Citation

  • Authors: He D. et al.
  • Year: 2022
  • Journal: Mol Cell 82 3045-3060
  • Applications: in vitro / DNA / jetOPTIMUS
  • Cell types:
    1. Name: HEK-293T
      Description: Human embryonic kidney Fibroblast
      Known as: HEK293T, 293T
    2. Name: KPC primary pancreatic cancer cells

Method

Briefly, cells were transiently transfected with roGFP2 using jetOPTIMUS (Polyplus Cat# 101000025). Redox status was evaluated using the Attune flow cytometer, with 405, 488 and 531 nm lasers (BD Biosciences, San Jose, CA) and the flow cytometry data was analyzed using the FlowJo software (BD Biosciences).

Abstract

Cancer mortality is primarily a consequence of its metastatic spread. Here, we report that methionine sulfoxide reductase A (MSRA), which can reduce oxidized methionine residues, acts as a suppressor of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDA) metastasis. MSRA expression is decreased in the metastatic tumors of PDA patients, whereas MSRA loss in primary PDA cells promotes migration and invasion. Chemoproteomic profiling of pancreatic organoids revealed that MSRA loss results in the selective oxidation of a methionine residue (M239) in pyruvate kinase M2 (PKM2). Moreover, M239 oxidation sustains PKM2 in an active tetrameric state to promote respiration, migration, and metastasis, whereas pharmacological activation of PKM2 increases cell migration and metastasis in vivo. These results demonstrate that methionine residues can act as reversible redox switches governing distinct signaling outcomes and that the MSRA-PKM2 axis serves as a regulatory nexus between redox biology and cancer metabolism to control tumor metastasis.

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