1. Soluble CD146 as a Potential Target for Preventing Triple Negative Breast Cancer MDA-MB-231 Cell Growth and Dissemination.
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Sharma, Akshita, Joshkon, Ahmad, Ladjimi, Aymen, Traboulsi, Waël, Bachelier, Richard, Robert, Stéphane, Foucault-Bertaud, Alexandrine, Leroyer, Aurélie S., Bardin, Nathalie, Somasundaram, Indumathi, and Blot-Chabaud, Marcel
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TRIPLE-negative breast cancer ,CANCER cells ,CANCER cell growth ,EPITHELIAL-mesenchymal transition ,CANCER stem cells - Abstract
Background: Triple Negative Breast Cancers (TNBC) are the most aggressive breast cancers and lead to poor prognoses. This is due to a high resistance to therapies, mainly because of the presence of Cancer Stem Cells (CSCs). Plasticity, a feature of CSCs, is acquired through the Epithelial to Mesenchymal Transition (EMT), a process that has been recently shown to be regulated by a key molecule, CD146. Of interest, CD146 is over-expressed in TNBC. Methods: The MDA-MB-231 TNBC cell line was used as a model to study the role of CD146 and its secreted soluble form (sCD146) in the development and dissemination of TNBC using in vitro and in vivo studies. Results: High expression of CD146 in a majority of MDA-MB-231 cells leads to an increased secretion of sCD146 that up-regulates the expression of EMT and CSC markers on the cells. These effects can be blocked with a specific anti-sCD146 antibody, M2J-1 mAb. M2J-1 mAb was able to reduce tumour development and dissemination in a model of cells xenografted in nude mice and an experimental model of metastasis, respectively, in part through its effects on CSC. Conclusion: We propose that M2J-1 mAb could be used as an additional therapeutic approach to fight TNBC. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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