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ReviewAnnual review of biochemistry2006

Asparagine synthetase chemotherapy.

Nigel G J Richards, Michael S Kilberg

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Review in Annual review of biochemistry, 2006. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04953780 (2157GCCC), which is not on this map. Cited by 129 papers.

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129citing papers in PubMed
3.0field-weighted citation impact, top 9% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT04953780 phase1active not recruitingnot on this mapstarted 2021, after this paper: background citation

2157GCCC: a Phase I Trial of Calaspargase Pegol-mknl in Combination with High Dose Cytarabine and Idarubicin in Adult Patients with Newly Diagnosed Acute Myeloid Leukemia

TypeinterventionalSponsorWest Virginia UniversityRan2021 to 2025Enrolled6ConditionsAcute Myeloid LeukemiaArmsCalaspargase pegol-mknl
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

129 citing papers in PubMed, 247 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Nigel G J RichardsDepartment of Chemistry, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA. richards@qtp.ufl.edu
Michael S Kilberg
University of Florida · US

Funding

TRAINING IN THE CELL BIOLOGY AND IMMUNOBIOLOGY OF CANCERT32CA009126 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA · PI MAY, WILLIAM STRATFORD · 1985 to 2012
$3.5M
NUTRITIONAL CONTROL OF ASPARAGINE SYNTHETASER01DK052064 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA · PI KILBERG, MICHAEL S. · 1997 to 2010
$3.4M
Measuring Asparagine Synthetase Expression in LeukemiaR21CA107437 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA · PI HUNGER, STEPHEN PATRICK · 2004 to 2005
$262k
NCI NIH HHS CA09126NCI NIH HHS CA107437NCI NIH HHS R21 CA107437NCI NIH HHS T32 CA009126NIDDK NIH HHS DK52064NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK052064
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Modern clinical treatments of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) employ enzyme-based methods for depletion of blood asparagine in combination with standard chemotherapeutic agents. Significant side effects can arise in these protocols and, in many cases, patients develop drug-resistant forms of the disease that may be correlated with up-regulation of the enzyme glutamine-dependent asparagine synthetase (ASNS). Though the precise molecular mechanisms that result in the appearance of drug resistance are the subject of active study, potent ASNS inhibitors may have clinical utility in treating asparaginase-resistant forms of childhood ALL. This review provides an overview of recent developments in our understanding of (a) the structure and catalytic mechanism of ASNS, and (b) the role that ASNS may play in the onset of drug-resistant childhood ALL. In addition, the first successful, mechanism-based efforts to prepare and characterize nanomolar ASNS inhibitors are discussed, together with the implications of these studies for future efforts to develop useful drugs.

Indexed as

Aspartate-Ammonia LigasePrecursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-LymphomaAntineoplastic AgentsAsparagineBinding SitesCell CycleDrug Resistance, NeoplasmEnzyme InhibitorsHumansModels, MolecularMolecular StructureProtein ConformationSulfonamidesTranscription, GeneticTumor Cells, CulturedAntineoplastic AgentsAsparagineAspartate-Ammonia LigaseEnzyme InhibitorsSulfonamides

Identifiers

PMID16756505
PMCPMC3587692
OpenAlexW2125877121

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