Antagonistic role of natural compounds in mTOR-mediated metabolic reprogramming

Claudia Cerella, Anthoula Gaigneaux, Mario Dicato, Marc Diederich*

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Abstract

Cells reprogram their metabolism very early during carcinogenesis; this event is critical for the establishment of other cancer hallmarks. Many oncogenes and tumor suppressor genes control metabolism by interplaying with the existing nutrient-sensing intracellular pathways. Mammalian target of rapamycin, mTOR, is emerging as a collector and sorter of a metabolic network controlling upstream and downstream modulation of these same genes.Natural compounds represent a source of anti-cancer molecules with chemopreventive and therapeutic properties. This review describes selected pathways and genes orchestrating the metabolic reprogramming and discusses the potential of natural compounds to target oncogenic metabolic aberrations.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)251-262
Number of pages12
JournalCancer Letters
Volume356
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 28 Jan 2015
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Cancer
  • Metabolism
  • MTOR
  • Natural compounds

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