Vasquez, J.H., Borniger, J. C. (March 2020) Neuroendocrine and Behavioral Consequences of Hyperglycemia in Cancer. Endocrinology, 161 (5). ISSN 0013-7227
Abstract
A hallmark of cancer is the disruption of cellular metabolism during the course of malignant growth. Major focus is now on how these cell-autonomous processes propagate to the tumor microenvironment, and more generally, to the entire host system. This chain of events can have major consequences for a patient's health and wellbeing. For example, metabolic 'waste' produced by cancer cells activates systemic inflammatory responses, which can interfere with hepatic insulin receptor signaling and glucose homeostasis. Research is just now beginning to understand how these processes occur, and how they contribute to systemic symptoms prevalent across cancers, including hyperglycemia, fatigue, pain, and sleep disruption. Indeed, it is only recently that we have begun to appreciate that the brain does not play a passive role in responding to cancer-induced changes in physiology. In this review, we provide a brief discussion of how oncogene-directed metabolic reprogramming disrupts host metabolism, with a specific emphasis on cancer-induced hyperglycemia. We further discuss how the brain senses circulating glucose concentrations and how this process goes awry as a response to distant neoplastic growth. Finally, as glucose-sensing neurons control diverse aspects of physiology and behavior, we link cancer-induced changes in energy balance to neuroendocrine and behavioral consequences for the host organism.
| Item Type: | Paper |
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| Subjects: | diseases & disorders > cancer diseases & disorders diseases & disorders > neoplasms organs, tissues, organelles, cell types and functions > organs types and functions > brain organs, tissues, organelles, cell types and functions > organs types and functions > metabolism organs, tissues, organelles, cell types and functions > organs types and functions organs, tissues, organelles, cell types and functions |
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| Communities: | CSHL labs > Borniger lab |
| Depositing User: | Adrian Gomez |
| Date: | 20 March 2020 |
| Date Deposited: | 02 Apr 2020 15:27 |
| Last Modified: | 01 Feb 2024 19:04 |
| PMCID: | PMC7174055 |
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| URI: | https://repository.cshl.edu/id/eprint/39216 |
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