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ArticleScientific reports2020

MEGF11 is related to tumour recurrence in triple negative breast cancer via chemokine upregulation.

Jen-Hwey Chiu, Ling-Ming Tseng, Tzu-Ting Huang, Chun-Yu Liu, Jir-You Wang, Ching-Po Huang, Yi-Fang Tsai, Chih-Yi Hsu

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Article in Scientific reports, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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8 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Jen-Hwey ChiuComprehensive Breast Health Center & Division of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC. chiujh@ym.edu.tw.
Ling-Ming TsengComprehensive Breast Health Center & Division of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC.
Tzu-Ting HuangComprehensive Breast Health Center & Division of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC.
Chun-Yu LiuComprehensive Breast Health Center & Division of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC.
Jir-You WangDepartment of Orthopedics, Taipei-Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC.
Ching-Po HuangFaculty of Medicine, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC.
Yi-Fang TsaiComprehensive Breast Health Center & Division of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC.
Chih-Yi HsuDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC.
Taipei Veterans General Hospital · TWNational Yang Ming Chiao Tung University · TWNational Yang Ming Chiao Tung University · TW

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Our previous study demonstrated that upregulation of multiple epidermal growth factor-like domains 11 (MEGF11) gene expression is involved in the mechanism by which recurrence of Triple Negative Breast Cancer (TNBC) occurs. Our aim was to elucidate the role of MEGF11 expression in TNBC cells, both in vitro and in vivo, and in human tissue. Following MEGF11 gene knockdown (∆MEGF11) or over-expression in MDA-MB-231 and MB-468 cells, cell growth and chemokine gene expression were evaluated. In vivo, tumour growth of implanted human TNBC cells and the number of circulating 4T1 mouse tumour cells were measured. There was a significant decrease in cell growth via inhibition of AKT, NF-kB, CREB and AP-1 activation in ∆MEGF11 MDA-MB-231 and 468 cells. This also resulted, in vivo, in a suppression of tumour growth and a decrease in the number of mouse circulating 4T1 breast cancer cells. Surprisingly, overexpression of MEGF11 upregulated the expression of various chemokines and proinflammatory cytokines via AKT activation, but there was no increase in cell proliferation. MEGF11 was found to cross-talk positively with IL-17A signalling. Patients with tumours that over-expressed MEGF11 had a poorer prognosis. We conclude that MEGF11 plays an important role in tumour survival and that overexpression of MEGF11 induces both a cytokine and a chemokine cascade, which will favour the tumour microenvironment in terms of distant metastasis. MEGF11 might be a potential therapeutic target for preventing TNBC recurrence.

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Gene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticBiomarkersChemokinesFemaleGene Knockdown TechniquesHumansImmunohistochemistryMembrane ProteinsNeoplasm Recurrence, LocalNeoplastic Cells, CirculatingNF-kappa BProto-Oncogene Proteins c-aktSignal TransductionTOR Serine-Threonine KinasesTriple Negative Breast NeoplasmsBiomarkersChemokinesMembrane ProteinsNF-kappa BProto-Oncogene Proteins c-aktTOR Serine-Threonine Kinases

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PMID32415115
PMCPMC7229019
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