PMID- 29938573 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20191009 LR - 20211204 IS - 1554-8635 (Electronic) IS - 1554-8627 (Print) IS - 1554-8627 (Linking) VI - 14 IP - 7 DP - 2018 TI - Improved efficacy of mitochondrial disrupting agents upon inhibition of autophagy in a mouse model of BRCA1-deficient breast cancer. PG - 1214-1225 LID - 10.1080/15548627.2018.1460010 [doi] AB - Breast cancer is a heterogeneous disease, and stratification of patients is fundamental to the success of treatment modalities. Breast tumors deficient in BRCA1 are mostly associated with basal-like breast cancers and targeted therapeutics for this disease subtype are still lacking. In order to address whether macroautophagy/autophagy inhibition will be effective in BRCA1-deficient mammary tumors, we generated mice with conditional deletion of an essential autophagy gene, Rb1cc1, along with Brca1 and Trp53, through utilization of the K14-Cre transgene. We found that Rb1cc1 deletion suppressed tumorigenesis in the BRCA1-deficient model when compared to wild type and heterozygous Rb1cc1 controls. However, in contrast to previous studies in the mouse mammary tumor virus (MMTV)-polyoma middle T antigen (PyMT) model, tumor growth and the distribution of histological subtypes were not affected by loss of RB1CC1. Interestingly, loss of RB1CC1 decreased mitochondrial mass and oxidative respiratory capacity of these tumor cells, along with a decrease in the phosphorylation of MTOR substrates and transcript levels of genes involved in mitochondrial biogenesis. Importantly, we observed an increased sensitivity to mitochondrial disrupting agents upon loss of RB1CC1. Consequently, our data showed that combination of an autophagy inhibitor, spautin-1, along with a mitochondrial complex I inhibitor, metformin, was more effective in limiting oxidative respiratory capacity, colony-forming ability and tumor growth. Altogether, our results indicate that inhibition of autophagy can increase the benefits of metformin treatment in BRCA1-deficient breast cancers. FAU - Yeo, Syn Kok AU - Yeo SK AD - a Department of Cancer Biology , University of Cincinnati College of Medicine , Cincinnati , OH , USA. FAU - Paul, Ritama AU - Paul R AD - a Department of Cancer Biology , University of Cincinnati College of Medicine , Cincinnati , OH , USA. FAU - Haas, Michael AU - Haas M AD - a Department of Cancer Biology , University of Cincinnati College of Medicine , Cincinnati , OH , USA. FAU - Wang, Chenran AU - Wang C AD - a Department of Cancer Biology , University of Cincinnati College of Medicine , Cincinnati , OH , USA. FAU - Guan, Jun-Lin AU - Guan JL AD - a Department of Cancer Biology , University of Cincinnati College of Medicine , Cincinnati , OH , USA. LA - eng GR - R01 NS103981/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/United States GR - R03 NS097887/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural DEP - 20180720 PL - United States TA - Autophagy JT - Autophagy JID - 101265188 RN - 0 (Autophagy-Related Proteins) RN - 0 (BRCA1 Protein) RN - 0 (Benzylamines) RN - 0 (Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins) RN - 0 (Quinazolines) RN - 0 (Rb1cc1 protein, mouse) RN - 0 (spautin-1) RN - 9100L32L2N (Metformin) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - *Autophagy/drug effects MH - Autophagy-Related Proteins MH - BRCA1 Protein/*metabolism MH - Benzylamines/pharmacology MH - Cell Line, Tumor MH - Disease Models, Animal MH - Female MH - Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic/drug effects MH - Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins/deficiency/metabolism MH - Mammary Neoplasms, Animal/genetics/*metabolism/*pathology MH - Metformin/pharmacology MH - Mice MH - Mitochondria/drug effects/metabolism/*pathology MH - Models, Biological MH - Organelle Biogenesis MH - Oxidative Stress MH - Phosphorylation/drug effects MH - Quinazolines/pharmacology MH - Substrate Specificity/drug effects MH - TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases/metabolism MH - Treatment Outcome PMC - PMC6103709 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Autophagy OT - BRCA1 OT - breast cancer OT - metformin OT - mitochondria EDAT- 2018/06/26 06:00 MHDA- 2019/10/11 06:00 PMCR- 2019/07/20 CRDT- 2018/06/26 06:00 PHST- 2018/06/26 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2019/10/11 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2018/06/26 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2019/07/20 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 1460010 [pii] AID - 10.1080/15548627.2018.1460010 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Autophagy. 2018;14(7):1214-1225. doi: 10.1080/15548627.2018.1460010. Epub 2018 Jul 20.