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Dichloroacetate as a novel pharmaceutical treatment for cancer-related fatigue in melanoma
Zhang X, Lee W, Leitner B, Zhu W, Fosam A, Li Z, Gaspar R, Halberstam A, Robles B, Rabinowitz J, Perry R. Dichloroacetate as a novel pharmaceutical treatment for cancer-related fatigue in melanoma. AJP Endocrinology And Metabolism 2023, 325: e363-e375. PMID: 37646579, PMCID: PMC10642987, DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00105.2023.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCancer-related fatigueNovel pharmaceutical treatmentsPhysical functionPharmaceutical treatmentTumor growthCancer treatmentStandard cancer treatmentTumor-bearing miceLate-stage tumorsEffective pharmaceutical treatmentMurine cancer modelsNew metabolic targetsMultiple cancer typesAdjuvant therapyCommon complicationPatients' qualitySymptom managementClinical trialsMurine modelPotential therapyPharmaceutical therapySmall molecule inhibitorsCancer modelDCA treatmentLactate concentration
2019
Obesity-associated, but not obesity-independent, tumors respond to insulin by increasing mitochondrial glucose oxidation
Rabin-Court A, Rodrigues MR, Zhang XM, Perry RJ. Obesity-associated, but not obesity-independent, tumors respond to insulin by increasing mitochondrial glucose oxidation. PLOS ONE 2019, 14: e0218126. PMID: 31188872, PMCID: PMC6561592, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0218126.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAlanineBreast NeoplasmsCell Line, TumorCitrate (si)-SynthaseColonic NeoplasmsFemaleGene Expression RegulationGlucoseGlutamic AcidHumansInsulinIsotope LabelingKetone OxidoreductasesLymphoma, B-CellMaleMelanomaMitochondriaObesityOrgan SpecificityOxidation-ReductionPhosphorylationProstatic NeoplasmsReceptor, InsulinSignal TransductionSkin NeoplasmsSmall Cell Lung CarcinomaConceptsCell divisionTumor cell linesCell linesMitochondrial glucose oxidationTumor typesObesity-driven insulin resistanceSubstrate preferenceMolecular mechanismsDose-dependent increaseGlucose oxidationPhysiologic insulinPyruvate dehydrogenase fluxWorse prognosisInsulin resistanceStable isotope methodObesityOxidative responsePhysiologic concentrationsSynthase fluxInsulinMetabolic signaturesTumor cellsTumorsDivisionLines