Increased microenvironment stiffness leads to altered aldehyde metabolism and DNA damage in mammary epithelial cells through a RhoA-dependent mechanism
Wood, A.; Sun, H.; Jones, M.; Percival, H.; Braodberry, E.; Zindy, E.; Lawless, C.; Swift, J.; Brennan, K.; Gilmore, A. P.
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Microenvironmental stiffness regulates the behaviour of both normal and cancer cells. In breast tissue, high mammographic density (HMD), which reflects greater organisation and stiffness of the periductal collagen, represents a significant risk factor for cancer. However, the mechanistic link between extracellular matrix (ECM) stiffness and increased risk of breast tumour initiation remains unclear. In particular, how increased ECM stiffness might promote genomic damage, leading to the acquisition of transforming mutations, remains to be determined. Here we determine that ECM stiffness induces changes in mammary epithelial cell (MEC) metabolism that drive genomic damage. Using a 3D-culture model, we demonstrate that genome-wide transcriptional changes in response to increased ECM stiffness impair the ability of MECs to remove reactive aldehyde species, resulting in greater accumulation of DNA damage in a RhoA-dependent manner. Together, our results provide a mechanistic link between increased ECM stiffness and the genomic damage required for breast cancer initiation.
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