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Acetate supplementation induces growth arrest of NG2/PDGFRα-positive oligodendroglioma-derived tumor-initiating cells.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2013
Long Patrick M, Tighe Scott W, Driscoll Heather E, Moffett John R, Namboodiri Aryan M A, Viapiano Mariano S, Lawler Sean E, Jaworski Diane M
Abstract excerpt
Cancer is associated with globally hypoacetylated chromatin and considerable attention has recently been focused on epigenetic therapies. N-acetyl-L-aspartate (NAA), the primary storage form of acetate in the brain, and aspartoacylase (ASPA), the enzyme responsible for NAA catalysis to generate acetate and ultimately acetyl-Coenzyme A for histone acetylation, are reduced in oligodendroglioma. The short chain...
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