IDH1 Mutations Alter Citric Acid Cycle Metabolism and Increase Dependence on Oxidative Mitochondrial Metabolism
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Grassian, A. R.; Parker, S. J.; Divakaruni, A. S.; Green, C. R.; Zhang, X.; Slocum, K. L.; Pu, M.; Lin, F.; Vickers, C.; Joud-Caldwell, C.; Chung, F.; Yin, H.; Handly, E. D.; Straub, C.; Growney, J. D.; Murphy, A. N.; Pagliarini, R.; Metallo, C. M.; Davidson, Shawn M; Vander Heiden, Matthew G.; ... Show more Show less
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Oncogenic mutations in isocitrate dehydrogenase 1 and 2 (IDH1/2) occur in several types of cancer, but the metabolic consequences of these genetic changes are not fully understood. In this study, we performed 13C metabolic flux analysis on a panel of isogenic cell lines containing heterozygous IDH1/2 mutations. We observed that under hypoxic conditions, IDH1-mutant cells exhibited increased oxidative tricarboxylic acid metabolism along with decreased reductive glutamine metabolism, but not IDH2-mutant cells. However, selective inhibition of mutant IDH1 enzyme function could not reverse the defect in reductive carboxylation activity. Furthermore, this metabolic reprogramming increased the sensitivity of IDH1-mutant cells to hypoxia or electron transport chain inhibition in vitro. Lastly, IDH1-mutant cells also grew poorly as subcutaneous xenografts within a hypoxic in vivo microenvironment. Together, our results suggest therapeutic opportunities to exploit the metabolic vulnerabilities specific to IDH1 mutation.
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2014-06Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Biology; Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research at MITJournal
Cancer Research
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American Association for Cancer Research
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Grassian, A. R. et al. “IDH1 Mutations Alter Citric Acid Cycle Metabolism and Increase Dependence on Oxidative Mitochondrial Metabolism.” Cancer Research 74.12 (2014): 3317–3331.
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0008-5472
1538-7445