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Papillary thyroid carcinoma shows elevated levels of 2-hydroxyglutarate.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  21080253     Owner:  NLM     Status:  In-Data-Review    
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Elevated levels of D: -2-hydroxyglutarate (D: -2-HG) occur in gliomas and myeloid leukemias associated with mutations of IDH1 and IDH2. L: -2-Hydroxyglutaric aciduria, an inherited metabolic disorder, predisposes to brain tumors. Therefore, we asked whether sporadic cancers, without IDH1 or IDH2 hot-spot mutations, show elevated 2-hydroxyglutarate levels. We retrieved 15 pairs of frozen papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) and adjacent non-neoplastic thyroid, and 14 pairs of hyperplastic nodule (HN) and adjacent non-hyperplastic thyroid. In all lesions, exon 4 sequencing confirmed the absence of known mutations of IDH1 and IDH2. We measured 2-hydroxyglutarate by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry. Compared to normal thyroid, PTCs had significantly higher D: -2-HG and L: -2-hydroxyglutarate (L: -2-HG) levels, and compared to HNs, PTCs had significantly higher D: -2-HG levels. D: -2-HG/L: -2-HG levels were not significantly different between HNs and normal thyroid. Further studies should clarify if elevated 2-hydroxyglutarate in PTC may be useful as cancer biomarker and evaluate the role of 2-hydroxyglutarate in cancer biology.
Authors:
Dinesh Rakheja; Richard L Boriack; Midori Mitui; Shama Khokhar; Shelby A Holt; Payal Kapur
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article     Date:  2010-11-16
Journal Detail:
Title:  Tumour biology : the journal of the International Society for Oncodevelopmental Biology and Medicine     Volume:  32     ISSN:  1423-0380     ISO Abbreviation:  Tumour Biol.     Publication Date:  2011 Apr 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2011-02-21     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8409922     Medline TA:  Tumour Biol     Country:  Netherlands    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  325-33     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Pathology, Children's Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA, dinesh.rakheja@utsouthwestern.edu.
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