In Vitro Metabonomic Study Detects Increases in UDP-GlcNAc and UDP-GalNAc, as Early Phase Markers of Cisplatin Treatment Response in Brain Tumor Cells

Xiaoyan Pan, Martin Wilson, L Mirbahai, Carmel McConville, Theodoros Arvanitis, JL Griffin, RA Kauppinen, Andrew Peet

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Abstract

O-linked beta-N-acetylglucosamine glycosylation (O-GlcNAcylation) is important in a number of biological processes and diseases including transcription, cell stress, diabetes, and neurodegeneration and may be a marker of tumor metastasis. Uridine diphospho-N-acetylglucosarnine (UDP-GlcNAc), the donor molecule in O-GlcNAcylation, can be detected by H-1 nudear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (H-1 NMR), giving the potential to measure its level noninvasively, providing a novel biomarker of prognosis and treatment monitoring. In this in vitro metabonomic study, four brain cancer cell lines were exposed to cisplatin and studied for metabolic responses using H-1 NMR. The Alamar blue assay and DAPI staining were used to assess cell sensitivity to cisplatin treatment and to confirm cell death. It is shown that in the cisplatin responding cells, UDP-GlcNAc and uridine diphospho-N-acetylgalactosamine (UDP-GalNAc), in parallel with H-1 NMR detected lipids, increased with cisplatin exposure before or at the onset of the microscopic signs of evolving cell death. The changes in UDP-GlcNAc and UDP-GalNAc were not detected in the nonresponders. These glycosylated UDP compounds, the key substrates for glycosylation of proteins and lipids, are commonly implicated in cancer proliferation and malignant transformation. However, the present study mechanistically links UDP-GlcNAc and UDP-GalNAc to cancer cell death following chemotherapeutic treatment.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)3493-3500
Number of pages8
JournalJournal of Proteome Research
Volume10
Issue number8
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Aug 2011

Keywords

  • cell death
  • UDP-GlcNA
  • H-1 NMR
  • UDP-GalNAc
  • cisplatin
  • metabolomics

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