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Pro-Apoptotic and Anti-Invasive Properties Underscore the Tumor-Suppressing Impact of Myoglobin on a Subset of Human Breast Cancer Cells.

ABSTRACT: The expression of myoglobin (MB), well known as the oxygen storage and transport protein of myocytes, is a novel hallmark of the luminal subtype in breast cancer patients and correlates with better prognosis. The mechanisms by which MB impacts mammary tumorigenesis are hitherto unclear. We aimed to unravel this role by using CRISPR/Cas9 technology to generate MB-deficient clones of MCF7 and SKBR3 breast cancer cell lines and subsequently characterize them by transcriptomics plus molecular and functional analyses. As main findings, loss of MB at normoxia upregulated the expression of cell cyclins and increased cell survival, while it prevented apoptosis in MCF7 cells. Additionally, MB-deficient cells were less sensitive to doxorubicin but not ionizing radiation. Under hypoxia, the loss of MB enhanced the partial epithelial to mesenchymal transition, thus, augmenting the migratory and invasive behavior of cells. Notably, in human invasive mammary ductal carcinoma tissues, MB and apoptotic marker levels were positively correlated. In addition, MB protein expression in invasive ductal carcinomas was associated with a positive prognostic value, independent of the known tumor suppressor p53. In conclusion, we provide multiple lines of evidence that endogenous MB in cancer cells by itself exerts novel tumor-suppressive roles through which it can reduce cancer malignancy.

SUBMITTER: Aboouf MA

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9570501 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Pro-Apoptotic and Anti-Invasive Properties Underscore the Tumor-Suppressing Impact of Myoglobin on a Subset of Human Breast Cancer Cells.

Aboouf Mostafa A MA Armbruster Julia J Thiersch Markus M Guscetti Franco F Kristiansen Glen G Schraml Peter P Bicker Anne A Petry Ruben R Hankeln Thomas T Gassmann Max M Gorr Thomas A TA

International journal of molecular sciences 20220929 19

The expression of myoglobin (MB), well known as the oxygen storage and transport protein of myocytes, is a novel hallmark of the luminal subtype in breast cancer patients and correlates with better prognosis. The mechanisms by which MB impacts mammary tumorigenesis are hitherto unclear. We aimed to unravel this role by using CRISPR/Cas9 technology to generate MB-deficient clones of MCF7 and SKBR3 breast cancer cell lines and subsequently characterize them by transcriptomics plus molecular and fu ...[more]

PMID: 36232784

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Pro-Apoptotic and Anti-Invasive Properties Underscore the Tumor-Suppressing Impact of Myoglobin on a Subset of Human Breast Cancer Cells.

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Pro-Apoptotic and Anti-Invasive Properties Underscore the Tumor-Suppressing Impact of Myoglobin on a Subset of Human Breast Cancer Cells.

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