Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://doi.org/10.3389/fonc.2021.783803
Title: Modulated TRPC1 Expression Predicts Sensitivity of Breast Cancer to Doxorubicin and Magnetic Field Therapy: Segue Towards a Precision Medicine Approach
Authors: Tai, Yee Kit 
Chan, Karen Ka Wing
Fong, Charlene Hui Hua 
Ramanan, Sharanya 
Yap, Jasmine Lye Yee 
Yin, Jocelyn Naixin 
Yip, Yun Sheng
Tan, Wei Ren
Koh, Angele Pei Fern 
Tan, Nguan Soon 
Chan, Ching Wan 
Huang, Ruby Yun Ju 
Li, Jing Ze 
Frohlich, Juerg
Franco-Obregon, Alfredo 
Keywords: Science & Technology
Life Sciences & Biomedicine
Oncology
breast cancer
PEMFs
EMT
patient-derived xenograft
chorioallantoic membrane
doxorubicin
TRPC1
chemotherapy
E-CADHERIN
CHANNELS
SYNERGIZE
GROWTH
CELLS
Issue Date: 24-Jan-2022
Publisher: FRONTIERS MEDIA SA
Citation: Tai, Yee Kit, Chan, Karen Ka Wing, Fong, Charlene Hui Hua, Ramanan, Sharanya, Yap, Jasmine Lye Yee, Yin, Jocelyn Naixin, Yip, Yun Sheng, Tan, Wei Ren, Koh, Angele Pei Fern, Tan, Nguan Soon, Chan, Ching Wan, Huang, Ruby Yun Ju, Li, Jing Ze, Frohlich, Juerg, Franco-Obregon, Alfredo (2022-01-24). Modulated TRPC1 Expression Predicts Sensitivity of Breast Cancer to Doxorubicin and Magnetic Field Therapy: Segue Towards a Precision Medicine Approach. FRONTIERS IN ONCOLOGY 11. ScholarBank@NUS Repository. https://doi.org/10.3389/fonc.2021.783803
Abstract: Chemotherapy is the mainstream treatment modality for invasive breast cancer. Unfortunately, chemotherapy-associated adverse events can result in early termination of treatment. Paradoxical effects of chemotherapy are also sometimes observed, whereby prolonged exposure to high doses of chemotherapeutic agents results in malignant states resistant to chemotherapy. In this study, potential synergism between doxorubicin (DOX) and pulsed electromagnetic field (PEMF) therapy was investigated in: 1) MCF-7 and MDA-MB-231 cells in vitro; 2) MCF-7 tumors implanted onto a chicken chorioallantoic membrane (CAM) and; 3) human patient-derived and MCF-7 and MDA-MB-231 breast cancer xenografts implanted into NOD-SCID gamma (NSG) mice. In vivo, synergism was observed in patient-derived and breast cancer cell line xenograft mouse models, wherein PEMF exposure and DOX administration individually reduced tumor size and increased apoptosis and could be augmented by combined treatments. In the CAM xenograft model, DOX and PEMF exposure also synergistically reduced tumor size as well as reduced Transient Receptor Potential Canonical 1 (TRPC1) channel expression. In vitro, PEMF exposure alone impaired the survival of MCF-7 and MDA-MB-231 cells, but not that of non-malignant MCF10A breast cells; the selective vulnerability of breast cancer cells to PEMF exposure was corroborated in human tumor biopsy samples. Stable overexpression of TRPC1 enhanced the vulnerability of MCF-7 cells to both DOX and PEMF exposure and promoted proliferation, whereas TRPC1 genetic silencing reduced sensitivity to both DOX and PEMF treatments and mitigated proliferation. Chronic exposure to DOX depressed TRPC1 expression, proliferation, and responses to both PEMF exposure and DOX in a manner that was reversible upon removal of DOX. TRPC1 channel overexpression and silencing positively correlated with markers of epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT), including SLUG, SNAIL, VIMENTIN, and E-CADHERIN, indicating increased and decreased EMT, respectively. Finally, PEMF exposure was shown to attenuate the invasiveness of MCF-7 cells in correlation with TRPC1 expression. We thus demonstrate that the expression levels of TRPC1 consistently predicted breast cancer sensitivity to DOX and PEMF interventions and positively correlated to EMT status, providing an initial rationale for the use of PEMF-based therapies as an adjuvant to DOX chemotherapy for the treatment of breast cancers characterized by elevated TRPC1 expression levels.
Source Title: FRONTIERS IN ONCOLOGY
URI: https://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/231277
ISSN: 2234-943X
DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2021.783803
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