Fig. 4.
Overexpression of KDM8 reprograms glucose metabolism in prostate cancer cells. a Heat map of metabolic gene expression in KDM8-overexpressed LNCaP cells (left panel) and the KDM8-overexpressed LNCaP cells knocking down with siRNA targeting PKM2 (right panel). The gene expression levels were measured by qRT-PCR. Data were analyzed as fold change as compared to the EV control (left panel) or si-NT after normalizing to internal control, 16S rRNA. b Measurements of the levels of extracellular lactate and c glucose update in EV control and KDM8-overexpressed LNCaP cells. Data are expressed as mean ± S.D. with three separate experiments. *p < 0.05. d A schematic diagram of glucose metabolic flux. Overexpression of KDM8 induces redirection of metabolic flux into the biomass synthesis pathways. The affected genes are marked in red (upregulated) or in blue (downregulated). The sizes of the circles are proportional to the expression levels of the genes indicated