Denko Nicholas C
Department of Radiation Oncology, Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and OSU Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbus, OH 43210, USA.
Expert Rev Anticancer Ther. 2014 Sep;14(9):979-81. doi: 10.1586/14737140.2014.930345. Epub 2014 Jun 14.
Cancer metabolism now appears to be optimized for growth of tumor cells by having an increased reliance on non-oxidative processes. However, in order to exploit these findings clinically, we must determine the specific pathways and components that cancer cells rely on, but are dispensable for normal cells. Because tumors have the added stress of hypoxia, the metabolic response to low oxygen may represent such a tumor-specific metabolic program.
癌症代谢现在似乎通过增加对非氧化过程的依赖,来优化肿瘤细胞的生长。然而,为了在临床上利用这些发现,我们必须确定癌细胞所依赖但正常细胞可以摒弃的特定途径和成分。由于肿瘤存在缺氧这一额外压力,对低氧的代谢反应可能代表这样一种肿瘤特异性代谢程序。