Cancer cells heavily utilise glycolysis to convert glucose to pyruvate. However, they also decrease the uptake...

 

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Cancer cells heavily utilise glycolysis to convert glucose to pyruvate. However, they also decrease the uptake of pyruvate into the mitochondria even when oxygen is present. Which of the following metabolic processes could occur as a result? Select one alternative: O Pyruvate is converted to glucose through gluconeogenesis. The pyruvate produced through glycolysis is converted to lactate. Uncoupling protein (UCP-1) expression is increased within the mitochondria to increase oxidative phosphorylation. The rate of glycolysis is decreased due to decreased ATP and NADH production in the mitochondria. Cancer cells heavily utilise glycolysis to convert glucose to pyruvate. However, they also decrease the uptake of pyruvate into the mitochondria even when oxygen is present. Which of the following metabolic processes could occur as a result? Select one alternative: O Pyruvate is converted to glucose through gluconeogenesis. The pyruvate produced through glycolysis is converted to lactate. Uncoupling protein (UCP-1) expression is increased within the mitochondria to increase oxidative phosphorylation. The rate of glycolysis is decreased due to decreased ATP and NADH production in the mitochondria.

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