2016
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
2011
FABP7 expression in normal and stab-injured brain cortex and its role in astrocyte proliferation
Sharifi K, Morihiro Y, Maekawa M, Yasumoto Y, Hoshi H, Adachi Y, Sawada T, Tokuda N, Kondo H, Yoshikawa T, Suzuki M, Owada Y. FABP7 expression in normal and stab-injured brain cortex and its role in astrocyte proliferation. Histochemistry And Cell Biology 2011, 136: 501. PMID: 21938553, PMCID: PMC3192944, DOI: 10.1007/s00418-011-0865-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsAnimals, NewbornAntigensAstrocytesCell ProliferationCells, CulturedCerebral CortexDisease Models, AnimalFatty Acid-Binding Protein 7Fatty Acid-Binding ProteinsFatty Acids, Omega-3Gene ExpressionGliosisHomeostasisMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, KnockoutNerve Tissue ProteinsNeural Stem CellsOligodendrogliaProteoglycansWounds, StabConceptsFabp7 KO miceGlial cellsReactive gliosisFABP7 expressionBrain-type fatty acid-binding proteinProliferation of astrocytesExpression of FABP7Cellular fatty acid homeostasisWild-type miceGlial cell proliferationOligodendrocyte progenitor cellsWild-type astrocytesFatty acid-binding proteinRole of FABP7Fatty acid homeostasisFatty acid incorporationNeural stem cellsReactive astrocytesNormal cortexAstrocyte proliferationContralateral sideInjury modelAcid-binding proteinBrain pathologyBrain cortex