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Czegle I, Huang C, Soria PG, Purkiss DW, Shields A, Wappler-Guzzetta EA. The Role of Genetic Mutations in Mitochondrial-Driven Cancer Growth in Selected Tumors: Breast and Gynecological Malignancies. Life (Basel) 2023; 13:life13040996. [PMID: 37109525 PMCID: PMC10145875 DOI: 10.3390/life13040996] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2022] [Revised: 03/15/2023] [Accepted: 03/31/2023] [Indexed: 04/29/2023] Open
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There is an increasing understanding of the molecular and cytogenetic background of various tumors that helps us better conceptualize the pathogenesis of specific diseases. Additionally, in many cases, these molecular and cytogenetic alterations have diagnostic, prognostic, and/or therapeutic applications that are heavily used in clinical practice. Given that there is always room for improvement in cancer treatments and in cancer patient management, it is important to discover new therapeutic targets for affected individuals. In this review, we discuss mitochondrial changes in breast and gynecological (endometrial and ovarian) cancers. In addition, we review how the frequently altered genes in these diseases (BRCA1/2, HER2, PTEN, PIK3CA, CTNNB1, RAS, CTNNB1, FGFR, TP53, ARID1A, and TERT) affect the mitochondria, highlighting the possible associated individual therapeutic targets. With this approach, drugs targeting mitochondrial glucose or fatty acid metabolism, reactive oxygen species production, mitochondrial biogenesis, mtDNA transcription, mitophagy, or cell death pathways could provide further tailored treatment.
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- Ibolya Czegle
- Department of Internal Medicine and Haematology, Semmelweis University, H-1085 Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Loma Linda University Health, Loma Linda, CA 92354, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Loma Linda University Health, Loma Linda, CA 92354, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Loma Linda University Health, Loma Linda, CA 92354, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Loma Linda University Health, Loma Linda, CA 92354, USA
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Moro L. The Mitochondrial Proteome of Tumor Cells: A SnapShot on Methodological Approaches and New Biomarkers. BIOLOGY 2020; 9:biology9120479. [PMID: 33353059 PMCID: PMC7766083 DOI: 10.3390/biology9120479] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2020] [Revised: 12/12/2020] [Accepted: 12/16/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Simple Summary Mitochondria are central hubs of cellular signaling, energy metabolism, and redox balance. The plasticity of these cellular organelles is an essential requisite for the cells to cope with different stimuli and stress conditions. Cancer cells are characterized by changes in energy metabolism, mitochondrial signaling, and dynamics. These changes are driven by alterations in the mitochondrial proteome. For this reason, in the last years a focus of basic and cancer research has been the implementation and optimization of technologies to investigate changes in the mitochondrial proteome during cancer initiation and progression. This review presents an overview of the most used technologies to investigate the mitochondrial proteome and recent evidence on changes in the expression levels and delocalization of certain proteins in and out the mitochondria for shaping the functional properties of tumor cells. Abstract Mitochondria are highly dynamic and regulated organelles implicated in a variety of important functions in the cell, including energy production, fatty acid metabolism, iron homeostasis, programmed cell death, and cell signaling. Changes in mitochondrial metabolism, signaling and dynamics are hallmarks of cancer. Understanding whether these modifications are associated with alterations of the mitochondrial proteome is particularly relevant from a translational point of view because it may contribute to better understanding the molecular bases of cancer development and progression and may provide new potential prognostic and diagnostic biomarkers as well as novel molecular targets for anti-cancer treatment. Making an inventory of the mitochondrial proteins has been particularly challenging given that there is no unique consensus targeting sequence that directs protein import into mitochondria, some proteins are present at very low levels, while other proteins are expressed only in some cell types, in a particular developmental stage or under specific stress conditions. This review aims at providing the state-of-the-art on methodologies used to characterize the mitochondrial proteome in tumors and highlighting the biological relevance of changes in expression and delocalization of proteins in and out the mitochondria in cancer biology.
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- Loredana Moro
- Institute of Biomembranes, Bioenergetic and Molecular Biotechnologies, National Research Council, Via Amendola 122/O, 70125 Bari, Italy
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Bons J, Macron C, Aude-Garcia C, Vaca-Jacome SA, Rompais M, Cianférani S, Carapito C, Rabilloud T. A Combined N-terminomics and Shotgun Proteomics Approach to Investigate the Responses of Human Cells to Rapamycin and Zinc at the Mitochondrial Level. Mol Cell Proteomics 2019; 18:1085-1095. [PMID: 31154437 PMCID: PMC6553941 DOI: 10.1074/mcp.ra118.001269] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2018] [Revised: 03/14/2019] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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All but thirteen mammalian mitochondrial proteins are encoded by the nuclear genome, translated in the cytosol and then imported into the mitochondria. For a significant proportion of the mitochondrial proteins, import is coupled with the cleavage of a presequence called the transit peptide, and the formation of a new N-terminus. Determination of the neo N-termini has been investigated by proteomic approaches in several systems, but generally in a static way to compile as many N-termini as possible. In the present study, we have investigated how the mitochondrial proteome and N-terminome react to chemical stimuli that alter mitochondrial metabolism, namely zinc ions and rapamycin. To this end, we have used a strategy that analyzes both internal and N-terminal peptides in a single run, the dN-TOP approach. We used these two very different stressors to sort out what could be a generic response to stress and what is specific to each of these stressors. Rapamycin and zinc induced different changes in the mitochondrial proteome. However, convergent changes to key mitochondrial enzymatic activities such as pyruvate dehydrogenase, succinate dehydrogenase and citrate synthase were observed for both treatments. Other convergent changes were seen in components of the N-terminal processing system and mitochondrial proteases. Investigations into the generation of neo-N-termini in mitochondria showed that the processing system is robust, as indicated by the lack of change in neo N-termini under the conditions tested. Detailed analysis of the data revealed that zinc caused a slight reduction in the efficiency of the N-terminal trimming system and that both treatments increased the degradation of mitochondrial proteins. In conclusion, the use of this combined strategy allowed a detailed analysis of the dynamics of the mitochondrial N-terminome in response to treatments which impact the mitochondria.
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- Joanna Bons
- From the ‡Laboratoire de Spectrométrie de Masse BioOrganique (LSMBO), Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, IPHC UMR 7178, 67000 Strasbourg, France
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- From the ‡Laboratoire de Spectrométrie de Masse BioOrganique (LSMBO), Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, IPHC UMR 7178, 67000 Strasbourg, France
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- §Chemistry and Biology of Metals, Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS UMR5249, CEA, BIG-LCBM, 38000 Grenoble, France
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- From the ‡Laboratoire de Spectrométrie de Masse BioOrganique (LSMBO), Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, IPHC UMR 7178, 67000 Strasbourg, France
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- From the ‡Laboratoire de Spectrométrie de Masse BioOrganique (LSMBO), Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, IPHC UMR 7178, 67000 Strasbourg, France
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- From the ‡Laboratoire de Spectrométrie de Masse BioOrganique (LSMBO), Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, IPHC UMR 7178, 67000 Strasbourg, France
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- From the ‡Laboratoire de Spectrométrie de Masse BioOrganique (LSMBO), Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, IPHC UMR 7178, 67000 Strasbourg, France;
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- §Chemistry and Biology of Metals, Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS UMR5249, CEA, BIG-LCBM, 38000 Grenoble, France
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Estrogen Enhances the Expression of the Multidrug Transporter Gene ABCG2-Increasing Drug Resistance of Breast Cancer Cells through Estrogen Receptors. Int J Mol Sci 2017; 18:ijms18010163. [PMID: 28098816 PMCID: PMC5297796 DOI: 10.3390/ijms18010163] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2016] [Revised: 01/06/2017] [Accepted: 01/06/2017] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Background: Multidrug resistance is a major obstacle in the successful therapy of breast cancer. Studies have proved that this kind of drug resistance happens in both human cancers and cultured cancer cell lines. Understanding the molecular mechanisms of drug resistance is important for the reasonable design and use of new treatment strategies to effectively confront cancers. Results: In our study, ATP-binding cassette sub-family G member 2 (ABCG2), adenosine triphosphate (ATP) synthase and cytochrome c oxidase subunit VIc (COX6C) were over-expressed more in the MCF-7/MX cell line than in the normal MCF7 cell line. Therefore, we believe that these three genes increase the tolerance of MCF7 to mitoxantrone (MX). The data showed that the high expression of COX6C made MCF-7/MX have more stable on mitochondrial membrane potential (MMP) and reactive oxygen species (ROS) expression than normal MCF7 cells under hypoxic conditions. The accumulation of MX was greater in the ATP-depleted treatment MCF7/MX cells than in normal MCF7/MX cells. Furthermore, E2 increased the tolerance of MCF7 cells to MX through inducing the expression of ABCG2. However, E2 could not increase the expression of ABCG2 after the inhibition of estrogen receptor α (ERα) in MCF7 cells. According to the above data, under the E2 treatment, MDA-MB231, which lacks ER, had a higher sensitivity to MX than MCF7 cells. Conclusions: E2 induced the expression of ABCG2 through ERα and the over-expressed ABCG2 made MCF7 more tolerant to MX. Moreover, the over-expressed ATP synthase and COX6c affected mitochondrial genes and function causing the over-expressed ABCG2 cells pumped out MX in a concentration gradient from the cell matrix. Finally lead to chemoresistance.
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Chen X, Wei S, Ma Y, Lu J, Niu G, Xue Y, Chen X, Yang F. Quantitative proteomics analysis identifies mitochondria as therapeutic targets of multidrug-resistance in ovarian cancer. Am J Cancer Res 2014; 4:1164-75. [PMID: 25285166 PMCID: PMC4183995 DOI: 10.7150/thno.8502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2014] [Accepted: 03/14/2014] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Doxorubicin is a widely used chemotherapeutic agent for the treatment of a variety of solid tumors. However, resistance to this anticancer drug is a major obstacle to the effective treatment of tumors. As mitochondria play important roles in cell life and death, we anticipate that mitochondria may be related to drug resistance. Here, stable isotope labeling by amino acids in cell culture (SILAC)-based quantitative proteomic strategy was applied to compare mitochondrial protein expression in doxorubicin sensitive OVCAR8 cells and its doxorubicin-resistant variant NCI_ADR/RES cells. A total of 2085 proteins were quantified, of which 122 proteins displayed significant changes in the NCI_ADR/RES cells. These proteins participated in a variety of cell processes including cell apoptosis, substance metabolism, transport, detoxification and drug metabolism. Then qRT-PCR and western blot were applied to validate the differentially expressed proteins quantified by SILAC. Further functional studies with RNAi demonstrated TOP1MT, a mitochondrial protein participated in DNA repair, was involved in doxorubicin resistance in NCI_ADR/RES cells. Besides the proteomic study, electron microscopy and fluorescence analysis also observed that mitochondrial morphology and localization were greatly altered in NCI_ADR/RES cells. Mitochondrial membrane potential was also decreased in NCI_ADR/RES cells. All these results indicate that mitochondrial function is impaired in doxorubicin-resistant cells and mitochondria play an important role in doxorubicin resistance. This research provides some new information about doxorubicin resistance, indicating that mitochondria could be therapeutic targets of doxorubicin resistance in ovarian cancer cells.
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Mass spectrometry-based proteomics in molecular diagnostics: discovery of cancer biomarkers using tissue culture. BIOMED RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2013; 2013:783131. [PMID: 23586059 PMCID: PMC3613068 DOI: 10.1155/2013/783131] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2012] [Accepted: 01/30/2013] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Accurate diagnosis and proper monitoring of cancer patients remain a key obstacle for successful cancer treatment and prevention. Therein comes the need for biomarker discovery, which is crucial to the current oncological and other clinical practices having the potential to impact the diagnosis and prognosis. In fact, most of the biomarkers have been discovered utilizing the proteomics-based approaches. Although high-throughput mass spectrometry-based proteomic approaches like SILAC, 2D-DIGE, and iTRAQ are filling up the pitfalls of the conventional techniques, still serum proteomics importunately poses hurdle in overcoming a wide range of protein concentrations, and also the availability of patient tissue samples is a limitation for the biomarker discovery. Thus, researchers have looked for alternatives, and profiling of candidate biomarkers through tissue culture of tumor cell lines comes up as a promising option. It is a rich source of tumor cell-derived proteins, thereby, representing a wide array of potential biomarkers. Interestingly, most of the clinical biomarkers in use today (CA 125, CA 15.3, CA 19.9, and PSA) were discovered through tissue culture-based system and tissue extracts. This paper tries to emphasize the tissue culture-based discovery of candidate biomarkers through various mass spectrometry-based proteomic approaches.
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Cao B, Li M, Zha W, Zhao Q, Gu R, Liu L, Shi J, Zhou J, Zhou F, Wu X, Wu Z, Wang G, Aa J. Metabolomic approach to evaluating adriamycin pharmacodynamics and resistance in breast cancer cells. Metabolomics 2013; 9:960-973. [PMID: 24039617 PMCID: PMC3769585 DOI: 10.1007/s11306-013-0517-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2013] [Accepted: 03/02/2013] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Continuous exposure of breast cancer cells to adriamycin induces high expression of P-gp and multiple drug resistance. However, the biochemical process and the underlying mechanisms for the gradually induced resistance are not clear. To explore the underlying mechanism and evaluate the anti-tumor effect and resistance of adriamycin, the drug-sensitive MCF-7S and the drug-resistant MCF-7Adr breast cancer cells were used and treated with adriamycin, and the intracellular metabolites were profiled using gas chromatography mass spectrometry. Principal components analysis of the data revealed that the two cell lines showed distinctly different metabolic responses to adriamycin. Adriamycin exposure significantly altered metabolic pattern of MCF-7S cells, which gradually became similar to the pattern of MCF-7Adr, indicating that metabolic shifts were involved in adriamycin resistance. Many intracellular metabolites involved in various metabolic pathways were significantly modulated by adriamycin treatment in the drug-sensitive MCF-7S cells, but were much less affected in the drug-resistant MCF-7Adr cells. Adriamycin treatment markedly depressed the biosynthesis of proteins, purines, pyrimidines and glutathione, and glycolysis, while it enhanced glycerol metabolism of MCF-7S cells. The elevated glycerol metabolism and down-regulated glutathione biosynthesis suggested an increased reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation and a weakened ability to balance ROS, respectively. Further studies revealed that adriamycin increased ROS and up-regulated P-gp in MCF-7S cells, which could be reversed by N-acetylcysteine treatment. It is suggested that adriamycin resistance is involved in slowed metabolism and aggravated oxidative stress. Assessment of cellular metabolomics and metabolic markers may be used to evaluate anti-tumor effects and to screen for candidate anti-tumor agents.
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- Bei Cao
- Lab of Metabolomics, Key Laboratory of Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics, State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, 21009 China
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- Lab of Metabolomics, Key Laboratory of Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics, State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, 21009 China
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- Lab of Metabolomics, Key Laboratory of Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics, State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, 21009 China
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- Lab of Metabolomics, Key Laboratory of Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics, State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, 21009 China
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- Lab of Metabolomics, Key Laboratory of Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics, State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, 21009 China
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- Lab of Metabolomics, Key Laboratory of Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics, State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, 21009 China
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- Lab of Metabolomics, Key Laboratory of Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics, State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, 21009 China
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- Lab of Metabolomics, Key Laboratory of Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics, State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, 21009 China
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- Lab of Metabolomics, Key Laboratory of Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics, State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, 21009 China
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- Lab of Metabolomics, Key Laboratory of Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics, State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, 21009 China
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- School of Pharmacy, The University of Auckland, Auckland, 1142 New Zealand
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- Lab of Metabolomics, Key Laboratory of Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics, State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, 21009 China
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- Lab of Metabolomics, Key Laboratory of Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics, State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, 21009 China
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De Paepe B. Mitochondrial Markers for Cancer: Relevance to Diagnosis, Therapy, and Prognosis and General Understanding of Malignant Disease Mechanisms. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2012. [DOI: 10.5402/2012/217162] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Cancer cells display changes that aid them to escape from cell death, sustain their proliferative powers, and shift their metabolism toward glycolytic energy production. Mitochondria are key organelles in many metabolic and biosynthetic pathways, and the adaptation of mitochondrial function has been recognized as crucial to the changes that occur in cancer cells. This paper zooms in on the pathologic evaluation of mitochondrial markers for diagnosing and staging of human cancer and determining the patients’ prognoses.
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- Boel De Paepe
- Laboratories for Neuropathology & Mitochondrial Disorders, Ghent University Hospital, Building K5 3rd Floor, De Pintelaan 185, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
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Lage H. Proteomic approaches for investigation of therapy resistance in cancer. Proteomics Clin Appl 2012; 3:883-911. [PMID: 21136994 DOI: 10.1002/prca.200800162] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Resistance to anticancer therapy is a major obstacle for successful management of patients in oncology. Although in the past, various biological mechanisms involved in therapy resistance, in particular multidrug resistance, have been identified, cancer patients did not really benefit. The mechanisms include the enhanced activity of drug extrusion pumps, modulation of cellular death pathways, alteration and repair of target molecules and various other mechanisms. Together they build a complex network mediating an individual therapy-resistant phenotype. The improved description of this multifactorial network should be useful for prediction of treatment response and would allow to design an individual-tailored therapy regiment. Proteome analyzing technologies appear as powerful tools for identifying new factors and protein expression profiles associated with anticancer therapy resistance. In the last years, the application of proteomic techniques identified multiple new factors or protein expression signatures in drug-resistant cell models and cancerous tissues. However, the functional role and the clinical impact of these findings are not yet clarified. So far, none of the proteomic data were useful for the development of improved diagnostic tests, for prediction of individual therapy response or for development of updated chemosensitizers. Here, the previous therapy resistance-related proteome data and future perspectives will be discussed.
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- Hermann Lage
- Institute of Pathology, Charité Campus Mitte, Berlin, Germany.
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Alberghina L, Gaglio D, Gelfi C, Moresco RM, Mauri G, Bertolazzi P, Messa C, Gilardi MC, Chiaradonna F, Vanoni M. Cancer cell growth and survival as a system-level property sustained by enhanced glycolysis and mitochondrial metabolic remodeling. Front Physiol 2012; 3:362. [PMID: 22988443 PMCID: PMC3440026 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2012.00362] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2012] [Accepted: 08/23/2012] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Systems Biology holds that complex cellular functions are generated as system-level properties endowed with robustness, each involving large networks of molecular determinants, generally identified by “omics” analyses. In this paper we describe four basic cancer cell properties that can easily be investigated in vitro: enhanced proliferation, evasion from apoptosis, genomic instability, and inability to undergo oncogene-induced senescence. Focusing our analysis on a K-ras dependent transformation system, we show that enhanced proliferation and evasion from apoptosis are closely linked, and present findings that indicate how a large metabolic remodeling sustains the enhanced growth ability. Network analysis of transcriptional profiling gives the first indication on this remodeling, further supported by biochemical investigations and metabolic flux analysis (MFA). Enhanced glycolysis, down-regulation of TCA cycle, decoupling of glucose and glutamine utilization, with increased reductive carboxylation of glutamine, so to yield a sustained production of growth building blocks and glutathione, are the hallmarks of enhanced proliferation. Low glucose availability specifically induces cell death in K-ras transformed cells, while PKA activation reverts this effect, possibly through at least two mitochondrial targets. The central role of mitochondria in determining the two investigated cancer cell properties is finally discussed. Taken together the findings reported herein indicate that a system-level property is sustained by a cascade of interconnected biochemical pathways that behave differently in normal and in transformed cells.
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- Lilia Alberghina
- SysBio Centre for Systems Biology Milano and Rome, Italy ; Department of Biotechnology and Biosciences, University of Milano-Bicocca, Piazza della Scienza Milano, Italy
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Jiang Y, Wang X. Comparative mitochondrial proteomics: perspective in human diseases. J Hematol Oncol 2012; 5:11. [PMID: 22424240 PMCID: PMC3337254 DOI: 10.1186/1756-8722-5-11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2012] [Accepted: 03/18/2012] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Mitochondria are the most complex and the most important organelles of eukaryotic cells, which are involved in many cellular processes, including energy metabolism, apoptosis, and aging. And mitochondria have been identified as the "hot spot" by researchers for exploring relevant associated dysfunctions in many fields. The emergence of comparative proteomics enables us to have a close look at the mitochondrial proteome in a comprehensive and effective manner under various conditions and cellular circumstances. Two-dimensional electrophoresis combined with mass spectrometry is still the most popular techniques to study comparative mitochondrial proteomics. Furthermore, many new techniques, such as ICAT, MudPIT, and SILAC, equip researchers with more flexibilities inselecting proper methods. This article also reviews the recent development of comparative mitochondrial proteomics on diverse human diseases. And the results of mitochondrial proteomics enhance a better understanding of the pathogenesis associated with mitochondria and provide promising therapeutic targets.
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- Yujie Jiang
- Department of Hematology, Provincial Hospital affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan, China
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Evans AR, Miriyala S, St Clair DK, Butterfield DA, Robinson RAS. Global effects of adriamycin treatment on mouse splenic protein levels. J Proteome Res 2012; 11:1054-64. [PMID: 22112237 DOI: 10.1021/pr200798g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Adriamycin (ADR) is a potent anticancer drug used to treat a variety of cancers. Patients treated with ADR have experienced side effects such as heart failure, cardiomyopathy, and "chemobrain", which have been correlated to changes in protein expression in the heart and brain. In order to better understand cellular responses that are disrupted following ADR treatment in immune tissues, this work focuses on spleen. Significantly reduced spleen sizes were found in ADR-treated mice. Global isotopic labeling of tryptic peptides and nanoflow reversed-phase liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) were employed to determine differences in the relative abundances of proteins from ADR-treated mice relative to controls. Fifty-nine proteins of the 388 unique proteins identified showed statistically significant differences in expression levels following acute ADR treatment. Differentially expressed proteins are involved in processes such as cytoskeletal structural integrity, cellular signaling and transport, transcription and translation, immune response, and Ca(2+) binding. These are the first studies to provide insight to the downstream effects of ADR treatment in a peripheral immune organ such as spleen using proteomics.
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- Adam R Evans
- Department of Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260, United States
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Mitochondrial proteomic approaches for new potential diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers in cancer. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2012; 942:423-40. [PMID: 22399434 DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-2869-1_19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Mitochondrial dysfunction and mutations in mitochondrial DNA have been implicated in a wide variety of human diseases, including cancer. In recent years, considerable advances in genomic, proteomic and bioinformatic technologies have made it possible the analysis of mitochondrial proteome, leading to the identification of over 1,000 proteins which have been assigned unambiguously to mitochondria. Defining the mitochondrial proteome is a fundamental step for fully understanding the organelle functions as well as mechanisms underlying mitochondrial pathology. In fact, besides giving information on mitochondrial physiology, by characterizing all the components of this subcellular organelle, the application of proteomic technologies permitted now to study the proteins involved in many crucial properties in cell signaling, cell differentiation and cell death and, in particular, to identify mitochondrial proteins that are aberrantly expressed in cancer cells. An improved understanding of the mitochondrial proteome could be essential to shed light on the connection between mitochondrial dysfunction, deregulation of apoptosis and tumorigenesis and to discovery new therapeutic targets for mitochondria-related diseases.
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Li XH, Li C, Xiao ZQ. Proteomics for identifying mechanisms and biomarkers of drug resistance in cancer. J Proteomics 2011; 74:2642-9. [PMID: 21964283 DOI: 10.1016/j.jprot.2011.09.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2010] [Revised: 08/31/2011] [Accepted: 09/07/2011] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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A major problem in chemotherapy of cancer patients is drug resistance as well as unpredictable response to treatment. During chemotherapy, multiple alterations of genetics and epigenetics that contribute to chemoresistance take place, eventually impacting on disease outcome. A more complex picture of the mechanisms of drug resistance is now emerging through application of high-throughput proteomics technology. We have entered an exciting time where proteomics are being applied to characterize the mechanisms of drug resistance, and to identify biomarkers for predicting response to chemotherapy, thereby leading to personalized therapeutic strategies of cancer patients. Comparative proteomics have identified a large number of differentially expressed proteins associated with chemoresistance. Although roles and mechanisms of such proteins in chemoresistance need to be further proved, at least some of them may be potential biomarkers for predicting chemotherapeutic response. Herein, we review the recent advancements on proteomic investigation of chemoresistance in human cancer, and emphasize putative biomarkers for predicting chemotherapeutic response and possible mechanisms of chemoresistance identified through proteomic approaches. Suggested avenues for future work are discussed.
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- Xin-Hui Li
- Key Laboratory of Cancer Proteomics of Chinese Ministry of Health, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 410008, China
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Yao L, Zhang Y, Chen K, Hu X, Xu LX. Discovery of IL-18 as a novel secreted protein contributing to doxorubicin resistance by comparative secretome analysis of MCF-7 and MCF-7/Dox. PLoS One 2011; 6:e24684. [PMID: 21931812 PMCID: PMC3169632 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0024684] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2010] [Accepted: 08/18/2011] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Background Resistance to chemotherapy is the major cause of failure in breast cancer treatment. Recent studies suggest that secreted proteins may play important roles in chemoresistance. We sought to systematically characterize secreted proteins associated with drug resistance, which may represent potential serum biomarkers or novel drug targets. Methodology/Principal Findings In the present work, we adopted the proteomic strategy of one-dimensional gel electrophoresis followed by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry to compare the secretome of MCF-7 and doxorubicin-resistant MCF-7/Dox. A total of 2,084 proteins were identified with at least two unique peptides in the conditioned media of two cell lines. By quantification with label-free spectral counting, 89 differentially expressed secreted proteins (DESPs) between the two cell lines were found. Among them, 57 DESPs were first found to be related to doxorubicin resistance in this work, including 24 extracellular matrix related proteins, 2 cytokines and 31 unclassified proteins. We focused on 13 novel DESPs with confirmed roles in tumor metastasis. Among them, the elevated expression of IL-18 in doxorubicin-resistant cell lines and breast tumor tissues was validated and its role in doxorubicin resistance was further confirmed by cell viability experiments in the presence or absence of this protein. Conclusions/Significance Comparative analysis of the secretome of MCF-7 and MCF-7/Dox identified novel secreted proteins related to chemotherapy resistance. IL-18 was further validated to contribute to doxorubicin resistance, in addition to its confirmed role in breast cancer metastasis. Due to its dual roles in both drug resistance and tumor metastasis, IL-18 may represent a useful drug target for breast cancer therapy.
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- Ling Yao
- School of Biomedical Engineering and Med-X Research Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- School of Biomedical Engineering and Med-X Research Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
- Shanghai Center for Systems Biomedicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Ministry of Education, Shanghai, China
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- School of Biomedical Engineering and Med-X Research Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- School of Biomedical Engineering and Med-X Research Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
- * E-mail: (XH); (LXX)
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- School of Biomedical Engineering and Med-X Research Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
- * E-mail: (XH); (LXX)
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Gianazza E, Eberini I, Sensi C, Barile M, Vergani L, Vanoni MA. Energy matters: mitochondrial proteomics for biomedicine. Proteomics 2011; 11:657-74. [PMID: 21241019 DOI: 10.1002/pmic.201000412] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2010] [Revised: 09/22/2010] [Accepted: 11/03/2010] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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This review compiles results of medical relevance from mitochondrial proteomics, grouped either according to the type of disease - genetic or degenerative - or to the involved mechanism - oxidative stress or apoptosis. The findings are commented in the light of our current understanding of uniformity/variability in cell responses to different stimuli. Specificities in the conceptual and technical approaches to human mitochondrial proteomics are also outlined.
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- Elisabetta Gianazza
- Dipartimento di Scienze Farmacologiche, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milano, Italy.
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Joshi S, Tiwari A, Mondal B, Sharma A. Oncoproteomics. Clin Chim Acta 2011; 412:217-26. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2010.10.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2010] [Revised: 10/03/2010] [Accepted: 10/03/2010] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Chen JQ, Cammarata PR, Baines CP, Yager JD. Regulation of mitochondrial respiratory chain biogenesis by estrogens/estrogen receptors and physiological, pathological and pharmacological implications. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH 2009; 1793:1540-70. [PMID: 19559056 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2009.06.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 189] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2009] [Revised: 06/16/2009] [Accepted: 06/17/2009] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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There has been increasing evidence pointing to the mitochondrial respiratory chain (MRC) as a novel and important target for the actions of 17beta-estradiol (E(2)) and estrogen receptors (ER) in a number of cell types and tissues that have high demands for mitochondrial energy metabolism. This novel E(2)-mediated mitochondrial pathway involves the cooperation of both nuclear and mitochondrial ERalpha and ERbeta and their co-activators on the coordinate regulation of both nuclear DNA- and mitochondrial DNA-encoded genes for MRC proteins. In this paper, we have: 1) comprehensively reviewed studies that reveal a novel role of estrogens and ERs in the regulation of MRC biogenesis; 2) discussed their physiological, pathological and pharmacological implications in the control of cell proliferation and apoptosis in relation to estrogen-mediated carcinogenesis, anti-cancer drug resistance in human breast cancer cells, neuroprotection for Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease in brain, cardiovascular protection in human heart and their beneficial effects in lens physiology related to cataract in the eye; and 3) pointed out new research directions to address the key questions in this important and newly emerging area. We also suggest a novel conceptual approach that will contribute to innovative regimens for the prevention or treatment of a wide variety of medical complications based on E(2)/ER-mediated MRC biogenesis pathway.
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- Jin-Qiang Chen
- Breast Cancer Research Laboratory, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA 19111, USA.
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Ruiz-Romero C, Blanco FJ. Mitochondrial proteomics and its application in biomedical research. MOLECULAR BIOSYSTEMS 2009; 5:1130-42. [DOI: 10.1039/b906296n] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Gong Y, Wang N, Wu F, Cass CE, Damaraju S, Mackey JR, Li L. Proteome Profile of Human Breast Cancer Tissue Generated by LC−ESI−MS/MS Combined with Sequential Protein Precipitation and Solubilization. J Proteome Res 2008; 7:3583-90. [DOI: 10.1021/pr800229j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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- Yan Gong
- PolyomX Program, Cross Cancer Institute, Alberta Cancer Board, and Departments of Chemistry, Oncology, and Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- PolyomX Program, Cross Cancer Institute, Alberta Cancer Board, and Departments of Chemistry, Oncology, and Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- PolyomX Program, Cross Cancer Institute, Alberta Cancer Board, and Departments of Chemistry, Oncology, and Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- PolyomX Program, Cross Cancer Institute, Alberta Cancer Board, and Departments of Chemistry, Oncology, and Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- PolyomX Program, Cross Cancer Institute, Alberta Cancer Board, and Departments of Chemistry, Oncology, and Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- PolyomX Program, Cross Cancer Institute, Alberta Cancer Board, and Departments of Chemistry, Oncology, and Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- PolyomX Program, Cross Cancer Institute, Alberta Cancer Board, and Departments of Chemistry, Oncology, and Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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Hondermarck H, Tastet C, El Yazidi-Belkoura I, Toillon RA, Le Bourhis X. Proteomics of Breast Cancer: The Quest for Markers and Therapeutic Targets. J Proteome Res 2008; 7:1403-11. [DOI: 10.1021/pr700870c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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- Hubert Hondermarck
- INSERM U 908 (JE-2488) “Signalisation des facteurs de croissance dans le cancer du sein. Protéomique fonctionnelle”, IFR-147, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale and Université Lille 1, France
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- INSERM U 908 (JE-2488) “Signalisation des facteurs de croissance dans le cancer du sein. Protéomique fonctionnelle”, IFR-147, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale and Université Lille 1, France
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- INSERM U 908 (JE-2488) “Signalisation des facteurs de croissance dans le cancer du sein. Protéomique fonctionnelle”, IFR-147, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale and Université Lille 1, France
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- INSERM U 908 (JE-2488) “Signalisation des facteurs de croissance dans le cancer du sein. Protéomique fonctionnelle”, IFR-147, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale and Université Lille 1, France
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- INSERM U 908 (JE-2488) “Signalisation des facteurs de croissance dans le cancer du sein. Protéomique fonctionnelle”, IFR-147, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale and Université Lille 1, France
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Chen JQ, Brown TR, Yager JD. Mechanisms of hormone carcinogenesis: evolution of views, role of mitochondria. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2008. [PMID: 18637481 DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-78818-0_1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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CumuIative and excessive exposure to estrogens is associated with increased breast cancer risk. The traditional mechanism explaining this association is that estrogens affect the rate of cell division and apoptosis and thus manifest their effect on the risk of breast cancer by affecting the growth of breast epithelial tissues. Highly proliferative cells are susceptible to genetic errors during DNA replication. The action of estrogen metabolites offers a complementary genotoxic pathway mediated by the generation of reactive estrogen quinone metabolites that can form adducts with DNA and generate reactive oxygen species through redox cycling. In this chapter, we discussed a novel mitochondrial pathway mediated by estrogens and their cognate estrogen receptors (ERs) and its potential implications in estrogen-dependent carcinogenesis. Several lines of evidence are presented to show: (1) mitochondrial localization of ERs in human breast cancer cells and other cell types; (2) a functional role for the mitochondrial ERs in regulation of the mitochondrial respiratory chain (MRC) proteins and (3) potential implications of the mitochondrial ER-mediated pathway in stimulation of cell proliferation, inhibition of apoptosis and oxidative damage to mitochondrial DNA. The possible involvement of estrogens and ERs in deregulation of mitochondrial bioenergetics, an important hallmark of cancer cells, is also described. An evolutionary view is presented to suggest that persistent stimulation by estrogens through ER signaling pathways of MRC proteins and energy metabolic pathways leads to the alterations in mitochondrial bioenergetics and contributes to the development of estrogen-related cancers.
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- Jin-Qiang Chen
- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Department of Medicine, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA 22908-0546, USA.
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Wang J, Gutierrez P, Edwards N, Fenselau C. Integration of 18O labeling and solution isoelectric focusing in a shotgun analysis of mitochondrial proteins. J Proteome Res 2007; 6:4601-7. [PMID: 17994687 PMCID: PMC2562304 DOI: 10.1021/pr070401e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Forward and reverse (18)O labeling are integrated with solution isoelectric focusing and capillary LC-tandem mass spectrometry to evaluate a new strategy for quantitative proteomics and to study abundance changes in mitochondrial proteins associated with drug resistance in MCF-7 human cancer cells. Galectin-3 binding protein, which is involved in apoptosis, was detected only in the resistant cell line, as a result of reverse labeling. Among 278 proteins identified, 12 were detected with abundances altered at least 2-fold.
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- Jinshan Wang
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742
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- Greenebaum Cancer Center, University of Maryland Medical School, Baltimore, Maryland 21201
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- Center for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742
- Greenebaum Cancer Center, University of Maryland Medical School, Baltimore, Maryland 21201
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