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We thank the members of the Division of Genome Science and Laboratory for Systems Biology and Medicine, RCAST, The University of Tokyo. We especially thank Dr. H. Aburatani, Dr. T. Kodama, (LSBM, RCAST, The University of Tokyo), Dr. K. Tomizuka, Dr. T. Yoshida, and Dr. A. 
Kunisato (Kyowa Hakko Kirin Co., Ltd.) for helpful discussions and support. This work was partly supported by Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientist (A) (26710005, T.O.), Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Innovative Areas (26116711 and 16H01567, T.O.), and Grant-in-Aid for Challenging 
Exploratory Research (16K14605, T.O.) from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan, the Takeda Science Foundation (T.O.), the Kobayashi Foundation of Cancer Research (T.O.), and the Project for Cancer Research and Therapeutic Evolution (P-CREATE) and the Practical Research for Innovative Cancer Control from Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development, AMED (T.O.).

1. Preparation of Acidic Culture Medium
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	<li>Preparation of control (pH 7.4) and low-pH (pH 6.8) culture medium
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		<li>Dissolve 4.75 g of DMEM powder without L-glutamine in 500 mL of water.</li>
		<li>Prepare 0.33 M NaHCO3 solution in a pressure-tight bottle. 
		Caution: It is important to use a pressure tight bottle since NaHCO3 emits CO2 gas when heated and thermally decomposed.</li>
		<li>Autoclave the medium and solution. Allow these buffers to cool t...

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Here, we described a simple acidic pH culture system and its evaluation process. The combination of three methods of medium acidification, i.e., reduced bicarbonate concentration, lactate addition, and HCl addition, enabled us to investigate the pH-response mechanism thoroughly and to compare the cellular response to other tumor microenvironmental conditions such as hypoxia or nutrient starvation.
The key of this method is to determine the appropriate concentrations of bicarbonate, la...

The tumor microenvironment plays critical roles in tumor progression and cancer cell metabolism1,2,3. Cancer cells are often exposed to conditions such as hypoxia, nutrient deprivation, and acidic extracellular pH (pHe). However, the role of pHe in tumor progression has not been clarified as extensively as in hypoxia or nutrient starvation. The pHe in the tumor tissue can become acidic, reaching approximately pH 6.84,5. The acidic pH arises from aerobic and anaerobic glycolytic excretion of protons (H+) and lactate by proliferating cancer cells5,6.
Recent studies revealed that acidic pHe-induced histone deacetylation, fatty acid oxidation, and exocytosis of acidic lysosomes for adaption to the severe acidic environment7,8,9,10. However, the mechanisms through which extracellular acidification affects cancer behavior and the identity of key regulators in the acidic pH tumor microenvironment have not been fully determined. Furthermore, several reports described various acidic pH media using unclear concentrations of bicarbonate, Tris, PIPES, and HEPES buffer or lactate and HCl, but there are few reports to demonstrate the stability of the adjusted medium nor comprehensive comparison of several distinct acidic culture media7,8,9,10
To elucidate the key regulators and metabolic changes in cancer cells in the context of extracellular acidification, we established a simple in vitro culture model to maintain an acidic pHe and examined the role of pHe in cancer cells11. Using this method, we maintained an acidic culture medium with a pHe of 6.8 at 37 &#176;C under 5% CO2, using reduced bicarbonate concentrations in the culture medium. pH 7.4 was used as normal and control medium. The medium pH was sustained for at least 24 h and gradually decreased by 72 h during culture of PANC-1 and AsPC-1 pancreatic cancer cells. Because enhanced glycolysis accelerates excretion of not only protons but also lactate7,8,9, we also established a culture method mimicking lactate-induced acidosis by adding lactate rather than reducing the bicarbonate concentration. Additionally, HCl-induced acidic pHe in the medium allows us to exclude the possibility that cellular responses to acidic pH culture medium are not due to a reduced concentration of bicarbonate. Moreover, using various media with a pH of 6.4 to 7.4 with different bicarbonate concentration, we can assess the extent of pHe effects on cellular responses.

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			<td>Reagents</td>
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			<td></td>
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			<td>Dulbecco&#39;s Modified Eagle Medium&#8220;Nissui&#8221; 2</td>
			<td>Nissui</td>
			<td>05919</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Fetal Bovine Serum</td>
			<td>Thermo Fisher&#160;</td>
			<td>10438</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
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			<td>NaHCO3</td>
			<td>Wako</td>
			<td>191-01305</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
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			<td>L-glutamine solution</td>
			<td>Thermo Fisher&#160;</td>
			<td>25030-081</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
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			<td>Penicillin-Streptomycin Mixed Solution(Stabilized)</td>
			<td>Nacalai</td>
			<td>09367-34</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
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			<td>0.5g/l-Tripsin/0.53mmol/l-EDTA Solution, with Phenol Red</td>
			<td>Nacalai</td>
			<td>32778-05</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
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			<td>0.5%-Trypan Blue Stain Solution</td>
			<td>Nacalai</td>
			<td>29853-34</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
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			<td>Lactic acid solution</td>
			<td>Sigma-Aldrich</td>
			<td>252476</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Hydrochloric acid solution</td>
			<td>Sigma-Aldrich</td>
			<td>H9892</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
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			<td>RNeasy Plus Mini Kit</td>
			<td>QIAGEN</td>
			<td>74134</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>SuperScript IV First-Strand Synthesis System</td>
			<td>Thermo Fisher&#160;</td>
			<td>18091</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
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			<td>Power SYBR Green PCR Master Mix&#160;</td>
			<td>Applied Biosystems&#160;</td>
			<td>4368702&#160;</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
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			<td>Name</td>
			<td>Company</td>
			<td>Catalog Number</td>
			<td>Comments</td>
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			<td>Cell lines</td>
			<td></td>
			<td></td>
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			<td>PANC-1</td>
			<td>ATCC</td>
			<td>CRL-1469</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
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			<td>AsPC-1</td>
			<td>ATCC</td>
			<td>CRL-1682</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>KMS-6</td>
			<td>JCRB Cell Bank</td>
			<td>JCRB0432</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
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			<td>TIG</td>
			<td>JCRB Cell Bank</td>
			<td></td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>MRC9</td>
			<td>ATCC</td>
			<td>CCL-212</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
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			<td>HUVEC</td>
			<td>ATCC</td>
			<td>CRL-1730</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Name</td>
			<td>Company</td>
			<td>Catalog Number</td>
			<td>Comments</td>
		</tr>
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			<td>Equipment</td>
			<td></td>
			<td></td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
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			<td>NanoDrop One Microvolume UV-Vis Spectrophotometer with Wi-Fi</td>
			<td>Thermo Fisher</td>
			<td>ND-ONE-W</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>QuantStudio 5 Real-Time PCR System</td>
			<td>Thermo Fisher</td>
			<td>CRL-1682</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
	</tbody>
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establishment of an extracellular acidic ph culture system

Conditions of the tumor microenvironment, such as hypoxia or nutrient starvation, play critical roles in cancer progression and malignancy. However, the role of acidic extracellular pH in tumor aggressiveness and its underlying mechanism has not been extensively studied compared to hypoxic or nutrient starvation conditions. In addition, a well-defined culture method to mimic the acidic extracellular tumor microenvironment has not been fully reported.
Here we present a simple in vitro culture method to maintain acidic extracellular pH using reduced bicarbonate and increased lactate or HCl concentrations in the culture medium. The medium pH was sustained for at least 24 h and gradually decreased by 72 h following culture of PANC-1 and AsPC-1 pancreatic cancer cells. Three distinct acidic media conditions in this study highly upregulated pH-responsive genes such as MSMO1, INSIG1, and IDI1 compared to hypoxia or nutrient starvation. The upregulation of these genes can be used as a marker of acidic pH. These simple techniques are beneficial to elucidate underlying mechanisms of tumor malignancy under acidic tumor microenvironment. Therefore, our extracellular acidic pH culture system enables discovery of cellular acidic pH responses not only in cancer cells but also in primary cells, such as renal tubular cells, in relation to the other acidic disorders including, diabetic ketoacidosis, lactic acidosis, renal tubular acidosis, and respiratory acidosis.

To determine the appropriate bicarbonate concentration, we prepared DMEM at range of 0 - 8 mM NaHCO3 (final concentration in the culture medium) and succeeded in preparing culture media with pH ranging from 6.4 - 7.4 (Figure 1). We prepared DMEM with 8 mM NaHCO3 (pH 7.4) as a control medium, and 2 mM NaHCO3 (pH 6.8) as a medium with acidic pH according to a previous report stating that the extracellular pH reaches pH 6.8 for s...

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