Does EMT Contribute to Radiation Resistance in Human Breast Cancer?

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anupama Munshi
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
Radiation Resistance ◽  
Human Breast Cancer ◽  
Human Breast

scholarly journals Exosomes Derived from Radioresistant Breast Cancer Cells Promote Therapeutic Resistance in Naïve Recipient Cells

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (12) ◽  
pp. 1310
Author(s):  
Chantell Payton ◽  
Lisa Y. Pang ◽  
Mark Gray ◽  
David J. Argyle
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
Stem Cell ◽  
Cancer Stem Cell ◽  
Cancer Cells ◽  
Cell Line ◽  
Radiation Resistance ◽  
Human Breast Cancer ◽  
Therapy Resistance ◽  
Biologically Active ◽  
Human Breast

Radiation resistance is a significant challenge in the treatment of breast cancer in humans. Human breast cancer is commonly treated with surgery and adjuvant chemotherapy/radiotherapy, but recurrence and metastasis upon the development of therapy resistance results in treatment failure. Exosomes are extracellular vesicles secreted by most cell types and contain biologically active cargo that, when transferred to recipient cells, can influence the cells’ genome and proteome. We propose that exosomes secreted by radioresistant (RR) cells may be able to disseminate the RR phenotype throughout the tumour. Here, we isolated exosomes from the human breast cancer cell line, MDA-MB-231, and the canine mammary carcinoma cell line, REM134, and their RR counterparts to investigate the effects of exosomes derived from RR cells on non-RR recipient cells. Canine mammary cancer cells lines have previously been shown to be excellent translational models of human breast cancer. This is consistent with our current data showing that exosomes derived from RR cells can increase cell viability and colony formation in naïve recipient cells and increase chemotherapy and radiotherapy resistance, in both species. These results are consistent in cancer stem cell and non-cancer stem cell populations. Significantly, exosomes derived from RR cells increased the tumoursphere-forming ability of recipient cells compared to exosomes derived from non-RR cells. Our results show that exosomes are potential mediators of radiation resistance that could be therapeutically targeted.

Virus-Like Particles in a Human Breast Cancer: Structural Similarity to Previously Reported Particles

1973 ◽  
Vol 31 ◽  
pp. 378-379
Author(s):  
G. Kasnic ◽  
S. E. Stewart ◽  
C. Urbanski
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
Biological Activity ◽  
Human Breast Cancer ◽  
Osteogenic Sarcoma ◽  
Human Tumor ◽  
Structural Similarity ◽  
Cell Tumor ◽  
Human Breast ◽  
Human Tumor Cell ◽  
Type Particle

We have reported the maturation of an intracisternal A-type particle in murine plasma cell tumor cultures and three human tumor cell cultures (rhabdomyosarcoma, lung adenocarcinoma, and osteogenic sarcoma) after IUDR-DMSO activation. In all of these studies the A-type particle seems to develop into a form with an electron dense nucleoid, presumably mature, which is also intracisternal. A similar intracisternal A-type particle has been described in leukemic guinea pigs. Although no biological activity has yet been demonstrated for these particles, on morphologic grounds, and by the manner in which they develop within the cell, they may represent members of the same family of viruses.

Further Ultrastructural Observations on Metastatic Nodules of Human Breast Cancer

1968 ◽  
Vol 26 ◽  
pp. 224-225
Author(s):  
John L. Swedo ◽  
R. W. Talley ◽  
John H. L. Watson
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
Human Breast Cancer ◽  
Estrogen Therapy ◽  
Specimen Preparation ◽  
Human Breast ◽  
Autophagic Vacuoles ◽  
Previous Communication ◽  
Linear Profiles ◽  
Metastatic Nodule

Since the report, which described the ultrastructure of a metastatic nodule of human breast cancer after estrogen therapy, additional ultrastructural observations, including some which are correlative with pertinent findings in the literature concerning mycoplasmas, have been recorded concerning the same subject. Specimen preparation was identical to that in.The mitochondria possessed few cristae, and were deteriorated and vacuolated. They often contained particulates and fibrous structures, sometimes arranged in spindle-shaped bundles, Fig. 1. Another apparent aberration was the occurrence, Fig. 2 (arrows) of linear profiles of what seems to be SER, which lie between layers of RER, and are often recognizably continuous with them.It was noted that the structure of the round bodies, interpreted as within autophagic vacuoles in the previous communication, and of vesicular bodies, described morphologically closely resembled those of some mycoplasmas. Specifically, they simulated or reflected the various stages of replication reported for mycoplasmas grown on solid nutrient. Based on this observation, they are referred to here as “mycoplasma-like” structures, in anticipation of confirmatory evidence from investigations now in progress.

Jab1 is overexpressed in human breast cancer and is a downstream target for HER-2/neu

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ming-Chuan Hsu ◽  
Chee-Yin Chai ◽  
Ming-Feng Hou ◽  
Hui-Chiu Chang ◽  
Wan-Tzu Chen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
Human Breast Cancer ◽  
Human Breast ◽  
Downstream Target ◽  
Her 2
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