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NATURE METABOLISM
卷 2, 期 8, 页码 775-+出版社
NATURE RESEARCH
DOI: 10.1038/s42255-020-0226-5
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资金
- NCI [R01CA227622, R01CA222251, R01CA204969, K08 CA234222, R21CA231252, R01CA232256, CA06927, R01CA208335]
- Rogel Cancer Center grant
- University of Michigan Precision Health Scholars Awards
- University of Michigan College of Engineering
- NSF [DMR-0320740]
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 alpha-ketoacid (BCKA) in PDAC cells in stroma-rich tumours. We report that cancer-induced stromal reprogramming fuels this BCKA demand. The TGF-beta-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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