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Induction of pancreatic tumor-selective ferroptosis through modulation of cystine import

Badgley, M. A.; Kremer, D.; Maurer, H. C.; DelGiorno, K. E.; Lee, H.-J.; Purohit, V.; Sagalovskiy, I.; Ma, A.; Kapillian, J.; Firl, C. E. M.; Decker, A. R.; Sastra, S. A.; Palermo, C. F.; Andrade, L. R.; Sajjakulnukit, P.; Zhang, L.; Tolstyka, Z. P.; Hirschhorn, T.; Lamb, C.; Liu, T.; Gu, W.; Seeley, E. S.; Stone, E.; Georgiou, G.; Manor, U.; Iuga, A.; Wahl, G. M.; Stockwell, B. R.; Lyssiotis, C. A.; Olive, K. P.

2019-11-01 cancer biology
10.1101/827972 bioRxiv
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Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDA) is the third-leading cause of cancer mortality in the US and is highly resistant to classical, targeted, and immune therapies. We show that human PDA cells are dependent on the provision of exogenous cystine to avert a catastrophic accumulation of lipid reactive oxygen species (ROS) that, left unchecked, leads to ferroptotic cell death, both in vitro and in vivo. Using a dual-recombinase genetically engineered model, we found that acute deletion of Slc7a11 led to tumor-selective ferroptosis, tumor stabilizations/regressions, and extended overall survival. The mechanism of ferroptosis induction in PDA cells required the concerted depletion of both glutathione and coenzyme A, highlighting a novel branch of ferroptosis-relevant metabolism. Finally, we found that cystine depletion in vivo using the pre-IND agent cyst(e)inase phenocopied Slc7a11 deletion, inducing tumor-selective ferroptosis and disease stabilizations/regressions in the well-validated KPC model of PDA.\n\nOne Sentence SummaryGenetic and pharmacological targeting of cystine import induces pancreatic cancer-selective ferroptosis in vivo.

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