Nature Communications (Sep 2022)

Fatty acids homeostasis during fasting predicts protection from chemotherapy toxicity

  • Marta Barradas,
  • Adrián Plaza,
  • Gonzalo Colmenarejo,
  • Iolanda Lázaro,
  • Luis Filipe Costa-Machado,
  • Roberto Martín-Hernández,
  • Victor Micó,
  • José Luis López-Aceituno,
  • Jesús Herranz,
  • Cristina Pantoja,
  • Hector Tejero,
  • Alberto Diaz-Ruiz,
  • Fatima Al-Shahrour,
  • Lidia Daimiel,
  • Viviana Loria-Kohen,
  • Ana Ramirez de Molina,
  • Alejo Efeyan,
  • Manuel Serrano,
  • Oscar J. Pozo,
  • Aleix Sala-Vila,
  • Pablo J. Fernandez-Marcos

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-33352-3
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 22

Abstract

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Fasting has been reported to protect from chemotherapy-associated toxicity. Here, the authors show that fatty acid profiles in erythrocyte membranes and gene expression from peripheral blood mononuclear cells are associated to the fasting-mediated benefits during cancer treatment in mice and patients.