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ReviewBiomedicines2022

Lipid Metabolism in Glioblastoma: From De Novo Synthesis to Storage.

Yongjun Kou, Feng Geng, Deliang Guo

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Review in Biomedicines, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 54 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
54citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
10.5field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

54 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 86 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Yongjun KouDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Ohio State Comprehensive Cancer Center, Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute, College of Medicine at The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43012, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1096-3161
Feng GengDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Ohio State Comprehensive Cancer Center, Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute, College of Medicine at The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43012, USA.
Deliang GuoDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Ohio State Comprehensive Cancer Center, Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute, College of Medicine at The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43012, USA.
The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center – Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute · US

Funding

Determining the role of lipid droplets in glioblastoma and their therapeutic potentialR01NS104332 · NINDS · OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY · PI Deliang Guo · 2018 to 2026
$4.2M
Delineating how retinoic acids regulate lipid metabolism in glioblastoma and their resistance mechanismsR01CA240726 · NCI · OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY · PI GUO, DELIANG · 2020 to 2024
$2.2M
Identifying SREBP-1 activation mechanism in glioblastoma and its new role in regulating glutamine metabolismR01NS112935 · NINDS · OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY · PI GUO, DELIANG · 2020 to 2024
$1.8M
Defining the molecular mechanisms regulating the hexosamine-N-glycosylation pathway in glioblastomaR01CA227874 · NCI · OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY · PI CHAKRAVARTI, ARNAB, GUO, DELIANG · 2019 to 2023
$1.5M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA227874NCI NIH HHS R01 CA240726NIH HHS R01NS104332NIH HHS R01NS112935; R01CA227874 and R01CA240726NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS104332NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS112935
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most lethal primary brain tumor. With limited therapeutic options, novel therapies are desperately needed. Recent studies have shown that GBM acquires large amounts of lipids for rapid growth through activation of sterol regulatory element-binding protein 1 (SREBP-1), a master transcription factor that regulates fatty acid and cholesterol synthesis, and cholesterol uptake. Interestingly, GBM cells divert substantial quantities of lipids into lipid droplets (LDs), a specific storage organelle for neutral lipids, to prevent lipotoxicity by increasing the expression of diacylglycerol acyltransferase 1 (DGAT1) and sterol-O-acyltransferase 1 (SOAT1), which convert excess fatty acids and cholesterol to triacylglycerol and cholesteryl esters, respectively. In this review, we will summarize recent progress on our understanding of lipid metabolism regulation in GBM to promote tumor growth and discuss novel strategies to specifically induce lipotoxicity to tumor cells through disrupting lipid storage, a promising new avenue for treating GBM.

Indexed as

cholesterolDGAT1fatty acidsglioblastomalipid dropletslipotoxicitySOAT1SREBP-1

Identifiers

PMID36009491
PMCPMC9405736
OpenAlexW4291015992

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