PMID- 36133305 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20220923 LR - 20231105 IS - 1664-2392 (Print) IS - 1664-2392 (Electronic) IS - 1664-2392 (Linking) VI - 13 DP - 2022 TI - Renal oncometabolite L-2-hydroxyglutarate imposes a block in kidney tubulogenesis: Evidence for an epigenetic basis for the L-2HG-induced impairment of differentiation. PG - 932286 LID - 10.3389/fendo.2022.932286 [doi] LID - 932286 AB - 2-Hydroxyglutarate (2HG) overproducing tumors arise in a number of tissues, including the kidney. The tumorigenesis resulting from overproduced 2HG has been attributed to the ability of 2HG alter gene expression by inhibiting alpha-ketoglutarate (alphaKG)-dependent dioxygenases, including Ten-eleven-Translocation (TET) enzymes. Genes that regulate cellular differentiation are reportedly repressed, blocking differentiation of mesenchymal cells into myocytes, and adipocytes. In this report, the expression of the enzyme responsible for L2HG degradation, L-2HG dehydrogenase (L2HGDH), is knocked down, using lentiviral shRNA, as well as siRNA, in primary cultures of normal Renal Proximal Tubule (RPT) cells. The knockdown (KD) results in increased L-2HG levels, decreased demethylation of 5mC in genomic DNA, and increased methylation of H3 Histones. Consequences include reduced tubulogenesis by RPT cells in matrigel, and reduced expression of molecular markers of differentiation, including membrane transporters as well as HNF1alpha and HNF1beta, which regulate their transcription. These results are consistent with the hypothesis that oncometabolite 2HG blocks RPT differentiation by altering the methylation status of chromatin in a manner that impedes the transcriptional events required for normal differentiation. Presumably, similar alterations are responsible for promoting the expansion of renal cancer stem-cells, increasing their propensity for malignant transformation. CI - Copyright (c) 2022 Taub, Mahmoudzadeh, Tennessen and Sudarshan. FAU - Taub, Mary AU - Taub M AD - Biochemistry Department, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, United States. FAU - Mahmoudzadeh, Nader H AU - Mahmoudzadeh NH AD - Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, United States. FAU - Tennessen, Jason M AU - Tennessen JM AD - Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, United States. FAU - Sudarshan, Sunil AU - Sudarshan S AD - Department of Urology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, United States. LA - eng GR - R35 GM119557/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 CA200653/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20220905 PL - Switzerland TA - Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) JT - Frontiers in endocrinology JID - 101555782 RN - 0 (Chromatin) RN - 0 (Glutarates) RN - 0 (Histones) RN - 0 (Ketoglutaric Acids) RN - 0 (Membrane Transport Proteins) RN - 0 (RNA, Small Interfering) RN - 2889-31-8 (alpha-hydroxyglutarate) RN - EC 1.- (Oxidoreductases) RN - EC 1.13.11.- (Dioxygenases) SB - IM MH - Cell Differentiation/genetics MH - Chromatin MH - *Dioxygenases/metabolism MH - Epigenesis, Genetic MH - Glutarates MH - *Histones/metabolism MH - Ketoglutaric Acids/metabolism MH - Kidney/metabolism MH - Membrane Transport Proteins/metabolism MH - Oxidoreductases/metabolism MH - RNA, Small Interfering PMC - PMC9483015 OTO - NOTNLM OT - L-2-Hydroxyglutarate OT - differentiation OT - matrigel (MA) OT - proximal tubule OT - renal cell carcinoma COIS- The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest. EDAT- 2022/09/23 06:00 MHDA- 2022/09/24 06:00 PMCR- 2022/01/01 CRDT- 2022/09/22 03:52 PHST- 2022/04/29 00:00 [received] PHST- 2022/08/12 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2022/09/22 03:52 [entrez] PHST- 2022/09/23 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/09/24 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2022/01/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.3389/fendo.2022.932286 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Front Endocrinol (Lausanne). 2022 Sep 5;13:932286. doi: 10.3389/fendo.2022.932286. eCollection 2022.