PMID- 33393692 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20210727 LR - 20210727 IS - 1099-0461 (Electronic) IS - 1095-6670 (Linking) VI - 35 IP - 4 DP - 2021 Apr TI - N-arachidonoyl dopamine inhibits epithelial-mesenchymal transition of breast cancer cells through ERK signaling and decreasing the cellular cholesterol. PG - e22693 LID - 10.1002/jbt.22693 [doi] AB - N-acyl dopamines (NADAs) are bioactive lipids of the endovanilloid family with known cytotoxicity for the cancer cells; however, the available data on the participation of the endovanilloids in epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) and cancer stemness are controversial. This study unveils the inhibitory role of N-arachidonoyl dopamine (AA-DA), a typical representative of the NADA family, in breast cancer cell migration, EMT, and stemness. AA-DA treatment also led to a decrease in cholesterol biosynthesis gene expressions, and addition of exogenous cholesterol reverted these AA-DA-mediated inhibitory effects. Notably, AA-DA treatment inhibited the key regulatory gene of the cholesterol biosynthesis pathway, sterol regulatory element-binding protein 1 (SREBP1), with concurrent repression of the endoplasmic reticulum kinase 1/2 (ERK1/2) pathway. Furthermore, U0126, an ERK inhibitor, inhibited SREBP1 and decreased cellular cholesterol level, unwinding the molecular mechanism behind AA-DA-mediated anticancer activity. Thus, we, for the first time, revealed that AA-DA counteracts breast cancer EMT via inhibition of ERK signaling and cholesterol content. CI - (c) 2021 Wiley Periodicals LLC. FAU - Bandyopadhayaya, Shreetama AU - Bandyopadhayaya S AD - Department of Biochemistry, School of Life Sciences, Central University of Rajasthan, Ajmer, Rajasthan, India. FAU - Akimov, Mikhail G AU - Akimov MG AD - Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, RAS, Moscow, Russia. FAU - Verma, Ranjeet AU - Verma R AD - Department of Biochemistry, School of Life Sciences, Central University of Rajasthan, Ajmer, Rajasthan, India. FAU - Sharma, Ankit AU - Sharma A AD - Department of Biochemistry, School of Life Sciences, Central University of Rajasthan, Ajmer, Rajasthan, India. FAU - Sharma, Divya AU - Sharma D AD - Department of Biochemistry, School of Life Sciences, Central University of Rajasthan, Ajmer, Rajasthan, India. FAU - Kundu, Gopal C AU - Kundu GC AD - School of Biotechnology, Institute of Eminence, KIIT Deemed to be University, Bhubaneswar, India. FAU - Gretskaya, Natalia M AU - Gretskaya NM AD - Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, RAS, Moscow, Russia. FAU - Bezuglov, Vladimir V AU - Bezuglov VV AD - Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, RAS, Moscow, Russia. FAU - Mandal, Chandi C AU - Mandal CC AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-2292-6635 AD - Department of Biochemistry, School of Life Sciences, Central University of Rajasthan, Ajmer, Rajasthan, India. LA - eng GR - 17-54-45059/Russian Foundation for Basic Research, Russia/ GR - INT/RUS/RFBR/P-256/Department of Science and Technology, India/ PT - Journal Article DEP - 20210104 PL - United States TA - J Biochem Mol Toxicol JT - Journal of biochemical and molecular toxicology JID - 9717231 RN - 0 (Neoplasm Proteins) RN - 97C5T2UQ7J (Cholesterol) RN - VTD58H1Z2X (Dopamine) SB - IM MH - Breast Neoplasms/*metabolism/pathology MH - Cell Line, Tumor MH - Cholesterol/*biosynthesis MH - *Dopamine/analogs & derivatives/pharmacology MH - Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition/*drug effects MH - Female MH - HEK293 Cells MH - Humans MH - MAP Kinase Signaling System/*drug effects MH - Neoplasm Proteins/metabolism OTO - NOTNLM OT - EMT OT - ERK signaling OT - arachidonoyl dopamine OT - breast cancer OT - cellular cholesterol OT - cholesterol regulatory genes OT - stemness EDAT- 2021/01/05 06:00 MHDA- 2021/07/28 06:00 CRDT- 2021/01/04 09:21 PHST- 2020/11/04 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2020/08/29 00:00 [received] PHST- 2020/12/11 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2021/01/05 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/07/28 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2021/01/04 09:21 [entrez] AID - 10.1002/jbt.22693 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Biochem Mol Toxicol. 2021 Apr;35(4):e22693. doi: 10.1002/jbt.22693. Epub 2021 Jan 4.