Nature Communications (Apr 2018)

Pharmacodynamics of mutant-IDH1 inhibitors in glioma patients probed by in vivo 3D MRS imaging of 2-hydroxyglutarate

  • Ovidiu C. Andronesi,
  • Isabel C. Arrillaga-Romany,
  • K. Ina Ly,
  • Wolfgang Bogner,
  • Eva M. Ratai,
  • Kara Reitz,
  • A. John Iafrate,
  • Jorg Dietrich,
  • Elizabeth R. Gerstner,
  • Andrew S. Chi,
  • Bruce R. Rosen,
  • Patrick Y. Wen,
  • Daniel P. Cahill,
  • Tracy T. Batchelor

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-03905-6
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Inhibitors of mutant isocitrate dehydrogenase 1 (IDH1) entered recently clinical trials for treatment of gliomas. Here, the authors apply a MRS imaging method for 2HG detection and assessement of the pharmacodynamic effects of the mutant IDH1 inhibitor (IDH305) in 8 mutant IDH1 glioma patients.