Plasticity of cancer invasion and energy metabolism

Maria Parlani, Carolina Jorgez, Peter Friedl

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Abstract

Energy deprivation is a frequent adverse event in tumors that is caused by mutations, malperfusion, hypoxia, and nutrition deficit. The resulting bioenergetic stress leads to signaling and metabolic adaptation responses in tumor cells, secures survival, and adjusts migration activity. The kinetic responses of cancer cells to energy deficit were recently identified, including a switch of invasive cancer cells to energy-conservative amoeboid migration and an enhanced capability for distant metastasis. We review the energy programs employed by different cancer invasion modes including collective, mesenchymal, and amoeboid migration, as well as their interconversion in response to energy deprivation, and we discuss the consequences for metastatic escape. Understanding the energy requirements of amoeboid and other dissemination strategies offers rationales for improving therapeutic targeting of metastatic cancer progression.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)388-402
Number of pages15
JournalTrends in Cell Biology
Volume33
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - May 2023

Keywords

  • amoeboid migration
  • cellular bioenergetics
  • metabolic stress
  • migration plasticity

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Cell Biology

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