Nature Communications (Aug 2020)

GLUT1 inhibition blocks growth of RB1-positive triple negative breast cancer

  • Qin Wu,
  • Wail ba-alawi,
  • Genevieve Deblois,
  • Jennifer Cruickshank,
  • Shili Duan,
  • Evelyne Lima-Fernandes,
  • Jillian Haight,
  • Seyed Ali Madani Tonekaboni,
  • Anne-Marie Fortier,
  • Hellen Kuasne,
  • Trevor D. McKee,
  • Hassan Mahmoud,
  • Michelle Kushida,
  • Sarina Cameron,
  • Nergiz Dogan-Artun,
  • WenJun Chen,
  • Yan Nie,
  • Lan Xin Zhang,
  • Ravi N. Vellanki,
  • Stanley Zhou,
  • Panagiotis Prinos,
  • Bradly G. Wouters,
  • Peter B. Dirks,
  • Susan J. Done,
  • Morag Park,
  • David W. Cescon,
  • Benjamin Haibe-Kains,
  • Mathieu Lupien,
  • Cheryl H. Arrowsmith

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-18020-8
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Triple negative breast cancer is a deadly form of breast cancer with limited therapeutic options. Here the authors show the efficacy of GLUT1 pharmacological inhibition against a subset of tumors expressing RB1, thereby identifying RB1 protein level as a biomarker of sensitivity to anti-GLUT1 therapy.