The role of lipids in cancer progression and metastasis

M Martin-Perez, U Urdiroz-Urricelqui, C Bigas… - Cell metabolism, 2022 - cell.com
Lipids have essential biological functions in the body (eg, providing energy storage, acting
as a signaling molecule, and being a structural component of membranes); however, an …

[HTML][HTML] Lipids and cancer: Emerging roles in pathogenesis, diagnosis and therapeutic intervention

LM Butler, Y Perone, J Dehairs, LE Lupien… - Advanced drug delivery …, 2020 - Elsevier
With the advent of effective tools to study lipids, including mass spectrometry-based
lipidomics, lipids are emerging as central players in cancer biology. Lipids function as …

Pathological implication of protein post-translational modifications in cancer

S Pan, R Chen - Molecular aspects of medicine, 2022 - Elsevier
Protein post-translational modifications (PTMs) profoundly influence protein functions and
play crucial roles in essentially all cell biological processes. The diverse realm of PTMs and …

Protein acylation: mechanisms, biological functions and therapeutic targets

S Shang, J Liu, F Hua - Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy, 2022 - nature.com
Metabolic reprogramming is involved in the pathogenesis of not only cancers but also
neurodegenerative diseases, cardiovascular diseases, and infectious diseases. With the …

The diversity and breadth of cancer cell fatty acid metabolism

SR Nagarajan, LM Butler, AJ Hoy - Cancer & Metabolism, 2021 - Springer
Tumor cellular metabolism exhibits distinguishing features that collectively enhance
biomass synthesis while maintaining redox balance and cellular homeostasis. These …

Protein palmitoylation and cancer

PJ Ko, SJ Dixon - EMBO reports, 2018 - embopress.org
Protein S‐palmitoylation is a reversible post‐translational modification that alters the
localization, stability, and function of hundreds of proteins in the cell. S‐palmitoylation is …

Sterol regulatory element binding protein 1 couples mechanical cues and lipid metabolism

R Bertolio, F Napoletano, M Mano… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Sterol regulatory element binding proteins (SREBPs) are a family of transcription factors that
regulate lipid biosynthesis and adipogenesis by controlling the expression of several …

Derivatization with fatty acids in peptide and protein drug discovery

P Kurtzhals, S Østergaard, E Nishimura… - Nature Reviews Drug …, 2023 - nature.com
Peptides and proteins are widely used to treat a range of medical conditions; however, they
often have to be injected and their effects are short-lived. These shortcomings of the native …

A not-so-ancient grease history: click chemistry and protein lipid modifications

KF Suazo, KY Park, MD Distefano - Chemical reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
Protein lipid modification involves the attachment of hydrophobic groups to proteins via
ester, thioester, amide, or thioether linkages. In this review, the specific click chemical …

Metabolites regulate cell signaling and growth via covalent modification of proteins

G Figlia, P Willnow, AA Teleman - Developmental cell, 2020 - cell.com
Metabolites affect cell growth in two different ways. First, they serve as building blocks for
biomass accumulation. Second, metabolites regulate the activity of growth-relevant …