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Proteomics reveals NNMT as a master metabolic regulator of cancer-associated fibroblasts

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  • Mark A. Eckert

    (University of Chicago)

  • Fabian Coscia

    (Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry
    University of Copenhagen)

  • Agnieszka Chryplewicz

    (University of Chicago)

  • Jae Won Chang

    (University of Chicago)

  • Kyle M. Hernandez

    (University of Chicago)

  • Shawn Pan

    (University of Chicago)

  • Samantha M. Tienda

    (University of Chicago)

  • Dominik A. Nahotko

    (University of Chicago)

  • Gang Li

    (University of Chicago)

  • Ivana Blaženović

    (University of California Davis Genome Center)

  • Ricardo R. Lastra

    (University of Chicago)

  • Marion Curtis

    (University of Chicago)

  • S. Diane Yamada

    (University of Chicago)

  • Ruth Perets

    (Clinical Research Institute at Rambam, Rambam Health Care Campus)

  • Stephanie M. McGregor

    (University of Chicago)

  • Jorge Andrade

    (University of Chicago)

  • Oliver Fiehn

    (University of California Davis Genome Center)

  • Raymond E. Moellering

    (University of Chicago)

  • Matthias Mann

    (Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry
    University of Copenhagen)

  • Ernst Lengyel

    (University of Chicago)

Abstract

High-grade serous carcinoma has a poor prognosis, owing primarily to its early dissemination throughout the abdominal cavity. Genomic and proteomic approaches have provided snapshots of the proteogenomics of ovarian cancer1,2, but a systematic examination of both the tumour and stromal compartments is critical in understanding ovarian cancer metastasis. Here we develop a label-free proteomic workflow to analyse as few as 5,000 formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded cells microdissected from each compartment. The tumour proteome was stable during progression from in situ lesions to metastatic disease; however, the metastasis-associated stroma was characterized by a highly conserved proteomic signature, prominently including the methyltransferase nicotinamide N-methyltransferase (NNMT) and several of the proteins that it regulates. Stromal NNMT expression was necessary and sufficient for functional aspects of the cancer-associated fibroblast (CAF) phenotype, including the expression of CAF markers and the secretion of cytokines and oncogenic extracellular matrix. Stromal NNMT expression supported ovarian cancer migration, proliferation and in vivo growth and metastasis. Expression of NNMT in CAFs led to depletion of S-adenosyl methionine and reduction in histone methylation associated with widespread gene expression changes in the tumour stroma. This work supports the use of ultra-low-input proteomics to identify candidate drivers of disease phenotypes. NNMT is a central, metabolic regulator of CAF differentiation and cancer progression in the stroma that may be therapeutically targeted.

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  • Mark A. Eckert & Fabian Coscia & Agnieszka Chryplewicz & Jae Won Chang & Kyle M. Hernandez & Shawn Pan & Samantha M. Tienda & Dominik A. Nahotko & Gang Li & Ivana Blaženović & Ricardo R. Lastra & Mari, 2019. "Proteomics reveals NNMT as a master metabolic regulator of cancer-associated fibroblasts," Nature, Nature, vol. 569(7758), pages 723-728, May.
  • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:569:y:2019:i:7758:d:10.1038_s41586-019-1173-8
    DOI: 10.1038/s41586-019-1173-8
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