Sarcoma Metabolomics: Current Horizons and Future Perspectives

The vast array of metabolic adaptations that cancer cells are capable of assuming, not only support their biosynthetic activity, but also fulfill their bioenergetic demands and keep their intracellular reduction–oxidation (redox) balance. Spotlight has recently been placed on the energy metabolism r...

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Main Authors: Miguel Esperança-Martins, Isabel Fernandes, Joaquim Soares do Brito, Daniela Macedo, Hugo Vasques, Teresa Serafim, Luís Costa, Sérgio Dias
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Published: MDPI AG 2021-06-01
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/10/6/1432
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author Miguel Esperança-Martins
Isabel Fernandes
Joaquim Soares do Brito
Daniela Macedo
Hugo Vasques
Teresa Serafim
Luís Costa
Sérgio Dias
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Joaquim Soares do Brito
Daniela Macedo
Hugo Vasques
Teresa Serafim
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Sérgio Dias
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description The vast array of metabolic adaptations that cancer cells are capable of assuming, not only support their biosynthetic activity, but also fulfill their bioenergetic demands and keep their intracellular reduction–oxidation (redox) balance. Spotlight has recently been placed on the energy metabolism reprogramming strategies employed by cancer cells to proliferate. Knowledge regarding soft tissue and bone sarcomas metabolome is relatively sparse. Further characterization of sarcoma metabolic landscape may pave the way for diagnostic refinement and new therapeutic target identification, with benefit to sarcoma patients. This review covers the state-of-the-art knowledge on cancer metabolomics and explores in detail the most recent evidence on soft tissue and bone sarcoma metabolomics.
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spelling doaj.art-392aa38d19e841988f9e90f0f6e1ec0b2023-11-21T23:14:08ZengMDPI AGCells2073-44092021-06-01106143210.3390/cells10061432Sarcoma Metabolomics: Current Horizons and Future PerspectivesMiguel Esperança-Martins0Isabel Fernandes1Joaquim Soares do Brito2Daniela Macedo3Hugo Vasques4Teresa Serafim5Luís Costa6Sérgio Dias7Centro Hospitalar Universitário Lisboa Norte, Medical Oncology Department, Hospital Santa Maria, 1649-028 Lisboa, PortugalCentro Hospitalar Universitário Lisboa Norte, Medical Oncology Department, Hospital Santa Maria, 1649-028 Lisboa, PortugalFaculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, 1649-028 Lisboa, PortugalMedical Oncology Department, Hospital Lusíadas Lisboa, 1500-458 Lisboa, PortugalFaculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, 1649-028 Lisboa, PortugalVascular Biology & Cancer Microenvironment Lab, Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, 1649-028 Lisboa, PortugalCentro Hospitalar Universitário Lisboa Norte, Medical Oncology Department, Hospital Santa Maria, 1649-028 Lisboa, PortugalVascular Biology & Cancer Microenvironment Lab, Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, 1649-028 Lisboa, PortugalThe vast array of metabolic adaptations that cancer cells are capable of assuming, not only support their biosynthetic activity, but also fulfill their bioenergetic demands and keep their intracellular reduction–oxidation (redox) balance. Spotlight has recently been placed on the energy metabolism reprogramming strategies employed by cancer cells to proliferate. Knowledge regarding soft tissue and bone sarcomas metabolome is relatively sparse. Further characterization of sarcoma metabolic landscape may pave the way for diagnostic refinement and new therapeutic target identification, with benefit to sarcoma patients. This review covers the state-of-the-art knowledge on cancer metabolomics and explores in detail the most recent evidence on soft tissue and bone sarcoma metabolomics.https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/10/6/1432sarcomasoft tissue sarcomabone sarcomagastrointestinal stromal tumormetabolomicsmetabolism
spellingShingle Miguel Esperança-Martins
Isabel Fernandes
Joaquim Soares do Brito
Daniela Macedo
Hugo Vasques
Teresa Serafim
Luís Costa
Sérgio Dias
Sarcoma Metabolomics: Current Horizons and Future Perspectives
Cells
sarcoma
soft tissue sarcoma
bone sarcoma
gastrointestinal stromal tumor
metabolomics
metabolism
title Sarcoma Metabolomics: Current Horizons and Future Perspectives
title_full Sarcoma Metabolomics: Current Horizons and Future Perspectives
title_fullStr Sarcoma Metabolomics: Current Horizons and Future Perspectives
title_full_unstemmed Sarcoma Metabolomics: Current Horizons and Future Perspectives
title_short Sarcoma Metabolomics: Current Horizons and Future Perspectives
title_sort sarcoma metabolomics current horizons and future perspectives
topic sarcoma
soft tissue sarcoma
bone sarcoma
gastrointestinal stromal tumor
metabolomics
metabolism
url https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/10/6/1432
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