ArticleBiology open2023
Metabolic shift towards oxidative phosphorylation reduces cell-density-induced cancer-stem-cell-like characteristics in prostate cancer in vitro.
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- Canonical Wnt signaling in the regulation of prostate cancer stem cells: a key driver of castration-resistant prostate cancer and a therapeutic opportunity.Journal of translational medicine · 2026Review
- The metabolic profiles of cancer stem cells.Stem cell research & therapy · 2026Review
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- Cancer stem cells: landscape, challenges and emerging therapeutic innovations.Signal transduction and targeted therapy · 2025Review
- Estrogen-related receptor alpha (ERRα) controls the stemness and cellular energetics of prostate cancer cells via its direct regulation of citrate metabolism and zinc transportation.Cell death & disease · 2025Article
- Combination of Low-Dose Sulforaphane and Docetaxel on Mitochondrial Function and Metabolic Reprogramming in Prostate Cancer Cell Lines.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Article
- Unravelling targeted therapy in prostate cancer: from molecular mechanisms to translational opportunities.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2025Review
- Drug Repurposing: A Conduit to Unravelling Metabolic Reprogramming for Cancer Treatment.Mini reviews in medicinal chemistry · 2025Review
- Synergistic ROS Reduction Through the Co-Inhibition of BRAF and p38 MAPK Ameliorates Senescence.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Dichloroacetate for Cancer Treatment: Some Facts and Many Doubts.Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Transcending frontiers in prostate cancer: the role of oncometabolites on epigenetic regulation, CSCs, and tumor microenvironment to identify new therapeutic strategies.Cell communication and signaling : CCS · 2024Review
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Abstract
Numerous cancer patients undergoing conventional cancer therapies such as radiotherapy, chemotherapy and surgical tumour removal face relapses several years or even decades later. This may be due to the presence of cancer stem cells (CSCs) that survived said therapies. In this study, we aimed to uncover the relationship between cell density and CSCs, and the role of the Warburg effect in regulating CSC-like characteristics. A prostate cancer cell line, PC3, was used in this study. To investigate the Warburg effect effect and CSC-like characteristics in prostate cancer, we measured the expression levels of glycolysis and OXPHOS-related genes, and performed spheroid forming, cell viability and various glycolysis and OXPHOS-assays. We observed that increased cell density caused a metabolic shift from glycolysis to OXPHOS and higher CSC-like characteristics. However, the use of dichloroacetate (DCA), an inhibitor of the Warburg effect, significantly inhibited the cell-density-induced metabolic shift and CSC-like characteristics. Changes in cell density strongly influenced the preferred metabolic pathway of prostate cancer cells, regulating their CSC-like characteristics. It is possible that DCA, an inhibitor of the Warburg effect, could be a novel drug used to treat CSCs by distinguishing Warburg effect, preventing future cancer relapses.
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