Targeting Lactate Dehydrogenase B-dependent Mitochondrial Metabolism Affects Tumor Initiating Cells and Inhibits Tumorigenesis of Non-small Cell Lung Cancer by Inducing MtDNA Damage (original) (raw)

2022, Research Square (Research Square)

Once considered a waste product of anaerobic cellular metabolism, lactate has been identi ed as a critical regulator of tumorigenesis, maintenance, and progression. The putative primary function of lactate dehydrogenase B (LDHB) is to catalyze the conversion of lactate to pyruvate; however, its role in regulating metabolism during tumorigenesis is largely unknown. To determine whether LDHB plays a pivotal role in tumorigenesis, we performed 2D and 3D in vitro experiments, utilized a conventional xenograft tumor model, and developed a novel genetically engineered mouse model (GEMM) of nonsmall cell lung cancer (NSCLC), in which we combined an LDHB deletion allele with an inducible model of lung adenocarcinoma driven by the concomitant loss of p53 (also known as Trp53) and expression of oncogenic KRAS (G12D) mutant (KP). Here, we show that epithelial-like, tumor-initiating NSCLC cells feature oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS) phenotype that is regulated by LDHB-mediated lactate

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