Lactate and glutamine support NADPH generation in cancer cells under glucose deprived conditions

Autor: Minfeng Ying, Xun Hu, Siying Zeng, Xiaobing Zhu, Limeng Cai, Duo You
Rok vydání: 2021
Předmět:
Medicine (General)
Glutamine
Clinical Biochemistry
MDH1
malate dehydrogenase 1

G6PD
glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase

Biochemistry
Pentose Phosphate Pathway
Mice
ME1
Neoplasms
Biology (General)
α-KG
α-ketoglutarate

ALDH1L1
10-formyltetrahydrofolate dehydrogenase

LDH
lactate dehydrogenase

Chemistry
TME
tumor microenvironment

Isocitrate dehydrogenase
Glucose deprivation
Ac-CoA
acetyl coenzyme A

IDH1
Research Paper
QH301-705.5
TCA
tricarboxylic acid

Malic enzyme
PPP
pentose phosphate pathway

THF
tetrahydrofolate

TACE
transarterial chemoembolization

Pentose phosphate pathway
IDH1
isocitrate dehydrogenase 1

R5-920
ROS
reactive oxygen species

MTHFD1
methylene tetrahydrofolate dehydrogenase 1

PDK1
pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase 1

NADPH
Animals
BPTES
bis-2-(5-phenylacetamido-1
2
4-thiadiazol-2-yl)ethyl sulfide

Lactic Acid
MCT1
monocarboxylate transporter

Organic Chemistry
ME1
malic enzyme 1

PDH
pyruvate dehydrogenase

HIF-1
hypoxia-inducible factor 1

Cytosol
Glucose
Cancer cell
Lactate
OAA
oxaloacetate

Nampt
Nicotinamide phosphoribosyltransferase

NADP
Homeostasis
Zdroj: Redox Biology
Redox Biology, Vol 46, Iss, Pp 102065-(2021)
ISSN: 2213-2317
DOI: 10.1016/j.redox.2021.102065
Popis: Although glucose, through pentose phosphate pathway (PPP), is the main source to generate NADPH, solid tumors are often deprived of glucose, hence alternative metabolic pathways to maintain NADPH homeostasis in cancer cells are required. Here, we report that lactate and glutamine support NADPH production via isocitrate dehydrogenase 1 (IDH1) and malic enzyme 1 (ME1), respectively, under glucose-deprived conditions. Isotopic tracing demonstrates that lactate participates in the formation of isocitrate. Malate derived from glutamine in mitochondria shuttles to cytosol to produce NADPH. In cells cultured in the absence of glucose, knockout of IDH1 and ME1 decreases NADPH/NADP+ and GSH/GSSG, increases ROS level and facilitates cell necrosis. In 4T1 murine breast tumors, knockout of ME1 retards tumor growth in vivo, with combined ME1/IDH1 knockout more strongly suppressing tumor growth. Our findings reveal two alternative NADPH-producing pathways that cancer cells use to resist glucose starvation, reflecting the metabolic plasticity and flexibility of cancer cells adapting to nutrition stress.
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Highlights • Lactate and glutamine are the sources of NADPH in tumors under glucose deprivation. • Lactate supports NADPH generation and maintains redox balance in tumors by IDH1. • Glutamine supports NADPH generation and maintains redox balance in tumors by ME1. • Lactate-dependent NADPH generation is conditional on thermodynamics. • Combination of IDH1 and ME1 is crucial to the growth and metastasis of solid tumors.
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