BIOM-11. ENZYMATIC ASSAY USED TO MONITOR CHANGES IN ONCO-METABOLITE, D2HG, IN RESPONSE TO THERAPY
Abstract INTRODUCTION Gliomas are the most common and deadly adult brain cancers with a median survival time of less than 18 months. Many therapeutics have failed translating into effective therapies due to incomplete understanding of the disease and heterogeneity of tumors between patients. There is a need for methods that allow for continual access and analysis of glioma biomarkers. We sought to establish a reliable method for quantifying the onco-metabolite, D2HG. After optimizing this method, we used microdialysate and microperfusate to test our hypothesis that analysis of D2HG in response to therapy can indicate therapeutic efficacy sooner than current methods permit. METHODS Microdialysate and microperfusate were collected from the tumor centers and lateral ventricles of athymic nude mice implanted with IDH1 mutant PDX line GBM196. We performed microdialysis and microperfusion on consecutive days to determine baseline D2HG concentration. Following a five day period of TMZ treatment, we collected another round of microdialysis and microperfusion one week after treatment and again two weeks after treatment. We then used our optimized D2HG enzymatic assay to quantify the changes in D2HG in response to therapy. RESULTS Using our enzymatic D2HG assay, we were able to quantify D2HG as low as 30nM (30fmol/uL). We found a ~20% decrease in D2HG concentration in the tumor center and right lateral ventricle after 1 week of TMZ treatment (n=2), and ~36% decrease after 2 weeks of TMZ treatment (n=2). CONCLUSION Using a D2HG quantification assay to monitor changes in concentration of D2HG in microdialysate/microperfusate can predict sensitivity to therapy.