Project description:Analysis of gene alterations in SW480 cells upon PIPKIγ knockdown. Our findings reveal a new regulatory role of PIPKIγ in Warburg effect and provide a key contributor in colorectal cancer metabolism with potential therapeutic potentials.
Project description:Altered glycolysis is the most fundamental metabolic change associated with the Warburg effect. However, the precise mechanisms are not completely understood. Here we dissect how MNX1-AS1 reinforces the Warburg effect through facilitating the non-glycolytic actions of PKM2 in the nucleus. We found that MNX1-AS1 expression was frequently overexpressed in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). In the context of HCC, we show MNX1-AS1 acts as a scaffold to promote interactions between PKM2 and importin α5. Upon EGFR activation, the resulting ternary complex drives the translocation of PKM2 into the nucleus. In consequence, glycolytic pathway components including key mediators of the Warburg effect (LDHA, Glut1 and PDK1) are upregulated. Manipulating MNX1-AS1 elicited robust effects on glycolysis associated with marked changes in HCC growth in vitro and in vivo, indicative of the significant contribution of MNX1-AS1 to tumorigenesis. Moreover, while MNX1-AS1 expression is driven by c-Myc, its actions associated with PKM2 were shown to be downstream and independent of c-Myc. Given the status of MNX1-AS1 as a pan-cancer upregulated lncRNA, this implicitly highlights the potential of targeting MNX1-AS1 to selectively counter the Warburg effect in a range of tumor types.
Project description:To investigate the LINC00365 plays an important role in inhibiting BC proliferation and provided insight into how the HIF-1α/LINC00365 axis is involved in the Warburg effect.We then performed gene expression profiling analysis using data obtained from RNA-seq in MCF-7 cells.
Project description:Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) features substantial matrix stiffening and reprogrammed glucose metabolism, particularly the Warburg effect. However, the complex interplay between these traits and their impact on tumor advancement remains inadequately explored. Here, we integrated clinical, cellular, and bioinformatics approaches to explore the connection between matrix stiffness and the Warburg effect in PDAC, identifying CLIC1 as a key mediator. Elevated CLIC1 expression, induced by matrix stiffness through Wnt/β-catenin/TCF4 signaling, signifies poorer prognostic outcomes in PDAC. Functionally, CLIC1 serves as a catalyst for glycolytic metabolism, propelling tumor proliferation. Mechanistically, CLIC1 fortifies HIF1α stability by curbing hydroxylation via ROS. Collectively, PDAC cells elevate CLIC1 levels in a matrix stiffness-responsive manner, bolstering the Warburg effect to drive tumor growth via ROS/HIF1α signaling. Our insights highlight opportunities for targeted therapies that concurrently address matrix properties and metabolic rewiring, with CLIC1 emerging as a promising intervention point.
Project description:Shlomi2011 - Warburg effect, metabolic model
Using a genome-scale human metabolic network model accounting for stoichiometric and enzyme solvent capacity considerations, this model shows that the Warburg effect (a classical hallmark of cancer metabolism) is a direct consequence of the metabolic adaptation of cancer cells to increase biomass production rate.
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Genome-scale metabolic modeling elucidates the role of proliferative adaptation in causing the Warburg effect.
Shlomi T, Benyamini T, Gottlieb E, Sharan R, Ruppin E
PLoS Computational Biology. 2011; 7(3):e1002018
Abstract:
The Warburg effect - a classical hallmark of cancer metabolism - is a counter-intuitive phenomenon in which rapidly proliferating cancer cells resort to inefficient ATP production via glycolysis leading to lactate secretion, instead of relying primarily on more efficient energy production through mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation, as most normal cells do. The causes for the Warburg effect have remained a subject of considerable controversy since its discovery over 80 years ago, with several competing hypotheses. Here, utilizing a genome-scale human metabolic network model accounting for stoichiometric and enzyme solvent capacity considerations, we show that the Warburg effect is a direct consequence of the metabolic adaptation of cancer cells to increase biomass production rate. The analysis is shown to accurately capture a three phase metabolic behavior that is observed experimentally during oncogenic progression, as well as a prominent characteristic of cancer cells involving their preference for glutamine uptake over other amino acids.
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Project description:Growing tumors exist in metabolically compromised environments that require activation of multiple pathways to scavenge nutrients to support accelerated rates of growth. The FLCN tumor suppressor complex (FLCN, FNIP1, FNIP2) has been implicated in the regulation of energy homeostasis via two metabolic master kinases: AMPK and mTORC1. Loss-of-function mutations of the FLCN tumor suppressor complex have only been reported in renal tumors in patients with the rare Birt-Hogg-Dube syndrome. Here we reveal that FLCN, FNIP1, and FNIP2 are downregulated in many human cancers including poor prognosis invasive basal-like breast carcinomas where AMPK and TFE3 targets are activated compared to the luminal, less aggressive subtypes. We show that FLCN loss in luminal subtypes promotes tumor growth through TFE3 activation and subsequent induction of several pathways including autophagy, lysosomal biogenesis, aerobic glycolysis, and angiogenesis. Strikingly, induction of aerobic glycolysis and angiogenesis in FLCN deficient cells was dictated by the activation of PGC-1⍺/HIF-1⍺ pathway, which we show to be TFE3-dependent, directly linking TFE3 to Warburg metabolic reprogramming and angiogenesis. Thus, FLCN loss induces TFE3-dependent breast tumor growth through activation of multiple mechanisms, including previously unreported roles in aerobic glycolysis and angiogenesis. These findings could point to a general role of a deregulated FLCN/TFE3 tumor suppressor pathway in human cancers.