PMID- 32219096 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20240328 IS - 2296-861X (Print) IS - 2296-861X (Electronic) IS - 2296-861X (Linking) VI - 7 DP - 2020 TI - Consideration of Ketogenic Metabolic Therapy as a Complementary or Alternative Approach for Managing Breast Cancer. PG - 21 LID - 10.3389/fnut.2020.00021 [doi] LID - 21 AB - Breast cancer remains as a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in women. Ultrastructural and biochemical evidence from breast biopsy tissue and cancer cells shows mitochondrial abnormalities that are incompatible with energy production through oxidative phosphorylation (OxPhos). Consequently, breast cancer, like most cancers, will become more reliant on substrate level phosphorylation (fermentation) than on oxidative phosphorylation (OxPhos) for growth consistent with the mitochondrial metabolic theory of cancer. Glucose and glutamine are the prime fermentable fuels that underlie therapy resistance and drive breast cancer growth through substrate level phosphorylation (SLP) in both the cytoplasm (Warburg effect) and the mitochondria (Q-effect), respectively. Emerging evidence indicates that ketogenic metabolic therapy (KMT) can reduce glucose availability to tumor cells while simultaneously elevating ketone bodies, a non-fermentable metabolic fuel. It is suggested that KMT would be most effective when used together with glutamine targeting. Information is reviewed for suggesting how KMT could reduce systemic inflammation and target tumor cells without causing damage to normal cells. Implementation of KMT in the clinic could improve progression free and overall survival for patients with breast cancer. CI - Copyright (c) 2020 Seyfried, Mukherjee, Iyikesici, Slocum, Kalamian, Spinosa and Chinopoulos. FAU - Seyfried, Thomas N AU - Seyfried TN AD - Biology Department, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA, United States. FAU - Mukherjee, Purna AU - Mukherjee P AD - Biology Department, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA, United States. FAU - Iyikesici, Mehmet S AU - Iyikesici MS AD - Medical Oncology, Kemerburgaz University Bahcelievler Medical Park Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey. FAU - Slocum, Abdul AU - Slocum A AD - Medical Oncology, Chemo Thermia Oncology Center, Istanbul, Turkey. FAU - Kalamian, Miriam AU - Kalamian M AD - Dietary Therapies LLc, Hamilton, MT, United States. FAU - Spinosa, Jean-Pierre AU - Spinosa JP AD - Gynecologic and Breast Oncology, Clinique Cecil, Lausanne, Switzerland. FAU - Chinopoulos, Christos AU - Chinopoulos C AD - Department of Medical Biochemistry, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Review DEP - 20200311 PL - Switzerland TA - Front Nutr JT - Frontiers in nutrition JID - 101642264 PMC - PMC7078107 OTO - NOTNLM OT - fermentation OT - glutaminolysis OT - glycolysis OT - inflammation OT - metastasis OT - non-toxic OT - survival EDAT- 2020/03/29 06:00 MHDA- 2020/03/29 06:01 PMCR- 2020/01/01 CRDT- 2020/03/29 06:00 PHST- 2019/10/10 00:00 [received] PHST- 2020/02/21 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2020/03/29 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2020/03/29 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2020/03/29 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2020/01/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.3389/fnut.2020.00021 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Front Nutr. 2020 Mar 11;7:21. doi: 10.3389/fnut.2020.00021. eCollection 2020.