1. Inhibition of monocarboxyate transporter 1 by AZD3965 as a novel therapeutic approach for diffuse large B-cell lymphoma and Burkitt lymphoma
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Richard A. Noble, Natalie Bell, Helen Blair, Arti Sikka, Huw Thomas, Nicole Phillips, Sirintra Nakjang, Satomi Miwa, Rachel Crossland, Vikki Rand, Despina Televantou, Anna Long, Hector C. Keun, Chris M. Bacon, Simon Bomken, Susan E. Critchlow, and Stephen R. Wedge
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Monocarboxylic Acid Transporters ,0301 basic medicine ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Monocarboxylate Transporter 1 Inhibitor AZD3965 ,Programmed cell death ,Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma ,Muscle Proteins ,Antineoplastic Agents ,Pyrimidinones ,Thiophenes ,Article ,Oxidative Phosphorylation ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,immune system diseases ,Cell Line, Tumor ,hemic and lymphatic diseases ,Internal medicine ,medicine ,Humans ,Lactic Acid ,Electron Transport Complex I ,Cell Death ,Symporters ,biology ,business.industry ,Transporter ,Hematology ,medicine.disease ,Burkitt Lymphoma ,Mitochondria ,3. Good health ,Lymphoma ,030104 developmental biology ,Endocrinology ,Monocarboxylate transporter 1 ,Drug Resistance, Neoplasm ,Cell culture ,030220 oncology & carcinogenesis ,Monocarboxylate transporter 4 ,biology.protein ,Cancer research ,Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse ,Energy Metabolism ,business ,Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma ,Biomarkers - Abstract
Inhibition of monocarboxylate transporter 1 has been proposed as a therapeutic approach to perturb lactate shuttling in tumor cells that lack monocarboxylate transporter 4. We examined the monocarboxylate transporter 1 inhibitor AZD3965, currently in phase I clinical studies, as a potential therapy for diffuse large B-cell lymphoma and Burkitt lymphoma. Whilst extensive monocarboxylate transporter 1 protein was found in 120 diffuse large B-cell lymphoma and 10 Burkitt lymphoma patients’ tumors, monocarboxylate transporter 4 protein expression was undetectable in 73% of the diffuse large B-cell lymphoma samples and undetectable or negligible in each Burkitt lymphoma sample. AZD3965 treatment led to a rapid accumulation of intracellular lactate in a panel of lymphoma cell lines with low monocarboxylate transporter 4 protein expression and potently inhibited their proliferation. Metabolic changes induced by AZD3965 in lymphoma cells were consistent with a feedback inhibition of glycolysis. A profound cytostatic response was also observed in vivo: daily oral AZD3965 treatment for 24 days inhibited CA46 Burkitt lymphoma growth by 99%. Continuous exposure of CA46 cells to AZD3965 for 7 weeks in vitro resulted in a greater dependency upon oxidative phosphorylation. Combining AZD3965 with an inhibitor of mitochondrial complex I (central to oxidative phosphorylation) induced significant lymphoma cell death in vitro and reduced CA46 disease burden in vivo. These data support clinical examination of AZD3965 in Burkitt lymphoma and diffuse large B-cell lymphoma patients with low tumor monocarboxylate transporter 4 expression and highlight the potential of combination strategies to optimally target the metabolic phenotype of tumors.
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- 2017