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SUBMITTER: Krell D
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4776344 | biostudies-literature | 2015
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Krell Daniel D Mulholland Paul P Stebbing Justin J Tomlinson Ian I Bardella Chiara C
Future science OA 20150101 3
<h4>Aims</h4>Somatic mutations in <i>IDH1</i> and <i>IDH2</i> are described in glioblastomas (GBMs). Mutant IDH1 and IDH2 reduce α-KG to D-2HG which accumulates, and is proposed to promote tumorigenesis. HOT catalyzes the conversion of γ-hydroxybutyrate to succinic semialdehyde in a reaction that produces D-2HG. Since increased HOT enzyme activity could lead to an accumulation of D-2HG, coupled with the fact that only a minority of GBMs carry <i>IDH1/2</i> mutations and 2HG accumulation has rece ...[more]