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In vivo genetic dissection of tumor growth and the warburg effect

  1. Cheng-Wei Wang
  2. Arunima Purkayastha
  3. Kevin T Jones
  4. Shivani K Thaker
  5. Utpal Banerjee  Is a corresponding author
  1. University of California, Los Angeles, United States
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.18126
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  1. Cheng-Wei Wang
  2. Arunima Purkayastha
  3. Kevin T Jones
  4. Shivani K Thaker
  5. Utpal Banerjee
(2016)
In vivo genetic dissection of tumor growth and the warburg effect
eLife 5:e18126.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.18126
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Abstract

A well-characterized metabolic landmark for aggressive cancers is the reprogramming from oxidative phosphorylation to aerobic glycolysis, referred to as the Warburg effect. Models mimicking this process are often incomplete due to genetic complexities of tumors and cell lines containing unmapped collaborating mutations. In order to establish a system where individual components of oncogenic signals and metabolic pathways can be readily elucidated, we induced a glycolytic tumor in the Drosophila wing imaginal disc by activating the oncogene PDGF/VEGF-receptor (Pvr). This causes activation of multiple oncogenic pathways including Ras, PI3K/Akt, Raf/ERK, Src and JNK. Together this network of genes stabilizes Hifα (Sima) that in turn, transcriptionally up-regulates many genes encoding glycolytic enzymes. Collectively, this network of genes also causes inhibition of pyruvate dehydrogenase (PDH) activity resulting in diminished ox-phos levels. The high ROS produced during this process functions as a feedback signal to consolidate this metabolic reprogramming.

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  1. Cheng-Wei Wang

    Department of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, United States
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  2. Arunima Purkayastha

    Department of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, United States
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  3. Kevin T Jones

    Department of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, United States
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  4. Shivani K Thaker

    Department of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, United States
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  5. Utpal Banerjee

    Department of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, United States
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American Cancer Society (Postdoctoral fellowship (#PF-10-130-01-DDC))

  • Kevin T Jones

National Institutes of Health (RO1-EY008152)

  • Utpal Banerjee

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  1. Cheng-Wei Wang
  2. Arunima Purkayastha
  3. Kevin T Jones
  4. Shivani K Thaker
  5. Utpal Banerjee
(2016)
In vivo genetic dissection of tumor growth and the warburg effect
eLife 5:e18126.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.18126

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