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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
2017
Non-invasive assessment of hepatic mitochondrial metabolism by positional isotopomer NMR tracer analysis (PINTA)
Perry RJ, Peng L, Cline GW, Butrico GM, Wang Y, Zhang XM, Rothman DL, Petersen KF, Shulman GI. Non-invasive assessment of hepatic mitochondrial metabolism by positional isotopomer NMR tracer analysis (PINTA). Nature Communications 2017, 8: 798. PMID: 28986525, PMCID: PMC5630596, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-017-01143-w.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMitochondrial metabolismHepatic mitochondrial metabolismPyruvate carboxylase fluxCitrate synthase fluxPyruvate cyclingMitochondrial uncouplerIntermediary metabolismSpectrometry analysisPhysiological conditionsChromatography-mass spectrometry analysisSynthase fluxCentral roleMetabolismHepatic mitochondriaGas chromatography-mass spectrometry analysisVivo NMR spectroscopyMitochondriaNMR spectroscopyRegulationUncouplerRoleTracer analysisVivoMaintenance of normoglycemiaWide range