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Phases for positive mode should be supplemented with 0.1% (v/v) formic acid.&lt;/p></chromatography_protocol><publication>Aggressive breast cancers secrete heme metabolites to alter macrophage immune suppression and function.</publication><submitter_name>Michelle Williams</submitter_name><submitter_affiliation>University of Pittsburgh</submitter_affiliation><organism_part>conditioned medium</organism_part><organism_part>blood plasma</organism_part><organism_part>tumor</organism_part><organism_part>tumor interstitial fluid</organism_part><organism_part>solvent</organism_part><organism_part>pooled sample</organism_part><technology_type>mass spectrometry assay</technology_type><disease></disease><extraction_protocol>&lt;p>Extraction of metabolites was performed as follows: 40&amp;nbsp;μL of sample was aliquoted into 2mL deep well plates followed by an addition of 360&amp;nbsp;μL cold MeOH:MeCN:H2O (5:3:2, v:v:v) for metabolomics or pure methanol for lipidomics. Plates were then placed on a shaker at 4°C and plate shaker was set to 400 RPM for 30&amp;nbsp;minutes.&lt;/p>&lt;p>&lt;br>&lt;/p></extraction_protocol><organism>Mus musculus</organism><organism>not applicable</organism><organism>Homo sapiens</organism><full_dataset_link>https://www.ebi.ac.uk/metabolights/MTBLS14278</full_dataset_link><author>Michelle Williams. University of Pittsburgh. 5051 Center Ave Pittsburgh PA, 15213. mmw178@pitt.edu.</author><author>Thomas Hintelmann. University of Pittsburgh. 5051 Center Ave Pittsburgh PA, 15213. 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All human cell lines were authenticated by short tandem repeat analysis (Promega) at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus (CU AMC) Tissue Culture Core in 2019.&lt;/p>&lt;p>&lt;br>&lt;/p>&lt;p>Murine Experiment Samples: 200,000 66Cl-4 parental, shCnt, shHO.1, or shHO.2 cells were injected into the 4th inguinal mammary fatpads of 8-week old host female BALB/CJ or BALB/CJ RAG2 KO/IL2Rgc KO/SIRPa(NOD) mice. Tumor volume was monitored after tumors became palpable every other day using calipers ((volume = 1/2(width2 × height)). When applicable, animals were randomized and tumor volume matched using excel, and treatment was initiated when average tumor volume reached 80 mm3. 25 mg/kg SnMP (Cayman Chemical, 19071) or vehicle control (4.5% sodium phosphate in sterile saline) were delivered daily by oral gavage. 250 mg/mouse anti-PD-1 antibody (BioXCell, RMP1-14) or IgG control antibody (BioXCell, HRPN) were delivered by intraperitoneal injections every three days. Endpoint was either when tumor volume reached over 500 mm3 per group or 2 weeks treatment. At endpoint, tumors were either formalin fixed paraffin embedded (FFPE) for histological analysis. Tumors generated from knockdown cell lines were centrifuged to collect interstitial fluid using protocol from (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.stem.2023.11.001). TIF from SnMP treated tumors was extracted by mashing tumors onto a filter and collecting the liquid. Blood was collected using a cardiac puncture and placed into EDTA coated tubes (FisherScientific, NC9414041) that were centrifuged using protocol from (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.stem.2023.11.001) to collect plasma for mass spectrometry analysis of biliverdin and bilirubin by the CU AMC Mass Spectrometry Metabolomics Shared Resource.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p>&lt;p>&lt;br>&lt;/p></sample_collection_protocol><omics_type>Metabolomics</omics_type><study_design>conditioned medium</study_design><study_design>pooled quality control sample</study_design><study_design>Metabolomics</study_design><study_design>Mus musculus</study_design><study_design>not applicable</study_design><study_design>untargeted analysis</study_design><study_design>Thermo Scientific Orbitrap Exploris 120</study_design><study_design>tumor interstitial fluid</study_design><study_design>solvent blank</study_design><study_design>Homo sapiens</study_design><study_design>breast cancer</study_design><study_design>pooled sample</study_design><study_design>bilirubin IXalpha</study_design><study_design>experimental sample</study_design><study_design>Thermo Scientific Vanquish UHPLC System</study_design><study_design>blood plasma</study_design><study_design>metastasis</study_design><study_design>tumor</study_design><study_design>Immunotherapy</study_design><study_design>solvent</study_design><study_design>heme catabolic process</study_design><study_design>heme oxygenase 1</study_design><study_design>tumor metabolism</study_design><study_design>Macrophage</study_design><curator_keywords>conditioned medium</curator_keywords><curator_keywords>pooled quality control sample</curator_keywords><curator_keywords>Metabolomics</curator_keywords><curator_keywords>Mus musculus</curator_keywords><curator_keywords>not applicable</curator_keywords><curator_keywords>untargeted analysis</curator_keywords><curator_keywords>Thermo Scientific Orbitrap Exploris 120</curator_keywords><curator_keywords>solvent blank</curator_keywords><curator_keywords>tumor interstitial fluid</curator_keywords><curator_keywords>Homo sapiens</curator_keywords><curator_keywords>breast cancer</curator_keywords><curator_keywords>pooled sample</curator_keywords><curator_keywords>bilirubin IXalpha</curator_keywords><curator_keywords>experimental sample</curator_keywords><curator_keywords>Thermo Scientific Vanquish UHPLC System</curator_keywords><curator_keywords>blood plasma</curator_keywords><curator_keywords>metastasis</curator_keywords><curator_keywords>tumor</curator_keywords><curator_keywords>Immunotherapy</curator_keywords><curator_keywords>solvent</curator_keywords><curator_keywords>heme catabolic process</curator_keywords><curator_keywords>tumor metabolism</curator_keywords><curator_keywords>heme oxygenase 1</curator_keywords><curator_keywords>Macrophage</curator_keywords><mass_spectrometry_protocol>&lt;p>Add mass spectrometry settings to the gradient UHPLC-MS method: resolution 70,000, scan range 65–900&amp;nbsp;m/z, maximum injection time 200&amp;nbsp;ms, microscans 2, automatic gain control (AGC) 3&amp;nbsp;×&amp;nbsp;106&amp;nbsp;ions, source voltage 4.0&amp;nbsp;kV, capillary temperature 320&amp;nbsp;°C, and sheath gas 45, auxiliary gas 15, and sweep gas 0 (all nitrogen). Optimal ESI or HESI gas and voltage parameters may be determined by observing signal intensity as settings are changed.&lt;/p>&lt;p>&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p></mass_spectrometry_protocol><metabolite_name>biliverdin</metabolite_name><metabolite_name>Bilirubin</metabolite_name></additional><is_claimable>false</is_claimable><name>Aggressive breast cancers secrete heme metabolites to alter macrophage immune suppression and function</name><description>The heme catabolism pathway is often elevated in aggressive cancers; however, the impact of this pathway and some of its byproducts on the tumor microenvironment remain largely unknown. In human breast cancers, tumor expression of the heme catabolizing enzyme heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1/HMOX1) is positively associated with macrophage abundance. In mouse mammary tumors, knockdown of Hmox1 significantly decreased tumor growth and lung metastasis. Analysis of mammary tumor interstitial fluid compared to matching plasma revealed that the heme metabolite bilirubin was elevated intratumorally, which could be partially reversed via Hmox1 knockdown. Further investigation revealed that bilirubin nearly ablates macrophage engulfment of dead tumor cells and significantly increases macrophage T cell suppression. Mammary tumors harboring Hmox1 knockdown had a significant decrease in tumor growth rate and number of pro-metastatic CD206+ macrophages upon treatment with αPD-1. Depletion of intratumoral bilirubin levels impacts pro-tumor macrophage populations, particularly in combination with immunotherapy, demonstrating that heme catabolism and bilirubin act as immunomodulators in cancer.</description><dates><publication>2026-04-24</publication><submission>2026-04-14</submission></dates><accession>MTBLS14278</accession><cross_references><MetaboLights>MTBLC16990</MetaboLights><MetaboLights>MTBLC17033</MetaboLights><ChEBI>CHEBI:16990</ChEBI><ChEBI>CHEBI:17033</ChEBI></cross_references></HashMap>