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Inhibition of Anaplerotic Glutaminolysis Underlies Selenite Toxicity in Human Lung Cancer

Inhibition of Anaplerotic Glutaminolysis Underlies Selenite Toxicity in Human Lung Cancer

Ronald C Bruntz, Alex C Belshoff, Yan Zhang, Jessica K A Macedo, Richard M Higashi, Andrew N Lane, Teresa W-M Fan

Proteomics. 2019 Nov;19(21-22):e1800486.

PMID: 31298457

Abstract:

Large clinical trials and model systems studies suggest that the chemical form of selenium dictates chemopreventive and chemotherapeutic efficacy. Selenite induces excess ROS production, which mediates autophagy and eventual cell death in non-small cell lung cancer adenocarcinoma A549 cells. As the mechanisms underlying these phenotypic effects are unclear, the clinical relevance of selenite for cancer therapy remains to be determined. The authors' previous stable isotope-resolved metabolomics and gene expression analysis showed that selenite disrupts glycolysis, the Krebs cycle, and polyamine metabolism in A549 cells, potentially through perturbed glutaminolysis, a vital anaplerotic process for proliferation of many cancer cells. Herein, the role of the glutaminolytic enzyme glutaminase 1 (GLS1) in selenite's toxicity in A549 cells and in patient-derived lung cancer tissues is investigated. Using [13 C6 ]-glucose and [13 C5 ,15 N2 ]-glutamine tracers, selenite's action on metabolic networks is determined. Selenite inhibits glutaminolysis and glutathione synthesis by suppressing GLS1 expression, and blocks the Krebs cycle, but transiently activates pyruvate carboxylase activity. Glutamate supplementation partially rescues these anti-proliferative and oxidative stress activities. Similar metabolic perturbations and necrosis are observed in selenite-treated human patients' cancerous lung tissues ex vivo. The results support the hypothesis that GLS1 suppression mediates part of the anti-cancer activity of selenite both in vitro and ex vivo.

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