Table 1 Overview of CPTI roles in cancer biology

From: Fatty acid oxidation and carnitine palmitoyltransferase I: emerging therapeutic targets in cancer

CPTI isoform

Cancer type

Significance

Reference

CPTIA

Prostate cancer

Upregulated expression; its inhibition has antitumor actions

25, 41, 50

 

Burkitt’s lymphoma

Upregulated expression

28

 

Glioblastoma

Upregulated expression

29, 30

 

Lymphocytic leukemia

Its inhibition has antitumor actions; contributes to cancer chemoresistance

7, 35, 42

 

Breast cancer

Upregulated expression; its inhibition has antitumor actions; acts as a new role in the histonic acetylation level of tumor

37, 52, 53, 54, 55, 86

 

Gastric cancer

Oleic acid activates its expression

55

 

Ovarian cancer

Upregulated expression

56, 57

 

Alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma

Contributes to cancer cell motility

74

 

Teratocarcinoma

Transcriptional regulation of it by RXR-NR4A receptor

81

 

Endothelial cells

Upregulated expression; contributes to tumor neovascularization

98, 99

CPTIC

Lung cancer

Upregulated expression contributes to cancer chemoresistance

18

 

Colon

Its inhibition has antitumor actions

18

 

Breast

Upregulated expression

18, 62

 

Glioblastoma

Upregulated expression

29, 59

CPTI (unspecified isoform)

Hepatoma

Upregulated expression

58, 60

 

Acute myeloid leukemia

Its inhibition has antitumor actions

63

 

Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma

Upregulated expression

26, 27

 

Myeloma

Its inhibition has antitumor actions

51

 

Lung cancer

Contributes to cancer chemoresistance

34

  1. Abbreviation: CPTI, carnitine palmitoyltransferase I