Nature Communications (Dec 2022)

Dynamic partitioning of branched-chain amino acids-derived nitrogen supports renal cancer progression

  • Marco Sciacovelli,
  • Aurelien Dugourd,
  • Lorea Valcarcel Jimenez,
  • Ming Yang,
  • Efterpi Nikitopoulou,
  • Ana S. H. Costa,
  • Laura Tronci,
  • Veronica Caraffini,
  • Paulo Rodrigues,
  • Christina Schmidt,
  • Dylan Gerard Ryan,
  • Timothy Young,
  • Vincent R. Zecchini,
  • Sabrina H. Rossi,
  • Charlie Massie,
  • Caroline Lohoff,
  • Maria Masid,
  • Vassily Hatzimanikatis,
  • Christoph Kuppe,
  • Alex Von Kriegsheim,
  • Rafael Kramann,
  • Vincent Gnanapragasam,
  • Anne Y. Warren,
  • Grant D. Stewart,
  • Ayelet Erez,
  • Sakari Vanharanta,
  • Julio Saez-Rodriguez,
  • Christian Frezza

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-35036-4
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 20

Abstract

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Primary and metastatic tumours have different metabolic phenotypes due to changes in nutrient availability. Here the authors perform multi-omic analyses of primary and metastatic renal cancer cells grown in a physiological medium and show that the reprogramming of the branched-chain amino acid catabolism and urea cycle through re-expression of ASS1 allows metabolic flexibility during renal cancer progression.