Nature Communications (Feb 2017)

Snail reprograms glucose metabolism by repressing phosphofructokinase PFKP allowing cancer cell survival under metabolic stress

  • Nam Hee Kim,
  • Yong Hoon Cha,
  • Jueun Lee,
  • Seon-Hyeong Lee,
  • Ji Hye Yang,
  • Jun Seop Yun,
  • Eunae Sandra Cho,
  • Xianglan Zhang,
  • Miso Nam,
  • Nami Kim,
  • Young-Su Yuk,
  • So Young Cha,
  • Yoonmi Lee,
  • Joo Kyung Ryu,
  • Sunghyouk Park,
  • Jae-Ho Cheong,
  • Sang Won Kang,
  • Soo-Youl Kim,
  • Geum-Sook Hwang,
  • Jong In Yook,
  • Hyun Sil Kim

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14374
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Cancer cell survival under metabolic stress is a critical step for metastasis. Here, the authors show that under glucose deprivation, Snail, a key regulator of the metastatic process, promotes survival by diverting glucose to the pentose phosphate pathway through repression of phosphofructokinase PFKP.