No Sugar Added: A New Strategy to Inhibit Glioblastoma Receptor Tyrosine Kinases

Clin Cancer Res. 2019 Jan 15;25(2):455-456. doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-18-2113. Epub 2018 Sep 4.

Abstract

A novel inhibitor of N-linked glycosylation (NGI-1) inhibits the glycosylation and phosphorylation of multiple receptor tyrosine kinases in glioblastoma (GBM). NGI-1 sensitizes multiple models of GBM to chemotherapy and radiation in vitro and in vivo and may be especially effective in GBMs that retain active PTEN.See related article by Baro et al., p. 784.

Publication types

  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Brain Neoplasms*
  • Cell Line, Tumor
  • Glioblastoma*
  • Hexosyltransferases
  • Humans
  • Membrane Proteins
  • Radiation Tolerance
  • Sugars

Substances

  • Membrane Proteins
  • Sugars
  • Hexosyltransferases
  • dolichyl-diphosphooligosaccharide - protein glycotransferase