The Effect of Recombinant Anthrax Lethal Toxin on Breast Cancer Cell Motility, Adhesion, and Invasion

Breast cancer-related deaths are mostly due to breast cancer invasion and migration to distant secondary regions. Targeting breast cancer cell metastasis is an important therapeutic approach. The mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathway is a key cell signaling pathway that plays a major role...

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Main Author: El Chami, Dana (author)
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Published: 2020
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10725/13838
https://doi.org/10.26756/th.2022.364
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2020-05-18
2022-07-20T06:23:25Z
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Cancer cells -- Motility
Mitogen-activated protein kinases
Lebanese American University -- Dissertations
Dissertations, Academic
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description Breast cancer-related deaths are mostly due to breast cancer invasion and migration to distant secondary regions. Targeting breast cancer cell metastasis is an important therapeutic approach. The mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathway is a key cell signaling pathway that plays a major role in cell invasion and migration. Many studies have targeted the MAPK pathway as a way to target cell survival and motility. In this study, we use Lethal Toxin (LT) a potent MAPK inhibitor that selectively inactivates all the kinases in the MAPK pathway. LT proved to affect breast cancer cell migration, adhesion, and invasion. Cells treated with LT showed a significant decrease in motility as seen in 2D time-lapse and wound healing assays. Additionally, cells treated with LT showed an increase in adhesion, decrease in invasion across a collagen matrix, and in increase in Rho A activation. We speculate that LT inhibited cell migration by deregulating the activity of Rho GTPases, proteins known to play a role in cell migration. In this study, we describe the effect of LT as a potential breast cancer cell invasion and motility inhibitor.
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spelling The Effect of Recombinant Anthrax Lethal Toxin on Breast Cancer Cell Motility, Adhesion, and InvasionEl Chami, DanaBreast -- Cancer -- Molecular aspectsCancer cells -- MotilityMitogen-activated protein kinasesLebanese American University -- DissertationsDissertations, AcademicBreast cancer-related deaths are mostly due to breast cancer invasion and migration to distant secondary regions. Targeting breast cancer cell metastasis is an important therapeutic approach. The mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathway is a key cell signaling pathway that plays a major role in cell invasion and migration. Many studies have targeted the MAPK pathway as a way to target cell survival and motility. In this study, we use Lethal Toxin (LT) a potent MAPK inhibitor that selectively inactivates all the kinases in the MAPK pathway. LT proved to affect breast cancer cell migration, adhesion, and invasion. Cells treated with LT showed a significant decrease in motility as seen in 2D time-lapse and wound healing assays. Additionally, cells treated with LT showed an increase in adhesion, decrease in invasion across a collagen matrix, and in increase in Rho A activation. We speculate that LT inhibited cell migration by deregulating the activity of Rho GTPases, proteins known to play a role in cell migration. In this study, we describe the effect of LT as a potential breast cancer cell invasion and motility inhibitor.1 online resource (xii, 42 leaves): col. ill.Rare Book or ManuscriptLebanese American University2022-07-20T06:23:25Z2022-07-20T06:23:25Z20202020-05-18Thesisinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesishttp://hdl.handle.net/10725/13838https://doi.org/10.26756/th.2022.364http://libraries.lau.edu.lb/research/laur/terms-of-use/thesis.phpeninfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:laur.lau.edu.lb:10725/138382022-07-20T06:24:28Z
spellingShingle The Effect of Recombinant Anthrax Lethal Toxin on Breast Cancer Cell Motility, Adhesion, and Invasion
El Chami, Dana
Breast -- Cancer -- Molecular aspects
Cancer cells -- Motility
Mitogen-activated protein kinases
Lebanese American University -- Dissertations
Dissertations, Academic
status_str publishedVersion
title The Effect of Recombinant Anthrax Lethal Toxin on Breast Cancer Cell Motility, Adhesion, and Invasion
title_full The Effect of Recombinant Anthrax Lethal Toxin on Breast Cancer Cell Motility, Adhesion, and Invasion
title_fullStr The Effect of Recombinant Anthrax Lethal Toxin on Breast Cancer Cell Motility, Adhesion, and Invasion
title_full_unstemmed The Effect of Recombinant Anthrax Lethal Toxin on Breast Cancer Cell Motility, Adhesion, and Invasion
title_short The Effect of Recombinant Anthrax Lethal Toxin on Breast Cancer Cell Motility, Adhesion, and Invasion
title_sort The Effect of Recombinant Anthrax Lethal Toxin on Breast Cancer Cell Motility, Adhesion, and Invasion
topic Breast -- Cancer -- Molecular aspects
Cancer cells -- Motility
Mitogen-activated protein kinases
Lebanese American University -- Dissertations
Dissertations, Academic
url http://hdl.handle.net/10725/13838
https://doi.org/10.26756/th.2022.364
http://libraries.lau.edu.lb/research/laur/terms-of-use/thesis.php