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Use of the disulfiram/copper complex for breast cancer chemoprevention in MMTV‑erbB2 transgenic mice

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    • Yanhui Yang
    • Qian Deng
    • Xiaoshan Feng
    • Junjun Sun
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    Affiliations: Department of General Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang, Henan 471003, P.R. China, Department of Pharmacy, The Central Hospital of Luoyang, Luoyang, Henan 471000, P.R. China, Department of Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang, Henan 471003, P.R. China
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The disulfiram/copper complex (DS/Cu) has been demonstrated to exert potent anti-tumor effects in various types of cancer. At present, whether DS/Cu has chemopreventive effects on breast cancer development remains to be fully elucidated. In the present study, using MMTV‑erbB2 transgenic mice, it was identified for the first time that DS/Cu treatment was able to inhibit cell growth in breast cancer cells while sparing normal cells in vitro, in addition to delaying the development of mammary tumor development in MMTV‑erbB2 transgenic mice in vivo. Morphological examination demonstrated that DS/Cu treatment resulted in cell proliferation inhibition and apoptosis activation in vitro and in vivo. Furthermore, the present study observed that DS/Cu may inhibit proliferation via inhibition of AKT and cyclin D1 signaling and promote apoptosis via c‑Jun N‑terminal kinase activation and suppression of nuclear factor κB signaling. These results suggested that DS/Cu treatment may be a promising therapy for the prevention of erbB2‑positive breast cancer.
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Yang, Y., Deng, Q., Feng, X., & Sun, J. (2015). Use of the disulfiram/copper complex for breast cancer chemoprevention in MMTV‑erbB2 transgenic mice. Molecular Medicine Reports, 12, 746-752. https://doi.org/10.3892/mmr.2015.3426
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Yang, Y., Deng, Q., Feng, X., Sun, J."Use of the disulfiram/copper complex for breast cancer chemoprevention in MMTV‑erbB2 transgenic mice". Molecular Medicine Reports 12.1 (2015): 746-752.
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Yang, Y., Deng, Q., Feng, X., Sun, J."Use of the disulfiram/copper complex for breast cancer chemoprevention in MMTV‑erbB2 transgenic mice". Molecular Medicine Reports 12, no. 1 (2015): 746-752. https://doi.org/10.3892/mmr.2015.3426
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Yang Y, Deng Q, Feng X and Sun J: Use of the disulfiram/copper complex for breast cancer chemoprevention in MMTV‑erbB2 transgenic mice. Mol Med Rep 12: 746-752, 2015.
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Yang, Y., Deng, Q., Feng, X., & Sun, J. (2015). Use of the disulfiram/copper complex for breast cancer chemoprevention in MMTV‑erbB2 transgenic mice. Molecular Medicine Reports, 12, 746-752. https://doi.org/10.3892/mmr.2015.3426
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Yang, Y., Deng, Q., Feng, X., Sun, J."Use of the disulfiram/copper complex for breast cancer chemoprevention in MMTV‑erbB2 transgenic mice". Molecular Medicine Reports 12.1 (2015): 746-752.
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Yang, Y., Deng, Q., Feng, X., Sun, J."Use of the disulfiram/copper complex for breast cancer chemoprevention in MMTV‑erbB2 transgenic mice". Molecular Medicine Reports 12, no. 1 (2015): 746-752. https://doi.org/10.3892/mmr.2015.3426
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