Core needle biopsy promotes lung metastasis of breast cancer: An experimental study

  • Authors:
    • Yongqiang Fu
    • Fangming Guo
    • Haohao Chen
    • Yiping Lin
    • Xiaoyan Fu
    • Hui Zhang
    • Mingxing Ding
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  • Published online on: December 5, 2018     https://doi.org/10.3892/mco.2018.1784
  • Pages: 253-260
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Abstract

Core needle biopsy (CNB) may be used to diagnose early‑stage breast cancer, but it may increase the risk of distant metastasis of tumor cells. The aim of the present study was to explore the effect of CNB on the distant metastasis of breast cancer. A total of 30 BALB/c mice were divided into two groups, namely biopsy and non‑biopsy groups. The biopsy‑related lung metastasis model (biopsy group) was established by the inoculation in the mammary fat pad of the mouse breast cancer cell line 4T1 combined with CNB. Flow cytometry, quantitative polymerase chain reaction analysis, morphological analysis, as well as other techniques, were used to evaluate the biological behavior of the tumors in the mouse model. A stable and reliable lung metastasis model of breast cancer was successfully established. The number of metastatic lung nodules in the biopsy group was significantly higher compared with that in the non‑biopsy group (P<0.05). Compared with the non‑biopsy group, the mRNA expression of transforming growth factor (TGF)‑β1, SOX4 and Ezh2 in the biopsy group was significantly upregulated (P<0.05) and the number of natural killer (NK) cells detected by flow cytometry was increased, but the difference was not statistically significant (P>0.05). Therefore, CNB was found to promote the lung metastasis of breast cancer, and the underlying mechanism may be associated with epithelial‑to‑mesenchymal transition (EMT) mediated by the TGF‑β1 signaling pathway.
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Fu Y, Guo F, Chen H, Lin Y, Fu X, Zhang H and Ding M: Core needle biopsy promotes lung metastasis of breast cancer: An experimental study. Mol Clin Oncol 10: 253-260, 2019
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Fu, Y., Guo, F., Chen, H., Lin, Y., Fu, X., Zhang, H., & Ding, M. (2019). Core needle biopsy promotes lung metastasis of breast cancer: An experimental study. Molecular and Clinical Oncology, 10, 253-260. https://doi.org/10.3892/mco.2018.1784
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Fu, Y., Guo, F., Chen, H., Lin, Y., Fu, X., Zhang, H., Ding, M."Core needle biopsy promotes lung metastasis of breast cancer: An experimental study". Molecular and Clinical Oncology 10.2 (2019): 253-260.
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Fu, Y., Guo, F., Chen, H., Lin, Y., Fu, X., Zhang, H., Ding, M."Core needle biopsy promotes lung metastasis of breast cancer: An experimental study". Molecular and Clinical Oncology 10, no. 2 (2019): 253-260. https://doi.org/10.3892/mco.2018.1784