GOT1 Inhibition Induces Extracellular Matrix Remodeling in Pancreatic Cancer

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Beitragende

  • Rodrigo Curvello - , Monash University (Autor:in)
  • Sandra Hauser - , Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR) (Autor:in)
  • Michael Seifert - , Institut für Medizinische Informatik und Biometrie (Autor:in)
  • Christopher K Barlow - , Monash University (Autor:in)
  • Joel R Steele - , Monash University (Autor:in)
  • Emma Salisbury - , Monash University (Autor:in)
  • Daniel Croagh - , Monash University (Autor:in)
  • Kathryn S Stok - , University of Melbourne (Autor:in)
  • Anna V Taubenberger - , Onkomechanik (FoG) (Autor:in)
  • Ralf B Schittenhelm - , Monash University (Autor:in)
  • Daniela Loessner - , Monash University (Autor:in)

Abstract

Pancreatic cancer cells rely on glutamine to sustain their survival in the stiff and poorly vascularized tumor microenvironment (TME). Inhibiting glutamic-oxaloacetic transaminase 1 (GOT1) is a strategy to target glutamine metabolism and impair cancer cell functions. However, it remains unclear how cellular and extracellular elements of the TME respond to GOT1 inhibition. We engineered a pancreatic TME model 'on a dish' and recreated the metabolic interactions. Stromal cells remodeled the extracellular matrix and upregulated metabolic programs, including glutamine metabolism, oxidative phosphorylation, and central carbon metabolism. Cell responses to GOT1 inhibition were modulated by TME elements, with reductions in cell viability and proliferation occurring only under tissue-like conditions. GOT1 inhibition altered matrix organization by upregulating different matrix-related proteins, while it did not enhance cell responses to cytotoxic drugs. Our findings uncover the metabolic crosstalk within the TME and show that metabolism-targeting treatments directly impact stromal elements of pancreatic cancer.

Details

OriginalspracheEnglisch
Aufsatznummere16578
FachzeitschriftAdvanced Science
Jahrgang13
Ausgabenummer13
Frühes Online-Datum12 Jan. 2026
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 3 März 2026
Peer-Review-StatusJa

Externe IDs

ORCID /0000-0002-2844-053X/work/203072314
unpaywall 10.1002/advs.202516578
Scopus 105031652932

Schlagworte

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Schlagwörter

  • Aspartate Aminotransferase, Cytoplasmic/antagonists & inhibitors, Cell Line, Tumor, Cell Proliferation, Extracellular Matrix/metabolism, Humans, Pancreatic Neoplasms/metabolism, Tumor Microenvironment/drug effects, pancreatic cancer, tissue engineering, stromal cells, metabolism, extracellular matrix