PMID- 29861847 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20240318 IS - 1949-2553 (Electronic) IS - 1949-2553 (Linking) VI - 9 IP - 38 DP - 2018 May 18 TI - Biological and metabolic effects of IACS-010759, an OxPhos inhibitor, on chronic lymphocytic leukemia cells. PG - 24980-24991 LID - 10.18632/oncotarget.25166 [doi] AB - Blood cells from patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) are replicationally quiescent but transcriptionally, translationally, and metabolically active. Recently, we demonstrated that oxidative phosphorylation (OxPhos) is a predominant pathway in CLL for energy production and is further augmented in the presence of the stromal microenvironment. Importantly, CLL cells from patients with poor prognostic markers showed increased OxPhos. From these data, we theorized that OxPhos can be targeted to treat CLL. IACS-010759, currently in clinical development, is a small-molecule, orally bioavailable OxPhos inhibitor that targets mitochondrial complex I. Treatment of primary CLL cells with IACS-010759 greatly inhibited OxPhos but caused only minor cell death at 24 and 48 h. In the presence of stroma, the drug successfully inhibited OxPhos and diminished intracellular ribonucleotide pools. However, glycolysis and glucose uptake were induced as compensatory mechanisms. To mitigate the upregulated glycolytic flux, we used 2-deoxy-D-glucose in combination with IACS-010759. This combination reduced both OxPhos and glycolysis and induced cell death. Consistent with these data, low-glucose culture conditions sensitized CLL cells to IACS-010759. Collectively, these data suggest that CLL cells adapt to use a different metabolic pathway when OxPhos is inhibited and that targeting both OxPhos and glycolysis pathways is necessary for biological effect. FAU - Vangapandu, Hima V AU - Vangapandu HV AD - Department of Experimental Therapeutics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA. FAU - Alston, Brandon AU - Alston B AD - Department of Experimental Therapeutics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA. FAU - Morse, Joshua AU - Morse J AD - Department of Experimental Therapeutics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA. FAU - Ayres, Mary L AU - Ayres ML AD - Department of Experimental Therapeutics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA. FAU - Wierda, William G AU - Wierda WG AD - Department of Leukemia, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA. FAU - Keating, Michael J AU - Keating MJ AD - Department of Leukemia, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA. FAU - Marszalek, Joseph R AU - Marszalek JR AD - Institute of Applied Cancer Science and the Center for Co-Clinical Trials, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA. FAU - Gandhi, Varsha AU - Gandhi V AD - Department of Experimental Therapeutics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA. AD - Department of Leukemia, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA. LA - eng GR - P30 CA016672/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article DEP - 20180518 PL - United States TA - Oncotarget JT - Oncotarget JID - 101532965 PMC - PMC5982765 OTO - NOTNLM OT - 2-dG OT - IACS-010759 OT - OxPhos OT - metabolism OT - mitochondria COIS- CONFLICTS OF INTEREST The authors have no financial or other conflicts of interests. EDAT- 2018/06/05 06:00 MHDA- 2018/06/05 06:01 PMCR- 2018/05/18 CRDT- 2018/06/05 06:00 PHST- 2017/08/14 00:00 [received] PHST- 2018/01/09 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2018/06/05 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2018/06/05 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2018/06/05 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2018/05/18 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 25166 [pii] AID - 10.18632/oncotarget.25166 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Oncotarget. 2018 May 18;9(38):24980-24991. doi: 10.18632/oncotarget.25166. eCollection 2018 May 18.