In Vivo Imaging of Glutamine Metabolism to the Oncometabolite 2-Hydroxyglutarate in IDH1/2 Mutant Tumors. Academic Article uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • The oncometabolite 2-hydroxyglutarate (2-HG) is a signature biomarker in various cancers, where it accumulates as a result of mutations in isocitrate dehydrogenase (IDH). The metabolic source of 2-HG, in a wide variety of cancers, dictates both its generation and also potential therapeutic strategies, but this remains difficult to access in vivo. Here, utilizing patient-derived chondrosarcoma cells harboring endogenous mutations in IDH1 and IDH2, we report that 2-HG can be rapidly generated from glutamine in vitro. Then, using hyperpolarized magnetic resonance imaging (HP-MRI), we demonstrate that in vivo HP [1-13C] glutamine can be used to non-invasively measure glutamine-derived HP 2-HG production. This can be readily modulated utilizing a selective IDH1 inhibitor, opening the door to targeting glutamine-derived 2-HG therapeutically. Rapid rates of HP 2-HG generation in vivo further demonstrate that, in a context-dependent manner, glutamine can be a primary carbon source for 2-HG production in mutant IDH tumors.

publication date

  • October 19, 2017

Research

keywords

  • Biomarkers, Tumor
  • Bone Neoplasms
  • Chondrosarcoma
  • Glutamine
  • Glutarates
  • Isocitrate Dehydrogenase

Identity

PubMed Central ID

  • PMC5718944

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 85031827893

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1016/j.cmet.2017.10.001

PubMed ID

  • 29056515

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 26

issue

  • 6