Mammary Cell News Volume 14.04 | Feb 3 2022

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    TOP STORY

    The Ubiquitin E3 Ligase ARIH1 Regulates hnRNP E1 Protein Stability, EMT and Breast Cancer Progression

    ARIH1 silencing in breast cancer cells significantly attenuated cancer cell stemness in vitro and tumor formation in vivo.
    [Oncogene]

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    RNA-Binding Protein Complex LIN28/MSI2 Enhances Cancer Stem Cell-Like Properties by Modulating Hippo-YAP1 Signaling and Independently of Let-7

    Investigators unraveled a novel LIN28/MSI2-YAP1 regulatory axis to induce the cancer stem cell-like properties, tumor growth and metastasis, independently of Let-7, which may serve as a potential therapeutic strategy for the treatment of a subset of TNBC with LIN28 overexpression.
    [Oncogene]

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    Structural and Morphological Changes of Breast Cancer Cells Induced by Iron(II) Complexes

    The authors characterized the effects of iron(II)-based complexes on the structural and morphological properties of epithelial non-tumorigenic and tumorigenic breast cell lines using atomic force microscopy, flow cytometry and immunofluorescence microscopy.
    [Nanoscale]

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    Hypoxia-Induced lncRNA RBM5-AS1 Promotes Tumorigenesis via Activating Wnt/β-Catenin Signaling in Breast Cancer

    Overexpression of RBM5-AS1 facilitated proliferation, migration, invasion, epithelial-mesenchymal transition, and stemness maintenance of breast cancer cells in vitro and in vivo.
    [Cell Death & Disease]

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    BMI1 Nuclear Location Is Critical for RAD51-Dependent Response to Replication Stress and Drives Chemoresistance in Breast Cancer Stem Cells

    Scientists depicted the mechanism of breast cancer stem cells’ (bCSCs) response to replication stress (RS) and its clinical implication, and demonstrated that bCSCs presented a limited level of RS compared with non-bCSCs in patient samples.
    [Cell Death & Disease]

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    USP5 Promotes Breast Cancer Cell Proliferation and Metastasis by Stabilizing HIF2α

    Ubiquitin-specific peptidase 5 (USP5) stabilized hypoxia-inducible factor 2α (HIF2α) through its deubiquitinase activity and provided a potential therapeutic target for breast cancer.
    [Journal of Cellular Physiology]

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    DNMT1 Facilitates Growth of Breast Cancer by Inducing MEG3 Hyper-Methylation

    Investigators demonstrated that DNMT1 induced methylation of MEG3 promoter and played a key role in breast cancer growth through the miR-494-3p/OTUD4 axis.
    [Cancer Cell International]

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    Engineer a Pre-Metastatic Niched Microenvironment to Attract Breast Cancer Cells by Utilizing a 3D Printed Polycaprolactone/Nano-Hydroxyapatite Osteogenic Scaffold – an In Vitro Model System for Proof of Concept

    A transwell migration assay was used to investigate recruitment of MDA-MB-231, MCF-7, and MDA-MB-453 breast cancer cells to the osseous polycaprolactone-nano-hydroxyapatite scaffolds.
    [Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part B-Applied Biomaterials]

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    Ultrasound Targeted Microbubble Destruction-Mediated SOCS3 Attenuates Biological Characteristics and Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition (EMT) of Breast Cancer Stem Cells

    Researchers explored the effects of ultrasound targeted microbubble destruction-mediated transfection of SOCS3 on the biological characteristics and EMT of breast cancer stem cells.
    [Bioengineered]

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    REVIEWS

    Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Brain Metastasis: An Update on Druggable Targets, Current Clinical Trials, and Future Treatment Options

    The authors describe ongoing clinical trials on druggable targets in TNBC-brain metastasis (BM) for a more targeted treatment and introduce the obstacles hindering drug delivery to the brain, bringing strategies and advancing knowledge for future steps in the treatment of patients with TNBC-BM.
    [Drug Discovery Today]

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    Fusion-Associated Carcinomas of the Breast: Diagnostic, Prognostic, and Therapeutic Significance

    Kinase fusions are currently being evaluated in breast cancer clinical trials and ongoing mechanistic investigation is exposing therapeutic vulnerabilities in patients with fusion positive disease.
    [Genes Chromosomes & Cancer]

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    INDUSTRY AND POLICY NEWS

    Veru Enters into Clinical Trial Collaboration and Supply Agreement with Eli Lilly and Company to Evaluate Enobosarm in Combination with Verzenio® in Phase III ENABLAR-2 Trial

    Veru, Inc. announced that it has entered into a clinical trial collaboration and supply agreement with Eli Lilly and company which will evaluate the efficacy and safety of enobosarm in combination with Lilly’s abemaciclib as a second line therapy in the treatment of AR+ER+HER2- metastatic breast cancer
    [Veru, Inc.]

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