Glutamine addiction in tumor cell: oncogene regulation and clinical treatment

X Li, X Peng, Y Li, S Wei, G He, J Liu, X Li… - Cell Communication and …, 2024 - Springer
After undergoing metabolic reprogramming, tumor cells consume additional glutamine to
produce amino acids, nucleotides, fatty acids, and other substances to facilitate their …

Recent Strategies and Applications for l-Asparaginase Confinement

JCF Nunes, RO Cristóvão, MG Freire… - Molecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
l-asparaginase (ASNase, EC 3.5. 1.1) is an aminohydrolase enzyme with important uses in
the therapeutic/pharmaceutical and food industries. Its main applications are as an …

PTTG1 reprograms asparagine metabolism to promote hepatocellular carcinoma progression

Q Zhou, L Li, F Sha, Y Lei, X Tian, L Chen… - Cancer …, 2023 - aacrjournals.org
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the most common type of primary liver cancer and has a
poor prognosis. Pituitary tumor transforming gene 1 (PTTG1) is highly expressed in HCC …

Microbial production, molecular modification, and practical application of L-asparaginase: A review

Y Wang, W Xu, H Wu, W Zhang, C Guang… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract L-Asparaginase (L-ASNase, EC 3.5. 1.1), an antitumor drug for acute lymphoblastic
leukemia (ALL) therapy, is widely used in the clinical field. Similarly, L-ASNase is also a …

Biochemical characterization of extremozyme L-asparaginase from Pseudomonas sp. PCH199 for therapeutics

S Darnal, V Patial, V Kumar, S Kumar, V Kumar… - AMB Express, 2023 - Springer
Abstract L-asparaginase (L-ASNase) from microbial sources is a commercially vital enzyme
to treat acute lymphoblastic leukemia. However, the side effects associated with the …

Microbial L-asparaginase as a promising enzyme for treatment of various cancers

F Darvishi, Z Jahanafrooz, A Mokhtarzadeh - Applied Microbiology and …, 2022 - Springer
Metabolic differences between normal and cancerous cells have been used as a point of
view for develo** anticancer drugs. Some degrading enzymes of certain amino acids …

l-Asparaginase as the gold standard in the treatment of acute lymphoblastic leukemia: a comprehensive review

M Tosta Pérez, L Herrera Belén, P Letelier, Y Calle… - Medical Oncology, 2023 - Springer
Abstract l-Asparaginase is an antileukemic drug long approved for clinical use to treat
childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia, the most common cancer in this population …

Enhancing leukemia treatment: the role of combined therapies based on amino acid starvation

C Chen, J Zhang - Cancers, 2024 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Targeting amino acid metabolism in leukemia therapy presents both
opportunities and challenges. While disrupting amino acid utilization can hinder cancer cell …

Overview of the structure, side effects, and activity assays of l-asparaginase as a therapy drug of acute lymphoblastic leukemia

N Wang, W Ji, L Wang, W Wu, W Zhang, Q Wu… - RSC medicinal …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
L-Asparaginase (L-ASNase is the abbreviation, L-asparagine aminohydrolase, EC 3.5. 1.1)
is an enzyme that is clinically employed as an antitumor agent for the treatment of acute …

Structural and functional diversity of asparaginases: overview and recommendations for a revised nomenclature

LS da Silva, LB Doonan, A Pessoa Jr… - Biotechnology and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Asparaginases (ASNases) are a large and structurally diverse group of enzymes ubiquitous
amongst archaea, bacteria and eukaryotes, that catalyze hydrolysis of asparagine to …