Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, CDMX, Mexico.
Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias "Ismael Cosío Villegas", CDMX, Mexico.
Oxid Med Cell Longev. 2020 Oct 12;2020:3176375. doi: 10.1155/2020/3176375. eCollection 2020.
A hypoxic microenvironment is a hallmark in different types of tumors; this phenomenon participates in a metabolic alteration that confers resistance to treatments. Because of this, it was proposed that a combination of 2-methoxyestradiol (2-ME) and sodium dichloroacetate (DCA) could reduce this alteration, preventing proliferation through the reactivation of aerobic metabolism in lung adenocarcinoma cell line (A549). A549 cells were cultured in a hypoxic chamber at 1% O for 72 hours to determine the effect of this combination on growth, migration, and expression of hypoxia-inducible factors (HIFs) by immunofluorescence. The effect in the metabolism was evaluated by the determination of glucose/glutamine consumption and the lactate/glutamate production. The treatment of 2-ME (10 M) in combination with DCA (40 mM) under hypoxic conditions showed an inhibitory effect on growth and migration. Notably, this reduction could be attributed to 2-ME, while DCA had a predominant effect on metabolic activity. Moreover, this combination decreases the signaling of HIF-3 and partially HIF-1 but not HIF-2. The results of this study highlight the antitumor activity of the combination of 2-ME 10 l/DCA 40 mM, even in hypoxic conditions.
缺氧微环境是不同类型肿瘤的标志;这种现象参与了代谢改变,使肿瘤对治疗产生耐药性。正因为如此,有人提出 2-甲氧基雌二醇(2-ME)和二氯乙酸钠(DCA)的联合使用可以减少这种改变,通过重新激活肺腺癌细胞系(A549)中的有氧代谢来阻止增殖。将 A549 细胞在 1% O 的缺氧室中培养 72 小时,以确定这种组合对生长、迁移和缺氧诱导因子(HIFs)表达的影响通过免疫荧光法。通过测定葡萄糖/谷氨酰胺消耗和乳酸/谷氨酸产生来评估代谢的影响。在缺氧条件下,用 2-ME(10 μM)联合 DCA(40 mM)治疗显示出对生长和迁移的抑制作用。值得注意的是,这种减少可以归因于 2-ME,而 DCA 对代谢活性有主要影响。此外,这种组合可降低 HIF-3 的信号转导,部分降低 HIF-1,但不降低 HIF-2。这项研究的结果强调了 2-ME 10 μM/DCA 40 mM 联合治疗的抗肿瘤活性,即使在缺氧条件下也是如此。