Nicotinamide Nucleotide Transhydrogenase as a novel treatment target in adrenocortical carcinoma

Chortis, Vasileios, Taylor, Angela E., Doig, Craig L., Walsh, Mark D., Meimaridou, Eirini, Jenkinson, Carl, Rodriguez-Blanco, Giovanny, Ronchi, Cristina L., Jafri, Alisha, Metherell, Louise A., Hebenstreit, Daniel, Dunn, Warwick B., Arlt, Wiebke and Foster, Paul A. (2018) Nicotinamide Nucleotide Transhydrogenase as a novel treatment target in adrenocortical carcinoma. Endocrinology, 159 (8). pp. 2836-2849. ISSN 1945-7170

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Abstract / Description

Adrenocortical carcinoma (ACC) is an aggressive malignancy with poor response to chemotherapy. In this study, we evaluated a potential new treatment target for ACC, focusing on the mitochondrial reduced form of NAD phosphate (NADPH) generator nicotinamide nucleotide transhydrogenase (NNT). NNT has a central role within mitochondrial antioxidant pathways, protecting cells from oxidative stress. Inactivating human NNT mutations result in congenital adrenal insufficiency. We hypothesized that NNT silencing in ACC cells will induce toxic levels of oxidative stress. To explore this, we transiently knocked down NNT in NCI-H295R ACC cells. As predicted, this manipulation increased intracellular levels of oxidative stress; this resulted in a pronounced suppression of cell proliferation and higher apoptotic rates, as well as sensitization of cells to chemically induced oxidative stress. Steroidogenesis was paradoxically stimulated by NNT loss, as demonstrated by mass spectrometry-based steroid profiling. Next, we generated a stable NNT knockdown model in the same cell line to investigate the longer lasting effects of NNT silencing. After long-term culture, cells adapted metabolically to chronic NNT knockdown, restoring their redox balance and resilience to oxidative stress, although their proliferation remained suppressed. This was associated with higher rates of oxygen consumption. The molecular pathways underpinning these responses were explored in detail by RNA sequencing and nontargeted metabolome analysis, revealing major alterations in nucleotide synthesis, protein folding, and polyamine metabolism. This study provides preclinical evidence of the therapeutic merit of antioxidant targeting in ACC as well as illuminating the long-term adaptive response of cells to oxidative stress.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Nicotinamide nucleotide transhydrogenase, adrenocortical carcinoma, oxidative stress, steroidogenesis
Subjects:	500 Natural Sciences and Mathematics > 570 Life sciences; biology 600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health
Department:	School of Human Sciences
Depositing User:	Eirini Meimaridou
Date Deposited:	17 Jul 2019 08:10
Last Modified:	04 Jun 2020 09:59
URI:	https://repository.londonmet.ac.uk/id/eprint/4979

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