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ReviewCell death discovery2025

Exploring the metabolic signaling network of GFPT in cancer.

Chibuzo Sampson, Pengfei Li, Yiqian Wang, Jing Liu, Jing Lv, Tian Xia, Hai-Long Piao, Yegang Ma

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Review in Cell death discovery, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Chibuzo Sampson *Department of Thoracic Surgery, Cancer Hospital of China Medical University, Liaoning Cancer Hospital and Institute, 110042, Shenyang, China.
Pengfei Li *Department of Thoracic Surgery, Cancer Hospital of China Medical University, Liaoning Cancer Hospital and Institute, 110042, Shenyang, China.
Yiqian Wang *Department of Radiotherapy, The First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, 116000, Dalian, China.
Jing LiuDalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 116023, Dalian, China.
Jing LvDalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 116023, Dalian, China.
Tian XiaDalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 116023, Dalian, China. txia@dicp.ac.cn.
Hai-Long PiaoDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Cancer Hospital of China Medical University, Liaoning Cancer Hospital and Institute, 110042, Shenyang, China. hpiao@dicp.ac.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7451-0386
Yegang MaDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Cancer Hospital of China Medical University, Liaoning Cancer Hospital and Institute, 110042, Shenyang, China. mayegang@cancerhosp-ln-cmu.com.

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 21907093National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 32470832
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Metabolic homeostasis is essential for cellular function in living organisms. In cancer cells, metabolic processes are reprogrammed to meet the energy demands and biosynthetic needs for rapid growth. This reprogramming enhances nutrient flux through the glycolytic pathway, supporting ATP production and branching into pathways that synthesize macromolecules required for cell proliferation. One critical branching pathway is the hexosamine biosynthesis pathway (HBP), which, driven by metabolic reprogramming, facilitates the synthesis of uridine-5'-diphospho-N-acetylglucosamine (UDP-GlcNAc), a glycosylation substrate. This pathway is regulated by the rate-limiting enzyme glutamine-fructose-6-phosphate transaminase (GFPT), a key controller of cellular UDP-GlcNAc levels and protein glycosylation. Dysregulation of GFPT is linked to metabolic disorders, like in diabetes, and it is also frequently upregulated in cancers. Given that GFPT plays a pivotal role in cancer metabolism, elucidating its regulatory interactions with other metabolic signaling pathways under metabolic stress is crucial to identifying therapeutic vulnerabilities in cancer. This review discusses the interaction network of GFPT with other metabolic pathways, its role in nutrient sensing, and the implications of GFPT deregulation in cancer.

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PMID40830088
PMCPMC12365115

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