La restricción de la serina altera la diversidad de los esfingolipidos para limitar el crecimiento tumoral

Thangaselvam Muthusamy1, Thekla Cordes1, Michal K Handzlik1

  • 1Department of Bioengineering, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.

Nature
|August 14, 2020
PubMed
Resumen

La limitación de la disponibilidad de serina y glicina induce la síntesis de desoxisfingolipidos tóxicos, ralentizando el crecimiento tumoral. Dirigirse a la serina palmitoiltransferasa (SPT) o a la fosfoglicerato deshidrogenasa (PHGDH) ofrece nuevas estrategias de tratamiento del cáncer.

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