The Oligostilbene Gnetin-H is a Novel Glycolysis Inhibitor that Regulates Thioredoxin Interacting Protein Expression and Synergizes with OXPHOS Inhibitor in Cancer Cells
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ABSTRACT: Since aerobic glycolysis has been first observed in tumors almost a century ago by Otto Warburg, the field of cancer cell metabolism sparked the interest of scientists around the world as it might offer new avenues of treatments for malignant cells. Our current study claims the discovery of Gnetin-H (GH) as a novel glycolysis inhibitor that can decrease metabolic activity and lactic acid synthesis and displays a strong cytostatic effect in melanoma and glioblastoma cells. Compared to most of the other glycolysis inhibitors used in combination with the complex-1 mitochondrial inhibitor Phenformin, GH more potently inhibited cell growth. RNA-Seq with the T98G glioblastoma cell line treated with GH showed more than an 80-fold reduction in Thioredoxin Interacting Protein (TXNIP) expression indicating that GH has a direct effect in regulating a key gene involved in the homeostasis of cellular glucose. GH in combination with Phenformin also substantially enhanced levels of p-AMPK, a marker of metabolic catastrophe. These findings suggest that the concurrent use of the glycolytic inhibitor GH with a complex-1 mitochondrial inhibitor could be used as a powerful tool to induce metabolic catastrophe in cancer cells and reduce their growth.
ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
PROVIDER: GSE224692 | GEO | 2023/05/17
REPOSITORIES: GEO
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