Therapeutic applications of dichloroacetate and the role of glutathione transferase zeta-1

MO James, SC Jahn, G Zhong, MG Smeltz, Z Hu… - Pharmacology & …, 2017 - Elsevier
Dichloroacetate (DCA) has several therapeutic applications based on its pharmacological
property of inhibiting pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase. DCA has been used to treat inherited …

Regulating mitochondrial metabolism by targeting pyruvate dehydrogenase with dichloroacetate, a metabolic messenger

N Schoenmann, N Tannenbaum… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2023 - Elsevier
Dichloroacetate (DCA) is a naturally occurring xenobiotic that has been used as an
investigational drug for over 50 years. Originally found to lower blood glucose levels and …

Clinical physiology and pharmacology of GSTZ1/MAAI

PW Stacpoole - Biochemical Pharmacology, 2023 - Elsevier
Herein I summarize the physiological chemistry and pharmacology of the bifunctional
enzyme glutathione transferase zeta 1 (GSTZ1)/maleylacetoacetate isomerase (MAAI) …

Pharmacogenetic considerations with dichloroacetate dosing

MO James, PW Stacpoole - Pharmacogenomics, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
The investigational drug dichloroacetate (DCA) is a metabolic regulator that has been
successfully used to treat acquired and congenital metabolic diseases and, recently, solid …

Chloride concentrations in human hepatic cytosol and mitochondria are a function of age

SC Jahn, L Rowland-Faux, PW Stacpoole… - … and biophysical research …, 2015 - Elsevier
We recently reported that, in a concentration-dependent manner, chloride protects hepatic
glutathione transferase zeta 1 from inactivation by dichloroacetate, an investigational drug …

GSTZ1 expression and chloride concentrations modulate sensitivity of cancer cells to dichloroacetate

SC Jahn, MHM Solayman, RJ Lorenzo… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2016 - Elsevier
Dichloroacetate (DCA), commonly used to treat metabolic disorders, is under investigation
as an anti-cancer therapy due to its ability to reverse the Warburg effect and induce …

Effect modification of CPY2E1 and GSTZ1 genetic polymorphisms on associations between prenatal disinfection by-products exposure and birth outcomes

B Zhou, P Yang, YJ Gong, Q Zeng, WQ Lu… - Environmental Pollution, 2018 - Elsevier
Background Prenatal disinfection by-products (DBPs) exposure is linked with adverse birth
outcomes. Genetic susceptibility to DBP metabolism may modify the exposure-outcome …

Neuroprotective Effects and Therapeutic Potential of Dichloroacetate: Targeting Metabolic Disorders in Nervous System Diseases

Y Zhang, M Sun, H Zhao, Z Wang, Y Shi… - International Journal …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Dichloroacetate (DCA) is an investigational drug used to treat lactic acidosis and malignant
tumours. It works by inhibiting pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase and increasing the rate of …

Interactions between CYP2E1, GSTZ1 and GSTT1 polymorphisms and exposure to drinking water trihalomethanes and their association with semen quality

P Yang, Q Zeng, WC Cao, YX Wang, Z Huang, J Li… - Environmental …, 2016 - Elsevier
Trihalomethanes (THMs) have been reported to be associated with altered semen quality,
and this association may be modified by inherited differences in cytochrome P450 (CYP2E1) …

Urinary biomarker of prenatal exposure to disinfection byproducts, maternal genetic polymorphisms in CYP2E1 and GSTZ1, and birth outcomes

P Yang, WC Cao, B Zhou, TZ Zheng… - Environmental …, 2019 - ACS Publications
The effects of disinfection byproducts (DBPs) on adverse birth outcomes remain unsettled.
Maternal genetic variants in relation to DBP metabolism may modify this effect. Pregnant …