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Metabolites. 2021 Jan 02;11(1). doi: 10.3390/metabo11010028.

Metabolic Reprogramming of Cancer Cells during Tumor Progression and Metastasis.

Metabolites

Kenji Ohshima, Eiichi Morii

Affiliations

  1. Department of Pathology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-2 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan.

PMID: 33401771 PMCID: PMC7824065 DOI: 10.3390/metabo11010028

Abstract

Cancer cells face various metabolic challenges during tumor progression, including growth in the nutrient-altered and oxygen-deficient microenvironment of the primary site, intravasation into vessels where anchorage-independent growth is required, and colonization of distant organs where the environment is distinct from that of the primary site. Thus, cancer cells must reprogram their metabolic state in every step of cancer progression. Metabolic reprogramming is now recognized as a hallmark of cancer cells and supports cancer growth. Elucidating the underlying mechanisms of metabolic reprogramming in cancer cells may help identifying cancer targets and treatment strategies. This review summarizes our current understanding of metabolic reprogramming during cancer progression and metastasis, including cancer cell adaptation to the tumor microenvironment, defense against oxidative stress during anchorage-independent growth in vessels, and metabolic reprogramming during metastasis.

Keywords: anchorage-independent growth; cancer metabolism; cancer metastasis; metabolic reprograming; therapeutic strategy; tumor microenvironments

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