Accordingly, the various PDHA2 reporter plasmids and the parental pGL2-Basic vector were transfected into HeLa (cervix adenocarcinoma), NT2 (human teratocarcinoma) and SH-SY5Y (human neuroblastoma) cells, which do not normally express PDHA2 mRNA. Here, PDHA2 is linked to teratocarcinoma.