The murine metastatic microenvironment of experimental brain metastases in breast cancer differs by host age in vivo: A proteomic study.
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ABSTRACT: Breast cancer in young patients is known to exhibit more aggressive biological behavior and is associated with a less favorable prognosis than the same disease in older patients, owing in part to an increased incidence of brain metastases, the mechanistic explanations behind which remain poorly understood. We recently reported that young mice, compared to older mice, showed about a three-fold increase in the development of brain metastases in mouse models of triple-negative and luminal B breast cancer. Here we have performed a quantitative mass spectrometry-based proteomic analysis to identify proteins contributing to age-related disparities in the development of breast cancer brain metastases. Using a mouse model of brain-tropic (MDA-MB-231BR) triple-negative breast cancer, we harvested subpopulations of tumor metastases, the tumor-adjacent metastatic microenvironment, and uninvolved brain tissues via laser microdissection followed by quantitative proteomic analysis using high resolution mass spectrometry to characterize differentially abundant proteins contributing to age-dependent rates of brain metastasis.
INSTRUMENT(S): Q Exactive
ORGANISM(S): Homo Sapiens (human) Mus Musculus (mouse)
TISSUE(S): Brain, Epithelial Cell, Stroma
DISEASE(S): Breast Cancer
SUBMITTER: Thomas Conrads
LAB HEAD: Thomas P. Conrads
PROVIDER: PXD042346 | Pride | 2024-01-11
REPOSITORIES: Pride
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