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Hypoxia drives the assembly of the multienzyme purinosome complex.


ABSTRACT: The purinosome is a dynamic metabolic complex composed of enzymes responsible for de novo purine biosynthesis, whose formation has been associated with elevated purine demand. However, the physiological conditions that govern purinosome formation in cells remain unknown. Here, we report that purinosome formation is up-regulated in cells in response to a low-oxygen microenvironment (hypoxia). We demonstrate that increased purinosome assembly in hypoxic human cells requires the activation of hypoxia inducible factor 1 (HIF-1) and not HIF-2. Hypoxia-driven purinosome assembly was inhibited in cells lacking 5-aminoimidazole-4-carboxamide ribonucleotide formyltransferase/IMP cyclohydrolase (ATIC), a single enzyme in de novo purine biosynthesis, and in cells treated with a small molecule inhibitor of ATIC homodimerization. However, despite the increase in purinosome assembly in hypoxia, we observed no associated increase in de novo purine biosynthesis in cells. Our results indicate that this was likely due to a reduction in mitochondrial one-carbon metabolism, resulting in reduced mitochondrion-derived one-carbon units needed for de novo purine biosynthesis. The findings of our study further clarify and deepen our understanding of purinosome formation by revealing that this process does not solely depend on cellular purine demand.

SUBMITTER: Doigneaux C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7363121 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Hypoxia drives the assembly of the multienzyme purinosome complex.

Doigneaux Cyrielle C   Pedley Anthony M AM   Mistry Ishna N IN   Papayova Monika M   Benkovic Stephen J SJ   Tavassoli Ali A  

The Journal of biological chemistry 20200521 28


The purinosome is a dynamic metabolic complex composed of enzymes responsible for <i>de novo</i> purine biosynthesis, whose formation has been associated with elevated purine demand. However, the physiological conditions that govern purinosome formation in cells remain unknown. Here, we report that purinosome formation is up-regulated in cells in response to a low-oxygen microenvironment (hypoxia). We demonstrate that increased purinosome assembly in hypoxic human cells requires the activation o  ...[more]

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