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Effects of Lovastatin on MDA-MB-231 Breast Cancer Cells: An Antibody Microarray Analysis

Tao Yang1,*, Hui Yao2,*, Guangchun He2,*, Liujiang Song2, Ning Liu2, Yan Wang1, Yingke Yang3, Evan T. Keller4, Xiyun Deng2,✉

1. National Engineering Laboratory for Rice and Byproduct Deep Processing, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha, Hunan 410004, China;
2. Medical College, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, Hunan 410013, China;
3. College of Biology, Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan 410082, China.
4. Department of Urology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
* These authors contributed equally to this work.

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Yang T, Yao H, He G, Song L, Liu N, Wang Y, Yang Y, Keller ET, Deng X. Effects of Lovastatin on MDA-MB-231 Breast Cancer Cells: An Antibody Microarray Analysis. J Cancer 2016; 7(2):192-199. doi:10.7150/jca.13414. https://www.jcancer.org/v07p0192.htm
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Abstract

Despite the tremendous improvement in cancer therapeutics, treatment of late-stage breast cancer remains a challenge for both basic scientists and clinicians. Lovastatin, a natural product derived from Aspergillus terreus or Monascus ruber, has been widely used as cholesterol-lowing drug in the clinic. It also has anti-cancer properties through poorly defined molecular mechanisms. In the present study, we employed a novel antibody microarray technology to investigate the molecular mechanisms through which lovastatin inhibits breast cancer. We found that lovastatin up-regulated 17 proteins and down-regulated 20 proteins in MDA-MB-231 breast cancer cells. These included proteins that modulate apoptosis, cell proliferation, differentiation, signal transduction, epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition and tumor metastasis. Modulation of these pathways may mediate, in part, the inhibitory activity of lovastatin on breast cancer.

Keywords: Natural products, Lovastatin, Breast cancer, Antibody microarray, Hypoxia


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Yang, T., Yao, H., He, G., Song, L., Liu, N., Wang, Y., Yang, Y., Keller, E.T., Deng, X. (2016). Effects of Lovastatin on MDA-MB-231 Breast Cancer Cells: An Antibody Microarray Analysis. Journal of Cancer, 7(2), 192-199. https://doi.org/10.7150/jca.13414.

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Yang, T.; Yao, H.; He, G.; Song, L.; Liu, N.; Wang, Y.; Yang, Y.; Keller, E.T.; Deng, X. Effects of Lovastatin on MDA-MB-231 Breast Cancer Cells: An Antibody Microarray Analysis. J. Cancer 2016, 7 (2), 192-199. DOI: 10.7150/jca.13414.

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Yang T, Yao H, He G, Song L, Liu N, Wang Y, Yang Y, Keller ET, Deng X. Effects of Lovastatin on MDA-MB-231 Breast Cancer Cells: An Antibody Microarray Analysis. J Cancer 2016; 7(2):192-199. doi:10.7150/jca.13414. https://www.jcancer.org/v07p0192.htm

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Yang T, Yao H, He G, Song L, Liu N, Wang Y, Yang Y, Keller ET, Deng X. 2016. Effects of Lovastatin on MDA-MB-231 Breast Cancer Cells: An Antibody Microarray Analysis. J Cancer. 7(2):192-199.

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