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Extreme vulnerability of IDH1 mutant cancers to NAD+ depletion

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Tateishi, Kensuke, Wakimoto, Hiroaki, Iafrate, A. John, Tanaka, Shota, Loebel, Franziska, Lelic, Nina, Wiederschain, Dmitri, Bedel, Olivier +21 more·2015·Cancer Cell

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Heterozygous mutation of IDH1 in cancers modifies IDH1 enzymatic activity, reprogramming metabolite flux and markedly elevating 2-hydroxyglutarate (2-HG). Here, we found that 2-HG depletion did not inhibit growth of several IDH1 mutant solid cancer types. To identify other metabolic therapeutic targets, we systematically profiled metabolites in endogenous IDH1 mutant cancer cells after mutant IDH1 inhibition and discovered a profound vulnerability to depletion of the coenzyme NAD+. Mutant IDH1 lowered NAD+ levels by downregulating the NAD+ salvage pathway enzyme nicotinate phosphoribosyltransferase (Naprt1), sensitizing to NAD+ depletion via concomitant nicotinamide phosphoribosyltransferase (NAMPT) inhibition. NAD+ depletion activated the intracellular energy sensor AMPK, triggered autophagy, and resulted in cytotoxicity. Thus, we identify NAD+ depletion as a metabolic susceptibility of IDH1 mutant cancers.

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  • Mutant IDH inhibitors may not be effective in all IDH-mutant cancers; in many IDH-mutant glioma models they fail to reverse epigenetic changes or inhibit tumor proliferation despite lowering 2-HG.

    “Despite success in some preclinical models and patients with AML, mutant IDH inhibitors may not be effective in all IDH-mutant cancers. For example, these drugs are unable to reverse epigenetic changes or inhibit tumor proliferation in many models of IDH mutant glioma, despite a robust ability to lower 2-HG in cells and tumors (Tateishi et al., 2015; Turcan et al., 2013).”

    From Targeting Metabolism for Cancer Therapy (2017) · cites this paper as Tateishi et al., 2015

  • Tumors harboring an IDH mutation have increased sensitivity to hypomethylating agents, electron transport chain inhibitors, depletion of NAD+, and chemoradiotherapy.

    “For example, tumors harboring an IDH mutation have increased sensitivity to hypomethylating agents (Turcan et al., 2013), electron transport chain inhibitors (Grassian et al., 2014), depletion of the coenzyme NAD+ (Tateishi et al., 2015) and chemoradiotherapy (Cairncross et al., 2014).”

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  • Sensitivity to mutant IDH inhibitors appears to differ between leukemia and solid tumor models.

    “Even among cancers where mutant IDH is an oncogenic driver, sensitivity to mutant IDH inhibitors appears to differ between leukemia and solid tumor models (Tateishi et al., 2015; Turcan et al., 2013).”

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Tateishi, K., Wakimoto, H., Iafrate, A. J., Tanaka, S., Loebel, F., Lelic, N., Wiederschain, D., Bedel, O., Deng, G., Zhang, B., He, T., Shi, X., Gerszten, R. E., Zhang, Y., Yeh, J.-R. J., Curry, W. T., Zhao, D., Sundaram, S., Nigim, F., Koerner, M. V. A., Ho, Q., Fisher, D. E., Roider, E. M., Kemeny, L. V., Samuels, Y., Flaherty, K. T., Batchelor, T. T., Chi, A. S., & Cahill, D. P.
Affiliations
  • Harvard University (US)
  • Weizmann Institute of Science (IL)
Corresponding author
  • Chi, Andrew S.
  • Cahill, Daniel P.
Venue
Cancer Cell
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2015-12
Volume
28
Issue
6
Pages
773-784
ISSN
1535-6108 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2192221936
Cited by
433
References
64
Citations by year
2026: 22 · 2025: 28 · 2024: 47 · 2023: 50 · 2022: 42 · 2021: 49 · 2020: 52 · 2019: 42 · 2018: 45 · 2017: 35 · 2016: 21
FWCI
11.12
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Cancer Cell (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • National Cancer Institute (NIHP50CA165962-01A1, NIH R01CA140188, NIH K24 CA125440-06, R01CA140188, K24CA125440, P50CA165962)
  • National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (R01AR043369)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Cancer Research › Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Biochemical and Molecular Research
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer
Keywords
IDH1 mutation, NAD+ depletion, 2-hydroxyglutarate, NAD+ salvage pathway, NAMPT inhibition, AMPK activation, autophagy, cancer metabolism, metabolic vulnerability, solid tumors
MeSH terms
Animals, Antineoplastic Agents, Autophagy, Brain Neoplasms, Energy Metabolism, Enzyme Activation, Enzyme Inhibitors, Female, Glioblastoma, Glutarates, Humans, Isocitrate Dehydrogenase, Mutation, NAD, Pentosyltransferases, Time Factors, Transfection, Tumor Cells, Cultured, Signal Transduction, Cytokines, Mice, SCID, Spheroids, Cellular, Xenograft Model Antitumor Assays, Cell Proliferation, Nicotinamide Phosphoribosyltransferase, AMP-Activated Protein Kinases, Metabolomics, HEK293 Cells, Molecular Targeted Therapy

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