Lactylation: Linking the Warburg effect to DNA damage repair

In this issue of Cell Metabolism, Li et al. report that the highly expressed aldehyde dehydrogenase 1 family member A3 interacts with pyruvate kinase M2 (PKM2) in glioblastoma cells. Consequently, PKM2 tetramerization and activation promote lactate production, leading to the lactylation and nuclear translocation of XRCC1 for DNA damage repair and therapeutic resistance. In this issue of Cell Metabolism, Li et al. report that the highly expressed aldehyde dehydrogenase 1 family member A3 interacts with pyruvate kinase M2 (PKM2) in glioblastoma cells. Consequently, PKM2 tetramerization and activation promote lactate production, leading to the lactylation and nuclear translocation of XRCC1 for DNA damage repair and therapeutic resistance. Glycometabolic reprogramming-induced XRCC1 lactylation confers therapeutic resistance in ALDH1A3-overexpressing glioblastomaLi et al.Cell MetabolismAugust 06, 2024