title: Extracellular vesicles from MDA-MB-231 breast cancer cells stimulated with linoleic acid promote an EMT-like process in MCF10A cells.
abstract: Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are membrane-limited vesicles secreted by normal and malignant cells and their function is dependent on the cargo they carry and the cell type from which they originate. Moreover, EVs mediate many stages of tumor progression including angiogenesis, escape from immune surveillance and extracellular matrix degradation. Linoleic acid (LA) is an essential polyunsaturated fatty acid that induces expression of plasminogen activator inhibitor-1, proliferation, migration and invasion in breast cancer cells. However the role of secreted EVs from MDA-MB-231 cells stimulated with LA like mediator of the epithelial-mesenchymal-transition (EMT) process in mammary non-tumorigenic epithelial cells MCF10A remains to be studied. In the present study, we demonstrate that treatment of MDA-MB-231 cells for 48 h with 90 µM LA does not induce an increase in the number of secreted EVs. In addition, EVs isolated from supernatants of MDA-MB-231 stimulated for 48 h with 90 µM LA induce a transient down-regulation of E-cadherin expression, and an increase of Snail1 and 2, Twist1 and 2, Sip1, vimentin and N-cadherin expression in MCF10A cells. EVs also promote an increase of MMP-2 and -9 secretions, an increase of NFκB-DNA binding activity, migration and invasion in MCF10A cells. In summary, our findings demonstrate, for the first time, that EVs isolated from supernatants of MDA-MB-231 stimulated for 48 h with 90 µM LA induce an EMT-like process in MCF10A cells.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Biologia Celular, Cinvestav-IPN, Av IPN # 2508, San Pedro Zacatenco, Mexico, D.F. 07360, Mexico.
authors.forename: Octavio
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Galindo-Hernandez
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Biologia Celular, Cinvestav-IPN, Av IPN # 2508, San Pedro Zacatenco, Mexico, D.F. 07360, Mexico.
authors.forename: Nathalia
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Serna-Marquez
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Biologia Celular, Cinvestav-IPN, Av IPN # 2508, San Pedro Zacatenco, Mexico, D.F. 07360, Mexico.
authors.forename: Rocio
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Castillo-Sanchez
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Biologia Celular, Cinvestav-IPN, Av IPN # 2508, San Pedro Zacatenco, Mexico, D.F. 07360, Mexico. Electronic address: jperez@cell.cinvestav.mx.
authors.forename: Eduardo Perez
authors.initials: EP
authors.lastname: Salazar
mesh_terms: D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D015820:Cadherins / Q000032:analysis / Q000235:genetics; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D017077:Culture Media, Conditioned; D058750:Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition / Q000502:physiology*; D055354:Exosomes / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D005260:Female; D015972:Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D019787:Linoleic Acid / Q000494:pharmacology*; D020782:Matrix Metalloproteinases / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D015820:Cadherins; D017077:Culture Media, Conditioned; D019787:Linoleic Acid; D020782:Matrix Metalloproteinases
keywords: Breast cancer; EMT; Extracellular vesicles; MCF10A; MDA-MB-231