Lindsey R Conroy, Josephine E Chang, Qi Sun, Harrison A Clarke, Michael D Buoncristiani, Lyndsay E A Young, Robert J McDonald, Jinze Liu, Matthew S Gentry, Derek B Allison, Ramon C Sun
The tumor microenvironment contains a heterogeneous population of stromal and cancer cells that engage in metabolic crosstalk to ultimately promote tumor growth and contribute to progression. Due to heterogeneity within solid tumors, pooled mass spectrometry workflows are less sensitive at delineating unique metabolic perturbations between stromal and immune cell populations. Two critical, but understudied, facets of glucose metabolism are anabolic pathways for glycogen and N-linked glycan biosynthesis. Together, these complex carbohydrates modulate bioenergetics and protein-structure function, and create functional microanatomy in distinct cell populations within the tumor heterogeneity...
2022: Advances in Cancer Research