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BTG2 as a tumor target for the treatment of luminal A breast cancer

  • Authors:
    • Runzhi Wang
    • Ronghua Wang
    • Jinjun Tian
    • Jian Wang
    • Huaxiao Tang
    • Tao Wu
    • Hui Wang
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  • Published online on: March 21, 2022     https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2022.11269
  • Article Number: 339
  • Copyright: © Wang et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of Creative Commons Attribution License.

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Abstract

As one of the most common breast cancer subtypes, luminal A breast cancer is sensitive to endocrine‑based therapy and insensitive to chemotherapy. Patients with luminal A subtype of breast cancer have a relatively good prognosis compared with that of patients with other subtypes of breast cancer. However, with the increased incidence in endocrine resistance and severe side effects, simple endocrine therapy has become unsuitable for the treatment of luminal A breast cancer. Therefore, identifying novel therapeutic targets for luminal A breast cancer may accelerate the development of an effective therapeutic strategy. The bioinformatical analysis of the current study, which included KEGG and GO analyses of the GSE20437 dataset containing 24 healthy and 18 breast cancer tissue samples, identified key target genes associated with breast cancer. Moreover, survival analysis results revealed that a low expression of BTG2 was significantly associated with the low survival rate of patients with breast cancer, indicated that B‑cell translocation gene 2 (BTG2) may be a potential target in breast cancer. However, BTG2 may be cancer type‑dependent, as overexpression of BTG2 has been demonstrated to suppress the proliferation of pancreatic and lung cancer cells, but promote the proliferation of bladder cancer cells. Since the association between BTG2 and luminal A‑subtype breast cancer remains unclear, it is important to understand the biological function of BTG2 in luminal A breast cancer. Based on the expression levels of estrogen receptor, progesterone receptor and human epidermal growth factor receptor, MCF‑7 cells were selected in the present study as a luminal A breast cancer cell type. MTT, Transwell invasion and wound healing assays revealed that overexpression of BTG2 suppressed the levels of MCF‑7 cell proliferation, migration and invasion. In addition, the downregulation of BTG2 at the mRNA and protein level was also confirmed in luminal A breast tumor tissue, which was consistent with the results in vitro. These results indicated that BTG2 may act as an effective target for the treatment of luminal A breast cancer.
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Wang R, Wang R, Tian J, Wang J, Tang H, Wu T and Wang H: BTG2 as a tumor target for the treatment of luminal A breast cancer. Exp Ther Med 23: 339, 2022
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Wang, R., Wang, R., Tian, J., Wang, J., Tang, H., Wu, T., & Wang, H. (2022). BTG2 as a tumor target for the treatment of luminal A breast cancer. Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine, 23, 339. https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2022.11269
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Wang, R., Wang, R., Tian, J., Wang, J., Tang, H., Wu, T., Wang, H."BTG2 as a tumor target for the treatment of luminal A breast cancer". Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine 23.5 (2022): 339.
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Wang, R., Wang, R., Tian, J., Wang, J., Tang, H., Wu, T., Wang, H."BTG2 as a tumor target for the treatment of luminal A breast cancer". Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine 23, no. 5 (2022): 339. https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2022.11269