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Comparative proteomic analysis of the mitochondria of menstrual stem cells and ovarian cancer cells

  • Authors:
    • Xiuhui Chen
    • Wen Zhong
    • Yue Chang
    • Tiefang Song
    • Botong Liu
    • Xianchao Kong
    • Qingfei Kong
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  • Published online on: January 16, 2023     https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2023.11798
  • Article Number: 99
  • Copyright: © Chen et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of Creative Commons Attribution License.

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Abstract

Mitochondrial transplantation is a popular field of research in cell‑free therapy. Menstrual stem cells (MenSCs) are potential donor cells for provision of foreign mitochondria. The present study aimed to investigate the potential effects of MenSC‑derived mitochondria on ovarian cancer from the perspective of protein expression profiling. MenSCs were harvested from menstrual blood. The mitochondria were isolated from MenSCs and ovarian cancer cell line SKOV3. A label‑free mitochondria proteomics and analysis were performed by comparing the protein expression in mitochondria of MenSCs and SKOV3 cells. The differentially expressed proteins with fold‑change >2 were analyzed by Gene Ontology, Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes pathway and protein domain enrichment, protein interaction networks and parallel reaction monitoring (PRM) analysis. In total, 592 proteins that were found to have increased expression in the mitochondria of MenSCs were analyzed. Functional enrichment analysis revealed these proteins were enriched in metabolism‑associated pathway entries including ‘oxidative phosphorylation’ (OXPHOS) pathway. PRM analysis confirmed that four of 6 candidate proteins in the OXPHOS pathway showed similar increasing trends. The protein domain enrichment analysis showed that domains such as ‘thioredoxin domain’ were significantly enriched. Based on these findings, it was hypothesized that mitochondria from MenSCs have the potential to enhance progression of ovarian cancer likely mediated by the enrichment of OXPHOS‑associated metabolic pathways.
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Chen X, Zhong W, Chang Y, Song T, Liu B, Kong X and Kong Q: Comparative proteomic analysis of the mitochondria of menstrual stem cells and ovarian cancer cells. Exp Ther Med 25: 99, 2023
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Chen, X., Zhong, W., Chang, Y., Song, T., Liu, B., Kong, X., & Kong, Q. (2023). Comparative proteomic analysis of the mitochondria of menstrual stem cells and ovarian cancer cells. Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine, 25, 99. https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2023.11798
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Chen, X., Zhong, W., Chang, Y., Song, T., Liu, B., Kong, X., Kong, Q."Comparative proteomic analysis of the mitochondria of menstrual stem cells and ovarian cancer cells". Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine 25.2 (2023): 99.
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Chen, X., Zhong, W., Chang, Y., Song, T., Liu, B., Kong, X., Kong, Q."Comparative proteomic analysis of the mitochondria of menstrual stem cells and ovarian cancer cells". Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine 25, no. 2 (2023): 99. https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2023.11798