title: Wheat germ extract decreases glucose uptake and RNA ribose formation but increases fatty acid synthesis in MIA pancreatic adenocarcinoma cells.
abstract: The fermented wheat germ extract with standardized benzoquinone composition has potent tumor propagation inhibitory properties. The authors show that this extract induces profound metabolic changes in cultured MIA pancreatic adenocarcinoma cells when the [1,2-13C2]glucose isotope is used as the single tracer with biologic gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. MIA cells treated with 0.1, 1, and 10 mg/mL wheat germ extract showed a dose-dependent decrease in cell glucose consumption. uptake of isotope into ribosomal RNA (2.4%, 9.4%, and 28.0%), and release of 13CO2. Conversely, direct glucose oxidation and ribose recycling in the pentose cycle showed a dose-dependent increase of 1.2%, 20.7%, and 93.4%. The newly synthesized fraction of cell palmitate and the 13C enrichment of acetyl units were also significantly increased with all doses of wheat germ extract. The fermented wheat germ extract controls tumor propagation primarily by regulating glucose carbon redistribution between cell proliferation-related and cell differentiation-related macromolecules. Wheat germ extract treatment is likely associated with the phosphorylation and transcriptional regulation of metabolic enzymes that are involved in glucose carbon redistribution between cell proliferation-related structural and functional macromolecules (RNA, DNA) and the direct oxidative degradation of glucose, which have devastating consequences for the proliferation and survival of pancreatic adenocarcinoma cells in culture.
authors.affiliation: UCLA School of Medicine, Harbor-UCLA Research and Education Institute, Torrance, California 90502, USA. boros@gcrc.humc.edu
authors.forename: L G
authors.initials: LG
authors.lastname: Boros
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Lapis
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Szende
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Tömösközi-Farkas
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Balogh
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Boren
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Marin
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cascante
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hidvégi
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000378:metabolism*; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000096:biosynthesis; D005285:Fermentation; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D005947:Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000378:metabolism*; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000494:pharmacology*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000096:biosynthesis; D012334:RNA, Neoplasm / Q000096:biosynthesis; D012335:RNA, Ribosomal / Q000096:biosynthesis; D012266:Ribose / Q000096:biosynthesis; D014908:Triticum; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D005227:Fatty Acids; D010936:Plant Extracts; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D012334:RNA, Neoplasm; D012335:RNA, Ribosomal; D012266:Ribose; D005947:Glucose