PDKs Cancer Research Results

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– PDK1 is often upregulated in cancers and is central to the metabolic reprogramming (Warburg effect) that allows tumor cells to favor glycolysis over oxidative phosphorylation.
– Elevated PDK1 expression has been correlated with aggressive tumor behavior and poor prognosis in several cancer types, including non‐small cell lung cancer, ovarian cancer, and gastric cancer.

– Although PDK2 has a similar catalytic role as PDK1, its expression levels and impact may vary.
– Some studies have observed that increased PDK2 expression is associated with more aggressive cancer features and resistance to therapy in certain tumor types.

– PDK3 is often upregulated in response to hypoxic conditions—a common feature of solid tumors—which can further drive metabolic divergence in cancer cells.

– The role of PDK4 appears to be more variable. In some settings, its activity might be lower in tumor cells to favor the use of glycolysis, while in others, it may be upregulated as part of broader metabolic adaptations.

-By upregulating PDKs, cancer cells limit the flux of pyruvate into the mitochondria, thereby promoting glycolysis.


Scientific Papers found: Click to Expand⟱
3271- ALA,    Decrypting the potential role of α-lipoic acid in Alzheimer's disease
- Review, AD, NA
*antiOx↑, *memory↑, *neuroP↑, *Inflam↓, *IronCh↑, *NRF2↑, *BBB↑, *GlucoseCon↑, *Ach↑, *ROS↓, *p‑tau↓, *Aβ↓, *cognitive↑, *Hif1a↑, *Ca+2↓, *GLUT3↑, *GLUT4↑, *HO-1↑, *VEGF↑, *PDKs↓, *PDH↑, *VCAM-1↓, *GSH↑, *NRF2↑, *hepatoP↑, *ChAT↑,
2389- BA,    Baicalin alleviates lipid accumulation in adipocytes via inducing metabolic reprogramming and targeting Adenosine A1 receptor
- in-vitro, Obesity, 3T3
*ECAR↑, *OCR↓, *p‑AMPK↑, *p‑ACC↑, *Glycolysis↑, *lipidDe↓, *SREBP1↓, *FAO↑, *HK2↑, *PKM2↑, *LDHA↑, *PDKs↓, *ACC↓,
6685- DAP,    Anticancer effects of some novel dichloroacetophenones through the inhibition of pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase 1
- in-vitro, Lung, H1975
PDKs↓, selectivity∅, MMP↓, Apoptosis↑, lactateProd↓, ROS↑,
6680- DCA,    The PI3K/Akt Pathway Regulates Oxygen Metabolism via Pyruvate Dehydrogenase (PDH)-E1α Phosphorylation
- NA, Laryn, FaDu
PDH↓, PDKs↓, OCR↑,
4901- DCA,  Sal,    Dichloroacetate and Salinomycin as Therapeutic Agents in Cancer
- Review, NSCLC, NA
Glycolysis↓, OXPHOS↑, PDKs↓, ROS↑, Apoptosis↑, GlucoseCon↓, lactateProd↓, RadioS↑, TumAuto↑, mTOR↓, LC3s↓, p62↑, TumCG↓, OS↑, toxicity↝, ChemoSen↑, eff↑, eff↑, Ferritin↓, CSCs↓, EMT↓, ROS↑, Cyt‑c↑, Casp3↑, ER Stress↑, selectivity↑, eff↑, TumCG↓,
5194- DCA,    Metabolic modulation of glioblastoma with dichloroacetate
- vitro+vivo, GBM, NA
MMP↓, mt-ROS↑, Apoptosis↑, CSCs↓, Hif1a↓, P53↑, angioG↓, toxicity↓, PDKs↓,
1878- DCA,  5-FU,    Synergistic Antitumor Effect of Dichloroacetate in Combination with 5-Fluorouracil in Colorectal Cancer
- in-vitro, CRC, LS174T - in-vitro, CRC, LoVo - in-vitro, CRC, SW-620 - in-vitro, CRC, HT-29
tumCV↓, eff↑, PDKs↓, lactateProd↓, Glycolysis↓, mitResp↑, TumCCA↑, Bcl-2↓, BAX↑, Casp3↑,
1877- DCA,    Non-Hodgkin′s Lymphoma Reversal with Dichloroacetate
- Case Report, lymphoma, NA
Remission↑, p‑PDKs↓, Glycolysis↓, i-Ca+2↓, toxicity↓, Dose∅,
1875- DCA,    Dichloroacetate inhibits neuroblastoma growth by specifically acting against malignant undifferentiated cells
- in-vitro, neuroblastoma, NA - in-vivo, NA, NA
selectivity↑, AntiCan↑, TumVol↓, PDKs↓, mt-OXPHOS↑, MMP↓, Glycolysis↓, toxicity↓, Warburg↓, ROS↑, eff↑,
1864- DCA,  MET,    Dichloroacetate Enhances Apoptotic Cell Death via Oxidative Damage and Attenuates Lactate Production in Metformin-Treated Breast Cancer Cells
- in-vitro, BC, MCF7 - in-vitro, BC, T47D - in-vitro, Nor, MCF10
PDKs↓, eff↑, ROS↑, PDK1↓, lactateProd↓, p‑PDH↑, Dose∅, OCR↑, DNA-PK↑, γH2AX↑, cl‑PARP↑, selectivity↑, *toxicity∅,
1882- DCA,    Dichloroacetate (DCA) as a potential metabolic-targeting therapy for cancer
- Analysis, NA, NA
PDKs↓, PDH↑, lactateProd↓, Half-Life∅,
1884- DCA,  Sal,    Dichloroacetate and Salinomycin Exert a Synergistic Cytotoxic Effect in Colorectal Cancer Cell Lines
- in-vitro, CRC, DLD1 - in-vitro, CRC, HCT116
eff↑, pH↓, PDKs↓, Warburg↓,
1873- DCA,    Dual-targeting of aberrant glucose metabolism in glioblastoma
- in-vitro, GBM, U87MG - in-vitro, GBM, U251
PDKs↓, eff↑, selectivity↑, MMP↓, ROS↑, Apoptosis↑, Warburg↓, eff↑, Dose∅, toxicity∅,
1872- DCA,    Dichloroacetate, a selective mitochondria-targeting drug for oral squamous cell carcinoma: a metabolic perspective of treatment
- in-vitro, Oral, HSC2 - in-vitro, Oral, HSC3
PDKs↓, ROS↑, OCR↑, other↑,
1867- DCA,  Chemo,    Sensitization of breast cancer cells to paclitaxel by dichloroacetate through inhibiting autophagy
- in-vivo, BC, NA - in-vitro, BC, NA
TumCG↓, eff↑, OS↑, PDKs↓, PDH↑,
1887- DCA,    GSTZ1 expression and chloride concentrations modulate sensitivity of cancer cells to dichloroacetate
- in-vitro, Var, NA
GSTZ1∅, eff↓, PDKs↓, Chl∅, eff↓,
1889- DCA,    A mitochondria-K+ channel axis is suppressed in cancer and its normalization promotes apoptosis and inhibits cancer growth
- Review, Var, NA
PDKs↓, Glycolysis↓, mt-H2O2↑, Apoptosis↑, TumCP↓, TumCG↓, toxicity∅,
1885- DCA,    Role of SLC5A8, a plasma membrane transporter and a tumor suppressor, in the antitumor activity of dichloroacetate
- in-vitro, CRC, HCT116 - in-vitro, CRC, SW-620 - in-vitro, CRC, HT-29
SMCT1∅, eff↓, eff↑, eff↑, PDKs↓, MMP↓, Glycolysis↓, mitResp↑, ROS↑, eff↑,
1628- HCA,  ALA,    Addition of Hydroxy Citrate improves effect of ALA
- Review, Var, NA
ACLY↓, other↓, ROS↑, eff↑, PDKs↓,
2044- PB,  DCA,    Differential inhibition of PDKs by phenylbutyrate and enhancement of pyruvate dehydrogenase complex activity by combination with dichloroacetate
- in-vivo, NA, NA
PDK1↓, PDKs↓, eff↑, PDH↑,
1888- VitB1/Thiamine,  DCA,    High Dose Vitamin B1 Reduces Proliferation in Cancer Cell Lines Analogous to Dichloroacetate
- in-vitro, PC, SK-N-BE - NA, PC, PANC1
p‑PDH↓, GlucoseCon↓, lactateProd↓, MMP↓, Casp3↑, eff↑, PDKs↓, selectivity↑, TumCG↓, Dose∅, MMP↓, ROS∅, toxicity↑, antiOx↑,

Showing Research Papers: 1 to 21 of 21

* indicates research on normal cells as opposed to diseased cells
Total Research Paper Matches: 21

Pathway results for Effect on Cancer / Diseased Cells:


Redox & Oxidative Stress(tgid=1)

antiOx↑, 1,   GSTZ1∅, 1,   mt-H2O2↑, 1,   OXPHOS↑, 1,   mt-OXPHOS↑, 1,   ROS↑, 9,   ROS∅, 1,   mt-ROS↑, 1,  

Metal & Cofactor Biology(tgid=2)

Ferritin↓, 1,  

Mitochondria & Bioenergetics(tgid=3)

mitResp↑, 2,   MMP↓, 7,   OCR↑, 3,  

Core Metabolism/Glycolysis(tgid=4)

ACLY↓, 1,   GlucoseCon↓, 2,   Glycolysis↓, 6,   lactateProd↓, 6,   PDH↓, 1,   PDH↑, 3,   p‑PDH↓, 1,   p‑PDH↑, 1,   PDK1↓, 2,   PDKs↓, 18,   p‑PDKs↓, 1,   Warburg↓, 3,  

Cell Death(tgid=5)

Apoptosis↑, 5,   BAX↑, 1,   Bcl-2↓, 1,   Casp3↑, 3,   Cyt‑c↑, 1,  

Transcription & Epigenetics(tgid=7)

other↓, 1,   other↑, 1,   tumCV↓, 1,  

Protein Folding & ER Stress(tgid=8)

ER Stress↑, 1,  

Autophagy & Lysosomes(tgid=9)

LC3s↓, 1,   p62↑, 1,   TumAuto↑, 1,  

DNA Damage & Repair(tgid=10)

DNA-PK↑, 1,   P53↑, 1,   cl‑PARP↑, 1,   γH2AX↑, 1,  

Cell Cycle & Senescence(tgid=11)

TumCCA↑, 1,  

Proliferation, Differentiation & Cell State(tgid=12)

CSCs↓, 2,   EMT↓, 1,   mTOR↓, 1,   TumCG↓, 5,  

Migration(tgid=13)

i-Ca+2↓, 1,   Chl∅, 1,   TumCP↓, 1,  

Angiogenesis & Vasculature(tgid=14)

angioG↓, 1,   Hif1a↓, 1,  

Barriers & Transport(tgid=15)

SMCT1∅, 1,  

Cellular Microenvironment(tgid=17)

pH↓, 1,  

Drug Metabolism & Resistance(tgid=21)

ChemoSen↑, 1,   Dose∅, 4,   eff↓, 3,   eff↑, 16,   Half-Life∅, 1,   RadioS↑, 1,   selectivity↑, 5,   selectivity∅, 1,  

Clinical Biomarkers(tgid=22)

Ferritin↓, 1,  

Functional Outcomes(tgid=23)

AntiCan↑, 1,   OS↑, 2,   Remission↑, 1,   toxicity↓, 3,   toxicity↑, 1,   toxicity↝, 1,   toxicity∅, 2,   TumVol↓, 1,  
Total Targets: 69

Pathway results for Effect on Normal Cells:


Redox & Oxidative Stress(tgid=1)

antiOx↑, 1,   GSH↑, 1,   HO-1↑, 1,   lipidDe↓, 1,   NRF2↑, 2,   ROS↓, 1,  

Metal & Cofactor Biology(tgid=2)

IronCh↑, 1,  

Mitochondria & Bioenergetics(tgid=3)

OCR↓, 1,  

Core Metabolism/Glycolysis(tgid=4)

ACC↓, 1,   p‑ACC↑, 1,   p‑AMPK↑, 1,   ECAR↑, 1,   FAO↑, 1,   GlucoseCon↑, 1,   Glycolysis↑, 1,   HK2↑, 1,   LDHA↑, 1,   PDH↑, 1,   PDKs↓, 2,   PKM2↑, 1,   SREBP1↓, 1,  

Transcription & Epigenetics(tgid=7)

Ach↑, 1,  

Migration(tgid=13)

Ca+2↓, 1,   VCAM-1↓, 1,  

Angiogenesis & Vasculature(tgid=14)

Hif1a↑, 1,   VEGF↑, 1,  

Barriers & Transport(tgid=15)

BBB↑, 1,   GLUT3↑, 1,   GLUT4↑, 1,  

Immune & Inflammatory Signaling(tgid=16)

Inflam↓, 1,  

Synaptic & Neurotransmission(tgid=18)

ChAT↑, 1,   p‑tau↓, 1,  

Protein Aggregation(tgid=19)

Aβ↓, 1,  

Functional Outcomes(tgid=23)

cognitive↑, 1,   hepatoP↑, 1,   memory↑, 1,   neuroP↑, 1,   toxicity∅, 1,  
Total Targets: 38

Scientific Paper Hit Count for: PDKs, pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase
17 Dichloroacetate
2 Alpha-Lipoic-Acid
2 salinomycin
1 Baicalin
1 Dichloroacetophenone(2,2-)
1 5-fluorouracil
1 Metformin
1 Chemotherapy
1 HydroxyCitric Acid
1 Phenylbutyrate
1 Vitamin B1/Thiamine
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