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ArticleMolecules (Basel, Switzerland)2023

Identification of Bacterial Metabolites Modulating Breast Cancer Cell Proliferation and Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition.

Gyula Ujlaki, Tünde Kovács, András Vida, Endre Kókai, Boglára Rauch, Szandra Schwarcz, Edit Mikó, Eszter Janka, Adrienn Sipos, Csaba Hegedűs and 3 more

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Article in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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11citing papers in PubMed
2.5field-weighted citation impact, top 11% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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11 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Gyula UjlakiDepartment of Medical Chemistry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, 4032 Debrecen, Hungary.ORCID 0000-0001-8376-3940
Tünde KovácsDepartment of Medical Chemistry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, 4032 Debrecen, Hungary.ORCID 0000-0002-9755-3191
András VidaDepartment of Medical Chemistry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, 4032 Debrecen, Hungary.
Endre KókaiDepartment of Medical Chemistry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, 4032 Debrecen, Hungary.ORCID 0000-0003-2035-8408
Boglára RauchDepartment of Medical Chemistry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, 4032 Debrecen, Hungary.
Szandra SchwarczDepartment of Medical Chemistry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, 4032 Debrecen, Hungary.
Edit MikóDepartment of Medical Chemistry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, 4032 Debrecen, Hungary.ORCID 0000-0001-7584-445X
Eszter JankaDepartment of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, 4032 Debrecen, Hungary.ORCID 0000-0003-0724-5281
Adrienn SiposDepartment of Medical Chemistry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, 4032 Debrecen, Hungary.
Csaba HegedűsDepartment of Medical Chemistry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, 4032 Debrecen, Hungary.ORCID 0000-0002-8575-691X
Karen UrayDepartment of Medical Chemistry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, 4032 Debrecen, Hungary.ORCID 0000-0001-6997-459X
Péter NagyDepartment of Biophysics and Cell Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, 4032 Debrecen, Hungary.ORCID 0000-0002-7466-805X
Peter BaiDepartment of Medical Chemistry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, 4032 Debrecen, Hungary.ORCID 0000-0002-6191-6616
University of Debrecen · HU

Funding

Hungarian Academy of Sciences POST-COVID2021-33National Research, Development and Innovation Office FK128387National Research, Development and Innovation Office K123975National Research, Development and Innovation Office K124141National Research, Development and Innovation Office TKP2021-EGA-19National Research, Development and Innovation Office TKP2021-EGA-20
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Breast cancer patients are characterized by the oncobiotic transformation of multiple microbiome communities, including the gut microbiome. Oncobiotic transformation of the gut microbiome impairs the production of antineoplastic bacterial metabolites. The goal of this study was to identify bacterial metabolites with antineoplastic properties. We constructed a 30-member bacterial metabolite library and screened the library compounds for effects on cell proliferation and epithelial-mesenchymal transition. The metabolites were applied to 4T1 murine breast cancer cells in concentrations corresponding to the reference serum concentrations. However, yric acid, glycolic acid, d-mannitol, 2,3-butanediol, and trans-ferulic acid exerted cytostatic effects, and 3-hydroxyphenylacetic acid, 4-hydroxybenzoic acid, and vanillic acid exerted hyperproliferative effects. Furthermore, 3-hydroxyphenylacetic acid, 4-hydroxybenzoic acid, 2,3-butanediol, and hydrocinnamic acid inhibited epithelial-to-mesenchymal (EMT) transition. We identified redox sets among the metabolites (d-mannitol-d-mannose, 1-butanol-butyric acid, ethylene glycol-glycolic acid-oxalic acid), wherein only one partner within the set (d-mannitol, butyric acid, glycolic acid) possessed bioactivity in our system, suggesting that changes to the local redox potential may affect the bacterial secretome. Of the nine bioactive metabolites, 2,3-butanediol was the only compound with both cytostatic and anti-EMT properties.

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Antineoplastic AgentsBreast NeoplasmsCytostatic AgentsAnimalsButylene GlycolsButyric AcidCell Line, TumorCell ProliferationEpithelial-Mesenchymal TransitionFemaleGlycolatesHumansMiceParabensPhenylacetates2,3-butylene glycol3-hydroxybenzeneacetic acid4-hydroxybenzoic acidAntineoplastic AgentsButylene GlycolsButyric AcidCytostatic AgentsGlycolatesglycolic acidParabensPhenylacetates2,3-butanediol3-hydroxyphenylacetic acid4-hydroxybenzoic acidbacterial metabolitebreast cancerbutyric acidd-mannitoldysbiosisepithelial-mesenchymal transitionglycolic acidhigh content screeninghydrocinnamic acidmetabolite signalingmicrobiomeproliferationsecretometrans-ferulic acidvanillic acid

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PMID37570868
PMCPMC10420980
OpenAlexW4385607640

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