PMID- 26528183 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE DCOM- 20151103 LR - 20240323 IS - 1663-9812 (Print) IS - 1663-9812 (Electronic) IS - 1663-9812 (Linking) VI - 6 DP - 2015 TI - Lactate does not activate NF-kappaB in oxidative tumor cells. PG - 228 LID - 10.3389/fphar.2015.00228 [doi] LID - 228 AB - The lactate anion is currently emerging as an oncometabolite. Lactate, produced and exported by glycolytic and glutaminolytic cells in tumors, can be recycled as an oxidative fuel by oxidative tumors cells. Independently of hypoxia, it can also activate transcription factor hypoxia-inducible factor-1 (HIF-1) in tumor and endothelial cells, promoting angiogenesis. These protumoral activities of lactate depend on lactate uptake, a process primarily facilitated by the inward, passive lactate-proton symporter monocarboxylate transporter 1 (MCT1); the conversion of lactate and NAD(+) to pyruvate, NADH and H(+) by lactate dehydrogenase-1 (LDH-1); and a competition between pyruvate and alpha-ketoglutarate that inhibits prolylhydroxylases (PHDs). Endothelial cells do not primarily use lactate as an oxidative fuel but, rather, as a signaling agent. In addition to HIF-1, lactate can indeed activate transcription factor nuclear factor-kappaB (NF-kappaB) in these cells, through a mechanism not only depending on PHD inhibition but also on NADH alimenting NAD(P)H oxidases to generate reactive oxygen species (ROS). While NF-kappaB activity in endothelial cells promotes angiogenesis, NF-kappaB activation in tumor cells is known to stimulate tumor progression by conferring resistance to apoptosis, stemness, pro-angiogenic and metastatic capabilities. In this study, we therefore tested whether exogenous lactate could activate NF-kappaB in oxidative tumor cells equipped for lactate signaling. We report that, precisely because they are oxidative, HeLa and SiHa human tumor cells do not activate NF-kappaB in response to lactate. Indeed, while lactate-derived pyruvate is well-known to inhibit PHDs in these cells, we found that NADH aliments oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS) in mitochondria rather than NAD(P)H oxidases in the cytosol. These data were confirmed using oxidative human Cal27 and MCF7 tumor cells. This new information positions the malate-aspartate shuttle as a key player in the oxidative metabolism of lactate: similar to glycolysis that aliments OXPHOS with pyruvate produced by pyruvate kinase and NADH produced by glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH), oxidative lactate metabolism aliments OXPHOS in oxidative tumor cells with pyruvate and NADH produced by LDH1. FAU - Van Hee, Vincent F AU - Van Hee VF AD - Pole of Pharmacology, Institut de Recherche Experimentale et Clinique, Universite Catholique de Louvain (UCL) Medical School Brussels, Belgium. FAU - Perez-Escuredo, Jhudit AU - Perez-Escuredo J AD - Pole of Pharmacology, Institut de Recherche Experimentale et Clinique, Universite Catholique de Louvain (UCL) Medical School Brussels, Belgium. FAU - Cacace, Andrea AU - Cacace A AD - Pole of Pharmacology, Institut de Recherche Experimentale et Clinique, Universite Catholique de Louvain (UCL) Medical School Brussels, Belgium. FAU - Copetti, Tamara AU - Copetti T AD - Pole of Pharmacology, Institut de Recherche Experimentale et Clinique, Universite Catholique de Louvain (UCL) Medical School Brussels, Belgium. FAU - Sonveaux, Pierre AU - Sonveaux P AD - Pole of Pharmacology, Institut de Recherche Experimentale et Clinique, Universite Catholique de Louvain (UCL) Medical School Brussels, Belgium. LA - eng GR - 243188/ERC_/European Research Council/International PT - Journal Article DEP - 20151013 PL - Switzerland TA - Front Pharmacol JT - Frontiers in pharmacology JID - 101548923 PMC - PMC4602127 OTO - NOTNLM OT - NAD(P)H oxidases (Nox) OT - NADH OT - cancer metabolism OT - lactate signaling OT - malate-aspartate shuttle OT - mitochondria OT - nuclear factor-kappaB OT - oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS) EDAT- 2015/11/04 06:00 MHDA- 2015/11/04 06:01 PMCR- 2015/10/13 CRDT- 2015/11/04 06:00 PHST- 2015/08/08 00:00 [received] PHST- 2015/09/25 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2015/11/04 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2015/11/04 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2015/11/04 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2015/10/13 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.3389/fphar.2015.00228 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Front Pharmacol. 2015 Oct 13;6:228. doi: 10.3389/fphar.2015.00228. eCollection 2015.