ArticleOncotarget2015
Twist promotes reprogramming of glucose metabolism in breast cancer cells through PI3K/AKT and p53 signaling pathways.
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- Oncogenic metabolic reprogramming in breast cancer: focus on signaling pathways and mitochondrial genes.Medical oncology (Northwood, London, England) · 2023Review
- Ginsenoside Rk3 is a novel PI3K/AKT-targeting therapeutics agent that regulates autophagy and apoptosis in hepatocellular carcinoma.Journal of pharmaceutical analysis · 2023Article
- NRBF2-mediated autophagy contributes to metabolite replenishment and radioresistance in glioblastoma.Experimental & molecular medicine · 2022Article
- The Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition at the Crossroads between Metabolism and Tumor Progression.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022Review
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- Mitochondria dysfunction in circulating tumor cells.Frontiers in oncology · 2022Review
- Opposing Roles of Wild-type and Mutant p53 in the Process of Epithelial to Mesenchymal Transition.Frontiers in molecular biosciences · 2022Review
- Fuzzy Planar Cell Polarity Gene (FUZ) Promtes Cell Glycolysis, Migration, and Invasion in Non-small Cell Lung Cancer via the Phosphoinositide 3-Kinase/Protein Kinase B Pathway.Journal of Cancer · 2022Article
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Abstract
Twist, a key regulator of epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT), plays an important role in the development of a tumorigenic phenotype. Energy metabolism reprogramming (EMR), a newly discovered hallmark of cancer cells, potentiates cancer cell proliferation, survival, and invasion. Currently little is known about the effects of Twist on tumor EMR. In this study, we found that glucose consumption and lactate production were increased and mitochondrial mass was decreased in Twist-overexpressing MCF10A mammary epithelial cells compared with vector-expressing MCF10A cells. Moreover, these Twist-induced phenotypic changes were augmented by hypoxia. The expression of some glucose metabolism-related genes such as PKM2, LDHA, and G6PD was also found to be upregulated. Mechanistically, activated β1-integrin/FAK/PI3K/AKT/mTOR and suppressed P53 signaling were responsible for the observed EMR. Knockdown of Twist reversed the effects of Twist on EMR in Twist-overexpressing MCF10A cells and Twist-positive breast cancer cells. Furthermore, blockage of the β1-integrin/FAK/PI3K/AKT/mTOR pathway by siRNA or specific chemical inhibitors, or rescue of p53 activation can partially reverse the switch of glucose metabolism and inhibit the migration of Twist-overexpressing MCF10A cells and Twist-positive breast cancer cells. Thus, our data suggest that Twist promotes reprogramming of glucose metabolism in MCF10A-Twist cells and Twist-positive breast cancer cells via activation of the β1-integrin/FAK/PI3K/AKT/mTOR pathway and inhibition of the p53 pathway. Our study provides new insight into EMR.
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