0HS, UK; Quantitative Gene Expression Research Group, Institute of Clinical Sciences (ICS), Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London SW2 2AZ, UK
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1QW, UK
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- The Molecular Biology of Metabolism Laboratory, The Francis Crick Institute, London NW1 1AT, UK
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- The Molecular Biology of Metabolism Laboratory, The Francis Crick Institute, London NW1 1AT, UK; The Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 7BN, UK
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- The Molecular Biology of Metabolism Laboratory, The Francis Crick Institute, London NW1 1AT, UK; Department of Biochemistry, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, 10117 Berlin, Germany
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- The Molecular Biology of Metabolism Laboratory, The Francis Crick Institute, London NW1 1AT, UK
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- The Molecular Biology of Metabolism Laboratory, The Francis Crick Institute, London NW1 1AT, UK; Department of Biology and Biological Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, 412 96 Gothenburg, Sweden; Randall Centre for Cell & Molecular Biophysics, King's College London, New Hunt's House, Guy's Campus, London SE1 1UL, UK; Institute of Biotechnology, Life Sciences Center, Vilnius University, Vilnius 10257, Lithuania
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- The Molecular Biology of Metabolism Laboratory, The Francis Crick Institute, London NW1 1AT, UK; Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1QW, UK; Department of Biochemistry, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, 10117 Berlin, Germany
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- The Molecular Biology of Metabolism Laboratory, The Francis Crick Institute, London NW1 1AT, UK; Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1QW, UK; Core Facility - High Throughput Mass Spectrometry, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, 10117 Berlin, Germany
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- Synthetic and Systems Biology Unit, Institute of Biochemistry, Biological Research Centre, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, Szeged 6726, Hungary; HCEMM-BRC Metabolic Systems Biology Lab, Szeged 6726, Hungary
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- Department of Biology, College of Science, United Arab Emirates University, P.O.Box 15551, Al-Ain, United Arab Emirates
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- The Molecular Biology of Metabolism Laboratory, The Francis Crick Institute, London NW1 1AT, UK; Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1QW, UK; Department of Biochemistry, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, 10117 Berlin, Germany; The Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 7BN, UK.
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Grasmann G, Mondal A, Leithner K. Flexibility and Adaptation of Cancer Cells in a Heterogenous Metabolic Microenvironment. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:1476. [PMID: 33540663 PMCID: PMC7867260 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22031476] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2020] [Revised: 01/28/2021] [Accepted: 01/29/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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The metabolic microenvironment, comprising all soluble and insoluble nutrients and co-factors in the extracellular milieu, has a major impact on cancer cell proliferation and survival. A large body of evidence from recent studies suggests that tumor cells show a high degree of metabolic flexibility and adapt to variations in nutrient availability. Insufficient vascular networks and an imbalance of supply and demand shape the metabolic tumor microenvironment, which typically contains a lower concentration of glucose compared to normal tissues. The present review sheds light on the recent literature on adaptive responses in cancer cells to nutrient deprivation. It focuses on the utilization of alternative nutrients in anabolic metabolic pathways in cancer cells, including soluble metabolites and macromolecules and outlines the role of central metabolic enzymes conferring metabolic flexibility, like gluconeogenesis enzymes. Moreover, a conceptual framework for potential therapies targeting metabolically flexible cancer cells is presented.
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- Gabriele Grasmann
- Division of Pulmonology, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical University of Graz, A-8036 Graz, Austria; (G.G.); (A.M.)
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- Division of Pulmonology, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical University of Graz, A-8036 Graz, Austria; (G.G.); (A.M.)
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- Division of Pulmonology, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical University of Graz, A-8036 Graz, Austria; (G.G.); (A.M.)
- BioTechMed-Graz, A-8010 Graz, Austria
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Endometrial cancer is one of the most common cancers of the female reproductive system. Although surgery, radiotherapy, chemotherapy, and hormone therapy can significantly improve the survival of patients, the treatment of patients with very early lesions and a strong desire to retain reproductive function or late recurrence is still in the early stages. Metabolic syndrome (MS) is a clustering of at least three of the five following medical conditions: central obesity, high blood pressure, high blood sugar, high serum triglycerides, and low serum high-density lipoprotein (HDL). Obesity, diabetes and hypertension often coexist in patients with endometrial cancer, which increases the risk of endometrial cancer, also known as the "triple syndrome of endometrial cancer." In recent years, epidemiological and clinical studies have found that MS associated with metabolic diseases is closely related to the incidence of endometrial cancer. However, the key molecular mechanisms underlying the induction of endometrial cancer by MS have not been elucidated to date. Characterizing the tumor metabolism microenvironment will be advantageous for achieving a comprehensive view of the molecular mechanism of metabolic syndrome associated with endometrial cancer and for providing a new target for the treatment of endometrial cancer. This review focuses on recent advances in determining the role of metabolic syndrome-related factors and mechanisms in the pathogenesis of endometrial cancer. We suggest that interfering with the tumor metabolic microenvironment-related molecular signals may inhibit the occurrence of endometrial cancer.
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- Xiao Yang
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing, China
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