The Significance of Microenvironmental and Circulating Lactate in Breast Cancer

Lactate represents the main product of pyruvate reduction catalyzed by the lactic dehydrogenase family of enzymes. Cancer cells utilize great quantities of glucose, shifting toward a glycolytic metabolism. With the contribution of tumor stromal cells and under hypoxic conditions, this leads toward the acidification of the extracellular matrix. The ability to shift between different metabolic pathways is a characteristic of breast cancer cells and is associated with an aggressive phenotype. Furthermore, the preliminary scientific evidence concerning the levels of circulating lactate in breast cancer points toward a correlation between hyperlactacidemia and poor prognosis, even though no clear linkage has been demonstrated. Overall, lactate may represent a promising metabolic target that needs to be investigated in breast cancer.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:24

Enthalten in:

International journal of molecular sciences - 24(2023), 20 vom: 19. Okt.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Frisardi, Vincenza [VerfasserIn]
Canovi, Simone [VerfasserIn]
Vaccaro, Salvatore [VerfasserIn]
Frazzi, Raffaele [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

33X04XA5AT
Acidosis
Aerobic glycolysis
Breast cancer
Glucose
IY9XDZ35W2
Journal Article
Lactate
Lactic Acid
Review

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Date Completed 30.10.2023

Date Revised 30.10.2023

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.3390/ijms242015369

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM363870660