Targeting Medium-Chain Acyl-CoA Dehydrogenase for Glioblast…

Targeting Medium-Chain Acyl-CoA Dehydrogenase (MCAD) for Glioblastoma (GBM) Downregulation of MCAD resulted in severe mitochondrial failure in GBM and longer animal survival

MCAD-knockdown dramatically attenuated tumor growth using GSC8.11 and GSC6.27.

Downregulation of MCAD impaired mitochondrial function

Lipid accumulation and reactive oxygen species (ROS)-related damage in MCAD-knockdown GSCs

GSC 6.27

GSC 8.11

oxygen consumption rate significantly decreased in basal respiration and reserve respiratory capacity in ACADM -deleted GSCs

GSC 8.11 xenograft tumor tissues showed lipid accumulation upon ACADM silencing

12 weeks

4 weeks

4 weeks

8 weeks

- DOX

+ DOX

MCAD-knockdown significantly extended survival time.

MCAD-knockdown GSC 8.11 partially rescued in fatty acid free medium (left) and by GSH (right)

decrease in ATP content in MCAD-depleted GSCs

GSC 8.11

P= *0.0321 *0.0164

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ATP

100

1.5

GSC 8.11

sh-ACADM1

sh-ctrl sh-ctrl + GSH sh-ACADM1 sh-ACADM1 + GSH

150000

**

**

sh-ACADM2

100000

1.0

50

50000

0.5

*

*

P< 0.0001

0

0

2

4

6

7

0

Time (Days)

0.0

Time (weeks) 4 6 8 10 12 14

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sh-ACADM1 sh-ACADM2

Nov. 17-18, 2022

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MD Anderson Cancer Center

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