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. 2023 Aug 4;14:4677. doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-39571-6

Fig. 7. SLC25A22-asparagine axis is sensed by SRC to activate the ETS2/CXCL1 signaling in KRAS-mutant CRC.

Fig. 7

a Phospho-Kinase Array (n = 1 experiment) revealed that asparagine addition (2 mM, 0.5 h, 4 h) in glutamine-low (0.1 M, 12 h) medium activated p-SRC and validation by Western blot (n = 3 independent biological replicates). b SLC25A22 knockout suppressed p-SRC in DLD1 and CT26 cells (n = 2). c Glutamine (1 mM, 12 h) promoted p-SRC in an SLC25A22-dependent manner. Asparagine (2 mM, 12 h) restored p-SRC in SLC25A22 knockout cells (n = 3 independent biological replicates). d Asparagine increased thermal stability (5 min incubation) of recombinant SRC (n = 3 independent biological replicates). e BIAcore analysis of the binding of asparagine to recombinant SRC (n = 2). f Asparagine-induced recombinant SRC phosphorylation and kinase activity (n = 4). Each dot represents an independent sample. g Overlapping of in silico prediction of CXCL1 transcription factors (TFs), SRC-downstream TFs, and SLC25A22 knockout RNA-seq data revealed ETS2 as a putative transcription factor for CXCL1. h SLC25A22 knockout suppressed ETS2 and p-ETS2 expression, and i ETS2 nuclear localization in DLD1 and CT26 cells (n = 2). j Glutamine (1 mM, 12 h) increased ETS2 protein in a SLC25A22-dependent manner. Asparagine (2 mM, 12 h) rescued ETS2 in SLC25A22 knockout cells (n = 2). k ASNS knockdown suppressed ETS2 expression (n = 2). l ETS2 knockdown reduced CXCL1 mRNA and secretion (n = 3). Each dot represents an independent sample. m ETS2 overexpression rescued CXCL1 mRNA and secretion in SLC25A22 knockout cells (n = 3). Each dot represents an independent sample. n In silico identification of ETS2 binding sites on CXCL1 promoter and validation by ChIP-PCR. o Luciferase reporter assay confirmed that ETS2 activated transcription of CXCL1 promoter (n = 3). p SRC inhibitor Bosutinib (24 h) suppressed ETS2, p-ETS2 expression, and CXCL1 secretion in DLD1-sgControl cells, without any effect in SLC25A22 knockout cells (n = 3). Each dot represents an independent sample. Data are shown as mean ± SD (f, l, m, o, p). Two-tailed one-way ANOVA (f, l, p). Two-tailed Student’s t test (m, o). Source data are provided as a Source Data file.