Revisiting glucose metabolism in cancer: lessons from a PKM knock-in model

Mol Cell Oncol. 2018 Aug 1;5(4):e1472054. doi: 10.1080/23723556.2018.1472054. eCollection 2018.

Abstract

Isoform selection of pyruvate kinase M (PKM), a glycolytic enzyme, influences fates of glucose-derived carbons in cellular metabolic networks. We recently developed novel mouse lines to study PKM isoform function and identified PKM1 as a potential target in a subset of human lung cancers. This work provides new insight into cancer metabolism.

Keywords: PKM; PKM1; PKM2; SCLC; cancer metabolism; glycolysis; pulmonary neuroendocrine tumor.

Grants and funding

This work was supported by JSPS KAKENHI grants (24501326, 16K14621 and 17K19620 to NT, 18K16433 to TS, 18K15965 to MM), the Takeda Foundation (NT).