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ABSTRACT:
INSTRUMENT(S): Orbitrap Fusion
ORGANISM(S): Homo Sapiens (human)
TISSUE(S): Lung Neuroendocrine Cell, Cell Culture
DISEASE(S): Small Cell Carcinoma
SUBMITTER: Sebastian Hayes
LAB HEAD: Sebastian Hayes
PROVIDER: PXD011896 | Pride | 2019-01-09
REPOSITORIES: Pride
Nature communications 20190109 1
Aberrant metabolism of cancer cells is well appreciated, but the identification of cancer subsets with specific metabolic vulnerabilities remains challenging. We conducted a chemical biology screen and identified a subset of neuroendocrine tumors displaying a striking pattern of sensitivity to inhibition of the cholesterol biosynthetic pathway enzyme squalene epoxidase (SQLE). Using a variety of orthogonal approaches, we demonstrate that sensitivity to SQLE inhibition results not from cholestero ...[more]