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CELL METABOLISM
Volume 19, Issue 5, Pages 795-809Publisher
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.cmet.2014.03.003
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- Department of Defense [PC094151, 2012-01-0602]
- NIH [5R01CA152330, 1R01GM098453, 1P01CA163223-01A1, 1U24DK097215-01A1, RM-11-024, R21EB01447]
- Department of Medicine, BIDMC
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The lactate dehydrogenase-A (LDH-A) enzyme catalyzes the interconversion of pyruvate and lactate, is upregulated in human cancers, and is associated with aggressive tumor outcomes. Here we use an inducible murine model and demonstrate that inactivation of LDH-A in mouse models of NSCLC driven by oncogenic K-RAS or EGFR leads to decreased tumorigenesis and disease regression in established tumors. We also show that abrogation of LDH-A results in reprogramming of pyruvate metabolism, with decreased lactic fermentation in vitro, in vivo, and ex vivo. This was accompanied by reactivation of mitochondrial function in vitro, but not in vivo or ex vivo. Finally, using a specific small molecule LDH-A inhibitor, we demonstrated that LDH-A is essential for cancer-initiating cell survival and proliferation. Thus, LDH-A can be a viable therapeutic target for NSCLC, including cancer stem cell-dependent drug-resistant tumors.
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