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Ahopelto K, Saukkonen K, Hagström J, Kauhanen S, Seppänen H, Böckelman C, Haglund C. TKTL1 as a Prognostic Marker in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma and Its Correlation with FDG-PET-CT. Oncology 2020; 99:177-185. [PMID: 33120381 DOI: 10.1159/000510862] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2020] [Accepted: 08/10/2020] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Glucose metabolism in cancer cells differs from noncancerous cells. The expression of transketolase-like protein 1 (TKTL1), a key enzyme in the glucose metabolism of cancer cells, predicts poor prognosis in several cancer types. We studied TKTL1 as a prognostic tool and whether TKTL1 expression correlates with 18F-FDG-PET-CT among patients with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC). METHODS This retrospective study examined two PDAC patient cohorts: 168 patients operated on at Helsinki University Hospital between 2001 and 2011, and 20 patients with FDG-PET-CT results available from the Auria Biobank. We used immunohistochemistry for TKTL1 expression, combining results with clinicopathological data. RESULTS Five-year disease-specific survival (DSS) was slightly but not significantly better in patients with a high versus low TKTL1 expression, with DSS of 28.0 versus 17.3%, respectively (p = 0.123). TKTL1 served as a marker of a better prognosis in patients over 65 years old (p = 0.012) and among those with TNM class M1 (p = 0.018), stage IV disease (p = 0.027), or perivascular invasion (p = 0.008). CONCLUSIONS Our study shows that TKTL1 cannot be used as a prognostic factor in PDAC with the exception of elderly patients and those with advanced disease. The correlation of TKTL1 with 18F-FDG-PET-CT requires further study in a larger patient cohort.
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- Kaisa Ahopelto
- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland, .,Translational Cancer Medicine Research Program, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland,
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland.,Translational Cancer Medicine Research Program, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Translational Cancer Medicine Research Program, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.,Department of Pathology and Oral Pathology, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
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- Division of Digestive Surgery and Urology, Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland.,Translational Cancer Medicine Research Program, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland.,Translational Cancer Medicine Research Program, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland.,Translational Cancer Medicine Research Program, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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Mariadasse R, Biswal J, Jayaprakash P, Rao GR, Choubey SK, Rajendran S, Jeyakanthan J. Mechanical insights of oxythiamine compound as potent inhibitor for human transketolase-like protein 1 ( TKTL1 protein). J Recept Signal Transduct Res 2015; 36:233-42. [PMID: 26481897 DOI: 10.3109/10799893.2015.1080272] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Transketolase is a connecting link between glycolytic and pentose phosphate pathway, which is considered as the rate-limiting step due to synthesis of large number of ATP molecule and it can be proposed as a plausible target facilitating the growth of cancerous cells suggesting its potential role in cancer. Oxythiamine, an antimetabolite has been proved to be an efficient anticancerous compound in vitro, but its structural elucidation of the inhibitory mechanism has not yet been done against the human transketolase-like 1 protein (TKTL1). The three-dimensional (3D) structure of TKTL1 protein was modeled and subjected for refinement, stability and validation. Based on the reported homologs of transketolase (TKT), the active site residues His46, Ser49, Ser52, Ser53, Ile56, Leu82, Lys84, Leu123, Ser125, Glu128, Asp154, His160, Thr216 and Lys218 were identified and considered for molecular-modeling studies. Docking studies reveal the H-bond interactions with residues Ser49 and Lys218 that could play a major role in the activity of TKTL1. Molecular dynamics (MD) simulation study was performed to reveal the comparative stability of both native and complex forms of TKTL1. MD trajectory at 30 ns, confirm the role of active site residues Ser49, Lys84, Glu128, His160 and Lys218 in suppressing the activity of TKTL1. Glu128 is observed to be the most important residue for deprotonation state of the aminopyrimidine moiety and preferred to be the site of inhibitory action. Thus, the proposed mechanism of inhibition through in silico studies would pave the way for structure-oriented drug designing against cancer.
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- Richard Mariadasse
- a Department of Bioinformatics , Structural Biology and Bio-Computing Laboratory, Alagappa University , Karaikudi , Tamil Nadu , India
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- a Department of Bioinformatics , Structural Biology and Bio-Computing Laboratory, Alagappa University , Karaikudi , Tamil Nadu , India
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- a Department of Bioinformatics , Structural Biology and Bio-Computing Laboratory, Alagappa University , Karaikudi , Tamil Nadu , India
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- a Department of Bioinformatics , Structural Biology and Bio-Computing Laboratory, Alagappa University , Karaikudi , Tamil Nadu , India
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- a Department of Bioinformatics , Structural Biology and Bio-Computing Laboratory, Alagappa University , Karaikudi , Tamil Nadu , India
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- a Department of Bioinformatics , Structural Biology and Bio-Computing Laboratory, Alagappa University , Karaikudi , Tamil Nadu , India
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- a Department of Bioinformatics , Structural Biology and Bio-Computing Laboratory, Alagappa University , Karaikudi , Tamil Nadu , India
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