Tumour-reprogrammed stromal BCAT1 fuels branched-chain ketoacid dependency in stromal-rich PDAC tumours

Branched-chain amino acids (BCAAs) supply both carbon and nitrogen in pancreatic cancers, and increased levels of BCAAs have been associated with increased risk of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinomas (PDACs). It remains unclear, however, how stromal cells regulate BCAA metabolism in PDAC cells and how mutualistic determinants control BCAA metabolism in the tumour milieu. Here, we show distinct catabolic, oxidative and protein turnover fluxes between cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) and cancer cells, and a marked reliance on branched-chain α-ketoacid (BCKA) in PDAC cells in stroma-rich tumours. We report that cancer-induced stromal reprogramming fuels this BCKA demand. The TGF-β-SMAD5 axis directly targets BCAT1 in CAFs and dictates internalization of the extracellular matrix from the tumour microenvironment to supply amino-acid precursors for BCKA secretion by CAFs. The in vitro results were corroborated with circulating tumour cells (CTCs) and PDAC tissue slices derived from people with PDAC. Our findings reveal therapeutically actionable targets in pancreatic stromal and cancer cells.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:2

Enthalten in:

Nature metabolism - 2(2020), 8 vom: 21. Aug., Seite 775-792

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Zhu, Ziwen [VerfasserIn]
Achreja, Abhinav [VerfasserIn]
Meurs, Noah [VerfasserIn]
Animasahun, Olamide [VerfasserIn]
Owen, Sarah [VerfasserIn]
Mittal, Anjali [VerfasserIn]
Parikh, Pooja [VerfasserIn]
Lo, Ting-Wen [VerfasserIn]
Franco-Barraza, Janusz [VerfasserIn]
Shi, Jiaqi [VerfasserIn]
Gunchick, Valerie [VerfasserIn]
Sherman, Mara H [VerfasserIn]
Cukierman, Edna [VerfasserIn]
Pickering, Andrew M [VerfasserIn]
Maitra, Anirban [VerfasserIn]
Sahai, Vaibhav [VerfasserIn]
Morgan, Meredith A [VerfasserIn]
Nagrath, Sunitha [VerfasserIn]
Lawrence, Theodore S [VerfasserIn]
Nagrath, Deepak [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Amino Acids, Branched-Chain
BCAT1 protein, human
EC 2.6.1.
EC 2.6.1.-
Journal Article
Keto Acids
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
SMAD5 protein, human
Smad5 Protein
Transaminases
Transforming Growth Factor beta

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Date Completed 31.12.2020

Date Revised 18.02.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1038/s42255-020-0226-5

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM312710224