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CELL METABOLISM
Volume 26, Issue 1, Pages 39-48Publisher
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.cmet.2017.05.016
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- NIGMS NIH HHS [R01 GM110039, R01 GM083121, R01 GM119388] Funding Source: Medline
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Cancer and stem cells appear to share a common metabolic profile that is characterized by high utilization of glucose through aerobic glycolysis. In the presence of sufficient nutrients, this metabolic strategy provides sufficient cellular ATP while additionally providing important metabolites necessary for the biosynthetic demands of continuous cell proliferation. Recent studies indicate that this metabolic profile is dependent on genes that regulate the fusion and fission of mitochondria. High levels of mitochondrial fission activity are associated with high proliferation and invasiveness in some cancer cells and with self-renewal and resistance to differentiation in some stem cells. These observations reveal new ways in which mitochondria regulate cell physiology, through their effects on metabolism and cell signaling.
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