Nature Communications (Jul 2020)

Dietary glutamine supplementation suppresses epigenetically-activated oncogenic pathways to inhibit melanoma tumour growth

  • Mari B. Ishak Gabra,
  • Ying Yang,
  • Haiqing Li,
  • Parijat Senapati,
  • Eric A. Hanse,
  • Xazmin H. Lowman,
  • Thai Q. Tran,
  • Lishi Zhang,
  • Linda T. Doan,
  • Xiangdong Xu,
  • Dustin E. Schones,
  • David A. Fruman,
  • Mei Kong

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17181-w
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 15

Abstract

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The availability of nutrients within the tumour microenvironment can influence tumour growth. Here, the authors find that, in a melanoma mouse model, mice fed a high glutamine diet have reduced tumour growth, increased sensitivity to Braf inhibitors and elevated a-ketoglutarate levels.