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- Title
Caffeic Acid Targets AMPK Signaling and Regulates Tricarboxylic Acid Cycle Anaplerosis while Metformin Downregulates HIF-1α-Induced Glycolytic Enzymes in Human Cervical Squamous Cell Carcinoma Lines.
- Authors
Tyszka-Czochara, Malgorzata; Bukowska-Strakova, Karolina; Kocemba-Pilarczyk, Kinga A.; Majka, Marcin
- Abstract
The small molecules, natural antioxidant Caffeic Acid (trans-3,4-Dihydroxycinnamic acid CA) and anti-diabetic drug Metformin (Met), activate 5′-adenosine monophosphate-activated protein kinase (AMPK) and interfere with metabolic reprogramming in human cervical squamous carcinoma cells. Here, to gain more insight into the ability of CA, Met and the combination of both compounds to impair aerobic glycolysis (the “Warburg effect”) and disrupt bioenergetics of cancer cells, we employed the cervical tumor cell lines C-4I and HTB-35/SiHa. In epithelial C-4I cells derived from solid tumors, CA alleviated glutamine anaplerosis by downregulation of Glutaminase (GLS) and Malic Enzyme 1 (ME1), which resulted in the reduction of NADPH levels. CA treatment of the cells altered tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle supplementation with pyruvate via Pyruvate Dehydrogenase Complex (PDH), increased ROS formation and enhanced cell death. Additionally, CA and CA/Met evoked intracellular energetic stress, which was followed by activation of AMPK and the impairment of unsaturated FA de novo synthesis. In invasive HTB-35 cells, Met inhibited Hypoxia-inducible Factor 1 (HIF-1α) and suppressed the expression of the proteins involved in the “Warburg effect”, such as glucose transporters (<italic>GLUT1</italic>, <italic>GLUT3</italic>) and regulatory enzymes of glycolytic pathway Hexokinase 2 (<italic>HK2</italic>), 6-Phosphofructo-2-Kinase/Fructose-2,6-Biphosphatase 4 (<italic>PFKFB4</italic>), Pyruvate Kinase (<italic>PKM</italic>) and Lactate Dehydrogenase A (<italic>LDH</italic>). Met suppressed the expression of <italic>c-Myc</italic>, <italic>BAX</italic> and cyclin-D1 (<italic>CCND1</italic>) and evoked apoptosis in HTB-35 cells. In conclusion, both small molecules CA and Met are capable of disrupting energy homeostasis, regulating oxidative metabolism/glycolysis in cervical tumor cells in regard to specific metabolic phenotype of the cells. CA and Met may provide a promising approach in the prevention of cervical cancer progression.
- Subjects
APOPTOSIS; CARRIER proteins; CELL death; CELL lines; CELLULAR signal transduction; CERVICAL cancer; COENZYMES; GENE expression; GLYCOLYSIS; HYDROLASES; LACTATE dehydrogenase; ONCOGENES; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES; SQUAMOUS cell carcinoma; TRANSCRIPTION factors; UNSATURATED fatty acids; PHENOTYPES; CARBOCYCLIC acids; DISEASE progression; TRICARBOXYLIC acids; PREVENTION
- Publication
Nutrients, 2018, Vol 10, Issue 7, p841
- ISSN
2072-6643
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/nu10070841