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DEVELOPMENTAL CELL
Volume 25, Issue 5, Pages 463-477Publisher
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2013.05.001
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- Canadian Institutes of Health Research
- MRC studentship
- CR-UK
- Cancer Research UK [12481] Funding Source: researchfish
- Medical Research Council [1097363] Funding Source: researchfish
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Regulation of metabolic pathways plays an important role in controlling cell growth, proliferation, and survival. TIGAR acts as a fructose-2,6-bisphosphatase, potentially promoting the pentose phosphate pathway to produce NADPH for antioxidant function and ribose-5-phosphate for nucleotide synthesis. The functions of TIGAR were dispensable for normal growth and development in mice but played a key role in allowing intestinal regeneration in vivo and in ex vivo cultures, where growth defects due to lack of TIGAR were rescued by ROS scavengers and nucleosides. In a mouse intestinal adenoma model, TIGAR deficiency decreased tumor burden and increased survival, while elevated expression of TIGAR in human colon tumors suggested that deregulated TIGAR supports cancer progression. Our study demonstrates the importance of TIGAR in regulating metabolism for regeneration and cancer development and identifies TIGAR as a potential therapeutic target in diseases such as ulcerative colitis and intestinal cancer.
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