DNA double-strand break repair genes and oxidative damage in brain metastasis of breast cancer

Published by Oxford University Press 2014..

BACKGROUND: Breast cancer frequently metastasizes to the brain, colonizing a neuro-inflammatory microenvironment. The molecular pathways facilitating this colonization remain poorly understood.

METHODS: Expression profiling of 23 matched sets of human resected brain metastases and primary breast tumors by two-sided paired t test was performed to identify brain metastasis-specific genes. The implicated DNA repair genes BARD1 and RAD51 were modulated in human (MDA-MB-231-BR) and murine (4T1-BR) brain-tropic breast cancer cell lines by lentiviral transduction of cDNA or short hairpin RNA (shRNA) coding sequences. Their functional contribution to brain metastasis development was evaluated in mouse xenograft models (n = 10 mice per group).

RESULTS: Human brain metastases overexpressed BARD1 and RAD51 compared with either matched primary tumors (1.74-fold, P < .001; 1.46-fold, P < .001, respectively) or unlinked systemic metastases (1.49-fold, P = .01; 1.44-fold, P = .008, respectively). Overexpression of either gene in MDA-MB-231-BR cells increased brain metastases by threefold to fourfold after intracardiac injections, but not lung metastases upon tail-vein injections. In 4T1-BR cells, shRNA-mediated RAD51 knockdown reduced brain metastases by 2.5-fold without affecting lung metastasis development. In vitro, BARD1- and RAD51-overexpressing cells showed reduced genomic instability but only exhibited growth and colonization phenotypes upon DNA damage induction. Reactive oxygen species were present in tumor cells and elevated in the metastatic neuro-inflammatory microenvironment and could provide an endogenous source of genotoxic stress. Tempol, a brain-permeable oxygen radical scavenger suppressed brain metastasis promotion induced by BARD1 and RAD51 overexpression.

CONCLUSIONS: BARD1 and RAD51 are frequently overexpressed in brain metastases from breast cancer and may constitute a mechanism to overcome reactive oxygen species-mediated genotoxic stress in the metastatic brain.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2014

Erschienen:

2014

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:106

Enthalten in:

Journal of the National Cancer Institute - 106(2014), 7 vom: 20. Juli

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Woditschka, Stephan [VerfasserIn]
Evans, Lynda [VerfasserIn]
Duchnowska, Renata [VerfasserIn]
Reed, L Tiffany [VerfasserIn]
Palmieri, Diane [VerfasserIn]
Qian, Yongzhen [VerfasserIn]
Badve, Sunil [VerfasserIn]
Sledge, George [VerfasserIn]
Gril, Brunilde [VerfasserIn]
Aladjem, Mirit I [VerfasserIn]
Fu, Haiqing [VerfasserIn]
Flores, Natasha M [VerfasserIn]
Gökmen-Polar, Yesim [VerfasserIn]
Biernat, Wojciech [VerfasserIn]
Szutowicz-Zielińska, Ewa [VerfasserIn]
Mandat, Tomasz [VerfasserIn]
Trojanowski, Tomasz [VerfasserIn]
Och, Waldemar [VerfasserIn]
Czartoryska-Arlukowicz, Bogumiła [VerfasserIn]
Jassem, Jacek [VerfasserIn]
Mitchell, James B [VerfasserIn]
Steeg, Patricia S [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Antioxidants
BARD1 protein, human
Bard1 protein, mouse
Cyclic N-Oxides
EC 2.3.2.27
EC 2.7.7.-
Journal Article
Neuroprotective Agents
RAD51 protein, human
Rad51 Recombinase
Rad51 protein, mouse
Reactive Oxygen Species
Research Support, N.I.H., Intramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
Spin Labels
Tempol
Tumor Suppressor Proteins
U78ZX2F65X
Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases

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Date Completed 11.08.2014

Date Revised 21.10.2021

published: Electronic-Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1093/jnci/dju145

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM23936743X