Cancer discoveryJournal Article

02 Apr 2025

High Glucose Contribution to the TCA Cycle Is a Feature of Aggressive Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer in Patients.

Abstract

Intraoperative 13C-glucose infusions in patients with NSCLC show that tumors with high labeling of TCA cycle intermediates progress rapidly, resulting in metastasis and early death. Blocking this pathway suppresses metastasis of human NSCLC cells in mice.

COI Statement

N.G. Hammond reports grants from the NCI during the conduct of the study. R.B. Cameron reports personal fees from MJH Life Sciences outside the submitted work. A. Kaushik reports other support from Pfizer outside the submitted work. A.D. Rao reports other support from MSD outside the submitted work. J.D. Minna reports grants from the NCI during the conduct of the study and personal fees from the NIH and the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center outside the submitted work. J. Waters reports personal fees from AstraZeneca outside the submitted work, and his wife is a paid consultant for Gore Medical and leads an industry-sponsored clinical trial in peripheral arterial disease. B. Faubert reports grants from the NCI and the Cancer Research Foundation during the conduct of the study. R.J. DeBerardinis reports personal fees from Agios Pharmaceuticals, Atavistik Bio, and Vida Ventures outside the submitted work. No disclosures were reported by the other authors.

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