Inhibition of Fatty Acid Synthase Decreases Expression of Stemness Markers in Glioma Stem Cells
Yasumoto Y, Miyazaki H, Vaidyan LK, Kagawa Y, Ebrahimi M, Yamamoto Y, Ogata M, Katsuyama Y, Sadahiro H, Suzuki M, Owada Y. Inhibition of Fatty Acid Synthase Decreases Expression of Stemness Markers in Glioma Stem Cells. PLOS ONE 2016, 11: e0147717. PMID: 26808816, PMCID: PMC4726602, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0147717.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFatty acid synthaseGlioma stem cellsStem cellsCellular lipid metabolismCellular metabolic changesKey lipogenic enzymesPatient-derived glioma stem cellsLipid biosynthesisFatty acid binding proteinAcid binding proteinPharmacological inhibitorsSynthesis assayBinding proteinAcid synthaseCerulenin treatmentGlial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) expressionGSC stemnessProtein expressionCancer cellsDe novo lipogenesisLipogenic enzymesImmunocytochemical analysisMarker nestinStemness markersDecrease expression