1. 1 H and 31 P Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopic Metabolomic Imaging: Assessing Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Inhibition in Melanoma.
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Gupta PK, Orlovskiy S, Arias-Mendoza F, Nelson DS, and Nath K
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- Humans, Cell Line, Tumor, Proto-Oncogene Proteins B-raf metabolism, Proto-Oncogene Proteins B-raf antagonists & inhibitors, Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy methods, Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases metabolism, Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases antagonists & inhibitors, Proton Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy methods, Melanoma metabolism, Melanoma drug therapy, Melanoma pathology, Metabolomics methods, Protein Kinase Inhibitors pharmacology, Protein Kinase Inhibitors therapeutic use
- Abstract
The MAPK signaling pathway with BRAF mutations has been shown to drive the pathogenesis of 40-60% of melanomas. Inhibitors of this pathway's BRAF and MEK components are currently used to treat these malignancies. However, responses to these treatments are not always successful. Therefore, identifying noninvasive biomarkers to predict treatment responses is essential for personalized medicine in melanoma. Using noninvasive
1 H magnetic resonance spectroscopy (1 H MRS), we previously showed that BRAF inhibition reduces lactate and alanine tumor levels in the early stages of effective therapy and could be considered as metabolic imaging biomarkers for drug response. The present work demonstrates that these metabolic changes observed by1 H MRS and those assessed by31 P MRS are also found in preclinical human melanoma models treated with MEK inhibitors. Apart from1 H and31 P MRS, additional supporting in vitro biochemical analyses are described. Our results indicate significant early metabolic correlations with response levels to MEK inhibition in the melanoma models and are consistent with our previous study of BRAF inhibition. Given these results, our study supports the potential clinical utility of noninvasive MRS to objectively image metabolic biomarkers for the early prediction of melanoma's response to MEK inhibition.- Published
- 2024
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