The concentrations of TMZ (10 μM for LN229 and GMB9, and 100 μM for SF188) used in this study did not cause an increase p53 levels in the tested glioblastoma cell lines. PRPP is made by the activation of riboseâ5âphosphate. Tumor volumes were recorded once they reached 100 mm3 at day 37, 44, 51, and 59. No, Is the Subject Area "Cancer treatment" applicable to this article? Media with drugs and metabolites were replaced every 2 days for 6 days for the experiments shown in Fig 2A, and 2B and S2A, S2B and S2C Fig. No, PLOS is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) corporation, #C2354500, based in San Francisco, California, US, Maralice.ConacciSorrell@UTSouthwestern.edu, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1009117. The 6 enzymatic reactions of the de novo pyrimidine biosynthesis pathway are performed by 3 essential enzymes: 1-Carbamoyl-Phosphate Synthetase 2, 2-Aspartate Transcarbamylase, and 3-Dihydroorotase (CAD); Dihydroorotate dehydrogenase (quinone) (DHODH); and 1-Orotate Phosphoribosyl Transferase and 2-Orotidine-5'-Decarboxylase/Uridine Monophosphate Synthetase ⦠Cell debris was centrifuged at maximum speed for 15 min. This suggests that inhibition of DHODH specifically impairs the production of pyrimidines in tumor tissues with low side effects. Numerical values for each of the experiments represented are available in S1 Data. Ribose-5-phosphate is then attached to ⦠(F) Quantification of (E) with Image J. Similarly, treatment with 2 μM ML390 activated apoptosis in GBM9 but not in ARPE or LN229 (Fig 2N). However, given that p21 did not increase even when p53 protein levels did, our results suggest that p53 is not active in GBM9. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1009117.s014. Pyrimidine biosynthesis in adult tissues is accomplished largely through the salvage pathway, while in tissues of the conceptus the de novo pathway predominates. UMPS carries out the 2 last steps of the de novo pyrimidine biosynthetic pathway by producing orotidine monophosphate (OMP) from orotate and the pentose phosphate phosphoribosyl pyrophosphate (PRPP) through its orotate phosphoribosyl transferase activity, and uridine monophosphate (UMP) by decarboxylation of OMP [3]. Mammalian pyrimidine biosynthesis: fresh insights into an ancient pathway J Biol Chem. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1009117.s017, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1009117.s018. Also see Supplementary S2F and S2G Fig. 2004 Aug 6;279(32):33035-8. doi: 10.1074/jbc.R400007200. For cell cycle analyses, two million cells were seeded. Yes The pyrimidines UTP and CTP are necessary for RNA synthesis; therefore, we reasoned that transcriptionally hyperactive sites such as rDNA loci would be more dramatically affected by a decrease in the supply of intracellular pyrimidines. ⢠Pyrimidne synthesis is a de novo synthesis pathway involving six step reactions. p21 expression was not elevated in SF188 and GBM9 cells upon DHODH inhibition, indicating that additional mechanisms are responsible for reduced proliferation in these cells upon brequinar and ML390 treatment. No, Is the Subject Area "Cancers and neoplasms" applicable to this article? PLoS Genet 16(11): (D) Representative xenograft tumors from control and brequinar-treated mice. Reactome. ⦠Tables including numerical values of the experiments represented in Fig 4. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1009117.s012. The pyrimidine biosynthesis (de novo pyrimidine synthesis pathway) was first observed in mutants of bread mole Neurospora Crassa, which are unable to synthesize pyrimidine, therefore, require both ⦠These results indicate that the inhibition of the de novo pyrimidine biosynthesis pathway, but not DNA damage, are responsible for the increase in p53 observed in cells treated with brequinar or ML390 (Fig 2G, 2H, 2K and 2M–2O). Numerical values for each of the experiments represented are available in S7 Data. (B) Proliferation curve of increasing amount of 5-FU for the LN229, GBM9 and SF188 cells. The effects of brequinar alone or in combination with TMZ were rescued by the addition of uridine to the media (Fig 2J, and S2H Fig). To determine whether the inhibition of the de novo pyrimidine biosynthesis regulates cell growth and rRNA production in vivo, we performed subcutaneous xenografts in NOD-SCID mice using the glioblastoma cell line LN229. Drugs for in vitro experiments: brequinar (24445, Cayman Chemical) dissolved in DMSO. (O) Western blot of ARPE, LN229, SF188 and GBM9 for p53, p21 and cleaved caspase 3 after 48 h of treatment with 1 μM brequinar or 4 μM ML390. Pyrimidine biosynthesis Stable Identifier. Despite this low survival rate, the therapy for glioblastoma has not improved significantly since 2005 when the DNA methylating agent temozolomide was incorporated to the standard therapy regimen of surgical resection followed by radiotherapy [26, 27]. (F, G) Western blot of LN229 and GBM9 for γ-H2AX and p53. The transcription factor and tumor suppressor p53 senses DNA damage, leading to its protein stabilization and the induction of its target genes [51]. Experiments were performed a minimum of 3 times. Indeed, the morphology of the nucleolus reflects its functional state. Fold change in expression as indicated was normalized to actin levels and compared to the expression in astrocytes by densitometry analysis with Image J. Unlike purine synthesis, pyrimidines are synthesized as bases and latter it is added to ribose sugar, i.e., the ring is completed before being it is linked to ribose-5-phosphate. These analyses showed that brequinar and ML390 effectively lowered the concentration of UTP, UDP, UMP, and uridine in treated cells (Fig 1E and 1F, and S1C Fig). Cells from in vitro experiments were harvested and lysed with 80% cold methanol to extract the cell metabolites. The decrease in MGMT levels leads to an increase in H2AX phosphorylation and thus enhances the sensitivity of glioblastoma cells to DNA damage-induced death. Consistent with the effects of the DHODH inhibitors, knocking down DHODH expression by siRNA in LN229 and GBM9 cells decreased their proliferation. Although this regimen was effective in reducing malignancy in leukemia [14], in the LN229 tumor xenografts, the reduction of tumor size was not significant (S5A Fig). The biosynthesis of pyrimidines is simpler than that of purines. While de novo biosynthesis of pyrimidine deoxyribonucleotides starts with UMP (see pyrimidine deoxyribonucleotides de novo biosynthesis I, some organisms utilize this salvage pathway to generate dTTP from CTP. To determine the effects of limiting the pyrimidine pool on rRNA transcription, we added brequinar or ML390 to the culture media of LN229, GBM9 and SF188 cells and studied their effects on the production of 47S pre-rRNA as measured by qPCR. Also see Supplementary S2I and S2J Fig. No, Is the Subject Area "Glioblastoma cells" applicable to this article? Interestingly, ACTIN mRNA was not affected upon inhibition of the de novo pyrimidine biosynthesis pathway (Fig 1I and 1J), suggesting that highly active transcriptional sites such as rDNA may be more sensitive to decreases in intracellular pyrimidines. (A) Schematic representation of the action of the pyrimidine inhibitors 5-fluorouracil (5-FU, a TS inhibitor), brequinar, and ML390 (DHODH inhibitor). Therefore, we examined apoptosis by measuring cleaved caspase 3 to define whether the decrease in cell number upon DHODH inhibition in glioblastoma cells was also due to increase cell death. Furthermore, we compared the effects of TMZ and brequinar on DNA damage in the TMZ-sensitive and TMZ-resistant SF188 cells. Because glioblastoma cells relied on the de novo pyrimidine biosynthesis to generate nucleotides and support high rates of rDNA transcription to produce rRNA, we asked whether the inhibition of the de novo biosynthesis led to nucleolar stress. The samples were snap-frozen three times in liquid nitrogen. (L) Cell cycle analysis of LN229 treated with 0.1 μM brequinar, 2 μM ML390 in the presence or absence of 100 μM uridine, and 100 μM TMZ for 24 h. Media with drugs was replaced the day after seeding and cells harvested after 24 h. Also see Supplementary S2K Fig. (F) qPCR of ACTIN mRNA levels normalized to same amounts of total RNA in the brain tissue of the mice used for the xenografts experiments in (B). In fact, hypermethylation of the MGMT promoter, which leads to decreased MGMT expression correlates with long-term survival of glioblastoma patients [29, 30, 65, 66]. Drugs for in vivo (subcutaneous xenografts) experiments: brequinar sodium (Tocris 6196/50) dissolved in water. Therefore, targeting aberrant rRNA production by reducing nucleotide availability could provide an effective strategy to treat glioblastoma and, potentially, other tumor types. (B) IF of NPM1 in LN229 cells with or without brequinar and uridine for 24 h. See also Supplementary S4C Fig. Investigation, (E) Immunofluorescence of NPM1 GFP-tagged in LN229 cells with or without 0.1 μM brequinar and with or without 100 μM uridine for 24 h. NPM1 redistributed to the edges of the nucleolus (indication of nucleolar stress) upon brequinar treatment, which was rescued by the addition of uridine. During de novo biosynthesis, the nucleotide is synthesized from scratch, or a new pyrimidine is created from the molecules that make it up. A 1:25000 dilution of control samples was used for the uridine standard curve. Tables including numerical values of the experiments represented in Fig 2. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1009117.s010. Yes https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1009117.g006. For cell proliferation, six-well or 12-well plates were seeded with 1.5 x 105 or 50,000 cells, respectively. β-actin levels were normalized to RNA load for the cDNA production. All cells were cultured in DMEM with 10% FBS and 100 U/mL penicillin/streptomycin. It is possible that the MGMT locus is highly transcriptionally active as a mechanism to increase MGMT levels and DNA repair. Cell cycle was analyzed using FlowJo software. This explains the decrease in tumor growth of the brequinar-treated xenografts. Media with drugs was replaced the day after seeding, and cell proliferation was measured 4 days later. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. Writing – review & editing, Affiliations Samples were then run on a 4%-12% gradient acrylamide gel and transfer to a nitrocellulose membrane. N = 2. Thus, we report here that glioblastoma cells, including TMZ-resistant cells, are specifically vulnerable to pharmacologic inhibition of the enzyme DHODH and that inhibiting de novo pyrimidine biosynthesis effectively decreases the production of rRNA in glioblastoma cells. Search. Conceptualization, UniProtKB (345,440) Reviewed (4,568) Swiss-Prot. Cancer cells have elevated rates of rRNA synthesis so that they can produce enough ribosomes to meet the demands for protein synthesis that are linked to increase cell growth and division. We propose that glioblastoma cells rely more heavily on the de novo biosynthesis of nucleotides than in the salvage pathways to sustain rRNA production and proliferation, and therefore our work highlights the metabolic vulnerabilities of glioblastoma tumors. (I-J) qPCR of ACTIN with or without brequinar for 24 h (I) or ML390 (J) for 48 h and uridine in LN229, GBM9, and SF188. Asterisks indicate p-values ≦ 0.05. Writing – review & editing, * E-mail: Maralice.ConacciSorrell@UTSouthwestern.edu, Affiliations The second PBS wash contained DAPI at 5 μg/mL to stain the nuclei. The survival rate for patients diagnosed with glioblastoma varies by age with an overall 5-year survival rate around 6.8% [25]. recycling of the bases. A single multifunctional cytosolic enzyme catalyzes the first three of these reactions, while the last one is catalyzed by an enzyme associated with the inner mitochondrial membrane. Media with drugs and uridine were replaced the day after cell seeding, and proliferation assessed after 4 days. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1009117.s006. (A) mRNA expression of lower grade (II-III) to higher grade (IV/Glioblastoma) gliomas from patients whose tumors are archived in the CGGA database. All reactions are thus annotated here only in the forward direction. Then, cell lysates were sonicated on high intensity using 30-sec ON/OFF cycles for 5 min. Proliferation was assessed by crystal violet staining. Media with drugs was replaced the day after seeding, and cell proliferation was measured 4 days later. For the experiment shown in Fig 3A, 3.5 x 106 LN229 cells were injected into the flank of 8-week-old female NOD/SCID mice (n = 7 per group, Day 0). For serum purification, mouse blood was collected, placed on ice at least 20 min and centrifuged at 14,000 rpm. After 24 h of treatment, cells were trypsinized and harvested and washed with PBS. To determine whether the effects of TMZ, brequinar or ML390 on proliferation were cytostatic or cytotoxic, we treated LN229 cells with DMSO, 0.1 μM brequinar, 2 μM ML390 (in the absence or presence of 100 μM uridine) and with 100 μM TMZ for 24 h and analyzed the cell cycle by flow cytometry. (D) qPCR of 47S pre-rRNA and 28S and 18S rRNAs in the brain tissues of the mice used for LN229 xenografts. The decrease in pyrimidine levels caused by brequinar, could then decrease the levels of MGMT mRNA and therefore decrease the repair of DNA damage caused by TMZ. Similar to the tumor volumes, tumor weights (measured at the endpoint) were also lower in the brequinar-treated mice (Fig 3C and 3D and S5B Fig). (A) Relative proliferation of non-transformed retinal epithelial ARPE and the glioblastoma cells LN229, GBM9 and SF188 in the presence of increasing amounts of the DHODH inhibitor, ML390. Pyrimidines are synthesized from carbamoyl phosphate and aspartate. Purines, nucleotides with adenine and guanine bases, and pyrimidines, with uracil, cytosine, or thymine bases, are necessary for the synthesis of RNA, DNA, nucleotide-activated sugars, and lipids [3]. Scale: 100%. VENDREDI 8 JANVIER, 14H, SÉMINAIRE IRCM Pierre-Olivier Vidalain Centre International de Recherche en Infectiologie (CIRI), INSERM /CNRS/ENS, Lyon Glycolytic enzymes and the pyrimidine biosynthesis pathway: two examples of functional interactions between metabolism and innate immunity Le séminaire aura lieu dans la salle de séminaire avec une audience limitée pour respecter ⦠UTP, UDP and UMP were detected by LC-MS/MS using a Sciex QTRAP 6500+ mass spectrometer, operating in MRM (multiple reaction monitoring) mode, coupled to a Shimadzu (Columbia, MD) Prominence LC. Funding: This research was supported by Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas RR150059 and RP150596, American Cancer Society IRG-17-174-13, Welch I-1914, NCI R01CA245548, University of Texas Southwestern Circle of Friends Early Investigator Award to M.C-S, the NIH (R01GM125812) to M.B, and NIH grant CA197796, NNX16AD78G to SB, 1S10OD021684-01 award to Dr. Kate Luby-Phelps. Competing interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist. Type . The presence of nucleolar stress can be visualized by following the distribution of specific markers that localize in the different compartments of the nucleolus [60]. All antibodies used in this study are indicated in S2 Table. RNA levels were measured by quantitative PCR with the iTaq Universal SYBR Green Supermix (BIO-RAD). Pyrimidine Biosynthesis Kuldeep Sharma Devashish Somani B.Tech Biotech. Balanced columns were centrifuged in a swinging bucket rotor at 34,000 rpm for 2 h at 4°C, acc = 8, dec = 0. In two further reactions, catalyzed by a bifunctional cytosolic enzyme, orotate reacts with 1-phosphoribosyl 5-pyrophosphate (PRPP) to yield orotidine 5'-monophosphate, which is decarboxylated to yield uridine 5'-monophosphate (UMP). Importantly, treating cells with low concentrations of brequinar (0.01 μM) (S3E Fig) was not sufficient to reduce the levels of UMP, UDP, UTP and uridine compared with 0.1 μM that was used in all other experiments (Fig 1E). Moreover, because DHODH is a structural mitochondrial protein also involved in the electron transport chain, the effects of DHODH knockdown on proliferation (S3A and S3B Fig.) (N) Western blot of ARPE, LN229, and GBM9 for p53, p21 and cleaved caspase 3 after 72 h of treatment with 2 μM ML390 in the presence or absence of uridine 100 μM. The columns were kept at -80 oC until use. Yes Importantly, the addition of exogenous uridine, which reconstitutes the cellular pool of pyrimidine by the salvage pathway, to the culture media recovered the impaired rDNA transcription, nucleolar morphology, p53 levels, and proliferation of glioblastoma cells caused by the DHODH inhibitors. On day 5, sodium brequinar was administered by daily IP at 10 mg/kg for 55 more days. Inhibition of DHODH, which is necessary for the de novo synthesis of pyrimidines, does not impair cell growth or pyrimidines abundance in normal cells and tissues, indicating that they do not depend entirely on the de novo pyrimidine synthesis pathway for the synthesis of pyrimidines, rRNA production, and proliferation. There are two different pathways for both purine and pyrimidine biosynthesis, which are de novo and salvage pathways. Intensity quantification were performed using Image J using integrated density quantification for individual cells. The samples were run at 1 mL/min, and the UV recorded. However, brequinar potentiated the effect of TMZ on the phosphorylation of H2AX, and this increase was reduced by the addition of uridine (Fig 2F and 2G and S2F and S2G Fig). (C) Tumor weight of LN229 xenografts at day 60 (end of experiment). (E-F) UMP, UDP, UTP and uridine measured by LC-MS/MS in LN229 after incubation with brequinar, 4 replicates, (E) and in GMB9 after incubation with ML390 (F), 3 replicates. To investigate the need of glioblastoma cells for the de novo pyrimidine biosynthesis pathway, we chose 3 distinct cell lines (S1B Fig): SF188, a commercially available pediatric male cell line expressing p53 that is mutated in the DNA binding domain (G622E); LN229, a commercially available adult female cell line with mutated p53 outside the DNA binding domain (P98L); and the patient-derived GBM9 with unknown p53 status [38]. However, children and younger adults can also develop glioblastoma tumors. Here, we demonstrate that glioblastoma cells rely on the de novo biosynthesis of pyrimidines to support rDNA transcription and thus cell growth. Western blot for DHODH on the right panel. The samples were resuspended in Buffer A containing the internal standards (IS) UMP-13C9,15N2 (UMP-IS) and tolbutamide (Resuspension Solution). When rDNA transcription is inhibited, the nucleolus undergoes nucleolar stress [60], which is characterized by the redistribution of nucleolar proteins to its periphery, creating a rounder shape and condensed appearance. This suggest that the inhibition of DHODH can be used as a sequential step after TMZ treatment and not necessarily in combination with it, indicating that it could become an alternative approach to treat glioblastoma patients that develop TMZ resistance. Equivalent volume of DMSO was used as control conditions. The BioLogic LP low-pressure chromatography system (BIO-RAD) was used to analyze the centrifuged fractions. (G) qPCR of 47S pre-rRNA with or without brequinar and uridine for 24 h in LN229, GBM9, and SF188. Numerical values for each of the experiments represented are available in S9 Data. Glioblastomas grow very rapidly and frequently develop resistance to treatment by increasing the expression of DNA repair enzymes such as O-6-Methylguanine-DNA Methyltransferase (MGMT), thus explaining in part the very poor prognosis [28–30]. These results indicate that the decrease of pre-rRNA upon brequinar or ML390 treatment was indeed due to a reduction in pyrimidines supply (Fig 1G and 1H). Altogether, these results suggest that brequinar and ML390 cause a combination of cytostatic and cytotoxic effects, leading to impaired cell proliferation specifically in glioblastoma cells. This in turns induces nucleolar stress leading to changes in nucleolar morphology, the stabilization of p53, cell cycle arrest and cell death. siRNA transfections were performed using Lipofectamine RNAiMAX (Invitrogen). uracil, thymine, cytosine and orotic acid. PRPP is a general activator of nitrogen ring compounds. 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