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Here, we show that GLUD1 expression was inversely associated with tumor grade and positively associated with survival across glioma subtypes, a relationship not fully recapitulated by broader glutaminolysis-related gene signatures. To investigate the consequences of GLUD1 inhibition, we treated endogenous IDH-mutant and IDH-wildtype glioma cell lines with the reported GLUD1 inhibitor R162. GLUD1 inhibition reduced viability in all cell lines tested. This effect was not rescued by \u03b1-ketoglutarate (\u03b1-KG) supplementation, indicating that impaired tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle anaplerosis was not the primary mechanism underlying GLUD1 dependency. Instead, GLUD1 inhibition caused intracellular glutamate accumulation, increased reactive oxygen species (ROS), \u03b3-H2AX induction, and elevated intracellular calcium, while complementary in silico analyses predicted disruption of mitochondrial membrane potential following R162 exposure. Together, these findings indicate that GLUD1 inhibition induces metabolic and redox stress associated with disrupted glutamate and calcium homeostasis and DNA damage. Our findings distinguish the favorable prognostic value of GLUD1 expression from the cellular vulnerability revealed by its inhibition, supporting further investigations of GLUD1 as both a prognostic biomarker and potential therapeutic target in glioma.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/cells15151401","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,8,3]],"date-time":"2026-08-03T11:50:21Z","timestamp":1785757821000},"page":"1401","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["GLUD1 Inhibition Disrupts Glutamate Homeostasis and Induces Metabolic and Redox Stress in Gliomas"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"15","author":[{"given":"Malgorzata","family":"Trybula","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Division of Cell and Neurobiology, Link\u00f6ping University, 581 83 Link\u00f6ping, Sweden"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-0244-759X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Ma\u0142gorzata","family":"\u0141ysiak","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Clinical Genomics Link\u00f6ping and Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Link\u00f6ping University, 581 83 Link\u00f6ping, Sweden"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-0270-9374","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Emilia","family":"Wiechec","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Division of Cell and Neurobiology, Link\u00f6ping University, 581 83 Link\u00f6ping, Sweden"},{"name":"Department of Otorhinolaryngology in Link\u00f6ping, Anesthetics, Operations and Specialty Surgery Center, 581 85 Link\u00f6ping, Sweden"},{"name":"Faculty of Medicine, Academy of Silesia, Rolna 43, 40-555 Katowice, Poland"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-8410-4939","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Annika","family":"Malmstr\u00f6m","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Division of Cell and Neurobiology, Link\u00f6ping University, 581 83 Link\u00f6ping, Sweden"},{"name":"Clinical Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, 581 85 Link\u00f6ping, Sweden"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-9867-8706","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Peter","family":"S\u00f6derkvist","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Division of Cell and Neurobiology, Link\u00f6ping University, 581 83 Link\u00f6ping, Sweden"},{"name":"Science for Life Laboratory, Link\u00f6ping University, 581 85 Link\u00f6ping, Sweden"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,8,3]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"397","DOI":"10.32074\/1591-951X-823","article-title":"Adult type diffuse gliomas in the new 2021 WHO Classification","volume":"114","author":"Antonelli","year":"2022","journal-title":"Pathologica"},{"key":"ref_2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Venneti, S., Dunphy, M.P., Zhang, H., Pitter, K.L., Campos, C., Carlin, S.D., La Rocca, G., Lyashchenko, S., Rohle, D., and Omuro, A.M. 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