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Shift from stochastic to spatially-ordered expression of serine-glycine synthesis enzymes in 3D microtumors.


ABSTRACT: Cell-to-cell differences in protein expression in normal tissues and tumors are a common phenomenon, but the underlying principles that govern this heterogeneity are largely unknown. Here, we show that in monolayer cancer cell-line cultures, the expression of the five metabolic enzymes of serine-glycine synthesis (SGS), including its rate-limiting enzyme, phosphoglycerate dehydrogenase (PHGDH), displays stochastic cell-to-cell variation. By contrast, in cancer cell line-derived three-dimensional (3D) microtumors PHGDH expression is restricted to the outermost part of the microtumors' outer proliferative cell layer, while the four other SGS enzymes display near uniform expression throughout the microtumor. A mathematical model suggests that metabolic stress in the microtumor core activates factors that restrict PHGDH expression. Thus, intracellular enzyme expression in growing cell ecosystems can shift to spatially ordered patterns in 3D structured environments due to emergent cell-cell communication, with potential implications for the design of effective anti-metabolic cancer therapies.

SUBMITTER: Singh M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6010463 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Shift from stochastic to spatially-ordered expression of serine-glycine synthesis enzymes in 3D microtumors.

Singh Manjulata M   Warita Katsuhiko K   Warita Tomoko T   Faeder James R JR   Lee Robin E C REC   Sant Shilpa S   Oltvai Zoltán N ZN  

Scientific reports 20180620 1


Cell-to-cell differences in protein expression in normal tissues and tumors are a common phenomenon, but the underlying principles that govern this heterogeneity are largely unknown. Here, we show that in monolayer cancer cell-line cultures, the expression of the five metabolic enzymes of serine-glycine synthesis (SGS), including its rate-limiting enzyme, phosphoglycerate dehydrogenase (PHGDH), displays stochastic cell-to-cell variation. By contrast, in cancer cell line-derived three-dimensional  ...[more]

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