Targeting pyrimidine metabolism in the era of precision cancer medicine

W Wang, J Cui, H Ma, W Lu, J Huang - Frontiers in oncology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Metabolic rewiring is considered as a primary feature of cancer. Malignant cells reprogram
metabolism pathway in response to various intrinsic and extrinsic drawback to fuel cell …

Metabolism and innate immunity meet at the mitochondria

A Bahat, T MacVicar, T Langer - Frontiers in Cell and Developmental …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Mitochondria are master regulators of metabolism and have emerged as key signalling
organelles of the innate immune system. Each mitochondrion harbours potent agonists of …

The metabolic profile of tumors depends on both the responsible genetic lesion and tissue type

MO Yuneva, TWM Fan, TD Allen, RM Higashi… - Cell metabolism, 2012 - cell.com
The altered metabolism of tumors has been considered a target for anticancer therapy.
However, the relationship between distinct tumor-initiating lesions and anomalies of tumor …

Cellular pyrimidine imbalance triggers mitochondrial DNA–dependent innate immunity

HG Sprenger, T MacVicar, A Bahat, KU Fiedler… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Cytosolic mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) elicits a type I interferon response, but signals
triggering the release of mtDNA from mitochondria remain enigmatic. Here, we show that …

ATR protects the genome against R loops through a MUS81-triggered feedback loop

DA Matos, JM Zhang, J Ouyang, HD Nguyen… - Molecular cell, 2020 - cell.com
R loops arising during transcription induce genomic instability, but how cells respond to the
R loop-associated genomic stress is still poorly understood. Here, we show that cells …

A critical balance: dNTPs and the maintenance of genome stability

CC Pai, SE Kearsey - Genes, 2017 - mdpi.com
A crucial factor in maintaining genome stability is establishing deoxynucleoside triphosphate
(dNTP) levels within a range that is optimal for chromosomal replication. Since DNA …

Inhibition of the de novo pyrimidine biosynthesis pathway limits ribosomal RNA transcription causing nucleolar stress in glioblastoma cells

MC Lafita-Navarro, N Venkateswaran, JA Kilgore… - PLoS …, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Glioblastoma is the most common and aggressive type of cancer in the brain; its poor
prognosis is often marked by reoccurrence due to resistance to the chemotherapeutic agent …

[HTML][HTML] The mitochondrial protease OMA1 acts as a metabolic safeguard upon nuclear DNA damage

P Rivera-Mejías, ÁJ Narbona-Pérez, L Hasberg… - Cell Reports, 2023 - cell.com
The metabolic plasticity of mitochondria ensures cell development, differentiation, and
survival. The peptidase OMA1 regulates mitochondrial morphology via OPA1 and stress …

Pyrimidine biosynthesis links mitochondrial respiration to the p53 pathway

AA Khutornenko, VV Roudko… - Proceedings of the …, 2010 - National Acad Sciences
While many functions of the p53 tumor suppressor affect mitochondrial processes, the role of
altered mitochondrial physiology in a modulation of p53 response remains unclear. As …

Lethal and non-lethal functions of caspases in the DNA damage response

KE Lopez, L Bouchier-Hayes - Cells, 2022 - mdpi.com
Members of the caspase family are well known for their roles in the initiation and execution
of cell death. Due to their function in the removal of damaged cells that could otherwise …