Abstract
Purpose
Breast cancer is a heterogeneous disease with several subtypes that currently do not have targeted therapeutic options. Metabolomics has the potential to uncover novel targeted treatment strategies by identifying metabolic pathways required for cancer cells to survive and proliferate.
Methods
The metabolic profiles of two histologically distinct breast cancer subtypes from a MMTV-Myc mouse model, epithelial-mesenchymal-transition (EMT) and papillary, were investigated using mass spectrometry-based metabolomics methods. Based on metabolic profiles, drugs most likely to be effective against each subtype were selected and tested.
Results
We found that the EMT and papillary subtypes display different metabolic preferences. Compared to the papillary subtype, the EMT subtype exhibited increased glutathione and TCA cycle metabolism, while the papillary subtype exhibited increased nucleotide biosynthesis compared to the EMT subtype. Targeting these distinct metabolic pathways effectively inhibited cancer cell proliferation in a subtype-specific manner.
Conclusions
Our results demonstrate the feasibility of metabolic profiling to develop novel personalized therapy strategies for different subtypes of breast cancer.
Graphical abstract
Schematic overview of the experimental design for drug selection based on breast cancer subtype-specific metabolism. The epithelial mesenchymal transition (EMT) and papillary tumors are histologically distinct mouse mammary tumor subtypes from the MMTV-Myc mouse model. Cell lines derived from tumors can be used to determine metabolic pathways that can be used to select drug candidates for each subtype.
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The authors thank Deanna Broadwater, Elliot Ensink, Hyllana Medeiros, and Lei Yu for helpful discussions and critical reading of this manuscript. The authors thank Eran Andrechek for providing primary MMTV-Myc EMT and MMTV-Myc papillary tumors. The authors also thank the MSU Mass Spectrometry and Metabolomics Core and the MSU Investigative HistoPathology Laboratory.
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This work was supported by the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, through the Breast Cancer Research Program, under Award No. W81XWH-15-1-0453 to SYL. This work was also supported by the Spectrum Health MD/PhD Fellowship and the Aitch Foundation Graduate Fellowship to MPO.
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MPO performed metabolic profiling, isotope labeling studies, cell culture, drug response studies, experimental design and data analysis. STT performed gene expression studies and assisted with interpretation of results. SYL conceived, designed, and supervised the study. All authors contributed to writing the manuscript and have critically read, edited, and approved the manuscript.
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Ogrodzinski, M.P., Teoh, S.T. & Lunt, S.Y. Metabolomic profiling of mouse mammary tumor-derived cell lines reveals targeted therapy options for cancer subtypes. Cell Oncol. 43, 1117–1127 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13402-020-00545-1
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