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Cancer-associated IDH1 mutations produce 2-hydroxyglutarate

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Dang, Lenny, White, David W., Gross, Stefan, Bennett, Bryson D., Bittinger, Mark A., Driggers, Edward M., Fantin, Valeria R., Jang, Hyun Gyung +12 more·2009·Nature

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Mutations in the enzyme cytosolic isocitrate dehydrogenase 1 (IDH1) are a common feature of a major subset of primary human brain cancers. These mutations occur at a single amino acid residue of the IDH1 active site, resulting in loss of the enzyme's ability to catalyse conversion of isocitrate to alpha-ketoglutarate. However, only a single copy of the gene is mutated in tumours, raising the possibility that the mutations do not result in a simple loss of function. Here we show that cancer-associated IDH1 mutations result in a new ability of the enzyme to catalyse the NADPH-dependent reduction of alpha-ketoglutarate to R(-)-2-hydroxyglutarate (2HG). Structural studies demonstrate that when arginine 132 is mutated to histidine, residues in the active site are shifted to produce structural changes consistent with reduced oxidative decarboxylation of isocitrate and acquisition of the ability to convert alpha-ketoglutarate to 2HG. Excess accumulation of 2HG has been shown to lead to an elevated risk of malignant brain tumours in patients with inborn errors of 2HG metabolism. Similarly, in human malignant gliomas harbouring IDH1 mutations, we find markedly elevated levels of 2HG. These data demonstrate that the IDH1 mutations result in production of the onco-metabolite 2HG, and indicate that the excess 2HG which accumulates in vivo contributes to the formation and malignant progression of gliomas.

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  • 2-hydroxyglutarate interferes with iron-dependent hydroxylases, including the TET family of 5-methylcytosine hydroxylases.

    “Mutant IDH protein produces a novel onco-metabolite, 2-hydroxyglutarate (2-HG), that interferes with iron-dependent hydroxylases, including the TET family of 5′-methylcytosine hydroxylases3–7.”

    From Insulator dysfunction and oncogene activation in IDH mutant gliomas (2016) · cites this paper as [3]

    The section “Mutant IDH1 directly converts αKG to 2HG” confirms that mutant IDH1 produces 2HG. The Discussion suggests that 2HG may inhibit αKG-dependent prolyl hydroxylases, but presents this as a possibility, not an established effect. Our copy does not identify TET 5-methylcytosine hydroxylases as targets. (LLM, conf=0.88)

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  • Mutant IDH protein generates the oncometabolite 2-hydroxyglutarate.

    “Mutant IDH protein produces a novel onco-metabolite, 2-hydroxyglutarate (2-HG), that interferes with iron-dependent hydroxylases, including the TET family of 5′-methylcytosine hydroxylases3–7.”
  • Wild-type IDH1 and IDH2 catalyze the reversible oxidative decarboxylation of isocitrate to alpha-ketoglutarate and CO2; cancer-associated mutations eliminate this function and confer a neomorphic activity generating D-2-hydroxyglutarate via reduction of alpha-ketoglutarate.

    “Wild-type IDH1 and IDH2 catalyze the reversible oxidative decarboxylation of isocitrate to alpha-ketoglutarate (αKG) and CO2 (Figure 4a). Cancer associated mutations in IDH1 and IDH2 eliminate this function and confer a neomorphic activity to the enzyme, generating D-2-hydroxyglutarate (D-2HG) via the reduction of αKG (Figure 4b)(Dang et al., 2009; Ward et al., 2010).”

    From Targeting Metabolism for Cancer Therapy (2017) · cites this paper as Dang et al., 2009

  • Cancer-associated IDH1 R132 mutants display a loss-of-function for isocitrate as substrate and a concomitant gain-of-function for the reduction of α-ketoglutarate to 2HG.

    “cancer-associated IDH1 R132 mutants display a loss-of-function for the use of isocitrate as substrate, with a concomitant gain-of-function for the reduction of α-ketoglutarate to 2HG”
  • There is a marked difference between the rate of isocitrate-dependent NADPH production by wild-type IDH1/IDH2 and the rate of α-ketoglutarate-dependent NADPH consumption by the mutant proteins.

    “There is a marked difference in the enzymatic rate of isocitrate-dependent NADPH production by the wild-type proteins and α-ketoglutarate-dependent NADPH consumption by both IDH1 and IDH2 mutants (Figure 2 and Dang et al., 2009).”

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Dang, L., White, D. W., Gross, S., Bennett, B. D., Bittinger, M. A., Driggers, E. M., Fantin, V. R., Jang, H. G., Jin, S., Keenan, M. C., Marks, K. M., Prins, R. M., Ward, P. S., Yen, K. E., Liau, L. M., Rabinowitz, J. D., Cantley, L. C., Thompson, C. B., Vander Heiden, M. G., & Su, S. M.
Affiliations
  • Agios Pharmaceuticals (United States) (US)
  • Princeton University (US)
  • University of California, Los Angeles (US)
  • Abramson Cancer Center (US)
  • Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (US)
Venue
Nature
Published
2009-11-22
Volume
462
Issue
7274
Pages
739-744
ISSN
  • 0028-0836 (ISSN-L)
  • 1476-4687
OpenAlex
W2080452140
Cited by
4,154
References
26
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FWCI
88.03
Type
journal article
Language
en
Update notices
erratum (2010-06-17)
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  • Nature (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institutes of Health
  • National Cancer Institute (P01CA104838, R21CA128620, R01CA105463)
  • National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (P30EB009998)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Genetics › Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Cancer Research › Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Biochemistry › Biochemical Acid Research Studies
Keywords
IDH1 mutation, 2-hydroxyglutarate, gain-of-function mutations, isocitrate dehydrogenase, high-grade glioma, glioblastoma, oncometabolites, carcinogenesis, brain cancer, enzyme structure, tumor progression
MeSH terms
Arginine, Brain Neoplasms, Cell Line, Glioma, Glutarates, Histidine, Humans, Isocitrate Dehydrogenase, Ketoglutaric Acids, Models, Molecular, Mutation, Protein Conformation, Crystallography, X-Ray, Disease Progression, Catalytic Domain, Mutant Proteins, Enzyme Assays

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