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. 2023 Jun;396(6):1291-1307.
doi: 10.1007/s00210-023-02403-x. Epub 2023 Feb 1.

Long-term 1,2-dimethylhydrazine triggers pathological remodeling of colon mucosa through repression of sestrin2, nuclear factor (erythroid-derived 2)-like 2, and sirtuin4 stimulating mitochondrial stress and metabolic reprogramming

Bader-Edine Allal  1   2 , Abdelkader Bounaama  1 , Dany Silva  2 , Clara Quintas  2 , Salim Ismail Dahlouk  3 , Jorge Gonçalves  2 , Bahia Djerdjouri  4
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Long-term 1,2-dimethylhydrazine triggers pathological remodeling of colon mucosa through repression of sestrin2, nuclear factor (erythroid-derived 2)-like 2, and sirtuin4 stimulating mitochondrial stress and metabolic reprogramming

Bader-Edine Allal et al. Naunyn Schmiedebergs Arch Pharmacol. 2023 Jun.

Abstract

1,2-Dimethylhydrazine (DMH) is a plant toxicant that enters the food web through the diet. It is biotransformed into azoxymethane, a colon carcinogen, during the first hepatic passage. In mice, this study assessed the role of glutamate dehydrogenase (GDH), a key glutaminolysis enzyme in DMH-induced colorectal cancer (CRC). Colon samples were taken from mice given 6 or 15 weekly doses of 20 mg/kg DMH and serially sacrificed. Repeated DMH doses induced early aberrant crypt foci that evolved into irreversible adenocarcinomas over 24 weeks, along with an increase in GDH and lactate dehydrogenase activities (+ 122%, + 238%, P < 0.001), indicating a switch to aerobic glycolysis and glutaminolysis. Transcriptional downregulation of the endogenous GDH inhibitor, sirtuin4, and two redox regulators, mitochondrial sestrin2 and nuclear factor (erythroid derivative 2)-like 2 (- 26% and - 22%, P < 0, 05; and - 30%, P < 0.01), exacerbated mitochondrial stress by boosting mitochondrial superoxide dismutase activity (+ 240% (P < 0.001) while depressing catalase activity and GSH levels (- 57% and - 60%, P < 0.001). In vitro, allosteric GDH inhibition by 50 µM epigallocatechin gallate decreased human carcinoma (HCT-116) cells' viability, clonogenicity, and migration (- 43% and - 57%, P < 0.001, 41%, P < 0.05), while stimulating ROS release (+ 57%, P < 0.001). Dimethylfumarate (DMF), a linear electrophile and mitochondrial fumarate analog, rebalanced ROS levels (- 34%, P < 0.05) and improved GDH activity, cell viability, and tumorogenic capacity (+ 20%, 20%, P < 0.001; and 33%, P < 0.05). Thus, the pathological remodeling of colon mucosa is supported by metabolic reprogramming bypassing uncoupled mitochondria. DMF highlights the critical role of electrophile response elements in modulating redox mithormesis and redox homeostasis during CRC.

Keywords: Dimethylfumarate; Glutamate dehydrogenase; Manganese superoxide dismutase; Nuclear factor (erythroid-derived 2)-like 2; Sestrin2; Sirtuin4.

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