Targeting thiamine-dependent enzymes for metabolic therapies in oral squamous cell carcinoma?
Clin. transl. oncol. (Print)
; 18(2): 196-205, feb. 2016. tab, ilus, graf
Article
in English
| IBECS
| ID: ibc-148225
Responsible library:
ES1.1
Localization: BNCS
ABSTRACT
Purpose. Thiamine-dependent enzymes (TDEs) linking glycolysis with the tricarboxylic acid cycle (TCA) pyruvate dehydrogenase (PDH), of the pentose phosphate pathway transketolases (TKTs), the TCA alpha-ketoglutarate deydrogenase (KGDH)/2-oxoglutarate dehydrogenase (OGDH) complex, and the amino acid catabolism branched-chain alpha-ketoacid dehydrogenase (BCKDH) complex are crucial factors for tumor metabolism. The expression of these enzymes has not been analyzed for carcinogenesis of oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) with special focus on new targeted metabolic therapies as yet. Methods. TDEs PDH, KGDH (OGDH), and BCKDH were analyzed in normal oral mucosa (n = 14), oral precursor lesions (simple hyperplasia, n = 21; squamous intraepithelial neoplasia, SIN I-III, n = 35), and OSCC specimen (n = 46) by immunohistochemistry and western blot (WB) analysis in OSCC tumor cell lines. Results. Although the total numbers of PDH and KGDH (OGDH) positive samples decreased in OSCC, both enzymes were significantly overexpressed in the carcinogenesis of OSCC compared with normal tissue. BCKDH has been demonstrated to be significantly overexpressed in the carcinogenesis of OSCC. Specificity of the antibodies was confirmed by WB analysis. Conclusions. This is the first study showing increased expression of TDEs in OSCC. Metabolic targeting of TDEs (including TKTs) by antagonistic compounds like oxythiamine or oxybenfothiamine may be a useful strategy to sensitize cancer cells to common OSCC cancer therapies (AU)
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Collection:
National databases
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Spain
Database:
IBECS
Main subject:
Thiamine
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Carcinoma
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Carcinoma, Squamous Cell
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Paraffin Embedding
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Enzyme Activation
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Glycolysis
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Hyperplasia
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
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Evaluation study
Limits:
Female
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Humans
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Male
Language:
English
Journal:
Clin. transl. oncol. (Print)
Year:
2016
Document type:
Article
Institution/Affiliation country:
Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute/USA
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University Hospital Tuebingen/Germany