The lysates were passed through a 20G syringe and incubated on ice for 15 min with resuspending every 5 min. All animal experiments were performed following UTSW IACUC guidelines (APN# 2017–101798). For the experiment shown in Fig 3A, 3.5 x 106 LN229 cells were injected into the flank of 8-week-old female NOD/SCID mice (n = 7 per group, Day 0). Tissues (xenograft tumors, brain, and liver tissues) were weighed and homogenized in a 3-fold volume of PBS (3 x weight of tumor in g = vol PBS in mL; total homogenate volume (in mL) = 4 X weight of tissue). Given the effects of brequinar and ML390 on the production of 47S pre-rRNA, we asked whether prolonged inhibition of DHODH affects the proliferation of glioblastoma cells. Cells were grown on glass coverslips and fixed with 4% paraformaldehyde PBS for 15 min, permeabilized with 0.5% Triton X-100 for 20 min and blocked with 5% BSA in PBS for 30 min to 1 h. Primary antibodies were diluted at 1:1000 in 5% BSA-PBS and incubated overnight at 4°C. (D) Relative proliferation of ARPE, LN229 and GBM9 cells with or without brequinar and with or without uridine. Is the Subject Area "Uridine" applicable to this article? 2001). In the mitochondria, DHODH also interacts with respiratory complexes II and III [5]; thus, DHODH’s activity is necessary for mitochondrial electron transport chain function in addition to the production of pyrimidines [3]. After 6 days, 15 mg/kg brequinar sodium was injected intraperitoneally (IP) every 3 days for a period of 60 days, according to a previously published protocol for brequinar treatment in vivo [14]. Numerical values for each of the experiments represented are available in S2 Data. Here, we show that the activation of the de novo biosynthesis of pyrimidines is an adaptive mechanism used by glioblastoma cells to sustain the high transcriptional rates exhibited by cancer cells. Tables including values of the experiments represented in S6 Fig. The biosynthesis of pyrimidines is simpler than that of purines. Moreover, our lab recently discovered that the transcription factor aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AHR), which is necessary for glioblastoma growth [9–11], mediates the expression of DHODH and UMPS in MYC-overexpressing fibroblasts and glioblastoma cells [12]. Our results are in agreement with a recently published study showing that inhibition of DHODH in colon and mammary cancer cells leads to decrease 47S pre-rRNA abundance and accumulation of p53 [63]. (K) Western blot of SF188 TMZ-sensitive or -resistant cells with or without TMZ, brequinar or brequinar + TMZ with or without uridine for γ-H2AX, p53 and, MGMT. (A) Relative proliferation of non-transformed retinal epithelial ARPE and the glioblastoma cells LN229, GBM9 and SF188 in the presence of increasing amounts of the DHODH inhibitor, ML390. The effects of brequinar alone or in combination with TMZ were rescued by the addition of uridine to the media (Fig 2J, and S2H Fig). TCGA-GBM and TCGA-LGG FPKM gene expression and clinical data were downloaded using the R package ‘TCGABiolinks’ [64]. A common step in this pathway is the reaction of free bases with phosphoribosyl pyrophosphate (PRPP) to yield nucleotides. Moreover, UMP and uridine levels in the serum (UDP and UTP were undetectable) of brequinar-treated mice were also unaffected (Fig 4F). Anti-phosphorylated H2AX antibody shows non-ubiquitinated (~ 15 KDa) and ubiquitinated (~ 25 KDa) γ-H2AX. Pyrimidine is synthesized as a free ring and then a ribose-5-phosphate is added to yield direct nucleotides, whereas, in purine synthesis, the ring is made by attaching atoms on ribose-5-phosphate. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1009117.g006. It is possible that the residual DHODH levels after siRNA transfection are enough to maintain the production of pyrimidines through the de novo pathway. Interestingly, brequinar treatment decreases the expression of MGMT in cells where MGMT is highly expressed and thus are more likely to become resistant to TMZ. 2004 Aug 6;279(32):33035-8. doi: 10.1074/jbc.R400007200. Total RNA was extracted with TRI Reagent solution (Sigma) following the manufacturer’s instructions, and cDNA was produced with the iScript RT Supermix for RT-qPCR (BIO-RAD). could be also due to alterations in mitochondrial activity as previously shown [4, 5]. All three enzymes have also been purified from human sources, however, and the key features of these reactions have been confirmed from studies of this human material (Jones 1980; Webster et al. Recently, inhibition of the purine guanosine monophosphate biosynthesis was shown to decrease the production of rRNA and glioblastoma cell growth [36], and to increase the sensitivity to radiotherapy [37]. Equivalent volume of water was used as control conditions. To generate nucleotide standards curves, supernatants from control tumor, serum and brain samples were diluted 1:5000 in Resuspension Solution and used for the nucleotide standard curves. Data were analyzed using GraphPad for nucleotide quantification. LN229 and GBM9 cells were highly sensitive to TMZ (Fig 2D and 2E, and S2E Fig), and we did not observe synergistic effects on proliferation when TMZ was combined with brequinar (Fig 2D and 2E). Interestingly, the control group tumors were highly vascularized, whereas the brequinar-treated tumors were paler (Fig 3F, left panels and S5B Fig). (G) Ribosome profiling of LN229 treated with or without brequinar and uridine for 72 h. This experiment was done twice with similar results. Similar results were previously reported in HeLa cells [5]. As others previously demonstrated, DHODH inhibition leads to a decrease in proliferation of glioblastoma cells [34, 35]. (F) Immunofluorescence of rRNA in LN229 cells by using the anti-rRNA Y10b antibody with or without 0.1 μM brequinar and with or without 100 μM uridine for 24 h. Brequinar decreased the amounts of rRNA, which was rescued by uridine. Pyrimidine nucleotide biosynthesis in animals: genes, enzymes, and regulation of UMP biosynthesis. On day 6, sodium brequinar was administered by intraperitoneal (IP) injections every 3 days at 15 mg/kg over a period of 60 days. (A) Immunofluorescence of the rDNA transcriptional factor UBF in LN229 cells with or without 0.1 μM brequinar and with or without 100 μM uridine for 24 h. UBF clustered in the edges of the nucleolus (indication of nucleolar stress) upon brequinar treatment, which was rescued by the addition of uridine. DHODH, the only enzyme in this pathway that localizes in the inner mitochondrial membrane, mediates the oxidation of dihydroorotate to orotate by reducing ubiquinone [4]. Intensity quantification were performed using Image J using integrated density quantification for individual cells. Pharmacological inhibition of DHODH with the specific inhibitors brequinar or ML390 effectively depleted the pool of pyrimidines in glioblastoma cells grown in vitro and in vivo and impaired rDNA transcription, leading to nucleolar stress. Thus, we analyze the nucleolar morphology upon brequinar treatment by evaluating the distribution of proteins that localize in the different compartments of the nucleolus such as UBF, which localizes in the FC, and NPM1, which localizes in the GC. Frequently, glioblastoma patients develop chemotherapy resistance mainly due to increase expression of MGMT or other DNA repair enzymes [29, 30]. Purines, nucleotides with adenine and guanine bases, and pyrimidines, with uracil, cytosine, or thymine bases, are necessary for the synthesis of RNA, DNA, nucleotide-activated sugars, and lipids [3]. (C) Immunofluorescence of the rRNA processor nucleophosmin 1 (NPM1) in LN229 cells with or without 0.1 μM brequinar and with or without 100 μM uridine for 24 h. NPM1 redistributed to the edges of the nucleolus (indication of nucleolar stress) upon brequinar treatment, which was rescued by the addition of uridine. Media with drugs was replaced every 2 days for 6 days. or brequinar + TMZ. Project administration, PLoS Genet 16(11): It is possible that the MGMT locus is highly transcriptionally active as a mechanism to increase MGMT levels and DNA repair. This is consistent with the p53 status in SF188 (S1B Fig. At the end of the experiment, tumors were harvested and weighed. There are 4 mature rRNAs, 18S, 5.8S and 28S, which are derived from the precursor 47S pre-rRNAs transcribed of rDNA loci by RNA polymerase I; and the 5S rRNA, synthesized by RNA polymerase III [21]. β-actin levels were normalized to RNA load for the cDNA production. (F) Quantification of (E) with Image J. Therefore, we performed another subcutaneous xenograft experiment, injecting 3 x 106 LN229 cells and starting treatment 5 days after injection with a daily regimen of 10 mg/kg sodium brequinar for 55 days (Fig 3A). Following fixation, cells were wash twice with 5 mL of PBS containing 2% BSA, and 1 mM EDTA. siRNA transfections were performed using Lipofectamine RNAiMAX (Invitrogen). Visualization, The samples were snap-frozen three times in liquid nitrogen. Starting the gradient column by the most concentrated sucrose solution. N = 2–6. (B) IF of NPM1 in LN229 cells with or without brequinar and uridine for 24 h. See also Supplementary S4C Fig. (A) Amounts of brequinar, UMP, UDP, UTP and uridine in the LN229 xenografts measured by LC-MS/MS. Numerical values for each of the experiments represented are available in S3 Data. Moreover, because DHODH is a structural mitochondrial protein also involved in the electron transport chain, the effects of DHODH knockdown on proliferation (S3A and S3B Fig.) Mice were treated with 15 mg/kg brequinar every 3 days by intraperitoneal injections (IP). L-aspartate, a precursor of pyrimidine ribonucleotides, is derived from oxaloacetate, which is generated in the TCA cycle. Therefore, we asked whether the combination of TMZ with brequinar synergized to kill glioblastoma cells. For xenograft experiments in S5A Fig, 1 x 106 LN229 cells were injected into the flank of 8-week-old female NOD/SCID mice (n = 5 per group). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1009117.g004. ⢠Pyrimidne synthesis is a de novo synthesis pathway involving six step reactions. The poor prognosis associated with glioblastoma warrants major efforts towards improving current therapeutic interventions. (N) Western blot of ARPE, LN229, and GBM9 for p53, p21 and cleaved caspase 3 after 72 h of treatment with 2 μM ML390 in the presence or absence of uridine 100 μM. siRNAs used in this study are listed in S2 Table. The day after transfection, the media was replaced with fresh media with or without uridine as indicated in the text. Cell cycle analysis were performed three times with similar results. All antibodies used in this study are indicated in S2 Table. Both purines and pyrimidines can be synthesized by 2 alterative pathways: the de novo pathways that metabolize ribose and amino acids in a series of enzymatic reactions and the salvage pathways that recycle nucleotides present in the cells or their environment through phosphorylation/dephosphorylation reactions [3]. Media with drugs was replaced the day after seeding, and cell proliferation was measured 4 days later. The materials were dissolved by vortexing, incubating for 10 min at RT, vortexing again, incubating for 10 min at 37°C, and vortexing a final time. Overall, our findings suggest new therapeutic possibilities for glioblastoma patients by blocking the production of ribosomes through the specific inhibition of the de novo pyrimidine biosynthesis pathway. This effect was reversed by the addition of uridine. Uridine did not rescue the effects of 5-FU in proliferation. The current standard therapy for glioblastoma, the most malignant brain tumor, was established more than a decade ago and relies on a combination of surgery, radiation, and the DNA methylating agent temozolomide. Uridine did not rescue the effects of DHODH knockdown in proliferation. Proliferation was assessed by crystal violet staining after 4 days of siRNA transfection. After 24 h of treatment, cells were trypsinized and harvested and washed with PBS. The blank was subtracted from the standard curve and the subtracted values were used to determine analytical concentration of the compounds. (B) Western blot of p14 ARF-/- human astrocytes, LN229, GBM9, and SF188. Importantly, treating cells with low concentrations of brequinar (0.01 μM) (S3E Fig) was not sufficient to reduce the levels of UMP, UDP, UTP and uridine compared with 0.1 μM that was used in all other experiments (Fig 1E). The addition of uridine to the culture media rescued growth of glioblastoma cells (Fig 2B and S2D Fig). Aims: To investigate the regulation of de novo pyrimidine biosynthesis in the bacterium Pseudomonas resinovorans ATCC 14235. (E-F) UMP, UDP, UTP and uridine measured by LC-MS/MS in LN229 after incubation with brequinar, 4 replicates, (E) and in GMB9 after incubation with ML390 (F), 3 replicates. N = 2–5. We are grateful to the Sorrell lab members and Dr. Sandra Schmid, Dr. Peter Michaely, Dr. Javier León Serrano, and Dr. Marcos Iglesias Lozano for their valuable input and the Live Cell Imaging Facility at UTSW directed by Dr. Kate Luby-Phelps. (F) Amounts of brequinar, UMP, and uridine measured by LC-MS/MS in the serum of mice used for xenografts. (C) IF of p53 in LN229 (upper panels) and GBM9 (lower panels) in the presence of brequinar with or without uridine for 24 h. (D) Quantification of (C) with Image J. In the salvage pathway, UMP can be generated by the conversion of uridine (already present in cells or taken up from the environment) into UMP by the activity of uridine/cytidine kinase 1/2 (UCK1/2) [6]. Roles Formal analysis, It has been shown that TMZ, in addition to causing direct DNA damage, limits repair by downregulating MGMT expression in some glioblastoma cell lines [44, 45]. Media with drug were replaced the day after seeding, and proliferation assessed after 4 days. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1009117, Editor: Simon Khagi, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, UNITED STATES, Received: May 20, 2020; Accepted: September 14, 2020; Published: November 17, 2020. All values are reported as mean ± SD in each figure. Epub 2004 Apr 19. Numerical values for each of the experiments represented are available in S9 Data. In recent years, the molecular organization of nucleotide biosynthesis in plants has been analyzed. Numerical values for each of the experiments represented are available in S7 Data. By analyzing The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) (Fig 1A) and the Chinese Glioma Genome Atlas (CGGA) (S1A Fig), we found that the mRNA levels of the enzymes in the de novo pyrimidine pathway, DHODH and UMPS, were elevated in high-grade glioma (IV/glioblastoma) patient samples. Tumor volumes were recorded once they reached 100 mm3 at day 37, 44, 51, and 59. The presence of uridine rescued this effect as seen by an increased number of monosomes. For nucleotide measurements, serum and tissue aliquots (xenograft tumors or brain tissues) were crashed with a 4X volume of MeOH (80% MeOH final), vortexed, incubated for 10 min at RT, and spun 5 min at 16,100 x g at 4°C to precipitate protein. The enzyme that carries out the reaction is aspartate transcarbamoylase, an enzyme that is closely regulated. Consequently, the impairment of the pre-rRNA synthesis upon DHODH inhibition leads to nucleolar stress specifically in glioblastoma cells but not in non-transformed cells. Surprisingly, the levels of 47S pre-rRNA positively correlated with tumor size only in the control group and not in the brequinar-treated group (S5E Fig). *UMP, which is also the precursor of CMP, is synthesized in a six-reaction pathway. A Phenomenex (Torrance, CA) Synergi Polar-RP column (2.0 X 150mm, 4 micron packing) was used for chromatography with the following conditions: Buffer A: ddH2O with 0.2% acetic acid. In this study, we show that enzymes necessary for the de novo biosynthesis of pyrimidines, DHODH and UMPS, are elevated in high grade gliomas and in glioblastoma cell lines. Keyword - Pyrimidine biosynthesis (KW-0665) Map to. These results suggest that the inhibition of the de novo pyrimidine biosynthesis pathway enhance the DNA damage induced by TMZ in glioblastoma cells. Brequinar decreased the amounts of rRNA. However, children and younger adults can also develop glioblastoma tumors. Also see Supplementary S2H Fig. Pyrimidines are particularly important in dividing tissues as building blocks for nucleic acids, but they are equally important for many biochemical processes, including sucrose and cell wall polysaccharide metabolism. UniProtKB (345,440) Reviewed (4,568) Swiss-Prot. Cell cycle was analyzed using FlowJo software. Department of Neurosurgery, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America, Affiliation Experiments were performed a minimum of 3 times. For all experiments, media with drugs and metabolites were replaced the day after seeding, and cells harvested at the indicated time points. For the experiments in vitro, expression levels for 47S pre-rRNA, 18S rRNA and 28S rRNA were normalized to β-actin expression. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1009117.g003. The status of p53 in GBM9 cells is not known. Pyrimidines are synthesized from carbamoyl phosphate and aspartate. Media with drugs and metabolites were replaced every 2 days for 6 days for the experiments shown in Fig 2A, and 2B and S2A, S2B and S2C Fig. Tables including numerical values of the experiments represented in Fig 5. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1009117.s013. 47S pre-rRNA, 28S and 18S levels were normalized by ACTIN mRNA levels. Numerical values for each of the experiments represented are available in S8 Data. Investigation, ADVERTISEMENTS: Let us make an in-depth study of the biosynthesis of purine nucleotides, pyrimidine nucleotides and deoxyribonucleotides. (I-J) qPCR of ACTIN with or without brequinar for 24 h (I) or ML390 (J) for 48 h and uridine in LN229, GBM9, and SF188. Pyrimidine biosynthesis links mitochondrial respiration to the p53 pathway Anastasia A. Khutornenko,aVladimir V. Roudko,aBoris V. Chernyak,a,bAndrey B. Vartapetian,aPeter M. Chumakov,c,d,1and Alexandra G. Evstafievaa,b,1 aBelozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Moscow State University, 119992, Moscow, Russia; All reactions are thus annotated here only in the forward direction. (2020) Inhibition of the de novo pyrimidine biosynthesis pathway limits ribosomal RNA transcription causing nucleolar stress in glioblastoma cells. Yes Tables including values of the experiments represented in S3 Fig. This explains the decrease in tumor growth of the brequinar-treated xenografts. Department of Molecular Biology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America, Affiliation Similarly, in the liver tissues of brequinar-treated mice only uridine but not UMP, UDP or UTP, was significantly decreased (Fig 4E). Protein involved in the biosynthesis of pyrimidine, a nitrogenous heterocyclic base, e.g. The cells were washed 3 times for 10 min in PBS and incubated with secondary antibody. Yes Fresh media with uridine were added the day after siRNA transfection. Media with drugs were changed the day after seeding. The first three enzymes of the process are all coded by the same gene in CAD which consists of carbamoyl phosphate synthetase II, aspartate carbamoyltransferase and dihydroorotase. PRPP is made by the activation of riboseâ5âphosphate. A single multifunctional cytosolic enzyme catalyzes the first three of these reactions, while the last one is catalyzed by an enzyme associated with the inner mitochondrial membrane. This antibody detects the 47S pre-rRNA as well as the mature rRNA. Writing – review & editing, * E-mail: Maralice.ConacciSorrell@UTSouthwestern.edu, Affiliations During de novo biosynthesis, the nucleotide is synthesized from scratch, or a new pyrimidine is created from the molecules that make it up. Pyrimidine biosynthesis can occur both inside a living organism and outside, or in vivo and in vitro. N = 2–3. RNA expression data for CAD, DHODH, and UMPS in grade II to IV (GBM) gliomas was obtained from the RNA-seq experiments deposited in The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) Program through the Pancancer TCGA project (https://portal.gdc.cancer.gov) and the Chinese Glioma Genome Atlas (http://www.cgga.org.cn). For the experiments shown in Fig 2D, 2E, 2I and 2J and S2D, and S2E Fig, media with inhibitors and metabolites were replaced the day after seeding, and cell proliferation was measured 4 days later. Samples were then centrifuged 12,000g 4°C for 10 min to pellet nuclei and mitochondria. In two further reactions, catalyzed by a bifunctional cytosolic enzyme, orotate reacts with 1-phosphoribosyl 5-pyrophosphate (PRPP) to yield orotidine 5'-monophosphate, which is decarboxylated to yield uridine 5'-monophosphate (UMP). (C) Amounts of brequinar, UMP, UDP, UTP and uridine measured by LC-MS/MS in the brain tissues of mice used for xenografts. Balanced columns were centrifuged in a swinging bucket rotor at 34,000 rpm for 2 h at 4°C, acc = 8, dec = 0. Another mechanism used by cancer cells to stimulate the de novo pyrimidine synthesis pathway is the activation of CAD by phosphorylation [13]. (F) Western blot quantification by Image J of Fig 2F and additional experimental replicates. Membranes were washed 3 times with TBS-T for 10 min and imaged using BIO-RAD chemiluminescence imager. In fact, the size of the nucleolus positively correlates with rRNA synthesis, cell growth, and malignancy of tumors [24]. Writing – review & editing, Affiliation Drugs for in vivo (subcutaneous xenografts) experiments: brequinar sodium (Tocris 6196/50) dissolved in water. Once the tumor volume reached 100 mm3, tumor volumes were periodically recorded. rRNAs, which constitute about 80% of the total cellular RNA [20], are essential components of ribosomes and thus necessary for protein synthesis. Membranes were blocked with 5% BSA for at least 1 h at room temperature (RT) and incubated overnight with primary antibodies dissolved in TBS-T 5% BSA. (G) Western blot of 5 control and brequinar-treated LN229 xenograft tumors for DHODH, p53, acetyl-tubulin, and HIF1α. The second PBS wash contained DAPI at 5 μg/mL to stain the nuclei. In summary, our data show that the inhibition of the de novo pyrimidine biosynthesis by targeting the enzymatic activity of DHODH leads to efficient inhibition of rRNA production and nucleolar stress and therefore, decreases proliferation specifically in glioblastoma cells. (C) Representation of the effects of temozolomide (TMZ) and the depletion of nucleotides causing DNA double-strand breaks and the phosphorylation of H2AX (γ-H2AX). About This Pathway. Glioblastoma cells were more sensitive to brequinar and ML390 than the human astrocytes (Fig 2A) or ARPE (S2A Fig), indicating that these inhibitors specifically affect proliferation of transformed glioblastoma cells. All mice samples for LC/MS measurements were harvested 3 h after the last brequinar injection. Methodology, The transcription factor and tumor suppressor p53 senses DNA damage, leading to its protein stabilization and the induction of its target genes [51]. We examined p21 expression as a readout of p53 activity and found that despite the increase p53 levels upon brequinar or ML390 treatment in all the glioblastoma cell lines, p21 only increased in LN229 (Fig 2M–2O). For cell proliferation, six-well or 12-well plates were seeded with 1.5 x 105 or 50,000 cells, respectively. Altogether, these results indicate that uridine specifically rescues the inhibition of DHODH and the growth of glioblastoma cells. (C) Representation of de novo and salvage pyrimidine biosynthesis pathways and brequinar. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1009117.s004. UMP, UDP, UTP, and uridine levels in the brain tissues were not affected by the treatment with brequinar (Fig 4C and S1 Table). (I) Relative proliferation of SF188 TMZ-sensitive and -resistant cells with or without TMZ. Validation, Scale bar is 5 μm. (C, D) qPCR of 47S pre-rRNA normalized by ACTIN mRNA amount in LN229 (C) and SF188 (D) glioblastoma cells with or without 5-FU and with or without uridine for 24 h. 5-FU did not affect the production of pre-rRNA. Yes This result suggests that the depletion of pyrimidine nucleotides not only impairs the ability of cells to produce rRNA, but also, as expected, it impairs the ability of the cells to synthesize DNA and progress through the cell cycle. This metabolic pathway was recently identified as a prime target of broad-spectrum antiviral molecules, but our data unraveled a yet unsuspected link with innate immunity. (F) qPCR of ACTIN mRNA levels normalized to same amounts of total RNA in the brain tissue of the mice used for the xenografts experiments in (B). Altogether, these results suggest that brequinar and ML390 cause a combination of cytostatic and cytotoxic effects, leading to impaired cell proliferation specifically in glioblastoma cells. UMP, which is used to synthesize UDP, UTP, dTTP, CTP, and dCTP, is the common metabolite between the de novo and the salvage pyrimidine synthesis pathway. 2010 Jul 20;107(29):12828-33. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0910885107. Asterisks indicate p-values ≦0.05. (E) Relative proliferation of the SF188 glioblastoma cells with or without 5 μM 5-FU and with or without 25 μM uridine. Methodology, Affiliation Metabolic adaptations leading to increased synthesis of nucleotides by de novo biosynthesis pathways are emerging as key alterations driving glioblastoma growth. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1009117.g002. Lysates were set on ice for 15 min and resuspended every 5 min. The concentrations of TMZ (10 μM for LN229 and GMB9, and 100 μM for SF188) used in this study did not cause an increase p53 levels in the tested glioblastoma cell lines. Yes No, Is the Subject Area "Pyrimidines" applicable to this article? The results are represented for each experimental replicate. N = 4–5. DNA double-strand breaks are marked by S139 phosphorylation of H2AX (known as γ-H2AX) [41]. The lack of therapeutic options for treatment of glioblastoma patients have created an interest in identifying metabolic dependencies of glioblastoma cells that can be specifically manipulated [31–33]. TMZ caused cell cycle arrest in S/G2 phase (Fig 2L and S2K Fig), as shown by others [48, 49], which is in line with the DNA damage checkpoint response at the end of the G2 phase [50]. (A) Relative proliferation of GBM9 cells upon DHODH knockdown with or without uridine. For brequinar measurements, aliquots of serum or tissue homogenates were mixed with a 3X volume of acetonitrile containing formic acid and the tolbutamide IS, vortexed for 15 seconds, incubated at RT for 10 min, and spun twice in a tabletop, chilled centrifuge for 5 min at 16,100 x g. The supernatants were analyzed by LC-MS/MS. Right panel shows the quantification by image J. 1. Tables including numerical values of the experiments represented in Fig 3. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1009117.s011. (D) Representative xenograft tumors from control and brequinar-treated mice. Tables including values of the experiments represented in S4 Fig. The first reaction is the conjugation of carbamoyl phosphate and aspartate to make N-carbamoylaspartate. here. The reactions annotaed here, catalyzed by dCMP deaminase and dUTP diphosphatase yield dUMP, which in turn is converted to TMP by thymidylate synthase. Pyrimidine biosynthesis Unlike in purine biosynthesis, the pyrimidine ring is synthesized before it is conjugated to PRPP. Media with drugs was replaced every 2 days for 6 days. e1009117. (K) Cell cycle representation of results in Fig 2L. Tumors activate purine and pyrimidine biosynthetic pathways to increase the supply of nucleotides to fulfill the requirements of highly proliferative cells [1, 2]. Alterations that activate the de novo nucleotide biosynthesis pathways are emerging as key features of glioblastomas [34–37] and have been shown to be essential to maintain the stemness of glioblastoma-initiating cells and tumor growth [34–36]. (D, E) Relative proliferation of LN229 and GBM9 in the presence of TMZ, brequinar (Breq.) Fold change in expression as indicated was normalized to actin levels and compared to the expression in astrocytes by densitometry analysis with Image J. The day after seeding, the media were replaced with fresh media containing the appropriate inhibitors and metabolites. Currently, the most common regimen of treatment for glioblastoma patients is surgical resection followed by radiotherapy and chemotherapy with TMZ [29]. On day 5, sodium brequinar was administered by daily IP at 10 mg/kg for 55 more days. These results indicate that the decrease of pre-rRNA upon brequinar or ML390 treatment was indeed due to a reduction in pyrimidines supply (Fig 1G and 1H). For brequinar quantification, the Analyst software Sciex MS computer was used to calculate the compound concentrations. Indeed, we showed that DD264 or brequinar, a well-known inhibitor of pyrimidine biosynthesis pathway, both enhanced the expression of antiviral genes in human cells. No, Is the Subject Area "Glioblastoma cells" applicable to this article? To test this hypothesis, we used 2 DHODH inhibitors, brequinar, which is currently in clinical trials for leukemia (ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03760666) and ML390 (Fig 1C) [39]. 47S pre-rRNA, 28S and 18S levels were normalized by ACTIN mRNA levels. While inhibition of DHODH causes a decrease in rRNA production in glioblastoma cells, it does not affect ACTIN abundance at short incubation periods. 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