Flores-García Laura Cecilia, García-Castillo Verónica, Pérez-Toledo Eduardo, Trujano-Camacho Samuel, Millán-Catalán Oliver, Pérez-Yepez Eloy Andrés, Coronel-Hernández Jossimar, Rodríguez-Dorantes Mauricio, Jacobo-Herrera Nadia, Pérez-Plasencia Carlos
Unidad de Biomedicina, Facultad de Estudios Superiores Iztacala, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Tlalnepantla 54090, Mexico.
Laboratorio de Genómica, Instituto Nacional de Cancerología, Av. San Fernando 22, Belisario Domínguez Secc 16, Tlalpan, Mexico City 14080, Mexico.
Cells. 2025 Mar 6;14(5):388. doi: 10.3390/cells14050388.
Metabolic reprogramming plays a crucial role in cancer biology and the mechanisms underlying its regulation represent a promising study area. In this regard, the discovery of non-coding RNAs opened a new regulatory landscape, which is in the early stages of investigation. Using a differential expression model of HOTAIR, we evaluated the expression level of metabolic enzymes, as well as the metabolites produced by glycolysis and glutaminolysis. Our results demonstrated the regulatory effect of HOTAIR on the expression of glycolysis and glutaminolysis enzymes in colorectal cancer cells. Specifically, through the overexpression and inhibition of HOTAIR, we determined its influence on the expression of the enzymes PFKFB4, PGK1, LDHA, SLC1A5, GLUD1, and GOT1, which had a direct impact on lactate and glutamate production. These findings indicate that HOTAIR plays a significant role in producing "oncometabolites" essential to maintaining the bioenergetics and biomass necessary for tumor cell survival by regulating glycolysis and glutaminolysis.
代谢重编程在癌症生物学中起着关键作用,其调控机制是一个很有前景的研究领域。在这方面,非编码RNA的发现开启了一个新的调控局面,目前该领域尚处于研究初期。我们使用HOTAIR的差异表达模型,评估了代谢酶的表达水平以及糖酵解和谷氨酰胺分解产生的代谢产物。我们的结果证明了HOTAIR对结肠癌细胞中糖酵解和谷氨酰胺分解酶表达的调控作用。具体而言,通过HOTAIR的过表达和抑制,我们确定了其对酶PFKFB4、PGK1、LDHA、SLC1A5、GLUD1和GOT1表达的影响,这些酶直接影响乳酸和谷氨酸的产生。这些发现表明,HOTAIR通过调节糖酵解和谷氨酰胺分解,在产生对维持肿瘤细胞存活所需的生物能量和生物质至关重要的“肿瘤代谢物”方面发挥着重要作用。