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Elevated expression of  N -acetyltransferase 1 (NAT1) is associated with invasive and lobular breast carcinomas as well as with bone metastasis following an epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition. We investigated the effect of NAT1 gene deletion in three different human breast cancer cell lines, MDA-MB-231, MCF-7, and ZR-75-1. Human NAT1 was knocked out using CRISPR/Cas9 technology and two different guide RNAs. None of the NAT1 knockout (KO) cell lines exhibited detectable NAT1 activity when measured using its selective substrate  p -aminobenzoic acid (PABA). Endogenous acetyl coenzyme A levels (cofactor for acetylation pathways) in NAT1 KO cell lines were significantly elevated in the MDA-MB-231 ( p  < 0.001) and MCF-7 ( p =0.0127) but not the ZR-75-1 ( p  > 0.05). Although the effects of NAT1 KO on cell-doubling time were inconsistent across the three breast cancer cell lines, the ability of the NAT1 KO cell lines to form anchorage-independent colonies in soft agar was dramatically and consistently reduced in each of the breast cancer cell lines. The NAT1 KO clones for MDA-MB-231, MCF-7, and ZR-75-1 had a reduction greater than 20-, 6-, and 7- folds in anchorage-independent cell growth, respectively, compared to their parental cell lines ( p  < 0.0001,  p  < 0.0001, and  p  < 0.05, respectively). The results indicate that NAT1 may be an important regulator of cellular acetyl coenzyme A levels and strongly suggest that elevated NAT1 expression in breast cancers contribute to their anchorage-independent growth properties and ultimately metastatic potential.

N-Acetyltransferase 1 Knockout Elevates Acetyl Coenzyme A Levels and Reduces Anchorage-Independent Growth in Human Breast Cancer Cell Lines