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ArticleMetabolites2022

Metabolic Reprogramming of Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer Cells as a Response to Chemotherapy.

Greta Petrella, Francesca Corsi, Giorgia Ciufolini, Sveva Germini, Francesco Capradossi, Andrea Pelliccia, Francesco Torino, Lina Ghibelli, Daniel Oscar Cicero

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Article in Metabolites, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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13citing papers in PubMed
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 22% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

13 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Targeting mitochondria and programmed cell death as potential interventions for metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2025
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  11. HAntioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Greta PetrellaDipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Chimiche, Università di Roma "Tor Vergata", 00133 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-9449-9820
Francesca CorsiDipartimento di Biologia, Università di Roma "Tor Vergata", 00133 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-9334-4587
Giorgia CiufoliniDipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Chimiche, Università di Roma "Tor Vergata", 00133 Rome, Italy.
Sveva GerminiDipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Chimiche, Università di Roma "Tor Vergata", 00133 Rome, Italy.
Francesco CapradossiDipartimento di Biologia, Università di Roma "Tor Vergata", 00133 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-7752-5196
Andrea PellicciaDipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Chimiche, Università di Roma "Tor Vergata", 00133 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-9306-1245
Francesco TorinoDipartimento di Medicina dei Sistemi, Oncologia Medica, Università di Roma "Tor Vergata", 00133 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-5828-4438
Lina GhibelliDipartimento di Biologia, Università di Roma "Tor Vergata", 00133 Rome, Italy.
Daniel Oscar CiceroDipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Chimiche, Università di Roma "Tor Vergata", 00133 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-5012-1714
University of Rome Tor Vergata · IT

Funding

Regione Lazio through LazioInnova A0375-2020-36660
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Prostate cancer at the castration-resistant stage (CRPC) is a leading cause of death among men due to resistance to anticancer treatments, including chemotherapy. We set up an in vitro model of therapy-induced cancer repopulation and acquired cell resistance (CRAC) on etoposide-treated CRPC PC3 cells, witnessing therapy-induced epithelial-to-mesenchymal-transition (EMT) and chemoresistance among repopulating cells. Here, we explore the metabolic changes leading to chemo-induced CRAC, measuring the exchange rates cell/culture medium of 36 metabolites via Nuclear Magnetic Resonance spectroscopy. We studied the evolution of PC3 metabolism throughout recovery from etoposide, encompassing the degenerative, quiescent, and repopulating phases. We found that glycolysis is immediately shut off by etoposide, gradually recovering together with induction of EMT and repopulation. Instead, OXPHOS, already high in untreated PC3, is boosted by etoposide to decline afterward, though stably maintaining values higher than control. Notably, high levels of EMT, crucial in the acquisition of chemoresistance, coincide with a strong acceleration of metabolism, especially in the exchange of principal nutrients and their end products. These results provide novel information on the energy metabolism of cancer cells repopulating from cytotoxic drug treatment, paving the way for uncovering metabolic vulnerabilities to be possibly pharmacologically targeted and providing novel clinical options for CRPC.

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cellular metabolismchemoresistanceetoposideexometabolomicsnuclear magnetic resonancephoenix risingprostate cancer

Identifiers

PMID36676990
PMCPMC9865398
OpenAlexW4313473083

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