Jelena Lazovic1,
Soto Horacio2, Sichen Li3, Albert Lai3,
Linda Liau2, Robert Prins2, Timothy F. Cloughesy4,
Whitney Pope5
1Radiology,
University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States; 2Neurosurgery,
University of California, Los Angeles, CA, United States; 3Neuro-Oncology,
University of California, Los Angeles, CA, United States; 4Neuro-Oncology,
UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, United States; 5Radiology, University of
California, Los Angeles, CA, United States
Recent reports strongly correlate presence of isocitrate dehydrogenase 1 (IDH1) mutation (IDH1-R132) with improved overall survival among glioblastoma patients. This mutation is associated with production of 2-hydroxyglutaric (2-HG) acid, with not well established role in malignant progression. Human glioblastoma cell line (U87) was modified to overexpress mutated isocitrate dehydrogenase 1 (IDH1) R132 in order to determine if 2-hydroxyglutaric acid could be detected in vivo and the consequence on tumor growth and metabolism. We found glioblastoma that overexpressed IDH1-R132 to have significantly increased growth rate along with accumulation of 2-HG and reduction in lactate and glutamate.