ReferenceID 2015

Harmine suppresses breast cancer cell migration and invasion by regulating TAZ-mediated epithelial-mesenchymal transition

Am J Cancer Res

Breast cancer is a highly lethal disease due to cancer metastasis. Harmine (HM), a β-carboline alkaloid, is present in various medicinal plants. Our previous study demonstrated that HM suppresses cell proliferation and m

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Reference Id
2015
Evidence Id
18605
Core Evidence Id
18605
Source Reference Id
4040
Herb2 Reference Id
HBREF004837
Subject Paper Key
HBIN028803_35812064
Pubmed Id
35812064
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Paper Title
Harmine suppresses breast cancer cell migration and invasion by regulating TAZ-mediated epithelial-mesenchymal transition
Paper Abstract
Breast cancer is a highly lethal disease due to cancer metastasis. Harmine (HM), a β-carboline alkaloid, is present in various medicinal plants. Our previous study demonstrated that HM suppresses cell proliferation and migration by regulating TAZ in breast cancer cells and accelerates apoptosis. Epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) plays an important role in the development of breast cancer by inducing the characteristics of cancer stem cells, cancer metastasis and recurrence. Overexpression of TAZ was shown to mediate EMT in breast cancer cells. We aimed to investigate whether HM inhibits EMT and metastasis of breast cancer cells by targeting TAZ. In this study, the cells treated with HM or with downregulated expression of TAZ showed an increase in epithelial markers and decrease in mesenchymal markers in breast cancer cells. Consistently, the breast cancer cells treated with HM or with downregulated expression of TAZ showed suppressed migration and proliferation. Moreover, TAZ overexpression reversed EMT and metastasis induced by HM in breast cancer cells. Thus, HM suppresses EMT and metastasis and invasion by targeting TAZ in breast cancer cells. HM can be used as an anticancer drug for breast cancer treatment and chemoprevention.
Journal
Am J Cancer Res
Publish Year
2022
Experiment Subject
Experiment Type
Cell Experiment
Phenotype Related
Breast Cancer; Cancer Metastasis; Cancer
Paper Title Cn
Paper Title En
Harmine suppresses breast cancer cell migration and invasion by regulating TAZ-mediated epithelial-mesenchymal transition
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