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Espinosa-Rodriguez BA, Treviño-Almaguer D, Carranza-Rosales P, Ramirez-Cabrera MA, Ramirez-Estrada K, Arredondo-Espinoza EU, Mendez-Lopez LF, Balderas-Renteria I. Metformin May Alter the Metabolic Reprogramming in Cancer Cells by Disrupting the L-Arginine Metabolism: A Preliminary Computational Study. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:ijms24065316. [PMID: 36982390 PMCID: PMC10049129 DOI: 10.3390/ijms24065316] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2023] [Revised: 03/04/2023] [Accepted: 03/08/2023] [Indexed: 03/12/2023] Open
Abstract
Metabolic reprogramming in cancer is considered to be one of the most important hallmarks to drive proliferation, angiogenesis, and invasion. AMP-activated protein kinase activation is one of the established mechanisms for metformin’s anti-cancer actions. However, it has been suggested that metformin may exert antitumoral effects by the modulation of other master regulators of cellular energy. Here, based on structural and physicochemical criteria, we tested the hypothesis that metformin may act as an antagonist of L-arginine metabolism and other related metabolic pathways. First, we created a database containing different L-arginine-related metabolites and biguanides. After that, comparisons of structural and physicochemical properties were performed employing different cheminformatic tools. Finally, we performed molecular docking simulations using AutoDock 4.2 to compare the affinities and binding modes of biguanides and L-arginine-related metabolites against their corresponding targets. Our results showed that biguanides, especially metformin and buformin, exhibited a moderate-to-high similarity to the metabolites belonging to the urea cycle, polyamine metabolism, and creatine biosynthesis. The predicted affinities and binding modes for biguanides displayed good concordance with those obtained for some L-arginine-related metabolites, including L-arginine and creatine. In conclusion, metabolic reprogramming in cancer cells by metformin and biguanides may be also driven by metabolic disruption of L-arginine and structurally related compounds.
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Affiliation(s)
- Bryan Alejandro Espinosa-Rodriguez
- Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, School of Chemistry, Laboratory of Molecular Pharmacology and Biological Models, San Nicolas de los Garza 64570, Mexico; (B.A.E.-R.); (D.T.-A.); (M.A.R.-C.); (K.R.-E.); (E.U.A.-E.)
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- Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, School of Chemistry, Laboratory of Molecular Pharmacology and Biological Models, San Nicolas de los Garza 64570, Mexico; (B.A.E.-R.); (D.T.-A.); (M.A.R.-C.); (K.R.-E.); (E.U.A.-E.)
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- Centro de Investigacion Biomedica del Noreste, Laboratory of Cell Biology, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Monterrey 66720, Mexico;
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- Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, School of Chemistry, Laboratory of Molecular Pharmacology and Biological Models, San Nicolas de los Garza 64570, Mexico; (B.A.E.-R.); (D.T.-A.); (M.A.R.-C.); (K.R.-E.); (E.U.A.-E.)
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- Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, School of Chemistry, Laboratory of Molecular Pharmacology and Biological Models, San Nicolas de los Garza 64570, Mexico; (B.A.E.-R.); (D.T.-A.); (M.A.R.-C.); (K.R.-E.); (E.U.A.-E.)
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- Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, School of Chemistry, Laboratory of Molecular Pharmacology and Biological Models, San Nicolas de los Garza 64570, Mexico; (B.A.E.-R.); (D.T.-A.); (M.A.R.-C.); (K.R.-E.); (E.U.A.-E.)
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- Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, School of Public Health and Nutrition, Center for Research on Nutrition and Public Health, Monterrey 66460, Mexico
- Correspondence: (L.F.M.-L.); (I.B.-R.);Tel.: +52-81-1042-2622 (L.F.M.-L.); +52-81-8329-4000 (I.B.-R.)
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- Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, School of Chemistry, Laboratory of Molecular Pharmacology and Biological Models, San Nicolas de los Garza 64570, Mexico; (B.A.E.-R.); (D.T.-A.); (M.A.R.-C.); (K.R.-E.); (E.U.A.-E.)
- Correspondence: (L.F.M.-L.); (I.B.-R.);Tel.: +52-81-1042-2622 (L.F.M.-L.); +52-81-8329-4000 (I.B.-R.)
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CREUTZFELDT W, DEUTICKE U, SOELING HD. [Potentiation of the effects of exogenous insulin by N-(4-methylbenzenesulfonyl)-N'-butylurea and N1-n-butylbiguanide in the eviscerated animal]. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1998; 39:790-5. [PMID: 13696432 DOI: 10.1007/bf01482096] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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The effect of buformin (100 mg b.i.d. for 5 days) on carbohydrate metabolism, both splanchnic glucose output (SGO) and net substrate exchange were studied in 6 healthy male volunteers in the basal state and following glucose ingestion (100 g). Control studies without buformin were also performed in 5 men. Splanchnic glucose and substrate exchange was determined by means of the hepatic venous catheter technique. SGO was 154 +/- 18 (SEM) mg/min in the postabsorptive state and increased 33.3 +/- 2.8 g above the basal level during the 150 min period following glucose ingestion. Buformin administration did not alter basal SGO (157 +/- 26 mg/min), nor the splanchnic exchange of pyruvate, alanine, glycerol, OH-butyrate and acetoacetate. Splanchnic lactate balance was altered by buformin and net lactate output occurred. Following glucose ingestion the rise in splanchnic lactate output was increased, whereas no change in SGO (32.9 +/- 3.5 g/150 min) and splanchnic exchange of the other substrates was observed. The increase in arterial blood glucose concentration following oral glucose loading was reduced by buformin pretreatment (p less than 0.005). The insulin production rate (basal, 16 +/- 2 mU/min; following oral glucose, 13 +/- 2 U/150 min) as calculated from C-peptide release from the splanchnic area was unchanged by buformin. Except for a marked rise in splanchnic lactate production, buformin did not alter splanchnic carbohydrate metabolism after orally ingested glucose in healthy man. The diminished increase in arterial blood glucose concentration associated with unaltered insulin production suggests that buformin facilitates glucose utilization by peripheral tissues.
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LUEDTKE E. [INFLUENCING RENAL FUNCTION BY N 1,N-BUTYLBIGUANIDE. I. THE EFFECT ON THE MAXIMAL TUBULAR GLUCOSE RE-ABSORPTION]. Z Gesamte Inn Med 1963; 18:923-5. [PMID: 14093641] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/25/2023]
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BLOECH J, LENHARDT A. [Diabetes therapy with butylbiguanide Silubin. Clinical results in 129 treated patients]. Med Welt 1963; 3:161-7. [PMID: 14010268] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/25/2023]
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KOEHLER E, LIPPMANN HG. [FATTY LIVER PATHOGENESIS IN CARASSIUS AURATUS IN GLUCOSE-RICH MEDIUM AND ITS ALTERATION BY N1-N-BUTYLBIGUANIDE AND N'-(4-METHYLBENZOYLSULFONYL)-N'-BUTYLUREA (TOLBUTAMIDE)]. Acta Biol Med Ger 1963; 11:866-72. [PMID: 14121880] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/25/2023]
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CREUTZFELDT W, SOELING HD, MOENCH A, RAUH E, BOL M. [The effect of Nl, n-butylbiguanide (W37) and Nl, beta-phenylethylbiguanide (W32) on alloxan and phlorrhizin diabetes and intestinal glucose absorption in rats]. Naunyn Schmiedebergs Arch Exp Pathol Pharmakol 1962; 244:31-47. [PMID: 14023820] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/25/2023]
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