AUTHOR=Yu Lili , Wu Meng , Zhu Gaoyang , Xu Yang TITLE=Emerging Roles of the Tumor Suppressor p53 in Metabolism JOURNAL=Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology VOLUME=9 YEAR=2022 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/cell-and-developmental-biology/articles/10.3389/fcell.2021.762742 DOI=10.3389/fcell.2021.762742 ISSN=2296-634X ABSTRACT=

Metabolism plays critical roles in maintaining the homeostasis of cells. Metabolic abnormalities are often considered as one of the main driving forces for cancer progression, providing energy and substrates of biosynthesis to support neoplastic proliferation effectively. The tumor suppressor p53 is well known for its roles in inducing cell cycle arrest, apoptosis, senescence and ferroptosis. Recently, emerging evidence has shown that p53 is also actively involved in the reprogramming of cellular metabolism. In this review, we focus on recent advances in our understanding of the interplay between p53 and metabolism of glucose, fatty acid as well as amino acid, and discuss how the deregulation of p53 in these processes could lead to cancer.