title: Breast cancer as a mitochondrial disorder (Review).
abstract: Mitochondria have been implicated in cell transformation since Otto Warburg considered 'respiration damage' to be a pivotal feature of cancer cells. Numerous somatic mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) mutations have been found in various types of neoplasms, including breast cancer. Establishing the mtDNA mutation pattern in breast cancer cells may enhance the specificity of cancer diagnostics, detection and prediction of cancer growth rate and/or patients' outcomes; and therefore be used as a new molecular cancer bio-marker. The aim of this review is to summarize data on mtDNA mutation involvement in breast cancer and estimate effects of resulting amino acid changes on mitochondrial protein function. In this article published mtDNA mutation analyses are critically evaluated and interpreted in the functional context.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Genetics and Biotechnology, Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland.
authors.forename: Katarzyna
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Plak
authors.forename: Anna M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Czarnecka
authors.forename: Tomasz
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Krawczyk
authors.forename: Pawel
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Golik
authors.forename: Ewa
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bartnik
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009154:Mutation; D017382:Reactive Oxygen Species / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial; D017382:Reactive Oxygen Species