Abstract
The effect of low and high molecular weight hyaluronic acid on glutamine metabolism in luminal and basal breast cancer and cancer stem cells is being investigated. In luminal cell lines (MCF-7), HA enhances the intracellular utilization of gln in redox metabolism and decreases its use in TCA. On the contrary, in MDAMB-231 cells, HA induces the uptake of gln to be utilized in anaplerosis rather than ROS maintenance. However, in MCF-7 CSCs, HA induces up-regulation of xCT, further, it uses gln-derived glutamate for the exchange of cystine, thus maintaining ROS levels through xCT. MDA-MB-231 CSCs reduce the secretion of glutamate in response to HA and decrease the gln flux towards reductive carboxylation. Conclusively, our study demonstrated that although the uptake of gln is enhanced by HA, it is differentially utilized intracellularly in breast cancer cells. This study could significantly influence the therapeutics involving HA and Gln in breast cancer.
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