Nature Communications (Aug 2022)

Serine metabolism remodeling after platinum-based chemotherapy identifies vulnerabilities in a subgroup of resistant ovarian cancers

  • Tom Van Nyen,
  • Mélanie Planque,
  • Lilian van Wagensveld,
  • Joao A. G. Duarte,
  • Esther A. Zaal,
  • Ali Talebi,
  • Matteo Rossi,
  • Pierre-René Körner,
  • Lara Rizzotto,
  • Stijn Moens,
  • Wout De Wispelaere,
  • Regina E. M. Baiden-Amissah,
  • Gabe S. Sonke,
  • Hugo M. Horlings,
  • Guy Eelen,
  • Emanuele Berardi,
  • Johannes V. Swinnen,
  • Celia R. Berkers,
  • Peter Carmeliet,
  • Diether Lambrechts,
  • Ben Davidson,
  • Reuven Agami,
  • Sarah-Maria Fendt,
  • Daniela Annibali,
  • Frédéric Amant

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-32272-6
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 19

Abstract

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Metabolic reprogramming is associated with cancer development and therapy resistance. Here, the authors show that downregulation of the serine biosynthesis enzyme PHGDH in a fraction of patients is associated with relapse in platinum-treated ovarian cancers and to NAD+ and PARP activity upregulation.