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. 2023 Jun 1;83(11):1765-1766.
doi: 10.1016/j.molcel.2023.05.014.

An unexpected pathway to polyamines in pancreatic cancer

Dominik Awad  1 , Costas A Lyssiotis  2
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An unexpected pathway to polyamines in pancreatic cancer

Dominik Awad et al. Mol Cell. .
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Abstract

In most adult tissues, arginine is the precursor to polyamines, poly-cationic metabolites that interact with negatively charged biomolecules like DNA. Lee et al.1 discovered that pancreatic cancers synthesize polyamines from glutamine, illuminating a new pathway and underscoring their metabolic flexibility.

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Conflict of interest statement

Declaration of interests C.A.L. has received consulting fees from Astellas Pharmaceuticals, Odyssey Therapeutics, and T-Knife Therapeutics and is an inventor on patents pertaining to Kras-regulated metabolic pathways, redox control pathways in pancreatic cancer, and targeting the GOT1-pathway as a therapeutic approach (US Patent No: 2015126580-A1, 05/07/2015; US Patent No: 20190136238, 05/09/2019; International Patent No: WO2013177426-A2, 04/23/2015).

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  • Ornithine aminotransferase supports polyamine synthesis in pancreatic cancer.
    Lee MS, Dennis C, Naqvi I, Dailey L, Lorzadeh A, Ye G, Zaytouni T, Adler A, Hitchcock DS, Lin L, Hoffman MT, Bhuiyan AM, Barth JL, Machacek ME, Mino-Kenudson M, Dougan SK, Jadhav U, Clish CB, Kalaany NY. Lee MS, et al. Nature. 2023 Apr;616(7956):339-347. doi: 10.1038/s41586-023-05891-2. Epub 2023 Mar 29. Nature. 2023. PMID: 36991126 Free PMC article.

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