{"title":"The Impact of microRNA SNPs on Breast Cancer: Potential Biomarkers for Disease Detection.","authors":"Sakshi Chauhan, Runjhun Mathur, Abhimanyu Kumar Jha","doi":"10.1007/s12033-024-01113-w","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s12033-024-01113-w","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Breast cancer is considered a significant health concern worldwide, with genetic predisposition playing a critical role in its etiology. Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), particularly those within the 3' untranslated regions (3'UTRs) of target genes, are emerging as key factors in breast cancer susceptibility. Specifically, miRNAs have been recognized as possible novel approach for biomarkers discovery for both prognosis and diagnosis due to their direct association with cancer progression. Regional disparities in breast cancer incidence underscore the need for precise interventions, considering socio-cultural and economic factors. This review explores into the differential effects of SNP-miRNA interactions on breast cancer risk, emphasizing both risk-enhancing and protective associations across diverse populations. Furthermore, it explores the clinical implications of these findings, highlighting the potential of personalized approaches in breast cancer management. Additionally, it reviews the evolving therapeutic prospect of microRNAs (miRNAs), extending beyond cancer therapeutics to encompass various diseases, indicative of their versatility as therapeutic agents.</p>","PeriodicalId":18865,"journal":{"name":"Molecular Biotechnology","volume":" ","pages":"845-861"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140184983","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Molecular BiotechnologyPub Date : 2025-03-01Epub Date: 2024-03-18DOI: 10.1007/s12033-024-01119-4
Balasubramanian Harihar, Konda Mani Saravanan, Michael M Gromiha, Samuel Selvaraj
{"title":"Importance of Inter-residue Contacts for Understanding Protein Folding and Unfolding Rates, Remote Homology, and Drug Design.","authors":"Balasubramanian Harihar, Konda Mani Saravanan, Michael M Gromiha, Samuel Selvaraj","doi":"10.1007/s12033-024-01119-4","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s12033-024-01119-4","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Inter-residue interactions in protein structures provide valuable insights into protein folding and stability. Understanding these interactions can be helpful in many crucial applications, including rational design of therapeutic small molecules and biologics, locating functional protein sites, and predicting protein-protein and protein-ligand interactions. The process of developing machine learning models incorporating inter-residue interactions has been improved recently. This review highlights the theoretical models incorporating inter-residue interactions in predicting folding and unfolding rates of proteins. Utilizing contact maps to depict inter-residue interactions aids researchers in developing computer models for detecting remote homologs and interface residues within protein-protein complexes which, in turn, enhances our knowledge of the relationship between sequence and structure of proteins. Further, the application of contact maps derived from inter-residue interactions is highlighted in the field of drug discovery. Overall, this review presents an extensive assessment of the significant models that use inter-residue interactions to investigate folding rates, unfolding rates, remote homology, and drug development, providing potential future advancements in constructing efficient computational models in structural biology.</p>","PeriodicalId":18865,"journal":{"name":"Molecular Biotechnology","volume":" ","pages":"862-884"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140158550","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Molecular BiotechnologyPub Date : 2025-03-01Epub Date: 2024-03-25DOI: 10.1007/s12033-024-01126-5
Wang Jianfang, Sayed Haidar Abbas Raza, Sameer D Pant, Zhao Juan, Ajit Prakash, Sameh A Abdelnour, Bandar Hamad Aloufi, Zeinab M H Mahasneh, Ahmed A Amin, Borhan Shokrollahi, Linsen Zan
{"title":"Exploring Epigenetic and Genetic Modulation in Animal Responses to Thermal Stress.","authors":"Wang Jianfang, Sayed Haidar Abbas Raza, Sameer D Pant, Zhao Juan, Ajit Prakash, Sameh A Abdelnour, Bandar Hamad Aloufi, Zeinab M H Mahasneh, Ahmed A Amin, Borhan Shokrollahi, Linsen Zan","doi":"10.1007/s12033-024-01126-5","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s12033-024-01126-5","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>There is increasing evidence indicating that global temperatures are rising significantly, a phenomenon commonly referred to as 'global warming', which in turn is believed to be causing drastic changes to the global climate. Global warming (GW) directly impacts animal health, reproduction, production, and welfare, presenting several challenges to livestock enterprises. Thermal stress (TS) is one of the key consequences of GW, and all animal species, including livestock, have diverse physiological, epigenetic and genetic mechanisms to respond to TS. As a result, TS can significantly affect an animals' health, immune responsiveness, metabolic pathways etc. which can also influence the productivity, performance, and welfare of animals. Moreover, prolonged exposure to TS can lead to transgenerational and intergenerational changes that are mediated by epigenetic changes. For example, in several animal species, the effects of TS are encoded epigenetically during the animals' growth or productive stage, and these epigenetic changes can be transmitted intergenerationally. Such epigenetic changes can affect animal productivity by changing the phenotype so that it aligns with its ancestors' environment, irrespective of its immediate environment. Furthermore, epigenetic and genetic changes can also help protect cells from the adverse effects of TS by modulating the transcriptional status of heat-responsive genes in animals. This review focuses on the genetic and epigenetic modulation and regulation that occurs in TS conditions via HSPs, histone alterations and DNA methylation.</p>","PeriodicalId":18865,"journal":{"name":"Molecular Biotechnology","volume":" ","pages":"942-956"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140288577","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Quantitative Proteomic Analysis Identifying and Evaluating TRAF6 and IL-8 as Potential Diagnostic Biomarkers in Neonatal Patients with Necrotizing Enterocolitis.","authors":"Jing Wang, Minhan Qu, Aijuan Qiu, Lili Yang, Hui Xu, Shenglin Yu, Zhaojun Pan","doi":"10.1007/s12033-024-01111-y","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s12033-024-01111-y","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) is a common gastrointestinal complication in premature infants, resulting in high morbidity and mortality, and its early detection is crucial for accurate treatment and outcome prediction. Extensive research has demonstrated a clear correlation between NEC and extremely low birth weight, degree of preterm, formula feeding, infection, hypoxic/ischemic damage, and intestinal dysbiosis. The development of noninvasive biomarkers of NEC from stool, urine, and serum has attracted a great deal of interest because to these clinical connections and the quest for a deeper knowledge of disease pathophysiology. Therefore, this study aims to identify protein expression patterns in NEC and discover innovative diagnostic biomarkers. In this study, we recruited five patients diagnosed with NEC and paired necrotic segments of intestinal tissue with adjacent normal segments of intestine to form experimental and control groups. Quantitative proteomics tandem mass tagging (TMT) labeling technique was used to detect and quantify the proteins, and the expression levels of the candidate biomarkers in the intestinal tissues were further determined by quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR), Western blot analysis, Immunofluorescence methods and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). A total of 6880 proteins were identified and quantified in patients with NEC. A significant disparity in protein expression was observed between necrotic and normal segments of intestinal tissue in NEC patients. A total of 55 proteins were found to be upregulated, and 40 proteins were found to be downregulated in NEC patients when using a p-value of < 0.05, and an absolute fold change of > 1.2 for analysis. GO function enrichment analysis showed the positive regulation of significant biological processes such as mitochondrial organization, vasoconstriction, rRNA catabolism, fluid shear stress response, and glycerol ether biosynthesis processes. Enrichment analysis also revealed essential functions such as ligand-gated ion channel activity, potassium channel activity, ligand-gated cation channel activity, ligand-gated ion channel activity, and ligand-gated channel activity, including molecular functions such as ligand-gated ion channel activity and mitotic events in this comparative group. Significant changes were found in endomembrane protein complex, membrane fraction, mitochondrial membrane fraction, membrane components, membrane intrinsic components, and other localized proteins. Additional validation of intestinal tissue and serum revealed a substantial increase in TRAF6 (tumor necrosis factor receptor-associated factor 6) and IL-8(Interleukin-8, CXCL8). The quantitative proteomic TMT method can effectively detect proteins with differential expression in the intestinal tissues of NEC patients. Proteins TRAF6 and CXCL8/IL-8 are significantly upregulated in the intestinal tissues and serum samples of patients and may serve as valuable predi","PeriodicalId":18865,"journal":{"name":"Molecular Biotechnology","volume":" ","pages":"1109-1121"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140184878","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Polylactic-Co-glycolic Acid Polymer-Based Nano-Encapsulation Using Recombinant Maltoporin of Aeromonas hydrophila as Potential Vaccine Candidate.","authors":"Mave Harshitha, Ruveena D'souza, Somanath Disha, Uchangi Satyaprasad Akshath, Saurabh Dubey, Hetron Mweemba Munang'andu, Anirban Chakraborty, Indrani Karunasagar, Biswajit Maiti","doi":"10.1007/s12033-024-01117-6","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s12033-024-01117-6","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Aquaculture production has been incurring economic losses due to infectious diseases by opportunistic pathogens like Aeromonas hydrophila, a bacterial agent that commonly affects warm water aquacultured fish. Developing an effective vaccine with an appropriate delivery system can elicit an immune response that would be a useful disease management strategy through prevention. The most practical method of administration would be the oral delivery of vaccine developed through nano-biotechnology. In this study, the gene encoding an outer membrane protein, maltoporin, of A. hydrophila, was identified, sequenced, and studied using bioinformatics tools to examine its potential as a vaccine candidate. Using a double emulsion method, the molecule was cloned, over-expressed, and encapsulated in a biodegradable polymer polylactic-co-glycolic acid (PLGA). The immunogenicity of maltoporin was identified through in silico analysis and thus taken up for nanovaccine preparation. The encapsulation efficiency of maltoporin was 63%, with an in vitro release of 55% protein in 48 h. The particle size and morphology of the encapsulated protein exhibited properties that could induce stability and function as an effective carrier system to deliver the antigen to the site and trigger immune response. Results show promise that the PLGA-mediated delivery system could be a potential carrier in developing a fish vaccine via oral administration. They provide insight for developing nanovaccine, since sustained in vitro release and biocompatibility were observed. There is further scope to study the immune response and examine the protective immunity induced by the nanoparticle-encapsulated maltoporin by oral delivery to fish.</p>","PeriodicalId":18865,"journal":{"name":"Molecular Biotechnology","volume":" ","pages":"1178-1187"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140184877","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Abridgement of Microbial Esterases and Their Eminent Industrial Endeavors.","authors":"Fatima Akram, Taseer Fatima, Ifrah Shabbir, Ikram Ul Haq, Ramesha Ibrar, Hamid Mukhtar","doi":"10.1007/s12033-024-01108-7","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s12033-024-01108-7","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Esterases are hydrolases that contribute to the hydrolysis of ester bonds into both water-soluble acyl esters and emulsified glycerol-esters containing short-chain acyl groups. They have garnered significant attention from biotechnologists and organic chemists due to their immense commercial value. Esterases, with their diverse and significant properties, have become highly sought after for various industrial applications. Synthesized ubiquitously by a wide range of living organisms, including animals, plants, and microorganisms, these enzymes have found microbial esterases to be the preferred choice in industrial settings. The cost-effective production of microbial esterases ensures higher yields, unaffected by seasonal variations. Their applications span diverse sectors, such as food manufacturing, leather tanneries, paper and pulp production, textiles, detergents, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, biodiesel synthesis, bioremediation, and waste treatment. As the global trend shifts toward eco-friendly and sustainable practices, industrial processes are evolving with reduced waste generation, lower energy consumption, and the utilization of biocatalysts derived from renewable and unconventional raw materials. This review explores the background, structural characteristics, thermostability, and multifaceted roles of bacterial esterases in crucial industries, aiming to optimize and analyze their properties for continued successful utilization in diverse industrial processes. Additionally, recent advancements in esterase research are overviewed, showcasing novel techniques, innovations, and promising areas for further exploration.</p>","PeriodicalId":18865,"journal":{"name":"Molecular Biotechnology","volume":" ","pages":"817-833"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140068523","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Molecular BiotechnologyPub Date : 2025-03-01Epub Date: 2024-03-18DOI: 10.1007/s12033-024-01116-7
Hongjun Kan, Miaomiao Zhao, Wei Wang, Baozhong Sun
{"title":"Understanding Propofol's Protective Mechanism in Tubular Epithelial Cells: Mitigating Pyroptosis via the miR-143-3p/ATPase Na + /K + Transporting Subunit Alpha 2 Pathway in Renal Ischemia-Reperfusion.","authors":"Hongjun Kan, Miaomiao Zhao, Wei Wang, Baozhong Sun","doi":"10.1007/s12033-024-01116-7","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s12033-024-01116-7","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Propofol (Pro), a prevalent intravenous anesthetic, has recently been recognized for its potential in mitigating ischemia-reperfusion (I/R) injuries. Despite a plethora of evidence suggesting the beneficial effects of low-dose Pro in renal I/R injury (RI/R), its role in modulating pyroptosis in renal tubular epithelial cells consequent to RI/R has not been thoroughly elucidated. In our investigation, we explored the therapeutic potential of Pro against pyroptosis in renal tubular epithelial cells under the duress of RI/R, employing both in vivo and in vitro models, while deciphering the intricate molecular pathways involved. Our results demonstrate an elevation in the expression of miR-143-3p, contrasted by a diminution in ATPase Na + /K + Transporting Subunit Alpha 2 (ATP1A2) under RI/R conditions. Pro effectively mitigates apoptosis in renal tubular epithelial cells induced by RI/R, principally characterized by the inhibition of pro-inflammatory cytokines interleukin (IL-)-1β and IL-18, enhancement of cellular viability, reduction in the ratio of pyroptotic cells, and suppression of nucleotide-binding domain and leucine-rich repeat-related family, pyrin domain containing 3 inflammasome activation along with the expression of cleaved caspase-1, and gasdermin D. Both knockdown and overexpression studies of miR-143-3p revealed its pivotal role in modulating RI/R-induced tubular cell pyroptosis. Notably, Pro's capacity to inhibit pyroptosis in renal tubular epithelial cells was found to be reversible following ATP1A2 knockdown. Furthermore, our study unveils miR-143-3p as a targeted regulator of ATP1A2 expression. From a mechanistic standpoint, Pro's therapeutic efficacy is attributed to its regulatory influence on miR-143-3p and ATP1A2 expression levels. In conclusion, our findings pioneer the understanding that Pro can significantly ameliorate pyroptosis in renal tubular epithelial cells in the context of RI/R, predominantly through the modulation of the miR-143-3p/ATP1A2 axis. This novel insight furnishes robust empirical support for the development of targeted therapeutics and clinical strategies in addressing RI/R.</p>","PeriodicalId":18865,"journal":{"name":"Molecular Biotechnology","volume":" ","pages":"1165-1177"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140158551","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Molecular BiotechnologyPub Date : 2025-03-01Epub Date: 2024-03-08DOI: 10.1007/s12033-024-01105-w
Mhamed Atif, Ali Barhoumi, Asad Syed, Ali H Bahkali, Mohammed Chafi, Abdessamad Tounsi, Abdellah Zeroual, Bilal Ahamad Paray, Shifa Wang, Mohammed El Idrissi
{"title":"ADME Study, Molecular Docking, Elucidating the Selectivities and the Mechanism of [4 + 2] Cycloaddition Reaction Between (E)-N ((dimethylamino)methylene)benzothioamide and (S)-3-acryloyl-4-phenyloxazolidin-2-one.","authors":"Mhamed Atif, Ali Barhoumi, Asad Syed, Ali H Bahkali, Mohammed Chafi, Abdessamad Tounsi, Abdellah Zeroual, Bilal Ahamad Paray, Shifa Wang, Mohammed El Idrissi","doi":"10.1007/s12033-024-01105-w","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s12033-024-01105-w","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The molecular electron density theory (MEDT) was employed to examine the [4 + 2] cycloaddition reaction between (E)-N-((dimethylamino)methylene)benzothioamide (1) and (S)-3-acryloyl-4-phenyloxazolidin-2-one (2) at the B3LYP/6-311++G(d,p) design level. Parr functions and energy studies clearly show that this reaction is regio- and stereoselective, in perfect agreement with experimental results. By evaluating the chemical mechanism in terms of bond evolution theory (BET) and electron localization function (ELF), which divulges a variety of variations in the electron density along the reaction path, a single-step mechanism with highly asynchronous transition states structures was revealed. Additionally, we conducted a docking study on compounds P1, P2, P3, and P4 in the SARS-CoV-2 main protease (6LU7) in comparison to Nirmatrelvir. Our findings provide confirmation that product P4 may serve as a potent antiviral drug.</p>","PeriodicalId":18865,"journal":{"name":"Molecular Biotechnology","volume":" ","pages":"1065-1076"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140059947","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Molecular BiotechnologyPub Date : 2025-03-01Epub Date: 2024-03-23DOI: 10.1007/s12033-024-01118-5
Lu Yuan, Yiyuan Liu, Lingyan Fan, Cai Sun, Sha Ran, Kuilong Huang, Yan Shen
{"title":"Identification of Potential Hub Genes Related to Acute Pancreatitis and Chronic Pancreatitis via Integrated Bioinformatics Analysis and In Vitro Analysis.","authors":"Lu Yuan, Yiyuan Liu, Lingyan Fan, Cai Sun, Sha Ran, Kuilong Huang, Yan Shen","doi":"10.1007/s12033-024-01118-5","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s12033-024-01118-5","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Acute pancreatitis (AP) and chronic pancreatitis (CP) are considered to be two separate pancreatic diseases in most studies, but some clinical retrospective analyses in recent years have found some degree of correlation between the two in actual treatment, however, the exact association is not clear. In this study, bioinformatics analysis was utilized to examine microarray sequencing data in mice, with the aim of elucidating the critical signaling pathways and genes involved in the progression from AP to CP. Differential gene expression analyses on murine transcriptomes were conducted using the R programming language and the R/Bioconductor package. Additionally, gene network analysis was performed using the STRING database to predict correlations among genes in the context of pancreatic diseases. Functional enrichment and gene ontology pathways common to both diseases were identified using Metascape. The hub genes were screened in the cytoscape algorithm, and the mRNA levels of the hub genes were verified in mice pancreatic tissues of AP and CP. Then the drugs corresponding to the hub genes were obtained in the drug-gene relationship. A set of hub genes, including Jun, Cd44, Epcam, Spp1, Anxa2, Hsp90aa1, and Cd9, were identified through analysis, demonstrating their pivotal roles in the progression from AP to CP. Notably, these genes were found to be enriched in the Helper T-cell factor (Th17) signaling pathway. Up-regulation of these genes in both AP and CP mouse models was validated through quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR) results. The significance of the Th17 signaling pathway in the transition from AP to CP was underscored by our findings. Specifically, the essential genes driving this progression were identified as Jun, Cd44, Epcam, Spp1, Anxa2, Hsp90aa1, and Cd9. Crucial insights into the molecular mechanisms underlying pancreatitis progression were provided by this research, offering promising avenues for the development of targeted therapeutic interventions.</p>","PeriodicalId":18865,"journal":{"name":"Molecular Biotechnology","volume":" ","pages":"1188-1200"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140194209","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"YB-1 Targeted by miR-509-3-5p Affects Migration and Invasion of Triple‑Negative Breast Cancer by Regulating Cellular Epithelial‑Mesenchymal Transition.","authors":"Hanzhi Dong, Zhiqiang Peng, Tenghua Yu, Jianping Xiong","doi":"10.1007/s12033-024-01101-0","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s12033-024-01101-0","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) process is closely linked to metastasis of breast cancer. This article elucidates the role of Y-box binding protein-1 (YB-1) on the migration and invasion of triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) cells by regulating EMT, and the related mechanism. The expression data of YB-1 and miR-509-3-5p in TNBC samples and normal samples were downloaded from the GEO database. The proliferation, migration, invasion, and EMT of TNBC cells were detected by CCK-8 assay, colony formation assay, wound-healing assay, transwell assay, and immunoblotting analyses. The targeted binding of YB-1 and miR-509-3-5p was validated by luciferase reporter experiment. A xenograft mouse model was constructed to investigate the influence of the miR-509-3-5p/YB-1 axis on TNBC tumor growth in vivo. YB-1 was overexpressed, while miR-509-3-5p was underexpressed in TNBC tumor tissues and various cell lines. Silencing YB-1 depressed cell viability, proliferation, motility, and EMT in vitro, and miR-509-3-5p upregulation exerted the same effects. YB-1 was targeted by miR-509-3-5p. The suppressive effects on the phenotypes of TNBC cells caused by overexpressed miR-509-3-5p were attenuated by YB-1 upregulation. In addition, miR-509-3-5p overexpression restrained TNBC tumor growth and downregulated the YB-1-mediated EMT process in vivo. YB-1 targeted by miR-509-3-5p affects motility of TNBC cells by regulating cellular EMT.</p>","PeriodicalId":18865,"journal":{"name":"Molecular Biotechnology","volume":" ","pages":"1014-1026"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140022212","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}