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Biochem J ; 477(9): 1579-1599, 2020 05 15.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32297642

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Osteosarcoma and chondrosarcoma are sarcomas of the bone and the cartilage that are primarily treated by surgical intervention combined with high toxicity chemotherapy. In search of alternative metabolic approaches to address the challenges in treating bone sarcomas, we assessed the growth dependence of these cancers on leucine, one of the branched-chain amino acids (BCAAs), and BCAA metabolism. Tumor biopsies from bone sarcoma patients revealed differential expression of BCAA metabolic enzymes. The cytosolic branched-chain aminotransferase (BCATc) that is commonly overexpressed in cancer cells, was down-regulated in chondrosarcoma (SW1353) in contrast with osteosarcoma (143B) cells that expressed both BCATc and its mitochondrial isoform BCATm. Treating SW1353 cells with gabapentin, a selective inhibitor of BCATc, further revealed that these cells failed to respond to gabapentin. Application of the structural analog of leucine, N-acetyl-leucine amide (NALA) to disrupt leucine uptake, indicated that all bone sarcoma cells used leucine to support their energy metabolism and biosynthetic demands. This was evident from the increased activity of the energy sensor AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK), down-regulation of complex 1 of the mammalian target of rapamycin (mTORC1), and reduced cell viability in response to NALA. The observed changes were most profound in the 143B cells, which appeared highly dependent on cytosolic and mitochondrial BCAA metabolism. This study thus demonstrates that bone sarcomas rely on leucine and BCAA metabolism for energy and growth; however, the differential expression of BCAA enzymes and the presence of other carbon sources may dictate how efficiently these cancer cells take advantage of BCAA metabolism.


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Aminoácidos de Cadeia Ramificada/metabolismo , Condrossarcoma/metabolismo , Leucina/metabolismo , Osteossarcoma/metabolismo , Transdução de Sinais , Proteínas Quinases Ativadas por AMP/metabolismo , Neoplasias Ósseas/metabolismo , Linhagem Celular Tumoral , Citosol/metabolismo , Metabolismo Energético , Humanos , Alvo Mecanístico do Complexo 1 de Rapamicina/metabolismo , Mitocôndrias/metabolismo , Serina-Treonina Quinases TOR/metabolismo , Transaminases/metabolismo
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