MTAP loss: a possible therapeutic approach for glioblastoma

Autor: C. Pawan K. Patro, Nupur Biswas, Sandeep C. Pingle, Feng Lin, Misa Anekoji, Lawrence D. Jones, Santosh Kesari, Feng Wang, Shashaanka Ashili
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Journal of Translational Medicine, Vol 20, Iss 1, Pp 1-8 (2022)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1479-5876
82173974
DOI: 10.1186/s12967-022-03823-8
Popis: Abstract Glioblastoma is the most lethal form of brain tumor with a recurrence rate of almost 90% and a survival time of only 15 months post-diagnosis. It is a highly heterogeneous, aggressive, and extensively studied tumor. Multiple studies have proposed therapeutic approaches to mitigate or improve the survival for patients with glioblastoma. In this article, we review the loss of the 5′-methylthioadenosine phosphorylase (MTAP) gene as a potential therapeutic approach for treating glioblastoma. MTAP encodes a metabolic enzyme required for the metabolism of polyamines and purines leading to DNA synthesis. Multiple studies have explored the loss of this gene and have shown its relevance as a therapeutic approach to glioblastoma tumor mitigation; however, other studies show that the loss of MTAP does not have a major impact on the course of the disease. This article reviews the contrasting findings of MTAP loss with regard to mitigating the effects of glioblastoma, and also focuses on multiple aspects of MTAP loss in glioblastoma by providing insights into the known findings and some of the unexplored areas of this field where new approaches can be imagined for novel glioblastoma therapeutics.
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