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. 2022 Mar;38(3):255-262.
doi: 10.1051/medsci/2022024. Epub 2022 Mar 25.

[Succinate dehydrogenase in cancer]

[Article in French]
Sophie Moog  1 , Judith Favier  1
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[Succinate dehydrogenase in cancer]

[Article in French]
Sophie Moog et al. Med Sci (Paris). 2022 Mar.
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Abstract
in English, French

Succinate dehydrogenase (SDH) is a mitochondrial enzyme that participates in both the tricarboxylic acid cycle and the electron transport chain. Mutations in genes encoding SDH are responsible for a predisposition to pheochromocytomas and paragangliomas, and more rarely, to gastrointestinal stromal tumors or renal cell carcinomas. A decrease in SDH activity, not explained by genetics, has also been observed in more common cancers. One of the consequences of the inactivation of SDH is the excessive production of its substrate, succinate, which acts as an oncometabolite by promoting a pseudohypoxic status and an extensive epigenetic rearrangement. Understanding SDH-related oncogenesis now makes it possible to develop innovative diagnostic methods and to consider targeted therapies for the management of affected patients.

Title: Rôle de la succinate déshydrogénase dans le cancer.

Abstract: La succinate déshydrogénase (SDH) est une enzyme mitochondriale qui participe au cycle de Krebs et à la chaîne respiratoire. Quand elles sont à l’origine de cancers, les mutations des gènes codant les différentes sous-unités de la SDH sont responsables d’une prédisposition aux phéochromocytomes et aux paragangliomes, et, plus rarement, aux tumeurs stromales gastro-intestinales ou au cancer du rein. Une diminution de l’activité de la SDH, non expliquée par la génétique, s’observe aussi dans certains cancers plus fréquents. Une des conséquences de l’inactivation de la SDH est la production excessive de son substrat, le succinate, qui joue un rôle d’oncométabolite en promouvant un statut pseudohypoxique et d’importants remaniements épigénétiques. La compréhension de l’oncogenèse liée à la succinate déshydrogénase permet aujourd’hui de développer des méthodes diagnostiques innovantes et d’envisager des thérapies ciblées pour la prise en charge des patients atteints.

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