ArticleIn vivo (Athens, Greece)
Metabolic-targeted Combination Therapy With Dichloroacetate and Metformin Suppresses Glioblastoma Cell Line Growth
Article in In vivo (Athens, Greece). The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
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.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
15 citing papers in PubMed, 20 citations in OpenAlex.
- Unveiling the oncogenic role of PDK3 in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma, an integrative in silico and an in vitro approach.Journal, genetic engineering & biotechnology · 2026Article
- Metabolic reprogramming and cisplatin resistance: the emerging role of Pyruvate Dehydrogenase Kinases (PDKs).Cell communication and signaling : CCS · 2026Review
- Metabolic Landscape and Emerging Therapeutic Potential in Pediatric and Adult Gliomas.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Review
- Overcoming Chemoresistance in Glioblastoma: Mechanisms, Therapeutic Strategies, and Functional Precision Medicine.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Review
- Metformin Renders Survival Advantage to Patients with Glioblastoma Multiforme.Neurology international · 2026Review
- Melanoma treatment in the era of nanotechnology and precision medicine.Journal of nanobiotechnology · 2025Review
- Metabolic regulation of T cell production of IL-10 and IL-22 protects against intestinal inflammation.Precision clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Metformin and glioma: Targeting metabolic dysregulation for enhanced therapeutic outcomes.Translational oncology · 2025Review
- Lactate reprograms glioblastoma immunity through CBX3-regulated histone lactylation.The Journal of clinical investigation · 2024Article
- Article
- Dichloroacetate for Cancer Treatment: Some Facts and Many Doubts.Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Article
- Establishing Imaging Biomarkers of Host Immune System Efficacy during Glioblastoma Therapy Response: Challenges, Obstacles and Future Perspectives.Metabolites · 2022Article
- Disturbance of the Warburg effect by dichloroacetate and niclosamide suppresses the growth of different sub-types of malignant pleural mesotheliomaFrontiers in pharmacology · 2022Article
- Targeting Glucose Metabolism of Cancer Cells with Dichloroacetate to Radiosensitize High-Grade Gliomas.International journal of molecular sciences · 2021Review
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
BACKGROUND/
aimWe investigated the hypothesis that dichloroacetate (DCA), a pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase inhibitor, and metformin (MET), an antidiabetic agent and complex I inhibitor, have synergistic cytotoxic effects in glioblastoma cells in vitro and in vivo. MATERIALS AND
methodsWe performed dose response experiments and combination index calculation. Apoptotic and necrotic cells were estimated by flow cytometry. Cell metabolism was evaluated by Seahorse analysis and lactate export. Overall survival and tumor volume growth experiments were performed in C57BL/6 mice GL-261 allograft model.
resultsDCA and MET showed dose-dependent cytotoxicity and synergistic effects. DCA alleviated the increase in lactate production induced by MET. Seahorse analysis showed that DCA treatment results in increased oxygen consumption rate, which is decreased by MET. DCA and MET significantly inhibited tumor growth and increased overall survival in mice.
conclusionCompounds targeting tumor cell metabolism could become potential treatment options for glioblastoma multiforme.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.