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Zhang Q, Fang Y, She C, Zheng R, Hong C, Chen C, Wu J. Diagnostic and prognostic significance of SLC50A1 expression in patients with primary early breast cancer. Exp Ther Med 2022; 24:616. [PMID: 36160901 PMCID: PMC9468843 DOI: 10.3892/etm.2022.11553] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2022] [Accepted: 07/22/2022] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
Abstract
There is a lack of validated biomarkers for the diagnosis of early breast cancer (EBC). The current study aimed to determine the diagnostic and prognostic value of solute carrier family 50 member 1 (SLC50A1) in patients with EBC. Therefore, 123 patients with EBC, 30 patients with benign breast disease (BBD) and 26 healthy controls (HCs) were recruited. The serum levels of SLC50A1 in paired sera of 40 postoperative patients were assessed by ELISA. Immunohistochemical staining for SLC50A1 was performed in surgical tissue derived from 83 patients with EBC and 30 patients with BBD. mRNA expression of SLC50A1 and its diagnostic and prognostic value in patients with EBC was evaluated using an RNA-sequencing database. The results showed that serum levels of SLC50A1 in patients with EBC were significantly higher compared with those in patients with BBD and HCs (both P<0.001). Additionally, receiver operating characteristic curve analysis revealed that the serum levels of SLC50A1 distinguished patients with EBC from patients with BBD and HCs with a sensitivity of 76.42% and specificity of 76.79% [area under the curve (AUC)=0.783; P<0.001]. The diagnostic value of SLC50A1 was significantly greater than that of carcinoembryonic (P<0.005) and carbohydrate antigen 15-3 (P<0.029). Furthermore, the number of SLC50A1 positive cells significantly increased in tissue of patients with EBC compared with patients with BBD (P<0.001). A positive association between serum levels of SLC50A1 and its expression in tissue samples was observed in patients with EBC (ρ=0.700; P<0.001). Additionally, bioinformatics analysis verified the diagnostic value of SLC50A1, with an AUC of 0.983 (P<0.001). Multivariate analysis demonstrated that SLC50A1 was an independent prognostic factor in patients with EBC with a hazard ratio of 1.917 (P=0.013). These findings indicated that SLC50A1 may be a potential diagnostic biomarker for primary EBC and that SLC50A1 upregulation may be associated with unfavorable prognosis in patients with EBC.
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- Qunchen Zhang
- The Breast Center, Cancer Hospital of Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong 515041, P.R. China
- Department of Central Laboratory, Cancer Hospital of Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong 515041, P.R. China
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- The Breast Center, Cancer Hospital of Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong 515041, P.R. China
- Department of Central Laboratory, Cancer Hospital of Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong 515041, P.R. China
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- The Breast Center, Cancer Hospital of Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong 515041, P.R. China
- Department of Central Laboratory, Cancer Hospital of Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong 515041, P.R. China
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- The Breast Center, Cancer Hospital of Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong 515041, P.R. China
- Department of Central Laboratory, Cancer Hospital of Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong 515041, P.R. China
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- Department of Central Laboratory, Cancer Hospital of Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong 515041, P.R. China
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory for Breast Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment, Cancer Hospital of Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong 515041, P.R. China
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- The Breast Center, Cancer Hospital of Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong 515041, P.R. China
- Correspondence to: Dr Chunfa Chen or Dr Jundong Wu, The Breast Center, Cancer Hospital of Shantou University Medical College, 7 Rao Ping Road, Shantou, Guangdong 515041, P.R. China
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- The Breast Center, Cancer Hospital of Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong 515041, P.R. China
- Department of Central Laboratory, Cancer Hospital of Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong 515041, P.R. China
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory for Breast Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment, Cancer Hospital of Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong 515041, P.R. China
- Correspondence to: Dr Chunfa Chen or Dr Jundong Wu, The Breast Center, Cancer Hospital of Shantou University Medical College, 7 Rao Ping Road, Shantou, Guangdong 515041, P.R. China
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Sugar Transporters in Plasmodiophora brassicae: Genome-Wide Identification and Functional Verification. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms23095264. [PMID: 35563657 PMCID: PMC9099952 DOI: 10.3390/ijms23095264] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2022] [Revised: 05/05/2022] [Accepted: 05/06/2022] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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Plasmodiophora brassicae, an obligate intracellular pathogen, can hijack the host’s carbohydrates for survival. When the host plant is infected by P. brassicae, a large amount of soluble sugar accumulates in the roots, especially glucose, which probably facilitates the development of this pathogen. Although a complete glycolytic and tricarboxylic acid cycle (TCA) cycle existed in P. brassicae, very little information about the hexose transport system has been reported. In this study, we screened 17 putative sugar transporters based on information about their typical domains. The structure of these transporters showed a lot of variation compared with that of other organisms, especially the number of transmembrane helices (TMHs). Phylogenetic analysis indicated that these sugar transporters were far from the evolutionary relationship of other organisms and were unique in P. brassicae. The hexose transport activity assay indicated that eight transporters transported glucose or fructose and could restore the growth of yeast strain EBY.VW4000, which was deficient in hexose transport. The expression level of these glucose transporters was significantly upregulated at the late inoculation time when resting spores and galls were developing and a large amount of energy was needed. Our study provides new insights into the mechanism of P. brassicae survival in host cells by hijacking and utilizing the carbohydrates of the host.
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Zwierzchowski L, Ostrowska M, Żelazowska B, Bagnicka E. Single nucleotide polymorphisms in the bovine SLC2A12 and SLC5A1 glucose transporter genes - the effect on gene expression and milk traits of Holstein Friesian cows. Anim Biotechnol 2021; 34:225-235. [PMID: 34355642 DOI: 10.1080/10495398.2021.1954934] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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In this study, novel single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) were found in the 5'-regulatory regions (promoters) of the bovine glucose transporter (GT) genes SLC2A12 and SLC5A1. These polymorphisms were shown to associate with certain milk production traits in HF cows, including milk yield, milk composition, and somatic cell count. It was shown that the SNP g.-671C > G (NC_037336.1: g.72224078C > G) in the SLC2A12 gene could be an effective marker of cattle production traits and that genotypes CC and CG are associated with the best productivity. The polymorphisms found in the SLC5A1 gene promoter also influenced milk production traits in HF cows, albeit to a lesser extent, and we propose that these polymorphisms could be useful as genetic markers for milk production traits in marker-assisted selection (MAS); however, this must be confirmed on larger populations of cattle. In addition, the presence of polymorphisms within promoter regions appears to affect the expression of GT genes in the cow mammary gland and modify transcription factor (TF) binding capacity.
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- Lech Zwierzchowski
- Institute of Genetics and Animal Biotechnology Polish Academy of Sciences (IGAB PAS), Jastrzębiec, Poland
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- Department of Biotechnology, Microbiology and Human Nutrition, University of Life Sciences in Lublin, Lublin, Poland
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- Institute of Genetics and Animal Biotechnology Polish Academy of Sciences (IGAB PAS), Jastrzębiec, Poland
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- Institute of Genetics and Animal Biotechnology Polish Academy of Sciences (IGAB PAS), Jastrzębiec, Poland
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Lebelo MT, Joubert AM, Visagie MH. Warburg effect and its role in tumourigenesis. Arch Pharm Res 2019; 42:833-847. [PMID: 31473944 DOI: 10.1007/s12272-019-01185-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2019] [Accepted: 08/27/2019] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Glucose is a crucial molecule in energy production and produces different end products in non-tumourigenic- and tumourigenic tissue metabolism. Tumourigenic cells oxidise glucose by fermentation and generate lactate and adenosine triphosphate even in the presence of oxygen (Warburg effect). The Na+/H+-antiporter is upregulated in tumourigenic cells resulting in release of lactate- and H+ ions into the extracellular space. Accumulation of lactate- and proton ions in the extracellular space results in an acidic environment that promotes invasion and metastasis. Otto Warburg reported that tumourigenic cells have defective mitochondria that produce less energy. However, decades later it became evident that these mitochondria have adapted with alterations in mitochondrial content, structure, function and activity. Mitochondrial biogenesis and mitophagy regulate the formation of new mitochondria and degradation of defective mitochondria in order to combat accumulation of mutagenic mitochondrial deoxyribonucleic acid. Tumourigenic cells also produce increase reactive oxygen species (ROS) resulting from upregulated glycolysis leading to pathogenesis including cancer. Moderate ROS levels exert proliferative- and prosurvival signaling, while high ROS quantities induce cell death. Understanding the crosstalk between aberrant metabolism, redox regulation, mitochondrial adaptions and pH regulation provides scientific- and medical communities with new opportunities to explore cancer therapies.
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- Maphuti T Lebelo
- Department of Physiology, University of Pretoria, Private Bag X323, Arcadia, Pretoria, 0007, South Africa
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- Department of Physiology, University of Pretoria, Private Bag X323, Arcadia, Pretoria, 0007, South Africa
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- Department of Physiology, University of Pretoria, Private Bag X323, Arcadia, Pretoria, 0007, South Africa.
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