Inhibition of the MYC-Regulated Glutaminase Metabolic Axis Is an Effective Synthetic Lethal Approach for Treating Chemoresistant Ovarian Cancers

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Zeitschriftentitel:	Cancer Research
Personen und Körperschaften:	Shen, Yao-An, Hong, Jiaxin, Asaka, Ryoichi, Asaka, Shiho, Hsu, Fang-Chi, Suryo Rahmanto, Yohan, Jung, Jin-Gyoung, Chen, Yu-Wei, Yen, Ting-Tai, Tomaszewski, Alicja, Zhang, Cissy, Attarwala, Nabeel, DeMarzo, Angelo M., Davidson, Ben, Chuang, Chi-Mu, Chen, Xi, Gaillard, Stephanie, Le, Anne, Shih, Ie-Ming, Wang, Tian-Li
In:	Cancer Research, 80, 2020, 20, S. 4514-4526
Format:	E-Article
Sprache:	Englisch
veröffentlicht:	American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)
Schlagwörter:	Cancer Research Oncology

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Zusammenfassung:	<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title> <jats:sec> <jats:title /> <jats:p>Amplification and overexpression of the MYC oncogene in tumor cells, including ovarian cancer cells, correlates with poor responses to chemotherapy. As MYC is not directly targetable, we have analyzed molecular pathways downstream of MYC to identify potential therapeutic targets. Here we report that ovarian cancer cells overexpressing glutaminase (GLS), a target of MYC and a key enzyme in glutaminolysis, are intrinsically resistant to platinum-based chemotherapy and are enriched with intracellular antioxidant glutathione. Deprivation of glutamine by glutamine-withdrawal, GLS knockdown, or exposure to the GLS inhibitor CB-839 resulted in robust induction of reactive oxygen species in high GLS-expressing but not in low GLS-expressing ovarian cancer cells. Treatment with CB-839 rendered GLShigh cells vulnerable to the poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) inhibitor, olaparib, and prolonged survival in tumor-bearing mice. These findings suggest consideration of applying a combined therapy of GLS inhibitor and PARP inhibitor to treat chemoresistant ovarian cancers, especially those with high GLS expression.</jats:p> </jats:sec> <jats:sec> <jats:title>Significance:</jats:title> <jats:p>Targeting glutaminase disturbs redox homeostasis and nucleotide synthesis and causes replication stress in cancer cells, representing an exploitable vulnerability for the development of effective therapeutics.</jats:p> </jats:sec>
Umfang:	4514-4526
ISSN:	0008-5472 1538-7445
DOI:	10.1158/0008-5472.can-19-3971