Uncovering the Role of N-Acetyl-Aspartyl-Glutamate as a Glutamate Reservoir in Cancer

Tu Nguyen, Brian James Kirsch, Ryoichi Asaka, Karim Nabi, Addison Quinones, Jessica Tan, Marjorie Justine Antonio, Felipe Camelo, Ting Li, Stephanie Nguyen, Giang Hoang, Kiet Nguyen, Sunag Udupa, Christos Sazeides, Yao-An Shen, Amira Elgogary, Juvenal Reyes, Liang Zhao, Andre Kleensang, Kaisorn Lee ChaichanaThomas Hartung, Michael J Betenbaugh, Suely K Marie, Jin G Jung, Tian-Li Wang, Edward Gabrielson, Anne Le

研究成果: 雜誌貢獻文章同行評審

67 引文 斯高帕斯(Scopus)

摘要

N-acetyl-aspartyl-glutamate (NAAG) is a peptide-based neurotransmitter that has been extensively studied in many neurological diseases. In this study, we show a specific role of NAAG in cancer. We found that NAAG is more abundant in higher grade cancers and is a source of glutamate in cancers expressing glutamate carboxypeptidase II (GCPII), the enzyme that hydrolyzes NAAG to glutamate and N-acetyl-aspartate (NAA). Knocking down GCPII expression through genetic alteration or pharmacological inhibition of GCPII results in a reduction of both glutamate concentrations and cancer growth. Moreover, targeting GCPII in combination with glutaminase inhibition accentuates these effects. These findings suggest that NAAG serves as an important reservoir to provide glutamate to cancer cells through GCPII when glutamate production from other sources is limited. Thus, GCPII is a viable target for cancer therapy, either alone or in combination with glutaminase inhibition.
原文英語
頁(從 - 到)491-501.e6
期刊Cell Reports
27
發行號2
DOIs
出版狀態已發佈 - 4月 9 2019
對外發佈

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • 生物化學、遺傳與分子生物學 (全部)

指紋

深入研究「Uncovering the Role of N-Acetyl-Aspartyl-Glutamate as a Glutamate Reservoir in Cancer」主題。共同形成了獨特的指紋。

引用此