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CANCER RESEARCH
卷 75, 期 7, 页码 1191-1196出版社
AMER ASSOC CANCER RESEARCH
DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-14-2615
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- National Basic Research Program of China [2014CB542100, 2012CB932500]
- National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars of China [81225021]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [81472653, 81472735]
- Special Fund of Health Public Welfare Profession of China [201302018]
Although metabolic defects have been investigated extensively in differentiated tumor cells, much less attention has been directed to the metabolic properties of stem-like cells that repopulate tumors [tumor-repopulating cells (TRC)]. Here, we show that melanoma TRCs cultured in three-dimensional soft fibrin gels reprogram glucose metabolism by hijacking the cytosolic enzyme phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase (PCK1), a key player in gluconeogenesis. Surprisingly, upregulated PCK1 in TRCs did not mediate gluconeogenesis but promoted glucose side-branch metabolism, including in the serine and glycerol-3-phosphate pathways. Moreover, this retrograde glucose carbon flow strengthened rather than antagonized glycolysis and glucose consumption. Silencing PCK1 or inhibiting its enzymatic activity slowed the growth of TRCs in vitro and impeded tumorigenesis in vivo. Overall, our work unveiled metabolic features of TRCs in melanoma that have implications for targeting a unique aspect of this disease.
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