Advanced cancers: Eradication in all cases using 3-bromopyruvate therapy to deplete ATP

Young H. Ko; Barbara L. Smith; Yuchuan Wang; Martin G. Pomper; David A. Rini; Michael S. Torbenson; Joanne Hullihen; Peter L. Pedersen

doi:10.1016/j.bbrc.2004.09.047

Advanced cancers: Eradication in all cases using 3-bromopyruvate therapy to deplete ATP

Young H. Ko, Barbara L. Smith, Yuchuan Wang, Martin G. Pomper, David A. Rini, Michael S. Torbenson, Joanne Hullihen, Peter L. Pedersen

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Abstract

A common feature of many advanced cancers is their enhanced capacity to metabolize glucose to lactic acid. In a challenging study designed to assess whether such cancers can be debilitated, we seeded hepatocellular carcinoma cells expressing the highly glycolytic phenotype into two different locations of young rats. Advanced cancers (2-3 cm) developed and were treated with the alkylating agent 3-bromopyruvate, a lactate/pyruvate analog shown here to selectively deplete ATP and induce cell death. In all 19 treated animals advanced cancers were eradicated without apparent toxicity or recurrence. These findings attest to the feasibility of completely destroying advanced, highly glycolytic cancers.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	269-275
Number of pages	7
Journal	Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
Volume	324
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbrc.2004.09.047
State	Published - Nov 5 2004

Keywords

3-Bromopyruvic acid
ATP depletion
Advanced cancers
Cancer therapy
Liver/colon cancer

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Biophysics
Biochemistry
Molecular Biology
Cell Biology

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