Retinoic Acid-Related Orphan Receptor Alpha Reprograms Glucose Metabolism in Glutamine-Deficient Hepatoma Cells

被引：69

作者：

Byun, Jun-Kyu ^{[1
]}

Choi, Yeon-Kyung ^{[1
,2
]}

Kang, Yu Na ^{[3
]}

Jang, Byoung Kuk ^{[4
]}

Kang, Koo Jeong ^{[5
]}

Jeon, Yong Hyun ^{[1
,6
]}

Lee, Ho-Won ^{[1
,6
]}

Jeon, Jae-Han ^{[1
,2
]}

Koo, Seung-Hoi ^{[7
]}

Jeong, Won-Il ^{[8
]}

Harris, Robert A. ^{[9
,10
]}

Lee, In-Kyu ^{[1
,2
,11
]}

Park, Keun-Gyu ^{[1
,2
]}

机构：

[1] Kyungpook Natl Univ Hosp, Leading Edge Res Ctr Drug Discovery & Dev Diabet, Taegu, South Korea

[2] Kyungpook Natl Univ, Sch Med, Dept Internal Med, Taegu 700721, South Korea

[3] Keimyung Univ, Sch Med, Dept Pathol, Taegu, South Korea

[4] Keimyung Univ, Sch Med, Dept Internal Med, Taegu, South Korea

[5] Keimyung Univ, Sch Med, Dept Surg, Taegu, South Korea

[6] Kyungpook Natl Univ, Sch Med, Dept Nucl Med, Taegu 700721, South Korea

[7] Korea Univ, Dept Life Sci, Seoul, South Korea

[8] Korea Adv Inst Sci & Technol, Grad Sch Med Sci & Engn, Lab Liver Res, Taejon 305701, South Korea

[9] Indiana Univ Sch Med, Roudebush VA Med Ctr, Indianapolis, IN 46202 USA

[10] Indiana Univ Sch Med, Dept Biochem & Mol Biol, Indianapolis, IN 46202 USA

[11] Kyungpook Natl Univ, Sch Med, Plus KNU Biomed Convergence Program BK21, Taegu 700721, South Korea

来源：

HEPATOLOGY | 2015年 / 61卷 / 03期

基金：

新加坡国家研究基金会;

关键词：

CANCER METABOLISM; NUCLEAR RECEPTORS; ROR-ALPHA; PROLIFERATION; BIOLOGY; GROWTH;

D O I：

10.1002/hep.27577

中图分类号：

R57 [消化系及腹部疾病];

学科分类号：

摘要：

The metabolism of glutamine and glucose is recognized as a promising therapeutic target for the treatment of cancer; however, targeted molecules that mediate glutamine and glucose metabolism in cancer cells have not been addressed. Here, we show that restricting the supply of glutamine in hepatoma cells, including HepG2 and Hep3B cells, markedly increased the expression of retinoic acid-related orphan receptor alpha (ROR). Up-regulation of ROR in glutamine-deficient hepatoma cells resulted from an increase in the level of cellular reactive oxygen species and in the nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate/nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate reduced (NADP(+)/NADPH) ratio, which was consistent with a reduction in the glutathione/glutathione disulfide (GSH/GSSG) ratio. Adenovirus (Ad)-mediated overexpression of ROR (Ad-ROR) or treatment with the ROR activator, SR1078, reduced aerobic glycolysis and down-regulated biosynthetic pathways in hepatoma cells. Ad-ROR and SR1078 reduced the expression of pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase 2 (PDK2) and inhibited the phosphorylation of pyruvate dehydrogenase and subsequently shifted pyruvate to complete oxidation. The ROR-mediated decrease in PDK2 levels was caused by up-regulation of p21, rather than p53. Furthermore, ROR inhibited hepatoma growth both in vitro and in a xenograft model in vivo. We also found that suppression of PDK2 inhibited hepatoma growth in a xenograft model. These findings mimic the altered glucose utilization and hepatoma growth caused by glutamine deprivation. Finally, tumor tissue from 187 hepatocellular carcinoma patients expressed lower levels of ROR than adjacent nontumor tissue, supporting a potential beneficial effect of ROR activation in the treatment of liver cancer. Conclusion: ROR mediates reprogramming of glucose metabolism in hepatoma cells in response to glutamine deficiency. The relationships established here between glutamine metabolism, ROR expression and signaling, and aerobic glycolysis have implications for therapeutic targeting of liver cancer metabolism. (Hepatology 2015;61:953-964)

引用

页码：953 / 964

页数：12

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