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@ARTICLE{Kratz:361506,
author = {Kratz, Katja and Förster, Henrieke and Vogel, Kira and
Durante, Marco and Jakob, Burkhard},
title = {2-{D}eoxy-{D}-{G}lucose and {ES}-936 sensitize cancer- but
not normal cells to both low- and high {LET} irradiation},
journal = {Frontiers in oncology},
volume = {15},
issn = {2234-943X},
address = {Lausanne},
publisher = {Frontiers Media},
reportid = {GSI-2025-00970},
pages = {1633299},
year = {2025},
note = {This is an open-access article distributed under the terms
of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY).},
abstract = {Metabolic differences of normal- and cancer cells represent
an important target for the development of novel cancer
treatment strategies. Given that radiotherapy constitutes
one of the primary treatment modalities for solid cancers,
the targeting of cancer cell metabolism to enhance their
sensitivity to irradiation emerges as a promising approach.
The utilization of glycolysis even under aerobic conditions
in cancer cells presents a unique target to deprive cancer
cells of energy and metabolites required not only for their
rapid cell growth but also for the repair of irradiation
induced DNA damage. Furthermore, cancer cells have been
observed to exhibit elevated levels of reactive oxygen
species and potentially react more sensitively to an induced
disturbance of the redox balance, especially after
irradiation mediated oxidative stress. Overall, interference
with aerobic glycolysis and the oxidative stress response
could potentiate the anti-proliferative and cytotoxic
effects of cancer cell irradiation, while sparing normal
cells.To analyze the effect of inhibitors targeting the
cellular metabolism and redox balance, normal fibroblast-
and cancer cell lines were characterized using a Seahorse
XFp metabolic analyzer, followed by Sulforhodamin B
proliferation assays and flow cytometry based cell cycle
analysis. Furthermore, NADP+/NADPH-, NAD(P)H- and ROS levels
were determined using bioluminescent assays, Fluorescence
Lifetime Imaging Microscopy (FLIM) and fluorescent
microscopy. Radiosensitization of cell lines was assessed
through clonogenic survival assays and analyses of
DNA-repair efficiency via fluorescence microscopy.The
present study demonstrates that the glycolytic inhibitor
2-deoxy-D-glucose and the NAD(P)H:quinone oxidoreductase
inhibitor ES-936 can render cancer cells more sensitive to
X-rays and densely ionizing radiation (high-linear energy
transfer (LET) irradiation) like alpha-particles or heavy
ions but do not affect normal fibroblasts. While
inhibitor-treated and low-LET (X-ray) irradiated cancer
cells exhibited a decreased clonal survival, an additional
DNA repair defect was observed after high-LET
irradiation.Our results imply that distinct mechanisms
influence the clonal survival and DNA repair of irradiated,
inhibitor-treated cancer cells in dependence of the LET. The
findings of this study suggest that the combination of
inhibitors targeting glycolysis and the redox balance may
represent a promising strategy to enhance the sensitivity of
cancer cells to both photon- and charged particle therapy.},
keywords = {2-deoxy-D-glucose (Other) / DNA-repair (Other) / cancer
(Other) / carbon-ions (Other) / glycolysis (Other) /
high-LET (Other) / metabolism (Other) / radiotherapy
(Other)},
cin = {BIO},
ddc = {610},
cid = {I:(DE-Ds200)BIO-20160831OR354},
pnm = {633 - Life Sciences – Building Blocks of Life: Structure
and Function (POF4-633) / 02NUK054A - Verbundprojekt
VERCHROMT II: Erkennung, Verarbeitung und biologische
Konsequenzen von Chromatinschäden nach Teilchenbestrahlung
II, Teilprojekt A (BMBF-02NUK054A) / FAIR Phase-0 - FAIR
Phase-0 Research Program (GSI-FAIR-Phase-0) /
SUC-GSI-Darmstadt - Strategic university cooperation GSI-TU
Darmstadt (SUC-GSI-DA)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-633 / G:(DE-Ds200)BMBF-02NUK054A /
G:(Ds200)GSI-FAIR-Phase-0 / G:(DE-Ds200)SUC-GSI-DA},
experiment = {$EXP:(DE-Ds200)UBio08_Jakob-20221208$},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
pubmed = {40900796},
UT = {WOS:001563580900001},
doi = {10.3389/fonc.2025.1633299},
url = {https://repository.gsi.de/record/361506},
}