#METABOLOMICS WORKBENCH kwessendorf_20251205_151122 DATATRACK_ID:6845 STUDY_ID:ST004450 ANALYSIS_ID:AN007453 PROJECT_ID:PR002810 VERSION 1 CREATED_ON December 16, 2025, 9:36 pm #PROJECT PR:PROJECT_TITLE Modeling Lipid Homeostasis Using Stable Isotope Tracing and Flux Analysis PR:PROJECT_SUMMARY Lipids represent the most diverse pool of metabolites found in cells, PR:PROJECT_SUMMARY facilitating compartmentation, signaling, and other functions. Dysregulation of PR:PROJECT_SUMMARY lipid metabolism is linked to disease states ranging from cancer to PR:PROJECT_SUMMARY neurodegeneration. However, limited tools are available for quantifying PR:PROJECT_SUMMARY metabolic fluxes across the lipidome. To directly measure reaction fluxes PR:PROJECT_SUMMARY encompassing membrane lipid homeostasis, we apply stable isotope tracing, liquid PR:PROJECT_SUMMARY chromatography-high-resolution mass spectrometry, and network-based mass PR:PROJECT_SUMMARY isotopomer modeling to non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) models. Lipid PR:PROJECT_SUMMARY metabolic flux analysis (MFA) enables the concurrent quantitation of fatty acid PR:PROJECT_SUMMARY synthesis, elongation, headgroup assembly, and salvage reactions within PR:PROJECT_SUMMARY virtually any biological system. Lipid-MFA highlights distinct changes in fatty PR:PROJECT_SUMMARY acid synthase and very long-chain fatty acid (VLCFA) elongation fluxes in PR:PROJECT_SUMMARY typical culture conditions. Using this approach, we resolve differences in PR:PROJECT_SUMMARY sphingolipid recycling in p53-deficient versus liver kinase B1 (LKB1)-deficient PR:PROJECT_SUMMARY NSCLC tumors using precision-cut lung slice culture. Finally, Lipid-MFA PR:PROJECT_SUMMARY demonstrates the unique trafficking of long-chain versus very long-chain PR:PROJECT_SUMMARY ceramide fluxes as well as the isozyme specificity of a classical ceramide PR:PROJECT_SUMMARY synthase inhibitor. These results illustrate the ability of Lipid-MFA to PR:PROJECT_SUMMARY quantify lipid homeostasis and elucidate molecular mechanisms in membrane lipid PR:PROJECT_SUMMARY metabolism. PR:INSTITUTE Salk Insititute for Biological Studies PR:LAST_NAME Wessendorf-Rodriguez PR:FIRST_NAME Karl PR:ADDRESS 10010N Torrey Pines Rd, La Jolla, California, 92037, USA PR:EMAIL kwessendorf@salk.edu PR:PHONE 7874490440 #STUDY ST:STUDY_TITLE Determine the impact of an SMPD1 inhibitor on lipid homeostasis ST:STUDY_SUMMARY An H1299 cell line was cultured in 10% FBS for 24 hours in high glucose DMEM ST:STUDY_SUMMARY media containing either either 1µM ARC39, an acid sphingomyelinase inhibitor, ST:STUDY_SUMMARY or vehicle (0.1% DMSO). At the end of the 24 hours of treatment, wells were ST:STUDY_SUMMARY washed twice with 0.9% w/V saline, then scraped into 100% methanol. Internal ST:STUDY_SUMMARY standards were added and samples were split for polar or neutral lipid analysis ST:STUDY_SUMMARY by liquid chromatography coupled to high-resolution mass spectrometry. MS data ST:STUDY_SUMMARY was analyzed using EL-Maven v0.12.1 with a mass error of 5ppm and maximum ST:STUDY_SUMMARY retention time shift between parent ions and isotopomer ions of 5 seconds. An ST:STUDY_SUMMARY in-house matlab script was used for natural abundance correction. ST:INSTITUTE Salk Institute for Biological Studies ST:LAST_NAME Wessendorf Rodriguez ST:FIRST_NAME Karl ST:ADDRESS 10010N Torrey Pines Rd, La Jolla, California, 92037, USA ST:EMAIL kwessendorf@salk.edu ST:PHONE 7874490440 #SUBJECT SU:SUBJECT_TYPE Cultured cells SU:SUBJECT_SPECIES Homo sapiens SU:TAXONOMY_ID 9606 SU:CELL_STRAIN_DETAILS H1299 WT #SUBJECT_SAMPLE_FACTORS: SUBJECT(optional)[tab]SAMPLE[tab]FACTORS(NAME:VALUE pairs separated by |)[tab]Raw file names and additional sample data SUBJECT_SAMPLE_FACTORS H1299_Veh_1 H1299_Veh_1 Sample source:H1299 cell line | Genotype:Wild Type | Treatment:0.1% v/V DMSO (Vehicle) | Injection order:B3 RAW_FILE_NAME(Raw_File_Name)=H1299_Veh_1.mzXML SUBJECT_SAMPLE_FACTORS H1299_Veh_2 H1299_Veh_2 Sample source:H1299 cell line | Genotype:Wild Type | Treatment:0.1% v/V DMSO (Vehicle) | Injection order:B3 RAW_FILE_NAME(Raw_File_Name)=H1299_Veh_2.mzXML SUBJECT_SAMPLE_FACTORS H1299_Veh_3 H1299_Veh_3 Sample source:H1299 cell line | Genotype:Wild Type | Treatment:0.1% v/V DMSO (Vehicle) | Injection order:B3 RAW_FILE_NAME(Raw_File_Name)=H1299_Veh_3.mzXML SUBJECT_SAMPLE_FACTORS H1299_SMPD1i_1 H1299_SMPD1i_1 Sample source:H1299 cell line | Genotype:Wild Type | Treatment:1µM ARC39 (SMPD1 inhibitor) | Injection order:B3 RAW_FILE_NAME(Raw_File_Name)=H1299_SMPD1i_1.mzXML SUBJECT_SAMPLE_FACTORS H1299_SMPD1i_2 H1299_SMPD1i_2 Sample source:H1299 cell line | Genotype:Wild Type | Treatment:1µM ARC39 (SMPD1 inhibitor) | Injection order:B3 RAW_FILE_NAME(Raw_File_Name)=H1299_SMPD1i_2.mzXML SUBJECT_SAMPLE_FACTORS H1299_SMPD1i_3 H1299_SMPD1i_3 Sample source:H1299 cell line | Genotype:Wild Type | Treatment:1µM ARC39 (SMPD1 inhibitor) | Injection order:B3 RAW_FILE_NAME(Raw_File_Name)=H1299_SMPD1i_3.mzXML #COLLECTION CO:COLLECTION_SUMMARY At the conclusion of the tracing experiment, media was aspirated. Then, cells CO:COLLECTION_SUMMARY were rinsed twice with 0.9% saline solution, then scraped and lysed into 500 μL CO:COLLECTION_SUMMARY of ice-cold methanol. 10 nanomoles of norvaline was added to each sample along CO:COLLECTION_SUMMARY with a mixture of Equisplash (Avanti Polar Lipids, Cat# 330731), and SPB 18:0;O2 CO:COLLECTION_SUMMARY [D7] (Avanti Polar Lipids, Cat# 860658), SPB 18:1;O2 [D7] (Avanti Polar Lipids, CO:COLLECTION_SUMMARY Cat# 860657), glucosylceramide 18:1;O2[D7]-15:0 (Avanti Polar Lipids, Cat# CO:COLLECTION_SUMMARY 330729), lactosylceramide 18:1;O2[D7] (Avanti Polar Lipids, Cat# 330727), and CO:COLLECTION_SUMMARY GM3-d3 18:1;O2/18:0 [D3] (Cayman Chemicals, item No. 39226). Ten percent of the CO:COLLECTION_SUMMARY lysate was transferred to 96 well plate, dried and redissolved in 20 μL of CO:COLLECTION_SUMMARY M-PER buffer (Thermo Fisher Scientific Cat. No. 78501) for protein estimation CO:COLLECTION_SUMMARY with BCA assay. The 100% methanol used for polar lipid analysis on C18 was CO:COLLECTION_SUMMARY centrifuged at 21,000 g for 15 min at 4°C. 300 μL of methanol were collected CO:COLLECTION_SUMMARY and evaporated under nitrogen and stored at -80°C until resuspended for CO:COLLECTION_SUMMARY analysis. CO:SAMPLE_TYPE Cultured cells #TREATMENT TR:TREATMENT_SUMMARY An H1299 cell line was cultured with either vehicle (0.1% DMSO) or 1µM ARC39, TR:TREATMENT_SUMMARY an acid sphingomyelinase inhibitor, and 10% FBS for 24 hours in high glucose. TR:TREATMENT_SUMMARY The goal was to determine the effect of inhibiting acid sphingomyelinase to the TR:TREATMENT_SUMMARY lipidome of H1299 cells. #SAMPLEPREP SP:SAMPLEPREP_SUMMARY Lipids were extracted from cell pellets using 100% methanol for polar lipids on SP:SAMPLEPREP_SUMMARY a C18 column. A mixture of EquiSplash (Avanti Polar Lipids, Cat#330731) and SPB SP:SAMPLEPREP_SUMMARY 18:1;O2 [D7] (Avanti Polar Lipids, Cat# 860657), glucosylceramide SP:SAMPLEPREP_SUMMARY 18:1;O2[D7]-15:0 (Avanti Polar Lipids, Cat# 330729), lactosylceramide SP:SAMPLEPREP_SUMMARY 18:1;O2[D7] (Avanti Polar Lipids, Cat# 330727), and GM3-d3 18:1;O2/18:0 [D3] SP:SAMPLEPREP_SUMMARY (Cayman Chemicals, item No. 39226) was used for internal standards. Lipid SP:SAMPLEPREP_SUMMARY containing phases were dried under nitrogen and stored at -80C until they were SP:SAMPLEPREP_SUMMARY resuspended for the appropriate analysis. #CHROMATOGRAPHY CH:CHROMATOGRAPHY_SUMMARY All metabolites abundances were calculated from C18 analysis of cells cultured CH:CHROMATOGRAPHY_SUMMARY in 13C serine containing media except for TG16:0_18:1_18:0 which was acquired CH:CHROMATOGRAPHY_SUMMARY from C30 due to improper peak on C18. CH:CHROMATOGRAPHY_TYPE Reversed phase CH:INSTRUMENT_NAME Thermo Vanquish CH:COLUMN_NAME Phenomenex Kinetex C18 (150 x 2.1mm,2.6um) CH:SOLVENT_A 98:2 v/v water: methanol with 5 mM ammonium acetate CH:SOLVENT_B 50:50 v/v methanol: isopropanol with 5 mM ammonium acetate CH:FLOW_GRADIENT 0 min, 30% B; 1 min, 30% B; 2 min, 70% B; 11 min, 95%B; 17 min, 30%B; 21.5 min, CH:FLOW_GRADIENT 30%B; 27 min, 30% B CH:FLOW_RATE 0.2 mL/min CH:COLUMN_TEMPERATURE 35 #ANALYSIS AN:ANALYSIS_TYPE MS #MS MS:INSTRUMENT_NAME Thermo Q Exactive Orbitrap MS:INSTRUMENT_TYPE Orbitrap MS:MS_TYPE ESI MS:ION_MODE POSITIVE MS:MS_COMMENTS Lipids were analyzed in positive mode using spray voltage 3.5 kV. Sweep gas MS:MS_COMMENTS flow was 1 arbitrary units, auxiliary gas flow 10 arbitrary units and sheath gas MS:MS_COMMENTS flow 50 arbitrary units, with a capillary temperature of 325 °C. Full mass MS:MS_COMMENTS spectrometry (scan range 220–2,500 m/z) was used at 140,000 resolution with MS:MS_COMMENTS 10E6 automatic gain control and a maximum injection time of 100 ms. Data were MS:MS_COMMENTS analyzed using EI-Maven. Mass error was set to 5 ppm for metabolite MS:MS_COMMENTS identification. Isotopologues were filtered to elute within 5 seconds of the MS:MS_COMMENTS unlabeled parent ion to ensure all labeled species came from the same MS:MS_COMMENTS metabolite. Mass isotopologue distributions were analyzed with an in-house MS:MS_COMMENTS MATLAB script which integrated the metabolite fragment ions and corrected for MS:MS_COMMENTS natural isotope abundances. #MS_METABOLITE_DATA MS_METABOLITE_DATA:UNITS pmoles/ug protein MS_METABOLITE_DATA_START Samples H1299_Veh_1 H1299_Veh_2 H1299_Veh_3 H1299_SMPD1i_1 H1299_SMPD1i_2 H1299_SMPD1i_3 Factors Sample source:H1299 cell line | Genotype:Wild Type | Treatment:0.1% v/V DMSO (Vehicle) | Injection order:B3 Sample source:H1299 cell line | Genotype:Wild Type | Treatment:0.1% v/V DMSO (Vehicle) | Injection order:B3 Sample source:H1299 cell line | Genotype:Wild Type | Treatment:0.1% v/V DMSO (Vehicle) | Injection order:B3 Sample source:H1299 cell line | Genotype:Wild Type | Treatment:1µM ARC39 (SMPD1 inhibitor) | Injection order:B3 Sample source:H1299 cell line | Genotype:Wild Type | Treatment:1µM ARC39 (SMPD1 inhibitor) | Injection order:B3 Sample source:H1299 cell line | Genotype:Wild Type | Treatment:1µM ARC39 (SMPD1 inhibitor) | Injection order:B3 SM 32:1;O2 0.590899203 0.533260217 0.682254718 0.716638752 0.649321041 0.726803024 SM 33:1;O2 0.332064091 0.307086101 0.427635921 0.46031093 0.387199723 0.419237014 SM 34:1;O2 6.328723395 6.697419224 8.066517513 7.821080628 7.416541319 9.055310815 SM 36:1;O2 0.204826532 0.199949825 0.196943232 0.536283246 0.595841899 0.567562016 SM 40:1;O2 0.271476643 0.236263947 0.262965989 0.885028967 0.780701414 0.88628797 SM 40:2;O2 0.112922999 0.082421838 0.092135912 0.278863682 0.34796765 0.337874722 SM 42:1;O2 0.953129397 0.859312293 0.991768708 1.353445635 1.654019949 1.207678254 SM 42:2;O2 2.174671277 2.155301973 2.263463611 3.495245119 3.345047925 3.362605741 HexCer 18:1;O2/24:0 1.971620396 1.915193366 1.819185872 1.856491138 2.056912956 1.856405255 HexCer 18:1;O2/24:1 1.250383108 1.368612084 1.174772016 1.303666326 1.257546903 1.182676744 Lact-Cer 18:1;O2/16:0 1.183654239 1.143302759 1.304862796 1.192365609 1.055220599 1.028837661 Lact-Cer 18:1;O2/24:0 0.769395128 0.761586297 0.851340276 0.694170415 0.707518669 0.669151612 Lact-Cer 18:1;O2/24:1 0.750551464 0.722983647 0.776927623 0.747081054 0.706901725 0.680436252 GM3 18:1;O2/16:0 2.644352015 2.415938228 2.664030859 2.848624145 2.369013884 2.769382179 GM2 18:1;O2/16:0 3.943822915 4.118400675 3.965426605 4.715244455 4.32015138 4.366405074 Lc3 18:1;O2/16:0 0.178375722 0.182670873 0.200221415 0.188017829 0.164921674 0.158935916 Gb3 18:1;O2/16:0 2.641049928 2.569798847 2.582324622 2.799154667 2.781034325 2.704507193 Gb3 18:1;O2/24:0 1.72932072 1.390042828 1.7072457 1.900249639 1.684443726 1.826473184 Gb3 18:1;O2/24:1 1.647904603 1.69623674 1.868713585 2.052780524 1.859376586 1.906222812 PC 32:0 0.532624302 0.60911192 0.585856379 0.685073093 0.557090422 0.558701426 PC 32:1 0.758142635 0.865005549 0.958334585 0.943963134 0.719064605 0.804787064 PC 32:2 0.492805441 0.576204656 0.62525258 0.549555669 0.482128223 0.523430063 PC 33:1 0.480735882 0.546998476 0.570601456 0.59144357 0.481707815 0.53225724 PC 34:0 0.062619712 0.077925422 0.074617972 0.087358573 0.070860056 0.07856996 PC 34:1 0.032848969 0.044322204 0.035801933 0.044738032 0.043107307 0.044171811 PC 34:2 0.02946298 0.037674771 0.034333601 0.034877354 0.029106725 0.025508865 PC 34:3 0.43623202 0.530005588 0.442812286 0.519243884 0.490819664 0.434067462 PC 35:1 0.285638322 0.28668799 0.292755359 0.352496778 0.297284394 0.293144933 PC 35:2 0.27219052 0.349838647 0.320443575 0.380791295 0.328157975 0.305944573 PC 36:1 0.191652621 0.191356546 0.183109978 0.183520338 0.150762392 0.161759943 PC 36:2 0.717641484 0.777895796 0.783883931 0.847077394 0.709685938 0.77611646 PC 36:3 0.161964149 0.187890116 0.183923512 0.210318286 0.161319142 0.170765947 PC 36:4 _1 0.416665902 0.423398186 0.447199953 0.560556789 0.438702014 0.461286627 PC 36:4 _2 0.044291493 0.0439013 0.0471474 0.061229368 0.044999248 0.044150826 PC 36:5_1 0.282485212 0.329773982 0.369239741 0.41267891 0.313188294 0.352235369 PC 36:5_2 0.332947186 0.415111714 0.459666196 0.485268273 0.378800925 0.418206872 PC 38:1 0.294166272 0.32545035 0.311791774 0.408498961 0.341770076 0.373187468 PC 38:2 0.01377792 0.016532789 0.015663869 0.019607838 0.016738516 0.018073176 PC 38:3 0.043582482 0.048382179 0.044935433 0.053489146 0.046422475 0.050441862 PC 38:4_1 0.019320196 0.023569941 0.021894096 0.026198205 0.024078942 0.026696011 PC 38:4_2 0.007600492 0.009294532 0.009383149 0.01034261 0.009272419 0.010320215 PC 38:5 0.013662644 0.01678875 0.015964694 0.017890584 0.01638475 0.018071165 PC 38:6 7.165481426 6.877087767 6.484259914 7.026921362 7.295887428 6.835037273 PC 38:7 32.66462249 34.89582977 36.21018832 37.57309872 34.06273388 36.83920228 PE 32:1 6.761901855 7.886832968 8.249159443 8.653661002 7.766243442 8.865635441 PE 34:1 7.483492382 8.388034936 7.464460924 7.931994623 7.746475054 7.872761857 PE 34:2 3.159591511 4.21394492 3.747257122 3.415637807 3.318711298 3.734869887 PE 36:1 101.1846541 118.3696667 111.837715 116.5853811 110.3861112 110.198584 PE 36:2 41.74509806 45.90035281 52.73117813 51.97285571 45.2792231 45.29467038 PE 36:3 0.052572157 0.070380439 0.073280488 0.055785789 0.06266471 0.063562648 PE 36:4 0.125866901 0.117791368 0.101992516 0.116987474 0.120172563 0.116764923 PE 36:5 0.159899677 0.145445334 0.156398109 0.158445936 0.176570509 0.163080984 PE 38:2 0.965725295 0.946981624 1.065332661 0.970296271 0.981835441 0.966099757 PE 38:3 1.202372642 1.253255138 1.20631461 1.218157202 1.280725963 1.154269045 PE 38:4 0.19700737 0.190018078 0.186672587 0.195790916 0.198144243 0.125131325 PE 38:5 0.019108256 0.019336915 0.019510085 0.019844867 0.017518371 0.018429514 PE 38:6 0.114168133 0.119254511 0.139977211 0.114971486 0.116710237 0.10893072 PE 40:1 0.015690867 0.01683211 0.018671945 0.015353647 0.015000071 0.014621253 PE 40:4 0.02822778 0.029901095 0.032357323 0.026262059 0.0274169 0.027416256 PE 40:5 0.021930187 0.022310374 0.023609135 0.021572598 0.020994452 0.020307403 PE 40:6 0.17329131 0.174038733 0.177991093 0.183531689 0.17750963 0.166369184 MS_METABOLITE_DATA_END #METABOLITES METABOLITES_START metabolite_name Retention time m/z ratio SM 32:1;O2 10.71 675.5433 SM 33:1;O2 11.02 689.5588 SM 34:1;O2 11.30 703.5746 SM 36:1;O2 11.84 731.6057 SM 40:1;O2 13.00 787.6691 SM 40:2;O2 12.51 785.6532 SM 42:1;O2 13.70 815.7009 SM 42:2;O2 13.04 813.6852 HexCer 18:1;O2/24:0 13.56 812.6984 HexCer 18:1;O2/24:1 12.97 810.6827 Lact-Cer 18:1;O2/16:0 11.09 862.6245 Lact-Cer 18:1;O2/24:0 13.16 974.7509 Lact-Cer 18:1;O2/24:1 12.64 972.7352 GM3 18:1;O2/16:0 9.94 1356.8008 GM2 18:1;O2/16:0 10.01 1153.7213 Lc3 18:1;O2/16:0 10.85 1065.7031 Gb3 18:1;O2/16:0 10.89 1024.6776 Gb3 18:1;O2/24:0 12.90 1136.8040 Gb3 18:1;O2/24:1 12.42 1134.7877 PC 32:0 11.90 734.5695 PC 32:1 11.52 732.5537 PC 32:2 11.09 730.5379 PC 33:1 11.75 746.5696 PC 34:0 12.44 762.6003 PC 34:1 12.00 760.5853 PC 34:2 11.63 758.5694 PC 34:3 11.26 756.5533 PC 35:1 12.27 774.6011 PC 35:2 11.85 772.5856 PC 36:1 12.55 788.6168 PC 36:2 12.11 786.6008 PC 36:3 11.80 784.5849 PC 36:4 _1 11.52 782.5688 PC 36:4 _2 11.65 782.5688 PC 36:5_1 11.24 780.5539 PC 36:5_2 11.36 780.5534 PC 38:1 13.16 816.6483 PC 38:2 12.63 814.6327 PC 38:3 12.36 812.6165 PC 38:4_1 11.93 810.6002 PC 38:4_2 12.17 810.6008 PC 38:5 11.75 808.5848 PC 38:6 11.60 806.5688 PC 38:7 11.19 804.5535 PE 32:1 11.54 690.5065 PE 34:1 12.02 718.5383 PE 34:2 11.63 716.5227 PE 36:1 12.54 746.5701 PE 36:2 12.12 744.5543 PE 36:3 11.81 742.5388 PE 36:4 11.68 740.5229 PE 36:5 11.28 738.5067 PE 38:2 12.61 772.5859 PE 38:3 12.38 770.5696 PE 38:4 12.18 768.5544 PE 38:5 11.78 766.5381 PE 38:6 11.63 764.5228 PE 40:1 13.82 802.6328 PE 40:4 12.57 796.5842 PE 40:5 12.23 794.5698 PE 40:6 12.12 792.5538 METABOLITES_END #END