Fei Luo, Zhonglan Zou, Xinlu Liu, Min Ling, Qingling Wang, Qi Wang, Lu Lu, Le Shi, Yonglian Liu, Qizhan Liu, Aihua Zhang
Arsenite is well established as a human carcinogen, but the molecular mechanisms leading to arsenite-induced carcinogenesis are complex and elusive. Accelerated glycolysis, a common process in tumor cells called the Warburg effect, is associated with various biological phenomena. However, the role of glycolysis induced by arsenite is unknown. We have found that, with chronic exposure to arsenite, L-02 cells undergo a metabolic shift to glycolysis. In liver cells exposed to arsenite, hypoxia inducible factor-1α (HIF-1α) and monocarboxylate transporter-4 (MCT-4) are over-expressed...
June 1, 2017: Carcinogenesis