Miami.- In an investigation of the New York University of Rochester, It was concluded that the Taurinea Non -essential amino acid Present in foods such as meat, fish or eggs, but that has become very popular with the energy drinks preferred by young people, it can become a driver for cancer cells that cause the leukemiaa type of cancer that originates in the bone marrow, as published by Nature.
Scientists alert about the consumption of drinks that contain bullfighting, since this compound could make the disease worse in people with leukemia. Although the body produces bullfighting naturally, it is also added as a supplement in many energy drinks to improve metabolism.
“Since bullfighting is a usual ingredient in energy drinks … Our work suggests that it may be of interest to carefully consider the (risks and benefits of supplementary bullfighting in patients with leukemia”the study points out.
It is explained that this warning does not have to do With a specific brand, since they all incorporate into their formulas Bullfightingwhich was previously promoted as an ingredient to activate body energy.
The study
As published by Eurekalert, the study was directed by Dr. Jeevisha Bajaj, and her research team discovered that bullfighting is produced by a subset of normal cells in the bone marrow microenvironment, the tissue inside the bones where the myloid cancers originate and spread. Leukemic cells cannot cause bullfighting by themselves, so they depend on a bullfighting transporter (coded by the SLC6A6 gene) to extract it from the bone marrow environment and transport it to cancer cells.
The discovery came while scientists were mapping what happens within the bone marrow and its ecosystem, a long -standing approach among Wilmot researchers, who have advanced in science around the microenvironment with the aim of improving blood cancer treatments.
“We are very excited about these studies because they show that directing the capture by myeloid leukemia cells can be a new possible way for the treatment of these aggressive diseases,” said Bajaj, an assistant professor in the department of biomedical genetics and member of the Wilmot cancer micro -environment research program.
The researchers also discovered that, as leukemic cells absorb bullfighting, it promotes glycolysis (glucose decomposition to produce energy) and thus boost cancer growth. Before this, according to the authors, it was unknown that bullfighting could have a cancer promoting role.
Leukemia has several subtypes and survival rates vary. This study reveals that the expression of the bullfighting conveyor is essential for the growth of multiple subtypes, such as acute myeloid leukemia (LMA), chronic myeloid leukemia (LMC) and myelodisplastic syndromes (SMD), all originated from blood cells in the bone marrow. Future studies will investigate the signs of the microenvironment that promote the transition of the SMD, precursor of leukemia, acute leukemia.
