Ovarian carcinoma cells with low levels of beta-F1-ATPase are sensitive to combined platinum and 2-deoxy-D-glucose treatment

Mol Cancer Ther. 2009 Jul;8(7):1916-23. doi: 10.1158/1535-7163.MCT-09-0179. Epub 2009 Jun 30.

Abstract

We have here examined chemopotentiating effects of glycolysis inhibitor 2-deoxy-d-glucose (DG) in two epithelial ovarian carcinoma (EOC) cell lines and 17 freshly isolated ascitic EOC cell samples, and we identify low expression of the beta-F1-ATPase involved in mitochondrial ATP production as a candidate marker for sensitivity to this strategy. Although in the majority of samples, DG per se did not induce apoptosis, cotreatment with DG potentiated apoptosis and total antiproliferative effects of cisplatin and, to a lesser degree, carboplatin. In the cell lines, combination treatment with DG and cisplatin or carboplatin at noninhibitory concentrations prevented posttreatment regrowth in drug-free medium over a total of 5 days. DG per se allowed complete recuperation in drug-free medium. The more platinum-resistant a cell line was, the more sensitive it was to potentiation by DG and showed higher glucose uptake, DG-sensitive lactate production, and lower beta-F1-ATPase levels. In the ascitic samples, DG reduced the median IC(50) for cisplatin by 68% and, in the most sensitive samples, up to 90%, and DG-mediated potentiation correlated with low expression of beta-F1-ATPase. By contrast, cisplatin sensitivity did not correlate with beta-F1-ATPase levels. The findings validate targeting cancer cell glucose metabolism for potentiating platinum chemotherapy in EOC and indicate that reduced beta-F1-ATPase/oxidative phosphorylation distinguishes cells that are amenable to this strategy.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Antimetabolites / pharmacology
  • Antineoplastic Agents / pharmacology*
  • Apoptosis / drug effects
  • Blotting, Western
  • Carboplatin / pharmacology*
  • Cell Proliferation / drug effects
  • Cisplatin / pharmacology*
  • Deoxyglucose / pharmacology*
  • Drug Resistance, Neoplasm
  • Drug Synergism
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Lactic Acid / metabolism
  • Mitochondrial Proton-Translocating ATPases / metabolism*
  • Ovarian Neoplasms / drug therapy*
  • Ovarian Neoplasms / enzymology
  • Ovarian Neoplasms / pathology
  • Tumor Cells, Cultured

Substances

  • ATP5F1B protein, human
  • Antimetabolites
  • Antineoplastic Agents
  • Lactic Acid
  • Deoxyglucose
  • Carboplatin
  • Mitochondrial Proton-Translocating ATPases
  • Cisplatin