Lu Zhimin
Department of Neuro-Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Chin J Cancer. 2012 Jan;31(1):5-7. doi: 10.5732/cjc.011.10446. Epub 2011 Dec 23.
Pyruvate kinase catalyzes the rate-limiting final step of glycolysis, generating adenosine triphosphate (ATP) and pyruvate. The M2 tumor-specific isoform of pyruvate kinase (PKM2) promotes glucose uptake and lactate production in the presence of oxygen, known as aerobic glycolysis or the Warburg effect. As recently reported in Nature, PKM2, besides its metabolic function, has a nonmetabolic function in the direct control of cell cycle progression by activating β-catenin and inducing expression of the β-catenin downstream gene CCND1(encoding for cyclin D1). This nonmetabolic function of PKM2 is essential for epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) activation-induced tumorigenesis.
丙酮酸激酶催化糖酵解的限速终末步骤,生成三磷酸腺苷(ATP)和丙酮酸。丙酮酸激酶的M2肿瘤特异性同工型(PKM2)在有氧条件下促进葡萄糖摄取和乳酸生成,这一现象被称为有氧糖酵解或瓦伯格效应。正如最近发表在《自然》杂志上的报道,PKM2除了具有代谢功能外,还通过激活β-连环蛋白并诱导β-连环蛋白下游基因CCND1(编码细胞周期蛋白D1)的表达,在直接控制细胞周期进程方面具有非代谢功能。PKM2的这种非代谢功能对于表皮生长因子受体(EGFR)激活诱导的肿瘤发生至关重要。