Component
Alanine carbon use in human pancreatic cancer cells
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2 recorded relationships. Experimental role, claim status and evidence remain attached to each record.
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What it does
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What acts on it
Isotope tracing showed alanine carbon entering TCA intermediates, nonessential amino acids and lipid synthesis in the tested human PDAC cells.
Experimental context and source evidence
- evidence_access
- Primary full text
- experimental_model
- Human pancreatic cancer cultures with labeled alanine.
- limitations
- Tumor-cell utilization is not evidence that dietary alanine initiates cancer. Correction record: Publisher erratum corrects the second image label in Fig. 3a to hPSC-LC3 + 8988T, matching Fig. 3b; production labeling correction, not a retraction or independent study. https://www.nature.com/articles/nature19851.pdf
- nutrient_topic
- L-Alanine collection; species, compartment, exposure, co-substrates and manipulation remain explicit. · L-Alanine
- plain_language
- The same amino acid can supply building material and mitochondrial fuel.
- primary_references
- Pancreatic stellate cells support tumour metabolism through autophagic alanine secretion. · 2016 · https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27509858/ · DOI 10.1038/nature19084
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AI-assisted research curation; primary references, access levels and experimental limitations individually identified. Not publisher full text. · supports · Human pancreatic cancer cultures with labeled alanine. · source_derived_draft · unverified_draft
## alanine-pdac-carbon The same amino acid can supply building material and mitochondrial fuel. Isotope tracing showed alanine carbon entering TCA intermediates, nonessential amino acids and lipid synthesis in the tested human PDAC cells. Model: Human pancreatic cancer cultures with labeled alanine. Limitations: Tumor-cell utilization is not evidence that dietary alanine initiates cancer. Correction record: Publisher erratum corrects the second image label in Fig. 3a to hPSC-LC3 + 8988T, matching Fig. 3b; production labeling correction, not a retraction or independent study. https://www.nature.com/articles/nature19851.pdf Evidence access: Primary full text Pancreatic stellate cells support tumour metabolism through autophagic alanine secretion. · 2016 · https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27509858/ · DOI 10.1038/nature19084
Complete structured claim and evidence
Where it participates (unsigned role)
ATG7 knockdown in human pancreatic stellate cells reduced alanine secretion and reduced the ability of their conditioned medium to support PDAC oxygen consumption; alanine add-back rescued the metabolic response.
Experimental context and source evidence
- availability_state
- machinery_impairment Imported condition classification; unverified.
- evidence_access
- Primary full text
- experimental_model
- Human PSC/PDAC cultures; shRNA and 1 mM alanine rescue.
- limitations
- Autophagy releases other products too; this is not proof that alanine is the only stromal contribution. Correction record: Publisher erratum corrects the second image label in Fig. 3a to hPSC-LC3 + 8988T, matching Fig. 3b; production labeling correction, not a retraction or independent study. https://www.nature.com/articles/nature19851.pdf
- nutrient_topic
- L-Alanine collection; species, compartment, exposure, co-substrates and manipulation remain explicit. · L-Alanine
- plain_language
- The add-back experiment connects stromal recycling to a usable fuel.
- primary_references
- Pancreatic stellate cells support tumour metabolism through autophagic alanine secretion. · 2016 · https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27509858/ · DOI 10.1038/nature19084
- trigger_kind
- machinery_impairment Imported condition classification; unverified.
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AI-assisted research curation; primary references, access levels and experimental limitations individually identified. Not publisher full text. · supports · Human PSC/PDAC cultures; shRNA and 1 mM alanine rescue. · source_derived_draft · unverified_draft
## alanine-psc-atg7 The add-back experiment connects stromal recycling to a usable fuel. ATG7 knockdown in human pancreatic stellate cells reduced alanine secretion and reduced the ability of their conditioned medium to support PDAC oxygen consumption; alanine add-back rescued the metabolic response. Model: Human PSC/PDAC cultures; shRNA and 1 mM alanine rescue. Limitations: Autophagy releases other products too; this is not proof that alanine is the only stromal contribution. Correction record: Publisher erratum corrects the second image label in Fig. 3a to hPSC-LC3 + 8988T, matching Fig. 3b; production labeling correction, not a retraction or independent study. https://www.nature.com/articles/nature19851.pdf Evidence access: Primary full text Pancreatic stellate cells support tumour metabolism through autophagic alanine secretion. · 2016 · https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27509858/ · DOI 10.1038/nature19084
Complete structured claim and evidence
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