Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences,
Journal Year:
2016,
Volume and Issue:
113(7), P. 1778 - 1783
Published: Feb. 1, 2016
Cancer
cells
reprogram
their
metabolism
to
promote
growth
and
proliferation.
The
genetic
evidence
pointing
the
importance
of
amino
acid
serine
in
tumorigenesis
is
striking.
gene
encoding
enzyme
3-phosphoglycerate
dehydrogenase
(PHGDH),
which
catalyzes
first
committed
step
biosynthesis,
overexpressed
tumors
cancer
cell
lines
via
focal
amplification
nuclear
factor
erythroid-2-related
2
(NRF2)-mediated
up-regulation.
PHGDH-overexpressing
are
exquisitely
sensitive
ablation
pathway.
Here,
we
report
discovery
a
selective
small
molecule
inhibitor
PHGDH,
CBR-5884,
identified
by
screening
library
800,000
drug-like
compounds.
CBR-5884
inhibited
de
novo
synthesis
was
selectively
toxic
with
high
biosynthetic
activity.
Biochemical
characterization
revealed
that
it
noncompetitive
showed
time-dependent
onset
inhibition
disrupted
oligomerization
state
PHGDH.
identification
PHGDH
not
only
enables
thorough
preclinical
evaluation
as
target
cancers,
but
also
provides
tool
study
metabolism.
Metabolites,
Journal Year:
2019,
Volume and Issue:
9(7), P. 123 - 123
Published: June 27, 2019
Over
the
past
two
decades,
nuclear
magnetic
resonance
(NMR)
has
emerged
as
one
of
three
principal
analytical
techniques
used
in
metabolomics
(the
other
being
gas
chromatography
coupled
to
mass
spectrometry
(GC-MS)
and
liquid
with
single-stage
(LC-MS)).
The
relative
ease
sample
preparation,
ability
quantify
metabolite
levels,
high
level
experimental
reproducibility,
inherently
nondestructive
nature
NMR
spectroscopy
have
made
it
preferred
platform
for
long-term
or
large-scale
clinical
metabolomic
studies.
These
advantages,
however,
are
often
outweighed
by
fact
that
most
techniques,
including
both
LC-MS
GC-MS,
more
sensitive
than
NMR,
lower
limits
detection
typically
10
100
times
better.
This
review
is
intended
introduce
readers
field
NMR-based
highlight
advantages
disadvantages
It
will
also
explore
some
unique
strengths
metabolomics,
particularly
regard
isotope
selection/detection,
mixture
deconvolution
via
2D
spectroscopy,
automation,
noninvasively
analyze
native
tissue
specimens.
Finally,
this
a
number
emerging
technologies
strengthen
its
utility
overcome
inherent
limitations
applications.
Annual Review of Biomedical Engineering,
Journal Year:
2017,
Volume and Issue:
19(1), P. 163 - 194
Published: March 16, 2017
Glutamine
is
the
most
abundant
circulating
amino
acid
in
blood
and
muscle
critical
for
many
fundamental
cell
functions
cancer
cells,
including
synthesis
of
metabolites
that
maintain
mitochondrial
metabolism;
generation
antioxidants
to
remove
reactive
oxygen
species;
nonessential
acids
(NEAAs),
purines,
pyrimidines,
fatty
cellular
replication;
activation
signaling.
In
light
pleiotropic
role
glutamine
a
comprehensive
understanding
metabolism
essential
development
metabolic
therapeutic
strategies
targeting
cells.
this
article,
we
review
oncogene-,
tumor
suppressor-,
microenvironment-mediated
regulation
We
describe
mechanism
glutamine's
proliferation,
metastasis,
global
methylation.
Furthermore,
highlight
potential
emphasize
clinical
application
vivo
assessment
identifying
new
ways
treat
patients
through
glutamine-based
therapy.
Angewandte Chemie International Edition,
Journal Year:
2017,
Volume and Issue:
57(7), P. 1758 - 1784
Published: Aug. 17, 2017
Hydrogen
isotopes
are
unique
tools
for
identifying
and
understanding
biological
chemical
processes.
isotope
labelling
allows
the
traceless
direct
incorporation
of
an
additional
mass
or
radioactive
tag
into
organic
molecule
with
almost
no
changes
in
its
structure,
physical
properties,
activity.
Using
deuterium-labelled
isotopologues
to
study
mass-spectrometric
patterns
generated
from
mixtures
biologically
relevant
molecules
drastically
simplifies
analysis.
Such
methods
now
providing
unprecedented
levels
insight
a
wide
continuously
growing
range
applications
life
sciences
beyond.
Tritium
(3
H),
particular,
has
seen
increase
utilization,
especially
pharmaceutical
drug
discovery.
The
efforts
costs
associated
synthesis
labelled
compounds
more
than
compensated
by
enhanced
molecular
sensitivity
during
analysis
high
reliability
data
obtained.
In
this
Review,
advances
application
hydrogen
described.