Mammary Cell News Volume 15.49 | Dec 14 2023

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    2023-12-14 | MCN 15.49


    Mammary Cell News by STEMCELL Technologies
    Vol. 15.49 – 14 December, 2023
    TOP STORY

    B3GALT6 Promotes Dormant Breast Cancer Cell Survival and Recurrence by Enabling Heparan Sulfate-Mediated FGF Signaling

    Scientists derived a dormancy-associated residual tumor cell signature that mirrored the transcriptional response to neoadjuvant therapy in patients and was enriched for extracellular matrix-related pathways.
    [Cancer Cell]

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    Mint3-Depletion-Induced Energy Stress Sensitizes Triple-Negative Breast Cancer to Chemotherapy via HSF1 Inactivation

    Investigators analyzed whether depletion of Munc18-1 interacting protein 3 (Mint3), which activated hypoxia-inducible factor 1 during normoxia, sensitized TNBC to chemotherapy.
    [Cell Death & Disease]

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    SIX1 Amplification Modulates Stemness and Tumorigenesis in Breast Cancer

    Researchers demonstrated that the expression of Sine oculis homeobox homolog 1 (SIX1) varied among different subtypes of breast cancer and that it upregulated breast cancer grading and lymph node metastasis.
    [Journal of Translational Medicine]

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    Key Regulator PNPLA8 Drives Phospholipid Reprogramming Induced Proliferation and Migration in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer

    Scientists highlighted patatin-like phospholipase domain-containing lipase 8 (PNPLA8) as key regulator of phospholipid metabolic reprogramming and malignant phenotypes in TNBC.
    [Breast Cancer Research]

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    Mutational Impact of APOBEC3A and APOBEC3B in a Human Cell Line and Comparisons to Breast Cancer

    Researchers reported the development of a selectable system to quantify genome mutation and demonstrated its utility by comparing the mutagenic activities of three leading candidates—APOBEC3A, APOBEC3B, and APOBEC3H.
    [PLOS Genetics]

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    Efficient Delivery of Methotrexate to MDA-MB-231 Breast Cancer Cells by a pH-Responsive ZnO Nanocarrier

    The authors designed a very simple, biocompatible, and non-toxic amine-capped ZnO quantum dots to overcome the Methotrexate resistance on the MDA-MB-231 breast cancer cell line.
    [Scientific Reports]

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    Ketogenic Diet Does Not Promote Triple-Negative and Luminal Mammary Tumor Growth and Metastasis in Experimental Mice

    Investigators assessed the impact of a Ketogenic diets on growth and metastasis of triple negative murine 4T1 mammary tumors, and on the progression of luminal breast tumors in an autochthonous MMTV-PyMT mouse model.
    [Clinical & Experimental Metastasis]

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    Caesalpinia pulcherrima Lowered Serum Carcinoembryonic Antigen and Antigen 125 in 7,12-Dimethylbenz[a]anthracene-Induced Mammary Carcinogenesis in Female Albino Rats

    Tumors were induced via a single intraperitoneal injection of 7,12-Dimethlbenzanthraceneat a dose of 80 mg/kg body weight to the test rats and allowed to develop for about four months.
    [Heliyon]

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    Nanoformulated 3′-Diindolylmethane Modulates Apoptosis, Migration, and Angiogenesis in Breast Cancer Cells

    Researchers observed that 3, 3′-Diindolylmethane-coated nanopatticles (DIM-NPs) had an average diameter of 102.3 nm and a PDI of 0.182. When treated with DIM-NPs for 48 hours, both MCF7 and MDA-MB-231 cells displayed cytotoxicity at a concentration of 6.25 g/mL compared to untreated cells.
    [Heliyon]

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    REVIEWS

    The CDK4/6 Inhibitor Revolution — A Game-Changing Era for Breast Cancer Treatment

    Scientists describe the rationale for targeting CDK4/6 in patients with breast cancer, including a summary of updated clinical evidence and how this should inform clinical practice.
    [Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology]

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    INDUSTRY AND POLICY NEWS

    Breast Cancer Canada Grants $2.5 Million to McPeak-Sirois Group to Expand Access to Clinical Research

    Breast Cancer Canada announced a new partnership with McPeak-Sirois Group for Clinical Research in Breast Cancer, one of the largest breast cancer clinical research consortiums in Canada, to expand access to clinical research in breast cancer throughout Quebec.
    [Financial Post]

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