| Literature DB >> 27562461 |
Zachary T Schug1,2, Johan Vande Voorde1, Eyal Gottlieb1.
Abstract
Recent high-profile reports have reignited an interest in acetate metabolism in cancer. Acetyl-CoA synthetases that catalyse the conversion of acetate to acetyl-CoA have now been implicated in the growth of hepatocellular carcinoma, glioblastoma, breast cancer and prostate cancer. In this Review, we discuss how acetate functions as a nutritional source for tumours and as a regulator of cancer cell stress, and how preventing its (re)capture by cancer cells may provide an opportunity for therapeutic intervention.Entities:
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Year: 2016 PMID: 27562461 PMCID: PMC8992383 DOI: 10.1038/nrc.2016.87
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Nat Rev Cancer ISSN: 1474-175X Impact factor: 60.716