Skip to main content
. 2014 Jun 30;9(6):e101004. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0101004

Table 6. Correlations between expression of enzymes associated with serine/glycine metabolism and glycolysis.

Parameters Glut-1 in tumor CAIX in tumor MCT4 in tumor
Negative n  =  499 (%) Positive n = 210 (%) P-value* Negative n = 499 (%) Positive n = 210 (%) P-value* Negative n = 529 (%) Positive n = 180 (%) P-value*
PHGDH in tumor <0.001 <0.001 0.132
Negative 361 (72.3) 91 (43.3) 349 (69.3) 106 (50.5) 350 (66.2) 102 (56.7)
Positive 138 (27.7) 119 (56.7) 153 (30.7) 104 (49.5) 179 (33.8) 78 (43.3)
PSAT1 in tumor 2.850 1.968 0.846
Negative 374 (74.9) 152 (72.4) 365 (73.1) 161 (76.7) 385 (72.8) 141 (78.3)
Positive 125 (25.1) 58 (27.6) 134 (26.9) 49 (23.3) 144 (27.2) 39 (21.7)
PSPH in tumor <0.001 <0.001 <0.001
Negative 462 (92.6) 149 (71.0) 447 (89.6) 164 (78.1) 471 (89.0) 140 (77.8)
Positive 37 (7.4) 61 (29.0) 52 (10.4) 46 (21.9) 58 (11.0) 40 (22.2)
PSPH in stroma 0.120 2.784 0.240
Negative 449 (90.0) 176 (83.8) 437 (87.6) 188 (89.5) 474 (89.6) 151 (83.9)
Positive 50 (10.0) 34 (16.2) 62 (12.4) 22 (10.5) 55 (10.4) 29 (16.1)
SHMT1 in tumor <0.001 0.018 0.216
Negative 456 (91.4) 142 (67.6) 434 (87.0) 164 (78.1) 455 (86.0) 143 (79.4)
Positive 43 (8.6) 68 (32.4) 65 (13.0) 46 (21.9) 74 (14.0) 37 (20.6)
SHMT1 in stroma 0.546 0.768 4.926
Negative 208 (41.7) 102 (48.6) 209 (41.9) 101 (48.1) 230 (43.5) 80 (44.4)
Positive 291 (58.3) 108 (51.4) 290 (58.1) 109 (51.9) 299 (56.5) 100 (55.6)
GLDC in tumor 1.332 <0.001 3.576
Negative 253 (50.7) 117 (55.7) 286 (57.3) 84 (40.0) 273 (51.6) 97 (53.9)
Positive 246 (49.3) 93 (44.3) 213 (42.3) 126 (60.0) 256 (48.4) 83 (46.1)
GLDC in stroma 0.144 4.746 2.922
Negative 428 (85.8) 193 (91.9) 436 (87.4) 185 (88.1) 466 (88.1) 155 (86.1)
Positive 71 (14.2) 17 (8.1) 63 (12.6) 25 (11.9) 63 (11.9) 25 (13.9)

*p-value was corrected by the Bonferroni method.