Effects of the Glycolysis substrates, (glucose and glucose-6-phosphate on glioma cell death induced by the glycolysis inhibitors 3-bromopyruvate and citrate | ||||
| SVU-International Journal of Medical Sciences | ||||
| Article 40, Volume 7, Issue 2, July 2024, Page 429-437 PDF (472.85 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original research articles | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/svuijm.2024.294819.1885 | ||||
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| Author | ||||
Hussam H. Baghdadi 
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| Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Division of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Taibah University, Al-Madinah, Saudi Arabia. | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Background: Grade IV astrocytoma, or glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), is among the most commonly aggressive gliomas resistant to treatment approaches. There is a high expression of glycolytic genes in clinical glioblastoma patients that was reported to correlate with decreased patients’ survival. Both 3-bromopyruvate (3BP) and citrate are promising glycolysis inhibitors and anticancer agents with many wonderful mechanisms of anticancer effects. Glucose is the substrate of hexokinase while glucose-6-phosphate is the substrate of phosphofructokinase, PFK. 3BP is a hexokinase inhibitor while citrate is a PFK inhibitor. Objectives: This study aims at investigating the effects of adding the first two substrates of glycolysis (glucose and glucose-6-phosphate) affecting the survival of C6 glioma cells, which were reported to be maximally killed using either 9 mM citric acid or 60 μM 3BP. Materials and methods: MTT viability assay was performed to C6 glioma cells. Results: Glioma cell death was significantly and maximally induced by 3BP and citrate. The addition of glucose or glucose-6-phosphate in successive doses did not prevent the mortality of C6 glioma cells caused by 3BP. Adding serial doses of glucose did not protect against citrate-induced C6 glioma cell death. However, the most interesting finding in this study was that citrate-induced glioma cell death was quite inhibited via adding serial doses of glucose-6-phosphate. Conclusion: Glucose-6-phosphate antagonized citrate effects on glioma cell viability possibly via activating the glycolytic enzyme PFK. PFK is well-known to be inhibited by citrate and that citric acid is a structural analog of glucose-6-phosphate. This finding is quite important as citrate toxicity can be inhibited via adding glucose-6-phosphate. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Glycolysis substrates; Glucose; Glucose-6-phosphates; Glioma cell death; 3-bromopyruvate and citrate | ||||
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