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Fang G, Chen Q, Li J, Lian X, Shi D. The Diurnal Transcriptome Reveals the Reprogramming of Lung Adenocarcinoma Cells Under a Time-Restricted Feeding-Mimicking Regimen. J Nutr 2024; 154:354-368. [PMID: 38065409 DOI: 10.1016/j.tjnut.2023.11.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2023] [Revised: 11/08/2023] [Accepted: 11/30/2023] [Indexed: 12/25/2023] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND The processes of tumor growth and circadian rhythm are intimately intertwined; thus, rewiring circadian metabolism by time-restricted feeding (TRF) may contribute to delaying carcinogenesis. However, research on the effect of a TRF cellular regimen on cancer is lacking. OBJECTIVE Investigate the circadian signatures of TRF in lung cancer in vitro. METHODS We first developed a cellular paradigm mimicking in vivo TRF and collected cells for transcriptome analysis. We further confirmed the effect on tumor cells upon 6-h TRF-mimicking (6-h TRFM) by real-time PCR, Lumicycle experiments, CCK-8, and flow cytometry assays. RESULTS We found that A549 lung adenocarcinoma cells treated with 6-h TRFM conditions displayed robust diurnal rhythms of transcriptomes, as well as modulation of the core clock genes relative to other different cellular regimens used in this study, including the fasting-mimicking conditions (ie, short-term starvation) and the serum-free regime. Notably, pathway analysis of oscillating genes exclusively in 6-h TRFM showed that some circadian genes were enriched in tumor-related pathways, such as the oxytocin signaling pathway, HIF-1 signaling pathway, and pentose and glucuronate interconversions. Moreover, in line with the circadian pathway enrichment results, 6-h TRFM robustly inhibited cell proliferation and induced cell apoptosis and cell cycle arrest in lung adenocarcinoma A549 cells, lung adenocarcinoma H460 cells, esophageal carcinoma Eca-109 cells, and breast adenocarcinoma MCF-7 cells. CONCLUSIONS Our findings provide the first in vitro mimicking medium for TRF intervention and indicate that 6-h TRFM is sufficient to reprogram the circadian signatures of lung adenocarcinoma cells and inhibit the progression of multiple tumors.
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- Gaofeng Fang
- Department of Nutrition and Food Hygiene, School of Public Health, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, P.R. China; Center for Lipid Research, Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology for Infectious Diseases (Ministry of Education), Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400016, P.R. China
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- Department of Nutrition and Food Hygiene, School of Public Health, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, P.R. China; Center for Lipid Research, Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology for Infectious Diseases (Ministry of Education), Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400016, P.R. China
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- Department of Nutrition and Food Hygiene, School of Public Health, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, P.R. China; Center for Lipid Research, Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology for Infectious Diseases (Ministry of Education), Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400016, P.R. China
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- Department of Nutrition and Food Hygiene, School of Public Health, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, P.R. China; Center for Lipid Research, Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology for Infectious Diseases (Ministry of Education), Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400016, P.R. China.
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- Department of Nutrition and Food Hygiene, School of Public Health, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, P.R. China; Center for Lipid Research, Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology for Infectious Diseases (Ministry of Education), Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400016, P.R. China; Research Center for Environment and Population Health, School of Public Health, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, P.R. China.
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Walton JC, Walker WH, Nelson RJ, DeVries AC. Time of day bias for biological sampling in studies of mammary cancer. Sci Rep 2024; 14:848. [PMID: 38191908 PMCID: PMC10774401 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-50785-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2023] [Accepted: 12/25/2023] [Indexed: 01/10/2024] Open
Abstract
Despite its demonstrated biological significance, time of day is a broadly overlooked biological variable in preclinical and clinical studies. How time of day affects the influence of peripheral tumors on central (brain) function remains unspecified. Thus, we tested the hypothesis that peripheral mammary cancer tumors alter the transcriptome of immune responses in the brain and that these responses vary based on time of day; we predicted that time of day sampling bias would alter the interpretation of the results. Brain tissues collected at mid dark and mid light from mammary tumor-bearing and vehicle injected mice were analyzed using the Nanostring nCounter immune panel. Peripheral mammary tumors significantly affected expression within the brain of over 100 unique genes of the 770 represented in the panel, and fewer than 25% of these genes were affected similarly across the day. Indeed, between 65 and 75% of GO biological processes represented by the differentially expressed genes were dependent upon time of day of sampling. The implications of time-of-day sampling bias in interpretation of research studies cannot be understated. We encourage considering time of day as a significant biological variable in studies and to appropriately control for it and clearly report time of day in findings.
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- James C Walton
- Department of Neuroscience, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, 26505, USA.
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- Department of Neuroscience, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, 26505, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, 26505, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, 26505, USA
- Department of Medicine, Division of Oncology/Hematology, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, 26505, USA
- West Virginia University Cancer Institute, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, 26505, USA
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Rodriguez M, Fekry B, Murphy B, Figueroa M, Cheng T, Raber M, Wartenberg L, Bell D, Triche L, Crawford K, Ma H, Allton K, Ahmed R, Tran J, Ranieri C, Konopleva M, Barton M, Nunez C, Eckel‐Mahan K, Chandra J. Feasible diet and circadian interventions reduce in vivo progression of FLT3-ITD-positive acute myeloid leukemia. Cancer Med 2024; 13:e6949. [PMID: 38334474 PMCID: PMC10854450 DOI: 10.1002/cam4.6949] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2023] [Revised: 11/29/2023] [Accepted: 01/09/2024] [Indexed: 02/10/2024] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) with an internal tandem duplication in the fms-like tyrosine kinase receptor 3 gene (FLT3-ITD) is associated with poor survival, and few studies have examined the impact of modifiable behaviors, such as nutrient quality and timing, in this subset of acute leukemia. METHODS The influence of diet composition (low-sucrose and/or low-fat diets) and timing of diet were tested in tandem with anthracycline treatment in orthotopic xenograft mouse models. A pilot clinical study to test receptivity of pediatric leukemia patients to macronutrient matched foods was conducted. A role for the circadian protein, BMAL1 (brain and muscle ARNT-like 1), in effects of diet timing was studied by overexpression in FLT3-ITD-bearing AML cells. RESULTS Reduced tumor burden in FLT3-ITD AML-bearing mice was observed with interventions utilizing low-sucrose and/or low-fat diets, or time-restricted feeding (TRF) compared to mice fed normal chow ad libitum. In a tasting study, macronutrient matched low-sucrose and low-fat meals were offered to pediatric acute leukemia patients who largely reported liking the meals. Expression of the circadian protein, BMAL1, was heightened with TRF and the low-sucrose diet. BMAL1 overexpression and treatment with a pharmacological inducer of BMAL1 was cytotoxic to FLT3-ITD AML cells. CONCLUSIONS Mouse models for FLT3-ITD AML show that diet composition and timing slows progression of FLT3-ITD AML growth in vivo, potentially mediated by BMAL1. These interventions to enhance therapy efficacy show preliminary feasibility, as pediatric leukemia patients responded favorable to preparation of macronutrient matched meals.
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- Megan Rodriguez
- Department of Pediatrics‐ResearchThe University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer CenterHoustonTexasUSA
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- Institute of Molecular MedicineMcGovern Medical School at the University of Texas Health Science Center (UT Health)HoustonTexasUSA
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- Department of Pediatrics‐ResearchThe University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer CenterHoustonTexasUSA
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- Department of Pediatrics‐ResearchThe University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer CenterHoustonTexasUSA
- University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center UT Health Houston Graduate School of Biomedical SciencesHoustonTexasUSA
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- Department of Pediatrics‐ResearchThe University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer CenterHoustonTexasUSA
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- Department of Pediatrics‐ResearchThe University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer CenterHoustonTexasUSA
- School of Public Health, Division of Epidemiology, Human Genetics and Environmental SciencesUniversity of TexasHoustonTexasUSA
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- Department of Pediatrics‐ResearchThe University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer CenterHoustonTexasUSA
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- Department of Pediatrics Patient CareThe University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer CenterHoustonTexasUSA
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- Department of Pediatrics Patient CareThe University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer CenterHoustonTexasUSA
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- Department of Pediatrics‐ResearchThe University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer CenterHoustonTexasUSA
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- Department of Pediatrics‐ResearchThe University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer CenterHoustonTexasUSA
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- Bionutrition Research CoreThe University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer CenterHoustonTexasUSA
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- Institute of Molecular MedicineMcGovern Medical School at the University of Texas Health Science Center (UT Health)HoustonTexasUSA
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- Institute of Molecular MedicineMcGovern Medical School at the University of Texas Health Science Center (UT Health)HoustonTexasUSA
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- Bionutrition Research CoreThe University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer CenterHoustonTexasUSA
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- Section of Molecular Hematology and Therapy, Department of LeukemiaThe University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer CenterHoustonTexasUSA
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- Department of Epigenetics and Molecular CarcinogenesisThe University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer CenterHoustonTexasUSA
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- Department of Pediatrics Patient CareThe University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer CenterHoustonTexasUSA
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- Institute of Molecular MedicineMcGovern Medical School at the University of Texas Health Science Center (UT Health)HoustonTexasUSA
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- Department of Pediatrics‐ResearchThe University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer CenterHoustonTexasUSA
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Zakic T, Pekovic-Vaughan V, Cvoro A, Korac A, Jankovic A, Korac B. Redox and metabolic reprogramming in breast cancer and cancer-associated adipose tissue. FEBS Lett 2023. [PMID: 38140817 DOI: 10.1002/1873-3468.14794] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2023] [Revised: 12/06/2023] [Accepted: 12/11/2023] [Indexed: 12/24/2023]
Abstract
Redox and metabolic processes are tightly coupled in both physiological and pathological conditions. In cancer, their integration occurs at multiple levels and is characterized by synchronized reprogramming both in the tumor tissue and its specific but heterogeneous microenvironment. In breast cancer, the principal microenvironment is the cancer-associated adipose tissue (CAAT). Understanding how the redox-metabolic reprogramming becomes coordinated in human breast cancer is imperative both for cancer prevention and for the establishment of new therapeutic approaches. This review aims to provide an overview of the current knowledge of the redox profiles and regulation of intermediary metabolism in breast cancer while considering the tumor and CAAT of breast cancer as a unique Warburg's pseudo-organ. As cancer is now recognized as a systemic metabolic disease, we have paid particular attention to the cell-specific redox-metabolic reprogramming and the roles of estrogen receptors and circadian rhythms, as well as their crosstalk in the development, growth, progression, and prognosis of breast cancer.
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- Tamara Zakic
- Institute for Biological Research "Sinisa Stankovic"-National Institute of Republic of Serbia, University of Belgrade, Serbia
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- Institute of Life Course and Medical Sciences, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, William Henry Duncan Building, University of Liverpool, UK
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- Institute for Biological Research "Sinisa Stankovic"-National Institute of Republic of Serbia, University of Belgrade, Serbia
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- Institute for Biological Research "Sinisa Stankovic"-National Institute of Republic of Serbia, University of Belgrade, Serbia
- Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade, Serbia
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Kalam F, James DL, Li YR, Coleman MF, Kiesel VA, Cespedes Feliciano EM, Hursting SD, Sears DD, Kleckner AS. Intermittent fasting interventions to leverage metabolic and circadian mechanisms for cancer treatment and supportive care outcomes. J Natl Cancer Inst Monogr 2023; 2023:84-103. [PMID: 37139971 PMCID: PMC10157769 DOI: 10.1093/jncimonographs/lgad008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2022] [Revised: 01/19/2023] [Accepted: 02/14/2023] [Indexed: 05/05/2023] Open
Abstract
Intermittent fasting entails restricting food intake during specific times of day, days of the week, religious practice, or surrounding clinically important events. Herein, the metabolic and circadian rhythm mechanisms underlying the proposed benefits of intermittent fasting for the cancer population are described. We summarize epidemiological, preclinical, and clinical studies in cancer published between January 2020 and August 2022 and propose avenues for future research. An outstanding concern regarding the use of intermittent fasting among cancer patients is that fasting often results in caloric restriction, which can put patients already prone to malnutrition, cachexia, or sarcopenia at risk. Although clinical trials do not yet provide sufficient data to support the general use of intermittent fasting in clinical practice, this summary may be useful for patients, caregivers, and clinicians who are exploring intermittent fasting as part of their cancer journey for clinical outcomes and symptom management.
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- Faiza Kalam
- Department of Preventive Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University. Chicago, IL, USA
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- College of Nursing, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL, USA
- Edson College of Nursing and Health Innovation, Arizona State University, Phoenix, AZ, USA
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- Departments of Radiation Oncology and Cancer Genetics and Epigenetics, City of Hope, Duarte, CA, USA
- Division of Quantitative Medicine & Systems Biology, Translational Genomics Research Institute, Phoenix, AZ, USA
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- Department of Nutrition, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Department of Nutrition, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Department of Nutrition, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- College of Health Solutions, Arizona State University, Phoenix, AZ, USA
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- Department of Pain and Translational Symptom Science, University of Maryland School of Nursing, Baltimore, MD, USA
- Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baltimore, MD, USA
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