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Table 6 Glutamine, TCA cycle, malic enzyme, and GSH/fatty acid synthesis 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

Gln and Glu metabolism

J10a: Gln to Glu

0.94±0.06 a

2.04±0.06 b

1.02±0.03 a

1.60±0.08 c

J10b: Gln to Other

0.29±0.06 a

1.78±0.14 b

0.64±0.07 a

1.84±0.30 b

J11a: αKG from GDH

0.77±0.05 a

1.65±0.04 b

0.87±0.03 a

0.17±0.10 c

J11b: αKG from J19

0±0 a

0±0 a

0±0 a

1.43±0.06 b

J18: Glu to GSH

0.17±0.02 a

0.39±0.02 b

0.15±0.01 a

0±0 c

TCA cycle, ME, and FA synthesis

J5: Pyr to Cit

1.11±0.04 a

4.15±0.13 b

0.53±0.07 c

0.85±0.05 a

J17: OAA to Cit

1.11±0.04 a

4.15±0.13 b

0.53±0.07 c

0.85±0.05 a

J12f: Cit to αKG

0.88±0.04 a

1.67±0.05 b

0.18±0.08 c

0.08±0.04 c

J12r: αKG to Cit

0.39±0.04 a,c

1.21±0.06 b

0.50±0.02 a

0.32±0.03 c

J13: Cit to FA

0.62±0.04 a

3.68±0.15 b

0.85±0.03 a,c

1.09±0.02 c

J14: αKG to Suc

1.26±0.05 a

2.12±0.05 b

0.55±0.11 c

1.36±0.13 a

J15: Suc to Mal

1.26±0.05 a

2.12±0.05 b

0.55±0.11 c

1.36±0.13 a

J16: Mal to OAA

0.88±0.04 a

1.67±0.05 b

0.18±0.08 c

0.08±0.04 c

J7: Mal to Pyr

0.38±0.02 a

0.45±0.04 a

0.37±0.04 a

1.29±0.09 b

 

ATP consumers

21.7±1.0 a

65.7±3.1 b

36.1±0.9 c

34.2±2.3 c

  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. 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