- Li, Zhonghan;
- Cheng, Hanjun;
- Shao, Shiqun;
- Lu, Xiang;
- Mo, Li;
- Tsang, Jonathan;
- Zeng, Pu;
- Guo, Zhili;
- Wang, Siwen;
- Nathanson, David A;
- Heath, James R;
- Wei, Wei;
- Xue, Min
An analytical method is described for profiling lactate production in single cells via the use of coupled enzyme reactions on surface-grafted resazurin molecules. The immobilization of the redox-labile probes was achieved through chemical modifications on resazurin, followed by bio-orthogonal click reactions. The lactate detection was demonstrated to be sensitive and specific. The method was incorporated into a single-cell barcode chip for simultaneous quantification of aerobic glycolysis activities and oncogenic signaling phosphoproteins in cancer. The interplay between glycolysis and oncogenic signaling activities was interrogated on a glioblastoma cell line. Results revealed a drug-induced oncogenic signaling reliance accompanying shifted metabolic paradigms. A drug combination that exploits this induced reliance exhibited synergistic effects in growth inhibition.