Molecular Cell,
Journal Year:
2021,
Volume and Issue:
81(11), P. 2290 - 2302.e7
Published: April 7, 2021
Cancer
cells
adapt
their
metabolism
to
support
elevated
energetic
and
anabolic
demands
of
proliferation.
Folate-dependent
one-carbon
is
a
critical
metabolic
process
underpinning
cellular
proliferation
supplying
carbons
for
the
synthesis
nucleotides
incorporated
into
DNA
RNA.
Recent
research
has
focused
on
nutrients
that
supply
one-carbons
folate
cycle,
particularly
serine.
Tryptophan
theoretical
source
units
through
by
IDO1,
an
enzyme
intensively
investigated
in
context
tumor
immune
evasion.
Using
vitro
vivo
pancreatic
cancer
models,
we
show
IDO1
expression
highly
dependent,
influenced
attachment-independent
growth
canonical
activator
IFNγ.
In
IDO1-expressing
cells,
tryptophan
bona
fide
donor
purine
nucleotide
vivo.
Furthermore,
release
tryptophan-derived
formate,
which
can
be
used
stellate
synthesis.
Science Immunology,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
9(94)
Published: April 19, 2024
CD4
+
regulatory
T
(T
reg
)
cells
accumulate
in
the
tumor
microenvironment
(TME)
and
suppress
immune
system.
Whether
how
metabolite
availability
TME
influences
cell
differentiation
is
not
understood.
Here,
we
measured
630
metabolites
found
that
serine
palmitic
acid,
substrates
required
for
synthesis
of
sphingolipids,
were
enriched.
A
serine-free
diet
or
a
deficiency
Sptlc2,
rate-limiting
enzyme
catalyzing
sphingolipid
synthesis,
suppressed
accumulation
inhibited
growth.
Sphinganine,
an
intermediate
physically
interacted
with
transcription
factor
c-Fos.
Sphinganine
c-Fos
interactions
enhanced
genome-wide
recruitment
to
regions
near
start
sites
target
genes
including
Pdcd1
(encoding
PD-1),
which
promoted
increased
inducible
vitro
PD-1–dependent
manner.
Thus,
Sptlc2-mediated
translates
extracellular
information
into
nuclear
signals
limits
antitumor
immunity.
Molecular Cell,
Journal Year:
2021,
Volume and Issue:
81(11), P. 2290 - 2302.e7
Published: April 7, 2021
Cancer
cells
adapt
their
metabolism
to
support
elevated
energetic
and
anabolic
demands
of
proliferation.
Folate-dependent
one-carbon
is
a
critical
metabolic
process
underpinning
cellular
proliferation
supplying
carbons
for
the
synthesis
nucleotides
incorporated
into
DNA
RNA.
Recent
research
has
focused
on
nutrients
that
supply
one-carbons
folate
cycle,
particularly
serine.
Tryptophan
theoretical
source
units
through
by
IDO1,
an
enzyme
intensively
investigated
in
context
tumor
immune
evasion.
Using
vitro
vivo
pancreatic
cancer
models,
we
show
IDO1
expression
highly
dependent,
influenced
attachment-independent
growth
canonical
activator
IFNγ.
In
IDO1-expressing
cells,
tryptophan
bona
fide
donor
purine
nucleotide
vivo.
Furthermore,
release
tryptophan-derived
formate,
which
can
be
used
stellate
synthesis.