(R)-2-Hydroxyglutarate Is Sufficient to Promote Leukemogenesis and Its Effects Are Reversible

JA Losman, RE Looper, P Koivunen, S Lee… - Science, 2013 - science.org
Mutations in IDH1 and IDH2, the genes coding for isocitrate dehydrogenases 1 and 2, are
common in several human cancers, including leukemias, and result in overproduction of the …

An inhibitor of mutant IDH1 delays growth and promotes differentiation of glioma cells

D Rohle, J Popovici-Muller, N Palaskas, S Turcan… - Science, 2013 - science.org
The recent discovery of mutations in metabolic enzymes has rekindled interest in harnessing
the altered metabolism of cancer cells for cancer therapy. One potential drug target is …

Targeted inhibition of mutant IDH2 in leukemia cells induces cellular differentiation

F Wang, J Travins, B DeLaBarre, V Penard-Lacronique… - Science, 2013 - science.org
A number of human cancers harbor somatic point mutations in the genes encoding isocitrate
dehydrogenases 1 and 2 (IDH1 and IDH2). These mutations alter residues in the enzyme …

R-2-hydroxyglutarate as the key effector of IDH mutations promoting oncogenesis

D Ye, S Ma, Y Xiong, KL Guan - Cancer cell, 2013 - cell.com
The tumor-associated isocitrate dehydrogenase (IDH) mutants are unique in that they have
lost their normal catalytic activity and gained a novel function to produce R-2 …

IDH1 (R132H) mutation increases murine haematopoietic progenitors and alters epigenetics

M Sasaki, CB Knobbe, JC Munger, EF Lind, D Brenner… - Nature, 2012 - nature.com
Mutations in the IDH1 and IDH2 genes encoding isocitrate dehydrogenases are frequently
found in human glioblastomas and cytogenetically normal acute myeloid leukaemias (AML) …

Mutant IDH1 promotes leukemogenesis in vivo and can be specifically targeted in human AML

A Chaturvedi, MM Araujo Cruz… - Blood, The Journal …, 2013 - ashpublications.org
Mutations in the metabolic enzymes isocitrate dehydrogenase 1 (IDH1) and 2 (IDH2) are
frequently found in glioma, acute myeloid leukemia (AML), melanoma, thyroid cancer, and …

What a difference a hydroxyl makes: mutant IDH,(R)-2-hydroxyglutarate, and cancer

JA Losman, WG Kaelin - Genes & development, 2013 - genesdev.cshlp.org
Mutations in metabolic enzymes, including isocitrate dehydrogenase 1 (IDH1) and IDH2, in
cancer strongly implicate altered metabolism in tumorigenesis. IDH1 and IDH2 catalyze the …

IDH mutation impairs histone demethylation and results in a block to cell differentiation

C Lu, PS Ward, GS Kapoor, D Rohle, S Turcan… - Nature, 2012 - nature.com
Recurrent mutations in isocitrate dehydrogenase 1 (IDH1) and IDH2 have been identified in
gliomas, acute myeloid leukaemias (AML) and chondrosarcomas, and share a novel …

Proto-oncogenic role of mutant IDH2 in leukemia initiation and maintenance

LM Kats, M Reschke, R Taulli, O Pozdnyakova… - Cell stem cell, 2014 - cell.com
Mutations in the metabolic enzymes isocitrate dehydrogenase-1 (IDH1) and IDH2 that
produce the oncometabolite D-2-hydroxyglutarate (2-HG) occur frequently in human acute …

IDH2 mutation-induced histone and DNA hypermethylation is progressively reversed by small-molecule inhibition

A Kernytsky, F Wang, E Hansen… - Blood, The Journal …, 2015 - ashpublications.org
Mutations of IDH1 and IDH2, which produce the oncometabolite 2-hydroxyglutarate (2HG),
have been identified in several tumors, including acute myeloid leukemia. Recent studies …