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Asparagine bioavailability governs metastasis in a model of breast cancer

ABSTRACT: Using a functional model of breast cancer heterogeneity, we previously showed that clonal sub-populations proficient at generating circulating tumour cells were not all equally capable of forming metastases at secondary sites1. A combination of differential expression and focused in vitro and in vivo RNAi screens revealed candidate drivers of metastasis that discriminated metastatic clones. Among these, Asparagine Synthetase (ASNS) expression in a patient’s primary tumour was most strongly correlated with later metastatic relapse. Here, we have shown that asparagine bioavailability strongly influences metastatic potential. Limiting asparagine by Asns knockdown, treatment with L-asparaginase, or dietary asparagine restriction reduced metastasis without impacting growth of the primary tumour, whereas increased dietary asparagine or enforced Asns expression promoted metastatic progression. Altering asparagine availability in vitro strongly influenced invasive potential, and this was correlated with an impact on proteins that promote the epithelial to mesenchymal transition. This provides at least one potential mechanism for how the bioavailability of a single amino acid could regulate metastatic progression.

INSTRUMENT(S): Q Exactive

ORGANISM(S): Mus Musculus (mouse)

DISEASE(S): Breast Cancer

SUBMITTER: Evangelia Papachristou

LAB HEAD: SImon Knott

PROVIDER: PXD008805 | Pride | 2018-02-07

REPOSITORIES: Pride

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