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Hepcidin sequesters iron to sustain nucleotide metabolism and mitochondrial function in colorectal cancer epithelial cells

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dc.creator Schwartz, Andrew J.
dc.creator Goyert, Joshua W.
dc.creator Solanki, Sumeet
dc.creator Kerk, Samuel A.
dc.creator Chen, Brandon
dc.creator Castillo, Cristina
dc.creator Hsu, Peggy P.
dc.creator Do, Brian T.
dc.creator Singhal, Rashi
dc.creator Dame, Michael K.
dc.creator Lee, Ho-Joon
dc.creator Spence, Jason R.
dc.creator Lakhal-Littleton, Samira
dc.creator Vander Heiden, Matthew G.
dc.creator Lyssiotis, Costas A.
dc.creator Xue, Xiang
dc.creator Shah, Yatrik M.
dc.date 2022-02-09T16:20:09Z
dc.date 2022-01-04T19:35:24Z
dc.date 2022-02-09T16:20:09Z
dc.date 2021-06
dc.date 2020-06
dc.date 2022-01-04T19:25:01Z
dc.date.accessioned 2023-03-01T18:09:25Z
dc.date.available 2023-03-01T18:09:25Z
dc.identifier 2522-5812
dc.identifier https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/138808.2
dc.identifier Schwartz, Andrew J, Goyert, Joshua W, Solanki, Sumeet, Kerk, Samuel A, Chen, Brandon et al. 2021. "Hepcidin sequesters iron to sustain nucleotide metabolism and mitochondrial function in colorectal cancer epithelial cells." Nature Metabolism, 3 (7).
dc.identifier.uri http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/278963
dc.description Colorectal cancer (CRC) requires massive iron stores, but the complete mechanisms by which CRC modulates local iron handling are poorly understood. Here, we demonstrate that hepcidin is activated ectopically in CRC. Mice deficient in hepcidin specifically in the colon tumour epithelium, compared with wild-type littermates, exhibit significantly diminished tumour number, burden and size in a sporadic model of CRC, whereas accumulation of intracellular iron by deletion of the iron exporter ferroportin exacerbates these tumour parameters. Metabolomic analysis of three-dimensional patient-derived CRC tumour enteroids indicates a prioritization of iron in CRC for the production of nucleotides, which is recapitulated in our hepcidin/ferroportin mouse CRC models. Mechanistically, our data suggest that iron chelation decreases mitochondrial function, thereby altering nucleotide synthesis, whereas exogenous supplementation of nucleosides or aspartate partially rescues tumour growth in patient-derived enteroids and CRC cell lines in the presence of an iron chelator. Collectively, these data suggest that ectopic hepcidin in the tumour epithelium establishes an axis to sequester iron in order to maintain the nucleotide pool and sustain proliferation in colorectal tumours.
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dc.language en
dc.publisher Springer Science and Business Media LLC
dc.relation http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s42255-021-00406-7
dc.relation Nature Metabolism
dc.rights Article is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use.
dc.source PMC
dc.title Hepcidin sequesters iron to sustain nucleotide metabolism and mitochondrial function in colorectal cancer epithelial cells
dc.type Article
dc.type http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle


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