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Semin Cancer Biol ; 86(Pt 3): 583-589, 2022 11.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34087416

ABSTRACT

The persistent infection of high-risk Human papillomavirus (HR-HPV) induced cervical cancer remains a challenge in women worldwide including India. Recent advances in cancer research have paved the way for advanced cancer treatment modalities including immunotherapy by manipulating the function or number of cytotoxic T cells. It is well established that anaphylatoxins like C3a and C5a of complement system influence tumor growth by evading apoptosis leading to progression of cancer. The role of the complement system, particularly the complement regulatory proteins (CRPs) which are important determinants of immune response play a crucial role in carcinogenesis. In a tumor microenvironment (TME) assisted suppression of immune effector cells may be achieved through CRPs. However, recent advances in pharmacogenomics including drug designing and combination of these approaches have provided a holistic understanding of signaling pathways and their crosstalk, to regulate cellular communications.This review describes the role of complement system; particularly CRPs in HPV induced cervical carcinogenesis which may be used for designing anti- HPV or cervical cancer therapeutics.


Subject(s)
Papillomavirus Infections , Uterine Cervical Neoplasms , Female , Humans , Uterine Cervical Neoplasms/etiology , Uterine Cervical Neoplasms/therapy , Papillomavirus Infections/complications , Papillomavirus Infections/therapy , Carcinogenesis , Immunotherapy , Tumor Microenvironment
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Gene ; 711: 143952, 2019 Aug 30.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31265880

ABSTRACT

Ets-1 is one of the crucial member of transcription factor family which share a unique DNA binding domain. It is predominantly expressed in various tumor subtypes and has shown its association in the regulation of various important genes which include ECM-degrading proteases. Our study aimed to understand the mechanism(s) in the pathogenesis of breast carcinogenesis by Ets-1 transcription factor and its downstream target gene MMP-9. Role of Ets-1 in MCF-7 and MDA-MB-231 breast cancer cells was studied by RNA-interference in combination with pull down and ChIP assays to identify the regulation of MMP-9 in these cell lines. Our results showed that transfection of Ets-1 siRNA in breast cancer cell lines resulted in downregulation of Ets-1 and MMP-9. Ets-1 knock down also showed reduced cell invasion and altered expression of EMT markers. Moreover, we could also predict that MMP-9 gene promoter harbors a binding site for Ets-1 transcription factor may be responsible in direct transactivation of Ets-1 along with EMT markers. Phenotypic changes and molecular alterations that may result in increased aggressiveness/invasiveness and metastatic nature of cancerous cells may lead to changes in EMT markers. Therefore, these findings may suggest a plausible role of Ets-1 dependent regulation of MMP-9 gene and may have a significant impact on breast carcinogenesis.


Subject(s)
Breast Neoplasms/metabolism , Matrix Metalloproteinase 9/genetics , Matrix Metalloproteinase 9/metabolism , Proto-Oncogene Protein c-ets-1/metabolism , Breast Neoplasms/genetics , Cell Line, Tumor , Disease Progression , Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition , Female , Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic , Gene Knockdown Techniques , Humans , MCF-7 Cells , Neoplasm Invasiveness , Promoter Regions, Genetic , Proto-Oncogene Protein c-ets-1/genetics
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J Cell Biochem ; 120(9): 14213-14225, 2019 09.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31037763

ABSTRACT

Cancer is a disease that claims millions of lives each year across the world. Despite advancement in technologies and therapeutics for treating the disease, these modes are often found to turn ineffective during the course of treatment. The resistance against drugs in cancer patients stems from multiple factors, which constitute genetic heterogeneity like gene mutations, tumor microenvironment, exosomes, miRNAs, high rate of drug efflux from cells, and so on. This review attempts to collate all such known and reported factors that influence cancer drug resistance and may help researchers with information that might be useful in developing better therapeutics in near future to enable better management of several cancers across the world.


Subject(s)
Antineoplastic Agents/therapeutic use , Drug Resistance, Neoplasm/drug effects , Exosomes/metabolism , Neoplasms/drug therapy , Tumor Microenvironment/drug effects , Antineoplastic Agents/metabolism , Drug Resistance, Neoplasm/genetics , Exosomes/genetics , Genetic Heterogeneity , Humans , MicroRNAs/genetics , Mutation , Neoplasms/genetics , Neoplasms/metabolism , Signal Transduction/genetics , Tumor Microenvironment/genetics
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J Cell Biochem ; 120(9): 14552-14561, 2019 09.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31016780

ABSTRACT

Breast cancer is a highly aggressive disease contributing to high mortality rate among females across the globe owing to wide geographical variations, change in lifestyle along with rapid tumor growth, drug resistance, and high metastasis rate. To understand the molecular and genetic basis of breast cancer progression; we studied the role of E26 transformation-specific-1 (Ets-1) transcription factor which is implicated to have a role in carcinogenesis like invasion, metastasis, angiogenesis, etc. Our findings revealed an overexpression of Ets-1 gene in 75 breast cancer tumors as compared with their normal adjacent tissues. The findings significantly established a co-relation between Ets-1 expression in breast cancer tissue with hormonal receptor profiles and ductal-lobular histological subtypes in Indian population. In addition, a differential expression pattern of Ets-1 was observed between high, moderate, and low grades of breast cancer patients. The present study demonstrates a crucial role of Ets-1 transcription factor which may serve as a potential biomarker for breast carcinogenesis.


Subject(s)
Breast Neoplasms/pathology , Proto-Oncogene Protein c-ets-1/metabolism , Up-Regulation , Breast Neoplasms/metabolism , Female , Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic , Humans , India , Neoplasm Grading
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Clin Breast Cancer ; 18(4): e671-e676, 2018 08.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29233639

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION: Survivin is an apoptosis inhibitor and plays a primary role in cancer development and progression. One of the most common polymorphism of the survivin promoter -31G/C (rs9904341) influences its expression and is associated with the risk of cancer development. This study was conducted to explore survivin promoter gene -31G/C (rs9904341) polymorphism and the risk of breast cancer. PATIENTS AND METHODS: The study group included 190 pathologically confirmed breast cancer patients, in addition to 200 distinct cancer-free controls from Jammu and Kashmir region of India, where breast cancer is the most common cancer in women. Single nucleotide polymorphism genotyping for -31G/C polymorphism in the survivin promoter region was done using a polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism method. RESULTS: The variant genotype/allele was found in 54.1% of the cases compared with 46.5% of controls. The combined prevalence of genotype GC+CC was significantly higher in patients compared with the control group (P = .02). Analyses of odds ratios (ORs) in the patient and control groups indicated that the presence of homozygous CC genotype was associated with increased risk for development of breast cancer (OR, 2.04; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.07-2.98). The gene frequencies for G and C alleles were statistically different between patient and control groups (OR, 1.37; 95% CI, 1.03-1.84). CONCLUSION: The results suggest the association of -31G/C survivin polymorphism at a genotypic and allelic level in breast cancer.


Subject(s)
Breast Neoplasms/genetics , Genetic Predisposition to Disease/genetics , Survivin/genetics , Adult , Aged , Alleles , Breast Neoplasms/epidemiology , Breast Neoplasms/pathology , Female , Gene Frequency , Genetic Association Studies , Genotype , Humans , India/epidemiology , Middle Aged , Odds Ratio , Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide , Promoter Regions, Genetic , Risk Factors
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Front Oncol ; 7: 326, 2017.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29376027

ABSTRACT

Breast cancer (BC) is the most common cancer diagnosed in women and the second most common cancer overall, ranking as the fifth cause of death from cancer. The chronicity of the disease produces long-term physiological and psychological manifestations, which adversely affect the quality of life of the individual. The primary treatment while managing cancer presents with various debilitating side effects. With the recent advances in treatment techniques that have improved the survival rate, patients suffer from continuing posttreatment complications. Patients seem to cope well with the stress of treatment of BC and sustain a normal life; however, the deterioration in physical well-being makes the patient functionally inefficient. Exercise has been proven to be an effective, safe, and feasible tool in combating the adverse effects of treatment, prevents complications and decreases the risk of BC-specific mortality. This review briefly presents an overview of the burden of the disease and its management strategies. Owing to the heterogeneity of the population and the multitude of therapies they receive, the response of each patient to treatment is different and so is the magnitude of adverse effects. The review discusses the late sequelae following treatment and evidence supporting the role of physical activity in their management. In conclusion, there is a need for personalized physical activity plans to be developed to suit the individual and their circumstances.

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