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Establishing Pteridine Metabolism in a Progressive Isogenic Breast Cancer Cell Model – Part II
Metabolomics
  • Lindsey Rasmussen
  • Zachary Foulks
  • Jiandong Wu, Missouri University of Science and Technology
  • Casey Burton
  • Honglan Shi, Missouri University of Science and Technology
Abstract

Introduction: Determining the biological significance of pteridines in cancer development and progression remains an important step in understanding the altered levels of urinary pteridines seen in certain cancers. Our companion study revealed that several folate-derived pteridines and lumazines correlated with tumorigenicity in an isogenic, progressive breast cancer cell model, providing direct evidence for the tumorigenic origin of pteridines. Objectives: This study sought to elucidate the pteridine biosynthetic pathway in a progressive breast cancer model via direct pteridine dosing to determine how pteridine metabolism changes with tumorigenicity. Methods: First, MCF10AT breast cancer cells were dosed individually with 15 pteridines to determine which pteridines were being metabolized and what metabolic products were being produced. Second, pteridines that were significantly metabolized were dosed individually across the progressive breast cancer cell model (MCF10A, MCF10AT, and MCF10ACA1a) to determine the relationship between each metabolic reaction and breast cancer tumorigenicity. Results: Several pteridines were found to have altered metabolism in breast cancer cell lines, including pterin, isoxanthopterin, xanthopterin, sepiapterin, 6-biopterin, lumazine, and 7-hydroxylumazine (p < 0.05). In particular, isoxanthopterin and 6-biopterin concentrations were differentially expressed (p < 0.05) with respect to tumorigenicity following dosing with pterin and sepiapterin, respectively. Finally, the pteridine biosynthetic pathway in breast cancer cells was proposed based on these findings. Conclusions: This study, along with its companion study, demonstrates that pteridine metabolism becomes disrupted in breast cancer tumor cells. This work highlights several key metabolic reactions within the pteridine biosynthetic pathway that may be targeted for further investigation and clinical applications.

Department(s)
Chemistry
Second Department
Chemical and Biochemical Engineering
Comments

National Institutes of Health, Grant R03CA219337

Keywords and Phrases
  • Biomarker,
  • Breast cancer,
  • HPLC-MS/MS,
  • MCF10A cell line,
  • Pteridine,
  • Pteridine metabolism
Document Type
Article - Journal
Document Version
Final Version
File Type
text
Language(s)
English
Rights
© 2023 Springer, All rights reserved.
Publication Date
5-1-2022
Publication Date
01 May 2022
PubMed ID
35482254
Citation Information
Lindsey Rasmussen, Zachary Foulks, Jiandong Wu, Casey Burton, et al.. "Establishing Pteridine Metabolism in a Progressive Isogenic Breast Cancer Cell Model – Part II" Metabolomics Vol. 18 Iss. 5 (2022) ISSN: 1573-3890; 1573-3882
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/honglan-shi/107/