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Oncogenic metabolic rewiring independent of proliferative control in human mammary epithelial cells

Dong, W.; Keibler, M. A.; Moon, S. J.; Cho, P.; Liu, N.; Berrios, C. J.; Kelleher, J.; Sikes, H. D.; Iliopoulos, O.; Coloff, J.; Vander Heiden, M.; Stephanopoulos, G.

2022-11-28 biochemistry
10.1101/2022.04.08.486845 bioRxiv
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The use of isotopic tracers and metabolic flux analysis (MFA) has unveiled a number of metabolic pathways differentially activated in cancer cells. To support efforts to design effective metabolic therapies for cancer, we sought to distinguish metabolic behavior in cancer versus normal cells growing at the same rate. To this end, we performed 13C-isotope tracing and MFA in human mammary epithelial cells (HMECs) harboring different combinations of oncogenes. By introducing a new quantity termed metabolic flux intensity, defined as pathway flux divided by specific growth rate, we showed that metabolism is dually controlled by proliferation and oncogenotypes. 13C-MFA further revealed that oxidative pentose phosphate pathway (oxPPP), malate dehydrogenase (MDH) and isocitrate dehydrogenase (IDH) were most enhanced in cancerous HMECs. Drug targeting of these pathways selectively reduced growth in the tumorigenic HMEC line. Our study provides direct evidence that metabolism of cancer cells is different than that of normal proliferating cells.

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