PMID- 32681190 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20210712 LR - 20210712 IS - 1432-0738 (Electronic) IS - 0340-5761 (Linking) VI - 94 IP - 8 DP - 2020 Aug TI - Glutaminases regulate glutathione and oxidative stress in cancer. PG - 2603-2623 LID - 10.1007/s00204-020-02838-8 [doi] AB - Targeted therapies against cancer have improved both survival and quality of life of patients. However, metabolic rewiring evokes cellular mechanisms that reduce therapeutic mightiness. Resistant cells generate more glutathione, elicit nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2 (NRF2) activation, and overexpress many anti-oxidative genes such as superoxide dismutase, catalase, glutathione peroxidase, and thioredoxin reductase, providing stronger antioxidant capacity to survive in a more oxidative environment due to the sharp rise in oxidative metabolism and reactive oxygen species generation. These changes dramatically alter tumour microenvironment and cellular metabolism itself. A rational design of therapeutic combination strategies is needed to flatten cellular homeostasis and accomplish a drop in cancer development. Context-dependent glutaminase isoenzymes show oncogenic and tumour suppressor properties, being mainly associated to MYC and p53, respectively. Glutaminases catalyze glutaminolysis in mitochondria, regulating oxidative phosphorylation, redox status and cell metabolism for tumour growth. In addition, the substrate and product of glutaminase reaction, glutamine and glutamate, respectively, can work as signalling molecules moderating redox and bioenergetic pathways in cancer. Novel synergistic approaches combining glutaminase inhibition and redox-dependent modulation are described in this review. Pharmacological or genetic glutaminase regulation along with oxidative chemotherapy can help to improve the design of combination strategies that escalate the rate of therapeutic success in cancer patients. FAU - Mates, Jose M AU - Mates JM AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-9795-1993 AD - Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Canceromics Lab, Faculty of Sciences, University of Malaga, Campus de Teatinos, 29071, Malaga, Spain. jmates@uma.es. AD - Instituto de Investigacion Biomedica de Malaga (IBIMA), Malaga, Spain. jmates@uma.es. FAU - Campos-Sandoval, Jose A AU - Campos-Sandoval JA AD - Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Canceromics Lab, Faculty of Sciences, University of Malaga, Campus de Teatinos, 29071, Malaga, Spain. AD - Instituto de Investigacion Biomedica de Malaga (IBIMA), Malaga, Spain. FAU - de Los Santos-Jimenez, Juan AU - de Los Santos-Jimenez J AD - Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Canceromics Lab, Faculty of Sciences, University of Malaga, Campus de Teatinos, 29071, Malaga, Spain. AD - Instituto de Investigacion Biomedica de Malaga (IBIMA), Malaga, Spain. FAU - Marquez, Javier AU - Marquez J AD - Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Canceromics Lab, Faculty of Sciences, University of Malaga, Campus de Teatinos, 29071, Malaga, Spain. AD - Instituto de Investigacion Biomedica de Malaga (IBIMA), Malaga, Spain. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PT - Review DEP - 20200718 PL - Germany TA - Arch Toxicol JT - Archives of toxicology JID - 0417615 RN - 0 (Antineoplastic Agents) RN - 0 (Antioxidants) RN - 0 (Enzyme Inhibitors) RN - 0RH81L854J (Glutamine) RN - 3KX376GY7L (Glutamic Acid) RN - EC 3.5.1.2 (GLS protein, human) RN - EC 3.5.1.2 (Glutaminase) RN - GAN16C9B8O (Glutathione) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Antineoplastic Agents/therapeutic use MH - Antioxidants/therapeutic use MH - Energy Metabolism MH - Enzyme Inhibitors/therapeutic use MH - Glutamic Acid/*metabolism MH - Glutaminase/*metabolism MH - Glutamine/antagonists & inhibitors/*metabolism MH - Glutathione/*metabolism MH - Humans MH - Mitochondria/drug effects/enzymology/pathology MH - Neoplasms/drug therapy/*enzymology/pathology MH - *Oxidative Stress/drug effects MH - Signal Transduction MH - Tumor Microenvironment OTO - NOTNLM OT - GLS OT - GLS2 OT - MYC OT - NRF2 OT - Reactive oxygen species OT - p53 EDAT- 2020/07/19 06:00 MHDA- 2021/07/13 06:00 CRDT- 2020/07/19 06:00 PHST- 2020/07/02 00:00 [received] PHST- 2020/07/08 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2020/07/19 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/07/13 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2020/07/19 06:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1007/s00204-020-02838-8 [pii] AID - 10.1007/s00204-020-02838-8 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Arch Toxicol. 2020 Aug;94(8):2603-2623. doi: 10.1007/s00204-020-02838-8. Epub 2020 Jul 18.