Oxygen metabolism and a potential role for cytochrome c oxidase in the Warburg effect |
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Authors: | Paul C. Herrmann E. Clifford Herrmann |
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Affiliation: | (1) Department of Pathology, Loma Linda University, School of Medicine, Loma Linda, CA 92354, USA;(2) Department of Biochemistry, Loma Linda University, School of Medicine, Loma Linda, CA 92354, USA |
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Abstract: | By manipulating the physical properties of oxygen, cells are able to harvest the large thermodynamic potential of oxidation to provide a substantial fraction of the energy necessary for cellular processes. The enzyme largely responsible for this oxygen manipulation is cytochrome c oxidase, which resides at the inner mitochondrial membrane. For unknown reasons, cancer cells do not maximally utilize this process, but instead rely more on an anaerobic-like metabolism demonstrating the so-called Warburg effect. As the enzyme at the crossroads of oxidative metabolism, cytochrome c oxidase might be expected to play a role in this so-called Warburg effect. Through protein assay methods and metabolic studies with radiolabeled glucose, alterations associated with cancer and cytochrome c oxidase subunit levels are explored. The implications of these findings for cancer research are discussed briefly. |
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Keywords: | Cancer Cytochrome c oxidase Metabolism Oxygen Warburg |
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