Arginine starvation kills tumor cells through aspartate exhaustion and mitochondrial dysfunction

Arginine starvation kills cancer cells via aspartate depletion.

mitochondrial distress breast cancer cancer
6 Disease terms
4 Chemical terms
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Title
Arginine starvation kills tumor cells through aspartate exhaustion and mitochondrial dysfunction
Summary
Arginine starvation kills cancer cells via aspartate depletion.
Observation
Effects of arginine depletion on arginine-auxotrophic cancer cells.
Findings
Arginine starvation causes mitochondrial dysfunction and aspartate depletion, reducing tumor growth in ASS1-deficient breast cancer.
Disease terms
mitochondrial distress, breast cancer, cancer, tumor, mitochondrial dysfunction, arginine auxotrophy
Gene terms
argininosuccinate synthase 1, asparagine synthetase, ASNS, ASS1
Chemical terms
arginine, aspartate, malate, Arginine
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