| Literature DB >> 28760888 |
Charles Kung1, Jeff Hixon1, Penelope A Kosinski1, Giovanni Cianchetta1, Gavin Histen1, Yue Chen1, Collin Hill1, Stefan Gross1, Yaguang Si1, Kendall Johnson1, Byron DeLaBarre1, Zhiyong Luo2, Zhiwei Gu2, Gui Yao2, Huachun Tang2, Cheng Fang2, Yingxia Xu2, Xiaobing Lv2, Scott Biller1, Shin-San Michael Su1, Hua Yang1, Janeta Popovici-Muller1, Francesco Salituro1, Lee Silverman1, Lenny Dang1.
Abstract
Pyruvate kinase (PK) deficiency is a rare genetic disease that causes chronic hemolytic anemia. There are currently no targeted therapies for PK deficiency. Here, we describe the identification and characterization of AG-348, an allosteric activator of PK that is currently in clinical trials for the treatment of PK deficiency. We demonstrate that AG-348 can increase the activity of wild-type and mutant PK enzymes in biochemical assays and in patient red blood cells treated ex vivo. These data illustrate the potential for AG-348 to restore the glycolytic pathway activity in patients with PK deficiency and ultimately lead to clinical benefit.Entities:
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Year: 2017 PMID: 28760888 PMCID: PMC5609468 DOI: 10.1182/blood-2016-11-753525
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Blood ISSN: 0006-4971 Impact factor: 22.113