Nature Communications (Jul 2022)

Blocking glycine utilization inhibits multiple myeloma progression by disrupting glutathione balance

  • Jiliang Xia,
  • Jingyu Zhang,
  • Xuan Wu,
  • Wanqing Du,
  • Yinghong Zhu,
  • Xing Liu,
  • Zhenhao Liu,
  • Bin Meng,
  • Jiaojiao Guo,
  • Qin Yang,
  • Yihui Wang,
  • Qinglin Wang,
  • Xiangling Feng,
  • Guoxiang Xie,
  • Yi Shen,
  • Yanjuan He,
  • Juanjuan Xiang,
  • Minghua Wu,
  • Gang An,
  • Lugui Qiu,
  • Wei Jia,
  • Wen Zhou

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-31248-w
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 16

Abstract

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The bone tumour microenvironment plays an essential role in multiple myeloma (MM) development. Here, the authors show that bone collagen degradation provides glycine to support MM progression through glutathione and purine synthesis.