Docosahexaenoic Acid (DHA) Down-regulates Cellular, and Exosomal Overexpressed Mammalian Target of Rapamycin (mTOR) in Breast Cancer Cells Under Hypoxic Condition

Background: The omega-3 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acid, docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), shows anti-proliferative effects in cancer cell lines and animal models. The mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) is one of the regulators for the proliferation and survival of cancer cells. This study focused...

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Main Authors: Sepideh Maralbashi, Farhad Salari, Cynthia Aslan, Houman Kahroba, Milad Asadi, Zahra Asghari, Tohid Kazemi
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Published: Tabriz University of Medical Sciences 2024-01-01
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author Sepideh Maralbashi
Farhad Salari
Cynthia Aslan
Houman Kahroba
Milad Asadi
Zahra Asghari
Tohid Kazemi
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Farhad Salari
Cynthia Aslan
Houman Kahroba
Milad Asadi
Zahra Asghari
Tohid Kazemi
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description Background: The omega-3 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acid, docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), shows anti-proliferative effects in cancer cell lines and animal models. The mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) is one of the regulators for the proliferation and survival of cancer cells. This study focused on the effect of DHA on cellular and exosomal expression of mTOR and related tumor-suppressor microRNAs (miRs) in triple-positive (BT-474) and triple-negative (MDA-MB-231) breast cancer (BC) cell lines. Methods: BT-474 and MDA-MB-231 cells were treated with 100 μM DHA under hypoxic and normoxic conditions for 24 hours. The exosomes were isolated by ultracentrifuge and determined by electron microscopy and CD9, CD63, and CD81 immunoblotting. cDNAs from cellular and exosomal total RNA were used for evaluation of the expression of mTOR and related tumor-suppressor miRs, miR-101 and miR-214, by quantitative real-time PCR. Results: We demonstrated that DHA significantly decreased cellular and exosomal expression of mTOR in both normoxic and hypoxic conditions for both cell lines. Consistently, DHA caused significantly increased expression of miR-214 in all treated groups. However, altered expression of miR-101 showed different patterns in cells and exosomes. Conclusion: According to the beneficial effect of DHA in decreasing the expression of a master regulator for the proliferation of cancer cells, mTOR, in part by increased expression of miR-214, it could be used as a supplementary therapy in BC treatment. Also, miRNA replacement therapy would be useful by suppressing the expression of mTOR in BC treatment.
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spelling doaj-art-d9a82a3aee3741ce99b9faca68dcc5482025-08-20T02:17:01ZengTabriz University of Medical SciencesImmunoAnalysis2783-25892024-01-01411110.34172/ia.2024.01ia-4057Docosahexaenoic Acid (DHA) Down-regulates Cellular, and Exosomal Overexpressed Mammalian Target of Rapamycin (mTOR) in Breast Cancer Cells Under Hypoxic ConditionSepideh Maralbashi0Farhad Salari1Cynthia Aslan2Houman Kahroba3Milad Asadi4Zahra Asghari5Tohid Kazemi6Student Research Committee, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, IranDepartment of Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Kermanshah University of Medical Science, Kermanshah, IranApplied Drug Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, IranDepartment of Toxicogenomics, GROW School for Oncology and Developmental Biology, Maastricht University, the NetherlandsImmunology Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Science, Tabriz, IranImmunology Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Science, Tabriz, IranImmunology Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Science, Tabriz, IranBackground: The omega-3 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acid, docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), shows anti-proliferative effects in cancer cell lines and animal models. The mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) is one of the regulators for the proliferation and survival of cancer cells. This study focused on the effect of DHA on cellular and exosomal expression of mTOR and related tumor-suppressor microRNAs (miRs) in triple-positive (BT-474) and triple-negative (MDA-MB-231) breast cancer (BC) cell lines. Methods: BT-474 and MDA-MB-231 cells were treated with 100 μM DHA under hypoxic and normoxic conditions for 24 hours. The exosomes were isolated by ultracentrifuge and determined by electron microscopy and CD9, CD63, and CD81 immunoblotting. cDNAs from cellular and exosomal total RNA were used for evaluation of the expression of mTOR and related tumor-suppressor miRs, miR-101 and miR-214, by quantitative real-time PCR. Results: We demonstrated that DHA significantly decreased cellular and exosomal expression of mTOR in both normoxic and hypoxic conditions for both cell lines. Consistently, DHA caused significantly increased expression of miR-214 in all treated groups. However, altered expression of miR-101 showed different patterns in cells and exosomes. Conclusion: According to the beneficial effect of DHA in decreasing the expression of a master regulator for the proliferation of cancer cells, mTOR, in part by increased expression of miR-214, it could be used as a supplementary therapy in BC treatment. Also, miRNA replacement therapy would be useful by suppressing the expression of mTOR in BC treatment.https://ia.tbzmed.ac.ir/PDF/ia-4-1.pdfdhabreast cancerexosomemtormir-101mir-214
spellingShingle Sepideh Maralbashi
Farhad Salari
Cynthia Aslan
Houman Kahroba
Milad Asadi
Zahra Asghari
Tohid Kazemi
Docosahexaenoic Acid (DHA) Down-regulates Cellular, and Exosomal Overexpressed Mammalian Target of Rapamycin (mTOR) in Breast Cancer Cells Under Hypoxic Condition
ImmunoAnalysis
dha
breast cancer
exosome
mtor
mir-101
mir-214
title Docosahexaenoic Acid (DHA) Down-regulates Cellular, and Exosomal Overexpressed Mammalian Target of Rapamycin (mTOR) in Breast Cancer Cells Under Hypoxic Condition
title_full Docosahexaenoic Acid (DHA) Down-regulates Cellular, and Exosomal Overexpressed Mammalian Target of Rapamycin (mTOR) in Breast Cancer Cells Under Hypoxic Condition
title_fullStr Docosahexaenoic Acid (DHA) Down-regulates Cellular, and Exosomal Overexpressed Mammalian Target of Rapamycin (mTOR) in Breast Cancer Cells Under Hypoxic Condition
title_full_unstemmed Docosahexaenoic Acid (DHA) Down-regulates Cellular, and Exosomal Overexpressed Mammalian Target of Rapamycin (mTOR) in Breast Cancer Cells Under Hypoxic Condition
title_short Docosahexaenoic Acid (DHA) Down-regulates Cellular, and Exosomal Overexpressed Mammalian Target of Rapamycin (mTOR) in Breast Cancer Cells Under Hypoxic Condition
title_sort docosahexaenoic acid dha down regulates cellular and exosomal overexpressed mammalian target of rapamycin mtor in breast cancer cells under hypoxic condition
topic dha
breast cancer
exosome
mtor
mir-101
mir-214
url https://ia.tbzmed.ac.ir/PDF/ia-4-1.pdf
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