期刊
JOURNAL OF PHARMACEUTICAL AND BIOMEDICAL ANALYSIS
卷 164, 期 -, 页码 421-429出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpba.2018.10.047
关键词
Breast cancer; L- and D-amino acids; Oncometabolites; NMDA receptor; Exchange currency; Malignancy indicator
资金
- Robert A. Welch Foundation [Y0026, Y-1933-20170325]
Herein we describe for the first time the endogenous levels of free L-and D-amino acids in cultured human breast cancer cells (MCF-7) and non-tumorigenic human breast epithelial cells (MCF-10A). D-Asp and D-Ser, which are co-agonists of the N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptors, showed significantly elevated levels in MCF-7 cancer cells compared to MCF-10A cells. This may result from upregulated enzymatic racemases. Possible roles of these D-amino acids in promoting breast cancer proliferation by regulating NMDA receptors were indicated. D-Asn may also be able to serve as exchange currency, like specific L-amino acids, for the required uptake of essential amino acids and other low abundance nonessential amino acids which were elevated nearly 60 fold in cancer cells. The relative levels of specific L- and D-amino acids can be used as malignancy indicators (MIs) for the breast cancer cell line in this study. High MIs (>50) result from the increased demands of specific essential amino acids. Very low MIs (<1) result from the increased demands of specific D-amino acids (i.e., D-Ser, D-Asp) or the cellular release of amino acid exchange currency (i.e., L- and D-Asn) used in the upregulated amino acid antiporters to promote cancer cell proliferation. (C) 2018 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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