PMID- 23354756 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20130912 LR - 20211021 IS - 1791-2431 (Electronic) IS - 1021-335X (Print) IS - 1021-335X (Linking) VI - 29 IP - 4 DP - 2013 Apr TI - The mitochondrial transport protein SLC25A43 affects drug efficacy and drug-induced cell cycle arrest in breast cancer cell lines. PG - 1268-74 LID - 10.3892/or.2013.2247 [doi] AB - The mitochondria have been identified as key players of apoptosis, cell proliferation and cell cycle regulation. However, the role of mitochondria in breast cancer and treatment failure remains unclear. We have previously shown a common deletion of the gene SLC25A43 in human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-positive breast cancer. This gene is coding for a mitochondrial inner membrane transporter and, to date, little is known about the function of this protein. We have also found that low protein expression of SLC25A43 significantly correlates with a lower S phase fraction in HER2-positive breast cancer. The aim of this study was to investigate whether knockdown (KD) of SLC25A43 could have an effect on the cytotoxicity of different cytostatic drugs using MCF10A, MCF7 and BT-474 cells. Following siRNA-mediated KD of SLC25A43, one non-malignant and two breast cancer cell lines were exposed to the anthracycline epirubicin or the taxane paclitaxel. The HER2-positive breast cancer cells were also exposed to the targeted therapy trastuzumab and dual exposure to trastuzumab and paclitaxel. We found that KD of SLC25A43 resulted in a decreased cytotoxic effect of paclitaxel in the two cancer cell lines (P<0.05). Further analysis of cell cycle phase distribution showed that KD increased the paclitaxel-induced G2/M block in these two cell lines (P<0.05). KD of SLC25A43 also reduced the inhibitory effect of trastuzumab on cell proliferation in the HER2-positive cancer cell line BT-474 (P<0.05), and the drug-induced G0/G1 block (P<0.05). Moreover, SLC25A43 influenced the percentage of Ki-67-positive cells. Our findings demonstrate that the mitochondrial protein SLC25A43 affects drug efficacy and cell cycle regulation following drug exposure in breast cancer cell lines. FAU - Gabrielson, Marike AU - Gabrielson M AD - School of Health and Medical Sciences, Orebro University Hospital, SE-70185 Orebro, Sweden. marike.gabrielsson@oru.se FAU - Tina, Elisabet AU - Tina E LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20130123 PL - Greece TA - Oncol Rep JT - Oncology reports JID - 9422756 RN - 0 (Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized) RN - 0 (Antineoplastic Agents) RN - 0 (Biomarkers, Pharmacological) RN - 0 (SLC25A43 protein, human) RN - 0 (Tumor Suppressor Proteins) RN - EC 2.7.10.1 (ERBB2 protein, human) RN - EC 2.7.10.1 (Receptor, ErbB-2) RN - P188ANX8CK (Trastuzumab) RN - P88XT4IS4D (Paclitaxel) SB - IM MH - Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized/*administration & dosage MH - Antineoplastic Agents/administration & dosage MH - Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols/administration & dosage MH - Biomarkers, Pharmacological/metabolism MH - Breast Neoplasms/*drug therapy/*genetics/pathology MH - Cell Cycle Checkpoints/drug effects/genetics MH - Gene Knockdown Techniques MH - Humans MH - MCF-7 Cells MH - Mitochondria/genetics/metabolism MH - Paclitaxel/*administration & dosage MH - Receptor, ErbB-2/genetics MH - Trastuzumab MH - Tumor Suppressor Proteins/*genetics/metabolism PMC - PMC3621655 EDAT- 2013/01/29 06:00 MHDA- 2013/09/13 06:00 PMCR- 2013/01/23 CRDT- 2013/01/29 06:00 PHST- 2012/11/06 00:00 [received] PHST- 2012/12/10 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2013/01/29 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2013/01/29 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2013/09/13 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2013/01/23 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - or-29-04-1268 [pii] AID - 10.3892/or.2013.2247 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Oncol Rep. 2013 Apr;29(4):1268-74. doi: 10.3892/or.2013.2247. Epub 2013 Jan 23.