From the Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.
J Biol Chem. 2014 Feb 14;289(7):4135-44. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M113.525949. Epub 2013 Dec 24.
Glutamine metabolism plays an essential role for growth and proliferation of many cancer cells by providing metabolites for the maintenance of mitochondrial functions and macromolecular synthesis. Aberrant activation of the transcription factor c-Myc, e.g. caused by t(8;14) chromosomal translocation commonly found in Burkitt lymphoma, is a key driver of cellular glutamine metabolism in many tumors, highlighting the need to identify molecular mechanisms that can suppress glutamine usage in these cancers. Recently, the mitochondrial sirtuin SIRT4 has been reported to function as a tumor suppressor by regulating glutamine metabolism, suggesting that it might have therapeutic potential for treating glutamine-dependent cancers. Here, we report that SIRT4 represses Myc-induced B cell lymphomagenesis via inhibition of mitochondrial glutamine metabolism. We found that SIRT4 overexpression can dampen glutamine utilization even in Myc-driven human Burkitt lymphoma cells and inhibit glutamine-dependent proliferation of these cells. Importantly, SIRT4 overexpression sensitizes Burkitt lymphoma cells to glucose depletion and synergizes with pharmacological glycolysis inhibitors to induce cell death. Moreover, SIRT4 loss in a genetic mouse model of Myc-induced Burkitt lymphoma, Eμ-Myc transgenic mouse, greatly accelerates lymphomagenesis and mortality. Indeed, Eμ-Myc-induced B cell lymphoma cells from SIRT4 null mice exhibit increased glutamine uptake and glutamate dehydrogenase activity. Furthermore, we establish that SIRT4 regulates glutamine metabolism independent of Myc. Together, these results highlight the tumor-suppressive role of SIRT4 in Myc-induced B cell lymphoma and suggest that SIRT4 may be a potential target against Myc-induced and/or glutamine-dependent cancers.
谷氨酰胺代谢通过为维持线粒体功能和大分子合成提供代谢物,对许多癌细胞的生长和增殖起着至关重要的作用。转录因子 c-Myc 的异常激活,例如在伯基特淋巴瘤中常见的 t(8;14)染色体易位引起的激活,是许多肿瘤中细胞谷氨酰胺代谢的关键驱动因素,这凸显了识别可以抑制这些癌症中谷氨酰胺使用的分子机制的必要性。最近,线粒体去乙酰化酶 SIRT4 被报道通过调节谷氨酰胺代谢发挥肿瘤抑制作用,这表明它可能具有治疗依赖谷氨酰胺的癌症的潜力。在这里,我们报告 SIRT4 通过抑制线粒体谷氨酰胺代谢来抑制 Myc 诱导的 B 细胞淋巴瘤发生。我们发现,即使在 Myc 驱动的人类伯基特淋巴瘤细胞中,SIRT4 的过表达也可以抑制谷氨酰胺的利用,并抑制这些细胞的谷氨酰胺依赖性增殖。重要的是,SIRT4 的过表达使伯基特淋巴瘤细胞对葡萄糖缺乏敏感,并与药理学糖酵解抑制剂协同诱导细胞死亡。此外,在 Myc 诱导的伯基特淋巴瘤的遗传小鼠模型(Eμ-Myc 转基因小鼠)中 SIRT4 的缺失极大地加速了淋巴瘤的发生和死亡率。事实上,来自 SIRT4 缺失小鼠的 Eμ-Myc 诱导的 B 细胞淋巴瘤细胞表现出增加的谷氨酰胺摄取和谷氨酸脱氢酶活性。此外,我们确定 SIRT4 独立于 Myc 调节谷氨酰胺代谢。总之,这些结果强调了 SIRT4 在 Myc 诱导的 B 细胞淋巴瘤中的肿瘤抑制作用,并表明 SIRT4 可能是针对 Myc 诱导和/或依赖谷氨酰胺的癌症的潜在靶点。
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