Evidence mapPaperPMID 29972790Full record

ArticleCell reports2018

Uncoupling Hepatic Oxidative Phosphorylation Reduces Tumor Growth in Two Murine Models of Colon Cancer.

Yongliang Wang, Ali R Nasiri, William E Damsky, Curtis J Perry, Xian-Man Zhang, Aviva Rabin-Court, Michael N Pollak, Gerald I Shulman, Rachel J Perry

Open access · goldAbstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Cell reports, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 34 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
34citing papers in PubMed
3.1field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

34 citing papers in PubMed, 58 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. Exploring SGLT2 Inhibitors' Activity in Breast Cancer: An Overview.Current topics in medicinal chemistry · 2025
    Review
  3. Article
  4. Article
  5. The bioenergetic landscape of cancer.Molecular metabolism · 2024
    Review
  6. Review
  7. Review
  8. Article
  9. A review of the impact of energy balance on triple-negative breast cancer.Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Monographs · 2023
    Review
  10. Article
  11. Article
  12. Insulin and cancer: a tangled web.The Biochemical journal · 2022
    Review
  13. Article
  14. Frontiers in molecular neuroscience · 2022
    Review
  15. Article
  16. Article
  17. Article
  18. Article
  19. Review
  20. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Yongliang WangDepartment of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520, USA.
Ali R NasiriDepartment of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520, USA.
William E DamskyDepartment of Immunobiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520, USA; Department of Dermatology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520, USA.
Curtis J PerryDepartment of Immunobiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520, USA.
Xian-Man ZhangDepartment of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520, USA.
Aviva Rabin-CourtDepartment of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520, USA.
Michael N PollakDepartment of Oncology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec H3T 1E2, Canada; Department of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec H3T 1E2, Canada; Segal Cancer Centre, Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, Quebec H3T 1E2, Canada.
Gerald I ShulmanDepartment of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520, USA; Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520, USA; Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520, USA.
Rachel J PerryDepartment of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520, USA. Electronic address: rachel.perry@yale.edu.
Yale University · USJewish General Hospital · CA

Funding

Yale Diabetes Research CenterP30DK045735 · YALE UNIVERSITY · 1993 to 2025
$10.2M
Yale Mouse Metabolic Phenotyping CenterU24DK059635 · YALE UNIVERSITY · 2001 to 2005
$4.7M
Mechanisms of Fatty Acid Induced Insulin ResistanceR01DK040936 · YALE UNIVERSITY · 1989 to 2005
$1.8M
CIHRNCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR000142NCI NIH HHS K99 CA215315NCI NIH HHS R00 CA215315NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK045735NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK040936NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK113984NIDDK NIH HHS U24 DK059635
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Obesity is associated with colon cancer pathogenesis, but the underlying mechanism is actively debated. Here, we confirm that diet-induced obesity promotes tumor growth in two murine colon cancer models and show that this effect is reversed by an orally administered controlled-release mitochondrial protonophore (CRMP) that acts as a liver-specific uncoupler of oxidative phosphorylation. This agent lowered circulating insulin, and the reduction of tumor growth was abrogated by an insulin infusion raising plasma insulin to the level of high-fat-fed mice. We also demonstrate that hyperinsulinemia increases glucose uptake and oxidation in vivo in tumors and that CRMP reverses these effects. This study provides evidence that perturbations of whole-organism energy balance or hepatic energy metabolism can influence neoplastic growth. Furthermore, the data show that glucose uptake and utilization by cancers in vivo are not necessarily constitutively high but rather may vary according to the hormonal milieu.

Indexed as

Oxidative PhosphorylationAdenomatous Polyposis Coli ProteinAnimalsBlood GlucoseCell Line, TumorCell ProliferationColonic NeoplasmsColonic PolypsDisease Models, AnimalHyperinsulinismInsulinLiverMaleMetforminMice, Inbred C57BLMitochondriaAdenomatous Polyposis Coli ProteinBlood GlucoseInsulinMetforminProtonscolon adenocarcinomaglucose metabolisminsulininsulin resistanceuncoupling

Identifiers

PMID29972790
PMCPMC6056247
OpenAlexW2811024446

What Socratic holds

Textmetadata
LicenceTDM
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the Socratic graph.