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ArticleScientific reports2017

Engineering Tumour Cell-Binding Synthetic Polymers with Sensing Dense Transporters Associated with Aberrant Glutamine Metabolism.

Naoki Yamada, Yuto Honda, Hiroyasu Takemoto, Takahiro Nomoto, Makoto Matsui, Keishiro Tomoda, Masamitsu Konno, Hideshi Ishii, Masaki Mori, Nobuhiro Nishiyama

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Article in Scientific reports, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 24 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Naoki YamadaLaboratory for Chemistry and Life Science, Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa, 226-8503, Japan.
Yuto HondaLaboratory for Chemistry and Life Science, Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa, 226-8503, Japan.
Hiroyasu TakemotoLaboratory for Chemistry and Life Science, Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa, 226-8503, Japan.
Takahiro NomotoLaboratory for Chemistry and Life Science, Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa, 226-8503, Japan.
Makoto MatsuiLaboratory for Chemistry and Life Science, Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa, 226-8503, Japan.
Keishiro TomodaLaboratory for Chemistry and Life Science, Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa, 226-8503, Japan.
Masamitsu KonnoGraduate School of Medicine, Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Osaka University, 2-2 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan.
Hideshi IshiiGraduate School of Medicine, Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Osaka University, 2-2 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan.
Masaki MoriGraduate School of Medicine, Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Osaka University, 2-2 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan.
Nobuhiro NishiyamaLaboratory for Chemistry and Life Science, Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa, 226-8503, Japan. nishiyama.n.ad@m.titech.ac.jp.
Life Science Institute · JPOsaka University · JPTokyo Institute of Technology · JPInnovation Center of NanoMedicine · JP

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Increased glutamine uptake toward the elevated glutaminolysis is one of the hallmarks of tumour cells. This aberrant glutamine metabolism has recently attracted considerable attention as a diagnostic and therapeutic target. Herein, we developed glutamine-functionalized polymer to achieve a selective high affinity to tumour cells overexpressing glutaminolysis-related transporter ASCT2. In in vitro study, our developed polymer exhibited faster and higher cellular uptake in tumour cells than that in normal cells. Uptake inhibition study revealed the dominant contribution of ASCT2 to the polymer-cell interaction. Furthermore, the binding affinity of the polymer to tumour cells was estimated to be comparable to that of the potent ligand molecules reported in the literature. In in vivo study, the polymer showed prolonged retention at tumour site after intratumoral injection. This study offers a novel approach for designing tumour cell-binding synthetic polymers through the recognition of dense transporters related to tumour-associated metabolism.

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PolymersAmino Acid Transport System ASCAnimalsCell Line, TumorDisease Models, AnimalGene ExpressionGlutamineHeterograftsHumansImmunohistochemistryIntracellular SpaceMiceAmino Acid Transport System ASCGlutaminePolymers

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PMID28729677
PMCPMC5519697
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