Citrate Promotes Excessive Lipid Biosynthesis and Senescence in Tumor Cells for Tumor Therapy

© 2021 The Authors. Advanced Science published by Wiley-VCH GmbH..

Metabolic disorder is one of the hallmarks of cancers, and reprogramming of metabolism is becoming a novel strategy for cancer treatment. Citrate is a key metabolite and critical metabolic regulator linking glycolysis and lipid metabolism in cellular energy homeostasis. Here it is reported that citrate treatment (both sodium citrate and citric acid) significantly suppresses tumor cell proliferation and growth in various tumor types. Mechanistically, citrate promotes excessive lipid biosynthesis and induces disruption of lipid metabolism in tumor cells, resulting in tumor cell senescence and growth inhibition. Furthermore, ATM-associated DNA damage response cooperates with MAPK and mTOR signaling pathways to control citrate-induced tumor cell growth arrest and senescence. In vivo studies further demonstrate that citrate administration dramatically inhibits tumor growth and progression in a colon cancer xenograft model. Importantly, citrate administration combined with the conventional chemotherapy drugs exhibits synergistic antitumor effects in vivo in the colon cancer models. These results clearly indicate that citrate can reprogram lipid metabolism and cell fate in cancer cells, and targeting citrate can be a promising therapeutic strategy for tumor treatment.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:9

Enthalten in:

Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) - 9(2022), 1 vom: 05. Jan., Seite e2101553

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Zhao, Yangjing [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Xia [VerfasserIn]
Si, Fusheng [VerfasserIn]
Huang, Lan [VerfasserIn]
Gao, Aiqin [VerfasserIn]
Lin, Wenli [VerfasserIn]
Hoft, Daniel F [VerfasserIn]
Shao, Qixiang [VerfasserIn]
Peng, Guangyong [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

2968PHW8QP
Apoptosis
Cellular senescence
Chemotherapy
Citrate
Citric Acid
DNA damage response
Journal Article
Lipid metabolism
Lipids
MAPK
MTOR
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 14.03.2022

Date Revised 15.03.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1002/advs.202101553

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM332852075