Nature Communications (Mar 2020)

Long noncoding RNA AGPG regulates PFKFB3-mediated tumor glycolytic reprogramming

  • Jia Liu,
  • Ze-Xian Liu,
  • Qi-Nian Wu,
  • Yun-Xin Lu,
  • Chau-Wei Wong,
  • Lei Miao,
  • Yun Wang,
  • Zixian Wang,
  • Ying Jin,
  • Ming-Ming He,
  • Chao Ren,
  • De-Shen Wang,
  • Dong-Liang Chen,
  • Heng-Ying Pu,
  • Lin Feng,
  • Bo Li,
  • Dan Xie,
  • Mu-Sheng Zeng,
  • Peng Huang,
  • Aifu Lin,
  • Dongxin Lin,
  • Rui-Hua Xu,
  • Huai-Qiang Ju

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-15112-3
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 16

Abstract

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PFKFB3 enhances glycolysis to promote cancer cell proliferation. Here, the authors identify a long noncoding RNA in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma, AGPG, which interacts with PFKFB3 and promotes its stability, leading to increased glycolysis and proliferation.