Mutant IDH1 Differently Affects Redox State and Metabolism in Glial Cells of Normal and Tumor Origin
Publication year
2019Source
Cancers, 11, 12, (2019), article E2028ISSN
Publication type
Article / Letter to editor

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Organization
Biochemistry (UMC)
Journal title
Cancers
Volume
vol. 11
Issue
iss. 12
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Radboudumc 19: Nanomedicine RIMLS: Radboud Institute for Molecular Life SciencesAbstract
IDH1(R132H) (isocitrate dehydrogenase 1) mutations play a key role in the development of low-grade gliomas. IDH1(wt) converts isocitrate to alpha-ketoglutarate while reducing nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADP(+)), whereas IDH1(R132H) uses alpha-ketoglutarate and NADPH to generate the oncometabolite 2-hydroxyglutarate (2-HG). While the effects of 2-HG have been the subject of intense research, the 2-HG independent effects of IDH1(R132H) are still ambiguous. The present study demonstrates that IDH1(R132H) expression but not 2-HG alone leads to significantly decreased tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle metabolites, reduced proliferation, and enhanced sensitivity to irradiation in both glioblastoma cells and astrocytes in vitro. Glioblastoma cells, but not astrocytes, showed decreased NADPH and NAD(+) levels upon IDH1(R132H) transduction. However, in astrocytes IDH1(R132H) led to elevated expression of the NAD-synthesizing enzyme nicotinamide phosphoribosyltransferase (NAMPT). These effects were not 2-HG mediated. This suggests that IDH1(R132H) cells utilize NAD(+) to restore NADP pools, which only astrocytes could compensate via induction of NAMPT. We found that the expression of NAMPT is lower in patient-derived IDH1-mutant glioma cells and xenografts compared to IDH1-wildtype models. The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) data analysis confirmed lower NAMPT expression in IDH1-mutant versus IDH1-wildtype gliomas. We show that the IDH1 mutation directly affects the energy homeostasis and redox state in a cell-type dependent manner. Targeting the impairments in metabolism and redox state might open up new avenues for treating IDH1-mutant gliomas.
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