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@ARTICLE{Koch:841559,
author = {Koch, Katharina and Hartmann, Rudolf and Suwala, Abigail K.
and Rios, Dayana Herrera and Kahlert, Ulf D. and Maciaczyk,
Jaroslaw},
title = {{A}bstract 2496: {T}argeting brain tumor stem cells by
interfering with choline metabolism: {E}vidence for an
{EMT}-choline oncometabolic network},
journal = {Cancer research},
volume = {77},
number = {13},
issn = {0008-5472},
address = {Philadelphia, Pa.},
publisher = {AACR},
reportid = {FZJ-2017-08597},
pages = {2496},
year = {2017},
abstract = {Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most lethal primary malignant
brain tumor with a median survival of less than two years.
High levels of therapy resistance, strong cellular
invasiveness and rapid cell growth demand aggressive
multimodal therapies involving resection as well as
radio-chemotherapy. Recent evidence has pointed to the
existence of brain tumor stem cells (BTSCs), a subpopulation
of human brain tumors which is thought to be responsible for
tumor dissemination, relapse and chemo resistance. BTSCs
have been associated with the expression of mesenchymal
features as a result of epithelial-mesenchymal transition
(EMT). Using high resolution proton nuclear magnetic
resonance spectroscopy (1H NMR) we compared the
intracellular metabolic composition of GBM cells after
induction vs. inhibition of EMT as well as under stem cell
or differentiated conditions. We identified that both EMT
and enrichment for stemness induces the cholinic phenotype
which is characterized by high intracellular levels of
phosphocholine and total choline derivatives. Furthermore,
interference with choline metabolism by targeting choline
kinase alpha (CHKα) reversed EMT in GBM cells as we
observed reduced invasiveness, clonogenicity, and expression
of EMT associated genes. Taken together, interfering with
choline metabolism is a powerful strategy to suppress EMT
and thus target BTSCs. Moreover, the newly identified
BTSC-oncometabolic network could be used to non-invasively
monitor the invasive properties of glioblastomas and the
success of anti-BTSC therapy.},
cin = {ICS-6},
ddc = {610},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)ICS-6-20110106},
pnm = {551 - Functional Macromolecules and Complexes (POF3-551)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF3-551},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
UT = {WOS:000442496705345},
doi = {10.1158/1538-7445.AM2017-2496},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/841559},
}