Natalia V. Oleinik, Firdevs Cansu. Atilgan, Mohamed Faisal Kassir, Han Gyul Lee, Alhaji H. Janneh, Wyatt Wofford, Chase Walton, Zdzislaw M. Szulc, Elizabeth G. Hill, Alexander V. Alekseyenko, Huseyin Cimen, Jessica H. Hartman, Christina Voelkel-Johnson, Michael B. Lilly, John J. Lemasters, Norma Frizzell, Xue-Zhong Yu, Shikhar Mehrotra, Besim Ogretmen
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Ceramide-Induced Metabolic Stress Depletes Fumarate and Drives Mitophagy to Mediate Tumor Suppression
Bioactive ceramide induces cell death in part by promoting mitophagy. C18-ceramide levels are commonly reduced in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC), which correlates with poor prognosis, suggesting the potential of harnessing ceramide for cancer treatment. Here, we evaluated the ability of the ceramide analog LCL768 to induce mitophagy and metabolic stress in HNSCC. Mechanistically, LCL768 induced CerS1-mediated endogenous C18-ceramide accumulation in mitochondria to mediate mitophagy, which did not require the CerS1 transporter p17/PERMIT but was dependent on DRP1 activation via nitrosylation at C644. DRP1 facilitated anchoring of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and mitochondrial membranes by promoting the association between phosphatidylethanolamine in the ER and cardiolipin in mitochondrial membranes. Mutations of Drp1 that prevented its binding to ER and mitochondrial membranes blocked CerS1/C18-ceramide mitochondrial accumulation, inhibiting LCL768-mediated mitophagy. In addition, LCL768-driven mitophagy altered mitochondrial metabolism, resulting in fumarate depletion and leading to tumor suppression in vivo. Exogenous fumarate supplementation prevented LCL768-mediated mitophagy, mitochondrial trafficking of CerS1, ER-mitochondrial tethering, and tumor suppression in mice. Fumarate metabolism was associated with PARKIN succination at a catalytic cysteine (Cys431), inhibiting its association with PINK1 and ubiquitin and thereby preventing mitophagy. LCL768-induced fumarate depletion attenuated PARKIN succination to promote PARKIN activation and mitophagy, indicating a feed-forward mechanism that regulates mitophagy and fumarate metabolism through PARKIN succination. These data provide a mechanism whereby LCL768/CerS1-C18-ceramide-mediated mitophagy and tumor suppression are regulated by Drp1 nitrosylation, fumarate depletion, and PARKIN succination, providing a metabolic stress signature for lethal mitophagy.
期刊介绍:
Cancer Research, published by the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), is a journal that focuses on impactful original studies, reviews, and opinion pieces relevant to the broad cancer research community. Manuscripts that present conceptual or technological advances leading to insights into cancer biology are particularly sought after. The journal also places emphasis on convergence science, which involves bridging multiple distinct areas of cancer research.
With primary subsections including Cancer Biology, Cancer Immunology, Cancer Metabolism and Molecular Mechanisms, Translational Cancer Biology, Cancer Landscapes, and Convergence Science, Cancer Research has a comprehensive scope. It is published twice a month and has one volume per year, with a print ISSN of 0008-5472 and an online ISSN of 1538-7445.
Cancer Research is abstracted and/or indexed in various databases and platforms, including BIOSIS Previews (R) Database, MEDLINE, Current Contents/Life Sciences, Current Contents/Clinical Medicine, Science Citation Index, Scopus, and Web of Science.