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Table 5 Glycolysis, pentose phosphate pathway, serine synthesis, and folate cycle fluxes

From: Breast cancer cells that preferentially metastasize to lung or bone are more glycolytic, synthesize serine at greater rates, and consume less ATP and NADPH than parent MDA-MB-231 cells

 

Flux

T47D

MDA231

BoM

LM

 

J0: Glc to HxP

7.78±0.26 a

23.1±1.0 b

16.6±0.5 c

20.5±0.1 d

Glycolysis

J2a: HxP to TrP

5.78±0.20 a

17.8±1.1 b

15.1±0.2 c

17.4±0.4 b,c

J2b: TrP to 3PG

11.1±0.4 a

35.4±2.2 b

29.8±0.4 c

33.5±0.9 b,c

J2c: 3PG to Pyr

10.6±0.5 a

35.4±2.2 b

28.8±0.4 c

31.3±1.1 b,c

J4: Pyr to Lac

9.84±0.43 a

31.7±2.0 b

28.6±0.5 b

31.8±1.1 b

 

J6a: NADH to Mitos

1.82±0.12 a

3.70±0.17 b

1.98±0.38 a

0±0 c

 

J6b: NADH to Other

0±0 a

0±0 a

0.19±0.19 a

3.86±0.45 b

Ox and NonOx PPP

J1: HxP to R5P

1.12±0.15 a

4.76±0.55 b

0.81±0.22 a

0.33±0.06 a

J3f: R5P to HxP/TrP

2.38±0.32 a

0.53±0.06 b

0.47±0.13 b

1.78±0.17 a

J3r: HxP/TrP to R5P *

3.71±0.50 a

1.35±0.16 b

1.54±0.42 b

5.85±0.56 c

Net J3: HxP/TrP to R5P *

1.33±0.18 a

0.81±0.09 a

1.07±0.29 a

4.07±0.39 b

 

J9: R5P to NTs

2.45±0.33 a,c

5.57±0.65 b

1.89±0.51 a

4.40±0.43 b,c

Serine synthesis and folate cycle

J19: 3PG to Ser

0.54±0.07 a,b

0±0 a

1.00±0.27 b

2.15±0.21 c

J20: Endog Ser to FC

1.27±0.17 a

4.55±0.52 b

0.45±0.12 a

1.21±0.12 a

J21: Ser to Gly

1.96±0.27 a,c

4.46±0.52 b

1.51±0.41 a

3.52±0.35 b,c

J22: Ser exported

0.06±0.00 a

0.09±0.00 b

0.04±0.00 c

0.03±0.00 d

J23: Gly consumers

13.9±1.9

nd

7.52±0.2.05

9.43±0.93

J24: Endog Gly to FC

12.1±1.6 a

nd

6.11±1.66 b

6.10±0.60 b

J25: Gly to Ser

0.20±0.03 a

nd

0.10±0.03 b

0.19±0.02 a,b

 

J8: NADPH consumers

4.37±0.56 a

14.4±1.6 b

3.41±0.79 a

5.27±0.34 a

  1. Data from Tables 1, 2, and 4 and Figs. 4, 7, 9, and 12 were used to calculate fluxes as detailed in Supplemental Information. Flux designations are as indicated in Figs. 1 and 2. Fluxes are in units of nmol substrate consumed per min per mg cell protein, except for those designated with * which are in units of nmol product (R5P) produced per min per mg cell protein. Data are mean ± SEM of four experiments. One-way ANOVA with Tukey’s post hoc test was used to determine significant differences. Within a row, means sharing common superscripts, or having no superscripts, do not significantly differ. Abbreviation: nd: not determined