期刊
CANCERS
卷 12, 期 9, 页码 -出版社
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/cancers12092411
关键词
breast cancer; microbiome; oncobiome; indolepropionic acid; AHR; PXR; metastasis; oxidative stress; nitrosative stress; epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition
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资金
- NKFIH [K123975, FK128387, PD124110, GINOP-2.3.2-15-2016-00006]
- Momentum fellowship of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
- University of Debrecen
- Bolyai fellowship
- Intramural Research Program of the National Cancer Institute at the National Institutes of Health [Z01CP010214]
- Higher Education Institutional Excellence Programme of the Ministry of Innovation and Technology in Hungary [NKFIH-1150-6/2019]
- New National Excellence Program of the Ministry of Human Capacities [UNKP-19-4-DE-79]
Oncobiotic transformation of the gut microbiome may contribute to the risk of breast cancer. Recent studies have provided evidence that the microbiome secretes cytostatic metabolites that inhibit the proliferation, movement, and metastasis formation of cancer cells. In this study, we show that indolepropionic acid (IPA), a bacterial tryptophan metabolite, has cytostatic properties. IPA selectively targeted breast cancer cells, but it had no effects on non-transformed, primary fibroblasts. In cell-based and animal experiments, we showed that IPA supplementation reduced the proportions of cancer stem cells and the proliferation, movement, and metastasis formation of cancer cells. These were achieved through inhibiting epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition, inducing oxidative and nitrosative stress, and boosting antitumor immune response. Increased oxidative/nitrosative stress was due to the IPA-mediated downregulation of nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2 (NRF2), upregulation of inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS), and enhanced mitochondrial reactive species production. Increased oxidative/nitrosative stress led to cytostasis and reductions in cancer cell stem-ness. IPA exerted its effects through aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AHR) and pregnane X receptor (PXR) receptors. A higher expression of PXR and AHR supported better survival in human breast cancer patients, highlighting the importance of IPA-elicited pathways in cytostasis in breast cancer. Furthermore, AHR activation and PXR expression related inversely to cancer cell proliferation level and to the stage and grade of the tumor. The fecal microbiome's capacity for IPA biosynthesis was suppressed in women newly diagnosed with breast cancer, especially with stage 0. Bacterial indole biosynthesis showed correlation with lymphocyte infiltration to tumors in humans. Taken together, we found that IPA is a cytostatic bacterial metabolite, the production of which is suppressed in human breast cancer. Bacterial metabolites, among them, IPA, have a pivotal role in regulating the progression but not the initiation of the disease.
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