Aspulvinone O, a natural inhibitor of GOT1 suppresses pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma cells growth by interfering glutamine metabolism

Abstract Background Distinctive from their normal counterparts, cancer cells exhibit unique metabolic dependencies on glutamine to fuel anabolic processes. Specifically, pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) cells rely on an unconventional metabolic pathway catalyzed by aspartate transaminase 1 (G...

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Main Authors: Weiguang Sun, Shanshan Luan, Changxing Qi, Qingyi Tong, Shan Yan, Hua Li, Yonghui Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-08-01
Series:Cell Communication and Signaling
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12964-019-0425-4