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Why do cancer cells break from host circadian rhythm? Insights from unicellular organisms

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BIOESSAYS
卷 43, 期 4, 页码 -

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WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/bies.202000205

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cancer; circadian clock; cyanobacteria; NADPH; oxidative pentose phosphate shunt

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Disruption of circadian clock may lead cancer cells to reprogram their metabolism. In unicellular organisms, activation of oxidative pentose phosphate pathway and production of NADPH are crucial for night survival. The circadian clock controls sugar metabolism, shifting between anabolic proliferation and homeostatic survival modes.
It is not clear why cancer cells choose to disrupt their circadian clock rhythms, and whether such disruption governs a selective fitness and a survival advantage. In this review, I focus on understanding the impacts of clock gene disruption on a simpler model, such as the unicellular cyanobacterium, in order to explain how cancer cells may alter the circadian rhythm to reprogram their metabolism based on their needs and status. It appears to be that the activation of the oxidative pentose phosphate pathway (OPPP) and production of NADPH, the preferred molecule for detoxification of reactive oxygen species, is a critical process for night survival in unicellular organisms. The circadian clock acts as a gatekeeper that controls how the organism will utilize its sugar, shifting sugar influx between glycolysis and OPPP. The circadian clock can thus act as a gatekeeper between an anabolic, proliferative mode and a homeostatic, survival mode.

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